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Love Stinks by: by Kate Sullivan
Who needs kissing? These non-nookie songs teach you more about love.

Prince and the NPG, "One of Us," Emancipation

Remember this one? ("What if God was one of us?") Prince turns this Eric Bazilian-penned single into a stripped-down power ballad in the "Purple Rain" tradition--ecstatic and apocalyptic, with chugging power chords and vocals frayed at the ends, desperate to prove to you what a fucking brilliant song this is. I never understood it until this version, one of the last great Prince records. God is not some guy in heaven. God is sitting next to you on the bus. God is lonely. Love God.

Prince and the Revolution, "Sometimes It Snows in April," Parade

It's a rare and beautiful thing when a man sings a ballad to another man, fragile and romantic, deeper than sex. I don't really know who he's singing to (maybe himself) but the emotion is real: grief for a lost time, a lost friend, or a lost way of looking at the world. Every April this song comes to mind, too, a seasonal companion, something to sing while shoveling. It always snows in April.

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'nuff said.

That's a really nice article.

Shame she hasn't heard 'One Nite Alone'. I'm quite sure if she did she'd change her mind about 'One Of Us' being the last great thing he did.