By the beginning of 1991, Prince found himself more estranged from contemporary youth culture than he’d been at any point in his career. “Gett Off” (and the Diamonds and Pearls album it appeared on) was a deliberate attempt to re-engage the center of pop culture, which had shifted quite a bit in just the previous… Read More “Gett Off” by Prince & The New Power Generation (1991)
A few stray thoughts about this song… *I bought albums on cassette almost exclusively until the mid ‘90s. And until I started working retail in 1993, I wasn’t able to afford cassettes (at least at the rate I consumed music) so I was a certified bootleg patron. Back in the day, there used to be African… Read More “Diamonds & Pearls” by Prince & The New Power Generation (1991)
I’m tempted to use this entry to draw some comparisons between The Revolution & The New Power Generation. Although Prince made his most innovative music in what could be termed the “Revolution era”, Prince also recorded most of those innovative songs himself. The Revolution was a touring band, not so much a studio band. The… Read More “And God Created Woman” by Prince & The New Power Generation (1992)
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