On the surface, Prince's "Let's Work" is a fun, funky, upbeat dance song from his stylistically all-over-the-place 1981 album, Controversy. He leaves the politics, religion, and nuclear fears behind for this particular party track that happens to be buried in the middle of Controversy's Side B, sandwiched between two political tracks. Instead of all that … Continue reading High Speed Dub Review: Prince – Let’s Work Dance Remix 12″
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Prince’s Sexual Revolution – Dirty Mind/Controversy Era
From day one, Prince exuded sexuality. There he was, shirtless, or possibly even nude (if you bought a dirty mind), for his album and record sleeve appearances on For You and Prince. Breathy, risque vocals and lyrics could be found on "Soft & Wet", "When We're Dancing Close & Slow" and "Sexy Dancer". These artistic … Continue reading Prince’s Sexual Revolution – Dirty Mind/Controversy Era
The Would Be Teen Heartthrob…. All Of This And More
Little Princie Rogers Nelson. Is that Warner Brothers was hoping for when they signed the teenage wunderkind out of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1977? Were they hoping to capture the singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist lightning in a bottle that Motown had captured with Stevie Wonder a decade earlier? Possibly. Or possibly they were simply wanting to sign a super-talent … Continue reading The Would Be Teen Heartthrob…. All Of This And More
Prince’s Vault Material – 1977 to 1978
https://youtu.be/BpA4YWnQvgU Prince's vault is well known and immensely speculated about. We know there's lots of stuff in there we've never heard. We also have to accept there's lots of stuff in there we may never get to hear. Thankfully for us, but maybe less so for Prince while he was alive, vault leaks and bootlegs … Continue reading Prince’s Vault Material – 1977 to 1978
High Speed Dub Review: Prince -Just As Long As We’re Together 12″ Disco Mix
There isn't a lot of officially released, non-album Prince music out there to pore over and obsess about during the first few years of his career. We also don't have hours and hours of bootlegs (Grand Central tracks notwithstanding) or demos of songs that either ended up on the albums released during the early years … Continue reading High Speed Dub Review: Prince -Just As Long As We’re Together 12″ Disco Mix
Prince – Diamonds & Pearls (1991)
After spending the previous couple of years either clearing out the vault or creating new tracks designed to fit the narrative of feature films (Batman, Graffiti Bridge), Prince was likely ready to MOVE ON. Not a simple, "Alright, let's get in the studio and create a new song" type of MOVE ON. I mean the … Continue reading Prince – Diamonds & Pearls (1991)
Prince – Graffiti Bridge (1990)
For some reason, Graffiti Bridge was the first Prince album with a Parental Advisory sticker despite relatively few actual curse words. I guess Prince had been on the PMRC radar since Darling Nikki and this was their payback. Dig if you will, a motion picture. A film, that in spite of the recent celluloid failure … Continue reading Prince – Graffiti Bridge (1990)
