Krystal666 said:

That strange thing he calls kissing that he did throughout Under The Cherry Moon! He looks like a fish!

It's also a little difficult to tell when Prince is being serious and when he's being wacky.

Lovesexy album cover
Graffiti Bridge movie
Diamonds & Pearls
Name Change
"Don't you know dead blood kills interferons?!" Yeah!!
"I'm talking about theocratic order!!" Yeah!!

"Wouldn't lie to you baby, it's mainly a spiritual thing"

Sacrifice of Victor - look

I wanna be your lover - video

CandaceS said:

Drives me crazy that Lovesexy one track thing...don't understand WHY? WHY?

missfee said:

I agree ....I cannot imagine anyone relaxing their hair and NOT using moisturizer and by the way, it appears, in his pictures, that he indeed uses some type of oil based moisturizer...it's okay...it is really a good thing!

ooooppsss forgot to add mine.,.slapping Apples in PR...never resolved or referenced it again....in the movie....the symbol thing! WTF! I was confused (more so!) and never understood! Admittedly brave though, right?????

piscesglenn said:

Primarily because it's supposed 2 be listened 2 as a whole. It's how he envisioned it. It's a concept album - after a fashion anyway. Sometimes the long train journey to your destination is better than a quick flight.

Or something. I dunno, I've lost myself now too.

BlackandRising said:

What the f*** is nimrod? Is that a synonym for Jesus? Where does that come from? I saw the Mel B interview and thought I was out of the loop on something (or else he was being loopy himself, which I guess this thread is about).

Anyway, what is nimrod and what is the origin of the word? Please enlighten.

altavista said:

Nimrod...Tower of Babel? The Hunter before God? Great grandson of Noah, King of babylon? Do a search on Nimrod and Christmas, or just on Nimrod for some enlightening reading. He definitely wasn't Jesus.

There are many, many fundamentalist Christians who believe that Christmas is a pagan holiday that should not be celebrated, and Nimrod was part of the basis of the pagan holiday. They believe that according to the Bible, God's only allowance of a "holiday" was in remembrance of jesus (after death), not his birth. This is not a JW belief, but one that, if you read the Bible ro the pertinent passages, it becomes fairly plain that Christmas kind of popped up out of nowhere. And according to the Bible, pagan worship is wrong, even if it is wrapped up to look like a Christian one. In other words, we should know better.

I personally believe that whatever it is or was meant to be, it is far too commercialized to have any meaning whatsoever today.

Great thread! Well, being a prince fan from an early age, I am prepared to expect the unexpected from the man. So I was unfazed by the assless pants, lovesexy cover, name change, etc. I mean, this guy wears makeup and high heels!!

So, my Prince wtf moments are usually when he does something so UNcreative, when he has so much potential. Eg. that video with just text scrolling.. his selections for first singles off his albums.. and his until recently HORRID business/marketing strategy. OR, ESP. when he's a hypocrite (just one example, condeming clear channel and then embarking on a tour sponsored by.. )

The whole JW thing threw me at first too, but I'm used to it now.

As for WHY Lovesexy is one track, isn't that obvious? He wanted people to experience the album, and not skip tracks. It is an experience. I think this is the only album that it works for and it totally makes sense. I could make myself a tracked version, but I never have. (Plus, I still have the original cassette )
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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

OMG i never got that either! it annoys the hell outta me! i was kinda phased by the JW thing but i'm pretty much over it... anyways back to P.R. i was watching it and i DID apologize to my friend who was watching it with me for the weird hand movements. At the Musicology concert here in Cincy, when he was in a costume change, they actually played that part of the dialouge while he was changing. i didn't here it at first. but i heard "KING KONG" and "stop!" and was like WTF!

