Tag: i feel for you
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Roundup: Prince, 1979
Well, here we are: another album’s worth of posts complete. I’d always preferred Prince’s second full-length to its predecessor, For You, but I rediscovered it in a big way while writing about it for this blog. Critical consensus tends to cite 1980’s Dirty Mind as the moment when the pieces all fell into place, but I’d actually argue that…
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It’s Gonna Be Lonely
On an album that arguably set the mold for who Prince was as an artist, “It’s Gonna Be Lonely” feels like the most “Prince” of all.
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I Wanna Be Your Lover
From its opening snare crack, the song is an uninhibited groove, with a bright, pulsing keyboard and guitar hook that leaps from the speakers straight into your hips.
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I Feel for You
Prince’s vocal performance is his most charismatic to date, already nailing that unique mix of girlishness and understated virility that would make him the 1980s’ most potent sex symbol.
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Sweet Thing
Prince doesn’t shy away from the song’s ostensibly feminine qualities; he accentuates them.