Prince "Kiss" Demo

The demo that Prince gave to Maserati in Studio 2 at Sunset Sound with
David "Z".
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[@gpl6789]

When a simple blues chords progression becomes an absolute hit. Well done P. 👍🙏💫

[@gpl6789]

Thank you for noticing my comment 🙏 U are doing an amazing job on this channel. I am a long time fan of Prince's music (since 1982) I have seen him many times in concerts in Paris & London. It is so nice to hear all these behind the scenes' stories. Love from France 🥰

[@sunsetsoundrecorders]

💜🙏🔥

[@oculusnomadslosttribe5672]

I was just thinking the same damn thing listening to this…awesome…😁👍🏾

[@bonatoc]

"Well done P" my skinny white ass. This is a (thankfully) rare case where P literally stole somebody else's idea. Did he elevate David Z. and Mazarati's demo? Absolutely. But they are the ones who made the song a #1 hit.

[@superlinksx]

uhhh isnt that pretty much the history of rock and roll tho? 145?

[@evolgoo1]

It’s a shame that Brown Mark never got the credit he deserved for his contribution to the final version of Kiss. IYKYK

[@elliebeeradio3293]

That's not the way it works unfortunately the melody and the Lyric are the song in the eyes of the law the other stuff is just incidental . Up to the original songwriter to cut the deal for parts. Sad but true.

[@evolgoo1]

@@elliebeeradio3293 it’s damn shame.

[@arthurriley2957]

Prince didn't credit many people who contributed to his catalog. It so ironic that he was a strong advocate for owning your work.

[@ChrisP3000x]

Many people in the Prince world were Prince slaves, working for nothing, getting no credit, etc... Yes, very ironic. The ultimate hypocrite.

[@BrownMark]

Truth!

[@Auntkekebaby]

Kiss: The blues origins. A sign of a great song is the blueprint. So now yall know that this song can be worked all types of ways and still work.

[@xexe8039]

You a bae😍

[@kevinlucken8558]

The GOAT! And nobody’s close

[@drumrboi72]

If he sang 'Mary Had a Lil Lamb,' it would sound PHENOMENAL!

[@robynbrown1491]

lol very true!💕💕💕

[@NelsonClick]

I liked it. You can tell how he's trying to get the bones of the song out and flesh it all up later. Leaving room for instrumental inspiration at that time. Sting did this exact thing for Every Breath. He presented it as merely a vocal with bass guitar notes under it.

[@zeitakulobusta]

All respect and all but Prince and Sting in the same sentence kinda makes me wince.

[@vincentjordan5881]

C'mon man now your acting like prince was some has been onetime great frontman guitar players, ala slash from Guns and roses. Big admire of both man abilities to create songs from two and three notes on any giving instrument but 10000s times better, you Suning a man prince. Give credit, respect to the artist and art form even sting himself would disrepect prince musical talent, subject matter and lyrics are completely something else.

[@zeitakulobusta]

@@riffjetsit haha ok....

[@ChrisP3000x]

He is giving someone a quick demo of the song in the quickest way possible. Your over-analyzation is hilarious. Get off his nuts.

[@hadi141]

So cool to hear this and what it later became he was an amazing visionary

[@JuliusHowe]

He created it single-handedly

[@IfUfindthisURlost]

@@JuliusHowe I think he actually gave this demo version to producers in another studio, for their artist. They added all the funky drum/synth parts, gave it back to Prince to hear and he suddenly decided (due to what the producers had done), that he wanted it back. More collaboration, than single-handed.

[@Dusty78dk]

Another one I hope to be on a "Originals 2" album ;)

[@mattwarrensocal]

See that folks? Simple blues ditty w slight change is legend

[@definitiveenergy1]

This is an example of a Demo tape that would excite a producer and major label. There's zero production on it, bravo!

[@ravenstrange8466]

You have to have Zero production on a demo for a major because they want to have complete control of you, and they want to have a job to do so they can say they were responsible for your success. Prince had to play stupid for Major labels, even though he knew he was miles ahead of them on talent. I have absolutely no respect for record labels. They're full of ego maniacs that know nothing about true art.

[@definitiveenergy1]

@@ravenstrange8466 So very true about the A&R at the record companies. Less is more when presenting a demo tape, a producer doesn't want to hear it already produced.

[@fedplaysguitar]

@@ravenstrange8466 Prince wrote and produced the song, he didn't need any approval from the Label.

[@Alanoffer]

For Prince this was just putting an idea down like a sketch book , if he was alive he would never have released it , I don’t think

[@largohla1382]

The damn genius that is PRINCE. NEVER WILL THERE BE ANOTHER. everyone pales in comparison. Long live PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@drumrboi72]

🎯💯👍

[@robynbrown1491]

Beautiful! ♥️

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I'm glad that Prince took it back cuz it would have went absolutely NOWHERE had Mazarati kept it.

