I love this song. When Prince turned in the lyrics "officially" -- he changed the word to FUNK so it would be played on the radio. Prince got away with everything, it got passed the censors and didn't get banned for 20 years. Hilarious, everybody knew what he said.
I used to work a graveyard shift in the early 90s. The radio station we listened to played this every night, sometimes as the morning crew was coming on at 5am. The DJs would always mention that the lyric is officially "funk". Funk until the dawn.
I was lucky to have attended the Purple Rain and Lovesexy Tours in 85 & 88 and then 15 more shows between 98 & 2016 including Coachella. The man is my hero. Genius.
Holy Cow! I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this; at the Student Union Building , Brooklyn College, Freshman Year, thinking this man is racy as hell and amazing 🔥❤️
He went against Warner Brothers, his label, and had to change his name to the Artist formerly known as Prince. He got his songs back and said from now on I’m the only one going to make $ off my music.
I was about 15 when I flipped my single of Let's Go Crazy over to hear this song on the B side. That was probably 1984 or 1985 and I played the crap out of this song! My parents had no clue what was in my headphones. Lots of songs are "dirty" these days but back in the early 80's acts like Prince, Rick James, and Madonna were considered racy artists.
I never much liked Madonna. But doesn't she have a strange song, "Papa Don't Preach"? In which she is keeping her baby and anti-abortion? Well I am quite pro-life. Lots of songs were "dirty"? Like perhaps Stacy Q and "We Connect"? Lyrics sound very much like it is referring to the sexual union of how babies are produced. My Dad bought me that tape, not so sure that he knew what it was about. I mainly liked the sound of it.
@No Limit Twon. That moment when you figure out Prince's Bside's and club hits banged as hard as his 30 to 40 "hits". There is no going back now Sir :)
Such a great song! Love your reaction..as a 40+ year Prince fan I just love watching youngsters listening to these songs for the first time! Thanks for appreciating the man & his music 🎶
This song was out when I was a teenager lol my dad would have broke my record if he would have heard that! All women that loved Prince a man in heels and lace sing this lol
…fun fact about Erotic City: If you have great speakers/headphones and you get to the chorus,Prince has Sheila E sing in one ear and Sheena Easton in the other ear…👍👍👍
It shocked us the first time we heard it. I love your reaction!!!! It actually got radio play. They just blocked out the ****. We all knew what it was though.
Not how I heard it on the radio. F word was not blocked. Does any grown adult ever listen to the words? There seems to be another song, not by Prince, "I Want to Rock Your Body" I think is the title, yet didn't I hear the F word in there also? More people should be enjoying sex, but do it the right way, no sex until marriage, babies after, and do not use the anti-family awkward birth control. Have big families, like worked so well for our ancestors.
Imagine seeing Prince and The Revolution perform this live in an unannounced impromptu concert before the song was released, I did, the whole audience SNAPPED‼ - I have two turntables, the original 12" lives on turntable #1, it's been there since the day it came out and it will never leave, I will never forget that day, and I will always love this song❣🔥💃🏾🔥💜🕊
Def a club song back in the day!! 👍🏻 he was one of the most prolific song writers of our time… he wrote for so many different artists- songs you would never think of- check out his catalog!
Great song…but this is the single edit of it, not the full length version. Still great, but if you like this song you owe it to yourself to listen to the full length version, which is about 3-1/2 minutes longer than this one. It was included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of Purple Rain that came out a couple years ago (full length version was only available as a b-side on Let’s Go Crazy for a long time).
I actually gave him the singe version to react to. I thought about the extended version but I noticed a lot of people won't listen to the longer reactions.
@@tafkap01 the original 12" is better because on the other releases the pitch is a teeny bit faster and noticeable, it's chopped up and does the song and listener a disservice
Speaking of racy lyrics, did you catch "I just want your creamy thighs" early on? This song, and so many others both Prince, was so great to dance to -- vertically AND horizontally.
