Prince's pop life, song by song, in chronological order.
Like many of Prince’s songs from this period, “Possessed” is the musical monologue of a man afflicted with chronic horniness. The unique selling proposition, in this case, is a dash of Christian demonology, as Prince’s narrator attributes the stirring in his loins to nothing short of infernal influence.
I’m pleased to share that in just under two weeks, I will be crawling back out from under my rock to participate in the #PopLife40 virtual symposium celebrating 40 years of Prince and the Revolution’s Around the World in a Day, Sheila E’s Romance 1600, and the self-titled album by the Family