I've heard him use this term in many of his songs, what exactly does HE mean by this?

I've heard him use this term in many of his songs, what exactly does HE mean by this?

^Total speculation on my part, but I think a small part of the reason why he became a JW was because he'd just written a song called "New World" and I suspect he took it as a 'sign' when he started becoming interested in the religion. Again, total speculation, but I think it makes sense.

pplrain said:

It's either he's talkin bout the New World Order conspiracy or with relation to his JW belief about the earth being renewed and the like. It'll depend on which context he uses it in, I guess. Let's just hope it's the latter

RunAmok said:

Oops, sorry,
I meant the future earthly Paradise.

wildgoldenhoney said:

thx jizz checking

He wasn't a JW when he recorded "Emancipation". The song "New World" might contain some abstract references to religion - this being Prince - but the song is more sci-fi -themed in its "post-apocalyptic" depiction (see also the brief liner notes in the booklet) than attempting to convery a religious view. "When the lines blur / every boy and girl / how you gonna make it in the brave new world?", "when the melting pot stirs / when you can't tell him from her?". It sequences into "The Human Body". Prince wrote "The Human Body" by being inspired by the thought of it being the "ultimate sequencer" (sequencers being what are used to trigger synthesizers in most forms of electronic dance music - however, Prince hadn't been using them too much himself),

These two cuts are thematically sort of linked too. So I think it's mainly just Prince's celebration of technology in overall, by enabling people to become somehow "freer". This was a common theme in the dance music of the 90s ("New World" however harking back also to his 80s sound, but as far as I can tell it was one of the first songs of his 90s output where he was using the new analog modeling synthesizers - the analog style synths had been mostly absent from his music since the late-80s).

... but I'm venturing into talking about synths here again, however the original song's definitely not one about his later beliefs. Mind you, this was also during the height of his androgynous, pan-sexual world-view when he didn't even identify himself as just a "man", and was rather public about it too in interviews.
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RunAmok said:

But you're welcome to move to Fiji or something.

wildgoldenhoney said:

y, is that where u r?

RunAmok said:

I think I've heard that Fiji is like a paradise.

I think he means the world we will live in after the 2nd coming.

I think he means the world we will live in after the 2nd coming.

RunAmok said:

But you're welcome to move to Fiji or something.

GiGi319 said:

So what exactly is the second coming? The second time that Jesus comes to earth? which begs the other question, when exactly? and will this be on earth? or is it "paradise" after death?