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Thread started 05/25/10 5:31am

IstenSzek

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"and a mouth full of raisinettes"

"i got a mind full of good intentions
and a mouth full of raisinettes"

what the hell does that mean? confuse
and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #1 posted 05/25/10 5:52am

funkyfine

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IstenSzek said:

"i got a mind full of good intentions
and a mouth full of raisinettes"

what the hell does that mean? confuse


Means he loves chocolate and raisins.
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Reply #2 posted 05/25/10 6:23am

ychismb

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IstenSzek said:

"i got a mind full of good intentions
and a mouth full of raisinettes"

what the hell does that mean? confuse



Raisinettes are a popular Nestle brand candy consisting of raisins that have been coated in chocolate.You can usually find them for sale in movie theaters.
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Reply #3 posted 05/25/10 6:28am

IstenSzek

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yes but what does the 'proverb' that he's using mean

what does it mean if you got a mind full of good
intentions, yet a mouth full of raisinettes?

i'm sure it's a sexual thing biggrin
and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #4 posted 05/25/10 6:39am

funkyfine

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IstenSzek said:

yes but what does the 'proverb' that he's using mean

what does it mean if you got a mind full of good
intentions, yet a mouth full of raisinettes?

i'm sure it's a sexual thing biggrin


Hmmm. It's not a proverb.

The only metaphor I can imagine is that a chocolate raisin could be .. umm... well.... a black woman's clitoris.
Except then he'd sing the singular. Maybe its an orgy?
Or maybe HE JUST LIKES RAISINETTES.
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Reply #5 posted 05/25/10 6:42am

TheVoid

IstenSzek said:

"i got a mind full of good intentions
and a mouth full of raisinettes"

what the hell does that mean? confuse

falloff


He's being funny. lol



I actually think it's one of his most clever cheeky statements in a song.

Mr. Goodnight is apparently meant to be light hearted fun just as much as a panty-dropper.


I actually like the song even though I don't really consider it a great song or anything. I doubt Prince is really taking himself very seriously in it. It's fun.
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Reply #6 posted 05/25/10 6:43am

Poiple

Or maybe it's just a nonsense lyric?
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Reply #7 posted 05/25/10 6:58am

ernestsewell

IstenSzek said:

yes but what does the 'proverb' that he's using mean

what does it mean if you got a mind full of good
intentions, yet a mouth full of raisinettes?

i'm sure it's a sexual thing biggrin

Sometimes it's as simple as it reads. Don't make it into some big notion when it's not.

Okay let me get simple for you: Ever see a pimp, or a character on TV, with some swagger - like a dude trying to talk to a girl, and he's swaggering up to her, got some gum in his mouth, and he's chewing it trying to be sexy? Yeah, that.
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Reply #8 posted 05/25/10 8:39am

robinhood

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maybe it means when he opens his mouth to speak he says all the wrong things
this too shall pass
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Reply #9 posted 05/25/10 8:45am

nosajd

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Whatever its meaning or intent I`ve always thought it was lame.
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Reply #10 posted 05/25/10 9:27am

LesGrinds

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It means his mind is adult (full of good intentions) but his mouth (a metaphor for his entire body) is childish (full of candy). He wants to do the right thing but is impetuous, like a child. The beginning of the verse:

And if your heartbeat goes up a notch or two
There ain't no tellin' what I might do.
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Reply #11 posted 05/25/10 10:27am

mayrain

I think it means he has ideas but won't speak them because his mouth is busy doing other things. Also anybody remember the candy called Mr. Goodbar? It was chocolate with peanuts. Yum ha ha.
Proverbs 23:9
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Reply #12 posted 05/25/10 10:44am

violetblues

I just think its too good of a line for such a bad song.
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Reply #13 posted 05/25/10 11:04am

mycherrymoon

It means Raisinettes are delish. biggrin
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Reply #14 posted 05/25/10 11:24am

PicklesMcMilla
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robinhood said:

maybe it means when he opens his mouth to speak he says all the wrong things

i agree nod

raisinettes candy has uncanny resemblance to dog sh!t
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Reply #15 posted 05/25/10 11:45am

plopemc

LesGrinds said:

It means his mind is adult (full of good intentions) but his mouth (a metaphor for his entire body) is childish (full of candy). He wants to do the right thing but is impetuous, like a child. The beginning of the verse:

And if your heartbeat goes up a notch or two
There ain't no tellin' what I might do.


I can get on board with your theory...I have always thought that he knows in his mind the right thing to do and just to make sure he stays to his true good intentions he is keeping his mouth busy with a nice chocolaty snack! A distraction or pacifier of sorts....
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Reply #16 posted 05/25/10 11:49am

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its good for farting? lol
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Reply #17 posted 05/25/10 7:54pm

thaCONcept

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its sexually suggestive - U xpect his "mouth 2 b full" of some lady parts and instead he says "raisonettes"

its a sexually suggestive switch
thaCONcept
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Reply #18 posted 05/25/10 8:06pm

JesusFreak

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ernestsewell said:

IstenSzek said:

yes but what does the 'proverb' that he's using mean

what does it mean if you got a mind full of good
intentions, yet a mouth full of raisinettes?

i'm sure it's a sexual thing biggrin

Sometimes it's as simple as it reads. Don't make it into some big notion when it's not.

Okay let me get simple for you: Ever see a pimp, or a character on TV, with some swagger - like a dude trying to talk to a girl, and he's swaggering up to her, got some gum in his mouth, and he's chewing it trying to be sexy? Yeah, that.

Naw, Prince is too detailed for simplicity. Nearly everything he does has meaning behind it.

LesGrinds said:

It means his mind is adult (full of good intentions) but his mouth (a metaphor for his entire body) is childish (full of candy). He wants to do the right thing but is impetuous, like a child. The beginning of the verse:

And if your heartbeat goes up a notch or two
There ain't no tellin' what I might do.

boo yah!
"Not to sound cosmic, but I've made plans for the next 3,000 years," he says. "Before, it was only three days at a time."
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Reply #19 posted 05/25/10 8:19pm

ThreadBare

Probably was munching on them when he wrote the song. Doubt it's deep.
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Reply #20 posted 05/25/10 8:32pm

BobGeorge909

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I thought it meant the nipples of a black woman or latinas. or even the darker ones on white women
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Reply #21 posted 05/25/10 9:13pm

Rosewood

Don't U just love words. They are so wide open!

I remember when raisinettes came in lil boxes, that opened at the side - do they still do that - u could kinda shake them into Ur mouth during a movie.

Maybe the raisinettes are a metaphor for sweet words.

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Reply #22 posted 05/25/10 9:21pm

ernestsewell

By the way, Raisins are disgusting.
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Reply #23 posted 05/25/10 9:45pm

RUHip2TheJive

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LesGrinds said:

It means his mind is adult (full of good intentions) but his mouth (a metaphor for his entire body) is childish (full of candy). He wants to do the right thing but is impetuous, like a child. The beginning of the verse:

And if your heartbeat goes up a notch or two
There ain't no tellin' what I might do.



I like your interpretation cool
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Reply #24 posted 05/25/10 10:00pm

Rosewood

ernestsewell said:

By the way, Raisins are disgusting.


the fruit eye would mix with chocolate would be strawberries - everytime heart its a taste thing.
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Reply #25 posted 05/25/10 10:19pm

ernestsewell

Rosewood said:

ernestsewell said:

By the way, Raisins are disgusting.


the fruit eye would mix with chocolate would be strawberries - everytime heart its a taste thing.

No idea what you said, but ok.
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Reply #26 posted 05/26/10 12:30am

mycherrymoon

ernestsewell said:

Rosewood said:



the fruit eye would mix with chocolate would be strawberries - everytime heart its a taste thing.

No idea what you said, but ok.


falloff
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Reply #27 posted 05/26/10 1:32am

Rosewood

ernestsewell said:

Rosewood said:



the fruit eye would mix with chocolate would be strawberries - everytime heart its a taste thing.

No idea what you said, but ok.


Since U don't like chocolate and raisins - eye was suggesting an alternative - thats all.

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