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Thread started 01/28/17 11:32am

donnyenglish

The 7 Video

The video shows 6 "Princes" dying in an elevator, ironically. There is the electric/thunder sound for the 7th death near the end of the video but it doesn't show the 7th Prince actually dying. Any interpretations on this?
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Reply #1 posted 01/28/17 12:09pm

BillieBalloon

Something i wondered..In the song Prince sings about 7 who stand in the way of love who will die/fall. I interpreted this to be outside forces. Then why is there 6 versions of himself dying?

Maybe the 7th surviving is him shedding his past.
Baby, you're a star.

Meet me in another world, space and joy
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Reply #2 posted 01/28/17 12:11pm

LBrent

I don't remember if I read it in a written article/interveiw with P or if P said it in a live TV interview, but he said that was to symbolize "killing off" former versions of himself in his career up until that point, when he changed his name to the symbol.

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Reply #3 posted 01/28/17 1:00pm

TrivialPursuit

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He was about to change his name. So, of course he's killing off "Prince". He chanted "Prince is dead" for years, more vehemently from about 93-96. I'm really surprised the purple rain look or the raspberry beret look wasn't in that tube.

7 is a number of completion and perfection, so he probably read into that and symbolized it in the video. However, his situation was far from perfect, because he wasn't 'free' until 2000 or 2001 from all contracts (the last one being publishing, I think).

As far as the lyrics, there are a lot of biblical references in it, characterized in his own lyrical stylistic way. The lyrics and the video, while sharing the number 7, are different stories; yet have a kinship in a very distant way.

Jevetta Steele asked him the significance of the song during the recording session, and he just smiled and walked off. (What a tosser. haha)

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #4 posted 01/28/17 1:14pm

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donnyenglish said:

The video shows 6 "Princes" dying in an elevator, ironically. There is the electric/thunder sound for the 7th death near the end of the video but it doesn't show the 7th Prince actually dying. Any interpretations on this?

He thought he was a cat in that era and cats have 9 lives, so he wanted to make sure he had 3 left. In some religions, 3 cats represents mists o red and blue. Red and blue make one hot color (purple). This was his sequel of sorts, in song, to Purple Rain, by subliminal means.

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Reply #5 posted 01/28/17 1:15pm

march

I always thought it was odd that he threw the symbol in the grave at the end of the 3 Chains of Gold movie
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Reply #6 posted 01/28/17 1:18pm

TrivialPursuit

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march said:

I always thought it was odd that he threw the symbol in the grave at the end of the 3 Chains of Gold movie


Resurrection type stuff.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #7 posted 01/28/17 1:31pm

BillieBalloon

He also sings:

4 in the distance, 12 souls from now
U and me will still be here - we will still be here

Why 12?
Baby, you're a star.

Meet me in another world, space and joy
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Reply #8 posted 01/28/17 2:11pm

LBrent

BillieBalloon said:

He also sings: 4 in the distance, 12 souls from now U and me will still be here - we will still be here Why 12?

hmmm...4 + 12...4=April...12 reversed +21...4/21

eek confused sad

wink cool

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Reply #9 posted 01/28/17 2:29pm

TrivialPursuit

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LBrent said:

BillieBalloon said:

He also sings: 4 in the distance, 12 souls from now U and me will still be here - we will still be here Why 12?

hmmm...4 + 12...4=April...12 reversed +21...4/21


You're stretching.... a lot. And the numerology is off, 4+1+2 = 7. BOOM.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #10 posted 01/28/17 2:39pm

donnyenglish

I think the 7th Prince is meant to be a future and final Prince going to be one with the creator. This is why you dont see that one die but you do hear the same sound that was used for the other 6.

Before he passed, I liked the song but did not love it. I now love it.
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Reply #11 posted 01/28/17 2:51pm

darkroman

Prince is killing off the seven deadly sins, as they stand in the way of true love.

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lol

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Reply #12 posted 01/28/17 3:00pm

LBrent

TrivialPursuit said:

LBrent said:

hmmm...4 + 12...4=April...12 reversed =21...4/21


You're stretching.... a lot. And the numerology is off, 4+1+2 = 7. BOOM.

Lol lol

I tried. Shout out to the conspiracy theorists.

shhh

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Reply #13 posted 01/28/17 6:51pm

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Iamtheorg said:



donnyenglish said:


The video shows 6 "Princes" dying in an elevator, ironically. There is the electric/thunder sound for the 7th death near the end of the video but it doesn't show the 7th Prince actually dying. Any interpretations on this?


He thought he was a cat in that era and cats have 9 lives, so he wanted to make sure he had 3 left. In some religions, 3 cats represents mists o red and blue. Red and blue make one hot color (purple). This was his sequel of sorts, in song, to Purple Rain, by subliminal means.


Ha ha ha biggrin
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