Rebecca McKenney
History and Sociology of Rock Music
Mrs. Trimble
22 October 2016
Analysis of “Little Red Corvette”
Title: Little Red Corvette
Artists: Prince
Album and Track Number: 1999 (Track Number 2)
Length: 5:03
Label: Warner Bros.
First Appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100: February 26th, 1983
Height of Popularity: Number 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100 (May 21st – 28th 1983)
Other Appearances: Before beginning the analysis of Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”, I would like to share something that maybe people wouldn’t know. In Ronnin Ro’s book Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks, Ro writes that “one morning after recording all night, Prince sat in Lisa Coleman’s pink Edsel. He was dozing off when” he came up with the first line of “Little Red Corvette”. (Ro) “He jotted (down the rest of the lyrics) between short naps.” (Ro) During these …show more content…
As they make out, the narrator tells the lover that they need to slow down and “find a love that going to last.” If the lover doesn’t slow down, they’re going to eventually be worn out on the affairs and may not find their true love. The narrator then leaves as the lover as the song beings to fade out. It sounds as if the most dominate instruments throughout “Little Red Corvette” are the drums, keyboard, and bass guitar. The electric guitar is heard in the piece, but does not have a dominate part until about halfway through the song. Even though the beat remains more or less steady, Prince’s vocals seems to occasionally change pace between the verses and chorus. (Almost as if as the “mood” of the story has a slight influence on the pace.) In all honestly, I never really cared for this particular piece, though I enjoy some of Prince’s other songs. But I was impressed when I read in the book that, with the exception of the additional guitar soloist and backup singers, that Prince played all of the instruments on this
History and Sociology of Rock Music
Mrs. Trimble
22 October 2016
Analysis of “Little Red Corvette”
Title: Little Red Corvette
Artists: Prince
Album and Track Number: 1999 (Track Number 2)
Length: 5:03
Label: Warner Bros.
First Appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100: February 26th, 1983
Height of Popularity: Number 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100 (May 21st – 28th 1983)
Other Appearances: Before beginning the analysis of Prince’s “Little Red Corvette”, I would like to share something that maybe people wouldn’t know. In Ronnin Ro’s book Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks, Ro writes that “one morning after recording all night, Prince sat in Lisa Coleman’s pink Edsel. He was dozing off when” he came up with the first line of “Little Red Corvette”. (Ro) “He jotted (down the rest of the lyrics) between short naps.” (Ro) During these …show more content…
As they make out, the narrator tells the lover that they need to slow down and “find a love that going to last.” If the lover doesn’t slow down, they’re going to eventually be worn out on the affairs and may not find their true love. The narrator then leaves as the lover as the song beings to fade out. It sounds as if the most dominate instruments throughout “Little Red Corvette” are the drums, keyboard, and bass guitar. The electric guitar is heard in the piece, but does not have a dominate part until about halfway through the song. Even though the beat remains more or less steady, Prince’s vocals seems to occasionally change pace between the verses and chorus. (Almost as if as the “mood” of the story has a slight influence on the pace.) In all honestly, I never really cared for this particular piece, though I enjoy some of Prince’s other songs. But I was impressed when I read in the book that, with the exception of the additional guitar soloist and backup singers, that Prince played all of the instruments on this