I hear/see people refer to Monday and "manic Monday" quite often.

PicklesMcMillan said:

Spinlight said:

When the hell do your peers ever say either of these things?? lol.

This is some seriously wishful thinking in this thread. There's not been a catch phrase Prince invented that caught on in contemporary vernacular. He HAS aped things (like "slammin'!" etc) and created words ("soulyacolia", "hundalasiliah!") and phrases ("may you live to see the dawn", "pussy control"), but he has never created a phrase people actually use in every day language. The phrase "party like it's 1999" only gets half credit because the saying "party like it's/a" existed well before this time. "The artist formerly known as" does not count as something Prince created because he did not create that phrase (even in reference to himself).

Stand in vagina power!

who is this woman?!?!?

She musta had some last night --->

GAWD DAYUM

eyewishuheaven said:

This ain't a quote, but there's the whole waving one's arms slowly back and forth during a ballad thing. A lot of people probably don't know that's from Purple Rain...

Thought Cliff Richard was there first?

Scandalous69 said:

PicklesMcMillan said:

Stand in vagina power!

who is this woman?!?!?

She musta had some last night --->

GAWD DAYUM

Alexyess k Taylor , the penis power and vagina power woman. she was an internet sensation a few years back. there are tons of other videos of her

sro100 said:

Phrases or terms that originated with Prince that have worked their way into the language; so much so that people don't even mention the Prince connection anymore.

For example,

1. "Party like it's (insert any year here) ."

I just saw some promo for some TV show where they used this; of course it's used all the time without ever referencing Prince.

2. "The Artist Formerly Known As" or even "The Artist Known As"

This is used all the time without ever mentioning Prince; usually in a derogatory manner about some celebrity.

3. "Glam Slam"

Just open a fashion magazine or go to a site about fashion and inevitably someting will be described as "Glam Slam." I don't think most people have any idea they're referencing a Prince song.

More??????

go on stella, Dance! shake it like a peckerwood!

langebleu said:

Spinlight said:

Are you kidding me?

Did your world begin the day you first heard Prince or something?

Wasn't it Prince who invented the wheel, leading to the introduction of the motorcycle in Purple Rain?

Up until that point, the human race had been travelling on winged horses, as first featured on his debut album

Orgishmic!

sro100 said:

Phrases or terms that originated with Prince that have worked their way into the language; so much so that people don't even mention the Prince connection anymore.

More??????

I used to have a thing for the word Entropy ...

sro100 said:

Okay here's some more:

"Got the look."

There's a show titled "She's Got the Look." Of course, Roxxette did a soundalike title after Prince's.

Ummm, NO.

Prince did not invent this phrase... It's been around for ages, saying someone is a "looker" or "She's got the look" and in fact there was even a movie made in 1981 called "Looker" with a theme song built around the phrase:

"She's a looker with a beautiful face.

She's got the look, yeah, she has it made..."

"Erotic City"

Used to describe many things of a sexual nature.

"Nasty Girl"

Ditto.

Where has "Erotic City" been used in common vernacular???

Prince, also, didn't invent the phrase 'nasty girl', he just used it in a song.

sro100 said:

Phrases or terms that originated with Prince that have worked their way into the language; so much so that people don't even mention the Prince connection anymore.

For example,

1. "Party like it's (insert any year here) ."

I just saw some promo for some TV show where they used this; of course it's used all the time without ever referencing Prince.

2. "The Artist Formerly Known As" or even "The Artist Known As"

This is used all the time without ever mentioning Prince; usually in a derogatory manner about some celebrity.

3. "Glam Slam"

Just open a fashion magazine or go to a site about fashion and inevitably someting will be described as "Glam Slam." I don't think most people have any idea they're referencing a Prince song.

More??????

Videophone-beyonce(Prince said videophone in the song "Now")

million dollar girl tempo(early '80s prince tempo.)

Automatic-Tokio Hotel(Automatic-Prince)

Peaches and Cream-112(Prince made two songs called "Peach" and another called "Cream"

Etc...etc... the list goes on.

I don't think you understand the purpose of this thread.

I've never heard anyone use the phrase "Glam Slam" outside of the Prince community.

Spinlight said:

eyewishuheaven said:

This ain't a quote, but there's the whole waving one's arms slowly back and forth during a ballad thing. A lot of people probably don't know that's from Purple Rain...

Are you kidding me?

Did your world begin the day you first heard Prince or something?

"Shut up already.......Damn" use that one all the time along with "I aint scared of you mf's" heheheheheh

Cerebus said:

I will admit I say "Party like it's...." from time to time. I don't say "The Artist Formerly Know As...", but I still read it quite often in print. The article below uses it in it's title - just posted on 10/1...

http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/01/cat-stevens-yusuf-islam/

I use, which is not exactly the same of course "Secretary formerly known as..." because they make me feel like a slave !!!

jtfolden said:

sro100 said:

Okay here's some more:

"Got the look."

There's a show titled "She's Got the Look." Of course, Roxxette did a soundalike title after Prince's.

Ummm, NO.

Prince did not invent this phrase... It's been around for ages, saying someone is a "looker" or "She's got the look" and in fact there was even a movie made in 1981 called "Looker" with a theme song built around the phrase:

"She's a looker with a beautiful face.

She's got the look, yeah, she has it made..."

"Erotic City"

Used to describe many things of a sexual nature.

"Nasty Girl"

Ditto.

Where has "Erotic City" been used in common vernacular???

Prince, also, didn't invent the phrase 'nasty girl', he just used it in a song.

Yes I know all about Susan Dey in Looker. Prince "popularized" the phrase as it's commonly used today; ditto for Nasty Girl.

Put Erotic City into a Google search; you'll see plenty of non-Prince.

Also, nobody "invents" words; somewhere someone has used almost all combinations of words; it's about who brought it into the mainstream.

toejam said:

I've never heard anyone use the phrase "Glam Slam" outside of the Prince community.

Okay, put Glam Slam into a search engine.

sro100 said:

jtfolden said:

Where has "Erotic City" been used in common vernacular???

Prince, also, didn't invent the phrase 'nasty girl', he just used it in a song.

Yes I know all about Susan Dey in Looker. Prince "popularized" the phrase as it's commonly used today; ditto for Nasty Girl.

Put Erotic City into a Google search; you'll see plenty of non-Prince.

Also, nobody "invents" words; somewhere someone has used almost all combinations of words; it's about who brought it into the mainstream.

What? Prince did not popularize any of this stuff. Why are you lying about it? What parts of Erotic City? None that I can see. You love making this shit up, lmao.

sro100 said:

toejam said:

I've never heard anyone use the phrase "Glam Slam" outside of the Prince community.

Okay, put Glam Slam into a search engine.

Okay. I'll bite. Let's see....

I see Glam Slam wikipedia which only refers to the song, I see the Access Hollywood and Yahoo references to a "glam slam". I see a website devoted to sports and fashion called "A Glam Slam" and then a myspace with with "Glam Slam" as the title, but it's definitely not referential to Prince.

Oh, and I'm 28 years old. So I've been growing up in the time that this phrase would be used. I've lived in Baltimore, DC, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and San Francisco.

I've never, not once, heard "glam slam" outside of the Prince community. If you can provide some kind of context and proof, please do. Bear in mind that you must adhere to your rules and it has to be a part of the vernacular, not a tongue in cheek reference to a celebrity that people would pick out (aka naming a sherbet Raspberry Sorbet - that is not vernacular, its marketing).

langebleu said:

Spinlight said:

Are you kidding me?

Did your world begin the day you first heard Prince or something?

Wasn't it Prince who invented the wheel, leading to the introduction of the motorcycle in Purple Rain?

Up until that point, the human race had been travelling on winged horses, as first featured on his debut album.

Oops. Misread this one. You didn't need my help, you've covered all bases already.

[Edited 10/6/10 15:52pm]

Spinlight said:

sro100 said:

Yes I know all about Susan Dey in Looker. Prince "popularized" the phrase as it's commonly used today; ditto for Nasty Girl.

Put Erotic City into a Google search; you'll see plenty of non-Prince.

Also, nobody "invents" words; somewhere someone has used almost all combinations of words; it's about who brought it into the mainstream.

What? Prince did not popularize any of this stuff. Why are you lying about it? What parts of Erotic City? None that I can see. You love making this shit up, lmao.

I'm lying? Making shit up?

Why you're really smart, 28 and all.

You should be a psychiatrist or something being able to read all this about me from this post.

You're a real intellect.

Spinlight said:

sro100 said:

Okay, put Glam Slam into a search engine.

Okay. I'll bite. Let's see....

I see Glam Slam wikipedia which only refers to the song, I see the Access Hollywood and Yahoo references to a "glam slam". I see a website devoted to sports and fashion called "A Glam Slam" and then a myspace with with "Glam Slam" as the title, but it's definitely not referential to Prince.

Oh, and I'm 28 years old. So I've been growing up in the time that this phrase would be used. I've lived in Baltimore, DC, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and San Francisco.

I've never, not once, heard "glam slam" outside of the Prince community. If you can provide some kind of context and proof, please do. Bear in mind that you must adhere to your rules and it has to be a part of the vernacular, not a tongue in cheek reference to a celebrity that people would pick out (aka naming a sherbet Raspberry Sorbet - that is not vernacular, its marketing).

Okay I'll answer.

No I choose not to play your games.

I really honestly don't care what you think.

You being 28 and so smart and all.

sro100 said:

Spinlight said:

What? Prince did not popularize any of this stuff. Why are you lying about it? What parts of Erotic City? None that I can see. You love making this shit up, lmao.

I'm lying? Making shit up?

Why you're really smart, 28 and all.

You should be a psychiatrist or something being able to read all this about me from this post.

You're a real intellect.

"Read all this about me" from this post? It isn't about you. It's about the fact you are pulling stuff out of your ass that isn't legit. LOL.

langebleu said:

Spinlight said:

Are you kidding me?

Did your world begin the day you first heard Prince or something?

Wasn't it Prince who invented the wheel, leading to the introduction of the motorcycle in Purple Rain?

Up until that point, the human race had been travelling on winged horses, as first featured on his debut album.

Close, but not quite correct.

Until they started shooting Purple Rain, all motorcycle wheels were rectangular in shape, usually square.

As you can imagine, riding them was very uncomfortable.

After a few rehearsals of the opening scene, Prince suggested that they make the wheels of the motorcycle round, instead.

The scene was eventually shot in one take. The other motorcycle scenes went off without a hitch, though many have since lamented that the scenes with Apollonia riding on the back were a lot less jigglier than planned in the original screenplay.

Anyway, the whole round thing caught on after the movie came out. The rest is history.

'same when I saw yo mama last night'...

Wow...

This thread...

and I thought we had it bad over in GD...

sro100 said:

Yes I know all about Susan Dey in Looker. Prince "popularized" the phrase as it's commonly used today; ditto for Nasty Girl.

Put Erotic City into a Google search; you'll see plenty of non-Prince.

Also, nobody "invents" words; somewhere someone has used almost all combinations of words; it's about who brought it into the mainstream.

LOL Prince didn't bring any of that into the "mainstream". I'm not sure what you're smoking but I'm betting it's laced with Prince hair.

jtfolden said:

sro100 said:

Yes I know all about Susan Dey in Looker. Prince "popularized" the phrase as it's commonly used today; ditto for Nasty Girl.

Put Erotic City into a Google search; you'll see plenty of non-Prince.

Also, nobody "invents" words; somewhere someone has used almost all combinations of words; it's about who brought it into the mainstream.

LOL Prince didn't bring any of that into the "mainstream". I'm not sure what you're smoking but I'm betting it's laced with Prince hair.

Wow you're not disgusting at all. And since you say he didn't I know you're right.

sro100 said:

jtfolden said:

LOL Prince didn't bring any of that into the "mainstream". I'm not sure what you're smoking but I'm betting it's laced with Prince hair.

Wow you're not disgusting at all. And since you say he didn't I know you're right.

Hey, you're the one making these absurd claims. It's up to you to back them up...

jtfolden said:

sro100 said:

Wow you're not disgusting at all. And since you say he didn't I know you're right.

Hey, you're the one making these absurd claims. It's up to you to back them up...

Not one of my claims are absurd. Pleny of massage parlors, sexual related things are called Erotic City. The other ones I've already belabored. I'm done with it. Truly, honestly believe whatever you want. I really don't care.