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Dearly beloved, we are gathered today to get through this thing called life.. and to remember Prince. I still feel a pain on my chest thinking about him being gone, seriously.
So I'm going to link to my favorite Prince songs today.. And maybe a little commentary here and there about Prince and religion. Let's start here w early Prince....a personal all time favorite of mine from his first album.
Next up from Prince's second album before he went mainstream, I wanna be your Lover, which was the first Prince video, showing him playing all the instruments. #1979
I'm skipping Controversy for now, but I want to share my favorite song off the Purple Rain Album, and it's not one that you hear a lot, but I think it's romantic Prince at his best. #PrinceDay "The Beautiful Ones" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x46nqtz
Ok, so before the Prince @CBS tribute comes on, let's do a little history. Did you know that #Prince 
was in part responsible for the parental advisory on records? The song was on the Purple Rain Album, Darling Nikki. In case you forgot, here it is...
was in part responsible for the parental advisory on records? The song was on the Purple Rain Album, Darling Nikki. In case you forgot, here it is...
So anyway, Tipper Gore heard the words to Darlin Nikki that her daughter was playing and freaked out. Kinda like my mother did when my sister and I had a half naked #Prince hanging up in our rooms, 
hanging up in our rooms,
Tipper Gore and three other women formed the Parents Resource Music Center and started advocating that retailers put warning labels on offensive records.They even had a list of Records that they called the Filthy Fifteen. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/prince-darling-nikki-181198/
I mean, she should have listened to Head. That would have really freaked her out. But I digress. Here's a clip of Tipper from 1986 on Prince and other lyrics..
the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) decided to start putting ratings on records. They thought that would help. That just let us know what to buy!
Anyway, I'm pretty sure Tipper would have hated P Control... but my favorite X rated one is
Anyway, I'm pretty sure Tipper would have hated P Control... but my favorite X rated one is
The rumor I want to know about #Prince is this, did he really read the bible in bed to women he slept with? That was the word back in the day. Anyone know?
is this, did he really read the bible in bed to women he slept with? That was the word back in the day. Anyone know?
When #Prince became a Jehovah's witness , a lot of his sexuality was restrained, but BEFORE then, Prince actually had a bed in his stage. show back in the early 80s when he sang "Do me Baby" this performance doesn't have it, but here you go...
became a Jehovah's witness , a lot of his sexuality was restrained, but BEFORE then, Prince actually had a bed in his stage. show back in the early 80s when he sang "Do me Baby" this performance doesn't have it, but here you go...
I have always been interested in the intersection of Religion and sexuality for #Prince and wish I knew more, but .. I'll just leave you with SSHH
and wish I knew more, but .. I'll just leave you with SSHH
Finally, before I finish next hour with the two transcendent performances of Prince, I'll leave you with something I wrote when he passed. https://religiondispatches.org/how-prince-set-fire-to-my-catholic-girlhood/
