A big bowl of meh for me. Same o same o. I aint even bothered by the homophobia becasue it's such a forgetable throwaway. Whatever.

bluefish said:

Being a Prince fan really drives the point home for me that I'd never want to be famous. People are so quick to judge you and assume the worst about you. It's really disgusting and somewhat frightening.

I agree with others who think the song is about feeling betrayed/played after being cheated on. The references to a "bearded lady" and a "dirty world" sound like he is talking about a "freak" in the sense of a promiscuous woman who has no sense of what it is to be faithful -- she'll sleep with anyone and everyone. Also, a "beard" could be a metaphor for the idea that the woman was "disgusing" her true self around him -- pretending to be faithful, while sneaking around behind his back.

Are the lyrics bitter? You bet they are. I know that if I had a girlfriend and found out she was cheating on me, my reaction (at least initially) would be harsh and spiteful. I think that's human nature.

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Perfect....I agree

IstenSzek said:

these explanations are killing me this is looking more and more like the imdb forums

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sometimes what it sounds like is what it actually is.

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whenever anyone complains that prince's lyrics these days are like a 13 year old's, there

are people yelling "it's just a pop song, what do you want from prince" blablabla.

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now he tosses out this 'off the cuff' joint and all of a sudden we're supposed to open our

minds and read between the lines, because clearly prince is using clever metaphores on

us.

prince can be a dick, we all know that. this song is proof of that. if you have to clear up

the song title and mention that it's "not prejudicial", within 2 hours of it's release, you're going to have to rethink your lyrics, no? or perhaps just admit that you're trying to stuff

a year's worth of doorbanging into a 3 minute ditty, just to cover your bases.

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literary analyses by those who could prattle over an hour about a man eating an orange,

as if that was somehow correllating to moby dick and melville's penis envy, what remains

is a lyric that any casual listener will interpret as spiteful, childish and ignorant.

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so instead of a press release about a new album, we got another mud slinger for our mid

november appetites.

Agree withh the bolded parts...

This is classic Prince doing what he does best...grabbing attention. And he loves that. He knows exactly what he is doing. Funky lil'gem of a tune

Really dig this tune! It's got a great flow to it!

thepope2the9s said:

to the haters IM DIGGING THIS FUNKYASS TRACK!,,

brookinz said:

Really dig this tune! It's got a great flow to it!

I wish I could hear that.....

I can't get into the song.... it's rather awful imho.. both the music and lyrics.. awful....

Lyrically it's okay, his vocal execution is great, but overall the song is just another inconsequential effort.

What started as an awesome year has faded to become boring at years end

All right--now I've listened again. I enjoy the music, haven't actually worked out what all of the lyrics mean... I'm holding off on judging, for now. I'll probably continue to enjoy the music and performance--but there are songs where the lyrics keep me from ever enjoying them fully. (I'm actually confused by comments that say setting the lyrics aside, what do you think about the song?--unless the thing's an instrumental, I can't set the lyrics aside, at least not for a song in my own language. Even in a language I don't know, I'm constantly wondering how things work out, and try to get some idea of how the lyric works. Even in literally nonsense lyrics).

What's the "snatching little wigs" line? The lyrics given earlier don't seem to match up there.

I do like the feel of this track--and I think the "My Medallion" comparisons are apt. Always liked that one, too.

I like this song.

kewlschool said:

I like this song.

BobGeorge909 said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

cabaret = stripper...dirty world

Hey now! don't be disrespecting our clothingly-challenged entertainers. The DWC community is very important.

NouveauDance said:

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SuperSoulFighter said:

Is Twitter really the only way to hear it? Now I can only read the lyrics and judging from them, Prince's brain is still on vacation.

If you can read this, you can read twitter.... and link to the file.

No?

http://www.drfunkenberry....um=twitter

u can listen AND download there.

The tweet with the download was taken down s few hours after it was up so if people do go to "his" Twitter account, people cannot find the link.

I would like to suggest that anybody that's mad at Prince should ask for their $ back for this track...

I'm sure he will give you a refund for 100% of what you paid.

V10LETBLUES said:

A big bowl of meh for me. Same o same o. I aint even bothered by the homophobia becasue it's such a forgetable throwaway. Whatever.

I'm not so inclined to believe the song is a put down or even about lesbians, that's just me.

i still love the fact that we wake up one morning and there's a new song. just poof~! 2013 has been a lot of fun.

funky, controversial, free. i'1m satisfied

XxAxX said:

i still love the fact that we wake up one morning and there's a new song. just poof~! 2013 has been a lot of fun.

NouveauDance said:

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2020 said:

What started as an awesome year has faded to become boring at years end

Oh my goodness..... what a cute and adorable picture....

Ps. and 2020, you are absolutely right: 2013 is not a "big year" in Prince land............

EddieC said:

Appart from the lyrics to this song I've loved this year to be honest. I've loved the music and the random distribution but as always horses for courses and I can understand the wish for a definitive statement of creativity like an album or DVD

I'm not trying to hate on nothing, I still feel positive about his playing his vocal delivery and even the random means of distrubition

Its just these lyrics do not sit well and they have at best ambiguously negative connotations

Understand I'm not calling Prince Homophobic i'm just saying that he's used at best ambiguously negative connotations

Of all people that should understand that language surrounding minority groups can be loaded it's Prince, Less we forget the history lesson on the seemingly innocent names given to decendents of former slaves in the song Family Names, Or for that fact any number of deconstructions of language surrounding race he has talked about in the last 17 years.

I take on board when somebody from a minority expresses that language has a diffrent connatation to them he should do the same.

chopingard, I think Prince likes a little controversy, wouldn't you agree?

Frederick96 said: