The Vanity 6 album: C or D????

But yeah, it's a classic. If only for "Nasty Girl" alone. But I like basically everything with any Prince involvement, except the Mazarati album.

http://www.arthurrogergallery.com/Artists/Bourgeois/susanmoonsie_image.htm

I wish Dez Dickerson had done a solo album back in the day.

And, yeah, Scott - the Jill Jones record rocks.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/jleroue/musicpages/minneapolis/apollonia/apollonia6.html

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/jleroue/musicpages/minneapolis/vanity/vanity6.html

(except that this was responsible for me actually paying to go see 'last dragon' in the theaters - "Shaw'Nuff - the Shogun of Harlem" hehheh, sorry it still makes me giggle)

and i'm still pissed that i'd have to pay 160 bucks to find this on CD

SURVIVIN IN THE 80s is where it's at, kids... that being said I dig almost everything Prince was affiliated with from the time period, altho I've never heard (or even knew of) the A6 or Jesse Johnson records! The "Jamie Starr" Time stuff is faboo as well.

Anyway, for my upcoming wedding in October, let's see... I think I'm having the DJ dust off "Bite the Beat", the extended-single version of "Drive Me Wild"... and the seven-minute version of Apples doing "Sex Shooter"...

The Family's album is grossly underrated as well. And Andre Cymone's "The Dance Electric"...

I only wish the Appolonia 6 record was good as the Vanity 6 album, though half of it is great.

(You can find all of this on vinyl pretty easily. Hell, you could buy the records and pay someone to digitize them for you for MUCH less than $160... jesus f'in christ)

Insert electroclash joke here.

God... "Warm Leatherette"...

Also, I may be poking at some people's exposed nerve endings or whatever here... but why is it that the V6/A6 stuff -- brilliant fluff though it is -- why is it that it sounds SOOO much less dated to 21st-century ears than, say, the concurrent early Madonna stuff???

I totally agree about the A6 album... Between '84-'87 alone, I must've spun it enough for a THOUSAND lifetimes, and yet all I remember is "Sex Shooter" and "Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian"... and the giggly "skits" on Side Two, which -- as cute as they are -- are BEYOND obvious as time-fillers...

*coughPRINCEcough*

When Matos, JS, and I were discussing Prince (at le Seattle FAP) last week, M mentioned the rather understated Devo/synth-punk influence on Prince, and he's completely right.

He said, for starters, "I mean, look at Dr. Fink!"... and he does indeed look a lot like a Mark Mothersbaugh understudy at the very least.

Moreover, since that synth-punk influence is, for lack of a better word, trendy these days.. and given that sparse, gated synth drums will be trendy for a long time.. it ain't no surprise.

because vanity is so incredibly hot perhaps?!?!?! shes not black by the way as the lead post says, shes latina.

"you mad such a pretty mess
on my dress"

vanity wins every time.

x-post

“prior to finding my Lord and Savior I lived in the bottomless pit playground of cocaine addiction. Lifting me higher and dropping me like a steel beam, I’d inhaled enough crack rock so that you could light me up and smoke me and stick me into the nearest cold grave.”

Agreed on the aceness of Scott's initial post. (Rima, if you appear on any more threads that I'm on too then we'll either have to have a fist-fight or get married).

http://s27.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3PPWLKHYLFZOW1CQ7KUVMKWG9C

It's time to jam... (before you sleep on it. "is that it? wake me when you're done.")

how do i upload a picture of vanity's lp

Wait - according to Wikipedia:

Prince suggested that Matthews use the stage name "Vagina" (pronounced "Vageena"); she refused and renamed herself "Vanity" instead. Some versions of the story suggest that it was Prince himself who coined the name "Vanity," as he said that looking at Matthews was like looking in a mirror at the female version of himself."

Is someone making a Wikipedia jokie-jokie, or has that been known before?!?! Vagina?!?!

retroBorat?

the '6' is a ref to the number of breasts in the group. also hands and feet though prince didnt care about that so much.

so so classic

There's two things we can't stand:
– one is a jive talk man
– the other is a jive talk man with no money

can u dig it?

My best friend and I wanted to start a V6 cover band. Never happened. She teaches pole dancing now.

tbh she's also working on a masters in engineering so that's not the whole picture

Hello, this is Vanity
Is Jimmy home?

- Yes, but he's taking a shower

Oh, I see
Did he just take out the trash?

- No, that's somethin' he use 2 do
Now he's taking out me

Oh, I see
Well, tell 'em he left his pants over here last night

- That's OK, U keep 'em
He won't be needin' 'em 2 night

Oh, what's the matter
Is he going swimming?

- Why no, we was gonna go
But he said he did that last night

Well sugar, I know about a great party
Why don't U bring us your car?

- So sorry baby, but I never go 2 singles' bars

Singles? Is that what U think?
Tramp, I'm datin' your dad

- Oh, he died about 7 years back
Now ain't that just 2 bad?

Well, that's how we like 'em - tall, stiff and ready
That's positively more than I can say 4 dead Jimmy

- That's because he was swallowin' vitamin E
Now he's swallowin' me

Oh, U mean U were swallowin' him
Why don't U just tie a mattress 2 your back?

- I'm gonna need it cuz if I ever see your face
I'm gonna fall and have a heart attack

All that's gonna fall is the wig off your head
Now what U think about that?

- I think I'd rather wear a wig
Than run a motel 4 roaches, ants and lice
Dogs and cats in my hat

What's really funny is the Time's B-Side Grace dialogue between Morris Day and Vanity as a reporter:

.... Hi. I'm Bridgette Harrington and I'm here to interview Morris Day, lead singer of THE TIME.
.... Mr. Day, How are you?

