SONG
TITLE:
ANNA
STESIA
PERFORMER:
PRINCE
SONGWRITER:
PRINCE
YEAR
OF
RELEASE:
1988
COMMENTS:
Prince's
best
entry
in
the
dark
night
of
the
soul
sweepstakes
starts
out
as
a
piano
ballad.
A
few
stark
piano
chords
set
up
the
crisis.
Bom...ba,
BOM
Then
he's
spilling
out
an
explanation
in
flat
affected
monochromatic
syllables,
singularly
not
funky.
You
can
feel
the
depression
and
anxiety.
He
expresses
it
lyrically
as
sexual
desperation,
the
nearest
he
ever
came
to
an
admission
of
homosexual
behavior.
In
his
despair
he
meets
a
girl,
only
somehow
she's
not
like
other
girls.
He's
pleading
with
her
to
do
something,
anything.
What
she
does,
of
course,
is
lead
him
to
God.
After
a
couple
of
verses
and
courses
of
the
dark
night,
the
song
takes
a
left
turn
as
Prince
gives
his
testimony
for
Christ.
(He
does
this
in
various
ways
in
at
least
three
different
songs
from
the
awe
inspiring
and
under
appreciated
Lovesexy
album.)
As
would
your
very
life,
the
whole
song
structure
heads
off
in
another
direction.
The
second
half
of
the
song
abandons
the
old
life
and
musical
structure
for
an
extended
bridge
as
confesses
and
takes
his
vows.
"Forgive
me
Jesus,
I've
been
a
fool.
How
could
I
forget
that
you
are
the
rule."
Finally,
he
ends
with
a
couple
of
repititions
of
a
whole
new
happy
chorus.
"God
is
love.
Love
is
god.
Boys
and
girls
love
God
above."
To
me,
this
statement
is
philosophically
questionable,
but
the
musical
statement
is
undeniable.
It's
not
that
friggin'
easy.
Just
get
saved
and
call
upon
the
name
of
Jesus.
That's
certainly
easier
than
doing
the
work
and
making
the
choices
to
take
charge
of
one's
own
life
situation.
And
you
come
to
God
through
an
anesthetic?
Something
that
artificially
stops
you
from
feeling
what
is
really
happening
to
you
in
the
hospital
room?
Even
with
my
philosophical
skepticism,
though,
there's
no
use
in
trying
to
resist
the
power
of
the
testifying
and
praising
of
Him.
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