Tag: andrea swensson
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Possessed
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.
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D / M / S / R Subscriber Dispatch #1: August 2, 2024
Hello again! After almost a year and a half of radio silence, it now seems I can’t shut up.
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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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Computer Blue
Prince’s portrayal of a sentient, lovelorn CPU tapped into contemporary anxieties that society’s dependence on computers would have a dehumanizing effect, with cold logic taking the place of feelings and empathy.
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Podcast: 40 Years of Dirty Mind
Darling Nisi and Harold Pride return for a third episode in our series of in-depth retrospectives on Prince’s albums, this one for the 40th anniversary of 1980’s Dirty Mind.