Kiss

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A parody of a song by Prince.
Recorded by Brad Weiss in Carrboro, NC
Recorded: 01/14/2015  Released: 01/16/2015  First aired: unaired

Lyrics

U don't have 2 be beautiful
2 do my job
U just need to get me in a rage
Then put me on

Eye don’t need my typing skills
2 put this out
U just mention the Purple Line
Your gonna hear the way that I can shout

I’m already quite rich
Though I’d take more
2 checks from ESPN
Is quite a score
Ain’t no specific amount that I’d be comfortable with
I just want to be left alone, with a sand-which

From "Kiss," by The Artist Formerly and Once Again Known As Prince

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  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    he had recently signed a new contract with warner brothers and he did intend to start releasing some of it and remaster all of his older stuff.
    3118 days ago.
  • Brad Weiss in Williamsburg, VA
    Bet he could put together a jingle in 15 minutes.
    3118 days ago.
  • mrlip in Springfield, VA
    Don't forget "Nothing Compares 2U." I'm sure that, if he allows for it in his will, there are 10 great Prince albums that will be release from his vault.
    3118 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    i would go so far as to say that if you put together his 15 best UNRELEASED songs it would be better than most bands greatest hits album, and i don't mean that hyperbolically in the least.
    3118 days ago.
  • judofuse in Atlanta
    Yep - I also love all the aliases he used. That first Time album IS Prince (Jamie Starr) playing every instrument, doing the BGVs, recording, producing. mixing... The rest of their stuff is him doing most of it as well. He basically did the alter ego musician stuff his entire career with multiple bands, never using his name, and it was all good... while simultaneously putting out some of the greatest albums ever. His secondary stuff is good enough to make him one of the best.
    3118 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    he plays keyboards on Stand Back and if you listen to it you can hear that it's just Little Red Corvette. she tells a great story about that.
    3118 days ago.
  • Brad Weiss in Williamsburg, VA
    Also a number of Madonna tunes and Stevie Nicks. Giant.
    3118 days ago.
  • Kj in Red Wing, MN
    I believe it.
    3118 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    i have the Apollonia demo of it. sounds sorta like Take Me With U. he also wrote The Glamorous Life and A Love Bizarre for Sheila E., all of the songs for The Time, I Feel For You that Chaka Khan covered, Sugar Walls, by Sheena Easton, and a lot more. in the 80s he was a maniacal songwriter.
    3118 days ago.
  • Kj Ohnstad in Red Wing, MN
    I just learned he wrote Manic Monday by the Bangles, which I've also done. Did anyone know that?
    3118 days ago.
  • joeythejammer in Ellicott City, MD
    Only because when I think PRINCE, I think EROTIC CITY
    3119 days ago.
  • joeythejammer in Ellicott City, MD
    In my head, I keep hearing the opening lines: "ALL OF MY ORANGE LIFE...I HAVE BEEN A NERVOUS WRECK..." or something like that....
    3119 days ago.
  • mrlip in Springfield, VA
    First thought was to do a Prince jingle. But that's because I view everything through jingle-colored glasses.
    3119 days ago.
  • judofuse in Atlanta
    I'd absolutely love for them to do all Prince songs for lead-ins tomorrow.
    3119 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    well, now your hesitation makes me think I might be misreading the situation.
    3119 days ago.
  • Brad Weiss in Williamsburg, VA
    Really? it feels a like parody isn't the best response to tragedy, but maybe it is for the show that stinks. I like KJ's idea.
    3119 days ago.
  • Kj in Red Wing, MN
    I did the Sinead version of a the Prince-penned Nothing Compares 2 U. I'd love to hear them do all Prince songs tomorrow as segment lead-ins. What sad, sad news.
    3119 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    I don't know...I'd wager if you sent this in it would have a good shot at getting on.
    3119 days ago.
  • judofuse in Atlanta
    I haven't done a Prince jingle... but most every note I've ever played is partly due to hearing Prince.
    3119 days ago.
  • Brad Weiss in Williamsburg, VA
    Joe Farrell did Purple Rain/Line. I'm grateful for the idea of a tribute, Rob, (I almost always think of a jingle as at least a recognition that the artist created a valuable work), but for TK, no, it just doesn't seem fitting. Esp a death at 57 by a legend that (alas) I think they'll be lukewarm about on air.
    3119 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    I just looked up how many prince jingles there are. this one, 2 from me, and one from carroll. so...nothing else to see here, I guess.
    3119 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    with Brad's attention to detail, I lean tribute.
    3119 days ago.
  • Jerry in Annandale, VA
    This should air, it's really good. I don't know if playing it on Tony's show is a tribute or an insult, though.
    3119 days ago.
  • robert berg in Pittsburgh, PA
    we should all send in our prince jingles tonight.
    3119 days ago.
  • Brad Weiss in Williamsburg, VA
    Goodnight, sweet Prince.
    3119 days ago.
  • rob in Pittsburgh, PA
    I JUST stumbled on to this one. my god, it's wonderful! and the whole 9 with 2's and U's and Eye's. Bra-Vo, sir.
    3435 days ago.
  • judofuse in Atlanta
    This had me laughing right at the start with the "ugh!" I never would have came up with this idea - It's so good.
    3569 days ago.
  • Kj in MN in St. Paul, MN
    Can't wait to hear this on-air!
    3574 days ago.
  • Brad Weiss in Carrboro, NC
    Score!! Thanks, Eva!! I'm not sure what she means by falsetto, but ok.
    3579 days ago.
  • Jerry in Annandale, VA
    Eva insisted on a replay of this one, laughing hysterically at the falsetto the whole time. Toddler-approved!
    3579 days ago.
  • Tom Jones
    I believed I had that, but clearly Brad has it now!
    3579 days ago.
  • John Fitzpatrick
    Love it! That falsetto's smoother than a fresh jar of skippy!
    3579 days ago.
  • joeythejammer in Ellicott City, MD
    Airtime GUARANTEED. Brad still does funny.
    3580 days ago.
  • Aaron, Germantown
    Wow!
    3580 days ago.