thomashubler said:

Other than this particular 'solution' was stated as being incorrect through the official website.
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langebleu said:

The official website has also to think about material things, how to sell things,-

But Prince thinks first about spiritual things. He said he wants
to lead people to the truth.And 3121 leads them to the truth, if
you are really interested at and if you have a spiritual need.
3121 is indeed very spiritual and shows you even the sense of life.(E 3121)
Prince has found this treasure and he wants to share it with others.
He does it in the way Jesus did.

Tame said:

In an interview, one of the Twinz suggested that she undrstood the song had originated from an address of a property rented in LA prior to Prince taking up temporary residence in the rented mansion used for the 3121 parties. This has never been authenticated.

There are several bible passgaes (as mentioned in the Forum FAQ) which would possibly be a source reference (as in Chapter 31, verse 21 of certain books of the bible). However, a Paisley Park moderator from the former NPGMC official site stated that 3121 was not a reference to a passage from the bible in this way.

Your suggestion that it may have something to do with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is most unlikely because the Trinity doctrine is not part of the Jehova's Witness faith.

The posibility that the use of the numbers is Prince's cryptic way of conveying the name of Jehovah or YHWH by way of figurative representations seems plausible, particularly when comparing the stylised font used for depicting the numbers.

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Right, here's what I think it is - the simplest explanation possible...

I'm cleaning up my Ipod to make everything a lot easier, cut down on the number of artists (by shoving about 100 of 'em under various, etc). Despite the tightening, Prince gets 4 entries - himself, Associated, Live & Bootleg. To further simplify, I decide to do to Prince what I'd previously done to The Beatles - put a number before the album titles so that they're chronological, not alphabetical, which makes a lot more sense.

But how to number? What counts as an official Prince album? OK, so personal choice comes in to it. I went with The Vault's description of the Symbol album as the 14th, but didn't want to number the earlier heard, but later released Black album after 14th, so it became 10a, with Lovesexy 10b. I included New Power Soul as Prince's name (at that time) appears on the cover together with a photo of him and him alone. No brainer. And I included Xpectation, The Chocolate Invasion and The Slaughterhouse, but not C-Note. Etc.

And where does 3121 come in? 31st. 12 tracks, or 21 when Prince is playing his little mirror games.

So is that it? Just a description of the album as it fits in his chronology? I'm convinced it's that simple, albeit Prince probably came to the number in a different fashion from how I did. (And obviously he liked the sound of it and continues to use it)

Case closed? Or too easy?

Sure, 3121 is probably talking about the club in Vegas.

I really don't know about 3121, other than it being a traveling address.
I assume it is a Bible passage, However when I first contemplated it, I thought, As the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One, Adam and Eve are also One.

I know this has probably been discussed to death - but what is ever concluded? Either as an address, a Bible reference or (as it sounds in the song) some reference to the year where we're all gonna die now that we know 1999 never happened?

Are there any other theories, coz I think it's a lot simpler than any of the above.
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I'm sure it has to do something with the name of God, JEHOVAH!
You find about 7000 times the tetagram'YHWH'in the Bible.

didn't he originally live at 3121 Minneapolis?

ritaw said:

yes he did - lots of things in Minneapolis are called 3121