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BAD GRAMMAR IN PRINCE SONGS? How many instances of bad grammar appear in Prince songs?
I know in Three Chains of Gold, Mayte says: Give back the Chains. If you don't U will die. Nothing should come between U and ![]() But the " ![]() wrong. Are there any other prime examples of misuse of grammar? I know some of it is deliberate, but some of it might just be....well, poor grammatical skills? | |
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In the past, I really didn't mind. Now it sounds like he's trying to be ghetto on purpose. ![]() 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: In the past, I really didn't mind. Now it sounds like he's trying to be ghetto on purpose.
![]() This obviously means you're a very bad person and on May 11th, I'm going to prove it before 9 PM eastern! | |
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Money don't matter tonight | |
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Am I going to be the first to mention "a few turbulence" ![]() "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons" | |
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It's all money, ain't nothin' wrong. | |
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TheVoid said: How many instances of bad grammar appear in Prince songs?
I know in Three Chains of Gold, Mayte says: Give back the Chains. If you don't U will die. Nothing should come between U and ![]() But the " ![]() wrong. Are there any other prime examples of misuse of grammar? I know some of it is deliberate, but some of it might just be....well, poor grammatical skills? nothing is necessary about that line. It is the single lamest moment in all of Prince's music! My Legacy
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"this is where the party's at (party be)" My Legacy
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wasitgood4u said: Am I going to be the first to mention "a few turbulence"
![]() ![]() OK, that one might not have been on purpose ![]() Money Don't Matter 2nite, I'm assuming is on purpose. | |
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NDRU said: "this is where the party's at (party be)"
Wasn't LoveSExy pepperered with bad grammar? It 'put' my name upon my thigh. It make me dance It make me cry ? Or did I mishear those lyrics? ![]() | |
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TheVoid said: NDRU said: "this is where the party's at (party be)"
Wasn't LoveSExy pepperered with bad grammar? It 'put' my name upon my thigh. It make me dance It make me cry ? Or did I mishear those lyrics? ![]() I thought it was: I put my name upon my thigh It made me dance It made me cry But that could just be my own internal auto-correction... (or the race-cars burning rubber in my pants...) "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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TheVoid said: NDRU said: "this is where the party's at (party be)"
Wasn't LoveSExy pepperered with bad grammar? It 'put' my name upon my thigh. ? Or did I mishear those lyrics? ![]() this could be past tense My Legacy
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NDRU said: TheVoid said: Wasn't LoveSExy pepperered with bad grammar? It 'put' my name upon my thigh. ? Or did I mishear those lyrics? ![]() this could be past tense It IS past tense. Don't be messing with Lovesexy! ![]() 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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NDRU said: TheVoid said: Wasn't LoveSExy pepperered with bad grammar? It 'put' my name upon my thigh. ? Or did I mishear those lyrics? ![]() this could be past tense But he repeats the error "It make me dance." | |
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"Spooky and all that he crawls for" - ends with a preposition, but this is more or less acceptable these days, so I don't think it's what we're looking for... ![]() (he should have written: "Spooky and all for which he crawls", a much more poignant lyric) [Edited 5/4/10 12:24pm] "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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Oh baby, I'm a star!
Might not know it now Baby, but I are, I'm a star! ![]() ![]() ![]() "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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It's funny that you of all orgers had to start this thread ![]() ![]() | |
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TheVoid said: NDRU said: this could be past tense But he repeats the error "It make me dance." ![]() My Legacy
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Dave1992 said: It's funny that you of all orgers had to start this thread
![]() ![]() FINALLY. Someone got the joke. ![]() | |
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TheVoid said: Dave1992 said: It's funny that you of all orgers had to start this thread
![]() ![]() FINALLY. Someone got the joke. ![]() Peenus powa connects, ya know? | |
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Dave1992 said: TheVoid said: FINALLY. Someone got the joke. ![]() Peenus powa connects, ya know? OMG, please stop! ![]() I'm regretting you ever having come across Alexyss ![]() | |
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TheVoid said: Dave1992 said: Peenus powa connects, ya know? OMG, please stop! ![]() I'm regretting you ever having come across Alexyss ![]() It changed my life, Dan. The moment I looked into her poop-brown eyes and listened to her sawmill-voice was the most beautiful moment in my life. I felt like Borat when he first discovered Pam. | |
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SHOCKADELICA1 said: Oh baby, I'm a star!
Might not know it now Baby, but I are, I'm a star! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For years I had no idea what the lyric was coz it's so anti-intuitive. "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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wasitgood4u said: Am I going to be the first to mention "a few turbulence"
![]() It's as if he thought it should read "a few turbulents." We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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TheVoid said: How many instances of bad grammar appear in Prince songs?
I know in Three Chains of Gold, Mayte says: Give back the Chains. If you don't U will die. Nothing should come between U and ![]() But the " ![]() wrong. Must be something about the O+> album, he does it again in Blue Light "Baby, that's the problem with U and ![]() I think most of them are probably done knowingly... Take it - like Clarence said:
"I got a million of them - all different U know." | |
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WHAAAAAT??? ![]() "You and i" isn't proper english???? ![]() & yeah, i always wondered WTF with "money don't matter" and "i are, i'm a star": i don't get why he purposedely made these mistakes... A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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I don't care for this topic too much. Bad grammar in music is used all the time.
However... The first time I ever noticed it and said "cool"... was during 200 Balloons. "Take me for what I am, Love me for what I are". Very cool in my opinion. It added a little "something" special to the song, and in my opinion, that line is the songs' highlight. [Edited 5/4/10 15:26pm] The public is squeezin' you kiddo. You'd better kick ass on your next album or else! | |
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databank said: WHAAAAAT???
![]() "You and i" isn't proper english???? ![]() Here's my understanding If you say "I went to the store" you would say "You & I went to the store" But if you say "they're going to the store with me" you would say "they're going to the store with you & me" [Edited 5/4/10 15:51pm] My Legacy
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Without poetic license in songwriting life would be pretty boring.
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lotusflw3r said: Without poetic license in songwriting life would be pretty boring.
..... for once I agree with you ![]() 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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