I was thinking about the line in Lady Cab Driver, around the bit where he starts chanting the 'this is for's. The part where he mentions Yosemite Sam? Was that a reference to Warner Brothers? I know he mentions DisneyLand as well, but it always kind of struck me as being more about Warner Brothers seen as The Looney Tunes was obviously a WB production.

Also in this thread just general Prince lyrics that kind of confuse you/weird you out.

I never got the peeing thing in We can funk either

makin love like surgery??? what that ?

Hundalasiliah!

Angelsoncrack said:

I was thinking about the line in Lady Cab Driver, around the bit where he starts chanting the 'this is for's. The part where he mentions Yosemite Sam? Was that a reference to Warner Brothers? I know he mentions DisneyLand as well, but it always kind of struck me as being more about Warner Brothers seen as The Looney Tunes was obviously a WB production.

Also in this thread just general Prince lyrics that kind of confuse you/weird you out.

I never got the peeing thing in We can funk either

As far as the peeing thing in We Can Funk he is referring to testing positive for the Funk. As in a drug test using pee to see if someone is on drugs. Only in his case if you tested his pee he would test postive for being funky! lol I thought it has always been a very clever line.

luvsexy4all said:

makin love like surgery??? what that ?

I do quite a bit of surgery in people's mouths and I think the analogy is very clear. You have to be deliberate and precise and take your time and use a lot of finesse. That's what make love like surgery means!

vinaysfunk said:

Angelsoncrack said:

I was thinking about the line in Lady Cab Driver, around the bit where he starts chanting the 'this is for's. The part where he mentions Yosemite Sam? Was that a reference to Warner Brothers? I know he mentions DisneyLand as well, but it always kind of struck me as being more about Warner Brothers seen as The Looney Tunes was obviously a WB production.

Also in this thread just general Prince lyrics that kind of confuse you/weird you out.

I never got the peeing thing in We can funk either

As far as the peeing thing in We Can Funk he is referring to testing positive for the Funk. As in a drug test using pee to see if someone is on drugs. Only in his case if you tested his pee he would test postive for being funky! lol I thought it has always been a very clever line.

You are completely correct

vinaysfunk said:

Angelsoncrack said:

I was thinking about the line in Lady Cab Driver, around the bit where he starts chanting the 'this is for's. The part where he mentions Yosemite Sam? Was that a reference to Warner Brothers? I know he mentions DisneyLand as well, but it always kind of struck me as being more about Warner Brothers seen as The Looney Tunes was obviously a WB production.

Also in this thread just general Prince lyrics that kind of confuse you/weird you out.

I never got the peeing thing in We can funk either

As far as the peeing thing in We Can Funk he is referring to testing positive for the Funk. As in a drug test using pee to see if someone is on drugs. Only in his case if you tested his pee he would test postive for being funky! lol I thought it has always been a very clever line.

Ahh yeah, I forgot they tested urine samples for that sort of stuff. Silly me! It makes sense now

It is all french to me.

From Gett Off:

"Something about a little box with a
Mirror and a tongue inside"

*****************************************************

From Annie Christian:

"I'll live my life in taxicabs"

*****************************************************

From 3X2=6:

"A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks"

[Edited 4/9/15 8:59am]

RJOrion said:

Averett said:

RJOrion said:

no one has yet to successfully explain Darling Nikki either... ive seen it explained as him explaining a ritual initiation scene, or selling his soul to the devil, or maybe some homoerotic and sadistic fantasy of his, or just pure fiction... or maybe, like the Great Billy Sparks said, sometimes he makes songs that make sense to no one but himself [Edited 4/9/15 9:35am]

I disagree. This thread http://prince.org/msg/7/412866 did an outstanding job of exploring said topic

From I Wanna Melt With U:

"S to the S" - what the heck does "S" stand for?

RJOrion said:

i mean, the lyrics to anna stesia and Love 2 the 9s, and Insatiable make sense on the surface... the anna stesia lyrics and that line from Insatiable dont make sense from a gender perspective...but, i guess thats Prince, breaking the "rules" again ...

