Almost directly from the title (When Doves Cry), the listener can tell that this is a song which is dependent on symbolism. And many attempts have been made to decipher that which is contained therein....
Prince’s “1999” song is mocking, if you will, the concept of Armageddon. It was released during a time, the early 1980s, which has held a decades’-long record of being, according to scientists, the closest the...