dance4me3121 said:

That's what I'd like to know.

Anxiety said:

so way agree. The song puts off an air of nonchalance and that he doesn't care, yet how would he know if there are haters on the internet if he's not looking like he says he's not in the song?

And if he didn't see the haters and still wrote a song about them that is even creepier. To make things even scarier, if the song was inspired by nazi youth reporting back on the opinions of others and he went ahead and created a song devoted to said haters, it wasn't even based on his own vision but the heresay of others.

Completely paranoid that you would have to have a team of monitors sweeping the web and reporting back so you can create songs about them
[Edited 8/24/09 12:36pm]

Totally love this song.

purplecam said:

who the hell needs to write a song directed to every single group of people in the world who might possibly harbor ill will against the writer of said song, then hold the withdrawal of some kind of reward over their heads? i think that's petty, bitter...and yeah, paranoid.

maybe i'm still stuck on his whole "eye wish u heaven" trip. i need to bitter up and get with the times.

MoneyMade said:

Ha h ha ha

Anxiety said:

I would say Annie Christian is a paranoid song... but not this one. This one is a moralistic one like Pop Life but he tries to be fun by being catty child faggy and popping off one to the internet haters (which have been reported about in the news, the whole conflict over youtube, etc)

I also think its a very sophisticated throwback to the dirty mind/controversy mentality of song writing. He's proving he can jet back to a past frame of mindset create if he wants to. You know like Ronnie Talk to Russia.

ufoclub said:

yeah, annie christian is definitely a paranoid song, but it's a song that captured the paranoia of the nation at the time and filtered it through his own idiosynchratic world view. in other words: it was interesting, and we could kinda relate to it.

i think this song - and again, don't get me wrong, musically i think it's a really fun, quirky song - is more about his own personal axes to grind and his own paranoia, rather than speaking about betrayal in some larger, more universal way. it's just very "bah, humbug" to me, carried out in a very silly, cartoony way.

Anxiety said:

It's a hitlist consisting of actors he is unable to assassinate

MoneyMade said:

maybe!

The thing I find the most amazing about this track is that it shows how much he needs the haters. We're the only muse he truly has anymore cuz we inspire the best tracks!

Shall we examine lyrics ?


9 out of 10 mortals agree 2day; 2 much fame causes spiritual decay

2 all the punx who believe life imitates music
No more candy 4 you we can't hang with you
2 all the punx who wanna b rock stars and do what they do
There's no future 4 you that's the life of a fool
No more candy, no more candy 4 you we're 2 funky and you can't handle r groove

2 all the freax in the magazines who never paid no dues
No more candy 4 you u can't sing it's true
2 all the freax walking in2 walls somebody put a spell on you
No more candy 4 you eye guess the devil got a brand new fool

[Chorus]

2 all the haterz on the internet somebody's lookin' at you
No more candy 4 you they got ur number now, fool
2 all the suckerz winning anything and thanking the lord 4 what
They do
No more candy 4 you no more candy 4 you

Eye am 2 funky and you can't handle my groove.



Actually this song is not to be taken seriously... If you take it seriously, you're seriously demented. It is a tongue in cheek (poking fun?)
[Edited 8/24/09 17:16pm]

I like it alot!


...hey...what if it's about him cock-blocking somebody who had a thing for Candi Dulfer?

pplrain said:

just because i don't take the song completely seriously doesn't mean i'm not demented, you know.

I listened to this the other day and it made me LOL!! Seriously. I just found it fascinating. I just couldn't take him seriously and I hope he wasn't taking himself seriously. lol

Anxiety said:

Not every song needs a deeper meaning or a spot in the social consciousness! Sometimes you just want to call out all the people who are pissing you off at the moment. It's all coming from the experience of the writer.

Love it!

HonestMan13 said:

Think thats what makes it work so well. Seems like it was quickly written and thought of at a very "at the time" moment. Sometimes those are the best songs. you can really tell the songs that Prince spent alot of time on and one he didnt...the sparsity and the unpredictability shows and usually always works in his favor. Its that god given spark.

Anxiety said:

it's OK..

I don't understand how the song is paranoid... it indicates no perception of danger to Prince.... it's condemning and preachy, like Pop Life or even Postivity.. but done with the same childish kind of vibe as "Uptown" + "Ronnie Talk to Russia"

It also is not directed at anyone in particular... it's very general... why are you all saying actors? Which actors?

I think this is the song of Prince's vision as the moral majority... kind of like "Dance Electric"...

like a preacher or school counselor or homeroom teacher of the pop world lecturing....

ufoclub said:

Uh, no. No moral majority bullshit. This is his childish rant towards people, some of whom have done nothing to harm him. Now he's yanking the candy prize in retaliation, as if any of the people he's attacking even care.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

So are you saying that the song is attacking you?

purplecam said:

Am I a hater?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Pretty much but that's not the point. I know I don't feel attacked in that song. I'm asking if that's how you feel, that's all.

I love this song. The song is not bitter or paranoid. It's just not.

purplecam said:

I don't feel attacked either. I feel empowered because I know his rant is meaningless

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

See that's all you had to say. He's not talking about me in that song so I listen to that song and I jam. In fact, I played that song on the subway this morning. Man that song combined with an express train is so kick ass!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

So who do you think he's attacking?

9 out of 10 mortals agree 2day; 2 much fame causes spiritual decay

2 all the punx who believe life imitates music
No more candy 4 you we can't hang with you
2 all the punx who wanna b rock stars and do what they do
There's no future 4 you that's the life of a fool
No more candy, no more candy 4 you we're 2 funky and you can't handle r groove

2 all the freax in the magazines who never paid no dues
No more candy 4 you u can't sing it's true
2 all the freax walking in2 walls somebody put a spell on you
No more candy 4 you eye guess the devil got a brand new fool

[Chorus]

2 all the haterz on the internet somebody's lookin' at you
No more candy 4 you they got ur number now, fool
2 all the suckerz winning anything and thanking the lord 4 what
They do
No more candy 4 you no more candy 4 you

Eye am 2 funky and you can't handle my groove.

.
[Edited 12/23/09 9:38am]

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Imagine someone building a website about you in order to celebrate and appreciate your work. Now imagine that same website full of vile comments about your art, your choice in women, your business practices, your choice of religion, the clothes you wore last night, etc.
Since a good amount of orgers believe that Prince does read these threads however randomly then it's safe to assume he's read enough toxic topics to write far worse songs about or directed a any particular group.
Bottom line is if you can't take it, then don't dish it out!
Prince is still a human being with feelings and like most of us doesn't need to have everything thing we've done criticized to death especially when that criticism isn't constructive.
Go to work tomorrow and tell all of your co workers from now on to feel free to comment on everything they perceive you've fucked up over the years and to tell you every time they think of something.
I'll bet you'll want to do more than write a tongue in cheek track to some quirky beat!