When this song came out nobody knew Prince was saying fudge I kept telling my friends he's not saying Funk he's saying fudge it took the radio industry 30 years to figure out he was saying fudge😂😂😂😂
If Erotic City came over the radio while you were getting gas at a station, men from other vehicles or even just walking by in the dead of summer would dance with all of the girls while they finished filling our tanks! And sometime you’d get a lunch date!
Prince for a long time restricted his videos and music online (that's why sometimes his work is hard to find). He had a major dispute with his record label over rights to his music. There is a lot to uncover, but worth it...enjoy!
Every Prince song was a whole other journey. This one reminds me of the heavy aerobic class days - no matter how tired I was, once this one came on, I was instantly revived. I miss the 80s!
`How about one of Prince's ballads, Scandalous, Insatiable or Call my name, all of these have official videos. Adore is the last one but it has an official audio. Love your reactions, keep up the good work
React to Prince "Come Home" Written for Susannah Melvin 3 to 4 months after she left Prince for the 2nd time. You can hear Prince heart coming out in his vocals.
That may have been an influence as well, but the primary inspiration was actually 'White Horse' by Laid Back. Check it out, the synth line is basically identical ;) Prince was so impressed by that track that he got it airplay in the US, and then released Erotic City shortly after.
@@ConvallariaMajalis143 What is a "white horse"? Could that be the male sex organ? I thought it was some naughty drug reference? Do I need to listen to that old song again? Or is "white snake" a reference to the male sex organ? That is the name of some song, or of a music group? People should have gotten married and had more children, and not simply lusted. Maybe some did. The world population is now 8.2 billion, was only around 5 billion back then.
Once Prince got into his JW Faith totally he would no longer perform this song. Didn’t matter to me because he had so much music and could never perform them all anyway at his concerts. I respect his faith even though it wasn’t what I believed in. GOAT. Keep giving his music the shine he deserves.
While playing Truth or Dare, my friends and I loved daring guys (always Marines) to strip to this song. To the point we were called, “The Erotic City Girls.” Good times!
YOUNG MAN ------------YOU REALLY DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMES & CONTEXT OF THIS SONG. TODAY, AFTER DECADES OF HEARING EVERY OBSCEITY & THE " N " WORD BEING SAID IN SO-CALLED " CONTEMPORARY MUSIC " , HEARING THIS ? NO BIG THING ; NOT AT ALL. ----------BUT IN THE MID-80'S ? OMG, THIS WAS SOOOOO FILLED WITH CONTROVERSY. AM RADIO WOULD NOT PLAY IT, ONLY FM. I SAW PRINCE 2 TIMES IN HIS " PURPLE RAIN " TOUR. THERE, EACH TIME, NOT ONLY DID HE, SHEILA E & THE REST OF THE BAND HAVE MIDDLE FINGERS IN THE AIR. , THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SAY CLEARLY " FUCK " ! ON THIS RECORD ? IT'S NOT CLEAR, BUT STILL, AM RADIO WOULD NOT PLAY THE SONG. I KNOW THIS SEEMS LIKE A JOKE TO YOU, BEING RAISED ON ENDLESS VULGARITY / OBSCENITY, IN TODAY'S MUSIC. I GET IT. SAD TO SAY, BUT I DO. FOR ME, HAVING BEEN RAISED IN A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT TIME, IT'S SAD TO SEE YOUR REACTION. IT JUST IS.----MJL, 75 Y/O------PS : I purposely caps'd this so you would read it.
LOOKING AT THE LYRICS? PRINCE WAS AHEAD OF ERRBODY ELSE SON..U NOTICED HOW HE WAS TEXTING BACK IN THE 80'S WITH HIS LYRICS? THIS SONG WAS PLAYED ON THE RADIO CUSS WORDS AND ALL..JUST LIKE IN I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER,HE'D SAY, "I WANNA BE THE ONLY 1 U CUM FOR".. AND U R RIGHT SIR,HE WAS BANGING THE CAB DRIVER WHILE HE WAS RAPPING HIS PART..
Do yourself a favor and listen to the long version of this. You have been deprived w/o realizing it.. It was released as the B-side to his Let's go Crazy single in 84. Many people bought this b/c this song was not on his Purple Rain album
Check out the Shelia E and Apollonia performing both with Prince and as Solo Artists. Darling Nikki and Computer Blue both by Prince are unique songs you should listen to in the future.
