Tag: andre cymone
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I’m Yours
“I’m Yours” is one of the few moments of For You when Prince’s genre-bending later persona comes into sharp focus.
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Leaving for New York
The delicate, ever-shifting melody and impressionistic lyrics–including, it’s been noted, the first recorded use of Prince’s favored words “purple,” “rain,” and “dawn”–are the strongest indications to date of Joni Mitchell’s influence on his songwriting.
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Don’t You Wanna Ride?
Prince spins a yarn about hooking up with a “foxy lady down in New Orleans” that sounds for all the world like a Penthouse Forum letter set to music.
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Sweet Thing
Prince doesn’t shy away from the song’s ostensibly feminine qualities; he accentuates them.
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Home Recordings, 1976
The Anderson home provided a fruitful place for Prince to further his musical aspirations.