Erotic City & Paisley Park.

Prince invented text messaging b4 mobile/cell phones. Just look at his lyric / song titles, e.g. 'Take Me With U' & 'Nothing Compares 2U'

"Ain't nuthin but a muffin........."

langebleu said:

Spinlight said:

Are you kidding me?

Did your world begin the day you first heard Prince or something?

Wasn't it Prince who invented the wheel, leading to the introduction of the motorcycle in Purple Rain?

Up until that point, the human race had been travelling on winged horses, as first featured on his debut album.

Now THAT was funny!

Damn it, I was going to do a thread like this months ago and never got around to it.

Did anyone mention that Prince also brought Carmen Electra into the world?

Marrk said:

'Act your age, not your shoe size'. Honestly i'm not sure if that phrase was coined by Prince, though i'd suspect not.

i'd never heard that phrase before 'Kiss', heard it a lot since.

I heard it from my mom when I was a young girl... in the 70's. I'm sure Prince heard it from his elders. It was a very common thing said in Black community when kids got in trouble... same as :

cowboy shit

cotton picking minute

pleather

Mintchip said:

I like this thread, it's fun. Glam slam works, though I've never heard anyone say it. I proudly stand by f#ck me pumps. What about thieves in the temple, y'all?!?! [Edited 10/23/10 12:29pm]

Thanks.

As I wrote in the first post I've never heard anyone say Glam Slam either, but I've seen in it in print in fashion magazines and on the Internet REPEATEDLY.

re: glam slam, ya, it's odd they do that so much. It's not even that great of a song.

I wonder about "the glamorous life", as a be all in itself. In other words, not "the glamorous life of jennifer", which has been around forever, but "jennifer wants the glamorous life". Come to think of it, that's probably been around forever too.

"Party like it's ___ " is definitely his, 100%, full credit, no matter what the cool kids say.

I also wonder about "Horny Pony".

Mintchip said:

re: glam slam, ya, it's odd they do that so much. It's not even that great of a song.

I wonder about "the glamorous life", as a be all in itself. In other words, not "the glamorous life of jennifer", which has been around forever, but "jennifer wants the glamorous life". Come to think of it, that's probably been around forever too.

"Party like it's ___ " is definitely his, 100%, full credit, no matter what the cool kids say.

I also wonder about "Horny Pony".

I really don't think its usage came from it being a great song; rather it has a perfect title for fashion stuff. Plus it became known for being his club.

ecstasy said:

Erotic City & Paisley Park.

Yeah I've definitely seen "Paisley Park" in print.

Okay now I'm going to add one with a caveat.

Prince didn't invent it.

It was taken from "The Wizard of Oz."

But ----

On more than one occassion I've seen someone slip into "O-Wee-O-Wee-O" in the manner of the Time.

andymacfunky said:

Prince invented text messaging b4 mobile/cell phones. Just look at his lyric / song titles, e.g. 'Take Me With U' & 'Nothing Compares 2U'

Well I don't know if Prince invented it.

Parliament/Sly Stone, etc. were doing funky things with titles before Prince.

But ----

For folks like me, growing up in the '80's Prince's way of writing was definitely influential and it was certainly new to me; I got into Sly and Parliament BECAUSE of Prince; so I discovered the older stuff later.

After Prince popularized it, it seemed, every R and B song title was incorporating "Princebonics;" but it came about very slowly; a "2" here and a "U" there.

So, did Prince help with the whole thing?

Absolutely.

Invented it? Open to debate.

[Edited 10/23/10 19:38pm]

sro100 said:

ecstasy said:

Erotic City & Paisley Park.

Yeah I've definitely seen "Paisley Park" in print.

You have never, ever seen "Paisley Park" in print or anywhere else where it doesn't reference Prince.

Spinlight said:

sro100 said:

Yeah I've definitely seen "Paisley Park" in print.

You have never, ever seen "Paisley Park" in print or anywhere else where it doesn't reference Prince.

lol

the guy who's 28 and seen it all and so worldly and so smart and so cool and such a cool avatar. Wow you're still just so right and just so cool.

[Edited 10/23/10 19:58pm]

sro100 said:

Spinlight said:

You have never, ever seen "Paisley Park" in print or anywhere else where it doesn't reference Prince.

lol

the guy who's 28 and seen it all and so worldly and so smart and so cool and such a cool avatar. Wow you're still just so right and just so cool.

[Edited 10/23/10 19:58pm]

I promise you that there's not going to be any proof coming from your end that you saw the term "Paisley Park" used NOT in reference to Prince.

You know why? Cuz 1) it doesn't exist and 2) you aren't gonna do the research because you know you're full o' crap.

And thanks for the compliments.

