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Thread started 12/15/05 6:13am

Krystal666

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Strange but True

This is a great song! I have been listening to it alot latley. This seems like a big flip u to Mayte but I'll forgive him for that and just simply say this song is really cool!!! I think those that would find stuff on the 1999 album good would find this song pretty appealing.
[Edited 12/15/05 6:18am]
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Reply #1 posted 12/15/05 12:05pm

MickG

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Krystal666 said:

This is a great song! I have been listening to it alot latley. This seems like a big flip u to Mayte but I'll forgive him for that and just simply say this song is really cool!!! I think those that would find stuff on the 1999 album good would find this song pretty appealing.
[Edited 12/15/05 6:18am]


It isn't an finger to Mayte. It's a song to a fanatic to whom he had imagined posabilities might be if the fanatic's delusions were true.

"yeah I got your package"
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #2 posted 12/15/05 1:37pm

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eek confused cool lol
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #3 posted 12/15/05 2:48pm

Krystal666

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MickG said:

Krystal666 said:

This is a great song! I have been listening to it alot latley. This seems like a big flip u to Mayte but I'll forgive him for that and just simply say this song is really cool!!! I think those that would find stuff on the 1999 album good would find this song pretty appealing.
[Edited 12/15/05 6:18am]


It isn't an finger to Mayte. It's a song to a fanatic to whom he had imagined posabilities might be if the fanatic's delusions were true.

"yeah I got your package"


Really? I guess that is a possibility. It sounds like a big dis to Mayte or a lover. Anyway this song is addictive!
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Reply #4 posted 12/15/05 3:27pm

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MickG said:

Krystal666 said:

This is a great song! I have been listening to it alot latley. This seems like a big flip u to Mayte but I'll forgive him for that and just simply say this song is really cool!!! I think those that would find stuff on the 1999 album good would find this song pretty appealing.
[Edited 12/15/05 6:18am]


It isn't an finger to Mayte. It's a song to a fanatic to whom he had imagined posabilities might be if the fanatic's delusions were true.

"yeah I got your package"



lightningrainbo

notwithstanding your spelling shortcomings MickG, if eye attached myself 2 other people's opinion~eye might B hurt by your viewpoint...which on whom's part did U interpret as 'delusion' question pray tell share...

actually the tune issues a bit of a challenge = needless 2 say, this one doesn't hear it the same way U do....don't think U could get my meaning~U don't know what eye can do cool But the one who wrote the song does kiss2
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Reply #5 posted 12/15/05 5:51pm

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[Edited 12/15/05 19:00pm]
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #6 posted 12/15/05 6:20pm

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rolleyes
[Edited 12/15/05 19:00pm]
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #7 posted 12/15/05 6:30pm

chunky

theoriginalQueenB said:

MickG said:



It isn't an finger to Mayte. It's a song to a fanatic to whom he had imagined posabilities might be if the fanatic's delusions were true.

"yeah I got your package"



lightningrainbo

notwithstanding your spelling shortcomings MickG, if eye attached myself 2 other people's opinion~eye might B hurt by your viewpoint...which on whom's part did U interpret as 'delusion' question pray tell share...

actually the tune issues a bit of a challenge = needless 2 say, this one doesn't hear it the same way U do....don't think U could get my meaning~U don't know what eye can do cool But the one who wrote the song does kiss2



i like the "on whoms part" part falloff
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Reply #8 posted 12/16/05 8:19am

NPGman

theoriginalQueenB said:

MickG said:



It isn't an finger to Mayte. It's a song to a fanatic to whom he had imagined posabilities might be if the fanatic's delusions were true.

"yeah I got your package"



lightningrainbo

notwithstanding your spelling shortcomings MickG, if eye attached myself 2 other people's opinion~eye might B hurt by your viewpoint...which on whom's part did U interpret as 'delusion' question pray tell share...

actually the tune issues a bit of a challenge = needless 2 say, this one doesn't hear it the same way U do....don't think U could get my meaning~U don't know what eye can do cool But the one who wrote the song does kiss2


Isnt this the case for alot of the Man's music?? My interpretation of "Until You're in My Arms Again" is that he is dealing with the loss of his child. Not to say I'm right, but maybe this is his way of keeping peeps on their toes. Only HE knows what a song is written for, and if HE chooses to share in that intimacy, then consider ourselves blessed. To speculate anything other than HIS given word, should be taken just as that.....A BASELESS OPINION!!! Otherwise, just sit back and enjoy what he has chosen to share...who cares what the subject matter is, as long as its FUNKY and doesnt hurt nobody. PEACE!!
"If you wanna feel the FUNK....then you have to know the SOUL!!!"-----(Up and Down...just like a seesaw, Back and Forth...oh girl I'm fallin)
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Reply #9 posted 12/16/05 8:46am

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MickG said:

Krystal666 said:

This is a great song! I have been listening to it alot latley. This seems like a big flip u to Mayte but I'll forgive him for that and just simply say this song is really cool!!! I think those that would find stuff on the 1999 album good would find this song pretty appealing.
[Edited 12/15/05 6:18am]


It isn't an finger to Mayte. It's a song to a fanatic to whom he had imagined posabilities might be if the fanatic's delusions were true.

