Annie Christian's guest appearances

Annie Christian

Prince: Track by Track

YACHT

Press Rewind: A Prince Lyrics Podcast

Dorothy Parker

Christopher Tracy

Bob George

Cindy C

Anna Stesia

Affirmation III

Rocknroll Loveaffair

La La

Marriott Columbus Worthington

Billy Jack

Sir Duke

OwlTail

On Episode 33 of the Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast, Jerry Bonner and I tackle “Annie Christian,” one of the more lyrically interesting songs of Prince’s early catalog. What other track can lay claim to speaking about murder, mayhem, corruption and the anti-Christ? All with a call and response chorus to boot! Come join us on a trip back to the headline grabbing events of 1981 for this Controversy album deep cut. The goal of each episode of Press Rewind is to:  Take a track by track look at the lyrical content of Prince’s discography Discuss my own interpretation of each song’s lyrics along with any guest I may have If submitted, discuss listener’s interpretations of each song’s lyrics  Thank you for joining me on this journey through Prince’s catalog!

On Episode 33 of the <a href="https://pressrewind.net/2021/04/24/episode-33-annie-christian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast</a>, Jerry Bonner and I tackle “Annie Christian,” one of the more lyrically interesting songs of Prince’s early catalog. What other track can lay claim to speaking about murder, mayhem, corruption and the anti-Christ? All with a call and response chorus to boot! Come join us on a trip back to the headline grabbing events of 1981 for this Controversy album deep cut. The goal of each episode of Press Rewind is to: <ul> <li>Take a track by track look at the lyrical content of Prince’s discography</li> <li>Discuss my own interpretation of each song’s lyrics along with any guest I may have</li> <li>If submitted, discuss listener’s interpretations of each song’s lyrics</li> </ul> Thank you for joining me on this journey through Prince’s catalog!

Annie Christian: Press Rewind – Prince Lyrics Podcast

Darren talks to Michael Gormly about the seventh track from Controversy, Annie Christian.

Darren talks to Michael Gormly about the seventh track from Controversy, Annie Christian.

Track 7 Album 4: Annie Christian

Reeling from the loss of Prince, we dug up an unfinished cover of "Annie Christian" we started in 2011, while recording our DFA album Shangri-La, and finished it. "Annie Christian" has always struck us as one of the weirdest Prince songs, a loose narrative of dark true stories from 1979-1981: John Lennon's assassination, the Atlanta murders, and the FBI's Abscam corruption sting. Prince was wounded by the evil in the world, and did a great deal both privately and publicly to bring the light.

Annie Christian (Prince Cover)