tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post5573073799203474330..comments2024-03-27T07:51:05.367-07:00Comments on R S Crabb Presents Record World : Crabb thoughts on Prince, Cubs No Hitter, etc.R S Crabbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-36780037878221317642016-04-24T01:07:45.718-07:002016-04-24T01:07:45.718-07:00Well, I won't exactly miss Prince, but he did ...Well, I won't exactly miss Prince, but he did do some great stuff, even if I wasn't that big a fan at the time. He had a great 1984 -- the year PURPLE RAIN came out, and then he just seemed to get stranger.<br />But I played "Purple Rain" at work Friday night -- the first time through I got all sad and nostalgic, and the second time was just pure exaltation. It always was a gorgeous song -- and that guitar riff at the end keeps going round and round in my head.... I always loved "1999," too. And "Sometimes it Snows in April" off of PARADE is a nice low-key piece. "Kiss" has grown on me over the years.... But a lot of his more sexually-oriented stuff was too in-your-face for me. And I barely heard anything by him after about 1988....<br />Tonight I heard "I Wanna Be Your Lover" for the first time EVER, and it was good, cute, solid -- he had a lot of talent when he was younger. Clearly meant for bigger things. Man, it's been a BAD year for musicians, hasn't it?<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.com