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Thread started 03/04/10 4:06pm

bigbrother

My name is Prince

Just wondering if this song might have done better commercially if it had been released at the same time as MJ's 'Bad'? This might have been a more interesting response to MJ's offer of a duet on 'Bad'.

I know this song frequently gets slated on here as being self-indulgent but I think the rhythm and background synths are really good and knowing P's sense of humour I hope that some of the lyrics are tongue-in-cheek. confused
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Reply #1 posted 03/04/10 4:25pm

chopingard

I love this song but it was recorded about 5-6 years after Bad
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Reply #2 posted 03/04/10 5:10pm

luv4u

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I like that song cool
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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture!
REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince
"I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben
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Reply #3 posted 03/04/10 5:32pm

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Love the lyrics and the groove. The first time I heard it was just a few months after Diamonds and Pearls was released at a private party at Paisley Park. Sexy MF and The Continental were also played the same night. Jan 1992. Those were the days!
TRUE BLUE
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Reply #4 posted 03/04/10 5:43pm

thedance

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luv4u said:

I like that song cool


Me too.... thumbs up!

memories, I was in Spain when the prince album was released oct. 1992.

heart music
Prince 4Ever. heart
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Reply #5 posted 03/04/10 5:49pm

drgnfly

was a great time to hear some live things @ the park nod

now it is fun to just collect the ood things from that time

shhh I am not speaking of boot LEGS
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Reply #6 posted 03/04/10 9:04pm

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thedance said:

luv4u said:

I like that song cool


Me too.... thumbs up!

memories, I was in Spain when the prince album was released oct. 1992.

heart music


I co-sign love it!! wink
insatiable3: how can i cure my hangover?
whistle: getting drunk is for teenagers. shoot heroin like an adult.... falloff
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Reply #7 posted 03/05/10 4:29am

djdaffy1227

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Love the song!!



Making love and music are the only things worth fighting for.
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Reply #8 posted 03/05/10 4:37am

Marrk

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I believe this is where he descended into a parody of himself, no need to tell the world what we already knew (He's Funky!).

That's truly the 'jump the shark' moment for me.
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Reply #9 posted 03/05/10 5:05am

novabrkr

I don't think I've ever heard anyone covering this song.
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Reply #10 posted 03/05/10 5:43am

JayJai

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Luv it!!! dancing jig music
I swear the words "HATER" is wayyy over-rated...smh
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Reply #11 posted 03/05/10 9:18am

xlr8r

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bigbrother said:

Just wondering if this song might have done better commercially if


..if it didn't have that awful video lol
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Reply #12 posted 03/05/10 6:50pm

thedance

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^ awful video????? eek

you gotta love that thing.... the black outfit, the symbol gloves, the gun mic, the chainhat..

Prince's dancing, smashing his guitar....

at least I love it.... classic Prince.... imo.... heart heart


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Reply #13 posted 03/05/10 10:24pm

SHOCKADELICA1

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I HATED that damn chain hat! mad Liked the song tho!! headbang lol
"Bring friends, bring your children and bring foot spray 'cause it's gon' be funky." ~ Prince

A kiss on the lips, is betta than a knife in the back ~ Sheila E

Darkness isn't the absence of light, it's the absence of U ~ Prince
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Reply #14 posted 03/05/10 11:26pm

Hatman

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thedance said:

^ awful video????? eek

you gotta love that thing.... the black outfit, the symbol gloves, the gun mic, the chainhat..

Prince's dancing, smashing his guitar....

at least I love it.... classic Prince.... imo.... heart heart


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God yes, that video was so awesome! After all the nice pop-ness of the Diamonds and Pearls vids, it was all angry and shit. I love it, wore out my vhs tape that I taped off MTV. They played it back to back with Erotica. That was some sexy shit when I was 13!
Take it - like Clarence said:
"I got a million of them -
all different U know."
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Reply #15 posted 03/06/10 12:32am

squirrelgrease

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Very cool song.
If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #16 posted 03/06/10 1:55am

andyf

Great Song. Not as subtle as SexyMF, if you know what I mean, but loved to listen to this track on headphones. Love the earned arrogance.

