"Joint = song", "Shit = good", what kind of English did we send you guys ffs?

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

No they haven't.

Automatic.

I had heard his pop songs before, but this was the one that made me realise there was much more interesting things going on with this guy.

iloveannie said:

slang1 [slang]
-noun
1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
2. (in English and some other languages) speech and writing characterized by the use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
3. the jargon of a particular class, profession, etc.
4. the special vocabulary of thieves, vagabonds, etc.; argot.
-verb (used without object)
5. to use slang or abusive language.
-verb (used with object)
6. to assail with abusive language.
Origin: 1750–60; orig. uncert.

iloveannie said:

slang1 [slang]
-noun
1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
2. (in English and some other languages) speech and writing characterized by the use of vulgar and socially taboo vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
3. the jargon of a particular class, profession, etc.
4. the special vocabulary of thieves, vagabonds, etc.; argot.
-verb (used without object)
5. to use slang or abusive language.
-verb (used with object)
6. to assail with abusive language.
Origin: 1750–60; orig. uncert.

CocoRock said:

Why thanks for that. I wasn't familiar with slang. I'm taking the piss of course. Joint is what one smokes or roasts. Shit is faeces or not good. If I were to say your joint tasted shit it wouldn't be a compliment.

iloveannie said:

I'll be sure to pass this on to someone who gives a damn.

CocoRock said:

Ditto. Sorry I couldn't find a reply on Google

I'd always been in and out of Prince (so to speak) since ATWIAD but what locked me in was Gett Off...for the reason it changed/saved my life as I've stated before.

Not the most cool song or era in Princes career I know...but it's what it is

I remember first hearing prince back in 2003. there was an advert on continually showing the greatest hits package/the b-sides. And it showed loads of his greatest songs, and I was singing along to them on the ad for a few weeks and I thought I know all these songs. But never realise who it was really. So I went out and bought the cd. A month later I had bought every other prince album including online stuff and rare songs and now I am a massive fan. Just goes to show really.

sro100 said:

Lets go crazy hooked me...before this i thought Prince and the revolution was a band name...a singer called Prince



first song heard (and remembered...controversy)

Now I gotta sit and think. Now before I knew whom exactly Prince was, the song Scandalous comes to mind. It was 1989, I was a kiddo with a missing tooth and my dad was taking me to the movies to see the latest Batman flick.

Now if you wanna know the song that got me hooked once my "Prince sense" finally woke up in '99, then that would have to be When Doves Cry. Honestly, I really can't remember beyond '89.

mostbeautifulboy said:

the video

1999

Electric Chair

PSYMUN said:

LOVE that song!

Kiss then Sign O' The Times.

My ears definitely like my Princely funk a bit sparse...

Glam Slam, Mine was the whole Lovesexy Album, we went to the show and thats all she wrote for me, after that I had to have everything previously made!

Soft and Wet, yes I'm telling my age and I don't care.

geegee said:

Me, too. It was a song like nothing else that was on the radio at the time. And when I saw his picture for the first time (the Jet Magazine picture), that only sealed the deal.

"Do Me Baby" oddly enough. It was on one of my girlfriend's mom's mix CD's.

Spinzilla said:

Do Me Baby for me too Something about his voice on here just grabbed me and never let go

iloveannie said:

Mine was Let's Go Crazy also. The opening line: "Dearly beloved..." was a real attention grabber when I 1st heard it on radio. And the guitar solo was really orgasmic! Yeah, I was a really impressed 14-year-old back then Up to that point, MJ was my #1 favorite artist.

It was 1981-ish. I was 11 years old...the song was "Controversy" and I was like..."What is this?"

I've been hooked since!

TikiColadas said:

that was first song i can remember.....
1981...11...

that makes you the big 40 this year

though i heard Prince in '82, and experienced the PR hype..it truly was not until 87 that I became "hooked." It started in 86 with Parade, but SOTT was when it occured...and I cannot choose one song, but it's a toss up between

IT
Play in the Sunshine and
Housequake

'I Hate U' (Quiet Nights Mix) Mixed By Eric Leeds. And the album version of the song.

The song that got me interested was Raspberry Beret. After that I got into him but he was one of a few artist I really liked. It was after getting a copy of The Black album in October 1989 I went prince crazy, getting hold of 12 inches other outtakes associated artists.

P Control

"When Doves Cry". When I first heard it it literally stopped me in my tracks - it sounded incredible and I just had to hear it. I bought the "Purple Rain" album as soon as I could after that.

The last Prince song to have a similar effect was probably "She Gave Me Angels", which wasn't doing anything for me at all until the guitar kicked in, at which point I just stopped and stared at the stereo until it had finished, then flipped back to the start.