Jill Jones - 03 - Violet Blue

[TheIrvincarter]

this is by far the bEst song jill has evver recorded..so sultry and soulful in a blue-funk kind of jazzyness..

[63grs]

what a gorgeous song. if there was any justice in this world, jill jones should have been a huge star. the entire album is beautiful art.

[BlackBronson]

It's hilarious reading the credits on this song; "written by Jill Jones". Sure it was.

Beautiful song nonetheless.

[royalchild100]

yes got this on Vinyl, what a gem

[raynevideos]

Im Anita Joyce me and my best friend diedre washington use to jam to this in the 80's they don't make good stuff like this love it.She was the stuff.

[TheIrvincarter]

I love u Jill..always have..

[1986mamacita]

OMGEEEE!!! I thought I was one of very few that got down with JILL JONES!!! I LOVE HER!!! She is extremely underrated!!! I agree that this album got nowhere NEAR the recognition it should have!!! AWESOME voice...

[PhuckHue2]

that Linn drum is loud as fuck!

[oogmond1]

This is one of those songs that i feel sorry for those who have never heard it.

It's a shame this album did not get the attention it deserved. But it lives on. It's status as treasure only grows more precious year after year.

[pianoman74]

Prince or not Prince ... I really don't care! Folks, this is from 1987!! But to me it sounds as fresh as if produced in 1993 or so. There were not too few songs in '87 that even sounded old back then ;)

[theoriginalchrisjay]

Jill was one of The Kid's inner circle of confidantes (to put it politely). She appears in all his movies, as an employee at 7th Ave in Purple Rain, and as part of Mary Sharon's P***y Posse in Under The Cherry Moon, and I believe a member of the Time's entourage in Graffiti Bridge. It's also widely believed that "She's Always In My Hair" was written about her & Prince's relationship. she's def a Purple soldier 4 Sho! 55436 inthemix

[zuckat]

Beautiful woman! Beautiful voice. xo

[kalimaganeshshivan]

Jill Jones is definitely an underrated singer from the Prince camp. She sounds better than Vanity and Apollonia.

[muze1877]

Prince was hanging out a lot with Miles D, during this time period.... The horns started to get more play in Prince's joints around this time.... mid & late 80's. We got 1 non-music lover on this video I see.

[johnbrowneyes]

I picked up the cd in a discount bin many years ago...glad I did. Love the 80s....all this music was great, The Family, The Time, Jesse Johnson, Vanity 6.....peace.

[adoratanamicina]

me encantan sus ojos y la musica

[AquaCherokee27]

This was and still is the jam.

[rampage0073979]

thats prince on tha bass you can listen and tell come on now lol

[sbrute66]

@rampage0073979 definitely it was prince playing all instruments but the strings on JJ's album. that's how the purple one rolled back then....lol

[katopit]

C'mon people,you mean to tel me that's not Prince on the bass!?!? Those horn arrangement arent his!?!?! Claire Fischer did almost all of his string arrangements back then,so why wouldnt she be on here? Jill was touring and singing w/ him around this time,so it goes without saying that he would write stuff for her.

[Phunkzone]

Such a great CD from beginning to end. I play it (among a host of others) fairly regularly. Thanks for posting!

[wendileona]

Sister song to Anotherloverholenyohead.

[garnetjewel]

hmm...I do hear some teena marie-ishness in her singing style. Defintely could see her backing up Teena.

[summerville345]

I love this song I listen to it everyday:-)

[backinnyc2010]

prince actually wrote the entire jill jones record.i have a book called the vault which says this song violet blue was recorded by prince in early october 1986 in his home studio he also recorded at these sessions

emotional pump

rescue me

telepathy

housequake

[katopit]

I thought Prince played bass on this track?

[CreoleCW]

Jill was allegedly one of Prince's girlfriends, and sang backup for him. She also sang backup on Teena Marie's LPs for many years. Look for her credit on Teena's "Lady T" LP, singing backup on "Behind the Groove" and other cuts.

[chunkybacker]

I had this tape back in the day, lost it when i graduated from college, and I've been searching high and low for a CD since. This is one of my top 10 albums of all time! Prince had the midas touch back in the eighties and early nineties!

[firefemndavette]

@chunkybacker yes he did.... I have been looking at Wendy and Lisa's videos and I realized how much they contributed to the greatness of his sound bk then.

[versac10]

back in the day.....man this joint has always been off the chain!!

[TruthBToldcuttheshyt]

love the music and the lyrics! Man I missed this cd

[Gusnvv]

Jill.....Remember Brothers rest./lounge 1994.... ? hmmmm. been along time.

Long long time... West Broadway. We hooked up a few times.

I worked there for the parties at night...

much success to you..

[chucku00]

I'm playing the bassline with tears in my eyes, but feeling completely happy !

[JavierVMaldonado]

Dear friends:

Ms. Jill Jones is one of most beautiful ladies I ever seen on Earth planet.

She is absolutely lovely.

Thanks so much for sharing her wonderful art-song musical performance.

Best regards,

Javier

[jaker12]

she can sing, i dont know why prince would put her on the back burner for a lesser talent e.i. vanity apples......etc ( even tho i love them too) smh lol and this is come from someone who wasnt even born in the 80s

[feelnpeace]

whose on bass on this cut?

[Lrigyttiw]

@feelnpeace - that bassline ain't fucking around!

