From Somewhere here on earth:

I know U're out there
I can feel U getting closer 2 me
I'm just wondering what U're waiting 4
U know I am free

In this digital age, U could just page me

How many of you girls did page him and which page is he referring to?

I tried to dial Prince right into my cell phone one time, It didn't work.

Christaro said:

I bet a lot of us would have paged him. If only Prince had given us his number.

I was trying to "Call his name." He didn't answer.

mzflash said:

Who even owns a pager?

In this didgital age you could just facebook me doesnt quite ahve the same ring to it though, in this didgital age Prince, you could just let us watch your videos on youtube!

bex23 said:

They're still fairly widely used (or so I'm told) particularly in hospitals, although personally I haven't seen one since the early 90's - which is when I think the song was written (I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a vault track that he dug out because he needed some filler for Planet Earth.


It doesn't scan as well does it?

I suppose he could've had 'In this digital rat race, find me on myspace...'

AsylumUtopia said:

Or 'in this digital orgy find me on the org eeee'

And what does "rage" mean (I know it's a rage, but I like the face 2 face). Is it anger or fashion (according to my on-line dictionary)? Sometimes it can be hard to figure these things out as not being english-speaking. I mean as main-language, LOL!

Btw, why doens't HE try to reach that woman instead? Seems a lot easier...
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Vanity45 said:

I'm pretty sure he means it's the fashionable, current or trendy thing to do, nothing to do with anger.

Vanity45 said:

Yeah, why does the woman always have to do all the work and take all the blame???

No, I'm not frustrated at all....

1sexymf said:

Exactly. And it isn't "a" rage. It's "the" rage.

mzflash said:

He did. It was 777-9311. Bet all y'all kept dialin 3121...

Christaro said:

That song is just beautiful. Had me hooked from the very first listen. Its like velvet chocolate dripping on the tongue; soft and very smooth

... except that one line !! it sticks out like a I don't know what ...

regalBlue said:

Like a relic from a bygone age, perhaps ?

regalBlue said:

and how...he should have used "text" instead of page.

sosgemini said:

Kinda like in "Always and Forever" I always think of "call me" instead of "phone me"

digital AGE you can PAGE me, goes better with the meter, but...yes. a lil dated.

poetic license though makes it okay...

sosgemini said:

Maybe he actually is referring to someone who still uses a pager. I didn't think the line stood out or found it to be too retro, as pagers are a very big part of my professional life, in fact it's the only way to contact some of the people that I work with!

To me it almost sounds like he's talking about one busy professional to another, trying to find a way to get through to each other, and maybe paging is still a big part of "her" world!
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I think he must mean you could just email him (that's if his people would actually pass it on)

What about instant messaging or the two-way pagers?

Twinkly1 said:

2-way paging, never thought about that. This sounds pretty valid!

If only he put away the answering machine and answer himself.....

KidaDynamite said:

thats called texting...prince is old, there is no other explanation.

sosgemini said:

ladycat said:

page him in the airport



MR. NELSON !!! MR.NELSON LAST CALL FOR MR.NELSON



YOUR FLIGHT TO WHERE EVER THE HELL YOUR GOING IS LEAVING IN 7 MINUTES ! PLEASE REPORT TO GATE 31

COULD THE OWNER OF A PURPLE PLYMOUTH PROWLER, LICENCE PLATE NUMBER "OEO-00", PLEASE COME TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK IMMEDIATELY. YOUR CAR IS PARKED IN A HANDICAPPED ZONE AND WILL BE TOWED IF NOT MOVED WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES