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PrintableNuPwrSoul said: MrBliss said: are we going to get into cultural essentialism again?
 ha! guess if you skimmed this thread that's what you'd think huh? but look deeper my friend, any maybe check out what/who the "trickster" figure is and you'll see why I'm using those quotes to call P on his signifyin. guilty as charged...i skimmed...although that's not really what i thought...i just thought you were having some fun with this thread....as was i on the thread you chose to post this comment on...ya know?...fun? [This message was edited Mon Jan 20 2:32:49 PST 2003 by MrBliss] | |
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MrBliss said: NuPwrSoul said: MrBliss said: are we going to get into cultural essentialism again?
ha! guess if you skimmed this thread that's what you'd think huh? but look deeper my friend, any maybe check out what/who the "trickster" figure is and you'll see why I'm using those quotes to call P on his signifyin. guilty as charged...i skimmed...although that's not really what i thought...i just thought you were having some fun with this thread...as was i on the thread you chose to post this comment on...ya know?...fun?
[This message was edited Mon Jan 20 2:32:49 PST 2003 by MrBliss] My bad didn't mean to rain on your parade but i didn't want it twisted... the point of this thread was not to make fun at the expense of any cultural group but only to highlight those times where Prince has signified on/played off of/engaged cultural chauvanistic notions. Lookin back at the thread now I guess folks could take it either way. This is why... I keep tellin myself to stay away from this topic. 
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But I'm writing something and just wanted to throw this out there. Guess I'll keep quiet until I'm done. . [This message was edited Mon Jan 20 2:39:34 PST 2003 by NuPwrSoul] "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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NuPwrSoul said: MrBliss said: NuPwrSoul said: MrBliss said: are we going to get into cultural essentialism again?
ha! guess if you skimmed this thread that's what you'd think huh? but look deeper my friend, any maybe check out what/who the "trickster" figure is and you'll see why I'm using those quotes to call P on his signifyin. guilty as charged...i skimmed...although that's not really what i thought...i just thought you were having some fun with this thread...as was i on the thread you chose to post this comment on...ya know?...fun?
[This message was edited Mon Jan 20 2:32:49 PST 2003 by MrBliss] My bad didn't mean to rain on your parade but i didn't want it twisted... the point of this thread was not to make fun at the expense of any cultural group but only to highlight those times where Prince has signified on/played off of/engaged cultural chauvanistic notions. Lookin back at the thread now I guess folks could take it either way. This is why... I keep tellin myself to stay away from this topic.
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But I'm writing something and just wanted to throw this out there. Guess I'll keep quiet until I'm done. . [This message was edited Mon Jan 20 2:39:34 PST 2003 by NuPwrSoul] i find nothing wrong with this thread at all...i think it's funny...again my thread wasn't meant to be at anyones expense either... i just think that when certain ppl use certain expressions it sounds a little silly...but i was only joking | |
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i'm white and i can't clap on the 2 and 4. i am always out of sync. i continue to try to figure out the technique.  On the other hand if the band is playing with the Prettyman i can't stop dancing and i never miss a beat.
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"Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..." [This message was edited Mon Jan 20 8:30:48 PST 2003 by S3V3N] | |
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"Black people and White people, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands..."
just don't ask them all to clap the aforementioned hands on the 2 & 4!! | |
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S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
I've always thought of Prince as this brother with a very utopian outlook on life. Like, if "Uptown" existed it would be a place that would be all about being free regardless of race and what not. I bet it'd be okay if you couldn't "clap yo hands on the now" just as long as you had a funky good time.  | |
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NuPwrSoul said: ...one, two, three... (clap)
...one, two, three... (clap) P that trickster negro
. [This message was edited Sat Jan 18 20:31:02 PST 2003 by NuPwrSoul] I love this line alot,,, | |
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S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
[This message was edited Mon Jan 20 8:30:48 PST 2003 by S3V3N] whoa dude this thread brought you outta retirement? welcome back!  "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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UptownDeb said: S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
I've always thought of Prince as this brother with a very utopian outlook on life. Like, if "Uptown" existed it would be a place that would be all about being free regardless of race and what not. I bet it'd be okay if you couldn't "clap yo hands on the now" just as long as you had a funky good time. Of course! He's just signifyin, playin the dozens, cuttin up, what have you with the "clap yo hands," "wreckastow," etc. "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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UptownDeb said: S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
I've always thought of Prince as this brother with a very utopian outlook on life. Like, if "Uptown" existed it would be a place that would be all about being free regardless of race and what not. I bet it'd be okay if you couldn't "clap yo hands on the now" just as long as you had a funky good time. Man, growing up in the 80s, my whole house was uptown ~KiKi | |
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S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
[This message was edited Mon Jan 20 8:30:48 PST 2003 by S3V3N] crackin the phuc up @ "soda pop..." | |
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2 3 4 1...um..2 3...dag...missed it... keep tryin...you'll get it soon enuff... | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
[This message was edited Mon Jan 20 8:30:48 PST 2003 by S3V3N] crackin the phuc up @ "soda pop..." Okay, I just got that! 
By the way, guess you could say "Ritz Club" (refresh my memory; did Prince write that?) was ACymone's "Uptown." | |
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UptownDeb said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: S3V3N said: "Black White Puerto Rican...Everybody's Just A Freakin'...((Soda Pop Bein' Free))..."
[This message was edited Mon Jan 20 8:30:48 PST 2003 by S3V3N] crackin the phuc up @ "soda pop..." Okay, I just got that!
By the way, guess you could say "Ritz Club" (refresh my memory; did Prince write that?) was ACymone's "Uptown." exactly!!!  i don't think p wrote "ritz club"...i don't have my copy of livin in the new wave in front of me 2 check the credits... | |
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