Tag: delirious
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1999
What set Prince apart from his early-’80s peers was his insistence on greeting Judgment Day, not with solemn gravity or mordant gallows humor, but with a seemingly irony-free display of millenarian ecstasy.
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No Call U
It isn’t entirely clear whether “No Call U,” recorded toward the end of the 1999 sessions on July 23, was intended for Jill Jones, another side project, or Prince himself; more likely than not, given the “crazy blur” of recording sessions during this period, it wasn’t even clear to the participants at the time.
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Lust U Always (Divinity)
Had “Lust U Always” come out on 1999, Prince may have forced the issue of music industry self-censorship two years early.
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Horny Toad
“Horny Toad” works as a self-aware riff on Prince’s carefully-cultivated reputation as a pervert.
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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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Delirious
“Delirious” is arguably the pinnacle of Prince’s brief, but intense infatuation with 1950s rock ‘n’ roll.