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Topic subjectRE: "For You" is 40
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3003798, RE: "For You" is 40
Posted by Deacon Blues, Sun Apr-08-18 07:06 PM
>What are your memories of this album?
>
>The 100 on the FM dial on the radio in DC today is a classic
>rock station, but 40 years ago, it was called "OK100". That's
>where I heard "Soft and Wet" for the very first time in 1978.
>I was six years old. I remember thinking it was a girl singing
>lol. I also remember thinking it sounded like nothing else on
>the radio at the time. I wouldn't be able to hear the entire
>album for many years later, but I still remember that day I
>heard "soft and wet" for the first time.


I can't say I remember when i first heard "soft and wet" and it would be years later til i heard the whole album, but the thing i loved about hearing all the Prince singles back in the day was they sounded like nothing else on the radio.