On Episode 26.5 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, I take a brief break from going track by track in order to address a couple of recent listener comments. One is a necessary and clarifying interpretation of some of “Soft & Wet’s” most indecipherable lyrics and the other is an important take on “Sister”, interpreting the lyrics to this track from the standpoint of emotional abuse.

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On Episode 26 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, author and blogger Laura Tiebert joins me to talk about “Partyup.” Laura provides some interesting back stories about the song that she uncovered while co-authoring the Prince biography, “The Rise of Prince: 1958-1988.” This funky protest song is the last track on Prince’s 3rd album, Dirty Mind.

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On Episode 25 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, the brave and noble Zachary Hoskins from the Dance/Music/Sex/Romance blog at PrinceSongs.org joins me again to talk about “Sister,” one of the most “WTF” tracks of Prince’s career. This controversial song can be found on Prince’s 3rd album, Dirty Mind.

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On Episode 24 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Zachary Hoskins from the Dance/Music/Sex/Romance blog at PrinceSongs.org joins me to talk about “Head,” one of the filthiest and funkiest tracks from Prince’s 3rd album, Dirty Mind.

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On Episode 23 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Christy from The Mountains & the Sea and Killer Fun podcasts joins me to talk a little about the physical location but primarily the metaphor of a place where you can be yourself and everyone can celebrate their differences in “Uptown” from Prince’s 3rd album, Dirty Mind.

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On Episode 22 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Karen Shedrick joins me again to discuss Prince’s relationship woes on the bluesy “Gotta Broken Heart Again” from his 3rd album, Dirty Mind. We also offer up our own interpretations of what the loud bang at the end of the song signifies!

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On Episode 21 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Christy from The Mountains & the Sea and Killer Fun podcasts joins me to discuss what “it” means and how Prince intends to convince a pretty lady that he’s the guy to do “it” with on “Do It All Night” from his 3rd album, Dirty Mind.

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On Episode 20 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Jerry Bonner returns to discuss what the hell is going through Prince’s tortured mind on “When You Were Mine,” one of the most covered tracks on Prince’s Dirty Mind album.

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On Episode 19 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, I kick off discussing Prince’s 3rd album with the title track “Dirty Mind.” I also attempt to explain why this was my favorite Prince album of the 90s (and yes, I know it was released in 1980).

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On Episode 18 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Karen Shedrick (@kashed) and I talk about the final song on Prince’s self-titled second album, “It’s Gonna Be Lonely.”

The goal of each episode of Press Rewind is to:

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