Minneapolis the Erotic City and Vike fam why he purple all day. When he died down road we hurt as a fellow Minnesotan. I met him at E.P. menards and made purple paint for Paisley Park.
Please do a reaction to Prince's song "Dreamer".. You Need to check out the lyrics to fully understand what this track is about.. There is a video with the lyrics on RUclips, but no official video of this song exists.. If you want to hear Prince shredding the guitar in a Jimmy Hendrix like performance, but Better, you have to check out this track.. I guarantee that you will friggin love it..
It is interesting that you said when you search for Prince nothing comes up. Prince was ahead of his time fighting with Warner Bros music to own the masters of his music. He believed that artists should have ownership of their music and not corporations. Prince was more than a musical genius, he was a smart businessman. Plus, he believed in black ownership, and when he spoke up about black ownership in the record industry they did everything to stop him, including stopping the distribution of his music. Other black artists at that time were too scared to speak up, so he did it alone. Watch some of his old interviews, you will be amazed that he is speaking about things 30 years ago which are just happening now.
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I love this song. When Prince turned in the lyrics "officially" -- he changed the word to FUNK so it would be played on the radio. Prince got away with everything, it got passed the censors and didn't get banned for 20 years. Hilarious, everybody knew what he said.
They weren’t saying funk….everyone knew that.
@@lanceflx63 Ya that’s exactly what they said.
I used to work a graveyard shift in the early 90s. The radio station we listened to played this every night, sometimes as the morning crew was coming on at 5am. The DJs would always mention that the lyric is officially "funk". Funk until the dawn.
@@lanceflx63 they were actually saying “F*CK”
No Shelia E always said Funk & Prince said Fuck 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Prince was nothing else if not unique 💜 The most gifted multi talented musician/artist ever!
EVER!!!!
Stevie Wonder
I was lucky to have attended the Purple Rain and Lovesexy Tours in 85 & 88 and then 15 more shows between 98 & 2016 including Coachella. The man is my hero. Genius.
My #1 song by Prince 💜
Damn I miss him😪😞
Prince was that dude!!💯
The Eras of Prince…what a time to be alive!🙌🏽🕊️😁
Shelia E. is singing with him on this. One of my favorite from the purple one; along with 1000 kisses.
I remember dancing to this in clubs way back when!
Me too..never ❤ forget it. It is my favorite.
Wow, talk about a blast from the past! Haven't heard this in years and years.
Nobody’s got nothing on this king!! Rest in peace!!❤
"All of my purple life..." Rest in Purple, Prince!!! #Minneapolis ☔💜🌹
Lol......Your reaction is priceless......I love it ...Erotic city is among many of my favorite Prince songs......and there are many......
One of my all time favorites!
Nice to see a young man enjoying music of my time.Keep the videos com
ing!!!
Holy Cow! I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this; at the Student Union Building , Brooklyn College, Freshman Year, thinking this man is racy as hell and amazing 🔥❤️
O(+> My fave male artist. 💜💜💜 Love that young people are exploring his music beyond purple rain.
My favorite Prince song. 💜
Gotta do International Lover now!
He went against Warner Brothers, his label, and had to change his name to the Artist formerly known as Prince. He got his songs back and said from now on I’m the only one going to make $ off my music.
Love Prince!! This is one of my favs from him 😍
I was about 15 when I flipped my single of Let's Go Crazy over to hear this song on the B side. That was probably 1984 or 1985 and I played the crap out of this song! My parents had no clue what was in my headphones. Lots of songs are "dirty" these days but back in the early 80's acts like Prince, Rick James, and Madonna were considered racy artists.
I never much liked Madonna. But doesn't she have a strange song, "Papa Don't Preach"? In which she is keeping her baby and anti-abortion? Well I am quite pro-life.