Anna Stesia is a play on words for 'Anasthesia'. Sometimes when he sings the 'anna stesia' part it can sound indistinguishable from 'anasthesia'. When I first heard the song I actually thought it was called 'anasthesia' but when I checked the tracklisting I obv found out that wasn't the case.

The whole track is about the 1st of December 1987, the night he took E.

Averett said:

From I Wanna Melt With U:

"S to the S" - what the heck does "S" stand for?

Soul to the soul maybe?

RJOrion said:

no one has yet to successfully explain Darling Nikki either... ive seen it explained as him explaining a ritual initiation scene, or selling his soul to the devil, or maybe some homoerotic and sadistic fantasy of his, or just pure fiction... or maybe, like the Great Billy Sparks said, sometimes he makes songs that make sense to no one but himself [Edited 4/9/15 9:35am]

I didn't know Darling Nikki was that hard to decifer

Angelsoncrack said:

Averett said:

From I Wanna Melt With U:

"S to the S" - what the heck does "S" stand for?

Soul to the soul maybe?

S(low) 2 the S(lippery)

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

Averett said:

From Gett Off:

"Something about a little box with a
Mirror and a tongue inside"

*****************************************************

From Annie Christian:

"I'll live my life in taxicabs"

*****************************************************

From 3X2=6:

"A working girl don't have 2 tolerate the mailman's tricks"

[Edited 4/9/15 8:59am]

The first is possibly about a weird sex toy. I've seen similiar toys that have mirrors so the girl can see the toy move in the mirror while she's masturbating. The worker girl lyric probably refers to not having to wait on the mailman to drop off her check (welfare, etc) because she has a job/makes money.

I think the 'box' is a va-jay-jay and the mirror is so she can watch herself being orally administered to, or so to speak.

sulls said:

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

Averett said: The first is possibly about a weird sex toy. I've seen similiar toys that have mirrors so the girl can see the toy move in the mirror while she's masturbating. The worker girl lyric probably refers to not having to wait on the mailman to drop off her check (welfare, etc) because she has a job/makes money.

I think the 'box' is a va-jay-jay and the mirror is so she can watch herself being orally administered to, or so to speak.

I always thought the meaning of the 'taxicab' line in Annie Christian was that he would stay on the move, one step ahead of Annie, until she's crucified.

sulls said:

Angelsoncrack said:

Soul to the soul maybe?

S(low) 2 the S(lippery)

Yeah, I was gonna say the next line in the song tells what the two S's stand for.

sulls said:

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

Averett said: The first is possibly about a weird sex toy. I've seen similiar toys that have mirrors so the girl can see the toy move in the mirror while she's masturbating. The worker girl lyric probably refers to not having to wait on the mailman to drop off her check (welfare, etc) because she has a job/makes money.

I think the 'box' is a va-jay-jay and the mirror is so she can watch herself being orally administered to, or so to speak.

Yeah, could be that too. Good one!

RJOrion said:

ive also read that Anna Stesia was Prince apologizing to God for the homosexual stuff he did...not to say who is right or wrong, but the lyrics could easily be interpreted as such...i dont see how he can be singing about an E trip...sounds like he is trying to love the "right way" and the "only way" as God intended...and not just loving anyone "boy OR girl"...gregory was a ghost man, looking like a beautiful girl, wetting his lips...then Prince said, "i took a chance" etc etc...sounds like something other than gettin high.... everybody is really just guessing...unless P himself explains it

I dont think its about homosexuality. Anesthesia itself is drug related. It numbs you. The song seems to be about being numb to the world, so much so that you'll do anything to feel something again (drugs, more than likely E). But with Lovesexy, you don't need drugs. You have God.

RJOrion said:

i mean, the lyrics to anna stesia and Love 2 the 9s, and Insatiable make sense on the surface... the anna stesia lyrics and that line from Insatiable dont make sense from a gender perspective...but, i guess thats Prince, breaking the "rules" again ...

How so? When I think of "hips in the air" I think of missionary, with a guy pumping up and down (think of the Darling Nikki scene in Purple Rain with Prince pumping the floor). I don't see how that line would come from a female. If it was LEGS up in the air, maybe. But hips? Nah.

Plain and simply what the heck does "Please send all your moonbeam levels to me" mean?