ABSTRACT This article explores the stances, ideas, and political vision of Prince Rogers Nelson through some of the songs he wrote and recorded. Prince used the term “aware” to describe someone who was knowledgeable. As he often demonstrated, he was concerned with some of the world’s big problems. Prince was consistently against war. Some of his songs contained lyrics decrying gun violence and calling for gun control. He also explored issues around social and racial injustice that apparently touched him enough that he wrote about them. Calling himself the “Purple Yoda” in a song from later in his career, he self-identified as remarkably attentive to the issues he cared about. Prince’s Purple Yoda moments extend back to his third album, Dirty Mind, and surface on his last album release before his death, HITnRUN Phase Two. In between, his audience was treated to more than a few Purple Yoda moments.

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从普林斯的“派对”到“巴尔的摩”：三个十年的社会抗议和社会意识

摘要 本文通过罗杰斯·纳尔逊王子创作和录制的一些歌曲探讨了他的立场、思想和政治愿景。普林斯用“有意识”这个词来形容知识渊博的人。正如他经常表现的那样，他关心世界上的一些大问题。普林斯一贯反对战争。他的一些歌曲包含谴责枪支暴力和呼吁控制枪支的歌词。他还探讨了有关社会和种族不公正的问题，这些问题显然触动了他，以至于他写下了这些问题。在他职业生涯后期的一首歌中称自己为“紫色尤达”，他自认为非常关注他关心的问题。Prince 的 Purple Yoda 时刻可以追溯到他的第三张专辑 Dirty Mind，并在他去世前发行的最后一张专辑 HITnRUN 第二阶段中浮出水面。其间，