Prince Rogers Nelson gives Mrs Villain the creeps. So much so that she cannot bring herself to objectively give his music a fair hearing. There's just something about him that she finds oily and repulsive.
She's always felt that way. When I first met her at the end of the 80s, there was a lot of talk about music and shared tastes. She was very surprised that alongside my love for all things jingly-jangly guitars I would rave about some of the singles that Prince had released. We agreed to differ.
He's not someone whose material has featured much on TVV but that in the main is down to the fact that the DMCA police are usually very quick off the mark when someone posts something by him. I expect this to be no different.
Picked up this classic single on vinyl for £1 the other week. If I had bought it back in 1986, instead of wasting money on the very patchy and underwhelming Parade LP, it would have certainly have found a high position on the 45 45s at 45 series all those years ago.
mp3 : Prince & The Revolution - Kiss
mp3 : Prince & The Revoultion - ♥ or $
One of the most memorable and finest bits of pop music ever recorded. Hasn't dated a single bit in 27 years. Just a pity that there have so many bloody awful cover versions.
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Are you mad? 'Parade' is brilliant!
Honestly LL, I tried and tried and tried when I owned a copy of the LP but just didn't like it. It's been one of the few that I've ever taken to a Record Exchange shop and asked for some pennies to help me through to my next pay day.
A friend of mine at school was crazy about Prince at the time and I could never figure it out either. He always gave me the heebie jeebies too.
I did like Sign O The Times though.
And Kiss, Raspberry Beret and Alphabet Street are great examples of perfect pop.
But yeah, for some reason I can take him or leave him. Most of his stuff leaves me cold.
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