Prince's pop life, song by song, in chronological order.
Prince had tried before with his protégées, most notably Vanity, to Pygmalion a female version of himself; but while a few of these femme-Princes (Princesses?) could emulate him as a sex symbol, none before Sheila had the stage presence or musicianship.
Pleasant and frothy, if not especially memorable, “My Love is Forever” is Prince at his most self-consciously commercial.