The erotic city and White Horse comparison is in reverse. Erotic city was written first but as usual prince sat on it thinking it wouldn't get played on the radio. Actually it never was supposed to be a radio single but d.j.s jumped on it and made it a hit in the soul market at least. White horse was written for the radio and in turn got released way before erotic city even though it was written or produced afterwards. Now I don't know if the writers of white horse stole anything or not, probably not, But they did record in the same studio as Sheila E did. Who we all know was the co-lead singer in Erotic city. Either way I believe they were more influenced by Erotic City than the reverse.
Ja'Maul Redmond PERKINS & WILL 1100 South Tryon Street, Suite 300 Charlotte, North Carolina 28203 -----Original Message----- From: sean deason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:51 AM To: Matthew MacQueen; Redmond, Ja'Maul; [email protected] Subject: (313) Prince (does not Compute) glad you made that observation. now I know I'm not crazy. for years I've noticed that Prince likes to "borrow" heavily from Kraftwerk (and many other artists). I used to keep a mental list of his Kraftwerk inspired tracks, but havent really given it much thought lately. one example that immediately springs to mind: "Computer Blue" steals melodies from "Computer World/Computer Love and Pocket Calculator". Darling Nikki was a rendition of another Kraftwerk tune, but cant recall which "Trans Europe Express" I think. Erotic City is just that "Ride TheWhite Horse" song. Anyone else think of any others? sean deason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew MacQueen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Redmond, Ja'Maul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:45 PM Subject: RE: (313) RE: Something in the Water (does not Computer){was prince} > Isn't something in the water (does not compute) one > of the baddest electronic songs to date. Drum programming > is badass and the minimal computer synth sound is more original than > most things out today. Totally agree!! listening to it now, the sounds and drum machines it's really a funkier take on some of the sounds that sprang to life on Kraftwerk Computerworld, which came out only a year and a half before 1999 was released! Crazy. Peace, Matt MacQueen
