The Family - High fashion

[littlebiggestdD]

Nothing like vinyl! Man I'm trying to tell you CD's are cool but vinyl was and still is the shit if you have it.

[littlebiggestdD]

Had this album. The original let one of my friends get it and never seen it since. Needs to be reissued along with all the 12 inch versions and B sides that Prince and his Proteges put out.

[jscraig4]

@littlebiggestdD

"No my Brother".....

[YaDiva1973]

I would pay $1900 for this on iTunes in a second! LOL!

[videoBCT]

all the way vogue...

[Sashadigsweed]

"Honey I'm ridin in back of a Rolls Royce limo custom painted plaid!". lmao the memories, I used to have this on vinyl

[ABQdigital]

did u know it skips??

[kyilprkr]

once again......bitchez

[SuckAFuckUToob]

Prince shoulda just sang this himself. LOL

[wyldflow3r]

I LOVE YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON YOUTUBE!!!!!

[troyboy7962]

has the album been reissued on CD? i liked this song

[sydman60]

@troyboy7962 I think so. But it is not the easeiest CD to find. I've seen advertising for it some times but I don't need it. I've got it in the old fashion way. On LP...

[Revelator72]

@troyboy7962

As far as I know the last CD release was in Japan.

[chris24david]

@troyboy7962 not that i know of ... i had to buy it on vinyl !

[kyilprkr]

bitchez

[jeanrollan]

Eric Leeds or is it Eddie M who killed the sax solo? Great job. Brings back a lot of memories.

[midknighted]

Any one hear a touch of "Visions Of China" by "Japan" in this track, Loved this song when it came out..

[SuperDancingmachine]

funny how the laughin stop when i flash all the cash i had yesss

[ockqua]

Somebody stole my album about 7 yrs ago...:-( Can they please release this in digital form?!!

[erriqueyoung]

this is straight out FUNK-KAYY

[dyanaprinze6]

I love this album!! Owwwww!!!!

[jwjh1269]

classic album. i still have it on cassette but want to get it on CD.

[jelboysvw]

Another goodie!

[motard66]

Thanks for posting this - I love Prince and all his 80's offshoot bands. I have this on 45, still.

[bootney66]

Money man, money man!  Love this song!!!

[silkstone001]

love this song thank you so much i love the 80's music so much better then the stuff out now that was my decade

[Algorythm1]

@fatograph Dude who the heck are u ? The only stalker in here is you stalking me. lol Get a life looser.

[SuperDancingmachine]

yessss so kool

[majin32547]

the family screams of passion



[stevewicks]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I used to jam this all night.

[rellenoz]

Le Dome! lol. luv it!

[themagoo64]

i have been looking for this for years! so fun to hear it again

[TheOshmike]

This sounds just like the work on Prince's Yellow Album

[msjackiefly]

This was my Jammy Jam, hey! Um a Purple Rain Kid, what can I say?

[wendileona]

It IS a collectors item.

[demetriustracy]

I have this on lp..it is out of print. If you have a copy, keep it in good shape because it might become a collector's item.

[erokist]

wow

[davelaz]

I too would love to get a copy of this CD. I still have it on cassette.

[kevins9703]

thanx again to whoever pulled this one out. any ideas as to where i might find this cd?

[majin32547]

I wish i could get both the Family and Vanity 6 on iTunes! ahhh, the 80's...Prince was everywhere!

[kevins9703]

i am 45. to find the family again is super fine. prince fucking rules! met a little hottie yesterday at a function here in chucktown! she is from minni funk town! and all of 22! i am attached to my girl.....she was hot!

[RSTAR2009]

I'm 41-years-old and from South Los Angeles. I'm a huge admirer of this band and other during that time period i.e. Mazarati, Tamara and the Seen, etc.!

[SuperDancingmachine]

this group kick azz jerome and st.paul yess

[dulaone]

i wonder is this was what the DREAM FACTORY was supposed to sound like??

[wendileona]

@dulaone This album originally, pretty much every song had Prince's vocals instead. So you can call it a Prince album. ANd yes, from this sound which was moving onto a more organic, jazz-like sound. Its got everything, Funk, Rock, Jazz, Classical touches! But not as cold or electronic like Prince's earlier 1999, Purple Rain sound. Thus, for Crystal Ball, some songs do have this sort of sound. Expert Lover, Crystal Ball, etc. reflect this sound.

[dulaone]

@wendileona

thanks a bunch, you've answered a lot of questions. I always been a fan of Prince but sonicly my favorite sound from him has to be the Under The Cherry Moon/Madhouse era-not forgetting to mention the the first 3 Sheila e albums including her self titled 3rd LP

are there any more Prince projects that reflected that genre/era?

[wendileona]

@dulaone Well pretty much almost everything from that period I think. Perhaps Wendy & Lisa's first album on Columbia. Self-titled. It had that fusion of Pop, Funk and L.A. Jazz. Mazarati was a bit harder... Jill Jones solo was a culmination of Purple Rain outtakes and a few songs have a more drum machine Parade driven sound like Violet Blue.

Sheila's 1987 self-titled album definitely has The Dream Factory sound now that I remember! Songs like Love On Blue Train are straight off DF era sound!

[dulaone]

@wendileona thanks

[jrrttwalter]

@wendileona Actually that was St. Paul singing. Check out his solo albums and you can tell it's not Prince. He actually has a more soulful voice than Purple!

[wendileona]

@dulaone Well to answer your question now that I'm looking at more comments, this certainly has the beginnings of The Dream Factory and Crystal Ball sound. In fact, now that I listen this and think of the actual song Crystal Ball, it does resemble its bounce and acoustic drum, almost timbale snare, even in tempo!

[Algorythm1]

Marilyn from Bayside High School or was it Baysde Junior high..anyway class of 88 i think. Bad Ass Pretty little cute white girl. All she listened to was Prince and his protegees . Thats cool because thats all I listened too. I had a crush on you. Peace babygirl.

[FreakKeeper]

Haven't heard this clip in YEARS!

[Kat36]

Prince rules!

[DaWalk]

Thanks for bringing this back on here!