1nonly said:

i think Brownmark is in Prince's clothes.

and Prince is dressed as Dr. Fink.

that should be Bobby Z with the black and white make up, and Wendy standing smiling behind it. that's the clothes she wears in the RASPBERRY BERET video.
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1nonly said:

I was told a long time ago that the "Was it a boy when u wanted a girl/don't u know straight hair ain't got no curl" was a boy getting it on with another boy when he said he wanted a girl and Prince calling him on it by saying don't u know straight hair ain't got no curl, like the curl of the wrist that was referenced to say someone was gay back then instead of straight.

I know this has nothing to do with the cover but always wanted to discuss the lyrical content of that song.
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dawntreader said:

No. Prince is the center Monk. You can tell it's his face



And he's dressed in white which must have some symbolic meaning.

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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

you are right.

do you have an image of the face in the Dr Fink suit too?

dawntreader said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

see that that could be him too, Supa.

bet he is laughing his lill' ass off when he sees this discussion.

dawntreader said:

The purple Rain glasses and that kinky hair. Yup

this surely isn't him.

mmm, i feel like i am at CTU or CSI right now.

we need to solve this mysterie

Michelle Dessler on line three.
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i always assumed that was John...

dawntreader said:

not him but waring his clothes, playing his gutiar, with his hair cut? it was just them playing with the black and white thing...

oh something else... the large ball the clown is juggling is the world with lots of Americas on it...

dawntreader said:

I follow you on the Brown Mark reference...gotcha! And Prince as Dr. Fink? Ok, maybe. Lisa is with the violin..that's cool. And wendy might be referenced to in how she's dressed..but no, that is not wendy smiling, it is clara bow...check it

that old woman crying...."her husband was naughty and caused his wife so many tears. he died without knowing forgiveness and now she is sad...so sad."

talk2bill2 said:

Good catch!

I love this thread!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oooooh...i've never, up until now, seen that one. Good find!!!

The cast of characters, including the dog, numbers.....


































SEVENTEEN!

jseven said:

No, that first verse is used to set up disappointments, wanting a boy and getting a girl (baby, that is), having straight hair and always wanting curly hair (and vice versa), and the disappointment of finding out the million dollar check was misplaced by the mailman. All disappointments, and what the first verse is trying to tell you. I was reminded of this first verse by Alanis's Ironic lyrics btw.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I like it too...I thought it would be a nice thing to talk about. Other than all the talk about TAC. Geez! A cover from '85 has more to talk about than a new single.

I can't belive I never saw the body of the woman in the mountains. It was obvious from the moment I read the comment about the "Titty".

Who is the person with the red hair and the microphone?

Great album, Great cover and Great thread!

Anyone have any thoughts on the airplane in the top left corner?

1nonly said:

Says alot about the past and the present doesn't it?

SpookyElectricSmackdown said:

Bomb goes boom?

Universaluv said:

The Airplane always appealed to me as the means of "Around the world in a day"... much faster than a balloon..LOL

A lot of these references are in the Rasberry Beret and Paisley Park videos.

And the Clown brings to mind, the clown in Vanity 6's Drive Me Wild Video, that people have kind of assumed that taht was Prince in the video and if there is any relation to the ATWIAD cover. Just for the sake of conversation, can someone find the alternate ATWIAD cover. I've seen it before at one time here.

and the woman on the seasaw, she's wearing similiar boots that we found on the guards at the npgmc site.

PrinceOscar said:

I thought that was ice cream. haha, dag.

alwayslate said:

Upon closer inspection it is Ice Cream and here I always thought it was a mask

sovembol said:

Here you go...note the similarities

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i always thought the chick with the red hair and the ice cream was supposed to be sheila e....after all, that's an outfit sheila used to wear.

also, the character with the actual "raspberry beret" on her head...isn't that a real picture of clara bow collaged into the album cover art? or maybe it's supposed to be susannah? hmmm.

i don't think the characterizations in the "raspberry beret" video are necessarily direct parallels of who's supposed to be who on the album cover art, by the way. i think the whole thing was supposed to keep fans guessing.

Um yeah…ice cream. Shelia makes sense. That mustache is kicking though.