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Prince's songs are just descriptive metaphors about sex? So I was watchin Vh1's top 100 80's music, of course the purple one was on there
(twice actually), and one celebrity commenter noted that Prince's songs are just descriptive metaphors about sex. Well I don't know about you, but I couldn't agree more!  Fine, if u don't believe me go ahead, name a song by Prince that
isn't sexually induced. Op! Ya can't can ya!!!!  lalala hehehe | |
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Sometimes it Snows in April.
Paisley Park I Would Die 4 U God Annie Christian Mountains Play in the Sunshine Emancipation etc... | |
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JudasLChrist said: Sometimes it Snows in April.
Paisley Park I Would Die 4 U God Annie Christian Mountains Play in the Sunshine Emancipation etc... I'm going to have to disagree with ya there 
C'mon! Think about those! lalala hehehe | |
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Black M.F. In The House The Cross Dear Mr. Man The Exodus has Begun Family Name and so on ... ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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NOt all of them, but those that are about sex are the best ones on the subject. Prince can express this type of mood musically the best. "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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Purple Rain
Thunder The Word Reflection 200 Balloons Gold Face Down Starfish & Coffee Free Controversy And the list can go on, but I'll stop here. | |
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I like those songs dangit...let's the imagination work freely   Because of God..we 2 r 1~~Darren & Suzyn forever
"If we got married...would that be cool?" | |
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Beautiful Loved and Blessed
The Word Get on the Boat The Ladder The Same December Ronnie, Talk to Russia What's My Name Comeback Until U're In My Arms Again The Everlasting Now Last December at least... We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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miho9000 said: So I was watchin Vh1's top 100 80's music, of course the purple one was on there
(twice actually), and one celebrity commenter noted that Prince's songs are just descriptive metaphors about sex. Well I don't know about you, but I couldn't agree more! Fine, if u don't believe me go ahead, name a song by Prince that
isn't sexually induced. Op! Ya can't can ya!!!! Do you know the meaning of hyperbole? We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Well what's the problem if they are about sex? Only dirty minds think sex is dirty! | |
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Supposedly Lennon & McCartney made a pact that their first 100 songs would be exclusively about puppy love. Prince just changed it to doggy-style. My Legacy
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Money Don't Matter Tonight
Dolphin Comeback Strays of the World For the Tears in Your Eyes Song of the Heart Wherever You Go Beautiful Strange At least, I don't think any of these are about sex... I could be wrong. [Edited 12/28/06 16:52pm] Wanna hear me sing?  www.ChampagneHoneybee.com | |
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You could turn any song into a sexual interpretation if you really tried..... 
U just got a diiiirrrtyyy mind!!!!  All of me I give 2 thee down at your feet
The reassurance in your rhythm speaks 2 me | |
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hisfan4ever said: I like those songs dangit...let's the imagination work freely
 Let's Work  Yeahh baaby  | |
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Others here with us, its about ghosts not sex!!!!! 17 Years ago I made a commitment to Prince | |
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There's actually ALOT that have nothing to do with sex! You clearly didn't think that much before producing this thread. "Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system" - Bruce Lee | |
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miho9000 said: JudasLChrist said: Sometimes it Snows in April.
Paisley Park I Would Die 4 U God Annie Christian Mountains Play in the Sunshine Emancipation etc... I'm going to have to disagree with ya there
C'mon! Think about those! Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And somtimes Mountains are only Mountains...and the sea...etc. | |
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A critic once said that Prince uses sex AS a metaphor for other issues. I think that's true.
Songs like Let's Pretend We're Married and Lady Cab Driver are explicitly sexual, but they're actually more concerned with things like alienation, rejection, anger. That's what distinguished Prince from other songwriters. While others sang of love and romance with the subtext of lust and conquest, Prince would just come straight out with the sex and swagger, with a sly innuendo of genuine feeling. Like in When U Were Mine. Instead of talking about a woman cheating on him--which would be the traditional romantic language--he outright describes a threesome ("When he was there sleeping in between the two of us.") Somehow, this explicitness brings the heartbreak and grief into sharper relief. | |
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I totally agree with padawan! I've always thought this even when I was a kid!  | |
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