Lots of songs were "dirty"? Like perhaps Stacy Q and "We Connect"? Lyrics sound very much like it is referring to the sexual union of how babies are produced. My Dad bought me that tape, not so sure that he knew what it was about. I mainly liked the sound of it.
Keep the 🐐 reactions coming!!!
Love Prince (music catalog)
@No Limit Twon. That moment when you figure out Prince's Bside's and club hits banged as hard as his 30 to 40 "hits". There is no going back now Sir :)
The long full version is better
Such a great song! Love your reaction..as a 40+ year Prince fan I just love watching youngsters listening to these songs for the first time! Thanks for appreciating the man & his music 🎶
This song was out when I was a teenager lol my dad would have broke my record if he would have heard that! All women that loved Prince a man in heels and lace sing this lol
One of the most complex🎉 artists ever,so talented,singer,writer, musician. Diverse musicwill always be missed💜RIP,left us too soon
The badass PRINCE!!!!
…fun fact about Erotic City: If you have great speakers/headphones and you get to the chorus,Prince has Sheila E sing in one ear and Sheena Easton in the other ear…👍👍👍
Prince “Scandalous “
It shocked us the first time we heard it. I love your reaction!!!! It actually got radio play. They just blocked out the ****. We all knew what it was though.
Not how I heard it on the radio. F word was not blocked. Does any grown adult ever listen to the words?
There seems to be another song, not by Prince, "I Want to Rock Your Body" I think is the title, yet didn't I hear the F word in there also?
More people should be enjoying sex, but do it the right way, no sex until marriage, babies after, and do not use the anti-family awkward birth control. Have big families, like worked so well for our ancestors.
Imagine seeing Prince and The Revolution perform this live in an unannounced impromptu concert before the song was released, I did, the whole audience SNAPPED‼ - I have two turntables, the original 12" lives on turntable #1, it's been there since the day it came out and it will never leave, I will never forget that day, and I will always love this song❣🔥💃🏾🔥💜🕊
Def a club song back in the day!! 👍🏻 he was one of the most prolific song writers of our time… he wrote for so many different artists- songs you would never think of- check out his catalog!
Thx 2 Prince and Sheila E. For this song. His best song IMHO. Real dance music here folks. May Prince RIP!
My Man, still rocking the good stuff!!! You know my brother that was a good experience. Excuse me while I get a towel.
You should always check the lyrics on every song..especially Prince.
You may have started a dance party up in here!
RIGHT LOL 😂💜💜💜💜
Great song…but this is the single edit of it, not the full length version. Still great, but if you like this song you owe it to yourself to listen to the full length version, which is about 3-1/2 minutes longer than this one. It was included as a bonus track on the deluxe version of Purple Rain that came out a couple years ago (full length version was only available as a b-side on Let’s Go Crazy for a long time).
I actually gave him the singe version to react to. I thought about the extended version but I noticed a lot of people won't listen to the longer reactions.
@@tafkap01 the original 12" is better because on the other releases the pitch is a teeny bit faster and noticeable, it's chopped up and does the song and listener a disservice
Gotta blast this. My boy across the way in the shop was turning this to 11. I am 20 years older and was juvinile when this came out. props.
Speaking of racy lyrics, did you catch "I just want your creamy thighs" early on?
This song, and so many others both Prince, was so great to dance to -- vertically AND horizontally.
It's Prince, we knew what to expect, first thing we ever heard from him was Soft And Wet 😜🤭
Due to the natural baby goo no doubt.
I’m glad you take time listen how talented Prince was the Goat so much music only prince
Oh snap! We played this on repeat!
💜💜💜
This will always be an entire vibe!
When this song came out nobody knew Prince was saying fudge I kept telling my friends he's not saying Funk he's saying fudge it took the radio industry 30 years to figure out he was saying fudge😂😂😂😂
🙄 everyone I knew knew what he was saying. But then again we bought the albums. No one thought he was saying fudge or funk.
It was what you thought but he had to change it to get on radio. We all knew what he meant.
If Erotic City came over the radio while you were getting gas at a station, men from other vehicles or even just walking by in the dead of summer would dance with all of the girls while they finished filling our tanks! And sometime you’d get a lunch date!
