Prince and my hatred for Warners Bros. Music

When I was a teen in the 80s, I listened to everything: pop, rock, punk, metal, rap, R&B, everything.

One of my favorite artists from that era was Prince.

I owned everything from Dirty Mind (1980) to Sign O' the Times (1987) on vinyl.

(Yes, I know he put out 2 albums before those and 21 albums since. I need to get back working on my Prince collection)

All I can say is, if my mother knew some of the lyrics I was listening to at such a young age (that's age 9 - 16 if you're counting) she would've flipped.

U know you're good, girl
I think you like to go down
U wouldn't have stopped
But I, I came on your wedding gown
- "Head" (1980)

If u're tired of the masturbator
Little girl, we can go on a date
And if u like, I'll jack u off
- "Jack U Off" (1981)

Look here Marsha, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty
I sincerely wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth
Can U relate?
- "Let's Pretend We're Married" (1982)

And of course, my favorite, which deserves full lyrics.

I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess u could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Masturbating with a magazine
She said how'd u like 2 waste some time
And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind

She took me 2 her castle
And I just couldn't believe my eyes
She had so many devices
Everything that money could buy
She said sign your name on the dotted line
The lights went out
And Nikki started 2 grind

Nikki

The castle started spinning
Or maybe it was my brain
I can't tell u what she did 2 me
But my body will never be the same
Her lovin' will kick your behind
Oh, she'll show u no mercy
But she'll sho'nuff sho'nuff show u how 2 grind

Darlin' Nikki

Woke up the next morning
Nikki wasn't there
I looked all over and all I found
Was a phone number on the stairs
It said thank u 4 a funky time
Call me up whenever u want 2 grind

Oh, Nikki, ohhhh

Come back Nikki, come back
Your dirty little Prince
Wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind
- "Darling Nikki" (1984)

The hatred for Warner Bros. Music comes from the fact that I wanted to post a video (I was planning on "When Doves Cry" due to general awesomeness), but because WB owns the songs, all audio has been removed from the videos on YouTube.

Which sucks.

But, YAY PRINCE!