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Sugar Walls
“Sugar Walls” isn’t just risqué for Sheena Easton; it’s risqué even for Prince, delving with near-gynecological intimacy into the mechanics of female arousal.
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Ice Cream Castles (Old and Ignant)
The Time (or at least two of them) temper their trademark funk into a more laid-back form.
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Sex Shooter
Prince had just a few weeks to mold Apollonia into the persona he and Vanity had taken months to create. He had his work cut out for him.
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The Beautiful Ones
So intense is Prince’s performance that it has, quite understandably, fueled a decades-long debate over what–or who–might have inspired it.
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Irresistible Bitch
Whether or not Prince intended “Irresistible” as his tip of the hat to the burgeoning rap scene, he was happy to take credit for it in retrospect.
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Computer Blue
Prince’s portrayal of a sentient, lovelorn CPU tapped into contemporary anxieties that society’s dependence on computers would have a dehumanizing effect, with cold logic taking the place of feelings and empathy.