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Reply #30 posted 08/31/14 6:48am

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Lockwood88 said:



Se7en said:


I've been a fan since 1982 (1999). I know there are a lot of gun references in his 36 years of releasing albums.


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My question was why are there so many NOW? If you consider AOA and PE to be a somewhat joint release (with overlapping players, themes and even an overlapping song) then essentially you have 3 gun references in the same era. And also in 3 of the songs that were released first.




Maybe because there a lot of nutters shooting people in schools and a nine year old girl shoots a instructor with a Uzi in that accident.

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That's true. Gun violence and gun control are major themes in American discourse right now. But Prince's recent gun references are juvenile. Think of Pretzlbodylogic, for example. There's no commentary in that reference. We're not talking Annie Christian or Love Sign here. He just tosses out gun references for little apparent reason.
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Reply #31 posted 08/31/14 7:22am

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Ok, I found the gun reference in Fixurlifeup a little odd, not typical of Prince but at the same time not advocating or glamorizing guns.

Then another one in Pretzelbodylogic. One that almost tries to use guns for a "cool" factor.

Then, a third reference from the same era (this time from Prince's own song Clouds).

I'm just wondering why there are so many at the same time?



Fixurlifeup:

Lookin’ at the world through the barrel of a gun
Hands behind their back in a parked car

Pretzelbodylogic: Taste the bitter sweet, undone
Now we both too sleepy to get the gun


Clouds:

How do we engage?!
Bullying just for fun,
No wonder there's so many guns
Maybe we're better off in space!


To me it seems he's just reflecting on the violent world in which we live in.
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Reply #32 posted 08/31/14 7:24am

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nosajd said:

Se7en said:

Ok, I found the gun reference in Fixurlifeup a little odd, not typical of Prince but at the same time not advocating or glamorizing guns.

Then another one in Pretzelbodylogic. One that almost tries to use guns for a "cool" factor.

Then, a third reference from the same era (this time from Prince's own song Clouds).

I'm just wondering why there are so many at the same time?



Fixurlifeup:

Lookin’ at the world through the barrel of a gun
Hands behind their back in a parked car

Pretzelbodylogic: Taste the bitter sweet, undone
Now we both too sleepy to get the gun


Clouds:

How do we engage?!
Bullying just for fun,
No wonder there's so many guns
Maybe we're better off in space!


To me it seems he's just reflecting on the violent world in which we live in.


Those lyrics are so fucking terrible.
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Reply #33 posted 08/31/14 5:00pm

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KingSausage said:

nosajd said:



To me it seems he's just reflecting on the violent world in which we live in.


Those lyrics are so fucking terrible.



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Reply #34 posted 08/31/14 5:07pm

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nosajd said:

KingSausage said:



Those lyrics are so fucking terrible.



Opinions are like assholes smile



Yeah, and mine shits fire on those shitty lyrics.
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Reply #35 posted 08/31/14 5:31pm

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KingSausage said:

nosajd said:
Opinions are like assholes smile
Yeah, and mine shits fire on those shitty lyrics.

Thanks for sharing, I'll be sure to stay clear of yours.

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Reply #36 posted 08/31/14 5:40pm

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FragileUndertow said:

iZsaZsa said:

I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out.


eek lol

lol lol lol

Im never gonna be able to listen to that song again without that image at the end.

Thanks!! mad mad mad

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Reply #37 posted 08/31/14 8:27pm

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Unless I somehow skipped past it, wouldn't "Count The Days," be the obvious reference here? Or Shy? Both from the same period...but CTD promotes violence, while Shy shees to be showing how foolish it is.

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Reply #38 posted 09/01/14 11:24am

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I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out. He acts that out as well while on show for "Dolphin".

That noise is the sound of an electric guitar being unplugged from an amp with some reverb thrown on it.

It's the guitar equivalent of dropping the mic. It's just like the pop at the end of Damn U where Prince let's the mic on the stand drop and hit his shoulder, (which I believe is even seen along with the sound on the video). Dropping the mic.

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Reply #39 posted 09/01/14 11:29am

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No guns. No problem. No people to use the guns. No problem. Which of these can we actually remove from the equation?

Neither. You can never remove guns completely. The folks in power will never give them up because it keeps them in power and those who would use them illegally will find ways to get them. The only guns you can get rid of are the ones possessed by people who obey the law and therefore pose no threat.

What you seem to be suggesting would result in something quite different than what you and your comrades would expect. What would actually happen has a name. It's called tyranny.

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Reply #40 posted 09/01/14 11:36am

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steakfinger said:



iZsaZsa said:


I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out. He acts that out as well while on show for "Dolphin".


That noise is the sound of an electric guitar being unplugged from an amp with some reverb thrown on it.



It's the guitar equivalent of dropping the mic. It's just like the pop at the end of Damn U where Prince let's the mic on the stand drop and hit his shoulder, (which I believe is even seen along with the sound on the video). Dropping the mic.


I didn't think it was real gunfire, but thanks.
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Reply #41 posted 09/01/14 1:27pm

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Because gun rhymes with fun and son?
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Reply #42 posted 09/01/14 2:42pm

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Reply #43 posted 09/01/14 3:04pm

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Prince relies on easy rhymes because he can't write lyrics worth shit these days.
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Reply #44 posted 09/01/14 3:20pm

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The videos with Batman and Eye Wish U heaven contain a gun (that is fired).

I guess Prince is a gunfreak. Every weekend he hangs out with his buddies shooting beercans.

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Reply #45 posted 09/12/14 4:39pm

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awesome avatar, OnlyNDaUsa, lol!interesting about the gUn references. i've touched a gun once in my life, but i think the gun mic was an interesting idea about music as a weapon. i had meant to ask b4, what does "get the gun" Really mean?
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Reply #46 posted 09/12/14 5:23pm

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #47 posted 09/12/14 7:08pm

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Reply #48 posted 09/13/14 5:17am

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Handgun.
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Reply #49 posted 09/13/14 5:43am

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Tick, Tick, Bang

Does that count? lol

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Reply #50 posted 09/13/14 8:30am

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FragileUndertow said:

Tick, Tick, Bang

Does that count? lol


It counts! And it might be the answer to PuRPleMaPlEsYrUp's(sp) question.
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Reply #51 posted 09/13/14 9:48am

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ohhhh....hmmmmm.....thankyou!.....
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Reply #52 posted 09/15/14 9:06am

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iZsaZsa said:

I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out. He acts that out as well while on show for "Dolphin".

2 me the "boom" at the end of 101 is clearly Sheena blowing her brainz out nod DK though if it was there in the prince version or if she added it.

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Reply #53 posted 09/15/14 2:49pm

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PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

ohhhh....hmmmmm.....thankyou!.....

lol
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Reply #54 posted 09/15/14 2:51pm

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databank said:



iZsaZsa said:


I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out. He acts that out as well while on show for "Dolphin".

2 me the "boom" at the end of 101 is clearly Sheena blowing her brainz out nod DK though if it was there in the prince version or if she added it.


Both songs have that space where the lead takes aim to FIRE!
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Reply #55 posted 09/15/14 9:51pm

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databank said:

iZsaZsa said:

I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out.

2 me the "boom" at the end of 101 is clearly Sheena blowing her brainz out nod


That joke was funny the first time, it doesnt work so well a second lol

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Reply #56 posted 09/16/14 2:40am

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FragileUndertow said:



databank said:




iZsaZsa said:


I think the noise at the end of "Gotta Broken Heart Again" is him blowing his brains out.

2 me the "boom" at the end of 101 is clearly Sheena blowing her brainz out nod




That joke was funny the first time, it doesnt work so well a second lol


Sometimes I think that I'd be better off dead
Being without you is murder, baby

A hundred nights without you is murder baby
A 101 just won't do, no

She even tells where; in her bed.
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Reply #57 posted 09/16/14 7:08am

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Prince sometimes has trouble with his lyrics and lyrical delivery, but lots of words rhyme with gun...

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Reply #58 posted 09/16/14 9:14am

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iZsaZsa said:

FragileUndertow said:

That joke was funny the first time, it doesnt work so well a second lol

Sometimes I think that I'd be better off dead Being without you is murder, baby A hundred nights without you is murder baby A 101 just won't do, no She even tells where; in her bed.

hmmm
I know the song. I guess i never thought about it that way lol

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Reply #59 posted 09/16/14 11:13am

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