Mindflux said:

The original "Old Friends 4 Sale" also refers to cocaine - "2 friends of mine got stuck in the snow" (some take that literally, but I believe he's referring to people being in to coke - it fits with the rest of the song). And "Cocaine becomes charmin', but you talk about things you don't know".

The Love We Make is another song that references heroin (in relation to Chris Coleman, it is said) "Put down the needle, put down the spoon".

On Exodus, in one of the segues, Michael B asks Sonny "You ain't been smoking that headache weed again have you?"

Also on Exodus, in "Return of the Bump Squad" there's the line "Get off me jigger before I get perturbed, Find a job, lose the herb (stop smokin', oh no!)"

And, again, in "The Good Life" - "That was the only thing that I wanted 2 do, that was my drug of choice, Left all the funny smellin' cigarettes 2 the American boys"

I'm sure there's more......thinking.............!

When he says that line, I always took it 2 have a double meaning, as in the begininng of the end 4 the Time after Jimmy and Terry got stuck in Atlanta due 2 a snow storm, and also meaning Morris Day and Vanity developing cocaine problems around this time as well.

mrsquirrel said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Coffee & Cocaine

best served cold

Yup, Cold Coffee & Cocaine is great..

Good thread.

Assuming we're talking exclusively about Prince songs:

People Without - "Snort Cocaine...Do XTC"

Superfunkicalifragisexy - "Squirrel Meat", which HAS to be X

Don't Play Me - "I'm over 30, and I don't smoke weed"

Return of the Bump Squad - "you can bump, but you best get your house in order"

Old Friends 4 Sale - 'Stuck in the Snow" is definitely referring to coke. "Cocaine becomes charming..."

Musicolgy - "Minor keys and drugs, Don't make a rollerskate jam"

Days of Wild - "Pop guns weed, Brother please" - unless it's "pop guns and weaves"

$ - "When all the news just gimme the blues and make you wanna pop a pill

Fascination - "The papers run out a day and 13 hours, B4 the weed...."

Fascination - "The pills gonna leave a side effect, That'll take another pill 2 correct"

Let's Go Crazy - "Pills and thrills and dafodills will kill"

Tick, Tick Bang - "U're like a good pill

Cindy C - "Music is the key 2 set yourself free From depression, drugs and increasing poverty..."

My name is Prince.... (when it comes to funk) "I AM A JUNKIE" ...

The party man video also shows his partyman character quite the pusher...

STYLE from Emancipation he is clearly doing a charicature of a dude smokin weed, inhales a bit...

Also from Emancipation on "Da da da da da" .."smokin all the herbs let me see a little better, lookin for a job in this cold ass weather"...

Darling Nikki... "the castle starting spinnin or maybe it was my brain"...possible reference to being slipped a roofie (date rape drug)?.

Chaos and Disorder "big joints, never gotcha higher, Freebase cost in the end"

HOT THING..."TELL EM YOUR GOIN TO THE CRYSTAL BALL" ...coke/speed reference?.

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I got a line in my pocket and I'm ready to roll?

wildgoldenhoney said:

I got a line in my pocket and I'm ready to roll?

its "i GOT A Lion in my pocket and baby hes ready to ROAR!

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^ Oh!

wildgoldenhoney said:

I got a line in my pocket and I'm ready to roll?

LOL + LOL

in Human Body he used sniffing sounds on a housy beat

"Can U Take Me Home, Where We Can B Alone"

wildgoldenhoney said:

^ Oh!

" I Am Over 30 And I Don't Smoke Weed

It Blew My Ass Away And The Music I Play"

ACACIA said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

I got a line in my pocket and I'm ready to roll?

LOL + LOL

in Human Body he used sniffing sounds on a housy beat

"Can U Take Me Home, Where We Can B Alone"

on the song NEW WORLD he sings; "did u hear about the new pill..it feels like SEX...Guarunteed to thrill with no ill SIDE EFFECTS"

ACACIA said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

^ Oh!

