When Doves Cry - Prince

Artist: Prince
Song: When Doves Cry
Year: 1984
Album: Purple Rain

Since when does a "dance" song not have a bass line? Since almost never, but this Prince song is the exception to that rule. I could mention the iconic video, but why bother. You are not going to see it. Prince (or his management) deletes and/or mutes every video that is put up on YouTube featuring Prince. Isn't that kind of sad?

I can see disabling the embedding feature, but to deliberately sabotage videos on YouTube is pretty low. This is no way to gain fans. It almost seems that Prince's entire career is based upon pissing the fans off and making his music virtually inaccessible to the average fan. That is, unless you pay him for the privilege of being in his fan club. They get exclusives that no one else gets.

I can remember listening to "When Doves Cry" when I was a kid. I thought the structure of the song was funky. It had a catchy beat, but I couldn't figure out why it did. I think the images for the video helped out tremendously. For someone so dependent on visuals, isn't it strange that Prince's policy is to destroy all web based streaming content of his videos?

I love Prince's songs. I have never run into a really bad Prince song. The only thing that I don't like about it is Prince's ability to shoot himself in his tiny little foot. The fans deserve better treatment. The music is revolutionized. The artist is not.

Lyrics:
Dig if you will a picture
Of you and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can you my darling,
Can you picture this?

Dream if you can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat,
The heat between me and you

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (A world so cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves CRY!!!

Touch if you will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase you
Even doves have pride

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (A world so cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves CRY!!!

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (A world so cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like
When doves CRY!!!

There are no YouTube videos of Prince music videos or songs.