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Last December

It would be Last December if not for the nauseating JW "in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son" lyric.

I'll go with Avalanche.

PurpleKnight said:

It would be Last December if not for the nauseating JW "in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son" lyric.

I'll go with Avalanche.

seems more generically christian to me than specifically JW, but I am not crazy about that notion either

damn that's a hard one. Surprisingly my 2 faves come from G. Bridge - Joy in rep and The Q of U.

Oh then again there's dolphin, Love, 3121, FUNK, aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!

Colonized Mind

[Edited 8/19/10 16:39pm]

Im being truly honest when I say this: All of them

NDRU said:

PurpleKnight said:

It would be Last December if not for the nauseating JW "in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son" lyric.

I'll go with Avalanche.

seems more generically christian to me than specifically JW, but I am not crazy about that notion either

It's not generically Christian. It's very specificially, as with 1+1+1=3, an assertion that there is no trinity (i.e., the Holy Spirit is not part of God).

Definitely Fury!

Efan said:

NDRU said:

seems more generically christian to me than specifically JW, but I am not crazy about that notion either

It's not generically Christian. It's very specificially, as with 1+1+1=3, an assertion that there is no trinity (i.e., the Holy Spirit is not part of God).

I don't see the connection, Father & Son only adds up to 2

Song I dunno but songs?

The Dance

Somewhere Here On Earth

Illuson, Coma, Pimp and Circumstance

Dreamer

Colonized Mind

The break in Never Be Another Like Me 4 beats then it goes instrumental is so funky you need incence he coluda rode that groove the rest of the record but he went to whatchuwaitnfor

$ - ya give her the head nod oh my God

Future Love Song

Family Name. It doesn't get much funkier than this.

NDRU said:

Efan said:

It's not generically Christian. It's very specificially, as with 1+1+1=3, an assertion that there is no trinity (i.e., the Holy Spirit is not part of God).

I don't see the connection, Father & Son only adds up to 2

In most Christian denominations, 1+1+1=1. The trinity is seen as one God. Prince is saying, as are the JWs, that God is not a trinity. He's saying there's a father, who is God, and then the son, Jesus, who is separate. And the Holy Spirit is not a component.

Efan said:

NDRU said:

I don't see the connection, Father & Son only adds up to 2

In most Christian denominations, 1+1+1=1. The trinity is seen as one God. Prince is saying, as are the JWs, that God is not a trinity. He's saying there's a father, who is God, and then the son, Jesus, who is separate. And the Holy Spirit is not a component.

ok but then what does the 3 refer to in 1+1+1 is 3?

NDRU said:

Efan said:

In most Christian denominations, 1+1+1=1. The trinity is seen as one God. Prince is saying, as are the JWs, that God is not a trinity. He's saying there's a father, who is God, and then the son, Jesus, who is separate. And the Holy Spirit is not a component.

ok but then what does the 3 refer to in 1+1+1 is 3?

Prince is saying math is simple. 1+1+1 equals 3, not 1.

Efan said:

NDRU said:

ok but then what does the 3 refer to in 1+1+1 is 3?

Prince is saying math is simple. 1+1+1 equals 3, not 1.

you may be right, but I am not convinced quite yet

maybe I misunderstood all along, but you may be right. I see the JW's do deny the trinity.

Of course if that includes denying Jesus's divinity then I think they are on to something,

NDRU said:

PurpleKnight said:

It would be Last December if not for the nauseating JW "in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son" lyric.

I'll go with Avalanche.

seems more generically christian to me than specifically JW, but I am not crazy about that notion either

It isn't. JWs believe that Jehovah is the one true God and that Jesus is a separate entity in subordination to Him in Heaven.

The whole 1+1+1 is 3 thing is just Prince making it clear to his woman in a wonderfully charming sexist way that if you wanna be with him, you'd better become a JW and ditch that feminist shit at the door. Serve the man, baby.

[Edited 8/19/10 19:12pm]

emmm.....difficult one.....last december.....boom!......crimson and clover (great cover version)....somewhere here on earth....3121 (wayyy better than black sweat....where is the tune on black sweat?....dont get that song at all)....fury but i think his best studio trak of the last 20 years has to be.......

....beginning endlessly......its classic prince.....brilliant stuff...

Tough choice... So many good songs...

1+1+1=3

Everlasting Now (live)

Family Name

Last December

Musicology

Colonized Mind

But I guess I'm going with F.U.N.K.

His next release

The Dance

Crimson & Clover

Chelsea Rogers

The Word

The 1 U Wanna C

Call My Name

[Edited 8/20/10 6:30am]

PurpleKnight said:

The whole 1+1+1 is 3 thing is just Prince making it clear to his woman in a wonderfully charming sexist way that if you wanna be with him, you'd better become a JW and ditch that feminist shit at the door. Serve the man, baby.

how, specifically? I'm not saying it is not, just asking how?

In other places that does seem clear "her children in subjection to her and her in subjection to the wise one and the wise one in subjection to the one true god" though the wise one could be Jesus if JW's consider Jesus separate from "the one true God," in which case I would suggest it is not sexist, but simply religious

mblevels said:

Tough choice... So many good songs...

1+1+1=3

Everlasting Now (live)

Family Name

Last December

Musicology

Colonized Mind

But I guess I'm going with F.U.N.K.

What you said, except would replace Musicology, Family Name, and FUNK with Dance 4 Me, She Loves Me 4 Me, and Chelsea Rodgers

NDRU said:

PurpleKnight said:

The whole 1+1+1 is 3 thing is just Prince making it clear to his woman in a wonderfully charming sexist way that if you wanna be with him, you'd better become a JW and ditch that feminist shit at the door. Serve the man, baby.

how, specifically? I'm not saying it is not, just asking how?

In other places that does seem clear "her children in subjection to her and her in subjection to the wise one and the wise one in subjection to the one true god" though the wise one could be Jesus if JW's consider Jesus separate from "the one true God," in which case I would suggest it is not sexist, but simply religious

"Ain't no room for disagree" is basically saying, "Your opinion doesn't matter. Only mine does." And I think a lot is implied by "there's a theocratic order" in the song. I don't think Prince means it in a traditional sense. He seems to be saying there's an order of God>Man>Woman>Children.

The Wise One can't be Jesus because it's clear he's with the woman romantically. Unless I'm reading the song wrong, the Wise One is Adam. When the woman, Eve, is "assimilated," she and five others are banished (I presume the Wise One, Cain and Abel, and whoever the two others are...presumably one of them a female so the human race can begin through biblically condoned incest).

moderndaysaint said:

mblevels said:

Tough choice... So many good songs...

1+1+1=3

Everlasting Now (live)

Family Name

Last December

Musicology

Colonized Mind

But I guess I'm going with F.U.N.K.

What you said, except would replace Musicology, Family Name, and FUNK with Dance 4 Me, She Loves Me 4 Me, and Chelsea Rodgers

Oh, I forgot about Dance 4 Me and Chelsea Rodgers (She Loves Me 4 Me isn't doing it for me), you can add those too the list. I'd still leave F.U.N.K. first though.

Ironically, his best song of the last decade is a cover: A Case Of U

Best song written by P : Reflection

Colonized Mind

Honorable mention.....The Dance, Boom and Digital Garden.

glass cutter??? my sincere apologies to colonized mind and the word