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Prince-When Doves Cry

Posted by Joe on June 9, 2009

Prince – When Doves Cry – original video. For background information and academic links, go to the Reading pages.

Here’s an interesting 1996 Timbaland-produced cover version by Ginuwine that uses a different underlying groove, taking a different approach from what Don Traut (2005) describes as “3-5″ accent hook (note the lack of syncopation in the drum loop compared to Prince’s original).

DON TRAUT (2005). ‘Simply Irresistible’: recurring accent patterns as hooks in mainstream 1980s music. Popular Music, 24 , pp 57-77
doi:DOI:10.1017/S0261143004000303

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