TheEnglishGent said:

SpiritOtter said:

Agreed re: THE GOLD EXPERIENCE. But it sounds like we are in a complete minority regarding TRC, which really surprises me. I mean, what is so dire about it that many individuals find distasteful? I think the lyrics are particularly good and, finally, there was a return to "making a point" with a Prince record, whether I understood (or agreed) with it or not.

I think a lot of it is to do with the widespread hate towards JW's and their religion. If you swapped Anna Stesia and Last December accross the two albums people would hail LD as a classic and dismiss Anna Stesia as JW dogma.

I don't really know why people object so strongly to the lyrics. I don't want to fuck my sister, or get a blow job from a virgin bride who's on the way to her wedding, yet that doesn't stop me from enjoying Dirty Mind as an album.

IF that is the case, what an absolute shame that "hate" towards a form of worshipping, alien to one's own, can inspire one to not appreciate a quite incredible piece of art. For those who dislike being "told" there is one way to GOD, or that there is a GOD at all, surely we can appreciate the right for everyone to have their own worldview (as long as it's not forced upon us). Whilst I never agreed with Prince on this particular subject matter, I was certainly never "offended" by his expression of his particular brand of faith. If anything, I found it inspiring that he finally found a subject to sing out loud and make a stand about, especially when the musical results were so singularly and unequivically on-point. To each their own, I guess.