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Reply #30 posted 10/12/04 4:16pm

Insanecabbage

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I thought it was Starfish as well, but i do believe it is actually 'starvation'.
If god one day struck me blind,
Your beauty i'd still see.
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Reply #31 posted 10/12/04 5:54pm

belize

ha, thats funny i always thought it was ''start a nation'' what did i know
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Reply #32 posted 10/12/04 7:52pm

newpowerlove

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falloff
ohmygoodness, u all just crack me up... I needed a good laugh tonight, thanks!!

I also hear a bunch of this stuff in the songs...but as always, I can't think of any right now.
"No, I'm not that mysterious. I'm a pretty open book. People who know my music, I would say know me." - Prince, Today Show 3/15/04
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Reply #33 posted 10/12/04 8:07pm

AsianBomb777

HE says :

Bobby our drumma!

Start Menstration!
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Reply #34 posted 10/12/04 10:11pm

ThreadBare

MrSquiggle said:

spaceboy said:

Just like the ABEEP in girls and boys before he starts singing. If you hear it once you will hear it 4-ever.


Where's that?
The Charade version of Girls & Boys opens with a woman saying "For God's sake..."



I always thought he was saying: "The beat." Lately, I considered the possibility he's saying: "Ba-bee."
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Reply #35 posted 10/12/04 11:12pm

2020

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Actually its...

"Starve a nation" than you will notice he truly yowls a scream in defiance (think sexuality type scream - when you knew he really meant it!! biggrin )

my belief at the time (and actually now 2)

is that he meant to rebuke two things:

1. The criticsm he was now under (1986 was an odd time for Prince - alomst pre-symbol) The CD stickering, the departure on ATWIAD, his band about to be broken up)

2. Also the whole Sun City was going on at this time and he was referring to that entire situation 2

thus...


why the yowl is so convincing. cool

2020
1984
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Reply #36 posted 10/13/04 4:04am

jkj10

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I always believed he sang 'starvation'...
What else could it be?...
Amazing song,mountains...
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Reply #37 posted 10/13/04 8:29am

GaryMF

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I think it's funny how people think it's "starfish". I"m assuming htese are people who were going back and listening to "old" albums as opposed to those of us who actually bought them as they came out (OK I'm dating myself).

Mountains was released long before Starfish and Coffee so as a listener, we would never have even known about S&C the song, although I guess it's possible he actually wrote it much earlier and could've have been influencing this scream.

Though I really don't hear it that way anyway.
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