I just dusted of that classic Vanity 6 CD, and it really annoys me that he uses a pretty bad "chick" voice to be the female that the members of Vanity 6 call in that song.

It just sounds like a guy they called, who might have been having "guy" relations with the "guy" Vanity wanted to call. It doesn't even sound close to a woman's voice, which makes that song all the more disturbing to me now.

Any one else feel the same, or have any insight? I mean, it's not like Prince had a shortage of females around him at that time, that could have easily filled in with a proper female voice.

It's called "humour"...




I actually wanted to start an appreciation thread about this song a few days ago, as it doesn't seem to be praised as much as it should be. It is just brilliant. MPLS sound at its finest.

Why is it more disturbing? If anything what you said makes it even funnier!

I think Prince was trying to let his audience "know something" with this song.

Humor.

Irony.

Satire.

What part excately did you find disturbing? I can't imagine somebody is disturbed by that song LOL

robertlove said:

Because they're making it into a gay thing.

It's funny when he does stuff like this. I love it on the "Partyman" remix when he calls for the ladies to sing, and then the dudes start singing in a high voice. You could take all this stuff lightly and just see it as fun, or you could read deeper into it and say how Prince was so into playing around with gender and racial roles in the '80s. Either way, it's all good stuff.

Because, he's a girl!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

FANCY LESBIAN ALERT

A classic, this song is hilarious.
I love it when Prince does his comedy impressions.
Think Vibrator and My Summertime Thang too.

That's what it always sounded like to me and I always loved it because of it.

I do too.

skywalker said:

Ummm... care to elaborate? LOL

I mean... I know which part you're talking about, but that was more of a "hard dick" comment than it was a reference to necrophilia. In fact, "necrophilia" never crossed my mind.

I think you have ISSUES, darth! lol

vainandy said:

It's more "annoying" to me.

I mean seriously... I don't want to hear Prince's voice if they're saying "If a GIRL answers, don't hang up."

I can deal with songs like Lovesexy and the voice switching... and I can even deal with songs like Crucial... "Prisoner in love with the opposite gender. I ain't sayin' you're better baby, I ain't sayin' you're not"...

But come on... don't give me YOUR voice in a song that's called "If a Girl Answers."

It has it's comedic parts, yes. But I find Prince's voice on this track very "disturbing". lol

No comment.

The same reason why he played a chick in the Vibrator dialog.

"Yeah mah backs been acting up too, in fact it acts up everytime mah boyfriend leaves PFFFT!"

KidaDynamite said:

I love Prince's "woman voice" just for that line alone.

KidaDynamite said:

Save it honey, put it in the bank
I know what's happenin'
Here, these oughta work
Yeah, yeah, that'll work
Thank U!
Yeah, yeah, go on, get outta here!
Thank U so much, thank U!
Yeah, so get..
Body mas.. please!

NMuzakNSoul said:

Either you put it on to get every word or your ass listened to that just as much as I did.

LadyLuvSexxy said:

I know, right!

KidaDynamite said:

I know the whole dialog now. It's funny to me. Remember I played it with my folks in the living room?

Because it is funny.

mplsmike said:

What are you talking about? Prince wouldn't do that!!!!

Prince was Jimmy's girl. Vanity called and Jimmy's gay lover answered the phone.

i always thought it was a guy in drag. basically saying something to vanity about her boyfriend. that he is not what she thinks. just my opinion. love the song though one of my favorites on the album.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Pretending to be a girl... huuuuge difference.

That's what drag queens do. I bet Prince does some of the other things they do too.

paisleypark4 said:

and because at the time it was a 'secret' that Jamie Starr was Prince & so it was a clue that he was involved