oh, i think it's safe to say this song is about seduction...

which is all context.

Heiress said:

PurpleCharm said:

love this song. but, above is how i heard the lyrics at first

i was like, 'wow, that seems harsh'
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"gross & gross"

i know you want to take off all your clothes - but PLEASE don't do it


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I'm just marking this thread cuz I don't understand what is going on ... yet.

slicksight said:

?whadayamean?

err, ya know i was just thinkin'...

there's lots of lines in "Song of Solomon" (the bible book) that are pretty hot...

hotter than what we got here, really.

Song of Songs? About Lover this Lover that?

luv4all7 said:

Yes. And all that admiration of this and that body part, and all sorts of sensuality. Right in the Good Book.

To illustrate:

(Song of Solomon 2:3-7) 3 “Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dear one among the sons. His shade I have passionately desired, and there I have sat down, and his fruit has been sweet to my palate. 4 He brought me into the house of wine, and his banner over me was love. 5 Do YOU people refresh me with cakes of raisins, sustain me with apples; for I am lovesick. 6 His left hand is under my head; and his right hand—it embraces me. 7 I have put YOU under oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the female gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that YOU try not to awaken or arouse love [in me] until it feels inclined.

More...

(Song of Solomon 4:1-5) 4 “Look! You are beautiful, O girl companion of mine. Look! You are beautiful. Your eyes are [those of] doves, behind your veil. Your hair is like a drove of goats that have hopped down from the mountainous region of Gil´e·ad. 2 Your teeth are like a drove of freshly shorn [ewes] that have gone up from the washing, all of which are bearing twins, with none among them having lost its young ones. 3 Your lips are just like a scarlet thread, and your speaking is agreeable. Like a segment of pomegranate are your temples behind your veil. 4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built in courses of stone, upon which are hung a thousand shields, all the circular shields of the mighty men. 5 Your two breasts are like two young ones, the twins of a female gazelle, that are feeding among the lilies.”

OK... one last sample (somehow chaste & hot at the same time):

(Song of Solomon 5:3-7) 3 “‘I have put off my robe. How can I put it back on? I have washed my feet. How can I soil them?’ 4 My dear one himself pulled back his hand from the hole [of the door], and my inward parts themselves became boisterous within me. 5 I got up, even I, to open to my dear one, and my own hands dripped with myrrh and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the hollows of the lock. 6 I opened, even I, to my dear one, but my dear one himself had turned away, he had passed along. My very soul had gone out [of me] when he spoke. I sought him, but I did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer me. 7 The watchmen that were going about in the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me. The watchmen of the walls lifted my wide wrap off me.

What are you reading? KJV NIV NAS.....?

luv4all7 said:

New World Translation.

It's the one I have in convenient cut & paste format. Actually, it's the only Bible I have right now, since my house burnt down and most of my books were lost.

(Can somebody point me to that site w/ a plethora of translations? Will be eternally grateful. I enjoy comparing.)

Heiress said:

SHUT UP! Yikes.....sorry 'bout yer house. Don't know the site your reffering to.
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Ohhhhh I get it.....when he says.....the jam thats gotta beat like its makin love.....he's reffering to Song of Songs.....interesting.

Maybe he ISSSSS talking 'bout a bible study. Hmmm

luv4all7 said:

That's not even what I was saying... but maybe you're right? Who knows.

My thought was just that Prince is perhaps not quite as original as we thought he was, given his mad mix of sensuality & Biblical spirituality...

(Thanks for the site, by the way. I've been missing my American Standard Version.)

Heiress said:

Somehow I don't think that tryst was about studying the word. Solomon's or any other part of the bible. The word of Vatsyayana maybe.

Is there a part where Solomon tell the chic "...U're sitting on every one of Ur dinners"?
Can't wait to get that one embroidered to the seat of my pants.

Heiress said:

ohh..i so want to hear Kate Bush's Song of Solomon...."I DONT WANT YOUR BULL ...I just want your sexuality..."

Heiress said:

Well the "Come" interludes demonstrate he's at least studied the "naughty" parts of the bible.

I DON'T THINK SO!!!!! SEX HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS MAIN TOPIC! WE ALL KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGHT SOMETHINGS HAVE CHANGED WITH HIM SEX AIN'T NEVER GONA CHANGE WITH HIM. AND I LIKE IT LIKE THAT.

"Prince's Candle"..... Uh, I don't think this is the kind you light on fire

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You caught that too...

anon said:

from a seduction standpoint, that one kind of had me .

guess prince made a funny!

Heiress said:

Maybe it's seductive to him if he likes 'em hefty.
Only confusing part is the next line. " But that's fine, 'Cause eye'm blind "

First he tells the chic that her butt is fat like maybe that's a good thing to him.
Then he implies, "well, it's o.k. I won't look [Cause eye'm blind]" like it's not a good thing.

Then he adds "About blind as a cat in the dark " Which means he's gonna look anyway. So maybe he does like the fat butt, afterall.

I think he's confused.

anon said:

probably bored & goofing around w/ lyrics. he's done the "fat butt" bit before...

Heiress said:

Yeah, but this is "every one of Ur dinners" fat.

He's thanking the woman's mother for feeding her daughter the "right" food...which produced his lady's nice ass. He's not implying that the woman is fat. It's a compliment, not a put down.

PurpleCharm said:

I know.