Our Purple Hero refers to himself... or, more precisely, Prince's candles, as I recall.... in "Incense and Candles."

Then there is of course "My Name is.... Prince".

what other songs does he use the "P" word?


Offhand I can think of: "Call My Name".


what others?

Private Joy

"if anybody asks, u belong 2 prince, ."

Watch Jimmy jump, George

One of my favs...

Prince? Ain't that a bitch? That skinny motherfucker with the high voice?

From Bob George

Darling Nikki

Sign O' the times, live in L.A. ..."Get married, have a baby, we can call him Prince."

" All the fellas call me Prince, all the ladies call me the electric man, cuz when I plug into your socket, I´ll charge you like nobody can !"

And then there is the "majestatis pluralis" (sp.?) , of course, you know, the "we wrote this song", " when we did this album " and so on...

International Lover:

"Good evening. This is your pilot Prince speaking"

Face Down:

"Somebody once told him that he wouldn't take Prince through the ringer"

High:

"Prince gon' get U high"

Is Props N' Pounds the only song where a non-band member refers to Prince by his name? I think so...

the very cool track "Prince & The Band"

Muse 2 the Pharoah

Temptation

All is good here, but I think the topic is actually being overlooked.

There are those that would say one's that speak about themself in 3rd person are crazy, however I don't think that is the case here. Moreover I believe his is talking about his Persona that is set appart from his inner being.

MickG said:

mm'k

Add Le'Grind to the list

newpower99 said:

MickG said:

He may have constructed such an elaborate persona that he's left his true inner being unattended, left to squalor and malaise. If you're a famous rock star who inspires awe and fear in the masses it's easy to latch onto that aspect of yourself and neglect your real inner nature.

It's a state of dissociation, where one aligns themselves with the made up, invented reality of who they are rather than the flesh and blood actuality of their natural physical existence.

I think Prince did go through a phase where he denied his humanity, his vulnerability, his failings as a human being. But so do most people.

zennabell said:

Lets fall in love, get married, have a baby...
We'll call him Nate.
If its a boy.

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For all u guys-- him saying his name doesn't mean he's talking in the third person.

If his says his name and the words me, or I-- its usually an introduction or boast.

Universaluv said:

It took me a minute but I get it.

the incense and candles rap brought to mind the fascination rap where he tails off the verse with a P reference - something like "so called king gives birth to so called prince"

gotta listen to the truth again now - it's been too long!

From 4 those of U on Valium:

"hey na na hey hey, say little Princey gonna play
hey na na hey hey, say you want the Prince to play
WLOL, this is your DJ, Prince"

newpower99 said:

Very funny...How appropriate

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Cool . He more screams it than sings it, but it's there.

Universaluv said:

UR DIIIRTY LIITTLE PRAAAAANCE WANNNA GRIIIIIN!

GRINNGRINNGRIIINGRIIIINGRINDGRIND