Song Stuck In My Head This Week - 16th January '11 - Prince - Take Me With U

In the 80's there was 'the big three', Madonna, Michael Jackson & Prince. I never saw Michael Jackson live and I still don't know if that's something I should regret or not. I saw Madonna live in 2006 and was left with the feeling of having wished I'd seen her in the early 90's as I feel I missed her at her best. In 2007 when he was playing his 21 nights at the O2 Arena in London I saw Prince. Right from the opening number that night, '1999', I was blown away. So much so that the next day I promptly sourced a ticket for a second night as one night was not enough.

No amount of words can do justice to just how amazingly talented this guy is. Whether it be his ability to play piano/keyboard with such ease and beauty, his amazing style of delivering any genre of song with style and grace or the fact that he is simply, in my opinion, the greatest guitarist of his generation. Then on top of that you have his stunning charisma and an ability to work a room no matter how big. Even at the O2 where I was part of a 20,000 audience I felt that 'presence' as he can manage to do that.

Having released his first album 'For You' in 1978, just two years before I was born, Prince has been a constant presence in my life as I've grown up. 'Purple Rain' was released when I was 4 and some of the biggest hits of that year came from that album. One of the songs to be release from that album was 'Take Me With U'.

I've always found 'Take Me With U' to be a great song about those heady, lust-driven, early days of romance. He manages to capture that magic and intensity in such a simple way that it really demonstrates what a fantastic songwriter he is. I am always captivated by the quality of his music and I hope that one day I get to see him live again and, even more so, hear 'Take Me With U' live.

Hope you all enjoy it and I'll catch you all next week!!

Prince - Take Me With U

I can't disguise the pounding of my heart
It beats so strong
It's in your eyes what can I say
They turn me on

I don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with u

Come on and touch the place in me
That's calling out your name
We want each other oh so much
Why must we play this game?

Don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with u

I don't care if we spend the night at your mansion
I don't care if we spend the night on the town
All I want is 2 spend the night together
All I want is 2 spend the night in your arms

To be around u is so-oh right
You're sheer perfection (thank u)
Drive me crazy, drive me all night
Just don't break up the connection

I don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with u

I don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with u

Just take me with u
Oh won't u take me with u
Honey take me with u