Stuff doesn't pop up because Prince was different from anyone else … it’s Prince 👑
I told my girlfriend that when we get married, I want her to walk the aisle with Erotic City playing in the background. She really liked the idea!
I used Venus de milo
It floors me some of the newer generation never heard of the great songs we Gen×'ers grew up to..😮
Prince for a long time restricted his videos and music online (that's why sometimes his work is hard to find). He had a major dispute with his record label over rights to his music. There is a lot to uncover, but worth it...enjoy!
Every Prince song was a whole other journey. This one reminds me of the heavy aerobic class days - no matter how tired I was, once this one came on, I was instantly revived. I miss the 80s!
Finally!!! I had this 33’ album but you played at 44 speed!!! 💜
Prince also did a version of this song with George Clinton. Worth a listen.
Ur face was priceless ..hahah
Prince and the woman's voice is Sheila E.
`How about one of Prince's ballads, Scandalous, Insatiable or Call my name, all of these have official videos. Adore is the last one but it has an official audio. Love your reactions, keep up the good work
This song was never even on an album. B-side only. His work on the Linn Drum is legendary.
Prince is definitely saying fuck, shelia e is saying funk lol.
Indeed
React to Prince "Come Home"
Written for Susannah Melvin 3 to 4 months after she left Prince for the 2nd time. You can hear Prince heart coming out in his vocals.
Love that song. Love that artist! Love your reactions!
Finally!!!!! This is the jammm⭐️
Do more prince reactions bro!!!! shit is fire 🔥
love your reactions
Next check out prince " Scandalous, and "International lover".
Prince wrote this after he heard George Clinton's, "Atomic Dog." That was his inspiration😉
That may have been an influence as well, but the primary inspiration was actually 'White Horse' by Laid Back. Check it out, the synth line is basically identical ;) Prince was so impressed by that track that he got it airplay in the US, and then released Erotic City shortly after.
It was actually one nation under a groove at Hollywood bowl with pfunk do singing in unison
@@ConvallariaMajalis143 I believe that! It has a new wave fusion with p-funk.
@@ConvallariaMajalis143
What is a "white horse"? Could that be the male sex organ? I thought it was some naughty drug reference? Do I need to listen to that old song again? Or is "white snake" a reference to the male sex organ? That is the name of some song, or of a music group?
People should have gotten married and had more children, and not simply lusted.
Maybe some did. The world population is now 8.2 billion, was only around 5 billion back then.
Once Prince got into his JW Faith totally he would no longer perform this song. Didn’t matter to me because he had so much music and could never perform them all anyway at his concerts. I respect his faith even though it wasn’t what I believed in. GOAT. Keep giving his music the shine he deserves.
You know what I wasn't even mad. I understood that it was about maturity and constant growth
Imagine being inspired by the p funk, writing this masterpiece, and then p funk covering it.
Prince is the GOAT ‼️🤘🏾
I can't believe I missed this initial reaction! I would've pretended it was my birthday present.
This song was my 15/16/17 yrs 💕
While playing Truth or Dare, my friends and I loved daring guys (always Marines) to strip to this song. To the point we were called, “The Erotic City Girls.” Good times!
He’s not of this earth!!
YOUNG MAN ------------YOU REALLY DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMES & CONTEXT OF THIS SONG. TODAY, AFTER DECADES OF HEARING EVERY OBSCEITY & THE " N " WORD BEING SAID IN SO-CALLED " CONTEMPORARY MUSIC " , HEARING THIS ? NO BIG THING ; NOT AT ALL. ----------BUT IN THE MID-80'S ? OMG, THIS WAS SOOOOO FILLED WITH CONTROVERSY. AM RADIO WOULD NOT PLAY IT, ONLY FM. I SAW PRINCE 2 TIMES IN HIS " PURPLE RAIN " TOUR. THERE, EACH TIME, NOT ONLY DID HE, SHEILA E & THE REST OF THE BAND HAVE MIDDLE FINGERS IN THE AIR. , THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SAY CLEARLY " FUCK " ! ON THIS RECORD ? IT'S NOT CLEAR, BUT STILL, AM RADIO WOULD NOT PLAY THE SONG. I KNOW THIS SEEMS LIKE A JOKE TO YOU, BEING RAISED ON ENDLESS VULGARITY / OBSCENITY, IN TODAY'S MUSIC. I GET IT. SAD TO SAY, BUT I DO. FOR ME, HAVING BEEN RAISED IN A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT TIME, IT'S SAD TO SEE YOUR REACTION. IT JUST IS.----MJL, 75 Y/O------PS : I purposely caps'd this so you would read it.