" I Am Over 30 And I Don't Smoke Weed

It Blew My Ass Away And The Music I Play"

So he couldn't function when he did drugs, is that what he's saying?

One of my former managers slooowwweedd down when she got drunk, and you could tell that her brain was in slo-mo too,

as for her trying to help us do our work when she was under the influence...

she was no help.

wildgoldenhoney said:

ACACIA said:

" I Am Over 30 And I Don't Smoke Weed

It Blew My Ass Away And The Music I Play"

So he couldn't function when he did drugs, is that what he's saying?

One of my former managers slooowwweedd down when she got drunk, and you could tell that her brain was in slo-mo too,

as for her trying to help us do our work when she was under the influence...

she was no help.

P and drugs don't really go hand in hand I think

"No Intoxications Unless U see What I see"

, but I think he drinks wine :

"The Wine Don't Taste The Same When Alone"

LOL

He doesn't have to drink it alone though, I'd have a glass with him anytime, but that's a different story I suppose. LOL + *SMILE*

ACACIA said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

^ Oh!

" I Am Over 30 And I Don't Smoke Weed

It Blew My Ass Away And The Music I Play"

Okay, that's not how the lyric goes, but I'm curious as to what "It blew my ass away" refers to. He doesn't smoke weed cuz it was so awesome? (It really is, too!)

Spinlight said:

ACACIA said:

" I Am Over 30 And I Don't Smoke Weed

It Blew My Ass Away And The Music I Play"

Okay, that's not how the lyric goes, but I'm curious as to what "It blew my ass away" refers to. He doesn't smoke weed cuz it was so awesome? (It really is, too!)

I think it means that he smoked some, but was unable to concentrate like usual playing his guitar or something. In 17 days he sings :

"All I Got Is Two Cigarettes And This Broken Heart Of Mine"

Whenever I hear that phrase I always wonder if it was real that he smoked cigarettes or he just sung it to be 'cool' back then it might have been 'cooler' to smoke ?

I have a hard time picturering it in my head though LOL

ACACIA said:

Spinlight said:

Okay, that's not how the lyric goes, but I'm curious as to what "It blew my ass away" refers to. He doesn't smoke weed cuz it was so awesome? (It really is, too!)

I think it means that he smoked some, but was unable to concentrate like usual playing his guitar or something. In 17 days he sings :

"All I Got Is Two Cigarettes And This Broken Heart Of Mine"

Whenever I hear that phrase I always wonder if it was real that he smoked cigarettes or he just sung it to be 'cool' back then it might have been 'cooler' to smoke ?

I have a hard time picturering it in my head though LOL

http://prince.org/msg/100/343341 <--

wildgoldenhoney said:

ACACIA said:

I think it means that he smoked some, but was unable to concentrate like usual playing his guitar or something. In 17 days he sings :

"All I Got Is Two Cigarettes And This Broken Heart Of Mine"

Whenever I hear that phrase I always wonder if it was real that he smoked cigarettes or he just sung it to be 'cool' back then it might have been 'cooler' to smoke ?

I have a hard time picturering it in my head though LOL

http://prince.org/msg/100/343341 <--

Wait a minute, that's not the link, supposed to be 'wasted guy vs flip flops' from the 'just for laughs thread.

wildgoldenhoney said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

http://prince.org/msg/100/343341 <--

Wait a minute, that's not the link, supposed to be 'wasted guy vs flip flops' from the 'just for laughs thread.

Don't know about the wasted guy, but here's some flip flops. LOL.

http://prince.org/msg/7/231478

ACACIA said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Wait a minute, that's not the link, supposed to be 'wasted guy vs flip flops' from the 'just for laughs thread.

Don't know about the wasted guy, but here's some flip flops. LOL.

http://prince.org/msg/7/231478

Wait a minute, that's not the link either, hmmm

Nonetheless, cute guy, likely not wasted, but perhaps jet-lagged LOL

Well that prince.org thread from the General Discussion forum was too funny.

