mzkqueen03 said:

i know u're a lady, but don't you think it might be a good idea to tone down your estrogen output?

Tame said:

you certainly can't go wrong with gibran

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I agree with chocolatehandles. Prince is a great lyricist/poet.
No other musician that I know has ever moved me like Prince. I am intrigued how he is able to bear his soul through his lyrics and music and how he is able to open the minds and hearts of receptive listeners. He is able to connect with his audience on levels other artists can only dream of.
I've said it before and I am saying it again Prince has a brilliant mind and a loving spirit. There are times when he doesn't come across as being brilliant or loving and that is when he lets his ego get in the way. But he is human and makes mistakes like the rest of us. The only difference, Prince is being scrutinized for his mistakes and shortcomings because he is on public display.

if u listen to the lyrics of 'boom'
one could sure agree with your assertion

Run ur fingers up and down the
Obelisk in the earth
Down 2 33 rmps where
The primordial gives birth
Or else we lie neck
high you and eye
In one another's ooze
Volcano magic
Summer time

Rebelution said:

But your here.

PEJ said:

i agree!

Prince is a beautiful poet.

chocolatehandles said:

Amen...I love Prince's emotions that come through his lyrics. Prince's heart on paper is beautiful.

Lotus2unfld said:

I dont see why Prince shouldnt be discussed in an English lesson. Some of his lyrics are very good poetry. Why do teachers always bang on about what they know and are safe with. they always refer to the published poets, we are fed mindless lessons in english of repeating the same ideas. study shakespeare, etc its the same for art, students in GB are told who is a master rather finding out and discovering that for themselves.

IMO Prince is a fantastic poet, his structure and rythmn is very good.

He has produced so much work that we are now starting to see repetition in rhymes and themes. He needs to check out his thesaurus more often.


Dear Prince please stop saying 'pennies' and 'scatter' in the same sentence or 'im a star' or 'best i/she/he etc ever had'
Keep up the excellent writing. I for one think you are a fine poet.

iloveannie said:

This match goes to ..... mzkqueen.

I absolutely Prince's lyricalpoetry~
beautiful~heartouching~souloving and ~sweetlyconnecting

prince is not a poet ... but hes more of an musican and a lyricist than a poet..but he does do brilliant poet in his lyrics .tht why he makes a amazing lyrics tht comes from his minds and heart.....

also l do knw tht prince do study and reads .Khalil Gibr poetry.....

.Khalil Gibr makes beautiful poetry...

chocolatehandles said:

I agree with U....

Until the end of time
I'll be there 4 U
U own my heart and mind
I truly adore U
If God one day struck me blind
Your beauty I'd still see
Love is 2 weak 2 define
Just what U mean 2 me

ENOUGH SAID!

Personally, I think it's one of his weakest areas, but he does seem to do a lot better in this department when he purposely writes a song for the message or story he wants to convey (several Emancipation, Rainbow Children, and 3121 songs, for example). Most of the time, I think he just likes to have fun with the music -- the words being an afterthought.

Rebelution said:

Being an English teacher and a writer, I have read all of the poets that you listed. I have also written papers about Prince's lyrics, presented lectures about his lyrics at various "scholarly conferences," and that is while I have, myself, published poetry, fiction, and essays in over 200 journals, newspapers, and two anthologies. So, while I don’t think that Prince is the greatest poet, he is a lyrical powerhouse whose work has been creative as well as poignant and insightful, especially when you consider that his work is representative of the post-Civil Rights era African American, grappling with otherness and place.

He's good


2night we'll make love until the world stops turning
U're small but very strong
U move like a cat: quickly but gentle
So insane
He caressed her in her eyes and licked her abdomen
She shivered with delight
Over and over she nibbled his ear
U'd think it was wrong 2 have so much fun
He held her tightly until it almost hurt
But his hips, they moved so slowly
She wanted 2 stop breathing
U can feel every curve of her womanhood
U can see every thought in his brain
A submarine slowly moves through the virgin sea
Oh so slowly
She wants 2 stop breathing
U... U can feel every curve
She squeezes tighter as the submarine goes deeper in depth
Into the unnavigated territory
A smile, ever so slight, appears on his face as she starts 2 cry
Until they come, 2gether, slowly
They wish 4 somethin', as if they could see a parallel future in the sea
They do not speak
They only stare out the moment in time

OOOhhh you are so right!

Prince is a great poet and probably the best ever.

His poetry is fucking amazing...

People who don't see it don't understand the simplicity of it and how it works.

He is clever and although his poetry is not structured it doesn't make it any less great.

It's like Spike Milligan is as good as Keats. That is the amazing thing about poetry it's not about being the deepest or the most prolific - it is more of an X Factor quality that Prince has by the bucket load.

