Difference between revisions of "Mad"
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|introduction = '''Mad''' was offered as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] (along with [[Funky Design]], [[Peace]], [[Splash]], [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U|When]] [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=When Eye Lay My Hands On U]] [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U| Lay My Hands On U]] and [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show #1]]). | |introduction = '''Mad''' was offered as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_1|NPG Music Club Edition # 1]] (along with [[Funky Design]], [[Peace]], [[Splash]], [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U|When]] [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=When Eye Lay My Hands On U]] [[When Eye Lay My Hands On U| Lay My Hands On U]] and [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show #1]]). | ||
− | The track originates from 1994, however, and the studio version was played at [[The New Power Generation Store]] in Minneapolis in November 1994 (along with [[Funky Design]] and [[Snow Man]]). | + | The track originates from 1994, however, and the studio version was played at [[The New Power Generation Store]] in Minneapolis in November 1994 (along with [[Funky Design]] and [[Snow Man]]). The song contains repeated vocal samples of "He’s always on some medication" from [[Ninety-9]]’s track [[Burns 1]] (containing input by [[Prince]]) - it is unknown if this sample was added immediately or at a later date. |
In 1998, a live version was included on the [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] TV special (released in 1999 on VHS). An excerpt of the track had also been streamed on [[NPGOnlineLtd.com]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 17|17 July 2000]], before the full track was released in 2001. | In 1998, a live version was included on the [[Home Video: Beautiful Strange|Beautiful Strange]] TV special (released in 1999 on VHS). An excerpt of the track had also been streamed on [[NPGOnlineLtd.com]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 17|17 July 2000]], before the full track was released in 2001. | ||
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Despite being released after [[Prince]] reverted to using the his own name, rather than [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], the track was credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], as it was recorded while using that name. | Despite being released after [[Prince]] reverted to using the his own name, rather than [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], the track was credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], as it was recorded while using that name. | ||
− | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that basic tracking took place in November 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Sonny T.]] also overdubbed vocals (replacing [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | + | Specific recording dates are unknown, but it is likely that basic tracking took place in November 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Sonny T.]] also overdubbed vocals (replacing [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s) for a version included as the tenth track (sixth song) on a [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]’s second album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]]. This version remains unreleased, however. |
The song uses a prominent loop of the song "Bebop Ta Hip Hop" by Headshock | The song uses a prominent loop of the song "Bebop Ta Hip Hop" by Headshock | ||
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− | |3= Remix of [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] | + | |3= Remix of [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s version repeating the sampled phrase "be-bop to hip-hop" |
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