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Prince's lyrics Prince's lyrics were so deep and raw, that is why so many people related to him. Nobody could write lyrics like him, maybe Bob Dylan, but I related more to Prince's. He just expressed how he felt so succinctly through his music. I can tell through his lyrics he was very sensitive, very vulnerable and experienced a lot of pain during his childhood. I don't know if he ever got the love he wanted and needed, at least, not over a long period of time. I would like to think he did. | |
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A songwriter putting their life into a song is not unusual, and Prince was one of many. The list goes on, but it's his turn of phrase that really nails his lyrics as unique. " don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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Now the light fades out and I wonder what I'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door and just for a second I thought I remembered you | |
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I like that each of the 80's albums center around abstract lyrical themes. Purple Rain is about love-as-conflict, 1999 is largely about travel. Sign O the Times is observational, ATWIAD deals heavily in escapism. Batman is about violation and redemption, the Black Album reeks of confinement and desperation.
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" don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." | |
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. His best "dirty" song is hands down "I Love U In Me." My God, the tag line of the chorus is, "And she say, ooh, I love you in me." !!! Hell, the title of the song is "I love you in me!" . Such sweet piano, gospel-influenced backing vocals...and lyrics like, "I promised myself not to come until she does, And she took both hands and a liar I was." I am telling you I have listened to this song a thousand times and I still smile wryly and laugh while it plays. Oh, Prince you were something else. | |
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In the surface he talks in most of his songs about sex and physical pleasure but underneath is just a vehicle to talk about loneliness, alienation, fears and spiritual coinflict, and he did it in such a great way. | |
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