Prince is the, well...Prince of innuendo, but sometimes, he just gets straight to the point. Maybe a little too straight to the point.

This will be subjective for everyone, but what lyrics in a Prince song, when you first heard them, made you rewind and say, 'Wow...I can't believe that?'

For me, it's "I Wanna Melt with U" and the following:

"Don't look now, but there's a river of blood.
(girl moans)
You must've been a virgin, what am I guilty of?

Oh no!"

Most of my friends have grown accustomed to hearing Prince music in my car, especially when I want to make them laugh at his audacity or dance it up, or whatever. Everytime I play this song they all drop their jaws.

Have you played them the end of 'Let's Pretend we're Married' yet?

Jeffiner said:

Or give Sister a spin. End of discussion.

The lyrics of 'Let's Pretend We're Married' have made people laugh, but it's just talking about oral sex - something they've heard many times since then in mediocre rap songs. Sorta like the lyrics to 'Let Me Lick Your P___y'- it's just general talk about sex, so people seem to go 'yeah. humpin times.'

Sister clearly shocks the hell out of people, but admittedly lots of people are just turned off by the whole thing :p

If your a Prince fan, NOTHING should shock you about his lyrics

toots said:

well said . he's the king of saying random freaky shit

... ...

Easily would be "I sincerly wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth", with the lyrics from Sister as a close 2nd.

Although, one lyric that's not outright raunchy but I raised an eyebrow when I first heard it:

From Rave's "Man O War":

How could U think that I could put something inside of someone
That I put inside U, inside U?
Even if I tried 2, if I tried 2
I couldn't cuz I still smell like that last time...



[Edited 12/30/08 18:30pm]

I always though Tick, Tick, Bang was a little TMI.

The sex talk doesn't shock me...however...

Dead like Elvis does.

In Extra Loveable when he was talking about how he was on the verge of rape

The "bringing yourself to joy" part in Mellow.

It was shocking because of his then recent conversion and the content in the other songs on TRC.

Paris9748430 said:

YES YES YES!!! Glad someone said it!!...I was like ...listening to all the songs like ...'this is nice! great music...spiritual lyrix...me digs me digs'...and then BAM "Wet circles round the toy...while u bring urself...2 joy"...My mouth fell through the floor...BUT I LIKED IT!!!...and promptly played it back about 4 times...it's now my favorite track off TRC!

GOOD GAWD!!! I JUS READ THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS Y'ALL JUS STATED AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW THE MAN'S FREAKY AS HELL BUT DAMN PRINCE!!!
I WANNA HEAR MORE OF THE NASTY FREAKY STUFF THAT USE TO COME OUTTA PRINCE'S MOUTH!
KEEP 'EM COMIN Y'ALL!!!

"I wanna your buddy"...I think ima make a call now
U GUYS STARTED IT!

What about..."This love is a private affair." That line is the dirtiest of them all.

OKAY! Not exactly lyrics but...It's BLUNTER than words could EVER be.


Okay...I'm Fifteen years old (Yeah it was just two years ago, but who cares...), randomly downloading some music....
Lady Cab Driver...hmmm *click*
Okay...I put it on my mp3 player so I can use my headphones...

ToraToraDreams said:

that'll teach you to buy cds

shocking blunt....
I won't mention the crass stuff that's so vulgar it's not sexy.

My favorite shockingly blunt lyric is :

"I promise myself not to come until she does. But she took both hands and a liar I was. No man in this world could ever hope to last when my baby downshifts and starts pumping fast. ...And she said 'ooh, ooh. I love you in me.'"


Anyone can be blunt and crass.But this is blunt as in shockingly honest and revealing. People have nights like this. And it is the sweetest thing to have it in a song. This whole song makes me shiver from the first line.





(P.S. So off topic. But my friend just bought me Prince's 21 nights book tonight!!!! OMG. I so psyched. So sweet. OK. Just had to tell somebody & all the book threads were closed )[b]

Lickin' U inside, outside, all sides up and down
With my tongue in the crease, baby, I go round when I go down, down, down, down...

MetalMonkey said:

Definately had to rewind that one

Sister - all the lyrics. Someone actually asked me if he was retarded when I played that for them.

The "noises" in Come. Fucking gross.

The most shocking lyric for me has nothing to do with sex:

"Holocaust aside, many lived and died. But when all truth is told, would u rather b dead or b sold? Sold 2 the one who can now mate the displaced bloodline with the white jailbait"


WTF!!! I know this lyric has been discussed many times before but it still shocks me.....

IamtheDJ said:

Man, that's cold Prince! COLD!

Jack U Off was it for me - and apparently for Prince, at least when he played the song live, but didn't announce the title, giving the reason, "cuz my Dad's here."

IamtheDJ said:

I agree. I didn't care for the outright anti-semitism on the Rainbow Children album, mainly this line and the implicit stuff on Family Name (all of last names used were Jewish)

That aside, I have noticed something about my reaction to bluntly sexual lyrics. If I hear them in a rap song, especially if they are downright rude (superman that ho), I usually dislike it and find it unnecessary. However, I never mind it when Prince does it; in fact I usually think it is great. It could be that I love Prince music and cant stand rap so I hold it to a different standard. Honestly, I think Prince just does it with a much better style.

Blackburn isn't considered a Jewish origin, is it?

Curiously I wonder about "Blackburn," being coal mine related. Last names often reflected the profession of the family.

Look at "Goldstruck." 4 people that were capable of going to California during the gold rush had more money 2 buy more tools to mine the earth with...I don't know how far back some of these names go...especially if they sound like American names.

Record keeping may not reveal changes a name went through...Many unnecessary letters were dropped over a period of time.

punkofthemonth said:

Don't Judge. Don't Judge.

Prince be nasty alright


I was only 16 but I guess that's no excuse
My sister was 32, lovely, and loose
She don't wear no underwear
She says it only gets in her hair
And it's got a funny way of stoppin' the juice
My sister never made love to anyone else but me
She's the reason for my, uh, sexuality
She showed me where it's supposed to go
A blow job doesn't mean blow
Incest is everything it's said to be
Oh, sister
Don't put me on the street again
Oh, sister
I just want to be your friend
I was only 16 and only half a man
My sister didn't give a goddamn
She only wanted to turn me out
She [took a whip to] me until I shout
"Oh, [motherfuckersjustamotherfucker]
Can't you understand?"
Oh, sister
Don't put me on the street again
Oh, sister
I just want to be your friend
I know what you want me to do
Put me on the street
And make me blue
Oh, sister, oohoohoooow