[@KKMDStyle]

That would certainly be evidence of the problem with the music industry and distribution practices because if the song is good, it would have been good whoever sang it. But on another note, as told by Mark Brown in his book, he and Maserati took that demo and made it funkier than that demo. That’s when prince wanted it back.

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

@@KKMDStyle Well, David Z made no mention of Brownmark when he told the story of how kiss was made FUNKY.

[@1939lb]

@@ROCKNROLLFAN I have Mazeratis version..its sounds fuller..Prince kept Mazeratis background vocals on his version. And Brown Mark is right. He heard Mazerati putting funk on it. Prince stripped it down, put a gated drum on it, and the rest is history

[@KKMDStyle]

@@ROCKNROLLFAN have you read BrownMark’s book?

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

@@KKMDStyle I have it.

[@brianinglis3805]

This should be on the Parade super deluxe edition. (if it ever gets released that is)

[@Steven-wm9vu]

Parade is so underrated. Mountains is one of his best songs.

[@NOWtheband]

It will be and it will. ;-)

[@najinelson6742]

The coolest blues song ever

[@WhiteDove73-888]

This is all you need for a demo.

[@coolvids841]

Interesting to hear how this influenced later songs after kiss, notably cream.

[@HaywardEntertainment]

Even his Demos were great💜💜💜💜

[@jayskywalker5049]

YO!!!!!!!!CUT BROWN MARK A CHECK CAUSE CLEARLY THIS IS A COUNTRY SONG

[@comment.highlighted]

Wow, it gave me chills to hear the raw creative beginning of a great song 😊

[@gonzchi]

The one and only!

[@supremedreamstation]

LOVE THIS....RAW AND PURE

[@robynbrown1491]

RAW BEAUTY!

[@xxgxx2829]

This is so pure, i love it, thanx so much💜💜

[@Bettwurst]

....aaaand the estate coming at you again in 3....2.....1..... ;)

[@sunsetsoundrecorders]

😂😂😂

[@creativesource3514]

Maserati improved it and Prince took it back and perfected.

[@NOWtheband]

He's a good lad.

[@michaelpowell7120]

Thank God for this historical piece of history

[@michaelpowell7120]

Prince freed the Slaves!

[@chuckomgyahoo]

beautiful

[@PUPNRC.Mixes.Suites.Extended]

This is great! It so works as a bloooose ballad! Such a shame it hasn't been tidied up, I would... but a squashed fly probably has more ability using Audacity than me! lol ...after how many years? caramba!

[@tc6664]

beautiful voice

[@KittyKittyBoomBoom]

Jesus ...that was soooo good

[@miscellanyman263]

I often wonder why one of the world's greatest "Blues" bands, The Rolling Stones, has never covered this Prince classic...

[@ChrisP3000x]

Why would they?

[@BrownMark]

The music I created for this was stolen right underneath me and all I hear are lies from people who make claims of its creation. This was the original demo give to me from Prince. He never gave this to Mazarati he handed to me, Mazarati’s producer. Even that title was stripped from me! I wish we lived in a world where people were honest!

[@sunsetsoundrecorders]

Come in and talk about it. Message me on Instagram . Sunset Sound Recorders

[@lolpurrpol]

I hate the idea that the Prince name was stamped on all of those album covers and labels as producer, composer... Especially when so many people were involved.

[@BrownMark]

@@lolpurrpol Yes, he was in full control of the credits. We you look at singles released, it says “Written, produced, arranged and composed by Prince and The Revolution “ This idea so many spread that he did all this himself is an insult to the years of hard work we all put in to these songs. Truth is truth however most people want to believe what someone told them. We, the band were never backup musicians. We were a band. He found the need to give us a name and we all agreed on “The Revolution.” The rest was history.

[@lolpurrpol]

@@BrownMark Does that mean you were paid as contracted musicians? Even though the singles were purposely miscredited, were your names proper on publishing?

[@BrownMark]

@@lolpurrpol complicated but definitely mis credited. I wrote songs for my band Mazarati that ended up on other peoples albums that I never got credit for. I wrote the music on Parade I never got credit nor compensation for. I’m over it and life goes on. I just like to set the record straight about Kiss. 👍🏾

[@Twobarpsi]

Amazing!

[@loupcaldeira]

So it was a blues song! Amazing 💜

[@Troycus]

Awesome!

[@david25876]

Sweet!

[@SUPAROCKINDJSMASH]

I remember this..brownmark talked about it

[@mattdickun6145]

According to Brownmark he did all the heavy lifting on the production because Prince told him it was going to be Brownmark's song now. Then when Prince heard the track Brownmark made out of it he said "I want it back now."

[@gnomodrummer2660]

PRINCE PRINCE PRINCE PRINCE PRINCE

[@saadsaud55]

So good

[@danjwalker]

Could you imagine if there was a funky version of this song?

[@Realigndadjmusic]

Superb

[@bethfaile3833]

#GOAT 4ever missed 💜☮O(+>

[@prescottwhynot]

so cool. for live, using a tap killswitch on a guitar might work well. maybe pedal activated.

