"Cyprus, if I never get to take you swimming there"

Of all the (two syllable) places in the world Prince picks Cyprus. Seems strange to me. Don't get me wrong, I love the place, just seems a bit of a strange reference from Prince.

While I am on the subject of the new stuff can anybody tell me which Doobie Brothers song is being sampled on Valentina?

I don't even know where it is...I would have spelled it "Cypress," though.
Where is it funsoldier?

Tame said:

It's in Greece.

Thst's y he chose it...Greece is xtremely beautiful:)

1sexymf said:

Btw it's between Greece and Turkye..it's not part of Greece...still beautifull though....anyone got the answer?

he should,..went to pathos 2 years ago it is so beautiful:-D
but sorry i dont know if hes been

I looked up cypress and I found that it is also used to mean deep sadness,
I thought the lyric in 4ever was about the sad feeling he would have if we don't ever get to go swimming somewhere, and my ? is where are we going swimming?

Uhm it is somewhat part of greece, Part of the island belongs to greece and part to turkey, it was split in a dispute...

Close2u said:

[Edited 4/14/09 8:48am]

right let me get this straight with you guys - first off Cyprus is its own dependant Island (which is very beautiful by the way) but it is part of Greece (in regards to colonies.) It is a Greek Island. Turkey, in the 1970's decided to start a war with Cyprus as they got nowhere with Greece and in the end managed to occupy half of the island which is still to this day.
Unfortunatly, they burned our houses, churches etc and a lot of people became homeless, left alone, and/or dead.
up till now, there still hasnt been much of a resolution and i dont think there will be any time soon. there is a lot of politics involved and i just cant be bothered to get in to it.

...and yes (my pops from Greece and moms from Cyprus). If you ever get a chance, go to both as they're some beautiful islands there in the mediterranean.

Lovesymbol2 said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus

remko said:

A dispute??? no...a war.

Close2u said:

Its definetly Cyprus the country - that is how it is spelt in the lyrics on the website. I agree it is a beautiful place - just cannot get my head around how Prince knew about it - I mean I dont think he has ever played a gig anywhere near there.

maybe he has gone for a secret little holiday??? as far as im aware he had a house in spain with Mayte right??? so he knows his Europe im guessin

Tame said:

...You don't know where google is?

1sexymf said:

Oh...My old neighbor of 15 years..."Maria," was from Greece...and she was one of the first postcard models. She was from Rhodes.

pumbationz said:

yes i just made it a little less dramatic