Times is best known for the apocalyptic title track, “Sign of the times”, the brontosaurus(?) funk of “Housequake” and the gorgeous “If I Was Your Girlfriend.” Yet the simplest moments are unforgettable: the guitar plea of “The Cross,” the Stax revamp on “Slow Love,” a jilted girl’s sadness in “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”.
“I hate the word experiment,” Prince said. “It sounds like something you didn’t finish.”
Hehe, sounds like i’m surfing the Charles wave, sorry C, this is just an accident.
…Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church And killed everyone inside U turn on the telly and every other story Is tellin’ U somebody died A sister killed her baby cuz she couldn’t afford 2 feed it And yet we’re sending people 2 the moon In September, my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time Now he’s doing horse - it’s June…
on Nov6 06i cant say that i know those lyrics.i really like the layout.it isnt like everyone elses site!
on Nov8 06Sign of the Times is a great album. You writing about it brings back memories. Seems like such a long time ago it came out. A whole different lifetime for me.