What is the purple banana in Let's go Crazy

subdub23 said:

i dunno maybe his Wing Wang

i think its a metaphor for a diddy ride.

I always took it as "Whatever you're looking for"
Everyone's purple bannana is different.

subdub23 said:

I wondered this also...still haven't figured it out.

I just figured that it was a symbol of madness. Let's look for the purple banana, 'til they put us in the truck. The truck would be the men coming to take you to the nut house, which you'd soon be headed for if you search obsessively for something that clearly doesn't exist. The purple banana could have been anything, a blue orange, a bright pink dolphin, it doesn't really matter. If you go around proclaiming to everyone you meet that you're looking for a purple banana, and mean it, you'll soon be off with the men in white coats.

I'd better not say.

It's his cock. Everything is about his cock in the good old days.

Bring back the cock.

studal said:

I wasn't aware that it had been stolen.
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Here's a breakdown of what I say it means. The chorus goes:

Are we gonna let
De-Elevator bring us down?
Oh, no, let's go crazy!
Let's get nuts
Look for the purple banana
Til they put us in the trunk.

In his 97 inner-view with Chris Rock, he mentioned that De-Elevator was his way of saying Satan, and the phrase "let's go crazy" represented God, and as he put it, "stay happy, stay focused, and you can beat the De-Elevator."

Given his penchant for mixing sexuality and spirituality, the purple banana takes on a phallic quality - perhaps picture a temple monument, like Bhudda...Til they put us in the trunk alludes, therefore, to "go for yours while you can."

In essence, I'd say it means this: don't let the devil bring you down, get down and make love, cuz it'll all be over before you know it.

Another thought occurred to me - this may be an extension of 1999.

subdub23 said:

Purple banana is a palnt or flowers... look it up

I made one...I thought it would be a fun scavenger hunt item if I ever had a Prince party.

Dayclear said:

Maybe it is like the Brass Ring?

eaglebear4839 said:

To the best of my knowledge the Buddha is not portrayed with phallic imagery. If you are thinking of Tantric Buddhism, I don't think the Buddha is ever shown in the Tantric sexual positions. Or do you mean the Hindu god, Shiva, who can be represented as a linga (phallus), or anthropomorphically having an erect penis? (Also remember that Hinduism was a precursor to Buddhism.)



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i'd prefer 2 think he's refering 2 his todge, but isn't it another name 4 purple haze? as in weed?