Tag: jellybean johnson
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Rough
Its provenance as a side-project cut is clear, from the New Wave-tinged Rhythm & Blues sound to the lyrics, which sound exactly like the kind of thing one would write for a streetwise young Alexander O’Neal to sing.
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Sex Machine: Grand Central, 1973-1976
Grand Central is easy to see as an anomaly in Prince’s career: probably because it seems strange for such a notorious control freak, even in his teenage years, to be a willing partner among equals.