anyone know what Lemon Crush is about?

It's me favourite tune on batman

The meaning of "Lemon Crush"

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thanks

as you can see,in that thread we never really came up with a real answer lots of crazy ideas,though

It'a always been one of my favourites on "Batman". I'm not quite sure why, but I love it.

JohnCragg said:

anyone know what Lemon Crush is about?

It's me favourite tune on batman

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It's about four minutes and fifteen seconds...

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This was my least favorite track on 'Batman' back in the day, skipped it all the time. But now I love it.

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Below is an interesting read for a semi-comic take on the entire album, including "Lemon Crush." I HIGHLY recommend reading it!

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http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-...-758183831

it is about 4 mins 15 seconds!

CAL3 said:

JohnCragg said:

anyone know what Lemon Crush is about?

It's me favourite tune on batman

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It's about four minutes and fifteen seconds...

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This was my least favorite track on 'Batman' back in the day, skipped it all the time. But now I love it.

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Below is an interesting read for a semi-comic take on the entire album, including "Lemon Crush." I HIGHLY recommend reading it!

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http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-...-758183831

dang it i missed your joke! LOL

i assumed it was another word for an orgasm.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

CAL3 said:

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It's about four minutes and fifteen seconds...

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This was my least favorite track on 'Batman' back in the day, skipped it all the time. But now I love it.

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Below is an interesting read for a semi-comic take on the entire album, including "Lemon Crush." I HIGHLY recommend reading it!

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http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-...-758183831

dang it i missed your joke! LOL

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Hey a joke THAT GOOD deserves to be told twice!

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CAL3 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

dang it i missed your joke! LOL

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Hey a joke THAT GOOD deserves to be told twice!

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There is the (myth?) story about an interview with Don McLean's song "American Pie."

He was asked what it was about and he said "about 8 minutes" and the reporter followed up with "No, what does it mean?" and he said "It means I never have to work...."

OnlyNDaUsa said:

CAL3 said:

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Hey a joke THAT GOOD deserves to be told twice!

There is the (myth?) story about an interview with Don McLean's song "American Pie."

He was asked what it was about and he said "about 8 minutes" and the reporter followed up with "No, what does it mean?" and he said "It means I never have to work...."

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Too true! Good for him, still working the casino circuit on the strength of that one.

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I don't think it's too hard to figure out. First, I'm dismissing the "bitter sweet" reference in the other thread. Lemon isn't bitter, it's tart. That's different. Crush can be anything, and it's certainly not sweet by default. You can crush garlic - doesn't make it taste like a Jolly Rancher.

The lyric says:

Nay, I can't resist thee - lemon crush
Every time U do me - such a rush
Ooh, it goes right through me - lemon crush

All it takes, a little bitty
Of your, ooh - pretty, pretty
I'm the wildest in the city
Ooh - pretty, pretty one!
Come on, come on
I'm ready 4 the crush

If I'm workin' at my jobba

I'm the victim, U're the robba
No matter how much I try 2 stoppa
I can't help thinkin' about cha
Lemon crush - I'm ready 4 the crush

It's all a euphemism for sex. "All it takes is a little bit of your ...ohhh, pretty pretty". It's confirmed with "every time you do me, such a rush".

Oddly, the song is from the point of view of Vicki Vale, not Batman or Bruce Wayne or The Joker. She is the only one with a real job, per se. She spends a lot of time digging into Bruce's past at some point. She's there to study the story of the Batman, yet her time & thoughts are robbed by her affair with Bruce. (Or is it vice versa?)

I'm not sure - as a guy - I'd want anyone referring to my dick as "little bitty", but hey - lyrics!

It's interesting because it's another moment when Prince writes the women being in charge, and pursuing him, instead of the reverse. We see this theme throughout his music. While a couple of songs were a little rapey, most of them have the woman dominating him, and she's in control. He's in submission to her in some regard, either emotionally, or sexually.

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Never really liked it much, but does this appear in the Batman movie? and if yes, what scene?

Ready for the crush

Every time you kiss me, lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee, lemon crush
Every time you do me, such a rush
Oh it goes right through me, lemon crush

All it takes is a little bitty
Of your ooh! pretty, pretty
And I'm the wildest in the city
Ooh! pretty, pretty one
Come on, come on
I'm ready for the crush

Every time you kiss me, lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee, lemon crush
Every time you do me, such a rush
Oh it goes right through me, lemon crush

If I'm workin' at my jobba
I'm the victim, you're the robba
No matter how much I try to stoppa
I can't help thinkin' about cha
Lemon crush, I'm ready for the crush

Every time you kiss me, lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee, lemon crush
Every time you do me, such a rush
Oh it goes right through me, lemon crush

