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Thread started 02/24/11 8:35pm

LadyLovely123

What is the meaning of the Song Alphabet St.?

I'm just wondering because i was told once but the meaning i was told was dumb... So please share what it does mean or what you think it mean.

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Reply #1 posted 02/24/11 8:44pm

MarquessMarq

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Oral sex.

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Reply #2 posted 02/24/11 8:48pm

hhhhdmt

oral sex, using your tounge to form alphabets on her p---y

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Reply #3 posted 02/24/11 9:17pm

Paris9748430

Good Ol' Colonel Angus!

JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!!
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Reply #4 posted 02/24/11 9:27pm

MarquessMarq

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Paris9748430 said:

Good Ol' Colonel Angus!

He's such a cunning linguist, that Angus.

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Reply #5 posted 02/24/11 9:38pm

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Paris9748430 said:

Good Ol' Colonel Angus!

Colonel Angus! the pleasure is all mine.

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Reply #6 posted 02/24/11 9:57pm

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Reply #7 posted 02/24/11 10:12pm

hhhhdmt

MarquessMarq said:

Paris9748430 said:

Good Ol' Colonel Angus!

He's such a cunning linguist, that Angus.

lol lol lol lol

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Reply #8 posted 02/25/11 12:55pm

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blowup
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Reply #9 posted 02/25/11 1:29pm

IamFunkay7

omg I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SONG WAS ABOUT THAT. I BUMPED IT IN FRONT OF MY MOM lol I FEEL SO EMBARASSED LOL.

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Reply #10 posted 02/25/11 4:05pm

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MarquessMarq said:

Oral sex.


Really? Becouse he's just not in the mood. He'd like to. . . Watch. lol
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Reply #11 posted 02/25/11 7:49pm

smiler69

given away in the first lyric surely?

'I'm going down..'

This is what it's like in the dream factory...
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Reply #12 posted 02/25/11 8:03pm

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I'd never thought about it that way

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So obvious in hindsight....

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Reply #13 posted 02/25/11 8:16pm

ARock

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wow i never knew that!!!

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Reply #14 posted 02/26/11 11:46pm

Aristotle

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"Talk 2 me lover, come on tell me what you taste..." razz

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Reply #15 posted 02/27/11 12:38am

LiveToTell86

Isn't it something like "I scrapped the Black Album so I quickly need to write a song that can promote the new record on radio"? The deep and poignant chorus, only featuring "yeah yeah yeah" seems to indicate that to me. lol

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Reply #16 posted 02/27/11 4:18am

NouveauDance

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First line of the song tells you: I'M GOIN' DOWN

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Reply #17 posted 02/27/11 5:20am

hhhhdmt

LiveToTell86 said:

Isn't it something like "I scrapped the Black Album so I quickly need to write a song that can promote the new record on radio"? The deep and poignant chorus, only featuring "yeah yeah yeah" seems to indicate that to me. lol

lol

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Reply #18 posted 02/27/11 8:51am

Identity

"Put the right letters together and make a better day" wink

It's called the Alphabet Method. Prince was/is one of the great masters of risque wordplay in pop music.

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Reply #19 posted 02/27/11 9:01am

alphastreet

WHY did he skip G? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY? I've been asking you all for years since I joined!!!!!

Illiterate bitch!

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Reply #20 posted 02/27/11 11:31am

ecstasy

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Really??? eek eek neutral neutral

I just thought it was a nice catchy song to sing with, with a smile on ur face. Oh wow...

I still don't notice it in hindsight though

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Reply #21 posted 02/27/11 11:51am

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alphastreet said:

WHY did he skip G? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY? I've been asking you all for years since I joined!!!!!

Illiterate bitch!

Because G is for G-spot? Because he is already in the G-Spot?

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Reply #22 posted 02/27/11 12:05pm

MarquessMarq

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http://prince.org/msg/7/353650

[Edited 2/27/11 12:06pm]

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Reply #23 posted 02/27/11 1:18pm

Spinlight

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NouveauDance said:

First line of the song tells you: I'M GOIN' DOWN

Yeah but that only works in the context of the rest of the song.

People often say they are going down to.... etc.

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Reply #24 posted 02/27/11 1:23pm

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Spinlight said:

NouveauDance said:

First line of the song tells you: I'M GOIN' DOWN

Yeah but that only works in the context of the rest of the song.

People often say they are going down to.... etc.

That's the context the OP wants defining though right?! razz

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Reply #25 posted 02/27/11 2:16pm

mblevels

Wow, never thought of the song that way. Makes perfect sense though eek

Damn, I always felt this song had a Sesame Street feel to it. That's totally ruined now lol

You mean you're gonna actually hear what we play tonight? You're not gonna make up the notes in your mind?
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Reply #26 posted 02/27/11 2:28pm

eireboy34

It's a song about going down to alphabet street and getting into a thunderbird

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Reply #27 posted 02/27/11 2:44pm

Spinlight

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NouveauDance said:

Spinlight said:

Yeah but that only works in the context of the rest of the song.

People often say they are going down to.... etc.

That's the context the OP wants defining though right?! razz

True. boxed

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Reply #28 posted 02/27/11 3:26pm

Cyra

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Haha, this is why I love Prince. I never made that connection before. His songs always have more meanings than you think.

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Reply #29 posted 02/27/11 5:03pm

datdude

lyrics post please. that'll help. never thought about it as an oral sex song. i think we're reaching

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