On Episode 117 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Chris Lacy and I discuss the Lovesexy album (and tour) centerpiece, "Anna Stesia." The song serves a vital role in Prince's spiritual evolution as an expression of faith. It allows the listener to share in Prince's joy when he wrote and recorded it, but most importantly, it's … Continue reading Episode 117: Anna Stesia →

On Episode 116 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Prince scholar, author, and #PrinceTwitterThread co-founder, Edgar Kruize and I talk about "Glam Slam" from his Lovesexy album. The song that introduced the name of Prince's future nightclub also gave us "flicka nipple" and "baby scam," so you can't win them all. https://press-rewind.blubrry.net/2022/01/09/glam-slam-press-rewind-prince-lyrics-podcast/ "This thing we got, it's alive! … Continue reading Episode 116: Glam Slam →

On Episode 115 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Jerry Bonner and I head on down to Tennessee to discuss Prince's dirty, fun Lovesexy hit, "Alphabet St." Despite an amateurish-looking music video and racy yet cleverly coded lyrics, this track still became the biggest hit from the album. Not to mention, an appearance … Continue reading Episode 115: Alphabet St →

On Episode 114 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Arthur Turnbull from The Music Snobs Podcast joins me to talk about the "new year, new you" Prince he presents to us on Lovesexy's opening track, "Eye No." Prince is in world-building mode, and he introduces several new words and phrases used for testifying his reconfirmed faith. https://press-rewind.blubrry.net/2021/12/21/eye-no-press-rewind-prince-lyrics-podcast/ "No! … Continue reading Episode 114: Eye No →

On Episode 113 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Angel Monique and I put on our grown-up hats to discuss Prince's raunchy ode to uncontrollable tumescence, "Rockhard In a Funky Place." This Black Album closer is silly, bawdy, and pretty damn fun. Camille is in rare form on this track. https://press-rewind.blubrry.net/2021/12/11/rockhard-in-a-funky-place-press-rewind-prince-lyrics-podcast/ "Something near … Continue reading Episode 113: Rockhard In a Funky Place →

On Episode 112 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, I invited Jerry Bonner back to the show to get his Black Album story and to briefly talk about the mostly instrumental track, "2 Nigs United 4 West Compton." What's going on at the beginning of this song, and who came up with the song's title? We … Continue reading Episode 112: 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton →

On Episode 111 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Todd Sanzone (@PRN4EVR on Twitter) returns to chat with me about the funky, freaky, and little twisted Black Album track, "Superfunkycalifragisexy." Prince harkens back to familiar themes such as club culture, exploring sexuality/sexual freedom, and buckets of squirrel meat. Yeah, we don't know who Maurice is either. … Continue reading Episode 111: Superfunkycalifragisexy →

On Episode 110 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Snax (snaxonline.org) and I take a dark trip into the mind of a psychotic, jealous, violent, and misogynistic alter-ego on "Bob George" from the legendary Black Album. Despite the disturbing imagery presented in the song, there's a lot of humor to lighten the mood between gunshots … Continue reading Episode 110: Bob George →

On Episode 109 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Scott Woods and I get busy, too scizzy while discussing anti-rap diss track, "Dead On It" from the infamous Black Album. Prince was clearly not impressed with some of the early rap songs he heard, and I have an unconfirmed theory as to which song might have set … Continue reading Episode 109: Dead On It →