(Most skipped the garter belts.) Further adding to his allure, Prince shrouded himself in mystery, rarely doing interviews and making cryptic references to his background: Am I black or white? / Am I straight or gay? Way ahead of the curve, he created a multiculti, gender-bending world where black girls sounded like white girls and white girls sounded like black girls, and when it came to partying, everybody was invited: White, black, Puerto Rican / Everybody just a freakin’. Somehow, he made it all look masculine soon, straight boys around the country were ringing their eyes in kohl, too. With these early albums, Prince established his freaky bona fides: He permed his ‘fro and sported eyeliner, thongs and garter belts while singing enthusiastically about all kinds of kinky sex. Want proof? Check out a touring photo exhibit of a very young Prince. He was crazy-talented, a modern Mozart, a one-man band serving up the funk. We’ll be dancing tonight.Įarly on, around the time Prince released Dirty Mind and Controversy in 19, I swore allegiance to his Purple Majesty. Editor’s note: We published this tribute to Prince a couple of years ago.
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