The lyrics are nice...but the rest!

It is a beautiful song...

What's wrong with the rest of it? It's one of the gems on Emancipation for me.

I love that song,there's a sadness to it.

One of Prince's best, I reckon.

MikeMatronik said:

Mike, really. The lyrics are the least to the song. But the rest is actually quite good. As said, one of the better songs on Emancipation.

Mike, I'm not sure what to make of you, I checked your music profile and it equals Funkadelic to mariah Carey in that they have equal plays:

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44 Play Funkadelic 69
44 Play Mariah Carey 69
<<<

Ho, wait a minute, these are your top tracks:

1 Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts
2 Madonna – 4 Minutes
2 Britney Spears – Gimme More
4 Goldfrapp – Cologne Cerrone Houdini
5 Kylie Minogue – Love Is The Drug
6 Kylie Minogue – Sensitized
7 宇多田ヒカル – Beautiful World
8 Janet Jackson – Feedback
8 Duran Duran – Nite Runner
8 Kylie Minogue – In My Arms

Sander said:

I'm an open minded individual. I don't waste time with musical prejudices. That's my prime directive...

Great song.Love it!

I love this song ! There's a white mansion where my grandmother lives in France that I'm going to buy one day. It's white and at the top of the road. did I say I love this song?

MikeMatronik said:

Sure, but you do have preferences right? On what basis?

Or do you think someone can simply like all music?

Sander said:

I choose my music. It's my choice. Hence I do not have to justify it.

MikeMatronik said:

This is not true or you would have removed your PJ blinders by now!

Oh, one of my faves from emancipation. Love this song!

ooooo great song,one of the few non cryptic songs about his life, and where he was before he was prince. it wasnt sad for me i listen to it sometimes in transit in mpls. when it snows because it reminds me that once he was just a kid with a demo.

aubergine said:

How cool is that?

MikeMatronik said:

Aww. Come on, I've been listening to Prince since my teens, I know what it's like having to defend your music all the time. I'm not judging you (yet! ), I'm just curious about this. Some of my friends and co-workers have this taste in music I cannot understand. Therefor I want to try and understand. 'Make me understand!'

In my language you have a saying: You can't discuss taste. Blatant nonsense of course. Taste is the ability to judge, whether it is music, food, wine or architecture. You can say, "it taste good", and end the discussion. But when you can talk about on what basis you judge and appreciate it, you have an interesting discussion. Some people have more knowledge about wine and can therefor appreciate a good wine better than I can. That doesn't mean I can't like that wine, I can, and I do!

Nice song. very melancholy (sp). It give us insight into Prince as a youngin trying to make it in the business and also is disillusion with it also.

White Mansion always reminds me of Paisley Park

There are only a handful of songs I won't skip over when playing the bloated Emancipation album.

White Mansion is one of them.

SynthiaRose said:

Great song.

SynthiaRose is BACK!

Where have U been??

~G

i like the song

I like that song. It's one of the most memorable songs on Emancipation.

Efan said:

That couldn't be more true! When you sift through the dross that is that 3 album albatross that one shines above many others.

I bought it on cassette out of a discount bin in Germany. Strangely, at the time, I felt that his newfound "freedom from slavery" wasn't really serving him too well.

recalling having a friend from mpls come 2 visit NY and as were walking in times square, with her back pack on we started singing white mansion 2gether

MikeMatronik said:

Does anyone know if it's a Chris Rock sample at the end of this song or Richard Pryor can't make it out..what's said and by who?

HELP?

LondonStyle said:

it's neither chris rock or richard pryor, prince took the sample from a comedian that appereard on def comedy jam tho i can't recall his name tho

but what is being said is "yo mida! (spanish 4 look) yo check out that ass!"

the synth riff nails it for me, thanks for the above comment I always wondered about that

Giovanni! Hey! I got lost in the Political Forum for a bit .

Plus, every now and I need a break from the asylum.