In the beginning, God made the 'C'= God made the Son of God
On the 7th Day, He made ME= He made Man

...but I bust a string, My God was worried, 'til he heard me sing, oooh, My Name is Prince=King David was very talented musically. He used to soothe Saul's worries with his lyre/harp (nowadays, it's a guitar). And he wrote many, many, psalms. Today's songs often are simply modern day psalms.

That's how I interpret the above lyrics.

Btw, the Guinness logo, the harp, is a sign of David.


I love his arrogance on this song. Arrogance can work sometimes, ya know. Kirstie Alley, in her character did not like it, sure. Don't mean it was wrong.
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"Someone who makes you laugh when you wanna cry"
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Reply #17 posted 03/06/10 2:43am

RubyButterfly

Great song! I love it!
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Reply #18 posted 03/06/10 6:14am

Hatman

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thedance said:

^ awful video????? eek

you gotta love that thing.... the black outfit, the symbol gloves, the gun mic, the chainhat..



I made my own.

Take it - like Clarence said:
"I got a million of them -
all different U know."
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Reply #19 posted 03/06/10 8:25am

xlr8r

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Yes that awful video. And that weak voice screaming "My name is Prince and I am funky"...twas the beginning of the end. In ways just as embarrassing as the ass pants debacle.

I dont know what kinds of bars yall go to or folks yall hang out with. And that gun microphone?

He said "funky fresh for the 90's"....falloff

yall will clown his new shit like LF but praise this stuff? lol lovebizarre indeed
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Reply #20 posted 03/06/10 8:33am

thedance

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^ wow I love MNIP, both the song and the video..... heart

the beginning to the end was: Emancipation. wink

Lotus is ok, but MNIP is a classic single/ track, imo. I like when Prince is agressive.... imo the prince album was better than Lotus, cuz the album had 4 brilliant singles.

Chocolate Box and Crimson & Clover were "singles" as well, but not exactly effective.

prince album 9/10
Lotus/ Mpls 8/10
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Reply #21 posted 03/06/10 8:42am

xlr8r

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thedance said:

^ wow I love MNIP, both the song and the video..... heart



You're female, correct?
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Reply #22 posted 03/06/10 8:48am

thedance

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^ haha funny... actually I'm male, 44 yrs old - fan since 1983:

I still love MNIP! biggrin



And no... I'm not gay either, afaik. razz
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Reply #23 posted 03/06/10 8:52am

xlr8r

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thedance said:

^ haha funny... actually I'm male, 44 yrs old - fan since 1983:

I still love MNIP! biggrin



And no... I'm not gay either, afaik. razz


Im sorry I meant no disrespect. I even checked your profile to see some other posts before I asked. I saw that you used a lot of heart emoticons and such so I ran with that. Of all the stereotypical hijinx ! Go head and fish slap me now lol

but yeah at first I kind of liked the song (sans the rapping part)..but as time went on I saw it as sort of a spectacle..and not a good one. I think a lot had to do with others in the "real world"s reaction to it lol. And now in retrospect I see the silliness of it all.
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Reply #24 posted 03/06/10 8:57am

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^ Ok, I take no offense haha it's true I am using the heart emoticon a lot, but... different people and different tastes.... I remember Discplay at housequake.com, he really disliked MNIP also, this guy compared the track to MC Hammer music,

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Reply #25 posted 03/06/10 9:00am

xlr8r

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thedance said:

^ Ok, I take no offense haha it's true I am using the heart emoticon a lot, but... different people and different tastes.... I remember Discplay at housequake.com, he really disliked MNIP also, this guy compared the track to MC Hammer music, wink



THATS what has been bugging me. Its exactly akin to that to me! I couldn't put my finger on it before. Its so garish compared to the other tunes on Symbol's more organic sound imho.
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Reply #26 posted 03/06/10 11:44am

stichdoll

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on the demo version he says "on the 7th day He made music." Love the way he just decided to go the whole hog. Backing vocals are great too. He still should have used the line: "My name is Prince and I am funky/My name is prince i'm hung like a donkey!"
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Reply #27 posted 03/06/10 11:48am

HamsterHuey

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I don't think I've ever heard anyone covering this song.


Except Bart Simpson.
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Reply #28 posted 03/07/10 9:14am

Tame

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Love it. cool
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #29 posted 03/07/10 9:19am

skoolteecher

Great music and rhythm. The lyrics tanked. Even for the 90's.

"Funky fresh for the 90's"?

Yeah, nobody was saying that even then.
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