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Vijay Iyer on Prince's "Sign O' The Times" (1987)

Vijay Iyer on Prince's "Sign O' The Times" (1987)

Update: 2021-06-11
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This week, we discuss Prince for the SIXTH time on Heat Rocks with musician/scholar Vijay Iyer. We get into Prince's love of the drum machine, Vijay's love of the 80s, and the many sides of Prince we see on this record. 

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Show Tracklisting (all songs from Sign o'The Times unless otherwise indicated): 

  • Housequake
  • Starfish and Coffee
  • Vijay Iyer: Night and Day
  • Prince: Little Red Corvette
  • Slow Love
  • Sign O' The TImes
  • Starfish and Coffee
  • It
  • Housequake
  • If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
  • If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • It
  • Hot Thing
  • The Cross
  • Adore
  • U Got The Look
  • It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
  • Hot Thing
  • The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
  • Lords of the Underground: Flow On (New Symphony)
  • The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
  • Forever In My Life
  • The Cross
  • Slow Love
  • Vijay Iyer: Human Nature
  • Mystic Brew
  • If I Was Your Girlfriend
  • The Cure: Just Like Heaven
  • Madhouse: Three
  • Prince: Sometimes It Snows in April

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there

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Vijay Iyer on Prince's "Sign O' The Times" (1987)

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