Spinlight said:

sro100 said:

lol

the guy who's 28 and seen it all and so worldly and so smart and so cool and such a cool avatar. Wow you're still just so right and just so cool.

[Edited 10/23/10 19:58pm]

I promise you that there's not going to be any proof coming from your end that you saw the term "Paisley Park" used NOT in reference to Prince.

You know why? Cuz 1) it doesn't exist and 2) you aren't gonna do the research because you know you're full o' crap.

And thanks for the compliments.

They weren't complements. Notice you spelled it wrong, Mr. Intelligence and Research. You're a bitter sad joke and idiot. Now, once again, I'm done responding to you. Have a good miserable life.

sro100 said:

Spinlight said:

I promise you that there's not going to be any proof coming from your end that you saw the term "Paisley Park" used NOT in reference to Prince.

You know why? Cuz 1) it doesn't exist and 2) you aren't gonna do the research because you know you're full o' crap.

And thanks for the compliments.

They weren't complements. Notice you spelled it wrong, Mr. Intelligence and Research. You're a bitter sad joke and idiot. Now, once again, I'm done responding to you. Have a good miserable life.

http://dictionary.referen...compliment

–noun

Mintchip said:

re: glam slam, ya, it's odd they do that so much. It's not even that great of a song.

I wonder about "the glamorous life", as a be all in itself. In other words, not "the glamorous life of jennifer", which has been around forever, but "jennifer wants the glamorous life". Come to think of it, that's probably been around forever too.

"Party like it's ___ " is definitely his, 100%, full credit, no matter what the cool kids say.

I also wonder about "Horny Pony".

Are you seriously suggesting that "Party like there's no tomorrow" did not exist prior to 1982?

Prince get's a partial credit for "Party like it's 1999" but the rest of the suggestion in this thread are BS. I really don't understand how certain people are so narrow in their references, whether its age or something else.

I'm half surprised someone has offered up the idea that Prince thought of space travel due to his lyrics in SOTT.

The "Erotic City" title was a bit of a spin on "Chocolate City".

I think when people who use Chinese symbols for their name and tattoo it, you could say that comes from when Prince used the symbol.

The Paisley Underground, which connects the Bangles and Prince, has more to do with what was going on in LA in the early 80s. Prince was also a fan of LA based band The Three O'Clock, and had them signed to his label and recorded his "Neon Telephone". You have to remember, Prince did a lot of recording in LA in the early 80s and heard everything going on there as much as he heard the Twin Tone bands back home.

3 things:

1. Some crazy people in here. Prince invented swaying to music with hands in the air? and "slammin?" and "nasty girl?" you keep telling youself that.

2. LMAO at the yelling at someone for misspelling while not only realizing that there are two spellings of "compliment" the one they thought was correct ("complement") means something COMPLETELY different.

3. My contribution to the original question: the terms in vernacular originated by Prince are: North, East, South and West. Oh, and News.

=0P

Hero0101 said:

3 things:

1. Some crazy people in here. Prince invented swaying to music with hands in the air? and "slammin?" and "nasty girl?" you keep telling youself that.

2. LMAO at the yelling at someone for misspelling while not only realizing that there are two spellings of "compliment" the one they thought was correct ("complement") means something COMPLETELY different.

3. My contribution to the original question: the terms in vernacular originated by Prince are: North, East, South and West. Oh, and News.

=0P

You're wonderful. You're LMAO at 2 spellings yet ignoring EVERYTHING else that made the douchebag a sad bitter pathetic liar worthless idiot who only lives to be negative.

Now I'm ROTFLMAO at you!!!

[Edited 10/23/10 22:27pm]

sro100 said:

Hero0101 said:

3 things:

1. Some crazy people in here. Prince invented swaying to music with hands in the air? and "slammin?" and "nasty girl?" you keep telling youself that.

2. LMAO at the yelling at someone for misspelling while not only realizing that there are two spellings of "compliment" the one they thought was correct ("complement") means something COMPLETELY different.

3. My contribution to the original question: the terms in vernacular originated by Prince are: North, East, South and West. Oh, and News.

=0P

You're wonderful. You're LMAO at 2 spellings yet ignoring EVERYTHING else that made the douchebag a sad bitter pathetic liar worthless idiot who only lives to be negative.

Now I'm ROTFLMAO at you!!!

[Edited 10/23/10 22:27pm]

LOL, oh the irony!

sro100 said:

Prince phrases that have worked their way into the vernacular?

Phrases or terms that originated with Prince that have worked their way into the language; so much so that people don't even mention the Prince connection anymore.

I don't think there are any (and this thread has been going for 4 pages,

so I'm sure if any existed, someone would have found examples by now)

Certainly, Prince has taken existing phrases and sometimes put his own spin on them.

But I've yet to any examples where a pure Prince phrase has entered the vernacular

and taken on a life outside being used in connection with Prince.

