Kind of an unknown track, but got wider exposure when Alicia Keys covered it
and released it as a single that did pretty well. She’s told funny stories in
interviews about calling Prince to ask for permission. :-)
I first heard it when I saw Prince live for the first time in the late 80’s.
Darius Christopher Dunlap
Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
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+1 (415) 828-2951
On Feb 11, 2022, 9:56 AM -0800, Mr. Ransom <mr.ransom@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Nope, not me. I am familiar with much of Prince's work, but not that one.
Scott
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 9:46 AM <darius@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scott, are you the one who years ago told me that Prince’s “How Come You
Don’t Call Me Anymore” is fun to play?
I’m learning it. Slowly. It is so cool when I can string together even a
short segment of it.
;-)
Darius Christopher Dunlap
Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
darius@xxxxxxxxxxx
+1 (415) 828-2951
On Feb 11, 2022, 9:23 AM -0800, Mr. Ransom <mr.ransom@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
99.99+% of western music uses four counts per measure. Some use two
(marches), some use three (waltz's), and most everything else uses
four. Almost nothing uses five. 7/8, where there's seven notes per
measure, is far more common than 5/4. Pink Floyd's "Money" is in 7/8.
Really there's only two or three pieces that anyone has ever heard of
that uses five: the theme from "Mission: Impossible", and Dave
Brubeck's "Take Five" (which is obviously self-consciously 5/4).
That's it. There are actually more pieces in 5/4 than that, but not
that many. Holtz's "Mars" is also in 5/4, although if you listen to it
it's hard to make out any time signature.
Anyway, you can add mine to the collection. There's more on the way.
1-2-3-4-5
Scott
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 9:09 AM Steve Crane <steve.crane@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I won't pretend to know what 5/4 means but it sounds cool.
Steve Crane
about.me/stevecrane
On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 19:00, Mr. Ransom <mr.ransom@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
https://youtu.be/sTm56F6I__0
I have made a new video. It is NOT a video game video. It's
something much more unusual.
Count to five.
Scott
