"purple rain" maybe not in it's entirety but someone he knew in atlanta back in the day. she wore a LOT of purple.

Sometimes it snows in April> Jonathan Melvoin??

Charlie Parker

metallicjigolo said:

Sometimes it snows in April> Jonathan Melvoin??

What gives you this idea?

metallicjigolo said:

Sometimes it snows in April> Jonathan Melvoin??

Why would Prince write a song about Jonathan Melvoin dying a full 11 years before he died? I think you mean "The Love We Make" is about him.

Don't know how true, but I read somewhere that "A Love Bizarre" was about his fling with Madonna, in the back of his limousine, back in the day.

I didnt mean it that way.

Obviously this song has a special place in Prince's heart & when Prince sings this song he dedicates it to Jonathan. So that being said, I added it to the list.

Spinlight said:

metallicjigolo said:

Sometimes it snows in April> Jonathan Melvoin??

Why would Prince write a song about Jonathan Melvoin dying a full 11 years before he died? I thin

k you mean "The Love We Make" is about him.

Lemon Crush and Scandalous are both about Anna Fantastic.

Lemon crush was her fav drink.

Didn't he write I Wanna Be Your Lover about Patrice Rushen?

Paris9748430 said:

Didn't he write I Wanna Be Your Lover about Patrice Rushen?

I think he wrote it for her. As in, offering her the song to record. I don't think it's about her. But you never know.

Eye Hate U - Carmen Electra

Farfunknugin said:

NouveauDance said:

^ Mel B.

When Doves Cry was also about Susan Moonsie.

Shockadelica - Troy Beyer IIRC

[Edited 3/7/12 10:42am]

He tapped Mel B?

[Edited 3/7/12 11:05am]

Mad Sex was recorded october 1997

he didnt meet Mel B until 1998

Mad Sex is about changing his ways, talking in past tense about having mad sex...

kenkamken said:

Adonis & Bathsheba

what real people was this written about?

OldFriends4Sale said:

kenkamken said:

Adonis & Bathsheba

what real people was this written about?

NouveauDance said:

"Anna Stesia"

Have U ever been so lonely
That U felt like U were the
Only one in this world?

Have U ever wanted 2 play
With someone so much U'd take
Any one boy or girl?

chorus
Anna Stesia come 2 me
Talk 2 me, ravish me
Liberate my mind
Tell me what U think of me
Praise me, craze me
Out this space and time

Between white and black, night and day
Black night seemed like the only way...
So I danced

Music late, nothing great (Music late, nothing great)
No way 2 differentiate (No way 2 differentiate)
I took a chance

Gregory looks just like a ghost
And then a beautiful girl the most
Wets her lips 2 say

"We could live 4 a little while
If U could just learn 2 smile
U and I could fly away, fly away."

chorus

Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn 2 love
I mean the right way, I mean the only way
Perhaps U could show me, baby (show me, baby)

Anna Stesia come 2 me
Talk 2 me, ravish me
Liberate my mind

Maybe, maybe, maybe I could learn 2 love
If I was just closer 2 somethin' (closer)
Closer 2 your higher self
I don't know
Closer 2 heaven (Maybe) closer 2 God (closer to God)

Save me Jesus, I've been a fool
How could I forget that U are the rule
U are my God, I am Your child
From now on, 4 U I shall be wild
I shall be quick I shall be strong
I'll tell Your story, no matter how long (no matter how... no matter)

We're just a play in Your master plan
Now, my Lord I understand

(I understand)

Love is God, God is love
Girls and boys love God above
{{repeated over chorus}}

kenkamken said:

sfinky1 said:

kenkamken said:

Adonis & Bathsheba

"Batdance"... written about Batman and the Joker [Edited 3/8/12 16:23pm]

Those aren't REAL people...

'Prince Songs Written About Real People'

Sugar walls - Sheena Easton

Dreamer - Martin Luther King

Doesn't Come Back hint at his lost son?

Also, Annie Christian makes mention of the Atlanta Child Murders and John Lennon's death and Pres Reagan's shooting.

alphachannel said:

I was trying to come up with Prince songs that address a real person or the subject was a real person. So far:

Bob George (Nelson George & Bob Cavello)

Billy Jack Bitch (CJ)

Nadeara (Last name unknown)

Lisa (Coleman)

I think Bob George is NOT about Nelson George. I used to think that, too, but last month we had a thread here where an orger mentioned an article from 1988, and the "George" part in it is supposedly about Ruffalo, not Nelson George. But as far as I know Ruffalo´s first name wasn´t George.

