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Thread started 12/02/12 6:25pm

rdhull

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Another Lonely Christmas (tis the season)

For all the seasonal emotionally damaged.
Only Prince would come up with a Xmas song about death! Flipping the script on xmas carols LOL!But its still beautiful--thats the kicker...eff a ding dong xmas bells are ringing! He's saying .."now look yall..my true love that I grew up with died on xmas day ...shit like this happens! Wrote a song about it..wanna hear it? Here it go"... this song is one of the reasons I love Prince and am man enough to say it.

However it is obviously and admittedly a work of fiction. I was upset whe he revelaed that the story was fiction..I mean Ive always known in the back of my head that he didnt know anyone who died on Xmas or Xmas eve etc but he ddidn't have to say it lol. It's cool that he is able to write with such conviction that you sort of believe there was a lonely Xmas, a Nikki, a Dorothy Parker (his version) etc. He is like..a method actor of music in that aspect imo.

I think this song is one of his top ten vocals ..the passion and or anguish in it makes my gut hurt.

I can play it in summer and it's still a jammin song but with the cold air and the hyolidays in the air it is jussst right

Remember we played pokeno for money,and ya robbed me blind?


I dont think he has sung a song with as much passion.Thank you for this.

The delivery is so painful and passionate. Prince was in a vibe on this one.

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #1 posted 12/02/12 6:45pm

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Right on dude. This song is one of my favorite songs of his! I remember falling in love with it in the middle of the summer this year, then rediscovering it when I heard Dumps cover of it. (Dump covered a bunch of Prince songs on a collection called "That Skinny Mother Fucker With The High Voice"). You're right, with the cold air, the dying plants, and the night sky, all working together at once, you get one of Prince's best and most passionate songs.

Purple is the color of my heart,
Bruised from you leaving me.
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Reply #2 posted 12/02/12 6:49pm

rdhull

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Nivivrus said:

Rthen rediscovering it when I heard Dumps cover of it. (Dump covered a bunch of Prince songs on a collection called "That Skinny Mother Fucker With The High Voice").

I have that too. It's cool.

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #3 posted 12/02/12 9:43pm

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #4 posted 12/02/12 10:03pm

Fonkyman

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Remember we played pokeno for money,and ya robbed me blind?

Gorgeous song. I haven't heard it for ages but I've played it to death over the years. Love the sound of that piano and the vocals over it are red hot, not rod hull. wink

You sure about those lyrics though? I just tried to look em up quick but couldn't find anything definitive. I'm half akip and it's gone 6 in the morning so prolly not the best time to post but just from singing it in my head I thought it was "Remember that night we played for keepable money and you robbed me blind"... Bleedin pokemon. eek rolleyes

What was it the sister got up to though?

"Hey I saw your sister skatin on the lake, this afternoon. Good Heaven huh, she's broke? She ??? the ??? skate and she slipped over..." or

"Hey I saw your sister skatin on the lake, this afternoon. Good Heaven how she's grown? She ??? the ??? skate and she's so tall..."

P.S. That poxy cover version has the right name. They fuckin DUMP on it alright. grrrr...

[Edited by the Grammar Police 12/2/12 25:08pm]

[Edited by the lyric Police 12/2/12 25:10pm]

[Edited by the Gobacktobed Police 12/2/12 32:55pm]

[Edited 12/2/12 22:58pm]

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Reply #5 posted 12/02/12 10:07pm

Fonkyman

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Shit. Got his bleedin tootsies out again. rolleyes

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Reply #6 posted 12/03/12 4:36am

PacManPlus

The 'Pokeno' line is correct...

The other line you mentioned is:

"Hey I saw your sister skatin' on the lake, this afternoon

Good Heaven how she's grown: she swoons the boy skaters she's so tall"

- Love that song. I remember getting the 12" of I Would Die 4U in '84 and listening to that (I was 15) and thinking that it was really someone he knew.

Good Times.

[Edited 12/3/12 4:36am]

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Reply #7 posted 12/03/12 4:53am

Fonkyman

PacManPlus said:

The 'Pokeno' line is correct...

