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Thread started 09/12/16 1:10pm

lynx

Worst lyric?

Prince has some amazing lyrics but there's been a couple of cringy ones...

From Man O War..."Even if I tried to, I couldn't because I still smell like the last time"...

Ummm....take a shower? cool

[Edited 9/14/16 3:17am]

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Reply #1 posted 09/12/16 1:30pm

Leslita

I'm not overly keen on him coming back as a dolphin.

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Reply #2 posted 09/12/16 1:46pm

DarkKnight1

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Its going down people....like the wall of Berlin. Cheesetastic line in a great album.

(Insert something clever here)
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Reply #3 posted 09/12/16 1:53pm

mtlfan

Leslita said:

I'm not overly keen on him coming back as a dolphin.

In the wake of Prince's passing, this is a possibility. Would you listen to him then?

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Reply #4 posted 09/12/16 2:10pm

TrivialPursuit

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"The opposite of Nato is otan." And something else about "when them devils come, ...." on TRC. It's so freakin' corny.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #5 posted 09/12/16 2:54pm

feeluupp

in this digital age, you can just... page me.

there are no more pagers in the digital age lol.

that line ruined a beautiful song on SOMEWHERE HERE ON EARTH

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Reply #6 posted 09/12/16 2:55pm

Purpleone4Eva

I would otherwise love I Love U In Me, but cringe whenever I hear the "When she makin' love it's like surgery" line.

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Reply #7 posted 09/12/16 3:55pm

fanoftheman

Damn you.. love the song but...

"Like animals just born to breed
Come to think about cha baby
You're my only need"

why I ask... why? if I was the lady he was singing about Id be offended..

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Reply #8 posted 09/12/16 4:06pm

Dibblekins

Peach:

' She was pure, every ounce
I was sure when her titties bounced'

Just the word, 'titties' - I mean, bleurgghhhh!!!

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Reply #9 posted 09/12/16 4:15pm

NorthC

Pheromone. I never understood what "helpless as a pet" means.
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Reply #10 posted 09/12/16 4:15pm

TrivialPursuit

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Dibblekins said:

Peach:

' She was pure, every ounce
I was sure when her titties bounced'

Just the word, 'titties' - I mean, bleurgghhhh!!!


I'm a gay dude, and I love that line.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #11 posted 09/12/16 4:16pm

NorthC

TrivialPursuit said:



Dibblekins said:


Peach:

' She was pure, every ounce
I was sure when her titties bounced'



Just the word, 'titties' - I mean, bleurgghhhh!!!




I'm a gay dude, and I love that line.


Are you a preacher too?
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Reply #12 posted 09/12/16 4:28pm

eightiesbrat

Some I've never been especially fond of are the "river of blood" line in I Wanna Melt With U, "I want all your germs" in The Continental and "the taste outta your mouth" thing in Let's Pretend We're Married but I feel like there are others that aren't popping to mind immediately like just more akward or corny type ones. hmmmmm. Also, I agree with the Dolphin one mentioned above lol

We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams. . .
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Reply #13 posted 09/12/16 4:41pm

TrivialPursuit

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NorthC said:

TrivialPursuit said:


I'm a gay dude, and I love that line.

Are you a preacher too?


Not sure what that means.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #14 posted 09/12/16 4:52pm

fanoftheman

yeahthat

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Reply #15 posted 09/12/16 5:20pm

bobgeorge77

NorthC said:

Pheromone. I never understood what "helpless as a pet" means.

LOVE that song!! Always thought of this lyric as that he feels like a submissive animal due to his raw and primal (animalistic) sexual desire that she (and the situation he is watching/ taking part of) is creating within him. This is another example of Prince being an amazing story teller while being as funky and sexy as hell!

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Reply #16 posted 09/12/16 5:24pm

bobgeorge77

Even though I really like the song, the lyric "don't look now...there's a river of blood...you must have been a virgin...what am I guilty of" from "I Wanna Melt With U." This came out when I was in college... such a great album (it's in my top 10), but it was hard to play this song around non-hardcore Prince fans let alone walk around campus with my headphones on singing to this one! biggrin

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Reply #17 posted 09/12/16 7:32pm

LBrent

feeluupp said:

in this digital age, you can just... page me.




there are no more pagers in the digital age lol.




that line ruined a beautiful song on SOMEWHERE HERE ON EARTH



This and..."You don't have to watch Dynasty, to have an attitude..."

And I was watching a more recent live performance where he sings, "You don't have to watch...Sex In The City..."

These lyrics remind me that as cool and sexy and talented P was, he could be woefully out of touch by living in his little purple fantasy world.

