New Music/Song of the Day (1/23/13): Prince - Screwdriver

Prince - Screwdriver

Today has been very interesting.  I spent all day thinking about what to review today because there was not any new music released yesterday that caught my attention.

Now don't we all just love surprises! After a leak by a mysterious twitter/youtube user that goes by the name of 3rdEyeGirl, Prince has published a lyric video on his website for his new song, Screwdriver.  I decided to take this opportunity to be one of the first people to publish a review of the latest from Prince.  What's so mesmerizing, is that nobody really knows anything about this track.  Prince hasn't dropped any hints about a new album or anything of that nature.  Because this is so new, we can't post the sources we usually do for new music or song of the day.  This song isn't available through Spotify, iTunes, or any other music source at this point.  The only place to hear the song is on Prince's new website, http://20pr1nc3.com and on YouTube.

The song itself was a bit of a surprise to me.  I would describe it as Prince mixed with Mick Jagger and a hint of Punk music.  My first impression of this song was that it was completely over produced.  When a 55 year old man abbreviates common words into spellings like "2" or "UR", it's a bit unsettling.  However, after I listened to it a few times, I started to enjoy it.  It actually sounds like something from his Dirty Mind era.  If Prince releases a new album with songs like this one, I would be very intrigued.  We included the written lyrics and the lyric video below so you can hear the song.  I hope you don't mind this article instead of our regular full album review.

Lyrics:

Everyday when I wake up

I gotta make up another reason to make it last

Mis-Mistake up, if we break up

We smash guitars and shatter glass

But 'til the day that we do

I'm your driver, you're my screw

Everywhere that we go now

There's a show now,

People pay money for the rock and roll

And the big wow, before we bow

You can call me C.C. crowd control

If you don't want to it's cool (It's Cool)

I'm your driver

Empty car on a fast lane

In the driving rain

I can make you swear that you did something

What you don't know, won't hurt you so

We got a long, long way to go

Might as well enjoy the view (Enjoy the View)

I'm your driver,  you're my screw

You said you were....my screw

Sharing stories and cool clothes

And party toes

This is what life is like on the road

Never too high, never too low

That's the only way to go (Only way to go)

But right now, without further adieu

I'm your driver, you're my screw [Repeat Line 5x]

Counterclockwise, turn you 'round

All you got to do is listen to the sound

Music never lies, you know it's true

I ain't even got to to you know who

Forever's worth its wait when it comes to love

I'm your driver, you're my screw [5x]

Might as well enjoy the view

I'm your driver, you're my screw

Listen to "Screwdriver":

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As soon as more information becomes available, we will keep you all up to date.  We are very excited about new music from Prince!