The question has probably been raised before (nothing came up in the search here) but I wondered if anyone else thinks that the beat in this song sounds like a womb/heartbeat sound...

I think this was brought up before. I think the general concensus was that it's the same sample from Sex In The Summer from Emancipation of his baby's heartbeat whilst Mayte was pregnant. But others of course disagree.

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In my opinion and in hindsight this whole song is about Prince's death and eventually coming "home" and being with his son again, 20 years after he last saw him.

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This also links in with Tyka's comments when she said that Prince told her a couple of years ago before his death that his work was done and he's now prepared to go.

[Edited 1/16/17 3:35am]

Spayne said:

I think this was brought up before. I think the general concensus was that it's the same sample from Sex In The Summer from Emancipation of his baby's heartbeat whilst Mayte was pregnant. But others of course disagree.

.

In my opinion and in hindsight this whole song is about Prince's death and eventually coming "home" and being with his son again, 20 years after he last saw him.

.

This also links in with Tyka's comments when she said that Prince told her a couple of years ago before his death that his work was done and he's now prepared to go.

[Edited 1/16/17 3:35am]

Thanks Spayne, it all makes perfect sense... No matter how sad.

Spayne said:

I think this was brought up before. I think the general concensus was that it's the same sample from Sex In The Summer from Emancipation of his baby's heartbeat whilst Mayte was pregnant. But others of course disagree.

.

In my opinion and in hindsight this whole song is about Prince's death and eventually coming "home" and being with his son again, 20 years after he last saw him.

.

This also links in with Tyka's comments when she said that Prince told her a couple of years ago before his death that his work was done and he's now prepared to go.

[Edited 1/16/17 3:35am]

It's not the sound of a fetal heartbeat. It is a percussive sound (feet stomping or drum sounds pounding) filtered through a wah-wah plug-in or pedal or something to give the same effect. Now, that's not to say that was the intention, but I doubt very highly that either Josh (or Prince) would have sampled Prince's deceased son's heartbeat.

I DO, however, agree with the song being a reference to his passing. I believe he knew it was only a matter of time, which is why he said what he said to Tyka.

This song seem to be about his son, reincarnated in him, or something like that. Prince = Gregory

RODSERLING said:

Spayne said:

This song and the music is extremely deep to me. When Prince proclaims that he was born alive, I get shivers up and down my spine. That is a very deep statement. The sound of the drum/heart beat, could be expressed as what one might hear during deep meditative states. As one's meditation deepens, there are sounds associated with these greater depths. Prior to complete silence, btw, there is what is typically described as the sound of thunder. ("Thunder, all through the night, promise to see Jesus in the morning Light").

Here is a translation from the Hamsa-Upanishad of what one might hear while meditating:

The Yoga Upanishads are a subset of the Upanishads which contain various techniques and experiences of Yoga. The following passage is from the Hamsa-Upanishad :

It (Nada, sound) is (begun to be heard as) of ten kinds. The first is Chini (like the sound of that word); the second is Chini-Chini; the third is the sound of bell; the fourth is that of conch; the fifth is that of Tantiri (lute); the sixth is that sound of Tala (cymbals); the seventh is that of flute; the eighth is that of Bheri (drum); the ninth is that of Mridanga (double drum); and the tenth is that of clouds (viz., thunder). He may experience the tenth without the first nine sounds (through the initiation of a Guru).

no..blue swede..hooked on a feeling opening

I don't know if baby Ahmir's heartbeat is in "Way Back Home," but the if it is not the heartbeat, then the percussion sounds very similar to the heartbeat. If the sound in "Way Back Home" is not the heartbeat, then I wonder if it was Prince's intention for the percussion to sound like the heartbeat. The heartbeat in "Sex in the Summer" and the heartbeat-like percussion sound in "Way Back Home" is not a common feature in Prince's work with which I am familiar.

luvsexy4all said: