Efan said:

Another Prince title that sounds gay unless you actually hear the lyrics. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" is the other.

Love this song. Rare Prince "low voice" vocals are spot on! The tinkling electric piano.

dannyd5050 said:

nursev said:

I have always secretly loved this song solely cuz it's a song that only Prince could've wrote and sung no other man could pull this one off besides all that it is genuinely a good song. The melody is sweet and it is romantic when you actually listen to the lyrics the thunderstorm part gets me every time. Opinions?

why "secretly"?

jonylawson said:

why wouldnt you dare play it loud?

im not following

what in this song is there to be ashamed of?

jonylawson said:

nursev said:

dannyd5050 said:

Another Prince title that sounds gay unless you actually hear the lyrics. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" is the other.

Love this song. Rare Prince "low voice" vocals are spot on! The tinkling electric piano.

Danny Agreed-it takes a couple of listens to actually "get it" [Edited 12/27/11 16:23pm]

Hey Nursev (from Funkytown)! I loved this song when I immediately heard it. I think it was the flip side to "Arms of Orion". I had the cassette single (remember those?). I played the heck out of it.

Not relating to this but I have a friend that has written and performed a song called "Am I Beautiful?". The lyrics are about his girlfriend asking him if she is beautiful and of course in the lyrics he sings, "Yes you are". It's a very gorgeous song but the title is a bit misleading like these Prince songs!

dannyd5050 said:

nursev said:

dannyd5050 said:

Hey Nursev (from Funkytown)! I loved this song when I immediately heard it. I think it was the flip side to "Arms of Orion". I had the cassette single (remember those?). I played the heck out of it.

Not relating to this but I have a friend that has written and performed a song called "Am I Beautiful?". The lyrics are about his girlfriend asking him if she is beautiful and of course in the lyrics he sings, "Yes you are". It's a very gorgeous song but the title is a bit misleading like these Prince songs!

Damn I do remember cassettes and I still have some I even liked Arms of Orion then and I still do wait, wait are you sure your friend didn't get that from that guy james blunt/blount whatever didn't he have a song like that Funkytown

I like "Arms of Orion" too.

And that James Blunt guy had a song called "You're Beautiful" which I totally get. But "Am I Beautiful?"...At least Prince threw in "and she said" to distinguish that the female is saying this. My friend does not but I still like his song!!

dannyd5050 said:

Got lotsa 4 it.

MadamGoodnight said:

I am with you too, Nurse.

I love this song deeply.

Back when it was released I could not help playing the "Arms Of Orion" B-side on replay over and over.

Fantastic song, simple, clever and beautiful.

I love this song a lot. It's tied in my top 3 favourite B-Side along with She's Always In My Hair and Erotic City.

Love it much. So sensual and easy to adopt during intimacy

jonylawson said:

why wouldnt you dare play it loud?

im not following

what in this song is there to be ashamed of?

it's a woman saying, 'i love it when your dick is inside me'?

This song slightly weirds me out because it's played like a romantic ballad, sort of like Adore... Wouldn't it be a little strange if the lyrics of Adore were changed and amounted to, 'I love the way your pussy feels when my dick is in it'?

And the fact that it's Prince almost writing from a woman's perspective, but the words he gives her aren't 'i'll give you my heart/mind/body/time', they're just dirty talk - and that really gets him off, oh baby! But again, it's presented in a way closer to Adore than to Automatic...

i dunno... maybe I'm just squeamish, but this song is wacky to me.

It's a good song but I don't like the sound of the keyboards. They sound too late '80s adult contemporary.

There was a point in time some years ago when I sincerely HATED this track. I've come around to digging it since then, and actually spin it quite frequently at the moment.

can you believe that he recorded this after listening to a lot of middle of the road R&B songs by older, established artists who were big at the time. This was his interpretation of that sound at the time !!, he truly was a unique talent at the time mixed with a little bit of sickness!.

Wish I could find the interview at the time confirming all of this.

It's actually a favourite of mine--b-side or otherwise. I dig the sensual, intimate sound coupled with his rather carnal lyricism; it's a great dichotomy that works really well!

herrherr said:

It's actually a favourite of mine--b-side or otherwise. I dig the sensual, intimate sound coupled with his rather carnal lyricism; it's a great dichotomy that works really well!

nursev said:

jonylawson said:

why wouldnt you dare play it loud?

im not following

what in this song is there to be ashamed of?

The song is cool, but being almost 40 and the mother of an 18 year old I do try to be reserved in what I will play loudly and besides the subject matter will open some ears but still it's 100% better than some of the crap that is made by artist today. The song is sexy, but not tacky so that says a lot about it.

raddahone said:

nursev said:

The song is cool, but being almost 40 and the mother of an 18 year old I do try to be reserved in what I will play loudly and besides the subject matter will open some ears but still it's 100% better than some of the crap that is made by artist today. The song is sexy, but not tacky so that says a lot about it.

Hi - 2 some,it may sound risky; however, loving God in each other really doesn't require sex...just respect. The One/monad really doesn't love another until they realize that what they love in the other is really God in the lover as love loving the other as Love and it becomes reflective and infinite. Moms hopefully love their children as Soul first and foremost, Soul that God created and encases in the flesh. Breaking free is where it is - sex may be the hook but it still is een God in the sex.

raddahone said:

nursev said:

The song is cool, but being almost 40 and the mother of an 18 year old I do try to be reserved in what I will play loudly and besides the subject matter will open some ears but still it's 100% better than some of the crap that is made by artist today. The song is sexy, but not tacky so that says a lot about it.

Hi - 2 some,it may sound risky; however, loving God in each other really doesn't require sex...just respect. The One/monad really doesn't love another until they realize that what they love in the other is really God in the lover as love loving the other as Love and it becomes reflective and infinite. Moms hopefully love their children as Soul first and foremost, Soul that God created and encases in the flesh. Breaking free is where it is - sex may be the hook but it still is een God in the sex.

Top fuckin' tune.