PRINCE - 3 CHAINS O' GOLD

"They are the nucleus of my soul, melt down, no, they will never"

I know, Prince is a huge superstar to include in a blog about hits from another planet. But, I doubt that many people are familiar with this track. I think it could've been the Bohemian Rhapsody of the early 90's. That's no small praise, as Bohemian Rhapsody is like one of the best songs ever recorded. There's more crammed into the six-ish minutes of this rock opera than in most albums. Like B.R., 3 Chains O' Gold goes from fast to slow, quiet to loud, dramatic to (somewhat) refined - all in short, nearly operatic bursts. It doesn't really make much sense and the woman at the end (trust me, you'll hear her) is laughably theatrical, but I wish more artists would attempt songs like this.

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