ICON 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
LOOKING AT THE LYRICS? PRINCE WAS AHEAD OF ERRBODY ELSE SON..U NOTICED HOW HE WAS TEXTING BACK IN THE 80'S WITH HIS LYRICS? THIS SONG WAS PLAYED ON THE RADIO CUSS WORDS AND ALL..JUST LIKE IN I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER,HE'D SAY, "I WANNA BE THE ONLY 1 U CUM FOR"..
AND U R RIGHT SIR,HE WAS BANGING THE CAB DRIVER WHILE HE WAS RAPPING HIS PART..
This song is on the Purple Rain compact disc only.
You need to hear the extended version of this
One of my favssssssss 💜💜💜
That episode of Blackish 🙌🏼 My kids were like, “we already know. Mom, you taught us well.” 😂💜
Yes. He cussed. It's Erotic!
love prince...done so many good things, specialy when u start follow his live reportoare. But my favorite studio songs are uptown and controversy.
Do yourself a favor and listen to the long version of this. You have been deprived w/o realizing it.. It was released as the B-side to his Let's go Crazy single in 84. Many people bought this b/c this song was not on his Purple Rain album
Exactly, same thing I said
With prince what u hear is what u get
They sleep on this one. 😂❤
There is an extended version of this song that is worth checking out.
The tale end vocal riff is Sly stone influenced indeed Dig it.
Check out the Shelia E and Apollonia performing both with Prince and as Solo Artists.
Darling Nikki and Computer Blue both by Prince are unique songs you should listen to in the future.
Prince and Shelia E, orginal song is 15 min long,.....after watchin George Clinton Concert, recoreded that night
Da funk broke em down 😂😂
Minneapolis the Erotic City and Vike fam why he purple all day. When he died down road we hurt as a fellow Minnesotan. I met him at E.P. menards and made purple paint for Paisley Park.
Please do a reaction to Prince's song "Dreamer".. You Need to check out the lyrics to fully understand what this track is about.. There is a video with the lyrics on RUclips, but no official video of this song exists.. If you want to hear Prince shredding the guitar in a Jimmy Hendrix like performance, but Better, you have to check out this track.. I guarantee that you will friggin love it..
Dreamer is one of my favorites. Prince cuts deep in that one.
@@stevensheegog3942 Sho Nuf Does Cousin They don't call him the Purple Yoda for nothing.. Peace 2 U and have a great day
@@stevensheegog3942 Prince's music is the Soundtrack to my life.. Always and 4ever
His level was in the Cosmos
ONLY Prince could make a full leather body suit, hoop earrings, heeled knee boots look sexy on a man!
Live it's even better 👍🔥
Sheila E on the female vocals.
G O A T
It is interesting that you said when you search for Prince nothing comes up. Prince was ahead of his time fighting with Warner Bros music to own the masters of his music. He believed that artists should have ownership of their music and not corporations. Prince was more than a musical genius, he was a smart businessman. Plus, he believed in black ownership, and when he spoke up about black ownership in the record industry they did everything to stop him, including stopping the distribution of his music. Other black artists at that time were too scared to speak up, so he did it alone. Watch some of his old interviews, you will be amazed that he is speaking about things 30 years ago which are just happening now.
Check out Shockadelaka by Prince. Funky Funky Funky Funky
🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🔥💯💯💜💜💜💜💜💜
Have you listened to darling Niki yet.listen to come or black album and there's plenty more of that side of prince,his raw sexy 💜💜💜💜
Live it's even better 🔥