For most of YouTube's existence, you couldn't view a Prince video on the platform. That's because the artist refused to take his music online. Condiering the raw deal most legacy artists got from their record companies over streaming, this made all kinds of sense. But then Prince always marched to his own drum beat. Since his death, much of his work has made its way online, presumably enriching the estate. Case in point: "Cream," which is the last single of his that I absolutely loved prior to Prince's long, drawn out feud with his record company and that weird, changing his name to a symbol strategy in getting out of his contract. This song doesn't make much sense, being more a stream-of-consciouness compilation of catchy phrases more than anything else. But when you've got a groove going that seems so effortless, and that whole Asenio Hall Show-era Bob Fosse-style sex dance choreography, who could complain? Also, that retro train station introduction is outright bonkers and has nothing to do with the following video, but when you're viewed as eccentric, you must live up to expectations.
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