TrivialPursuit said:

peggyon said:

What you said was not even remotely funny...[mom cut]

I get you're possibly in mom mode or something equally bizarre for a public message board, but I'm happy to help you out here: [TMI]

Don't sweat it Peggy. Mommy AND Daddy issues.

poppys said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I get you're possibly in mom mode or something equally bizarre for a public message board, but I'm happy to help you out here: [TMI]

Don't sweat it Peggy. Mommy AND Daddy issues

peggyon said:

poppys said:

Don't sweat it Peggy. Mommy AND Daddy issues

Um, hmm...obviously

Thx Poppys.

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purplenan said:

3. In the lovesexy tour after the song I Wanna Be Your Lover, Boni Boyer tells Prince to show his love and tells him to "buy you a brand new BMW".Not buy me. Buy YOU.

What? )

Prince was actually singing the song to Cat during that part of the Lovesexy show, when she's sitting on the swing. Boni's playing the nosy friend telling Cat to tell Prince to buy you (Cat) a BMW if he really loves you that much. It's somewhat confusing if you're not familiar with the stereotypical snappy BFF from movies, sitcoms and the like. Like Janet and her friend talking at the start of What Have You Done For Me Lately?

violetcrush said:

EnDoRpHn said:

violetcrush said:

EnDoRpHn said:

violetcrush said:

Pretty sure the lyric guides are wrong on this one. He is referring to the female orgasm, which for many women, causes a “splash” of fluid released from the vagina. The Vulva is the outer area that protect the vaginal opening. * Vulvar Anatomy The vulva is the external part of the female genitalia. It protects a woman’s sexual organs, urinary opening, vestibule and vagina and is the center of much of a woman’s sexual response. The outer and inner ‘lips’ of the vulva are called the labia majora and labia minora. The vestibule surrounds the opening of the vagina, or introitus, and the opening of the urethra, or urethral meatus. The perineum is the area extending from beneath the vulva to the anus. * Think about it. “Velvet splash” makes no sense in the context of the song. The song is about his lover reaching orgasm, and the “splash” is the fluid released during her orgasm. * Susannah Melvoin confirmed this during a recent FB live session with Paul Peterson. They were answering fan questions and someone asked why Prince used the ocean waves as the backdrop for the video to Screams of Passion. Susannah said it represented the “vulva splash”. Then Paul joked that he had no idea what the term meant back then, and thought it was “Volvo splash”.

WTH are you, @paulbullen???? Seriously, you people just make up all kinds of crazy isht to suit your twisted fantasies. Here’s an image of the LP lyric sheet (I guess Prince didn’t know his own lyrics). https://i.ibb.co/cQC4qTk/...12-E81.jpg

Well, take a listen to the FB live stream with The Family/fDeluxe talking about that very lyric, and why he chose the ocean wave backround for the video. Also, listen to Prince's demo, which sounds MUCH more like "vulva" than "velvet". The former also makes much more sense when you look at the subject of the song - a woman reaching orgasm during sex.

violetcrush said:

violetcrush said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Those lyrics in "Come" are pretty fantastic. Because of the phrasing, the conversation and storyline are sometimes not as clear. But the scenario he sets up is really explicit. Be was fuckin', y'all.

As far as the "Lovesexy" lyric, I've always thought it was literally a quick moment in time during foreplay, noting every single thing that happens in a split second.

Heavy feather flick a nipple - clearly using a feather on a girl's nipples

Baby scram - she got scared of the intimacy and ran away

water ripple - because she got wet, unexpectedly

She replies with "I don't understand". She comes across as not very aware of herself, perhaps not knowing what her body was capable of during lovemaking.

Then again, I could be listening to that song too much. lol

He was more speaking to the act of oral sex with the song Come. "Can I suck you baby?" And, "with my tongue in the crease, baby I go 'round when I go down down down..." And "baby my tongue's gonna do things that you've never seen..."

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I think he was referring to girls who can only reach orgasm during oral sex. "yeah, that's the only time you go "ooh baby you're so good, ooh baby you're so good"..."Aw, shut-up! This is just so you come...'

God, I feel like I need to go take a shower!

EnDoRpHn said:

violetcrush said:

Well, take a listen to the FB live stream with The Family/fDeluxe talking about that very lyric, and why he chose the ocean wave backround for the video. Also, listen to Prince's demo, which sounds MUCH more like "vulva" than "velvet". The former also makes much more sense when you look at the subject of the song - a woman reaching orgasm during sex.

