So, I know smack is some kind of drug but I thought Prince wasn't in to that stuff.
Explain this to me...

I think he's making a commentary about society more than himself...

Lovesxy was Prince's coming to complete clarity. The reason my voice is so clear is there is no doubt in my mind.

Ah
Okay thanks, I was starting to worry

i think that was his way of telling his fans he'd switched from heroin to speed

Don't say stuff like that. I'm to naive, I might belive it.

XxAxX said:

he he he

During the release of Lovesexy (1988) Smack was a 'popular', relatively cheap kind of drug, but a very devasting one...also

I think the reason he made so much rockin' good music in 1993 is that he was on drugs, which would also explain why he looked so skinny in 1994, so that the gossip magazines were running stories (with pictures from his attending the opening of the NPG store in London) about him being deadly ill, possibly from AIDS.

XxAxX said:

Then came the coke.

Cloudbuster said:

Then the magic mushrooms...

bkw said:

And then the acid tabs under the eyelids...

Eline, I always took it as a sort of challenge to the audience/listener. Like a taunt that if you use smack, you cannot hear this clearly. I doubt that he ever had any problem/experience with smack. Its not a very casually used drug.

Rockinggood music in 1993??? naaah

Prince did look very unhealthy, very skinny and very unhappy on promopics from that period.

During the Around the World in a day / Parade era, he just 'pretended' to be on drugs.....and it gave us much better music

bkw said:

i think he's cut back to only doing peyote on weekends now

XxAxX said:

i wonder if he'd put me in touch with his connection.

I think he just drinks herbal tea nowadays.... and you know, thats some heavy stuff!

By the way: whats a amygdala?

seriously, i think the word smack here means junk/garbage, ecstacy? i think the story behind him pulling the black album has a lot to do with this.

Riverpoet31 said:

He had Wendy and Lisa then. Maybe they were on drugs?

sinisterpentatonic said:

You all are not taking the subject seriously!

Like I am.

Self obsession is his real fix.

I'm sure he meant it like bullshit-- "talking smack" or something like that--though he did reference drugs a lot and Lovesexy as the alternative.

The real question is why did they skip G on Alphabet St.?

Eline said:

Yes, he wasn't into that stuff so "there's no smack in his brain" and so his voice is clear, see? It's simple.
[Edited 5/2/05 13:45pm]

andyman91 said:

thats easy! ingrid was gettin her face sucked, u can even hear the kiss/smacky sounds

scififilmnerd, maybe, but their real strength was that they enrichened Princes musical horizons with some sixties psychedelica, continental european music and classical music...

Riverpoet31 said:

They sure did. I am a big fan of Wendy & Lisa and do not seriously believe they were on drugs.

But following the eighties, Prince really didn't do all that much interesting music, but 1993 was a very inspired period for him, with the one-word titled songs, the Undertaker and Gold. He made a lot of good music that year, compared to 1987 or 1990 or 1991, 1995 and onwards. Of course, all dependant on taste. I like the stuff he did in 1993. (I like the stuff he did in 1986 with Wendy & Lisa even more.) He played a lotta guitar in 1993. The NPG Hornz were a nice addition to many tracks. Looking back, it was the last year were he made lasting music - stuff that I could just hear over and over again and love it still. Now, it's like I play Musicology five times and then I'm done with that album.