4.02.2011

Song 95: 1999, Prince

“If I can't dance - I don't want to be part of your revolution."
- Emma Goldman


Do you know the story about Prince's damn fun Darling Nikki? That's a song about a girl the narrator meets in a hotel lobby and they end up having a really nice time together. Well, the real-life story goes that Tipper Gore caught her young daughter dancing to Darling Nikki and that was the impetus for Gore founding the Parents Resource Centre which led to those Parental Advisory stickers on album covers.

But Darling Nikki's not political, it just became part of a political debate. So I give you Prince's 1999. All the kids at school danced to this one too. But we didn't know it was about the bomb at the time.