Party like it's ____ is the only one I can think of for certain.

i got the butter for your muffin

i know he didn't but

http://www.urbandictionar...r%20muffin

i never knew that

[Edited 10/24/10 3:18am]

BorisFishpaw said:

sro100 said:

Prince phrases that have worked their way into the vernacular?

Phrases or terms that originated with Prince that have worked their way into the language; so much so that people don't even mention the Prince connection anymore.

I don't think there are any (and this thread has been going for 4 pages,

so I'm sure if any existed, someone would have found examples by now)

Certainly, Prince has taken existing phrases and sometimes put his own spin on them.

But I've yet to any examples where a pure Prince phrase has entered the vernacular

and taken on a life outside being used in connection with Prince.

Definitely the term Artsist Formerly Known As, is used quite often in British journalism to talk about someone who has changed their name or their profession.

The replacement of words with numbers, such as in I Would Die 4 U or Nothing Compares 2 U has become far too commonplace in what is now known as "text speak". It could be argued that Prince was a trend setter in this respect!

BorisFishpaw said:

sro100 said:

Prince phrases that have worked their way into the vernacular?

Phrases or terms that originated with Prince that have worked their way into the language; so much so that people don't even mention the Prince connection anymore.

I don't think there are any (and this thread has been going for 4 pages,

so I'm sure if any existed, someone would have found examples by now)

Certainly, Prince has taken existing phrases and sometimes put his own spin on them.

But I've yet to any examples where a pure Prince phrase has entered the vernacular

and taken on a life outside being used in connection with Prince.

Party like it's _____? Yeah it's never, ever been used outside of a Prince conncection?1

jtfolden said:

Mintchip said:

re: glam slam, ya, it's odd they do that so much. It's not even that great of a song.

I wonder about "the glamorous life", as a be all in itself. In other words, not "the glamorous life of jennifer", which has been around forever, but "jennifer wants the glamorous life". Come to think of it, that's probably been around forever too.

"Party like it's ___ " is definitely his, 100%, full credit, no matter what the cool kids say.

I also wonder about "Horny Pony".

Are you seriously suggesting that "Party like there's no tomorrow" did not exist prior to 1982?

Prince get's a partial credit for "Party like it's 1999" but the rest of the suggestion in this thread are BS. I really don't understand how certain people are so narrow in their references, whether its age or something else.

I'm half surprised someone has offered up the idea that Prince thought of space travel due to his lyrics in SOTT.

No, i'd agree 'party like there's no tomorrow' existed before 1982.

But 'party like it's (put a year in)' is a different phrase, used in a different context.

Similar? Sure. But I'm interested in how different phrases develop, where they come from, and every new step along the way is fascinating to me.

When a person writes "Party like it's 2011", they're making specific reference to 2011 being a year of intense celebration. So simply saying "Party like there's no tomorrow" doesn't cut it. You could say, "In 2011, we'll party like there's no tomorrow", but that's a different phrase again.

I don't think crediting Prince w/ vernacular is that big of a deal. Any public figure who stays around long enough will introduce sayings and terms. I don't get the resistence here. Anyone who has a platform - Justin Beiber, Madonna, Prince, Sarah Palin, Tickle Me Elmo - can introduce words into the vernacular.

Here's more:

Glam Slam:

http://www.accesshollywood.com/glam-slam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6U5Np6-f4

http://aglamslam.typepad.com/

http://www.myspace.com/glamslamuk

That's 4 different references to Glam Slam, none of which have anything to do w/ Prince. I guess it means a glamorous party, or...apparently a wrestling move? The point is the song came first, and introduced the words into the public consciousness.

Thieves in the Temple:

http://www.amazon.com/Thieves-Temple-America-Federal-Reserve/dp/0975965484

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2010/0510/Thieves-in-the-Temple

http://amento.typepad.com/thieves/

http://www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Social-Issues/Journal-of-Lutheran-Ethics/Issues/October-2010/Thieves-in-the-Temple.aspx

Apparently the term "thieves in the temple" is used today to describe unworthy people in a holy place, and I can't find any reference that predates the song by Prince. It sounds like something biblical, or shakespearean, but i couldn't find it.

Fuck-Me Pumps:

http://www.lyricsmania.com/fuck_me_pumps_lyrics_amy_winehouse.html

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=come%20fuck%20me%20pumps

http://www.sex-lexis.com/F-Word-Dictionary/fuck-me%20pumps

There's a lot of talk about this in the 1990's, but Prince was using it in the late 80's.

These could be wrong, but I don't know why it causes so much grief on your end. The cool kids on the org need to lighten up a bit, methinks. You don't have to be right all the time, you know? That gets boring.

[Edited 10/24/10 11:25am]