Little Red Corvette appreciation... :)

One of my Prince faves and I have many.....

Who inspired this song and why?? (I know someone knows the answer out there!)

Oh I place $50 bucks on Vanity....

ejnbmore said:

Yeah, I think it was Vanity. That's what the general fanbase thinks, anyway.

Quite an interesting story behind it.
Prince fell asleep in Lisa's car after a show and he came up with the idea. Then he wrote the rest after a series of catnaps.

But I LOVE this song.
It's one of my "firsts", so I'll always have a certain appreciation for it.

When I stumbled across a site of Prince videos when I was looking for SuperBowl commericals (yeah, silly me ;roll: ), I decided to pick this video first because I've heard of the song. They mentioned it on the VH1 special "100 greatest songs of the 80's"... it was 74/75, I forget.

So I watched the video and was completely in awe of him. The song was very catchy, it made me smile and I got to see Prince dance for the first time since the last 10 minutes of Purple Rain. I enjoyed that part the most.

This song will always be one of my all-time favorites no matter how much time passes

Great song choice

The instant I heard Gold’s first note, it became Prince’s mark on my soul: a tattoo I wear with pride.
Prince is Dreamy, gives my Life that Pop and 2 the industry, he’s Royalty.

one of the greatest pop songs ever made

I dont know again to this one pplrain..but I would have to go with Vanity too

I had NO idea it was about a womans until VH1 did Ilovethe80's and they covered the song! Oh I felt so stupid!

Prince is always gonna play this song no matter what. He's always gonna have LRC somewhere in the mix at a show.
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It's a great song to drive to. But it makes me drive to fast.

It's a great song live, too,

Gives me goose bumps.

There was a rumor that the song was written about Prince's former girlfriend and protégé, Vanity. In interviews, Vanity has discussed getting out of a speeding ticket by flirting and commented that she was driving a "little red Corvette".

- Wikipedia

One of the best pop songs ever

he looks so fresh & naive in the footage. unaffected.
mastering his footwork & microphone movees!
so nostalgic.
'move over baby, gimme the keys'.... every line is pure magic!

thankyu prince 4 this wonderful gem!
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lottielooloo1968 said:

he looks so fresh & naive in the footage. unaffected.
mastering his footwork & microphone movees!
so nostalgic.
'move over baby, gimme the keys'.... every line is pure magic!

thankyu prince 4 this wonderful gem!

The instant I heard Gold’s first note, it became Prince’s mark on my soul: a tattoo I wear with pride.
Prince is Dreamy, gives my Life that Pop and 2 the industry, he’s Royalty.

1KissAtATyme said:

I dont know again to this one pplrain..but I would have to go with Vanity too

I had NO idea it was about a womans until VH1 did Ilovethe80's and they covered the song! Oh I felt so stupid!

Rinluv said:

Prince is always gonna play this song no matter what. He's always gonna have LRC somewhere in the mix at a show.
[Edited 11/14/07 16:03pm]

ritaw said:

1KissAtATyme said:

I dont know again to this one pplrain..but I would have to go with Vanity too

I had NO idea it was about a womans until VH1 did Ilovethe80's and they covered the song! Oh I felt so stupid!

well i thought it was about a car !!!!

ritaw said:

1KissAtATyme said:

I dont know again to this one pplrain..but I would have to go with Vanity too

I had NO idea it was about a womans until VH1 did Ilovethe80's and they covered the song! Oh I felt so stupid!

well i thought it was about a car !!!!

pplrain said:

ritaw said:

well i thought it was about a car !!!!

My husband who is NOT a Prince fan, told me it was about a woman's nether regions... I said "whaaat??" and then listened to the lyrics carefully Prince sure is sneaky...

1KissAtATyme said:

ritaw said:

well i thought it was about a car !!!!

So did I!

But READ the lyrics again and youll get it

1KissAtATyme said:

pplrain said:

My husband who is NOT a Prince fan, told me it was about a woman's nether regions... I said "whaaat??" and then listened to the lyrics carefully Prince sure is sneaky...

He suuure is

The instant I heard Gold’s first note, it became Prince’s mark on my soul: a tattoo I wear with pride.
Prince is Dreamy, gives my Life that Pop and 2 the industry, he’s Royalty.

1KissAtATyme said:

ritaw said:

well i thought it was about a car !!!!

So did I!

But READ the lyrics again and youll get it

what's amazing is how I didn't figure out what the song was about until I was older, after singing it for so long.

Did anyone see the acoustic version opening night at the Staples Center of Musicology? OMG that was so sweet, he literally had me in the palm of his hands.
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pplrain said:

One of my Prince faves and I have many.....

Who inspired this song and why?? (I know someone knows the answer out there!)

Yes, love it. The entire 1999 brings back the most memories for me. Made me a fan.

pplrain said:

One of my Prince faves and I have many.....

Who inspired this song and why?? (I know someone knows the answer out there!)

toots said:

pplrain said:

One of my Prince faves and I have many.....

Who inspired this song and why?? (I know someone knows the answer out there!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...d_Corvette


Excert from page:(scroll down to Trivia)

"Prince got the idea for the song when he dozed off in Lisa Coleman's pink Edsel after an exhausting all-night recording session. The lyrics came to him in bits and pieces during this and other catnaps. Eventually he was able to finish it without sleeping. "

So that is that!
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lottielooloo1968 said:

toots said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...d_Corvette


Excert from page:(scroll down to Trivia)

"Prince got the idea for the song when he dozed off in Lisa Coleman's pink Edsel after an exhausting all-night recording session. The lyrics came to him in bits and pieces during this and other catnaps. Eventually he was able to finish it without sleeping. "

So that is that!
[Edited 11/14/07 17:07pm]

so he dozed off in a car....probably wishing it was as racy as a corvette...equating all his thoughts about a gal...SHIT! he must have had sex on the brain 'during this & other catnaps'
bet writing lyrics wasn't all he was doing. (omg! i'm out of controll )

I've ran a few threads on this very song awhile back. But mine of course, was dealing with the 12' version. The "MAYDAY" version. Or more specific, the "Black" version. Which DESTROYS the album version. The other thread dealt with Bebe Buell, the famous 70's model, who's the mother of Liv Tyler. Who's dad is Steven. Anyway, in her book, she swears that LRC is about her. Saying that P actually says her name in the song. On the line "baby, you're much too fast." She and her friend Elvis Costello both swear that P is singing "Bebe, you're much to fast.". Costello, who was dating Bebe, accussed her of dating P, because why else would he say her name? True story. It's all in her book that came out a couple of years ago. This song was heavily discussed on my thread that's been up for awhile now, about the singles that were released from the 1999 album.

blackguitaristz said:

i've heard him sing 'bebe' instead of baby in other songs of live footage, so i think it's just tongue slippage

if he is singing about bebe, lucky gal is all i say!

blackguitaristz said:

U always go the juice.

I was just looking at that video, he was so damn cool in that Purple coat! Go Prince