Need you ask?

.... I'll take it that you're fine.

Yes, I've been told that.

.... Oh, OK. Tell me. Are you really so cool?

Is money green?

.... When did you first notice your coolness?

I didn't. The doctor did.
You see, most people were born in birthday suits. I was born in a zute suit.

.... You got to be joking.

Baby, I ain't got time for jokes. What time is it anyway?

.... It's time for us to continue this interview.
.... How does THE TIME go about generating such a funky sound?

Pardon me. I know you didn't say "funk.".

.... Well?

Let me just say one thing. Funk is dead.
Funk is something you can learn in school and ain't nothing funky about being cool, ... Grace.

.... OK, but my name is Bridgette.

Oh I'm sorry, ... Grace.

.... It seems your image has a lot to do with your approch to music.
.... Your clothes for example.

My clothes, fuck. Hold it.

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/grace-lyrics-the-time.html ]

Let me, let let me just say something to all the fellas out there.
Take off them blue jeans and them "New Wave" clothes and go get you some "Baggies."
It's about the freedom, right?
In other words, stay at the hotel with the biggest ballroom.
Don't get me wrong. Some of my best friends wear blue jeans.
I'm just not ever seen them in it.
What time is it?

.... Why are you concerned with the time?

'Cause I got somewhere to go.

.... Where's that?

To the Cork, Johnny.

.... I told you my name is Bridgette.

Sorry, Nella.

.... I don't think I like you at all.
.... Is there anything else you would like to say before we close this interview?

Yes!!!!
What's your phone number?

.... Uuh! - 7..., 7..., 7..., 9..., 3..., 1..., 1.

Ain't nobody bad like me?

777-9311
777-9311

needs more (nsfw) pictures this thread.

lolling at "Vageena"

can someone explain "3 x 2 = 6" to me, it is a little beyond my understanding

kinda mindblowing; a short film based around the Apollonia album! seems like a rough cut. did this actually come out??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EATjgXd0pM4

Word going around, sadly, that Vanity herself has passed on.

https://twitter.com/MCHammer/status/699387281619210241

RIP.

I remember "Nasty Girl," of course, but the main association I have with her is the movie 52 Pickup, which my parents rented when we were kids and let us watch until it got to the scene where Kelly Preston's character is murdered (super brutally, as I recall), and my parents were all like whoops and shut it off.

That sucks. RIP.

I was just playing the Vanity 6 album last week. Still sounds brilliant.

I just tried to look it up on Spotify, but its not there; does Prince's reach extend to people who worked with him once, 35 years ago?

i mean that's the extremely unconfirmed explanation i have for chaka's "i feel for you" being unavailable except in remix form

but that doesn't extend to all of his writing work. it's weird

the album hasn't been available digitally for years, not sure if it ever was

i found a reasonably-priced cd copy a few years ago and snatched it up

Yeah, that album is almost impossible to find in other formats than LP. AFAIK it was only released on CD in the 80s, when CD printings of albums were (for obvious reasons) pretty small. I've been looking for a reasonably priced copy for years, with no luck. The same applies to the Jill Jones album (the best "Prince protégé" album IMO), thankfully I did manage to find a CD of that.

And the Family album (the one with the original version of "Nothing Compares 2 U") is in the same category.

I'm not sure if Prince could really stop Warner from reissuing these albums if they wanted to, but possibly whatever deal he cut with them would make it to costly, considering it's only a fairly small group of Prince superfans who'd be interested in them. Most people probably don't care about Vanity 6 beyond "Nasty Girl", and that tune can be easily found on various comps.

Anyway, RIP Vanity. I'd read about her health problems, but 57 is still too young. Apparently she'd found peace and content after her years of drug addiction, though, so at least she lived her final years without that burden.

52 Pick-Up came out on Blu-Ray earlier this year; I bought it. It's a surprisingly nasty movie for an '80s thriller; well worth watching again.

oh no :(

vanity 6 is such a classic, "he's so dull" is total evisceration wrapped in a bubblegum cloak and "if a girl answers" is just beyond

Listening to Vanity 6 for the first time right now. "If a Girl Answers" is indeed fantastic, as is "Wet Dream." As it turns out, I already knew "He's So Dull" from National Lampoon's Vacation.

Hoping I'll be able to score a vinyl copy of this at some point.

Great remembrance here

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1023-remembering-vanity-the-prince-protege-who-got-a-second-chance/

Prince kicked off his Piano and a Microphone intimate concert series in Melbourne on Tuesday, and dedicated his track “Little Red Corvette” to Vanity.

He tells the audience, “I just found out a little while ago that someone dear to us has passed away, I’m gonna dedicate this song to her.”

The track moved into “Dirty Mind,” another song from the era they were together.

According to news.com.au, he changed the lyrics to The Ladder to replace “Electra” with “Vanity” so the line became, “This Prince, he had a subject named Vanity who loved him with a passion, uncontested.” He made a similar name change in The Beautiful Ones.

He reportedly told the audience, “Can I tell you a story about Vanity? Or should I tell you a story about Denise? Her and I used to love each other deeply. She loved me for the artist I was, I loved her for the artist she was trying to be. She and I would fight. She was very headstrong ‘cos she knew she was the finest woman in the world. She never missed an opportunity to tell you that.”

He then recalled a time when he threatened to throw her in a swimming pool, but she said he was “too little” so he got his bodyguard to do it instead. He adds, “I probably shouldn’t be telling this story… but she’d want us to celebrate her life and not mourn her.”