Ice Cream Castles meaning?

I've always wanted to know...

What the hell does this song mean???

I'm embarrassed to ponder, but looking at the lyrics, does it have something to do w/ the love of white girls' ta-tas???

Or is it Morris Day (or Prince, since he co-wrote it) trying to get deep

We are young, we are free on earth together. Let's fall in love.
You are fine, you are white, I am of color. Let's fall in love.

Ice cream castles in the summertime.
Ice cream castles in the summer.

I want you, you want me, we want each other. Is that so wrong?
It's raining. Mad sisters, why can't they realize, that it won't be long?

We're all ice cream castles in the summertime.
Ice cream castles in the summer.
Let's do something soon.

We are young, we are free. Let's come together before the end.
I am blue, you are too, what could be better? Let's make friends.

We're all ice cream castles in the summertime.
Ice cream castles in the summertime.
We're all ice cream castles in the sun.
Ice cream castles when we fall.
Ice cream castles in the summertime.
Summertime, summertime, summertime.

Is that what you need?
White girls, black girls, orientals, jamaican?

Ice cream castles in the summertime.
We're all ice cream castles in the sun.
Ice cream castles when we fall.
Ice cream castles in the summertime.
Summertime.

White girls, black girls, orientals, jamaican.
I want you, you want me, we want each other.

White girls, black girls.
We are young, we are free on earth together.

Let's do something, let's do something soon.

We are young, we are free. Let's come together.

i always thought it was about how different races of women were like different flavors of ice cream. you don't really want me to go into the 'melting' metaphor, do you?

for some reason this song always makes me think of lisa...i wonder how much input she had on this..

I think it's connected to Joni's song, "Both Sides Now" which talks about different ways to look at things. Prince said he got the title of this song from these lyrics:

Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons ev’rywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on ev’ryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I’ve changed
Well something’s lost, but something’s gained
In living ev’ry day

I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all
I’ve looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall
I really don’t know life at all

[Edited 2/14/05 21:03pm]

I always thought it said "I am cool, you are too"

sosgemini said:

I always thought it was a metaphor representing the difficulty of interracial relationships...I took it as if it were as hard to be in that kind of relationship as it was to keep an ice cream castle from melting in the summer time...

newpower4ever said:

sosgemini said:

for some reason this song always makes me think of lisa...i wonder how much input she had on this..

Is there anything to make anyone think that she had any input whatsoever? Are Wendy and Lisa getting unearned credit for the Time music as well as Prince music these days?

Shock_G_-Digital_Underground said:

newpower4ever said:

sosgemini said:

for some reason this song always makes me think of lisa...i wonder how much input she had on this..

Is there anything to make anyone think that she had any input whatsoever? Are Wendy and Lisa getting unearned credit for the Time music as well as Prince music these days?

roodboi said:

I always thought it meant races melting together like a twist cone in Prince's mouth

laurarichardson said:

newpower4ever said:

Is there anything to make anyone think that she had any input whatsoever? Are Wendy and Lisa getting unearned credit for the Time music as well as Prince music these days?

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Yes, Newpower4ever Wendy and Lisa the great music gods according to Prince.org are now going to responsible for all that great funk we got from the The Time.(LOL)

Forget Wendy and Lisa. I am soo tired of them getting credit for everything. If they are SOO good, then why don't any of their albums sell well? AND, why do their albums sound cheesy?

i love this forum....

TheDeacon said:

sosgemini said:

laurarichardson said:

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Yes, Newpower4ever Wendy and Lisa the great music gods according to Prince.org are now going to responsible for all that great funk we got from the The Time.(LOL)

Ice Cream Castle's is a funk song?