You ask people to analyse Bob dylans lyrics and they can't because they don't actually mean anything. They are empty and banal. They just sound good.

Prince is the opposite. People think he is light and fluffy pop like Kiss, or gimicky like Head. But if you break down those songs and analyse them, they are really clever songs.

People take Prince's music too literally. Like the song Head is obviously about oral sex but it's also about how words can have two meanings and how a banal word like head can also be provocative and that's what also makes it funny.

Prince said "Stop looking at me like that, unless you wanna Bite that", now that's great.

pepper7 said:

"You ask people to analyse Bob dylans lyrics and they can't because they don't actually mean anything. They are empty and banal. They just sound good."


thats funny. if one can get past Dylan sounding like he's just
signin' one long vowel sound .... and look at the lyrics;.. of course they mean something.

I personally am not much of a Dylan fan but I do respect that his lyrics carry a little more meaning than just mere childish rambling.


funny. nice try.

peace.

piccolo7 said:

I have about 4 of his books...and I love, "The Treasury," and of course the famous, "The Prophet."

I also have, "The Madman," and "A Tear and a Smile."

I want them all...Maybe Someday. I think I'll read tonight..

Lotus2unfld said:

Well, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

I'm not saying that Dylans lyrics don't mean anything, of course they mean something, everything does. I just don't rate them particularly highly that's all. Even childish rambling has meaning - that was my point.

Have you read the Ning Nang Nong.. that is definately childish rambling but it is amazing and funny.

pepper7 said:

I have not heard of Ning Nang Nong. It sounds funny. I'll check it out.

I agree with you about Dylan. I'd like to put up a better argument in that factor but I really... no can't do it, not with Bob Dylan.

Now Prince's lyrics... music ... the whole thing.. keeps me fascinated. And entertained. They are, as we all know, are extremely seductive. He can talk/sing that sex better than anybody else on earth. And he doesn't have to be crude about it. Which is really really sexy, in of itself. He can be bold without being crude. That's quite something. Like "Get Off" or "U dream I scream inside U" just to name a two out of ....whew how many? Also Elixer, is another fine example.

Immersion is just ...divine. Perhaps not the raw oral sexuality in song and prose ...but it's very sensual with such a harmonious feel ... overall and that to me makes it verrrrry sexy. The prose and music are very beautiful, spiritual, soothing.

His songs can also be side splittingly hilarious. For instance I heard the song "Movie Star" for the first time very recently. That was some funny stuff. That was classic ... absolutely hilarious! lolol. I still get tickeled just thinking about it.

And then there's the other aspect of the songs that have that spiritual and cryptic edge ...where people are hooked on it but they're not sure what it means. And the ones that might have an idea of what it means are scared to say. lol. That's genius.

What makes me wonder on some of the music and prose in that vein is if he really
realizes ... what he's touching on? Please don't misunderstand... I don't mean any offense and I'm not suggesting by any means that he doesn't know what he's doing.
No... not like that.. it's just ....intriguing ...some of the things he speaks in his prose...hint at very deep things, mysteries, and it makes me wonder.
How did he know that?

Did he really intend to speak or hint of this thing or that mystery? I'm not saying he's not intelligent .. I'm simply saying that most people don't know these things. Therefore, I find it intriguing.

I don't know, maybe it's a coicidence. But it's interesting.

Like the segue on the album Come, just before the song Orgasm...for instance.
Or was it just meant to sound sexy and ...not really trying to touch on any of the mysteries. I do wonder about those things ... sometimes.

I don't have any complaints about Prince's prose. Please don't misunderstand. Prince artistry captures and holds my attention with no problem.
And I can write a little prose and poetry myself...believe it or not. I'm not too bad. I have to say ,..Prince might be my muse. He inspires a lot of poetry.

That might sound funny. Lemme see how can I put this...
oh well. He just does. The deep calls to the deep ..so to speak. He's so artistic ..one can't help but be inspired artistically...or creatively.
The various concepts ...ideas ... the moods and tones he sets with his music. It's all very inspirational and beautiful. Not to mention Prince appears to be intoxicatingly sensual.,

I was merely saying I'm not much of a Bob Dylan fan....personally.
(no offence to any Bob Dylan fans out there)...
But Bob just doesn't flip my switch.

Now Prince.
Oh yeah .....now he's the switch master! lol.

that doesn't sound right does it? be a great title for something though... lol.




Joke for

the day

Q. What is a mixed feeling? A. Seeing your Mother-In-Law backing off a cliff... in your new car!

Q. What is the difference between a G-Spot and a Golf ball? A. a guy will actually search for a golf ball.
[Edited 7/9/09 14:30pm]

Prince is Poetry his words convey everything in a dramatic, loving, heartfelt way