Thread: When Doves Cry
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Old 8th December 2007, 11:45 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Extramission View Post
About three minutes into When Doves Cry, do you hear the rythym being cut short by a 32nd best? Why did he choose to catch the listener off guard like this?

If it really as short as a 32nd note I'd bet its a tape edit of some sort. Possibly the radio edit.

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Originally Posted by TEMAS View Post
That flange is on a lot of his drums from that era. I noticed the new Justin Timberlake single uses samples of the drums at the beginning of The Beautiful Ones (track 3 on Purple Rain). In fact, I was gonna start a new thread about his drum sounds from Controversy through to Around The World In A Day. What were the drum sounds he was using and why do we never hear anyone else using those sounds unless they are samples of his records?
A lot of Prince hits have the Linn Drum on them. Often with a live drummer.
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