FunkMistress said:

yeah...but 'round here some folks take it to a whooooole 'nutha level.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

this is right up my alley, actually, as a student of civilization.

interesting interpretation, FunkMistress. i still need my own copy of 3121, to see where this fits in the overall context.

dearlybeloved said:

Are you schitzophrenic?

Cool, I like this idea.

I hate to think that I think Prince writes lyrics about his fans, but a few tracks over the years have certainly sounded that way.

no doubt about it for me
"love" is a recent song for his beloved fanbase
"fury" be a bit more direct
[Edited 3/24/06 0:09am]

Snap said:

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None of you think this song might be about his wife ?

None of you think this song might be about his wife ?

So I was listening to "Fury" obsessively over the last couple of days and remembering a comment Romera made to me after the SNL performance where we first heard it. She wondered if this song was directed to his fans, and I started thinking. It's a definite possibility. Prince is known for writing songs that sound like they're about love relationships but are really about something else. Examples: countless songs about his relationship with Warner Brothers, and "Pearls B4 The Swine," which is widely believed to be directed at fans who came to his Celebrations.

If you listen to "Fury" with this idea in mind, a lot of the lyrics seem applicable.

Y’all must have dug it
When you did your thing
It’s like the song everybody wanna sing
You were all happy when he was in his heyday. Every album was a hit, and everybody was singing along.

Your ears are ringing with a voice that says “Queen got no King”
This could be referring to all the constant rumors/speculation about his marriage breaking up.

He got a message saying
You tried to reach him on the phone
He didn’t wanna answer cuz he’s so afraid
You’d probably tell him just to leave you alone
Is he confessing that he really does care whether or not his fans still love him? In Pearls B4 The Swine he sang, “Are we better off just fighting? You on your side, me on mine? (We don’t have to fight, no we don’t)"

You must have heard he got another band
They’re makin’ money, they’re makin’ plans
You feel left out, but you need to understand
Word on the street – he’s still your man (he’s still your man)
People have been bitching for a long time about the company keeps. That he’s abandoned his old self to be accepted by Larry Graham and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Is he saying here that he’s “still our man”? Call me General FunkMistress of the Delusional Fam Brigade, but I feel like he’s talking to me when he sings “he’s still your man.”

Look out, here comes your rainy day
Now you think you got a good reason to say
Everything that’s in your heart, come what may
Even if his might get broken?
As soon as people feel disappointed or betrayed by Prince (their “rainy day”), some feel free to get on message boards or other outlets and bitch to their hearts’ content, at times being unbelievably mean-spirited and personal. Some of these folks believe they have “good reason to say” some really fucked-up and bizarre shit. Is Prince telling us how much it has the power to hurt him?

2 sides to every story
One man’s gloom is another man’s glory
Could be directed at those who seem to take pleasure in the hard times of others (including Prince) when they feel bitter or slighted.

Sun to a shadow, rose to a thorn
There ain't no fury like a woman scorned
Once these folks felt nothing but love and happiness (sun and roses) about Prince and his music. Somewhere along the line it turned to bitterness (shadows and thorns). Some of these people act like spurned lovers, hanging around sites like prince.org like rejected stalkers, spewing the "fury of a woman scorned."

What do you think?

Fury has a famous line adapted and borrowed from Shakespeare.


Prince probably heard it and liked it, and made a song out of it.

Lord knows, he'd b one to have experienced a woman's scorn with the no. of lovers he's had!

I think it may be directed towards either Wendy and Lisa or Rhonda. Remember, when he changed bands and they got all bent out of shape and shit, Throwin their purple tampons away and stuff.

I KNEW I wasnt the only who couldnt desypher the lyrics right. Its like he's not saying everything clearly in this song. This song can be sung very easily with clearer words, but there are alot of metaphors and thrown together words that make it almost seem like hes saying something else while keeping the theme of the song.

And this is the only song on here that does this to me

Love is definitley about us

"Stop givin me your wish list" .. THAT IS PRINCE.ORG ALL THE WAY

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Sometimes it bugs me, sometimes I find it fun. I mean, Prince is the dude who put backwards messages in his songs, hidden words in his videos, and speaks in code. Dissecting it is all part of the fun.

Heiress said:

you don't have a copy yet, heiress? ooh...you should definitely get one soon if you can, because it'd be interesting to hear your interpretation as well.

My initial feelin' was this song was about Mani and I also think the song "Love" is about Mani. You can feel his frustrations of having to put up with her antics and nonsense during their relationship. I laughed when I first heard this song (love) cause I have experienced the same feelings of frustrations in relationships that you are trying to work through-- and I could totally relate to the brotha.

Klove said:

WOW, some of you are SO insightful!