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|introduction = '''Lovesexy''' is the sixth song on [[Prince]]’s tenth album [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]]. In 1989, a live version was included on the [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 1]] VHS, taken from the [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988]] live TV broadcast. | |introduction = '''Lovesexy''' is the sixth song on [[Prince]]’s tenth album [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]]. In 1989, a live version was included on the [[Home Video: Lovesexy Live|Lovesexy Live 1]] VHS, taken from the [[09_September 1988|9 September 1988]] live TV broadcast. | ||
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[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_29|29 January 1988]], three days after an acetate of what was to become [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] (including the song [[Luv Sexy]]) was produced, and two days before recording [[I Wish U Heaven]]. | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_29|29 January 1988]], three days after an acetate of what was to become [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] (including the song [[Luv Sexy]]) was produced, and two days before recording [[I Wish U Heaven]]. | ||
On this day [[Prince]] built a new song, using some elements from [[Luv Sexy]], (recorded in December 1987), including the horn/synth hookline, the '"rain is wet sugar is sweet" vocal section and the vari-speed "tonight we make love with only words" dialogue. He then took lyrics originally written as ''The Most Vital'' and created '''Lovesexy''', recording all instruments by himself except for the parts lifted from [[Luv Sexy]]. | On this day [[Prince]] built a new song, using some elements from [[Luv Sexy]], (recorded in December 1987), including the horn/synth hookline, the '"rain is wet sugar is sweet" vocal section and the vari-speed "tonight we make love with only words" dialogue. He then took lyrics originally written as ''The Most Vital'' and created '''Lovesexy''', recording all instruments by himself except for the parts lifted from [[Luv Sexy]]. | ||
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|performed regularly on = [[Lovesexy Tour]] | |performed regularly on = [[Lovesexy Tour]] | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1989|1989]] | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1988|1988]], [[All Concerts#1989|1989]] | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = [[Prince]] described the term "lovesexy" on tour as "the feeling u get when u fall in love - not with a girl or boy, but with the heavens above, a lyric not present in the song itself, but taken from the song [[Luv Sexy]], which '''Lovesexy''' cannibalized from. |
* The ''"Bizarre!"'' sample used in this song is originally from ''Our Bizarre Relationship'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa]’s band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention The Mothers of Invention] (from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Meat Uncle Meat]'', 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and [[Prince]] took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: [[All My Dreams]], [[Bob George]], [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]], [[Lovesexy]], and [[Madhouse]] songs [[Nine]] and [[Six|6 (The End Of The World Mix)]] all contain this sample. | * The ''"Bizarre!"'' sample used in this song is originally from ''Our Bizarre Relationship'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa]’s band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention The Mothers of Invention] (from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Meat Uncle Meat]'', 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and [[Prince]] took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: [[All My Dreams]], [[Bob George]], [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]], [[Lovesexy]], and [[Madhouse]] songs [[Nine]] and [[Six|6 (The End Of The World Mix)]] all contain this sample. | ||
|see also = [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] album | |see also = [[Album: Lovesexy|Lovesexy]] album |
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