I saw the Jamie Starr thread earlier (though it confused me because I thought the mythical Mr. Starr was a producer/engineer not a vocalist) and it reminded me of a stupid controversy from my high school days when DMSR was the rage. In that breakdown in the middle of DMSR, Prince (or is it Pookie or The Count?) says "Jamie Starr's a... "Queef"?? Surely I thought he said "Thief" but some folks said that there's another voice saying "Queer"; listening to it again it now, it does sound like Queef. No need to start the "Is Prince gay" argument yet again, just wondering if anyone else remembers this juvenile nuttiness from way back when...

alphachannel said:

I saw the Jamie Starr thread earlier (though it confused me because I thought the mythical Mr. Starr was a producer/engineer not a vocalist) and it reminded me of a stupid controversy from my high school days when DMSR was the rage. In that breakdown in the middle of DMSR, Prince (or is it Pookie or The Count?) says "Jamie Starr's a... "Queef"?? Surely I thought he said "Thief" but some folks said that there's another voice saying "Queer"; listening to it again it now, it does sound like Queef. No need to start the "Is Prince gay" argument yet again, just wondering if anyone else remembers this juvenile nuttiness from way back when...

I don't know how anyone heard "queef". If you have the booklet, it clearly said "THIEF".

I don't remember anything of it admittedly because I wasn't even an embryo when 1999 came out but I think people would already have known that Jamie Starr was a name Prince came up with to disguise himself.

Wasn't too hard to recognize a Prince song.

Showing my age, I didn't have "1999" on vinyl, which was the only way to see the lyrics. Infact I didn't have the cassette either -- my mom bought the damned thing on 8-track!

Remember also the ruse was that Jamie Starr was the producer, not a singer or musician. Here's a clip from a 1983 Rolling Stone article:

"Let me clear up a few rumors while I have the chance," Prince told the Los Angeles Times. "One, my real name is Prince. Two, I'm not gay. And three, I'm not Jamie Starr."

"Jamie Starr is an engineer, the coproducer of our record. Of course he's real," says Morris Day, whose band now outplays whoever it was on the first Time record.

But if there is a Jamie Starr, why can't he be reached? Manager Steve Fargnoli says it's because he's "in and out of Minneapolis," because he's "a reclusive maniac" like Prince) and because "it could be months before I see him." Can he be reached by phone? "No." Well, you wouldn't need to call him over to Prince's home studio if he's already there.

alphachannel said:

Showing my age, I didn't have "1999" on vinyl, which was the only way to see the lyrics. Infact I didn't have the cassette either -- my mom bought the damned thing on 8-track!

Remember also the ruse was that Jamie Starr was the producer, not a singer or musician. Here's a clip from a 1983 Rolling Stone article:

"Let me clear up a few rumors while I have the chance," Prince told the Los Angeles Times. "One, my real name is Prince. Two, I'm not gay. And three, I'm not Jamie Starr."

"Jamie Starr is an engineer, the coproducer of our record. Of course he's real," says Morris Day, whose band now outplays whoever it was on the first Time record.

But if there is a Jamie Starr, why can't he be reached? Manager Steve Fargnoli says it's because he's "in and out of Minneapolis," because he's "a reclusive maniac" like Prince) and because "it could be months before I see him." Can he be reached by phone? "No." Well, you wouldn't need to call him over to Prince's home studio if he's already there.

Even when Prince and his crew tried to deny it, at the end of the day, people got to discover the truth.

Years ago, when I was working in a restaurant in Chicago, a co-worker swore up and down that his uncle was Jamie Starr. Clearly, he was a douche.

NouveauDance said:

Queef? I think I like that better!!

Me too. Now shut up everyone, I can't hear Queeves in the Temple.

Oh! Speaking of queefs....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=757Y5HpVkUM

[Edited 5/18/11 8:40am]

jackmitz said:

Oh! Speaking of queefs....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=757Y5HpVkUM

[Edited 5/18/11 8:40am]

There's nowt as queef as folk

alphachannel said:

"Let me clear up a few rumors while I have the chance," Prince told the Los Angeles Times. "One, my real name is Prince. Two, I'm not gay. And three, I'm not Jamie Starr."