I can´t find that thread anymore but I´m pretty sure that it was a month or two ago.

What does this have to do with the year 2012? That was what two years ago or almost? Besides, this is the problem the media sticks their noses where not needed. This is none of our business JIMO. Too much detail about what is going on with Prince, and IF he owes taxes that is not information like that journalist, who is looking for dirt in the first place.

Just wondering why was this so important for everyone to read? Not cool at all.

KoolEaze said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Dish Central by C.J.
Journalist. Star Tribune gossip columnist & FOX9 contributor. Follow me as we dish & get into other mischief. Send me your tips & I'll include.

Star Tribune article from 2010:

What's Prince up to now?

Prince has been moving all around Chanhassen lately, and yet he still hasn't found time to pay his property taxes.

Word is that he caused some excitement in the past couple of weeks by going to the city of Chanhassen administration building. A city official told me late last week that they don't comment on meetings until there is an application -- say, for a building permit, or, as has been Prince's proclivity in recent years, a demolition permit.

In 2003, Prince tore down the Purple House on Lake Riley where his father lived until his death. Then, in 2005, he razed his primary residence on a beautiful, secluded, wooded lot consisting of two parcels on Lake Ann.

Symbolina was reportedly observed buying a lock and chain at Merlin's Ace Hardware and made a late-evening stop at Houlihan's; both businesses are near Paisley Park, where moving vans also have been seen lately.

An e-mailer, who asked not to be named, wrote: "I drive by Paisley Park twice a day (taking kids to school). First I notice the plant was gone from the window, now there are moving trucks there today [Wednesday]. He has been spotted around Chan a lot lately (Arboretum, hardware store, driving through Long Acres neighborhood looking at houses with For Sale signs). What is he up to?"

The possible explanations for the Two Men and a Truck moving vans are infinite, although I am pretty sure that one of the items I captured on startribune.com/video is a table that can be seen among furnishings on the paisleyparkstudios.com website.

I left word with two men on the grounds that I'd like a comment from Prince. One of the men told me, "Do not take pictures of this property," even though I was on a public sidewalk across the street. He said he was going to call the police on me, and I told him I'd stay right where I was. The other guy made a threatening maneuver at me with his SUV, but I felt safer when he complained to me without getting out of his car.

Despite all of the activity at the studios, Prince apparently has not moved to get current on his property taxes.

Laurie Engelen, Carver County's taxpayer services manager, confirmed Friday that Prince continues to owe taxes on four pieces of property of current interest to me. Those are the two parcels on Lake Ann, one on Lake Riley where his father, John L. Nelson, lived out his final days, and Paisley Park.

Engelen said the current year's unpaid taxes, plus penalties, on these four pieces of property -- if paid by May 31, since he's already missed the May 15 bill -- total $126,418.24. The 2009 taxes on these same four properties, plus penalties, interest and fees, are $259,848.40 if paid by May 31. Grand total: $386,266.64.

In March, when Prince's delinquent taxes last got media attention, the total unpaid was closer to $500,000. But that was for the 12 pieces of property purchased under his name or business entities. Of course, rich people, like Symbolina, sometimes buy property under names unknown to the general public.

I can, to a certain extenct, understand that people are interested in celebrity gossip as a form of entertainment but this is just creepy and sad.

Does this woman have a life? Doesn´t her boss read these "articles"? So it´s newsworthy that Prince bought a lock and a chain and looked at houses that were for sale? And what´s up with going into details about his tax situation?

Some things should be off limits.

No offence to Purplethunder3121 who posted this, I actually like that you posted this in a Prince forum because it gives fans some insight into his feud with CJ and thus an insight into Prince´s body of work, i.e. his songs, in this case Billy Jack Bitch in particular.

But...please, what kind of poor journalism is this? Her schtick is getting a bit tired. Symbolina? In an article from 2010?

I agree with your statement some things should be off limits

KoolEaze said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Dish Central by C.J.
Journalist. Star Tribune gossip columnist & FOX9 contributor. Follow me as we dish & get into other mischief. Send me your tips & I'll include.

