So i finished listening to the Gold Experience album from 1995 and I love the song Gold so i'm wondering what the song means

It means 'you can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter'. It was a secret message to fans that from that moment on all his albums would be overproduced spangly noisefests.

[Edited 8/9/14 1:23am]

erik319 said:

It means 'you can't polish a turn, but you can roll it in glitter'. It was a secret message to fans that from that moment on all his albums would be overproduced spangly noisefests.

Assuming you mean 'turd' and not 'turn':

I think my signature reveals the secret meaning of the interludes and interruptions to the music on this album. Prince wanted to cut in on the music with boring talking as a way to further decline his album sales. It was so lame, I really did expect the voice to talk about NPG membership cards and NPG lunchboxes. This was lame to the 423rd power. No different than a Scooby Doo lunchbox.

stillwaiting said:

I think my signature reveals the secret meaning of the interludes and interruptions to the music on this album. Prince wanted to cut in on the music with boring talking as a way to further decline his album sales. It was so lame, I really did expect the voice to talk about NPG membership cards and NPG lunchboxes. This was lame to the 423rd power. No different than a Scooby Doo lunchbox.

Yeah, those interludes were already lame when the Gold album came out and now they are just plain unbearable!

I love TGE and those interludes served the album well.

musicmaster616 said:

So i finished listening to the Gold Experience album from 1995 and I love the song Gold so i'm wondering what the song means

What do u think?

I thought it was pretty straightforward and obvious... Great song, by the way!

bigd74 said:

I love TGE and those interludes served the album well.

I realise now that it is actually the Symbol album that has the most annoying interludes, Gold is not as bad actually. But I wouldn't have missed them either!

funkaholic1972 said:

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LiveToTell86 said:

I thought it was pretty straightforward and obvious... Great song, by the way!

I wish the OP would be more specific on what they don't understand.

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There's a mountain and it's mighty high
U cannot see the top unless U fly
And there's a molehill of proven ground
There ain't nowhere 2 go if U hang around
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Everybody wants 2 sell what's already been sold
Everybody wants 2 tell what's already been told
What's the use of money if U ain't gonna break the mold?
Even at the center of fire there is cold
All that glitters ain't gold
All that glitters ain't gold, mmm
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There's an ocean of despair
There are people livin' there
They're unhappy each and every day
But hell is not fashion so what U tryin' 2 say?
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Everybody wants 2 sell what's already been sold
Everybody wants 2 tell what's already been told
What's the use of money if U ain't gonna break the mold?
Even at the center of fire there is cold
All that glitters ain't gold, no no
All that glitters ain't gold, no no
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There's a lady, 99 years old
If she led a good life, heaven takes her soul
Now that's a theory and if U don't wanna know
Step aside and make a way 4 those who want 2 go
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Everybody wants 2 sell what's already been sold (Sold)
Everybody wants 2 tell what's already been told (Told)
What's the use of bein' young if U ain't gonna get old? (Old)
Even at the center of fire there is cold (Cold)
All that glitters (glitters) ain't gold, no no no no no
All that glitters ain't gold
Alright
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All that glitters, all that glitters, all that glitters.. ain't gold

bigd74 said:

I love TGE and those interludes served the album well.

So when the operator said "You've just become a member of the New Power Generation," did you really feel included? Did you have this deep down gushy feeling inside? Did you feel you just heard an incredible act of poetry, and felt the talking over the music was some extreme amazing artistic statement? If you did, that's your experience. I thought ruining the horn breakdown of Billy Jack Bitch, and the cringe-worthy talking at the end of gold was a direct contrast to Prince's "Purple Hippie" talking in the 1999 era which made him sound cutting edge. The drivel talking on Gold seemed to drag down an awesome album already hurt by ridiculous over-production. The original versions of Gold and Endorphinmachine speak volumes of how great the material was. The released versions were still good, but watered down. Not quite the hack job of The Breakdown, which went from great song to good song, but still some serious song-butchering going on.

[Edited 8/9/14 5:56am]

stillwaiting said: