Difference between revisions of "We Can Funk"
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− | |introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''We Can Funk''' is the seventh track on [[Prince]]’s 12th album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], and is credited as a duet between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] and [[Prince]]. The track is also featured in the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. In 2015, an acoustic version of the track, with some lyrical changes and renamed '''Oui Can Luv''', was included as the eighth track on the acoustic album [[Album: Oui Can Luv|Oui Can Luv]] by [[Andy Allo]] featuring [[Prince]] on acoustic guitar. The original version titled '''We Can Fuck''' was released (as '''We Can F**k''') as the tenth track on the ''From The Vault & Previously Unreleased'' disc of the [[Album: Purple Rain Deluxe|Purple Rain ''Deluxe'']] album in June 2017. |
While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | While the song emerged from a jam on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 30|30 December 1983]] at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, basic tracking for the original version took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 31|31 December 1983]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 1|1 January 1984]] (still at [[Sunset Sound]]), as '''We Can Fuck''' (although listed as "The Dawn" and "Moral Majority" respectively, as the original title was considered 'too raunchy'). | ||
− | [[Prince]] would later tone down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[ | + | [[Prince]] would later tone down the title and lyrics of the song, and re-recorded the track on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June 17|17 June 1986]] at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota (in sequence after [[Data Bank]] and [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], the day before recording [[Girl O’ My Dreams]]). These recordings were intended for an aborted musical tentatively titled [[Musical: Dream Factory|Dream Factory]]. This version of '''We Can Funk''' was later sent to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_O%27Clock Three O’Clock] for consideration along with [[Neon Telephone]], [[Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got]], [[Girl O’ My Dreams]] and [[Teacher, Teacher]], but the band decided to use only [[Neon Telephone]]. At one point Prince had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micki_Free Micki Free] fly to Minneapolis to record lead vocals. It is unclear when this took place and to which version the vocals were added. |
− | The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Some musical overdubs with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton] | + | The 1983 recording was returned to and updated in 1989 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and this updated version, without [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] on vocals, was included as the sixth track on a 1989 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] added vocal overdubs in late 1989-1990, also at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Some musical overdubs with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) Clinton]’s musicians were recorded at [http://www.unitedsounddetroit.com/ United Sound Studio] in Detroit, Michigan, and the final version was included as the seventh track on a 1990 configuration of [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]], where it remained for release. |
− | In 1992, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] updated the song with his musicians (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shider Garry Shider] replacing some of [[Prince]] | + | In 1992, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(musician) George Clinton] updated the song with his musicians (with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shider Garry Shider] replacing some of [[Prince]]’s vocals). This version was included as the second track on a 1992 configuration of [[Album: Hey_Man... Smell My Finger| Hey Man... Smell My Finger]] but didn’t make the final cut of the album and remains unreleased. |
− | The | + | The track’s lyrics mention the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra Kama Sutra], considered to be the most important work in a long line of Indian erotic literature, written by the Hindu philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81tsy%C4%81yana Vātsyāyana] ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] later named the first and only album by [[The NPG Orchestra]] [[Album: Kamasutra|Kamasutra]]). |
− | In 2011, a 1:00 video (audio only with a static image) of an acoustic demo of the track recorded by [[Andy Allo]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''', with a revised chorus to match) was streamed on her [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams|Facebook page]], with the tagline "CHECK OUT WHAT EYE FOUND IN PRINCE'S VAULT (Demo recorded in Sacramento on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_31|8/31/11]] using ProTools 9 & a Sterling Audio ST69 Mic)", followed a few weeks later by a full-length version of the same track. The track was re-recorded in a similar acoustic version. While specific recording dates for the acoustic re-recording are not known, it is believed to have been recorded in Autumn 2011 to mid-2012 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during sessions for [[Andy Allo]] | + | In 2011, a 1:00 video (audio only with a static image) of an acoustic demo of the track recorded by [[Andy Allo]] (as '''Oui Can Luv''', with a revised chorus to match) was streamed on her [[Andy Allo Facebook Streams|Facebook page]], with the tagline "CHECK OUT WHAT EYE FOUND IN PRINCE'S VAULT (Demo recorded in Sacramento on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_31|8/31/11]] using ProTools 9 & a Sterling Audio ST69 Mic)", followed a few weeks later by a full-length version of the same track. The track was re-recorded in a similar acoustic version. While specific recording dates for the acoustic re-recording are not known, it is believed to have been recorded in Autumn 2011 to mid-2012 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during sessions for [[Andy Allo]]’s second album [[Album: Superconductor|Superconductor]]. |
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− | |first live appearance = [[03_June 1990|3 June 1990, Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, the Netherlands]] <small>''(lyrics incorporated into [[Baby | + | |first live appearance = [[03_June 1990|3 June 1990, Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, the Netherlands]] <small>''(lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I’m A Star]])''</small>; [[10_June 1990|10 June 1990, Niedersachsen stadion, Hannover, Germany]] <small>(more complete version)</small> <br> |
− | * [[21 January 1991|21 January 1991: Estadio Monumental A. Vespucio Liberti (River Plate), Buenos Aires, Argentina]]<small>'' (lyrics incorporated into [[Baby | + | * [[21 January 1991|21 January 1991: Estadio Monumental A. Vespucio Liberti (River Plate), Buenos Aires, Argentina]]<small>'' (lyrics incorporated into [[Baby I’m A Star]])''</small> |
− | |performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] <small>(mainly as vocal clips during [[Baby | + | |performed regularly on = [[Nude Tour]] <small>(mainly as vocal clips during [[Baby I’m A Star]])</small> |
|performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]] and few 1991 one-off performances. | |performed occasionally in = This song is not known to have been performed other than on the [[Nude Tour]] and few 1991 one-off performances. | ||
|trivia = As the original title '''We Can Fuck''' was considered not suitable to put on the work order sheet, engineer Terry Christian initially labeled the song as "The Dawn". When [[Prince]] finished work on the song the next day he retitled it "Moral Majority" on the working order, but that was never the actual title of the song. The 1982 [[Vanity 6]] song with the title [[Moral Majority]] and the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] have anything to do with '''We Can Funk'''. | |trivia = As the original title '''We Can Fuck''' was considered not suitable to put on the work order sheet, engineer Terry Christian initially labeled the song as "The Dawn". When [[Prince]] finished work on the song the next day he retitled it "Moral Majority" on the working order, but that was never the actual title of the song. The 1982 [[Vanity 6]] song with the title [[Moral Majority]] and the 1996 song [[Welcome 2 The Dawn]] have anything to do with '''We Can Funk'''. |
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