I've loved this song since I was old enough to remember. The killer guitar solo, that plays throughout the entire song is a treat, the heavy bass kick (especially) in the beginning, forces me to turn the volume up ...My fiance asked me what the song meant...I sat there Usually she asks, and I give her the in-depth interpretation of Prince's potent, sexual, sensual, spiritual, romantic poetry. In this case I was too stuck. I responded (in a flat tone of voice),

"It's about the devil" Annie Christian=Anti-Christ

"She killed John Lennon, she killed black children..."

"the way Annie tells the story she's his only son..."

"until you're crucified..."

Quite a mysterious song when you 'really' listen to it. I guess all these years I've been unconsciously avoiding the meaning of the song...IF that's the 'real' meaning. That's why I posted this...to pick the brains of my extremely informed, Prince Scholars (fellow orgers)

Prove me right or wrong...I'm just curious

Blue
A coat of Blue Cashmere
[This message was edited Wed Sep 11 11:07:47 PDT 2002 by TheBluePrince]

One of my favorite songs of his early material. Wack-ass arangement, but it works.
The lyrics to me are kind of self explanatory...I thought.

Anyone catch the reference to Georgia's "Green River Killer".

I think that he was probably reading the paper when he wrote it, on the can or at breakfast, if he's anything like me.
[This message was edited Tue Sep 10 22:01:26 PDT 2002 by squirrelgrease]

controversy was the first album (period) i ever bought, and it was for this song.

i always took it that way. "anti-christ." remember back when all those black children were being killed in atlanta? it was right around the time he must have written this song. in '81, i think.

MightBQueen said:

You are right! I believe that John Lennon was killed around that time too. Basically this song is his social commentary on gun control and a whole buncha other stuff. I don't think it really has to do with the Anti Christ, per se, but it has to do with what was going on in that time and its link to the book of Revelation. Of course, now things are much worse than they were then...

Tina (~!~)

I got all of that, but what I've ALWAYS wondered is what does

"I'll live my life in taxi cabs"

mean?

Or, from a different song on the same album:

"89 flowers on their back"

What, Hawaiin shirts?

“Anni Christian, anti_Christ, until you’re crucified, I’ll live my life in taxi cabs”

Ive wondered about this line too. I have settled on the explanation I came up with years ago. Perhaps he means that whilst all this craziness is going on (ie until we get gun-control) he will continue to run from place to place. maybe its an analogy about moving around, running, from one stop to the next stop. Constantly taking a taxi to somewhere safer until it all catches up there too.

squirrelgrease said:

The Green River Killer was in Seattle - Not Georgia.

Jon said:

That makes sense...

herbthe4 said:

Figured that was his way of describing tourists wearing cheesy hawaiian shirts. Now if someone knows what the "acu-jack" is..actually I don't think I want to know what that's about.

f*ckind*mneditmessagegoeshere
[This message was edited Wed Sep 11 13:34:28 PDT 2002 by Universaluv]

Jestyr said:

I was talking about the dude from Atlanta. You sure about this?

herbthe4 said:[quote]I got all of that, but what I've ALWAYS wondered is what does

"I'll live my life in taxi cabs"

mean?

quote]

I think that it's a reference to "Taxi Driver".
DeNiro played a guy who obsesses over Jodi Foster-just like Hinckley did (the dude with the bad aim, who shot Reagan.)

Universaluv said:

purchased experiences... instead of the real thing.

an 'accu-jack' just might be a vibrator...

hhcoy said:

An Accu-Jack is for dudes.

"You want me to put my what? In where?"

and i suppose u r a DUDE???

squirrelgrease said:

http://www.cet.com/~snevets/

Jestyr said:

Thanks. I was thinking of Wayne Williams that Prince was refering to. It was the Chattahoochie River near Atlanta where children that he killed were found.

I was having a brain fart.

hhcoy said:

Yeah. But I have not had the opportunity to use one.
They used to advertise them in the back of Penthouse in the late 70's. Pretty strange contraption.

They probably go by a different name now.

squirrelgrease said:

WHOA yer kidding, right?

MightBQueen said:

No. The Accu-Jack is no longer a manual, hand operated device. They seem to have gone electric...

Adult Minded Only:

http://www.libchrist.com/...venus.html

Incidently, the Accujac name is now being used by a company that makes a device that extracts bull semen.
[This message was edited Fri Sep 13 1:13:26 PDT 2002 by squirrelgrease]

too funny squirelgrease, too funny..heheheheheheehheheh!