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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 899
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 02:29 pm: | 
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Since most of us Love PRINCE, I'm starting a PRINCE thread.
And here's a link to a cute little video you probably haven't seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDb7GGNhons
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1129
Registered: 01-2005
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It's official:
You.
Have.
Made.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 903
Registered: 01-2006
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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5140
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 03:05 pm: |
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Favorite Prince Album: "1999". Every single on it is a bonified hit. And most of them are classics.
Favorite Prince Single: This is a tuff one. REAL TUFF. But I'd certainly include "Erotic City", "Little Red Corvette", "Let's Pretend We're Married", "Anotherloverholenyohead", "Do Me Baby" and "Adore" within my Top 10.
Favorite Performances of a song written by Prince: Chaka Khan's "I Fee For You."
Favorite Prince Chick: VANITY!!!
Now. I do think Prince is the greatest popular music performer of this (and maybe ANY) generation. But Prince owes A WHOLE LOT to the Great SLY STONE. All you have to do is listen to some of Sly's music (most of it produced a generation PRIOR to the best of Prince) and you'll KNOW exactly what I mean. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 904
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 03:35 pm: |
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I love ALL of Prince's music but my favorite Prince oldies are:
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Dirty Mind
Head
Irresistible Bitch
New Position
Annie Christian
International Lover
And I can go on and on, but those are his earliest hits that are timeless and they all still sound brand new right now.
Prince's original claim to fame (according to what the people who "discovered" him said) was that he could play several different musical instruments - piano, guitar, drums - and I don't know what else.
Everything he has released throughout the years has been original, always fresh, mind-blowing - and I believe he'll go down in history as one of the greatest composer/musicians who ever lived.
Sly Stone was one of my very first concerts. Way back in the day. Sly is multi-talented as well and I agree that Sly may have been an influence upon Prince. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 905
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 03:37 pm: |
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Va_sis
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Post Number: 88
Registered: 02-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 04:00 pm: |
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*sighs in bliss*
Thank you, Mzuri.
Thank you. |
Fortified
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Username: Fortified
Post Number: 141
Registered: 04-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 04:38 pm: |
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The following are my favorite Prince songs:
Pink Cashmere
Pop Life
Alphabet Street
Sexy MF
Computer Blue
The Beautiful Ones |
Urban_scribe
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Username: Urban_scribe
Post Number: 27
Registered: 05-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 05:03 pm: |
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Too many Prince favorites to name. The ones that immediately jump in my head:
Adore
Purple Rain
The Cross
Musicology
Diamonds and Pearls
Raspberry Beret
When Two Are In Love
Girls and Boys
Alphabet Street
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Soft and Wet
I Would Die 4 U
Okay, okay, I'll stop now!
Mzuri, thx for starting this thread. May you live long and prosper! |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 906
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 05:11 pm: |
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Fortified
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Username: Fortified
Post Number: 144
Registered: 04-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 05:51 pm: |
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Prince fuckin' rocks! |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 907
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 05:59 pm: |
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There will be no cursing on the PRINCE thread!
Thank You!!! (LOL)
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 4860
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 08:02 pm: |
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What can I say? Prince is Prince. He's a certifiable genius. Also an eccentric weirdo. |
Brownbeauty123
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Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 464
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 08:25 pm: |
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He made Carmen Electra sleep in full makeup and hairdo every night to bed. |
Venussailor
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 09:01 pm: |
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He's one great performer! How does he do it?
Go from Door to door as one of Jehovah's Witnesses
and have time to perform as well. I guess if George Benson and Larry Grahm can do it, why not Prince!You are the man PRINCE!!! |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 909
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 - 09:45 pm: |
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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5146
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 02:54 am: |
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Prince had Marvin Gaye's daughter Nona as his live-in loveslave. |
Renata
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Username: Renata
Post Number: 1112
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 07:29 am: |
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I love his music. Otherwise, he looks so feminine to me that it's kind of odd. The hair? ick. |
Renata
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Username: Renata
Post Number: 1113
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 07:29 am: |
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Mehendi is for LADIES. |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 2467
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:39 am: |
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Prince is a half ass rip off of Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix Stevie Wonder James Brown and Little Richard. |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5153
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 11:47 am: |
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Chris,
Prince has OBVIOUSLY lifted from all those cats.
