Tag: after hi school
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Onedayi’mgonnabesomebody
Recorded around the same time as “777-9311” in late Spring 1982, “Onedayi’mgonnabesomebody” was a slight, palate-cleansing trifle to fill out the first side of the album.
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Wet Dream (Wet Dream Cousin)
Vanity was chosen to lead the group for her firecracker personality, bedroom eyes, and ability to fill out a lace camisole, not for her powerhouse pipes. The trouble is that Prince wasn’t always good at selecting material that played to her strengths.
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Ronnie, Talk to Russia
It’s difficult to determine just how seriously “Ronnie, Talk to Russia” was meant to be taken.
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Roundup: The Time, 1981
Folks, it’s been a whole-ass seven months since the last roundup post on Dirty Mind–where has the time gone? Dunno, but here at least is where the Time has gone (sorry): five posts on the first album by Prince’s first and arguably most accomplished protégé act. My ranking this time is decidedly anti-climactic, since I basically…
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Cool
The mental image evoked by “Cool” was inseparable from the literal image being created around Morris Day and the Time.