Tag: minneapolis
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Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
In hindsight, “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” sounds like pop/rock perfection; but, like many of Prince’s early “rock” songs, its unique blend of genres was ever so slightly ahead of its time.
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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 am You: Capri Theatre, January 5-6, 1979
Prince spent the summer and fall of 1978 assembling a backing group, in hopes of touring behind his first album the following year. It didn’t go entirely to plan.
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Just Another Sucker
Did Prince bring a dose of magic to “Just Another Sucker”–or did his own, much more lucrative take on the Minneapolis Sound owe an unpaid debt to Pepé Willie’s influence?