Booooooooooring.

homophobic? No..Bitter? Yes

Let's see if he hires Danielle Curiel to create a video for this one...should be interesting!

AFine1 said:

Let's see if he hires Danielle Curiel to create a video for this one...should be interesting!

What I would give to bone that Bearded lady

"..no, no honey. You can keep that mustache on tonight.."

does bearded lady have to do with shaving, you know, down there????

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i'm not quite getting these lyrics. love the tune though

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Genesia said:

MIRvmn said:

I thought he was spitting in disgust because his lover, cheated on him with another person: regardless of gender.

andykeen said:

I LOVE IT....SERIOUSLY!!

yes

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Genesia said:

Is it possible that by "bearded lady," he meant that the lady was using him as her beard?

That's the way I read it.

It's possible. Though I usually associate the term "beard" with a woman who makes a gay man look straight. I'm more offended by the "dirty world" comment. My sister is a lesbian and there's nothing dirty about the love she has for her fiancée, though being offended by that interpretation of the lyric kind of goes without saying. At least there's nothing else redeeming about the track so that I don't have to feel conflicted about liking it. I feel like every time Prince drops something new, it is an opportunity to remind music listeners why he's so revered. And then he drops Da Bourgeoisie.

See...I didn't rally hear "dirty world" the way you did, either. If this is a woman he's been seeing (in the song) and she's getting busy on the side, that is the "dirty world." Her orientation isn't the issue - the dirty part is that she's cheating on him.

nursev said:

tatocorcu said:

MIRvmn said:

It's obvious that Prince wants 2 draw attention 2 himself and this song unfortunately it will end up with bad publicity and that's not good when ur about 2 release a new album in the next few months. Prince is still entitled 2 his own opinion about homosexuality but he should be careful about touching the subject in his lyrics since it appears that he with this song is offending lesbians

He is entitled to his opinion, like everyone else. But he is not entitled to be disrespectful. Imagine similar lyrics about race, imagine someone saying 'I saw kissing a black/white/Jewish (or any other) man' and then making a sound of disgust...

If the song was about Prince's GF cheating with another man the lyrics would be deemed??

i actually quite like it

Genesia said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Genesia said:

See...I didn't rally hear "dirty world" the way you did, either. If this is a woman he's been seeing (in the song) and she's getting busy on the side, that is the "dirty world." Her orientation isn't the issue - the dirty part is that she's cheating on him.

That's how I see it. She doing wrong...dirty. Dirty ball players aren't gay....they're dirty...doing wrong...cheating. CIA...sneaky...doing wrong on the sly... People read WAAAAY to much into sum of this stuff. [Edited 11/18/13 12:26pm]

cabaret = stripper...dirty world

did i miss the link ot actually HEAR the song, or is it pulled down already?

BobGeorge909 said:

Genesia said:

See...I didn't rally hear "dirty world" the way you did, either. If this is a woman he's been seeing (in the song) and she's getting busy on the side, that is the "dirty world." Her orientation isn't the issue - the dirty part is that she's cheating on him.

That's how I see it. She doing wrong...dirty. Dirty ball players aren't gay....they're dirty...doing wrong...cheating. CIA...sneaky...doing wrong on the sly... People read WAAAAY to much into sum of this stuff. [Edited 11/18/13 12:26pm]

He says "last time i checked you said you left the dirty world"...

When he says "world", it doesn't sound like he's talking about a singular act...sounds more like he's talking about a lifestyle.

SuperFurryAnimal said:

Tempest said:

Player319 said:

This is once again Prince using subliminal messages in his music. The reference to bearded ladies is clearly his life long fear of hairy fannies

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Fanny means the front not the back in the UK.

Byron said:

artist76 said:

Styles said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

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AGREED!

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Byron said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Genesia said: That's how I see it. She doing wrong...dirty. Dirty ball players aren't gay....they're dirty...doing wrong...cheating. CIA...sneaky...doing wrong on the sly... People read WAAAAY to much into sum of this stuff. [Edited 11/18/13 12:26pm]

He says "last time i checked you said you left the dirty world"...

When he says "world", it doesn't sound like he's talking about a singular act...sounds more like he's talking about a lifestyle.

So she had cheated on him before, got busted, told him it was over and got caught again. The "dirty world" is the one she has with her "outside interest."

Think he's dropped a ball. 'dirty world' could be given as bad wording but when you ally that to 'bearded lady' I think Houston knows it's got a problem. But, will all forgive him as soon as some more candy drops. You know...remember Le Petit Prince-gate or Serpan-gate? This seems worse as it's neither personal or copyright related...kinda like Morrissey when he paraded around with the Union Jack and espoused the right wing.

Will do more thinking and listening to the tune but the immediate feel ain't too nice. Best case scenario is just lazy writing and not thinking through how the listener is going to receive his meaning or a fun demo that should never have been released with these lyrics.

When I hear bearded lady I think of a bearded lady at a carnival/freak show.

So a bearded lady is a freak.

Like a sexual freak.

Poor Princey. No inspiration for new music, so let's get some attention by being a bit homophobic. Maybe he should retire before it's too late?

Genesia said:

Byron said:

He says "last time i checked you said you left the dirty world"...

When he says "world", it doesn't sound like he's talking about a singular act...sounds more like he's talking about a lifestyle.

So she had cheated on him before, got busted, told him it was over and got caught again. The "dirty world" is the one she has with her "outside interest."

And cheated on him with a woman lol...and has apparently done so again.

Plus, he says "I guess a mans only good for a rainy day"...not that HE is only good for a rainy day, but that men are.

He makes it pretty obvious he's talking about her same-sex proclivities. The bitter moments in the lyrics originate from her cheating.