The other line you mentioned is:

"Hey I saw your sister skatin' on the lake, this afternoon

Good Heaven how she's grown: she swoons the boy skaters she's so tall"

I'm still not convinced about the pokeno thing. The other line makes some sense though, cheers.

I got that 12" too. No picture cover but hey ho.

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Reply #8 posted 12/03/12 5:04am

OldFriends4Sal
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Fonkyman said:

PacManPlus said:

The 'Pokeno' line is correct...

The other line you mentioned is:

"Hey I saw your sister skatin' on the lake, this afternoon

Good Heaven how she's grown: she swoons the boy skaters she's so tall"

I'm still not convinced about the pokeno thing. The other line makes some sense though, cheers.

I got that 12" too. No picture cover but hey ho.

it's pokeno

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Reply #9 posted 12/03/12 5:09am

OldFriends4Sal
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PacManPlus said:

The 'Pokeno' line is correct...

The other line you mentioned is:

"Hey I saw your sister skatin' on the lake, this afternoon

Good Heaven how she's grown: she swoons the boy skaters she's so tall"

- Love that song. I remember getting the 12" of I Would Die 4U in '84 and listening to that (I was 15) and thinking that it was really someone he knew.

Good Times.

I remember too, buying the single the year of release

that was the period, everything Prince released was hot, and i had to have it

Love that echo sound of the piano, the heart wrenching guitar solo

the real life feeling lyrics

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Reply #10 posted 12/03/12 5:14am

OldFriends4Sal
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rdhull said:

For all the seasonal emotionally damaged.
Only Prince would come up with a Xmas song about death! Flipping the script on xmas carols LOL!But its still beautiful--thats the kicker...eff a ding dong xmas bells are ringing! He's saying .."now look yall..my true love that I grew up with died on xmas day ...shit like this happens! Wrote a song about it..wanna hear it? Here it go"... this song is one of the reasons I love Prince and am man enough to say it.

However it is obviously and admittedly a work of fiction. I was upset whe he revelaed that the story was fiction. I mean Ive always known in the back of my head that he didnt know anyone who died on Xmas or Xmas eve etc but he ddidn't have to say it lol. It's cool that he is able to write with such conviction that you sort of believe there was a lonely Xmas, a Nikki, a Dorothy Parker (his version) etc. He is like..a method actor of music in that aspect imo.

I think this song is one of his top ten vocals ..the passion and or anguish in it makes my gut hurt.

I can play it in summer and it's still a jammin song but with the cold air and the hyolidays in the air it is jussst right

Remember we played pokeno for money,and ya robbed me blind?


I dont think he has sung a song with as much passion.Thank you for this.

The delivery is so painful and passionate. Prince was in a vibe on this one.

totally agree with U

Last night I spent another lonely Christmas
Darling, darling, U should've been there
Cuz all the ones I dream about
U are the one that makes my love shout
U see, U are the only one I care 4

Remember the time we swam naked in your father's pool
Boy, he was upset that night
But boy, was that ever cool
Remember that night we played pokeno 4 money
And U robbed me blind
Remember how U used 2 scream so loud cuz U....
U hated that number 9
Hey, I saw your sister skatin' on the lake this afternoon
Good heaven, how she's grown
She swoons the boy skaters cuz she's so tall
But of all your father's children
All your father's children, baby
U know U are the finest of them all
U are brighter than the northern star and I....

Last night I spent another lonely Christmas
Darling, darling, U, U should've been there
Cuz U see, of all the ones I dream about
U are the one that makes my love shout
U see, U are the only one I care 4, listen

Do U still like banana daiquiris?
Boy, we used 2 get so tight
Ooh, U used 2 get so horny
U made me leave the lights on
I'd pay money just 2 see your laughin' dancin' silhouette upon the pier
Sometimes I think I hear U smiling
Sometimes I think U're here
I find myself holdin' every pillow in the bed U and I used 2 share
Last night I spent another lonely Christmas
Darling, U should be, U should be there

Cuz U see, last night I spent another lonely Christmas
Darling, darling, U, U should've been there


Cuz U see, of all the ones I dream about
U are the one that makes my love shout
U see, U are the only one I care 4, yeah

My mama used 2 say always trust your lover
But now I guess that only applies 2 her
Cuz baby, U promised me
Baby, U promised me U'd never leave
Then U died on the 25th day of December

Oh baby, last night, oh, I spent another lonely, lonely Christmas
Darling, baby, U, U should've been there
Cuz all the ones I dream about
U are the one that makes my love shout
U see, U are the only one I care 4, yeah

Your father said it was pneumonia
Your mother said it was stress
But the doctor said U were dead and I....
I say it's senseless
Every Christmas night 4 7 years now
I drink banana daiquiris till I'm blind
As long as I can hear U smiling, baby
U won't hear my tears
Another lonely Christmas is mine, yeah, mine, yeah
Another lonely Christmas is mine

Last night, yeah, I spent another lonely, lonely Christmas
Darling, darling, U should've been there, yeah
Cuz all the ones I dream about
U are the one that make my love shout
U see, U are the only one I care 4

Another lonely....

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Reply #11 posted 12/03/12 5:59am

OnlyNDaUsa

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there is also a great live version too!

"Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!"
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Reply #12 posted 12/03/12 6:15am

rdhull

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

there is also a great live version too!

and the rehearsal..Xmas In Uptown

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #13 posted 12/03/12 6:45am

Fonkyman

I listened to a few versions this morning. When I looked for the lyrics earlier I came up with the same as OldFiends posted but I didn't think they were right. lol

I'll take everyones word for it and thank RodHull for making me dig it out. Lovely tune.

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Reply #14 posted 12/03/12 9:35am

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I've always loved the reverb he put on this, too. It sounds like his voice is echoing through the empty rooms of his soul - and into space so that, on a cold, still Christmas, she might hear him from heaven.

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #15 posted 12/03/12 9:37am

rdhull

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Genesia said:

I've always loved the reverb he put on this, too. It sounds like his voice is echoing through the empty rooms of his soul - and into space so that, on a cold, still Christmas, she might hear him from heaven.

Like it was recorded at 2 a.m. too...and it was ina cold dark studio.

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #16 posted 12/03/12 9:49am

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Pretty cool song. Initially I thought it was too over the top, but it definitely grew on me. You either got go with the emotion or just leave it alone.

"Love & honesty, peace & harmony"
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Reply #17 posted 12/03/12 10:03am

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Yes, great song.

I love the extended version a lot.

I can't wait for a re-issue of the Purple Rain album,

incl. the ext. versions, outtakes & B-sides.

What a nice christmas present that could be.... (Still dreaming).

Prince 4Ever. heart
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Reply #18 posted 12/03/12 10:06am

Genesia

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rdhull said:

Genesia said:

I've always loved the reverb he put on this, too. It sounds like his voice is echoing through the empty rooms of his soul - and into space so that, on a cold, still Christmas, she might hear him from heaven.

Like it was recorded at 2 a.m. too...and it was ina cold dark studio.

You get me. touched

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #19 posted 12/03/12 10:53am

Fonkyman

rdhull said:

Genesia said:

I've always loved the reverb he put on this, too. It sounds like his voice is echoing through the empty rooms of his soul - and into space so that, on a cold, still Christmas, she might hear him from heaven.

Like it was recorded at 2 a.m. too...and it was ina cold dark studio.

Behind a dark dark door, with snow outside and tinsel stuffed down his undies. Nipple clamps with Christmas baubles attached to his nutsack and red candles on top of the piano, flickering in the cool, night, air. Oh what an atmosphere, I love a party with a happy atmosphere. biggrin

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Reply #20 posted 12/03/12 10:53am

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Fonkyman said:

rdhull said:

Like it was recorded at 2 a.m. too...and it was ina cold dark studio.

Behind a dark dark door, with snow outside and tinsel stuffed down his undies. Nipple clamps with Christmas baubles attached to his nutsack and red candles on top of the piano, flickering in the cool, night, air. Oh what an atmosphere, I love a party with a happy atmosphere. biggrin

Go sit down tittypants

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #21 posted 12/03/12 11:50am

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Genesia said:

rdhull said:

Like it was recorded at 2 a.m. too...and it was ina cold dark studio.

You get me. touched

I find with a lot of Prince fans, especially those of the 1978-1989 years

there are things, like what you 2 have said, that others are thinking and feeling at the same time

time of day/night, temperature, colors, places & spaces

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Reply #22 posted 12/03/12 11:55am

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December 23. 1984
Purple Rain Tour
Saint Paul Civic Center St.Paul

1.Let's Go Crazy
2.Delirious
3.1999
4.Little Red Corvette
5.Yankee Doodle Dandy
6.Free
7.Take Me With U
8.
HowComeYouDon't CallMeAnymore
9.Dirty Mind
10.I Wanna Be Your Lover
11.Do Me, Baby
11.Temptation
12.Let's Pretend We're Married
13.International Lover
14.Father's Song
15.God
16.Computer Blue
17.Darling Nikki
18.The Beautiful Ones
19.When Doves Cry
20.I Would Die 4 U
21.Baby I'm A Star
22.Another Lonely Christmas
22.Purple Rain

December 26. 1984
Purple Rain Tour
Saint Paul Civic Center St.Paul

1.Let's Go Crazy
2.Delirious
3.1999
4.Little Red Corvette
5.Yankee Doodle Dandy
6.Free
7.Take Me With U
8.
HowComeYouDon't CallMeAnymore
9.Dirty Mind
10.I Wanna Be Your Lover
11.Do Me, Baby
11.Temptation
12.Let's Pretend We're Married
13.International Lover
14.Father's Song
15.God
16.Computer Blue
17.Darling Nikki
18.The Beautiful Ones
19.When Doves Cry
20.I Would Die 4 U
21.Baby I'm A Star
22.Another Lonely Christmas
22.Purple Rain

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Reply #23 posted 12/03/12 12:03pm

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"Remember the time we swam naked in your father's pool"

I wonder if this was true

2014-Year of the Parties
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Reply #24 posted 12/03/12 1:50pm

Fonkyman

rdhull said:

Fonkyman said:

Behind a dark dark door, with snow outside and tinsel stuffed down his undies. Nipple clamps with Christmas baubles attached to his nutsack and red candles on top of the piano, flickering in the cool, night, air. Oh what an atmosphere, I love a party with a happy atmosphere. biggrin

Go sit down tittypants

Que? No tittys here.

I'm just messin. A good song will always paint a picture. Always, every time.

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Reply #25 posted 12/03/12 1:52pm

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iaminparties said:

"Remember the time we swam naked in your father's pool"

I wonder if this was true

Depends how you look at it. It might've just been a big puddle?

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Reply #26 posted 12/04/12 2:47am

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For me, it's in the top 5 Prince tunes ever recorded. It's bloody epic, brilliant, etc etc.

Playin now cool

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Reply #27 posted 12/04/12 6:46am

OldFriends4Sal
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1 of those threads u wish u could post the song to be heard, it's that good

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Reply #28 posted 12/04/12 9:04am

rdhull

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OldFriends4Sale said:

1 of those threads u wish u could post the song to be heard, it's that good

Thats the dumbest move ever. He doesnt allow videos that ar elegal and offical and already released decades ago to be shown or he will sue.

Its ridiculous. Frankenberry, takk to our boy please: dont..be...scared.

Here's what I would do if I had the chance ...lets say when disucssing Andy Allo cd:

"Yes, the cd is nice and with some unexpected sounds. The production seems different from what we are used to hearing from you. Aye..when you going to stop that video embargo, it's not making sense Kid."

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #29 posted 12/04/12 11:02am

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iaminparties said:

"Remember the time we swam naked in your father's pool"

I wonder if this was true

it seems sometimes that 'fantasy' songs may have some truth

something about seeing the movie Purple Rain helped give images that

assist in having a visual of songs during that 1980's period

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