And I might even add some Sammy Davis, Jr. to that mix you've presented.
But I wouldn't say he's done a "half ass" job. I think he's done an admirable job lifting from those dudes. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 913
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 12:06 pm: |
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There's only so many ways you can play a guitar. PRINCE may have borrowed a couple of moves, but in the end - PRINCE is an original!!!
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1135
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 04:22 pm: |
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I might even add some Sammy Davis, Jr. to that mix you've presented
Also add Carlos Santana. Likely others. Point is: How many folks could integrate (e.g., "rip off") just one of these great artists into their musical career? Yet Prince has been able to take from all of them--Plus add his own special spin.
Now, instead of listing those he's cribbed from, list those artists who followed who wouldn't be where they are without their debt to him:
Janet Jackson (via Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis)
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Me'shell Ndege Ocello
Andre from Outkast
Alicia Keys
D'Angelo
Rashaan Patterson (spl?)
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 920
Registered: 01-2006
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 928
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 04:45 pm: |
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Yukio
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Username: Yukio
Post Number: 1385
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 09:59 am: |
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the fact that he as "lifted" and created his own sound is his genius, Mr. Chris Hayden.
I love lots of his music...still will stand all time...the live performance...I love the Black Album! Does anyone have that one?
Remember when we used to my dem love mix tapes...back in the day?
Mine was full of Prince songs...adore and when 2 R in Love... |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1149
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 10:12 am: |
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Black Album
YES! I had one of the original bootlegs.
As for his live performances, if you do not have a copy of One Night Alone it is worth getting. It does not exactly capture perfectly the magic of actually being there, but to my mind it comes pretty close. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 938
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 10:24 am: |
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I have about a dozen PRINCE LPs (CDs, cassettes) but I've been remiss and I haven't kept up. I order books from Amazon about once a month and I'm gonna start ordering a couple CDs whenever I order my books to bring my PRINCE collection up to date. Besides my undying love for MR. JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON, I think PRINCE is the GREATEST musician that ever walked on the water!
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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5194
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 11:33 am: |
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Mzuri,
I don't know if I'd consider Prince to be the "GREATEST musician" ever. For that particular title, I think I'd have to give some serious consideration to Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix and Duke Ellington; just to name a few.
But I think you could definitely consider him the most VERSATILE musician ever. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 941
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 11:39 am: |
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All the other ppl you mentioned are great as well. And God knows I love me some MILES DAVIS, but I will not be corrected today - PRINCE is the GREATEST musician evah!
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 942
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2006 - 11:41 am: |
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And he's VERSATILE too.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 966
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 04:34 pm: |
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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5216
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 05:12 pm: |
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Mzuri,
Okay. But that LAST one there is a bit too gotdayam Lil Richard for my liking! |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 969
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 05:24 pm: |
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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5218
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 21, 2006 - 05:33 pm: |
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Mzuri,
Okay. Now you're going in a David Blaine direction. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 971
Registered: 01-2006
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No - I'm just posting PRINCE pix!!!
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 989
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 22, 2006 - 02:07 pm: |
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 1053
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 07:22 pm: |
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1174
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 07:26 pm: |
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Thaaaat's better! LOL |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 1074
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 12:50 am: |
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 1075
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 01:00 am: |
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 1077
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 10:23 am: |
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1223
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 05:15 pm: |
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I was thinking about you all this afternoon: Listening to a little jazz, trying to clear up my email in-box, when saxophonist Joshua Redman's version of "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" came on my cd shuffle. I love that cover! It's from his cd of covers "Timeless Tales (for Changing Times)" Check it out! |
Nolanfane
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Post Number: 62
Registered: 09-2006
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Now THIS was a bad ass thread! 
My boy be rock'n his ass off yoll!
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