Tag: 1983
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Take Me with U
“Take Me with U” has to do a lot of heavy lifting to make its part of the movie work, and it’s a testament to its sturdy construction that it works as well as it does.
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Ice Cream Castles (Old and Ignant)
The Time (or at least two of them) temper their trademark funk into a more laid-back form.
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My Drawers
If the whole thing smacks of sexism–staking a claim on a human being, while reducing her to her undergarments–well, at least he isn’t throwing the poor lady in a dumpster (this time).
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Lacuna: The Dawn
Underlying the mystery is the unshakeable sense that “The Dawn” holds the key to the next 15 years of Prince’s artistic development.
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Sex Shooter
Prince had just a few weeks to mold Apollonia into the persona he and Vanity had taken months to create. He had his work cut out for him.
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Roundup: Ephemera, 1983
I know I say this every time, but hoo boy, has it ever been a while since I wrote one of these: one year, four months, and 30 days, to be precise. In my defense, though, the sprawl of the Purple Rain era has meant that I’ve been concurrently working on two albums (soon to…