"yeah I got your package"


I don't get that AT ALL. It seems to me to be addressed to a former lover (and, considering this was the time period that he and Mayte were splitting up, it seems perfectly logical to assume that she is the subject of the song).

Here's my breakdown:


Okay, let me say this quick - before I start 2 cry
U're the only one that I gave it 2, the one I fantasized 4
And time away from U has taught me
What I should have known
This hole I'm trying 2 fill with another - yeah, it's grown


Sounds like he's addressing someone he recently seperated from (again, Mayte is the logical subject, as they seperated shortly before the album's release). He has tried to date, but he isn't over his lover. It also sounds like he was accused by his lover of cheating, and is clarifying that he did not.


And I got your package
But when I tried 2 write U back I bailed
See, tryin' 2 express the future, sometimes language fails


She sent him some sort of personal letter or what-not that expressed her feelings. He tried to write back, but couldn't find the words (possibly why he is writing the song)

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


He has become stronger spiritually since meeting her, and is realizing that even if this relationship ends, new opportunities and experiences will be coming his way


But no regrets because I forget the unfamiliar faces
Those petty lies and alibis, just golddiggers chasin'
Dreams of sovereignty, they tried 2 come between U and me


Obviously, someone (or several someones) have tried to break the couple up, and their machinations seem to have worked. Still, he has no regrets, and puts all of this nonsense in the past.

A curse therein set forth 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


Despite the intervention of this person or persons, the events that followed have led him to some important personal revelations. He is starting to realize the power he has over himself and his environment. He is also seeming to hint here that he will soon restore his name to Prince.

All understand and all stand under this affirmation now:
By the power invested in me by God
All negativity bows

Strange but true, let's see what U can do


Obviously, he is claiming his God-given right to deny negativity, and refuses to let this experience effect him in a bad way.


U may have lost me, uh, but I found myself


Despite the breakup, he has discovered some very vital insights into his pyche, and view this as a positive.

The ones who love me without condition - this is my wealth


This experience has taught him to value those who show him unconditional love, and that he should value this over any monetary riches he may have.

And with these words I will win
Repeat them over and over again:
All understand and all stand under this affirmation now
By the power invested in me by God
All negativity bows
Strange but true, let's see what U can do
All negativity bows
Strange but true
All negativity bows


A final affirmation of his God-given free will, and his refusal to let the negative rule his life.
jedi

Do not hurry yourself in your spirit to become offended, for the taking of offense is what rests in the bosom of the stupid ones. (Ecclesiastes 7:9)
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Reply #10 posted 12/16/05 4:21pm

chunky

JediMaster said:[quote]

MickG said:



This experience has taught him to value those who show him unconditional love, and that he should value this over any monetary riches he may have.

And with these words I will win
Repeat them over and over again:
All understand and all stand under this affirmation now
By the power invested in me by God
All negativity bows
Strange but true, let's see what U can do
All negativity bows
Strange but true
All negativity bows


A final affirmation of his God-given free will, and his refusal to let the negative rule his life.



oh no, lol you didn't
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Reply #11 posted 12/16/05 4:26pm

MickG

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you misquoted me.
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #12 posted 12/16/05 4:28pm

Imago777

It's about vaginas.
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Reply #13 posted 12/16/05 4:28pm

MickG

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He was singing about a package I sent him wink
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #14 posted 12/16/05 4:33pm

chunky

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Reply #15 posted 12/17/05 7:21am

Krystal666

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JediMaster said:[quote]

MickG said:



This experience has taught him to value those who show him unconditional love, and that he should value this over any monetary riches he may have.

And with these words I will win
Repeat them over and over again:
All understand and all stand under this affirmation now
By the power invested in me by God
All negativity bows
Strange but true, let's see what U can do
All negativity bows
Strange but true
All negativity bows


A final affirmation of his God-given free will, and his refusal to let the negative rule his life.


nod Really cool breakdown Jedimaster! Yes I always got the feeling Man O war, Strange but true, silly game, I love u but I don't trust you any more, and Wherever u go, whatever u do were addressed to Mayte. Seems logical since that was around the time their relationship ended.

I love Mayte!!!!! worship
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Reply #16 posted 12/17/05 3:14pm

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it's about the music industry
i'll also accept doble-entendres
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