The Prince oeuvre, song by song, in chronological order.

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#PrinceTwitterThread: “Endorphinmachine”

Post author By Zachary Hoskins
Post date June 9, 2022
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As I’ve alluded a few times recently, the last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic in my neck of the woods; but I still had to make the time to participate in this month’s #PrinceTwitterThread series on 1995’s The Gold Experience. I know I remain, somewhat unfashionably, an ’80s Prince guy, but The Gold Experience is one of my faves from the ’90s and “Endorphinmachine” is an absolute banger. Check out the thread below, and be sure to also make your voice heard on the poll I posted pitting the raw original mix against the clunktastic album version. Also, stay tuned to @PrinceThread on Twitter; the series just got started, and is going all the way through the Record Store Day release of The Gold Experience on Saturday the 18th!

Tags 1968, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2013, 3 chains o' gold film, 3rdeyegirl, bambi, barbarella, carmen electra, charlie murphy, come, dark, dolphin, edgar kruize, endorphinmachine, foreigner, glam slam ulysses, graham central station, grand central, grand funk railroad, great white, headbangers book club, henk liebeek, homer, i'm yours, interactive cd-rom, jane fonda, joshua welton, larry graham, mark farner, michael b, milo o'shea, miss tlc, montreux jazz festival, morris day, morris hayes, npg, O(+>, odyssey, on time, p control, paisley park studios, prince, prince twitter thread, rock n roll is alive, roger vadim, shhh, sonny t, spacehog, this is spinal tap, tommy barbarella, top of the pops, troy beyer, ultimate live experience, umb, vh1 honors

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Podcast: Prince (1979) Revisited

Post author By Zach
Post date October 19, 2018
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Cover art for Prince, 1979; photo by Jurgen Reisch, © Warner Bros.

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October 19, 2018 marks the 39th anniversary of Prince’s self-titled second album–not the most glamorous occasion, perhaps, but reason enough to reassemble the review panel from our For You podcast for a reappraisal. Once again, Zach is joined by Harold and KaNisa for a track-by-track discussion of this underappreciated album, its resonances throughout Prince’s career, and why it still matters.

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Prince Track by Track: “Shy”

Post author By Zach
Post date April 30, 2018
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From the Gold Experience CD booklet, 1995; © Warner Bros.

My latest guest appearance on Prince: Track by Track actually went up last Wednesday, but I was too busy to write anything up about it, so here it is now:

Prince Track by Track: “Shy”

The subject this time around is one of my favorite songs from The Gold Experience, which also happens to be one of my favorite Prince/O(+> albums of the ’90s. Hopefully my affection for it comes through. Also, because I forgot to do it while we were recording, allow me to shout out friend of the blog Erica Thompson for her excellent writeup of the song for Diffuser’s 365 Prince Songs in a Year series.

Despite appearances to the contrary, I’m currently working on the last few posts for the Time album, which I hope to wrap up in May; then, it’s onward to Controversy. Those of you who have been following along, thanks for bearing with me while I juggled other projects for the past few months. Looking forward to getting back into the regular routine!

Tags 1993, 1995, ballad of dorothy parker, chanhassen, community, dance on, darren husted, endorphinmachine, erica thompson, i'm gonna git you sucka, ice cube, los angeles, mayte, most beautiful girl in the world, O(+>, paisley park studios, prince track by track, shy, solo

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Podcast: Vous êtes très belle – Joni Todd and Karen Turman on the Salford Purple Reign Conference

Post author By Zach
Post date September 8, 2017
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Prince in French Dandy Mode, Under the Cherry Moon, 1986; © Warner Bros.

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Just under two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with two more presenters from the University of Salford’s interdisciplinary Prince conference: Joni Todd and Karen Turman, who you may know by reputation as the “esoteric French panel.” But if all that sounds too highbrow, don’t worry; we mostly talked about Prince’s impeccable fashion sense and uncompromising artistic vision, just with a lot of references to Charles Baudelaire and Marcel Duchamp. It’s probably the only Prince podcast you’ll hear that mentions both “Pussy Control” and Walter Benjamin, and that’s the best endorsement I can give.

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