Every time we, ooh baby, I get such a rush
Lemon crush

I'm running out of things to call your (lemon crush)
Don't want to do without your
Ain't no doubt about your (lemon crush)
I want to scream and shout your
I said, let's scream and shout your
Lemon crush
Crush [Repeats]
I'm ready now
Ready for the crush
I'm ready now
Ready for the crush

Girl, I like it, baby I'm ready
Every time you do me, do me baby
Lemon crush
That's her
I'm in a crush

Every time you kiss me, lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee, lemon crush
Every time you do me, such a rush
Oh it goes right through me, lemon crush

Every time you kiss me, lemon crush
Nay, I can't resist thee, lemon crush
Every time you do me, such a rush
Oh it goes right through me, lemon crush

Ready for the crush

Anna Fantastic - one of Prince's girlfriends back then - has said in an interview that Lemon Crush was inspired by her favorite drink.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Never really liked it much, but does this appear in the Batman movie? and if yes, what scene?

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Sadly this one didn't make it into the movie..

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I remember being sooo disppointed with how little they featured his songs in the movie. Made me dislike the film for a long time.

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JohnCragg said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Never really liked it much, but does this appear in the Batman movie? and if yes, what scene?

It's not a favorite for me. And no it doesn't appear in the movie. Much of the music is "inspired by". Subsequent Batman soundtracks have had the same blueprint on their soundtracks.

For anyone:

• The Future
• Electric Chair
• Partyman
• Trust
• Scandalous

are in the movie. Although, I swear it was once discussed that a snip of "Lemon Crush" was in the movie somewhere. I can't find it.

There's also another version of "Lemon Crush", longer, on a March 1989 configuration of the soundtrack (from Princevault).

It stands to note, about the soundtrack, that Peter Gruber originally had the idea of Prince doing the funk songs, and Michael Jackson doing the love songs for the soundtrack. Elfman would then take elements of both artist's songs for the score. That idea was abandoned early on.

I never got why people hate Batman so much. If anything, it shows Prince can record an album with pop-friendly songs when given the task. (This was also evident on albums like Diamonds & Pearls, The Gold Experience, Musicology.) It's also a very transitional album to me, sorta like how Controversy tends to be. But it's not a bad record, by any means.

TrivialPursuit said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Never really liked it much, but does this appear in the Batman movie? and if yes, what scene?

It's not a favorite for me. And no it doesn't appear in the movie. Much of the music is "inspired by". Subsequent Batman soundtracks have had the same blueprint on their soundtracks.

For anyone:

• The Future
• Electric Chair
• Partyman
• Trust
• Scandalous

are in the movie. Although, I swear it was once discussed that a snip of "Lemon Crush" was in the movie somewhere. I can't find it.

There's also another version of "Lemon Crush", longer, on a March 1989 configuration of the soundtrack (from Princevault).

It stands to note, about the soundtrack, that Peter Gruber originally had the idea of Prince doing the funk songs, and Michael Jackson doing the love songs for the soundtrack. Elfman would then take elements of both artist's songs for the score. That idea was abandoned early on.

I never got why people hate Batman so much. If anything, it shows Prince can record an album with pop-friendly songs when given the task. (This was also evident on albums like Diamonds & Pearls, The Gold Experience, Musicology.) It's also a very transitional album to me, sorta like how Controversy tends to be. But it's not a bad record, by any means.

The extended instrumental portion of Vicki Waiting (not on the album) is in the background of the party scene at Wayne Manor, too.

Doozer said:

The extended instrumental portion of Vicki Waiting (not on the album) is in the background of the party scene at Wayne Manor, too.

Damn it, that's what I was thinking of! Thank you! I knew there was something else somewhere.

CAL3 said:

I remember being sooo disppointed with how little they featured his songs in the movie. Made me dislike the film for a long time.

I felt the same way.He did all that hard work and submitted some excellent tunes,but the filmmakers didn't know what to do with it,smh

when Spin magazine reviewed the Batman album,they mentioned that this song is basically about orgasm so if a "lemon crush" is an orgasm,this is what the song is saying....

everytime you kiss me (I have an orgasm)

ooh it goes right through me (I have an orgasm)

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SoulAlive said:

when Spin magazine reviewed the Batman album,they mentioned that this song is basically about orgasm so if a "lemon crush" is an orgasm,this is what the song is saying....

everytime you kiss me (I have an orgasm)

nay I can't resist thee (I have an orgasm)

everytime you do me,such a rush

ooh it goes right through me (I have an orgasm)

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i am sure i read that and that must have been where i got the idea~

It's a soda. He is expressing how she makes him feel. It is like the rush people get from a soda like Moutain Dew for example, with all the caffeine and sugar. This from a man who drank a gallon of coffee a day and got B12 injections before he hit the stage -his tour rider always included a doctor. That's how he was able to have so much "energy."

groovez said:

She is a hell of a This or That: Prince & Associated game player.