VB Gonna Be A DJ: Prince & Pals: Do You Think I’m A Nasty Girl? (1980-87)

I just learned that Prince was named after his jazz musician father’s stage name “Prince Rogers.” Prince Rogers Nelson is on his birth certificate. That’s like Declan MacManus naming his son Elvis Costello MacManus. Or if the drummer of the Beatles named his son Ringo Starr Starkey. Elton John Dwight. The Edge Evans. Chubby Checker Evans. Anyway. You get the idea.

I kept finding myself going back to certain Prince tracks. Lately it’s been a few songs off Sign Of The Times (under alter ego Camille) or his original demos for some of the hits recorded by other artists part of Prince’s camp.

Prince was a creative force. He couldn’t help but put his fingerprint on anything he worked on. That confident yet weird sexual energy he excreted through his tight purple onesie hypnotized the ladies of the eighties. He hit a groove where he couldn’t use everything he was writing that he’d just give hits to other artists or, in the case of The Time, he’d write and record every instrument of every track and hand it over to Morris Day so he could sing overtop Prince’s vocals. His girlfriends would be given a hit song as a gesture of Prince’s appreciation. I’m sure he was a controlling person to work with and date. You just had to kiss the ring of the Prince or off with your head! You become what you know. His dad controlled his son’s emotions, always reminding him that his father was far better musician than his son could ever dream to be. What an insecure a-hole!

This mix has an hour of my current Prince-related faves. Hope you enjoy it. Let me know your favorite Prince track or album in the comments.

Peace and peace,

Vic

Prince & Pals: Do You Think I’m A Nasty Girl? (1980-87)

01. Sex Shooter - Prince version (Apollonia 6)

02. Get It Up - The Time

03. Nasty Girl - Vanity 6

04. If I Was Your Girlfriend - Camille (Prince)

05. Ooo She She Wa Wa - Apollonia 6

06. Jungle Love - Prince version (The Time)

07. A Million Miles (I Love You) - Apollonia 6

08. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.

09. The Screams Of Passion - The Family

10. Limousine - Apollonia 6

11. Lady Cab Driver - Prince

12. When You Were Mine - Prince

13. Manic Monday - The Bangles

14. The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - Prince

15. 3 x 2 = 6 - Vanity 6

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