MC Hammer
“Pray”
vs. Prince "When Doves Cry"
Originally titled “When Doves Pray”
From the Riffs archive First aired Nov 14, 2018. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
In this episode, Joe and Toby dive into the prolific life of Prince and how his music helped hammer a career path for a former bat boy of the Oakland A’s. What we geek out over in this episode: Purple Rain (obviously), Kim Basinger (circa Batman), Larry Graham and the slap bass technique, Genuwine, George Clinton’s Parliament “Give Up the Funk” (1975), and Faith No More’s “Epic” (1989) song. Bonus Material: The Metallica Cover “When Doves Cry” Intervention.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.