Wish I could figure out how to link threads or the youtube video itself.

http://prince.org/msg/100/343341 <--this thread!!!

[Edited 9/6/10 18:05pm]

wildgoldenhoney said:

Well that prince.org thread from the General Discussion forum was too funny.

Wish I could figure out how to link threads or the youtube video itself.

http://prince.org/msg/100/343341 <--this thread!!!

[Edited 9/6/10 18:05pm]

http://www.youtube.com/wa...r_embedded

Oh Boy, it's hilarious < Lotz Of Laughter !!

ACACIA said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Well that prince.org thread from the General Discussion forum was too funny.

Wish I could figure out how to link threads or the youtube video itself.

http://prince.org/msg/100/343341 <--this thread!!!

[Edited 9/6/10 18:05pm]

http://www.youtube.com/wa...r_embedded

Oh Boy, it's hilarious < Lotz Of Laughter !!

I guess that's why someone videoed that guy.

Glad they shared.

~all excited--> I GOT ONE!!! I GOT ONE!!!

"What you putting in your nose? Is that where all your money goes?"

:patsselfonthehead:

[Edited 9/7/10 2:14am]

wildgoldenhoney said:

~all excited--> I GOT ONE!!! I GOT ONE!!!

"What you putting in your nose? Is that where all your money goes?"

:patsselfonthehead:

[Edited 9/7/10 2:14am]

When Stuck In Snow, No One Gets Out Alive

ACACIA said:

" I Am Over 30 And I Don't Smoke Weed

It Blew My Ass Away And The Music I Play"

What I like, is that all these lyrics are anti drugs rather than pro drugs. He couldn't stop in the Revolution and roadies. Apparently on the Purple Rain Tour there was one guys whose job was to keep the roadies and some musicians tanked up on coke and weed, and Prince found out on the last day, when somebody wrote on a mirror that the road crew was on coke.

Big Chick was doing it, Morris and Vanity were, Greg and Wally possibly, they were getting this shit from somewhere and Prince didn't know.

Huggiebear said:

What I like, is that all these lyrics are anti drugs rather than pro drugs. He couldn't stop in the Revolution and roadies. Apparently on the Purple Rain Tour there was one guys whose job was to keep the roadies and some musicians tanked up on coke and weed, and Prince found out on the last day, when somebody wrote on a mirror that the road crew was on coke.

Big Chick was doing it, Morris and Vanity were, Greg and Wally possibly, they were getting this shit from somewhere and Prince didn't know.

Always wondered who were the musicians...Wendy? Lisa? Bobby? Fink? Mark? Were they all backstage getting wasted during Prince's nightly piano set?

OK, I just watched Rock and Roll is Alive from the Love 4 One Another concert, and yes, absolutely he hits a bong. You can even see and hear him coughing afterward. I never knew! Why would he do that? Musicians who smoke weed onstage are generally known to be big supporters of legalization, and do it to make a point (George Clinton, The Black Crowes, Jane's Addiction, etc). What was his? My mind is blown! Wow.

Not that there's anything wrong with it.

Dogsinthetrees said:

OK, I just watched Rock and Roll is Alive from the Love 4 One Another concert, and yes, absolutely he hits a bong. You can even see and hear him coughing afterward. I never knew! Why would he do that? Musicians who smoke weed onstage are generally known to be big supporters of legalization, and do it to make a point (George Clinton, The Black Crowes, Jane's Addiction, etc). What was his? My mind is blown! Wow.

Not that there's anything wrong with it.

I agree. I had never noticed this before. What a weird Prince moment. I mean, I kind of like it...but isn't it somewhat contrary to his usual anti drug stance? Weird. Maybe it explains the outfit.

[Edited 9/9/10 11:50am]

What about 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel?

That's generally believed to be a drug-taking song, but could it have other meanings instead?