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[Edited 11/7/06 0:30am]

Bzzzzz!..... Camille is a 'he', not a 'she'.

The article was kinda sloppy, you see more informative stuff written on here.

NouveauDance said:

Though the name is supposed to come from some famous hermaphrodite... so Camille could be a he AND a she! Yet another of Prince's alter images that has 2 sides to their character.

thank u, I enjoyed the read

metalorange said:

I'm not getting into that one, we'll be here all day!

come back to the year 2006 going on 2007 that's all that really matters.

Great Article

metalorange said:

Prince has always refered to Camille as "he", and all the camille songs are
sung from a strictly male perspective. The only ambiguity comes from the
speeded up vocals and the name, but that says more about what the listener
is reading into it. The lyrics themselves are strictly 'straight male' in
orientation.

I think the ambiguity on the sex of Camille comes from Shockadelica the lines:


....and the reason is Camille
she got u tied with a golden rope.


Is he just mentioning this song is due to the alter-ego, and then just moving on to an unknown female Camille is involved with? Or is it "and the reason is, Camille, she got you tied."?
[Edited 11/18/06 1:38am]

He never sings "and the reason is Camille, she got u tied with a golden rope"

You're taking two lines from different parts of the song and putting them together. The lyrics are...

The lights go out, the smell of doom
Is creepin' into your lonely room
The bed's on fire, your fate is sealed
And U're so tired and the reason is Camille

Shockadelica, The girl must be a witch
She got your mind, body, and soul hitched
Shockadelica, U need a second opinion, but she never wears a stitch
So U can't take her home

She got U tied with a golden rope
She won't let U play your guitar
And when U've cried enough
Maybe she'll let U up 4 a nasty ride in her shockadeli-car

metalorange said:

That makes sense being a gemini

Okay firstly I think the article is very brave but I do think the writer misses the point somewhat.

Of course Prince wants love and emotion - he's a human being isn't he??

Of course his music is about him. He writes songs like they ARE telling the story of his life.

IF I Was Your Girlfriend is so powerful because it is him "talking" his inner thoughts to his girlfriend. H's not pretending to be a woman. It is from a mans point of view trying to gt into a womans mind. He is perplexd by her.

"For you naked I would dance a ballet. Would that get you off? Well tell me what will?"

He wants to know what turns her on - what makes her tick.

Women love Prince because he teaches them that men have feelings too. They want connection and friendship too.

Yes I agree Lovesexy does sound like a man going through a nervous breakdown. Like Kerouacs Big Sur. He is a man wrestling with himself and who he is. All his inner demons.

Spooky Electric is part of him. He just doesn't understand it and he's wrestling with his own conscience. Anna Stesia is a song about loneliness.