would the Context of Prince's Rants in that Song work with where He is today? He dissed Major Corperate Places,Awards,etc... in that Song&would it be out of Place for Prince to have that Included in His Current Set with how He is Presenting Himself??

mistermaxxx said:

Good Question... and wasn't that a group? With a Prince song?? Well yes, this would definitely be a good song to be sung today in regards to social Commentary. It is a bit sexual but mostly the girl is doing the moaning so I think it would be o.k. with how he is presenting himself let her be the dirty one making noises. he did Automatic at the Celebration and who can forget the video of that. He can sing Sexy songs even in his new cleaner way of presenting himself. But I still want DMSR and Darling Nikki with the original words. It doesn't mean Prince is a pig or anything. It just sounds better in it's original form. It sounds stupid and pre-fabricated the other way. Substituting words is dumb and artificial. Sorry if Prince feels he's too old at 44 to be dressing in provocative clothing ditto for Shelia. That way of thinking will inhibit you and make you old. They should always stay forever young. Shelia needed to wear some skirts and fuck me pumps. It's Sad But True!

This is a verrry good question.
He could rant about these things. Yes.
Would it go over well, with the listening public thinking about his mansions and AWARDS on display at Paisley Park, and cars ... well, I'll let another answer that.
Bottom line? I am missing that REALness, he once brought with the lyrics. Yeah, Family Name rocks. No doubt. But, Sign o' the Times ... that was like a movie playin' B4 ur eyes. Hell, u can still turn on ur evening news and catch urself sigh with frustration while simultaneously listening 2 that song.
But, I'm done ranting 4 the nite. The sun's about 2 rise where I'm at, so here's wishing PEACE & blessings 2 u all. ONE LOVE

I was just listening to Lady Cab Driver, and I let it roll into the next song "All the Critics Love U in New York" and I just got chills thinking about how funky that song was live at the Celebration! TOO FUNKY!

As far as "Lady Cab Driver" is concerned, the song obviously has sexual overtones. Back in the day, there's no doubting that Prince was over the top with some of his sexual expressions in songs. But I think the point a lot of people miss about a lot of the "sexuality" in Prince's songs was that even when Prince was being naughty there was symbolism and purpose behind what he was doing. That's why in the song Lady Cab Driver, for instance, for each stroke he gave the cab driver and each moan she made, there was social commentary and a reason behind each stroke he gave her.

Sex is often called "making love". And for each "negative" thing that Prince and the cab driver had to deal with in their lives, he gave her "love" to deal with that situation. This all goes along with the same mentality to "make love, NOT war". Symbolically speaking, Prince is not simply talking about having sex and being "nasty" for nastiness' sake. Instead, Prince often (not all the time) used sex in his songs metaphorically to talk about the act of loving one another in the emotional or spiritual sense of the word. It's almost like Prince would yell SEX! SEX! SEX! at the top of his lungs, and then he would say "now that I have your attention... let me tell you what I really have to say". For the time that Prince was establishing himself as a musical legend, his whole use of sex was a great attention getter and marketing tool. But more importantly, as far as Prince's art is concerned, his use of "sex" served a much deeper purpose than I think a lot of people (even some fans) realize. For the people that miss Prince's point on his use of sex, it would be like looking at a nude sculpture from Michael Angelo and calling it pornography.

abucah, answer. U should be a music writer.
PEACE

why does he have to forcibly hump that girl to prove his point? i like that song, but that always seemed like a deep seeded resentment of women to me "this *ugh* is for why i wasn't born like my brother, hansom and tall!".

abucah said:

bravo, abucah Dave Hill made similar points about this song in his bio, "Prince: A Pop Life".

did you ever think of the song in the same way as Lenny Kravitz's "Mr.Cab Driver"?? did you ever think He might have had trouble getting a Cab&this was a way of saying something more than what He said in that Song??

LadyCabDriver said:

I thought this was a social statemnt from you...heheheehe..seriously...

so dissapointed was i...