xpertluva said:

Not to my knowledge. Those are lyrics that I forgot about until I saw the picture again. It might be a safe bet that those are from an earlier version of the song that never leaked out. Where's Boris? He'd know.

ernestsewell said:

Dang, I'll bet that's another case of the superior version getting the ax for some reason.

funksterr said:

Indeed it is - let's explore that from LondonStyle.

Sign O The Times was an album.
"Rapture" was a single. Not an album. "Rapture" explored a very new genre in music, called Rap. However, a lot of Blondie's music was this simple: It was reggae music, in a whole new way. Listen to the beats, the melodies, the arrangements, the undertones, the guitar parts, the bass lines. Culture Club's music had the same type of sensibility to it. Sure it had guitars over it, and the vocals were different in delivery, but the music wasn't that new, in some regards. things like "Call Me", "Heart of Glass", and especially "The Tide Is High" fully represent my statement. "Rapture" is a stand-out track, yet is pure Blondie at the same time.

Now let's dig into SOTT. Title track, Play In The Sunshine, Dorothy Parker, Forever In My Life, U Got The Look, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Adore, Strange Relationship (especially in its early form), Beautiful Night, I Could Never Take the Place Of Your Man, hot Thing.....the list goes on of songs that don't even remotely resemble rap music, or hip hop. In fact, the only song w/ a rap is "Housequake", and the last minute add-on of the Transmississippi Rap from Sheila E. (over the phone) on "Beautiful Night".

Prince scoffed at rap music for a long time before Tony M. decided to "ram black music down that ni**as throat", and pretty much stayed away from it. Prince fans would NOT have embraced SOTT like they did had it been Prince trying rap music on for style. "Housequake" is an extension of the ideas in "The Bird" or "The Walk". Fun song about a brand new dance.

So as Funksterr said....SOTT a rap record? "PURE FOOLISHNESS"