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Reply #30 posted 06/25/13 2:09pm

SometimesIwond
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BobGeorge909 said:

SometimesIwonder said:

Some1 please explain to me what the words r in Animal kingdom after Prince sings "If God wanted milk in me the breast I suck.....??"
I also thought for years that Chelsea Rodgers still had a butt like a leather seat! lol

Would have a line around the hood...


A convoluted way of saying adults would routinely nurse if milk was beneficial for adults to consume routinely or if breast feeding was a viable nutritional choice for an adult.

Butt like a leather seat...a big juicy one that makes the pants it is in taught/tight.
[Edited 6/25/13 13:00pm]


Ahhh! I get it- line around the hood!! I was thinking what kinda hood, a jacket? A car?! Ha ha Never thought about hood in those terms. Thanks so much BobGeorge909! smile The Chelsea Rodgers song I think is "Still got a butt like a letter C" as in curvy & round- no a leather seat as I always used to sing! Ha ha

Man, I bet there r tons of Prince songs that I sing my stupid made-up lyrics to! lol
Oh aye, in Lavaux I always sang Hawaiian mystery- I'm a total tube! falloff
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Reply #31 posted 06/25/13 8:52pm

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I'd like to hear others understanding of Starfish & Coffee

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"Starfish & Coffee" seems to be about individuality. Cynthia is celebrated for being able to be her own person in the face of classroom/peer ridicule. What's really good about the song is the twist. At the beginning of the song, we are led to believe that something is wrong with Cynthia, but by the end of the song we realize that it is not Cynthia that has the problem but that her classmates/peers are simply not as independent and free as Cynthia as the song ends with "Go'on Cynthia," which simply means "keep doin' yo' thang girl" and because Cynthia is happy/content with who she is.

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Also, I don't think that Prince's explanation that the symbol of red blood in a blue sky making purple rain being a religious reference was a revision. Though, I do think that he was making the connection to "1999" as well as to "Purple Rain." As Dave Hill discusses in Prince: A Pop Life and as C. Liegh McInnis discusses in The Lyrics of Prince both "1999" and "Purple Rain" paint or echo a type of Armageddon with "1999" representing the hell fire and damnation and "Purple Rain" representing the salvation though "Purple Rain," unlike "1999," can be read equally as a personal/romantic cleansing whereas "1999" is meant to be strictly an allegorical reading of the end of the tangible world. And, the reason I don't think that it is a revision by Prince is because blood in the sky is a pretty common metaphor, such as Margaret Walker's "let a bloody peace be written in the sky," from her poem "For My People." Of course, part of Prince's genius is his ability to be ambiguous, but aren't most well-crafted poetry/lyrics purposely ambiguous so that they can have two or three meanings? So, with the blood in a blue sky, Prince was just doing what he does so well, which is to trope symbols and use them for his own messages/purposes. Therefore, connecting the Armageddon imagery of "1999" to the other religious imagery that was well established in Prince's work, it doesn't seem too unlikely that Prince wanted the listeners to have a religious as well as a romantic reading of "Purple Rain," especially since his entire career has been driven by combining or juxtaposing the energies of sexual passion and spiritual passion. It's like one reviewer of the Controversy Tour stated about the end of the show when Prince is standing atop the stage with his arms spread wide: "Is it a reenactment of the crucifix, or is it just an entertainer showing that he has given all that he has to give?" Whatever the answer/purpose was, we can't deny that the cross and other religious imagery were a part of the stage setting, show, and songs, which all worked to evoke a deeper reading of the songs at that time.

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Reply #32 posted 06/26/13 10:11am

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In "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker", I always took the lyric "violent room" to be an audience. Something akin to when a comedian is in front of "a tough crowd".

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Reply #33 posted 07/03/13 8:05am

Optimus2

OldFriends4Sale said: I'd like to hear others understanding of Starfish & Coffee is it about a little lesbian?....with teh chorus meaning she likes a womens private parts for example > Starfish and coffeeMaple syrup and jam < meaning she likes licking pussy juice when shes on her period.....Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine < the overies and wombAnd a side order of ham < pussy flaps.....cuz there both on the "side" of the vagina obvioulsyIf U set your mind free, baby Maybe you'd understand Starfish and coffeeMaple syrup and jami thought Lunchbox was a metaphor 4 vagina......taht part were it says "Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn't aroundLucy cried, I almost died, U know what we found" meaning prince opened Lucy's pussy..when cyntia wasnt around...get it?
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Reply #34 posted 07/03/13 2:49pm

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Optimus2 said:

OldFriends4Sale said: I'd like to hear others understanding of Starfish & Coffee is it about a little lesbian?....with teh chorus meaning she likes a womens private parts for example > Starfish and coffeeMaple syrup and jam < meaning she likes licking pussy juice when shes on her period.....Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine < the overies and wombAnd a side order of ham < pussy flaps.....cuz there both on the "side" of the vagina obvioulsyIf U set your mind free, baby Maybe you'd understand Starfish and coffeeMaple syrup and jami thought Lunchbox was a metaphor 4 vagina......taht part were it says "Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn't aroundLucy cried, I almost died, U know what we found" meaning prince opened Lucy's pussy..when cyntia wasnt around...get it?

