LETTERS

IF SHF KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS While listening to the Bangles’ Different Light LP, my mind tripped on an interesting connection only CREEM readers would be proud of. We all know that Prince wrote “Manic Monday,” right? Well, you know that line—“I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream”? Well, this Valentino character struck me as oddly familiar when thinking of Prince’s earlier material.