Sheila E. Says Prince's Rendition Of Michael Jackson's 'Bad' Was Better Than Original
Sheila E., who worked with Prince, is speaking out about the late-singer's rendition of a classic.
Sheila E., real name Sheila Cecilia Escovedo, appeared on 'The Jason Show' where she recalled how Prince would often re-record Michael Jackson's songs to make them better.
She remembered the moment where they first heard Jackson's hit song 'Bad' (1987) during the interview published last week.
"So we get the song 'Bad' from Michael... and Prince was like... 'Michael wants me to sing this song with him.' So he played it for us, and Michael goes, 'Your butt is mine'... [Prince] just walked away and he said, 'Un un.' So we went and we re-recorded 'Bad.' "
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Sheila, whose career started in the mid-1970s as a percussionist for the George Duke Band, said that the new rendition of the song "was so funky, it was so amazing. It was an incredible rendition of what it should've been."
Yet, that day would never come.
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"And then after we recorded we were like, 'Oh my God we can't wait for Michael to hear it' then Prince went like this," miming him pushing a button, "and he erased the whole thing right there," the drummer recalled. "... We did that all the time though, I can name so many songs that we re-recorded that were sent to us."
Prince, legal name Prince Rogers Nelson, and Michael Jackson were at the height of their careers from the mid 80's to early 90's. The pair was often pitted against each other and their music catalogs compared.
The Minneapolis native died April 21, 2016, after an accidental overdose of fentanyl. The twice-divorced singer who never fathered children, often regarded as one of the world's greatest musicians, remains were cremated. He was 57.
Michael Jackson died 7 years before Prince in Los Angeles. The "King of Pop" died after an acute popofol intoxication. He was 50.
