Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
to get through this thing called life
Electric word life
It means forever and that’s a mighty long time
But I’m here to tell you
There’s something else
The afterworld
A world of never ending happiness
You can always see the sun, day or night
So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills
You know the one – Dr Everything’ll Be Alright
Instead of asking him how much of your time is left
Ask him how much of your mind, baby
Cause in this life
Things are much harder than in the afterworld
In this life
You’re on your own
And if the elevator tries to bring you down
Go crazy – punch a higher floor
One of my personal Top-10 Albums of all-time. Prince had a few hits (I Wanna be you lover, 1999, Little Red Corvette) before this album was released in the summer of 1984. This album, coupled with the movie of the same name, rocketed Prince to mega-stardom. This was one of the very few albums that I have ever owned in which I actually liked ALL the songs. From “Let’s Go Crazy” to “Purple Rain” to “When Dove’s Cry”, this album was packed with hits. My personal favorite song is “The Beautiful Ones”. Prince was probably the biggest star in the musical world during portions of 1984 and 1985 and then he just got plain mega-weird. I bought a few more of his later albums, but other than a few hits here and there, the albums were filled with strange songs far from the mold of Purple Rain. Even today, I can pop a CD of Purple Rain in and the album still holds up as a classic. Prince, he still releases CD’s every once in while, is much older, and is much weirder.
