Does anybody know what year Prince wrote this song? Any info on this song would be much appreciated.

1872

allanb said:

I'm pretty sure that it was actually 1873. It's a common mistake people make, but I read in DOW that the song was composed in 1873.

It was new years eve of 1872, and your actually right as he didn't put the last vocal track down till 12.06 am.
Damn!!

Well, it's believed to be a reaction to negative comments concerning TRC during the 2001 celebration. So, maybe in the summer of that year.

calldapplwondery83 said:

Really...? Think I'll go give that song a closer listen :Confuse:

I thought the song was a commentary on the Jewish-Palestinian conflict.

I thought this song was for Mayte.

If you play the theme to the Waltons and Pearls B4... dont you think they sound alike?

devilman said:

It premiered in the NPGMC monthly audio show for September, part of the mix "for these troubled times" that highlighted Prince's spiritual music. That plus the bagel and cream cheese / baklava lyric have many thinking it was to address the mideast crisis.

However, I recall Aerogram giving this really great breakdown of the meaning on alt.music.prince as it could apply to what went down at The Rainbow Children listening sessions summer 2001 when folks didn't seem to appreciate the pearls that Prince was casting.

The title draws from a Biblical phrase that warns against people not appreciating pearls of wisdom.

it's just one of the many catchy prince songs that he comes up with when he is n tune...
prince would not refer 2 his FAMS as swine
even if they didn't understand his 'pearl'