What the actual fuck eek

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Reply #35 posted 07/03/13 2:55pm

Optimus2

TheKid94 said: Optimus2 said: OldFriends4Sale said: I'd like to hear others understanding of Starfish & Coffee is it about a little lesbian?....with teh chorus meaning she likes a womens private parts for example > Starfish and coffeeMaple syrup and jam < meaning she likes licking pussy juice when shes on her period.....Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine < the overies and wombAnd a side order of ham < pussy flaps.....cuz there both on the "side" of the vagina obvioulsyIf U set your mind free, baby Maybe you'd understand Starfish and coffeeMaple syrup and jami thought Lunchbox was a metaphor 4 vagina......taht part were it says "Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn't aroundLucy cried, I almost died, U know what we found" meaning prince opened Lucy's pussy..when cyntia wasnt around...get it? What the actual fuck eek sowwy but wwhen i 1st heard teh song....thats what i 4ort it was about...no joke!!!...in kinda makes sense tho lol

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Reply #36 posted 07/03/13 3:18pm

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Dude, learn how to quote properly. You suck at the internet.

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Reply #37 posted 07/04/13 9:42am

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Genesia said:



alk9417 said:


The Ballad of Dorothy Parker. All I gather is that it's about a girl that makes him feel better, but whats with references to "violent rooms" and the "baths with pants on"? Still intriguing regardless




"Violent room" is a metaphor for having an argument with his girlfriend.

Taking a bath with his pants on means they made out but didn't have sex.

Didn't you people ever take high school English? Seriously - this is all taught in Symbolism 101.





Lol. Thank you for that explanation. Couldn't have said it better myself. lol
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Reply #38 posted 07/08/13 11:45am

Optimus2

Genesia said:Dude, learn how to quote properly. You suck at the internet. its not my fault.....when i go on this site.....it cums out all fucked up x
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Reply #39 posted 07/09/13 12:36pm

luvsexy4all

Se7en said:

In "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker", I always took the lyric "violent room" to be an audience. Something akin to when a comedian is in front of "a tough crowd".

i thought it meant a shrinks office...

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Reply #40 posted 07/09/13 12:37pm

luvsexy4all

if your girlfriend had the surgery maybe she could see what i see?

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Reply #41 posted 07/10/13 8:14pm

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luvsexy4all said:

if your girlfriend had the surgery maybe she could see what i see?


I believe the lyric is if you g/f hadn't had the surgery, maybe she could see what i see.



As in the ground. Can see your feet...grounded in reality so speak instead of blinded by false self image....i unno....prince often seems guilty of that kind of stuff himself....so he souoldnt be preaching....so it may mean summin else.
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Reply #42 posted 07/15/13 8:11am

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BobGeorge909 said:

luvsexy4all said:

if your girlfriend had the surgery maybe she could see what i see?

I believe the lyric is if you g/f hadn't had the surgery, maybe she could see what i see. As in the ground. Can see your feet...grounded in reality so speak instead of blinded by false self image....i unno....prince often seems guilty of that kind of stuff himself....so he souoldnt be preaching....so it may mean summin else.

Sassey Tavares has a profile on facebook. She has pictures and everything! She keeps all of her friends about her experience with Prince and she has been keeping us up on all the latest. I don't think Sassey should have been banned but I'm glad I friended her on facebook. smile The woman has stories going back to 2009! She even has the exact date, time, and replies of some org members all over her profile. Even replies from old thread removed by moderators. It's like reading a recap of the last 4 years. It's a great summer read! She goes all into the reason Prince has this exact lyric in the song Laydown. Sassey explains everything. I understand why she was so angry with Prince and his people. I think everything she said is true. It now makes sense to me why Prince has been acting so desperate since Lotusflower.

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Reply #43 posted 07/15/13 3:33pm

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MJMia said:

BobGeorge909 said:

luvsexy4all said: I believe the lyric is if you g/f hadn't had the surgery, maybe she could see what i see. As in the ground. Can see your feet...grounded in reality so speak instead of blinded by false self image....i unno....prince often seems guilty of that kind of stuff himself....so he souoldnt be preaching....so it may mean summin else.

