"She showed me where it's supposed to go. A blow job doesn't mean 'no'. And incest is everything it's said to be."

?

He's crazy. Who knows. There is no way of knowing except if you asked his sister. For all we know, he is talking about a lover of his who was more his sister than a girlfriend.

Every single one of Prince's lyrics are factual.

Spanky said:

"She showed me where it's supposed to go. A blow job doesn't mean 'no'. And incest is everything it's said to be."

?

A blowjob doesn't mean blow.

TheEnglishGent said:

Every single one of Prince's lyrics are factual.

But if anyone tries to tell you that he once appeared onstage with James Brown and Michael Jackson, don't believe it. That is a total lie.

Genesia said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Every single one of Prince's lyrics are factual.

But if anyone tries to tell you that he once appeared onstage with James Brown and Michael Jackson, don't believe it. That is a total lie.

That's right, if he didn't sing about it, it didn't happen. It's all there for those that care to look hard enough.

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Autobiographical fiction!

"never fullfilled fantasy"

or

"could have happened, but it wasn't meant to be"

I always thought it was just a play on words....not his actual sister but a "Sista" that he was singing about!

Digifuwill said:

I always thought it was just a play on words....not his actual sister but a "Sista" that he was singing about!

Interesting hypothesis. But then why would he call her "my sister" rather than "a sister" or "this sister?"

Digifuwill said:

I always thought it was just a play on words....not his actual sister but a "Sista" that he was singing about!

that is what I always thought too

I doubt it, in those days he was doing what he had to to shock people, the album flopped but paid off in the respect he gained artistically and continued to pay off with the more comparatively refined deviations of his next 3 albums, as he became more popular he didn't need to be quite as outrageous sexually. But, like everyone else here who knows, the record shows that he lived with a sister in New York who tried to get him a record deal when he was young. It's a fucking raunchy song I know that but when I think of my "sister" it's a disgusting, disgusting thought so in that way it's anti-erotic for me.

Genesia said:

Digifuwill said:

I always thought it was just a play on words....not his actual sister but a "Sista" that he was singing about!

Interesting hypothesis. But then why would he call her "my sister" rather than "a sister" or "this sister?"

well, this is Prince the lyricist we're talking about here

But actually, I hear people refer to "my brother" all the time and they are using it figuratively. Also, the song does refer to incest, so maybe that is why he said MY sister, to begin the wordplay.

Digifuwill said:

I always thought it was just a play on words....not his actual sister but a "Sista" that he was singing about!

I've contemplated that before but then there's the incest line.

TheEnglishGent said:

Digifuwill said:

I always thought it was just a play on words....not his actual sister but a "Sista" that he was singing about!

I've contemplated that before but then there's the incest line.

that's the play on words. He's talking about being with a "sister" and then says how great incest is. It's pretty funny (if that's how he intended it)

thebanishedone said:

So of course it's fictional shock lyrics.

That's what I always thought..

thebanishedone said:

Tyka Nelson said that it was untrue in the Michael Dean's podcast and that it was for shock value.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But it sure made folks talk, even after 32 years.

He wanted to shock folks so fiction.

NDRU said:

TheEnglishGent said:

I've contemplated that before but then there's the incest line.

that's the play on words. He's talking about being with a "sister" and then says how great incest is. It's pretty funny (if that's how he intended it)

I agree....I never thought it was about his actual sister. It's all wordplay!

Harlepolis said:

Tyka Nelson said that it was untrue in the Michael Dean's podcast and that it was for shock value.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But it sure made folks talk, even after 32 years.

It would not have been Tyka but Lorna. She was about 16 years older that Prince and the one he did stay with in New York when he was about 16.

I don't know why people are even entertaining that it could be true. Prince had a lot of imagination then.

Timmy84 said:

I don't know why people are even entertaining that it could be true. Prince had a lot of imagination then.

maybe because he had a sister that was about the right age when he was about the right age that he lived with at the time?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Timmy84 said:

I don't know why people are even entertaining that it could be true. Prince had a lot of imagination then.

maybe because he had a sister that was about the right age when he was about the right age that he lived with at the time?

Still don't mean it happened.

Wether IT happened or not, the song is about incest.

None of this "sista" BS.

Timmy84 said:

I don't know why people are even entertaining that it could be true. Prince had a lot of imagination then.

I agree, but since there's no proof either way, tongues will wag.

We all know Prince likes to front this stud image, the roots of the song are more than likely pure imagination, or at it's most scandalous - he probably walked in on her showering and caught the faintest glimpse of bush before skuttering out as fast he could, face burning with embarrassment - then he went giggling and sniggering to Andre about it something. You know how boys are.

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It's to be taken factual and literally of course.

Just like Horny Pony.

I'mma go with the explanation given for Purple Rain....it's SEMI-autographical!!!!