Remembering Prince – A Year Later

It’s been a year since Prince passed away from an accidental drug overdose. It’s still hard to believe that there will never again be a new Prince song. There will be songs from the vault, but that’s not the same thing. The joy of being a Prince fan was not knowing what his next musical phase would lead him to. It’s part of why his fan based decreased after Purple Rain. Most artists would have released Purple Rain II, or something that sounded much like the massive hit album. Instead, he released Around the World in a Day, which sounds nothing like Purple Rain. And he followed that with Parade (the soundtrack for the movie he directed Under the Cherry Moon) which sounds nothing like ATWIAD. And then followed this with Sign O’ the Times. It’s an amazing musical progression in just 4 or 5 years. And if you consider The Black Album and Love Sexy as part of the same short progression, it’s even more impressive.

Anyway, to commemorate the passing of my favorite musical artist, I thought I’d post a few of my favorite Prince songs. I don’t really have a favorite album, and I certainly don’t have a favorite song, but here’s a collection of songs that I found myself listening to again and again over the last year.