Taking it a little further back with this throwback, specifically 1981, I decided to pick Prince - Do Me. I came across this joint today and was diggin' it until the end... The talking and moaning part at the end is hilarious!! Shit is downright ridiculous what this dude be sayin'. Like "well isn't it supposed to take a long time?.." or "Help me baby..." (both in Prince's high-pitched sultry? voice) LOL. The music itself though is great which is why I picked it as my Throwback of the Day. Definitely a gem from Prince's collection of works. Kind of reminds me of an older version of Maxwell here. Check it and leave one. Info below.
"Do Me, Baby" is a Prince ballad, the third and final U.S. single from his 1981 album, Controversy. With a running time of almost eight minutes, it is the longest track on the album.
Sung in Prince's falsetto vocals, the soulful track has a distinctive bass guitar line, and is dominated by heavy keyboards and piano. The song is a seductive romp, and honed the artist's signature style with slow-burning numbers. The song features screams and yells of passion by Prince, and a spoken seduction at the end. This song is also notable for the famous, trademark high note at 3:24. It would become a standard of many tours and would often be extended to "tease" the audience. The B-side was fellow Controversy track, "Private Joy". Despite improving upon the hugely popular slow jam approach of Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass and others, the single didn't chart until a remake of the song by R&B singer Meli'sa Morgan went to number one on the R&B charts, and number forty-six on the Hot 100 in 1986. [1] The main reason for Prince's version not charting is because it was a promotional airplay single and was not for sale; this was probably one the earliest examples of an airplay single, a kind of single that would prove very popular in the 1990s. "Do Me Baby" received moderate airplay on R&B stations, but since there were no airplay charts at the time, it was ineligible to chart.
- info via Wikipedia.
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