[purplehouse26]

i have some rare prince dvds, if anybody wants to buy some, message me : )

[wendileona]

This song has a very Prince "Parade" era feel to it, very near in production to Anotherloverholenyohead. I love it. Purple Factoid - The studio was lit in blue and other little props were brought in to give it a very nightclub, Jazz club, Jazz singer vibe...in the studio. Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss provide those wonderful horns.

[Phyre702]

she sounds just like her cousin. thats so crazy. The voices are amazing!

[MrTerrific100]

Damn! Prince had some fine ass women!

[molokat]

this song is awesome

[dazeja]

man he should've promoted this album more!

[sim2237]

still own the cassette- love this song!!!

[asset68]

No way! you still have the cassette? I like this song too. I remember I was in LA when I heard this song and purchased the cassette. Unfortunately, I don't have the cassette anymore...that was 22 years ago! LOL.

[mommypucca]

I still have the Album!! lol

[dee1mala]

That album is worth a lot of money!

[mommypucca]

@dee1mala , last time i saw it was about 400.00 dollars, is it more then that?

[caligari89]

Bought the vinyl when it was released. Been one of my all time fave albums ever since. That bass can be only Prince.

[renaissancechic1]

THIS IS MY SH*T!

[janjosjas]

Jaren op een cassettebandje gehad van de radio opgenomen, eindelijk na jaren de lp gevonden,maar ik wil het ook op cd... wie?

[Plumeriabird]

せつなくて、大好きです。

[apf1974]

I've found this on vinyl in Atlanta.

[cbruns71471]

OMG I forgot how beautiful this song was! I think prince played a lot of instruments on this album

[modifiedcontent]

@cbruns71471, written by Jill Jones, produced by David Z and Jill Jones, arranged by Clare Fischer. Brent Fischer on percussion. Who plays the rest is unclear, but there are a lot of unusual non-Paisley Park musicians on other tracks, including Randy Brecker, Steve Gadd, Hugh McCracken. From what I've read Prince had relatively little to this with the album and nothing with this song.

[outspoken34]

Don't let the album credits fool you.This album wouldn't be so hard to find (not to mention expensive) if Prince had relatively little to do with it. "Mia Bocca", "G-Spot", "All Day, All Night", and "Baby, You're A Trip" were originally recorded by Prince (between '82-'84). "With You" was the only song that Prince wasn't involved in, but it's still a cover of a Prince tune. Prince didn't do everything, but he had a huge hand in crafting this album. He wrote every song on the album.

[starrjamie]

@modifiedcontent

Most of the songs on her album are Prince unreleased tracks like Baby, you're a trip and All day, All night so Prince had A LOT to do with this album

[suedesoulnatl]

@starrjamie not to mention G-Spot...which was intended for the Purple Rain album but scratched...;o)

[psychomajic666]

@starrjamie Don't forget "G-Spot" and "4 Lust" - Prince lent a hand in those also.

I always thought he and Jill had great chemistry. She's heard throughout the 1999 album too.

[derMikeIstfeig]

@modifiedcontent : this was the problem. You can hear that this was influenced by prince (the early prince). And this music was good, but not commercialized for the pop and dancefloors. What a waste on talent. she was and is gifted.

[derMikeIstfeig]

@modifiedcontent : this was the problem. You can hear that this was influenced by prince (the early prince). And this music was good, but not commercialized for the pop and dancefloors. What a waste on talent. she was and is gifted. niche hello from

great germany. We love you Jill and the rest of "Chic". Le Freak your life.

[wesglover]

Ive been lookin 4 this song for years . Use to have it when it first came out. Brings back great memories !! Love the bass . I wonder if that prince on the bass ?

[bourgeoisbrats]

It's Marcus Miller

[bourgeoisbrats]

Correction, It's Prince on bass :-)

[TN66J]

OMG, I love this song. I haven't heard it since the late 80's. Please tell me where I can find the CD. PLEASE!!!

[uwillbe]

I was in love with the character in Purple Rain !

[kanemasterDJG]

Damn, I thought I was the only one who remembered this. I can remember blasting this in dorms. It's definitely Prince on the arrangement.

PS I remember passing on the original Vanity 6 CD about 10 years. They only printed a few of these since CDs were so new in mid 80s. I'm sure that CD would be worth about

$500 now.

[bigralph1]

i just found the CD very recently & i got it for $20! i was surprised "1" bcuz i found it, & "2", the price! original (not a copy), wrapped & everything! (i was searchin' for that 1 & Elisa Fiorillo's "I Am" CD also, which i found! i have the best luck!)

[luv4jan]

are you bragging? I would love to have this CD i had the cassette

[comixdiscomix]

so beautiful.... my favorite track on the album. this should have been a single.

[waxonwaxoff520]

i got a huge boner when i saw her pic!

[onewubbs]

I have this on cd!!! great one!

[toomuchadis]

u rockk 4 this!!!!

[kamelgee]

oh oh oh ..to me this was the baddist shit on the album..love it love it please tell me it's on cd

[mommypucca]

it's on cd, but actually hard to get last asking price i saw for the original was 400 dollars for cd..i'm glad i bought the album back in the day...i think most of her stuff is tied to prince, so he has it locked away in his vault...since he was sexin her at one point in life

[magirecords2004]

LOL!!

[rainonariver]

LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!