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Ok, nothing against gay men or anything and I KNOW Prince is not gay so don't start yelling at me but...didn't he sound JUST like a gay guy when he said "Stop!" Also when he riped Apollonia's cape off when he stole her from Morris and took her to that parking lot and started kissing her puting his arm on her shoulder. I don't know it reminded me of a gay man's mannerisms.

rudedog said:

Crap i was going to say the Carmen Electra album. But, damn I forgot about that fool. Gee thanks Rude for stirring up another bad memory.

Krystal666 said:

Okay...I saw this in 1984, and I remember thinking that he had to do that "stop" shit, it was on purpose. I mean, his character was the sensitive Gemini, the antithesis to Morris' total insensitivity ...but yeah, he did sound gay when he said it. I saw it with friends, and they were fucking rollng when he did that shit. I just slunk down in my chair. Maybe this was for the ladies watching.
But then when he was behind Appolonia, hands all in her naughty place, they were like, "damn!" Their brain's had a hard time reconciling the gay "stop" with Prince getting all up in Appolonia.

BlackandRising said:

Ain't that the truth.

BlackandRising said:

That was just Prince's version of the Jedi mind-f*ck.

"As for WHY Lovesexy is one track, isn't that obvious?"

Same with the cover. Wasn't it about re-birth? Never really bothered me. I actually thought it was quite an original cover for an album.

SquarePeg said:

Have you ever seen the "Come On" video? If not get ready for Hobo does an encore! You know what is funny about this? When I first saw him dressed like this it made me think of one of my music teachers like deja vu!!! It always made me wonder if P met Wells and imitated him....it could happen considering my old music teacher is a pretty good musician who lives in ST. Paul. Just thought I'd share!

Anxiety said:

I have to agree with 1999: The New Master

Krystal666 said:

KRYSTAL,

I'm not offended or anything. Prince did sound very fey or feminine. Hello, look at the way he dressed and dresses now.

Miguel

That win-a-date contest he did in 1986. I said to myself, this is Prince! Why is he doing that lame-ass sh!t? And the movie UTCM sucked too.

williammelvinhicks said:

Yes, it is obvious...but even creativity can be annoying...no worries though...I still endure and enjoy...just WTF!!???

CandaceS said:

Mine is

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

Man, I liked that game WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! You hurt my feelings!!!!!

"When he appeared in an interview with his face wrapped in a black veil and had Mayte dictate his answers to the audience. There was this eerie silence in the audience like they were watching a guy have a nervous breakdown and didn't know how to react."



Was that the one on The Sunday Show? I actually thought he was being pretty funny on that.
Interviewer-"Who does your hair?"
Prince(whispered thru Mayte)-"Yo' Mama"

Blackandrising said:

Thanks for schooling me. This religious shit is making me crazy, but I guess it's a package deal.

Teighgirl33 said:

I just saw UTCM a few days ago and was wondering the exact same thing. Maybe K.Scott.Thomas was like, "don't you put your damn tongue in my mouth, you ho'. I see them bitches you been bringin' in and out of your trailer."

Krystal666 said:

That mess was crazy. I was in a state of suspended animation when I saw that. It reminded me of all his other crazy shit adding up... his shoes, his makeup.. wait,.. let me shake my head and remember the rest of the movie... whew, that was a close call..

PurpleKnight said:

I wish I'd seen that one. You're killing me. I almost choked on my drink, PurpleKnight.

It's official y'all folk are crazy!!! But I'm in love with you anyway

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Adore7 said:

I'll second that madness

I have two Prince moments that just made me shake my head. After the rapture that was the Lovesexy show in Greensboro, in which I converted my exwife atleast temporarily into a fan of the man, she gave me permission to buy one sovenier (which was actually a huge thing on my military pay). We made our way to the merchandise and I came face to face with the picture of Prince in drag on the back cover of the tour book...good Lord...

And for # 2...a week later when I was listening to my first Prince bootleg and heard the end of Vibrator...."my back acts up when ever my husband leaves town." Thus ended the short Prince fandom of my exwife...should have known the relationship was doomed after that