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Printablechocolate1 said:
The lyric is from "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore".
A phone call hasn't cost 10 cents in years... Most people don't even use public telephones anymore; I don't even know how much it is nowadays. That's the first one that came to my mind. | |
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If the milk turns out to be sour, I aint the kinda pussy to drink it! |
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What's the song where he just randomly says "MP3" at one point? One for the future there.
As for pagers - they've been out of date in most of the world since the mid 90s, but I think they clung on in the US for a while longer.
By which I mean "in this digital age, you could just page me" is less dated in some places than others. Although I question to what extent it was ever "the rage" anywhere.
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Didn't he do a song mentioning a pager on LotusFlower?
And Somewhere Here On Earth (Planet Earth) he mentions a pager | |
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I know both "U're Gonna C Me" (from MPLSound and One Nite Alone...) and "Somewhere Here On Earth" mentioned a pager.. the lines were (iirc) "give me a page on my two-way" and "in this digital age, you could just page me".. unless page means something else to him (like a term for texting or calling), then those lyrics were outdated when he released the songs.
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any lyric about sexuality as a form of spirituality
because he doesn't believe in that anymore, probably  | |
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Really? I think there's been a lot of songs since 2000 that still deal with the convergence of sexuality and spirituality. Two off the top of my head are "Satisfied" and "All This Love." He puts more focus on being a monogamous or married relationship, though. "All This Love" somehow reminds of "Come" or "Space" in its message or story.
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This one has always bothered me: "I scan my computer, looking for a site. Somebody to talk to, funny and bright." Who "scans their computer looking for a site"? Does Prince know the internet is not all inside his computer? Maybe he has one of these: [img:$uid]http://www.rnrh.net/images/blog/ms_internet_on_a_disc.jpg[/img:$uid]
And yea, any lyric involving pagers is outdated, even when it came out, hardly anyone was using them. | |
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"My sister never made love to anyone else but me"
I mean, that hasnt happened to me for decades now!
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I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
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Wow that's some good information! Had no idea!"I don't follow trends; they just follow me" Riiiiight... "In the beginning, God made the sea. On the seventh day, He made me!" Come on, we all know that shit was 10,000 years ago. Silly Prince. "Everybody loves me..." No. No, they don't. The entire song Dream Factory. They outsourced those jobs to India a long time ago. They're not coming back. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Yes, the term "page" has been superceded, but anyone over the age of 30 knows that there was a time when it was ubiqutous. And, yes, it can be be used as a term for texting or calling, as paging was the forebear of text messaging anyway, so its not a misuse of the term. Also, its artistic licence in the case of SHOE - whilst it may be an "old-fashioned" term, it works perfectly to allow him to use the multiple rhymes with rage, age and engage.
I think its nostalgic and kinda cute ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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lust said: CrabalockerFishwife said: Uh...
"they say 2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time!
I think you could sing that retrospectively. People know that referring to the millennium means a big party wether it's in the future or a past event. About as relevant as Space 1999. | |
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Annie Christian:
This is referring to an event in 1980 when black children were being murder throughout Atlanta. It was incredibly huge news back then but many people have no clue about it today. Making love and music are the only things worth fighting for. |
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I was talking to a friend the other day, and I told him about this thread. That was his example... I forgot to come back on and post it. "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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"It's About That Walk": Mentions her being on her way to Nell's in NYC... It closed in 2004. "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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