strange But TRUE
pursuant 2 "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic" album...a query is posed 4 any orger open 2 sharing thoughts/opinions/perspective on the entitled song from RU2TJF...
as this one has been called 'strange But TRUE'...

STRANGE BUT TRUE
should have been
the title cut
instead of RAVE.

huh?

What does the song mean to YOU, QueenB?

Okay, let me say this quick - before I start 2 cry
U’re the only one that I gave it 2, the one I fantasised 4
And time away from U has taught me
What I should have known
That this hole I’m trying 2 fill with another - yeah, it’s grown
And I got your package
But when I tried 2 write back I bailed
See, trying 2 express the future, sometimes language fails
And over this time I’ve learned
My life force is increased by knowing U
Every door that closes, another one opens
Strange but true
Strange but true

No regrets because I forget the unfamiliar faces
Those petty lies and alibis, just golddiggas chasing
Dreams of sovereignty, they tried to come between U and me
A curse therein set forces a chain of events
That only freed me when I remembered
Where I was and who I am
The only Prince that will ever rule this holy land
All understand and all standunder this affirmation now
By the power invested in me by God...
All negativity bows
Strange but true, let’s see what U can do

U may have lost me, but I found myself
The ones who love me without condition - this is my wealth
And with these words I will win
Repeat them over and over again
All understand and all standunder this affirmation now
By the power invested in me by God...
All negativity bows
All negativity bows
All negativity bows

Strange but true, let’s see what U can do
Strange but true, let’s see what U can do
All negativity bows

(Strange but true)
(Strange but true)
Strange but true (true, true...)
All negativity bows

(Strange but true, let’s see what U can do)
All negativity bows
(All negativity bows)
Strange but true
Strange but true

(Strange but true)
(Strange but true)
Strange but true


© 1999 Emancipated Music - ASCAP





sounds like he is sing to Himself while someone else, who in returns sings back 2 him

The Twins in duet.


The Electric Purple,
Prince
[Edited 11/12/04 17:15pm]

i love this line. prince just freakin' owns me when he writes vulnerable stuff like this.

Anxiety said:

the one that gets me is
Talk of children still frightens me
Is my character enough 2 be
One that deserves a copy made?
This I one day, hope 2 see

EskomoKisses said:

...yo eskimo...different song (Batman:Vicki calling)...
same converation...

Anxiety said:

...nothing new...that's Y i asked orgers 4 their view...

theoriginalQueenB said:

your thoughts would be new to me.

Anxiety said:

...true, do u want the long or the short version?

sounds like another song about Warner Bros

theoriginalQueenB said:

Long!

Anxiety said:

"...Cause its long and strong, and Im bound to get the friction on

so fellas (yeah!), fellas (yeah!) if your girlfriends got the butt. Then

shake it, shake it shake that healthy butt. Baby got back"

thekidsgirl said:

Thanks for that.

the weekend is when i can tell this story Best...until then a few thoughts 2 reflect: (this is a reference-not preaching)
"It is sown a natural body, it is raised a Spiritual body." I Corintians 15:44
"...as unknown yet well known, as dying & behold we live, as chastened & not killed, as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing yet possessing all things...ye are the temple of the living God." II Corinthians 6:9-10, 16
"throughout our Creator's magnanimous universe there is much TRUTH that does not require our knowledge or Belief 4 its existance!!...we smiled that the moment had finally come N a place where only we had Been~2 kNOW DREAMS R Real & Love is True..." Basmin

theoriginalQueenB said:

there it is.

Anxiety said:

Sorry, I had too...but I regretted it later, It was a weird day

Anxiety said:

Sooooo co-signed.

"now i aint seekin' no glory as i tell my strange But True
story...let the chips fall where they may on what about it that ive got 2
say..." *

do i Bgin N the middle 6 autumns past & speak of emails exchanged 1
day...my subject:strange But True-about y i could no longer wear a
watch(amoung other things) was it the package given during those 3 January days '98 that had Bgun this particular stream of conversations...the Atlanta package was different from the others Being N a clear plastic envelope... revealing a 5x7 photo taken ~mercy now~33 Novembers ago N my uncle's rathskeller Thankgiving evening, Gary, IN...my father captured B, my cousin Billy & a shortstocky guy with a big afro bending over his Kodak instamatic... the caption i put on the photo:"who is this guy!" my uncle was the doctor who delivered the Jackson's, i knew them from there...upstairs this same guy had sat next 2B & talked after i played piano~his mom called him Skipper but he whispered N my ear his real name was Prince...

my path is wide N the circle of life & as the adventure would have it
we didn't speak again until after the 2nd show N the pre-dawn 12/22/84,
he said he liked my poetry....thru these seasons there have been phone
calls(HCUDCMA), emails, packages...of the times around one another
those precious few that either one might dare 2 speak face2face
"there's no method i didn't try, u'd stand N my face u'd smile & lie..."# i don't confess 2 understand any of the shared Dreams that somehow Bcame real: crashing the party @ Joe Lewis after Cobal 6/7/86 "u walked N, i woke
up..."~ none of it...i digress..any portion of this story is strange But True...2 lengthy N this forum 2 go more N2...don't B confused cuz'-theres no cause here/hear 2 pretend, through the seasons this one out here N the world is JUSTA FRIEND... let B know what u'd have B do...
B peaceful

* excerpt from "tricky7": Basmin
# excerpt from "u knew, i knew, u knew...":Basmin
~ excerpt from "u got the look": Prince

oh yeah...this isn't the only story, JUST the ONE i've taken most~personally...

i love the imagination of this place

thedoorkeeper said:

Agreed. It was a very strong cut on the CD.

thedoorkeeper said:

I probably won't be popular for saying this, but i think RAVE is a much stronger title cut for the album.

Specifically because this album reintroduces "Prince"--and RAVE (the song) is so very...Prince (a look back to Purple Rain days)

wrong??