So much to say about “Darling Nikki”. And, in one of those cool weird coincidences, this song’s number comes up about 12 hours before I’m headed into Williamsburg to see Purple Rain on a big screen for the first time ever! I didn’t realize until recently that “Darling Nikki” and “Little Red Corvette” run along similar lyrical paths.… Read More “Darling Nikki” by Prince & The Revolution (1984)
A week ago today, I was in Minneapolis. I made that trip for several reasons. a) A friend’s band was playing shows out there and I’d never seen said friend play before. b) My friends Matt and Annie were also coming to Minneapolis for those shows and I was able to share their hotel room… Read More “The Beautiful Ones” by Prince & The Revolution (1984)
If you’re going to write and perform a song as cocky as “Baby I’m A Star”, you better be able to back your lyrics up. Prince is one of the only people who could’ve pulled a song like this off. Shit, just calling him a “star” might’ve been understating the case, even though his had not fully… Read More “Baby I’m A Star” by Prince & The Revolution (1984)
There was a quote attributed to Chris Rock, in which the conversation revolved around Prince being a better musician than Michael Jackson (he is.) When comparing the albums that represented the commercial peaks for each (Mike’s Thriller and Prince’s Purple Rain), Rock’s reasoning for picking Purple Rain as the better of the two albums (it… Read More “Baby Be Mine” by Michael Jackson (1982)
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