Tag: joni mitchell
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Another Lonely Christmas
It’s tempting to assume that its weird, maudlin narrative is what’s kept “Another Lonely Christmas” from becoming a seasonal radio staple.
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Purple Rain (Verse 2)
Listening to the recording today, almost 40 years after it was captured from a mobile unit parked outside First Avenue, is an almost eerie experience.
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Purple Rain (Verse 1)
The origins of “Purple Rain” are murkier than the rest of the album that shares its title: No one seems to recall from where, precisely, the song emerged–even as everyone seems to have played a role in its conception.
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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.
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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.