Tag: little red corvette
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Darling Nikki
“Darling Nikki” would become Purple Rain’s standard-bearer for the “danger” of Prince albums past.
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Modernaire
The Modernaires’ screen time in Purple Rain adds up to only about 15 seconds, but it’s a memorable 15 seconds.
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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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Electric Intercourse (The New Master)
Musically, “Electric Intercourse” is assembled from the same basic components as the songs from 1999… But this new track has a warmer, more organic feel–an apparently purposeful step away from the cold, mechanical textures of the previous album.
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Baby I’m a Star
“Baby I’m a Star” has the familiar air of Prince self-actualizing through music: projecting himself toward a celebrity status he was still years away from achieving.
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Roundup: 1999, 1982
In case you missed it, yesterday I finally closed the book on the 1999 era for dance / music / sex / romance (well, almost… I still plan to write “bonus tracks” posts on “Vagina,” “Colleen,” “You’re All I Want,” and “Money Don’t Grow on Trees” for Patreon readers in the near future). This was…