Sassey Tavares has a profile on facebook. She has pictures and everything! She keeps all of her friends about her experience with Prince and she has been keeping us up on all the latest. I don't think Sassey should have been banned but I'm glad I friended her on facebook. smile The woman has stories going back to 2009! She even has the exact date, time, and replies of some org members all over her profile. Even replies from old thread removed by moderators. It's like reading a recap of the last 4 years. It's a great summer read! She goes all into the reason Prince has this exact lyric in the song Laydown. Sassey explains everything. I understand why she was so angry with Prince and his people. I think everything she said is true. It now makes sense to me why Prince has been acting so desperate since Lotusflower.

what??? more info please

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Reply #44 posted 07/15/13 7:23pm

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MJMia said:



BobGeorge909 said:


luvsexy4all said:

if your girlfriend had the surgery maybe she could see what i see?



I believe the lyric is if you g/f hadn't had the surgery, maybe she could see what i see. As in the ground. Can see your feet...grounded in reality so speak instead of blinded by false self image....i unno....prince often seems guilty of that kind of stuff himself....so he souoldnt be preaching....so it may mean summin else.

Sassey Tavares has a profile on facebook. She has pictures and everything! She keeps all of her friends about her experience with Prince and she has been keeping us up on all the latest. I don't think Sassey should have been banned but I'm glad I friended her on facebook. smile The woman has stories going back to 2009! She even has the exact date, time, and replies of some org members all over her profile. Even replies from old thread removed by moderators. It's like reading a recap of the last 4 years. It's a great summer read! She goes all into the reason Prince has this exact lyric in the song Laydown. Sassey explains everything. I understand why she was so angry with Prince and his people. I think everything she said is true. It now makes sense to me why Prince has been acting so desperate since Lotusflower.


Shame that Sassey has been banned, she had a different perspective, and an amazing vocabulary!
Would love for Prince to write a book about his songs their meanings for him, and see how close we are.
You know you are in love, when you cannot fall asleep because your reality is finally better than your dreams - Dr Seuss
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Reply #45 posted 07/16/13 5:03am

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Sometimes songs are open to interpretation and there isn't a definate meaning.

Imagination is all that's required.

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Reply #46 posted 07/16/13 10:13am

alk9417

Marrk said:

Sometimes songs are open to interpretation and there isn't a definate meaning.

Imagination is all that's required.

highfive

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Reply #47 posted 07/16/13 11:05am

undertheesea

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jonylawson said:

Prince explained the meaning of the song on tavis smiley..1998

blood mixed with the blue of the sky = purple..purple rain

its about the end of the world and letting jesus guide you through.....

Taking blood of a physical body and combining it with the blue of the sky....

another interpretation...

taking the limited consciousness of an individual bound to the body...

and....

releasing it 2 become 1/won with the Universal Unlimited Consciousness

where can all b 1.

Hope that we all c it.

Eye would love to be there....while still in the physical body....

true freedom....

but this only happens with God's Grace.

interesting perseption here..... pray present

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Reply #48 posted 07/16/13 11:07am

undertheesea

Optimus2 said:

Genesia said:Dude, learn how to quote properly. You suck at the internet. its not my fault.....when i go on this site.....it cums out all fucked up x

eek

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Reply #49 posted 07/16/13 11:55am

undertheesea

MJMia said:

BobGeorge909 said:

luvsexy4all said: I believe the lyric is if you g/f hadn't had the surgery, maybe she could see what i see. As in the ground. Can see your feet...grounded in reality so speak instead of blinded by false self image....i unno....prince often seems guilty of that kind of stuff himself....so he souoldnt be preaching....so it may mean summin else.

Sassey Tavares has a profile on facebook. She has pictures and everything! She keeps all of her friends about her experience with Prince and she has been keeping us up on all the latest. I don't think Sassey should have been banned but I'm glad I friended her on facebook. smile The woman has stories going back to 2009! She even has the exact date, time, and replies of some org members all over her profile. Even replies from old thread removed by moderators. It's like reading a recap of the last 4 years. It's a great summer read! She goes all into the reason Prince has this exact lyric in the song Laydown. Sassey explains everything. I understand why she was so angry with Prince and his people. I think everything she said is true. It now makes sense to me why Prince has been acting so desperate since Lotusflower.

hmmm...it sounds intriguing. To bad i dont have a fb account. shrug

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Reply #50 posted 07/16/13 2:34pm

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Head - what's that all about?

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Reply #51 posted 07/20/13 6:48pm

alk9417

Dandroppedadime said:

Head - what's that all about?

Scalp diseases

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