Cerebus said:

no your talking about Madonna, Lady Ga Ga is the one that sings and plays the piano and has talent other than her tits...
[Edited 2/26/10 11:46am]

Doesn't sound like he has regrets, especially with the other lyrics in the song basically saying if you have regrets in your life, then you erase a part ofy our life that helped you grow into the person you are right now or becoming a better you, from those life experiences.

From that I got that he is basically saying he doesn't feel the need to apologize for being the person he was in his past, because it was and is a part of him and he learned and grew from those experiences, whether considered bad or good times. The lyrics basically says he wouldn't change a thing but his next of kin (<-whomever they are who may have had an effect on his life).

The part about leaving a note if this was in the "right now" (present day) especially the way the world is today, is basically saying that the advice (which could be interpreted in many ways) that he would give himself if he was his own father, and he was the child today, is that you can't have it both.
ways in life, (being a superstar and a grownup) or can be interpreted to saying you can't serve two gods, you have to make a choice to which path in life to take, and stay true to that path, regardless of what anyone else thinks of you. Just my two cents.
[Edited 2/26/10 11:25am]

I like your take on the lyrics some good points here, he's seen somethings that have confirmed to him that it's a choice be a star or grownup, i don't think he wants to be the star anymore he wants the family life he wants to be the hubby but he's taken the path of superstar so no sence in regreting it now ...he's just gonna have to play it out to the end ....but he wants to do it on his terms i.e. no contracts that tie him down to do things he does not want to do ....alot of what he says has (i know i going to get it in the neck) alot of post-MJ about it....Good Post.

Playing the piano, or any instrument, does not mean you deserve to reach the ridiculous heights of adulation that GaGa has reached. Her "songs" are incredibly simple, boring and far more silly than anything Prince regurgitates on a bad day. But we, as a Prince audience, hold Prince to much higher standards. The world at large ate GaGa up so fast that they haven't even had time to think about how much indigestion they're going to have in a couple years. She's a nail in a coffin. Mark my words.

Well...I've listened to it several times now (on lotusflow3r - so in the best quality currently available). I think I like it - but I won't be sure 'til I rip it, put it in my iPod and drive to it.

That is my gold standard for music. If I like driving to it, it's the shit.

Not wishing to be labelled a hater but by the end of the first verse my opinion went

"I am here..." = oh a live track, not great

"Ladies and gentlemen"...oh I like this funky tune

"if I had a chance..." ,,,hmmm, not sure actually

"made in the image"...yep same old disposable crap

and then it exactly the same all the way through, the good bits have all been heard before and the bad bits are just bad.


Its just a Gold Experience reject

Well....

Prince must be looking at the org again

Not as great as the teaser alluded to but more thoughtful than some of the mindless stuff on LF/MPLSS.

I have zero connection to his lyrics anymore.

Shades of "The Gold Experience"

Shades of "The Gold Experience"

I like it...

DJJillMonroe said:

Bingo! That's the problem. .....all that glit-ters aint gold.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Thank you!! Exactly how I feel...

i will never hear this on fm radio.