You all know "Doves Cry," "Let's Go Crazy," and "Purple Rain" from the motion picture by the one and only Duke of All That is Music: Prince. But "Computer Blue" from the same album is a face fucker indeed whether you know it or not. If you don't you should really get out there and dig on it because it rocks my box.
First, let's talk Prince for a second. My friend Rob put it best when he said "An alien could land at 3121 and give Prince their version of a musical instrument and he'd write a hit song on it in fifteen minutes. Enough said.
"Computer Blue" starts off with an intro riff that exemplifies the less is more strategy and is nicely reintroduced in the chorus. It has all the makings of an awesome Prince song from the get go including the synth sound which screams panty melter. The guitar part, you know the one I'm talking about, where he repeats that one fast line over and over again right after the chorus...yeah I play a lot of guitar and that shit is amazing. Not only is it catchy as hell as well as genius but it's hard as hell to play. And then after the chorus it changes up. You get a nice pressure relieving trip to a guitar solo, again less is more, over what almost sounds like Scarface music. And the resolution of the guitar solo on those high and sustained notes that lead into the outro instrumental chorus as goosebump inducing. The final Prince scream and unaccompanied outro solo are totally 100% kickass. If you don't know this song, get it right now.
You're still reading......go listen........go!
1 comment:
Glad to see you're writing.
Prince rules.
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