[@henrinevermind1695]

*(Journey Day) has a similar COUNTRY version of KISS on KZbin.

[@jorgepereira1009]

Brutal!

[@johncarter44]

💜🎼🎸🎶🎤

[@titolefreakcestchic5143]

Exactly, coming from Maserati.

[@blueser100]

Yes and then took inspiration from what Maserati did with it and then made it better.

[@teddygee7859]

Didn’t Maserati write the song, they redid it then Prince took it?

[@blueser100]

@@teddygee7859 no. Prince wrote and demoed the acoustic version. Gave it to Maserati, who developed it quite a bit. Prince famously took it back and recorded the final version.

[@teddygee7859]

@@blueser100 That’s it! In that order exactly! Appreciate it! Thanks!

[@hollylewis5302]

Wow!

[@gregoryamadeus2235]

Prince never gave credit where credit was due. Long story on this song.

[@abumc5104]

PRINCE the no.1 example of the history & stories of real LEGENDS. 'give & take' 😉 now i understand, JIMMY JAM & TERRY LEWIS had to go 'SOLO' on productions , because JAM & LEWIS are really LEGENDARY.

[@cheboy]

💜🐾

[@H3avyHaul3r]

amazing

[@jacestephenweatherall1732]

Rip Prince

[@thiswillprobhrt]

In before the high hat gate.

[@powermanlukecage4864]

♥️😘

[@roycescott8739]

Hit maker

[@NgaTaeOfficial]

Not to be THAT guy... ok I'll be that guy... the tuning is a quater-tone off concert-pitch. I picture that gat must have been lying around unplayed for ages, and His Purpleness just grabbed it when the inspiration struck. "OK baby, we gotta get this down... NOW!" ❤

[@vildaray9834]

Holy shit

[@DL_Hugely]

Credit to David Z. on this one!

[@tsant6591]

I think David Z made the rhythm track for this by a happy accident

[@jeroenfigee]

ahhh cool ... is there a source by any chance? like a podcast or video? thanx :-)

[@tsant6591]

@@jeroenfigee listen from 3:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJeVe36lfa55b6s

[@AaronSikkink]

It is 'Mazarati'...

[@robertkees6048]

The mic in the still pic looks like a shampoo bottle, like it's Shampoo No, 9. anyone?

[@sunsetsoundrecorders]

It’s the Neumann mic that prince used

[@robertkees6048]

@@sunsetsoundrecorders It's just the weirdest thing, cause I've seen some of the sunset sound clips, so I'm looking at it and I'm thinking well maybe that was his favorite shampoo, sure that's got to be it. Oh ok it's a mic DUH. We live we learn, rinse repeat.

[@xonnathagreat7644]

. "Kiss" was recorded with a Sennheiser 441.

[@sunsetsoundrecorders]

@@xonnathagreat7644 great. This is the Neumann prince used

[@robertkees6048]

@@xonnathagreat7644 Are you sure? I thought they used an Alberto VO5.

[@Turnip3]

Was it Linndrum LM1, Lm2 or 9000 that made it onto the final track?

[@dongargon763]

Linn drum goes t.t.t.t.

[@johnheath970]

I would have loved it if it came out as a blues or funk.

[@johnheath970]

Actually, no I only would’ve understood this when it came out funky. I didn’t get any kind of blues knowledge until much later

[@akagerhard]

Well, I prefer this from the release-version.

[@henrinevermind1695]

Acoustical Country version🤔 Purple Rain before the rock guitar elements storm is a COUNTRY song as well.

[@akagerhard]

@@henrinevermind1695 It's also a lot about the vocals for me. The vocals in the release are a lot higher and that sounds annoying to me

[@dee1380]

Prince completely flipped it..

[@joshmosher6362]

Sounds like Cream in this basic form

[@rhoadnaroahs]

Better than the "real" version imo.

[@Dakahrii]

I actually like this better than the recorded version. lol

[@jayskywalker5049]

NOT!!!!!!!!!

[@Dakahrii]

@@jayskywalker5049 There's no "not" about it; it's just my opinion that this version is my favorite. If it's not your favorite then that's ok as well.

[@lolpurrpol]

Why did Prince sound like he wanted to be Joni Mitchell?

[@pauljames7438]

Infant stage of Kiss.

[@toyatsymonds9324]

SOLO sound off supreme

[@swirlingfudge]

Very average blues made special by Mazerati

[@JulietsMan]

i have areally hard time believing that Prince "didnt know how to make this song sound funky" as David Z and Patty claim. At worst he may have been bored with the idea and wanted to let someone else have a crack at it. But he thought enough of the track to hav eDavid come to MPLS and listen to it. The mere fact that Mazerati recorded it doesn't make it "theirs". Im starting to see more and more shit posted on the sunset sound sessions trying to take credit away from Prince and that just looks like a bunch of jealous industry insiders trying to finally get a little shine of their own.

[@mrflynn01]

1st

[@jeffs9300]

Michael Jackson on guitar!

[@toyatsymonds9324]

SOLO sound off supreme