Star Tribune article from 2010:

What's Prince up to now?

Prince has been moving all around Chanhassen lately, and yet he still hasn't found time to pay his property taxes.

Word is that he caused some excitement in the past couple of weeks by going to the city of Chanhassen administration building. A city official told me late last week that they don't comment on meetings until there is an application -- say, for a building permit, or, as has been Prince's proclivity in recent years, a demolition permit.

In 2003, Prince tore down the Purple House on Lake Riley where his father lived until his death. Then, in 2005, he razed his primary residence on a beautiful, secluded, wooded lot consisting of two parcels on Lake Ann.

Symbolina was reportedly observed buying a lock and chain at Merlin's Ace Hardware and made a late-evening stop at Houlihan's; both businesses are near Paisley Park, where moving vans also have been seen lately.

An e-mailer, who asked not to be named, wrote: "I drive by Paisley Park twice a day (taking kids to school). First I notice the plant was gone from the window, now there are moving trucks there today [Wednesday]. He has been spotted around Chan a lot lately (Arboretum, hardware store, driving through Long Acres neighborhood looking at houses with For Sale signs). What is he up to?"

The possible explanations for the Two Men and a Truck moving vans are infinite, although I am pretty sure that one of the items I captured on startribune.com/video is a table that can be seen among furnishings on the paisleyparkstudios.com website.

I left word with two men on the grounds that I'd like a comment from Prince. One of the men told me, "Do not take pictures of this property," even though I was on a public sidewalk across the street. He said he was going to call the police on me, and I told him I'd stay right where I was. The other guy made a threatening maneuver at me with his SUV, but I felt safer when he complained to me without getting out of his car.

Despite all of the activity at the studios, Prince apparently has not moved to get current on his property taxes.

Laurie Engelen, Carver County's taxpayer services manager, confirmed Friday that Prince continues to owe taxes on four pieces of property of current interest to me. Those are the two parcels on Lake Ann, one on Lake Riley where his father, John L. Nelson, lived out his final days, and Paisley Park.

Engelen said the current year's unpaid taxes, plus penalties, on these four pieces of property -- if paid by May 31, since he's already missed the May 15 bill -- total $126,418.24. The 2009 taxes on these same four properties, plus penalties, interest and fees, are $259,848.40 if paid by May 31. Grand total: $386,266.64.

In March, when Prince's delinquent taxes last got media attention, the total unpaid was closer to $500,000. But that was for the 12 pieces of property purchased under his name or business entities. Of course, rich people, like Symbolina, sometimes buy property under names unknown to the general public.

I can, to a certain extenct, understand that people are interested in celebrity gossip as a form of entertainment but this is just creepy and sad.

Does this woman have a life? Doesn´t her boss read these "articles"? So it´s newsworthy that Prince bought a lock and a chain and looked at houses that were for sale? And what´s up with going into details about his tax situation?

Some things should be off limits.

No offence to Purplethunder3121 who posted this, I actually like that you posted this in a Prince forum because it gives fans some insight into his feud with CJ and thus an insight into Prince´s body of work, i.e. his songs, in this case Billy Jack Bitch in particular.

But...please, what kind of poor journalism is this? Her schtick is getting a bit tired. Symbolina? In an article from 2010?

'Hello my love', written for and about Owen Husney's secretary in 1977. It remains unreleased. He recorded it, left the tape on her desk, but Owen said his secretary wasn't impressed with it. (source : princevault : http://princevault.com/in...o,_My_Love )

Can't think of any other songs that haven't been mentioned before.

Does anyone know whether P wrote any songs for Kim Upsher, his on & off girlfriend in the earliest years of his career?

mightycow said:

'Hello my love', written for and about Owen Husney's secretary in 1977. It remains unreleased. He recorded it, left the tape on her desk, but Owen said his secretary wasn't impressed with it. (source : princevault : http://princevault.com/in...o,_My_Love ) I also remember reading about it in Per Nilsen's 'D.M.S.R.'

Can't think of any other songs that haven't been mentioned before.

Does anyone know whether P wrote any songs for Kim Upsher, his on & off girlfriend in the earliest years of his career?

[Edited 3/10/12 6:15am]