Prince had developed neat tech allowing him to pitch-up voice to female tonality, created an alter-ego "Camille." Wanted to use it on LP /48
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Ultimately he decided to compromise & include some old tracks, some "Camille" tracks, some urgent new tracks. Result? SIGN O' THE TIMES. /49
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SIGN O'THE TIMES hailed as Prince's best LP; less often noted what a dog's breakfast it is: music from 1982-1987 on it. Yet so cohesive! /50
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On SIGN O'THE TIMES Prince learned to talk politics in a way that didn't sound strained or overly precocious: title track still hits. /51
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But it's the sheer scope of SIGN O'THE TIMES that still marvels: pop-rock ("Never Take The Place Of Yr Man"), gospel ("The Cross").../52
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...and the most shit-hot funk and danceclub music imaginable in 1987 in "U Got The Look" and "Housequake." But SIGN's soul elsewhere... /53
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...SIGN O'THE TIMES most emblematic song? "Ballad Of Dorothy Parker," a song only Prince could ever record, sing, or even conceive of. /54
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Imagine avant-garde sexfunk, incorporating Al Green, New Order+Joni Mitchell's "Help Me." That's "Dorothy Parker." Nothing else like it. /55
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I still have a theory whereby you can play "Ballad Of Dorothy Parker" for a woman, and if she's into it, that's a potential life partner /56
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I am getting pushback on how overlong this tweetstorm is, so I'll cut it off to spare offended parties. But yo: check out "7" as well. /57
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@EsotericCD Not overlong! Fascinating and illuminating.
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