That quote has bugged me for years.

"My real name is Prince" TRUE

"I'm not gay." OKAY

"I'm not Jamie Starr" LIE!

So...if he's lying about Jamie Starr, is there anything else in that line that he's lying about???????

StonedImmaculate said:

alphachannel said:

"Let me clear up a few rumors while I have the chance," Prince told the Los Angeles Times. "One, my real name is Prince. Two, I'm not gay. And three, I'm not Jamie Starr."

That quote has bugged me for years.

"My real name is Prince" TRUE

"I'm not gay." OKAY

"I'm not Jamie Starr" LIE!

So...if he's lying about Jamie Starr, is there anything else in that line that he's lying about???????

I think he only lied about the Jamie Starr being real.

Prince is not Jamie Starr - neither is he Alexander Nevermind.

Those are real dudes out there - these names are their cover names to protect their identity.

This is a not a thesis this is a certainty.

DennisMark said:

Prince is not Jamie Starr - neither is he Alexander Nevermind.

Those are real dudes out there - these names are their cover names to protect their identity.

This is a not a thesis this is a certainty.

LOL no

Spinlight said:

DennisMark said:

Prince is not Jamie Starr - neither is he Alexander Nevermind.

Those are real dudes out there - these names are their cover names to protect their identity.

This is a not a thesis this is a certainty.

LOL no

LOL yes

He made that name up too, as he didn't want to steal the Time or anyone elses thunder. Music looks better when a group who performs claim they did more than perform it. The Time would have sold as many copies if it had said "Produced, Arranged and Composed by Prince, Performed on this record by Morris Day (Vocals) and the Time (Instruments)". Prince wanted people to believe the Time had done all their own music, although I can't explain the motive of Jamie Starr being created as the producer of Dirty Mind. But it universally proves Jamie Starr = Prince along with Alexander Nevermind, Christopher Tracy, Minneapolis and Joey Coco all being products of Prince's overactive imagination. But you had to love it though.

DennisMark said:

Prince is not Jamie Starr - neither is he Alexander Nevermind.

Those are real dudes out there - these names are their cover names to protect their identity.

This is a not a thesis this is a certainty.

See?! THIS is the douchebaggery that I'm talking about...

Guess someone in here's still stuck in 1983...

DennisMark said:

Prince is not Jamie Starr - neither is he Alexander Nevermind.

Those are real dudes out there - these names are their cover names to protect their identity.

This is a not a thesis this is a certainty.

I suppose you think Jamie Starr writes just like Prince, plays just like Prince and sings just like Prince...

Oh, and EVERYBODY around him at the time has since lied, to, what, protect Jamie's identity?

Timmy84 said:

Guess someone in here's still stuck in 1983...

Getting older and feeling nostalgic about the carefree days of my youth when the newest Prince album was all the talk at high school

alphachannel said:

Timmy84 said:

Guess someone in here's still stuck in 1983...

Getting older and feeling nostalgic about the carefree days of my youth when the newest Prince album was all the talk at high school

Oh that's a good thing. But I was talking about that person who believed in that Jamie Starr being real nonsense.

DennisMark said:

NouveauDance said:

Queef? I think I like that better!!

NouveauDance said:

Queef? I think I like that better!!

this board is just nuts sometimes

Queef? You got to be fing kidding me LMAO!!!!

Not only is Jamie Starr a queef, Jamie Star is really a Canadian woman: Jamie Lynn Star, the third queef sister.

StonedImmaculate said:

alphachannel said:

"Let me clear up a few rumors while I have the chance," Prince told the Los Angeles Times. "One, my real name is Prince. Two, I'm not gay. And three, I'm not Jamie Starr."

That quote has bugged me for years.

"My real name is Prince" TRUE

"I'm not gay." OKAY

"I'm not Jamie Starr" LIE!

So...if he's lying about Jamie Starr, is there anything else in that line that he's lying about???????

You beat me to it. I was thinking the same thing.

A "creep". He says "Jamie Starr's a CREEP".

Now go fix your clock.

"Jamie Starr's a thief
It's time 2 fix your clock
Vanity 6 is so sweet
Now U can all take a bite of my purple rock
Can we stop?"