We all know that P's genius defies description, but are there any of his lyrics that just make you go 'hrm, not sure about that'?

For me I've always had a problem with 'Look up in the air, it's your guitar!' in Cream, it just doesn't sit right with me.

Others include: 'I can't have a hug, unless I have a kiss' in Insatiable.

'[You know how much I love you], More than I love my hair!' in I Like It There, I mean, it's funny, but come on.

'I took another bubble bath, with my pants on' in the Ballad of Dorothy Parker for some reason makes me want to

Anyone else have any they'd like to share?

RIPOPGODAZIPPA -"She take it all the way down, the girl go down 2 the hair"

makes me feel queasy every time

The end of The Dance has never quite sat right with me... You know.. the 'its just not fair scream'? It was kinda like Prince's bitch moment.

He had me with "Are you really gonna just stand there - And act like you dont want this."

But the scream and lyrics at the end of the song are just unmanly. (Yeah, I said it.)

At least, they won't want 2 make love like U do
On the stairs, against the pole
On the north corner of the... aww baby, baby, baby, baby
It's just not fair, it's just not fair, (scream)Ooo Ooo...

Pole? North Corner??? WTF?

Maceo, can U blow?

The rape lines from these 2 songs

"U"
"U drive a man 2 rape U know U do"

"Extraloveable"
"I'm sorry I'm just going 2 have 2 rape U"

I've always excused them as the lustful fantasy of a teenager considering when they were written.
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renkitsune said:

Funnier if you're English as you read pants as underwear. That's how I've always read the lyric ever since I first heard it. Prince in his Y-fronts sitting in the bath.

iloveannie said:

Yeah I'm English too, that's why it's so funny, Prince in the bath in his little pants

HonestMan13 said:

Holy shit. Is THAT really what they say?

Imago said:

Yep! I think that also led to them not being released despite the popularity of them with fans. Back then Prince was less likely to change his lyrics for propriety sake and he had too much other tracks to choose from to be forced into doing so.

HonestMan13 said:

That's fucking nasty.

What makes a person even think like that?

HonestMan13 said:

Crumbs chief...I'd never heard that.

He's a charming fucker isn't he....he slaps women about in Purple Rain, Kidnaps women and indulges in a little breaking and entering before fucking a drunk woman in Under The Cherry Moon, touchs up sleeping women in Graffiti Bridge....and now we can add fantasies of rape to his catalogue....

what's next, incest.....oh wait (sister)


at least beastiality is a no go....oh wait (animal kingdom)
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purpledoveuk said:

oh dear lawd
That's not how I understood Animal Kingdom at all. Please tell me this isn't true!

Imago said:

Actually 'Sister' always did worry me a bit. It was never a song I could play when my mother was around that's for sure

purpledoveuk said:

Lol...I think I just became a little less of a Prince fan.

Imago said:

Come on Starfish and Coffee....he's been out on a hot date with an aquatic crustacean and invites ut in for coffee after...read between the lines.

He wants to be a Dolphin

Animal striking curious poses as they're on the same wave length in When Doves Cry

Sex next to a horse in Rasberry Beret...the horse getting mad cuz it's wondering who the other woman he's brought with him is

Jungle Love,
The Bird,
Nothing Compares 2 Ewe

it's all there for us to see
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purpledoveuk said:

Anything on this album


or this one

White jailbait

ronnwinter said:

That's old Prince. Prince too me is trying to make a change.

Most of the lyrics in the song 3121 sounds like he used some kinda Lyric Rhyming For Dummies book. I love the beat but the words ruin the song.

Also, every time he talks about his money in The One cheapens the song. I can buy you half the town, fancy cars and take you anywhere you want to eat so I must be the one. Otherwise, a very good song.

When I hear that he's changed the lyrics to songs like Sexy MF and others, that's when I cringe. I can't stand the fact that he does this and acts like it's a great thing. It's awful IMO. I realize these are his songs to do with them as he likes, but cleaning up the lyrics to past songs is just plain wrong and unnecessary.

itsmrhappy said:

I agree! I hate that part. I be like WTF.

the entire Mr Goodnight song

Tick Tick Bang - "OOhh, I cant hold it..Ooh its gett'n all over me"

what about Schoolyard...quite a few cringeworthy moments but this part made me

"And now boys and girls 4 the graphic part
Close your ears if U ain't got a nasty heart
The schoolyard, the schoolyard
Here we go
Now take a glove, fill it with hot baby lotion and slip it on (Well)
Pull it tight, that's what Carrie was like
One stroke and I was gone
Gone I was, it's true
The schoolyard, the schoolyard"

Carrie was only 14 in the song.

muirdo said:

And we're back to the Fisting thread...

muirdo said:

Yeah that made me slightly.,.concernedabd queasy that he would not only have knowledge of that but describe it as he did.

All of the lyrics on Dead On it are truly cringeworthy, yet the song works. Others that come to mind

"Soda fizzin on the lawn", "I'm a workin at my jobba", "If dogs could climb, then we would have a funky good time", "4 someone who can't stan TVdinners, u sho eat enuff of dem muthafuckas" Surprisingly though all these songs with bizarre lyrics are first rate. The one in my sig is an example of bizarre yet workable lyrics.

I agree with Ernest, The Rainbow Children is cringeworthy the whole way through (Honestly WTF)
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I almost forgot about Lemon Crush..."If I'm workin at my job-a. I'm the victim, you're the robba."
I don't know why, but I can picture Elmer Fudd singing this line.

All of Valentina.....