Wendy Williams called him out on her show cuz he said something about "The InterWebs" in an interview a few years ago. She loves P, but she jokingly said something like, "Listen here, old man. Have a seat."

He must not have been offended by her remark,because he invited her and her husband to meet him, talk and enjoy his hospitality and a private show.

But I sometimes smiled and rolled my eyes because in a very sweet way, P could be a step behind in pop culture. I think he did it innocently most times, but I think he also did it deliberately sometimes with tongue planted firmly in his cheek.

I get accused of that sometimes because if something doesn't interest me, I either don't keep up with it or pretend not to understand. My kids say that I'm "ironic", so unapologetically uncool that I'm cool. Um. Ok.

LMAO wink cool
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Reply #18 posted 09/12/16 7:34pm

GimmeThat

Interesting question! I have no answer. Being that I am not a musical genius, I truly love all of his lyrics. Some of them are admittedly odd but those are the ones (like in Peach) that I believe are supposed to make you laugh. music
2 sevens together
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Reply #19 posted 09/12/16 8:33pm

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Purpleone4Eva said:

I would otherwise love I Love U In Me, but cringe whenever I hear the "When she makin' love it's like surgery" line.

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Yeah,

I have had a cesarean section and a knee operation and there is NOTHING sexy about surgery.

I wanted to start a thread about replacing the "surgery" lyric in the song ''I Love You In Me" with something more romantic or sexier.

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For Example;

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"When she makin' love it's like chemistry"

or, honesty, or home to me, or heavenly, or reverie, or I don't know, anything but surgery.

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"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump
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Reply #20 posted 09/12/16 8:39pm

firebird319

Dinner with Delores - brontosaurus! cool ...& i agree w/ others about the rare cringey lines being endearing. he was so out-of-this-world talented and he maintained such a cool image, they provided back-to-earth moments and i'd feel a different kind of love for a little bit. like dorky family. then right back to awestruck.

so many kinds of love <3
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Reply #21 posted 09/12/16 9:44pm

CalhounSq

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"DON'TCHA KNOW DEAD BLOOD KILLS INTERFERONS!!" eek I loved ONA Live, but I can NEVER get past that line... & he shouted it too disbelief


I know it's not an official lyric, but it stains an otherwise stellar recording smile

not a fan of the "make a toast" line in Sticky Like Glue...


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Reply #22 posted 09/12/16 9:45pm

SimonCharles


Dinner with Delores - brontosaurus! cool ...& i agree w/ others about the rare cringey lines being endearing. he was so out-of-this-world talented and he maintained such a cool image, they provided back-to-earth moments and i'd feel a different kind of love for a little bit. like dorky family. then right back to awestruck.

so many kinds of love <3

This is a sweet sentiment; although with regards Somewhere Here on Earth, couldn't the line about "you can just page me" be quite a clever use of irony? Just a thought.

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Reply #23 posted 09/12/16 9:57pm

FragileUnderto
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One of your tears : Better than the used condom you sent me. Baby that was wrong

That line ruins it for me,lol though i love the song
Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2

And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
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Reply #24 posted 09/12/16 10:15pm

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Definitely when he simulated cunnilingus on the song Come. What on earth was he thinking? Yuck. If i want to hear those sounds I'll watch a lesbian porno.
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Reply #25 posted 09/13/16 2:21am

skipthecharade
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The "joke" in Vicki Waiting.

Ruins the song completely for me.

Vicki didn't laugh at all, well that says enough..

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Reply #26 posted 09/13/16 2:38am

Leslita

mtlfan said:

Leslita said:

I'm not overly keen on him coming back as a dolphin.

In the wake of Prince's passing, this is a possibility. Would you listen to him then?

Haaaaahahahahahaha! Of course I would. I'm a fan, fin or no fins.

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Reply #27 posted 09/13/16 2:51am

mynameisnotsus
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I gotta box o chocolates that'll rock the socks off any girl that wanna come my way whofarted
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Reply #28 posted 09/13/16 3:08am

teoalcantara

I think he meant surgery as a precision thing, like in "surgical precision". So making love with her was a perfect, precise thing.

QueenofCardboard said:

Purpleone4Eva said:

I would otherwise love I Love U In Me, but cringe whenever I hear the "When she makin' love it's like surgery" line.

.

Yeah,

I have had a cesarean section and a knee operation and there is NOTHING sexy about surgery.

I wanted to start a thread about replacing the "surgery" lyric in the song ''I Love You In Me" with something more romantic or sexier.

.

For Example;

.

"When she makin' love it's like chemistry"

or, honesty, or home to me, or heavenly, or reverie, or I don't know, anything but surgery.

.

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Reply #29 posted 09/13/16 3:18am

BoraBora



The entire "My Name Is Prince".


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