You’re right, vulvacrush, I misheard it. I was listening to Little Red Corvette and, in a similar vein, realized that he says “Baby, you’re much too fast, you need to find a GLOVE that’s gonna last.” Because earlier he talked about the used Trojans in her pocket, and the whole song is about how she’s too fast, so in the context of the song, obviously no Trojan condom is going to last long enough on Prince’s meatus while he is trying to induce a vulva splash, and she can’t keep up while she wiggles her perineum near his Cowper’s gland, and everyone knows that Prince made up his lyrics while reading Wikipedia definitions about female genitalia.

Here you go smarta$$ - here is the link to Paul, Jerome, and Susannah talking about the song Screams of Passion during their FB live stream. At about 6 minutes in a fan asks the question,"what was the reason for the ocean back drop in the video for Screams of Passion?" Susannah and Paul answer the question...

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https://www.facebook.com/fdeluxe/videos/10156920916940828/

violetcrush said:

EnDoRpHn said:

violetcrush said: You’re right, vulvacrush, I misheard it. I was listening to Little Red Corvette and, in a similar vein, realized that he says “Baby, you’re much too fast, you need to find a GLOVE that’s gonna last.” Because earlier he talked about the used Trojans in her pocket, and the whole song is about how she’s too fast, so in the context of the song, obviously no Trojan condom is going to last long enough on Prince’s meatus while he is trying to induce a vulva splash, and she can’t keep up while she wiggles her perineum near his Cowper’s gland, and everyone knows that Prince made up his lyrics while reading Wikipedia definitions about female genitalia.

Here you go smarta$$ - here is the link to Paul, Jerome, and Susannah talking about the song Screams of Passion during their FB live stream. At about 6 minutes in a fan asks the question,"what was the reason for the ocean back drop in the video for Screams of Passion?" Susannah and Paul answer the question...

*

https://www.facebook.com/fdeluxe/videos/10156920916940828/

I'll just list the exact dialogue here for anyone else who's interested:

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Paul: "Somebody wanted to know, what was the inspiration for the beach backround for Screams Of Passion - it's too random."

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Susannah: "oh...."

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Paul (to Susannah): "you probably know more about that than I do"

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Susannah: (looks toward Jerome) "Jerome many know..."

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Jerome: "too random? why do you say too random 30 years later??"

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Susannah: (laughs) "why did we have the beach back drop...you know what, vulva splash, that's why.

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Jerome: "because you had a beautiful girl..."

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Susannah: "and you had a vulva splash, so that's why, and it had to come from somewhere, and it wasn't going to be the pool"

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Paul: "do you think I had any idea what I was singing about?" (laughs)

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Susannah: (jokingly says) "is Paul going to be okay singing vulva splash?? Volvo splash...what are we talking about....cars??"

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Paul: (laughing) is that a new soft drink? (laughing harder)

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I would bet all of my money that they remember WHAT they were singing while performing the song....

violetcrush said:

EnDoRpHn said:

violetcrush said: You’re right, vulvacrush, I misheard it. I was listening to Little Red Corvette and, in a similar vein, realized that he says “Baby, you’re much too fast, you need to find a GLOVE that’s gonna last.” Because earlier he talked about the used Trojans in her pocket, and the whole song is about how she’s too fast, so in the context of the song, obviously no Trojan condom is going to last long enough on Prince’s meatus while he is trying to induce a vulva splash, and she can’t keep up while she wiggles her perineum near his Cowper’s gland, and everyone knows that Prince made up his lyrics while reading Wikipedia definitions about female genitalia.

Here you go smarta$$ - here is the link to Paul, Jerome, and Susannah talking about the song Screams of Passion during their FB live stream. At about 6 minutes in a fan asks the question,"what was the reason for the ocean back drop in the video for Screams of Passion?" Susannah and Paul answer the question...

*

https://www.facebook.com/fdeluxe/videos/10156920916940828/

And EnDoRpHn.....I'm guessing whatever book/magazine article he had read to learn about the term "G Spot" (Jill Jones has claimed he picked up one of her reading materials before recording that song) probably would have included some detailed information about the female genitalia....

oceanblue said:

violetcrush said:

He was more speaking to the act of oral sex with the song Come. "Can I suck you baby?" And, "with my tongue in the crease, baby I go 'round when I go down down down..." And "baby my tongue's gonna do things that you've never seen..."

*

I think he was referring to girls who can only reach orgasm during oral sex. "yeah, that's the only time you go "ooh baby you're so good, ooh baby you're so good"..."Aw, shut-up! This is just so you come...'

God, I feel like I need to go take a shower!

Yeah, when you really break down some of his lyrics they're not all so cryptic

Just to say bravo to the OP for asking and leave them alone, not everyone is a native English speaker or totally fluent. One should never be blamed for trying to learn.

Dissecting Prince lyrics and metaphors when I was a teen allowed me to learn so much English, colloquial or otherwise

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databank said:

Just to say bravo to the OP for asking and leave them alone, not everyone is a native English speaker or totally fluent. One should never be blamed for trying to learn.

Dissecting Prince lyrics and metaphors when I was a teen allowed me to learn so much English, colloquial or otherwise

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Wow, I actually thought English was your first language. Good for you. Wishing I would have stuck with my French lessons and also learned Italian. I guess it's never too late

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So databank, what do you think - is it "velvet splash" or "vulva splash"??!! I know what the printed lyrics show, but I always thought it was the latter based on how it sounds. Paul and Susannah seem to have confirmed that too

violetcrush said:

databank said:

Just to say bravo to the OP for asking and leave them alone, not everyone is a native English speaker or totally fluent. One should never be blamed for trying to learn.

Dissecting Prince lyrics and metaphors when I was a teen allowed me to learn so much English, colloquial or otherwise

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Wow, I actually thought English was your first language. Good for you. Wishing I would have stuck with my French lessons and also learned Italian. I guess it's never too late

*

So databank, what do you think - is it "velvet splash" or "vulva splash"??!! I know what the printed lyrics show, but I always thought it was the latter based on how it sounds. Paul and Susannah seem to have confirmed that too

Ha ha thanks. I fell in love with English as soon as I began learning it in school thanks to comics and songs lyrics, but if you really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts are full of little mistakes only a non-native speaker would make. My English is fluent for sure but will never be as good as my French

I just checked TSOP, both Family and Prince versions and I definitely hear "vulva" on both

^ Ha! See, I just did it: I said "but if you really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts" but it shoulda been either "if you really pay attention I'm sure you'LL realize my posts" or "if you'D really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts". I'd never make that sorta tenses mistake in French.

databank said:

^ Ha! See, I just did it: I said "but if you really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts" but it shoulda been either "if you really pay attention I'm sure you'LL realize my posts" or "if you'D really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts". I'd never make that sorta tenses mistake in French.

A very minor grammatical detail. I can assure you many life-long English speakers would either not notice it or not know the difference

databank said:

violetcrush said:

Wow, I actually thought English was your first language. Good for you. Wishing I would have stuck with my French lessons and also learned Italian. I guess it's never too late

*

So databank, what do you think - is it "velvet splash" or "vulva splash"??!! I know what the printed lyrics show, but I always thought it was the latter based on how it sounds. Paul and Susannah seem to have confirmed that too

Ha ha thanks. I fell in love with English as soon as I began learning it in school thanks to comics and songs lyrics, but if you really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts are full of little mistakes only a non-native speaker would make. My English is fluent for sure but will never be as good as my French

I just checked TSOP, both Family and Prince versions and I definitely hear "vulva" on both

Okay, good!! So, I'm not crazy then To me, it sounds pretty clear. Wondering if he had the word "velvet" placed on the printed lyrics because "vulva" was too intimate?? Soooo many questions about his lyrics and choices!!!

violetcrush said:

databank said:

Ha ha thanks. I fell in love with English as soon as I began learning it in school thanks to comics and songs lyrics, but if you really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts are full of little mistakes only a non-native speaker would make. My English is fluent for sure but will never be as good as my French

I just checked TSOP, both Family and Prince versions and I definitely hear "vulva" on both

Okay, good!! So, I'm not crazy then To me, it sounds pretty clear. Wondering if he had the word "velvet" placed on the printed lyrics because "vulva" was too intimate?? Soooo many questions about his lyrics and choices!!!

I guess he did I only had the Jap CD and IIRC the lyrics were not on the booklet but on the extra Japanese spreadsheet? Not sure though it was loong ago. Were they on the LP?

violetcrush said:

databank said:

^ Ha! See, I just did it: I said "but if you really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts" but it shoulda been either "if you really pay attention I'm sure you'LL realize my posts" or "if you'D really pay attention I'm sure you'd realize my posts". I'd never make that sorta tenses mistake in French.

A very minor grammatical detail. I can assure you many life-long English speakers would either not notice it or not know the difference

Why, thx

Minor mistake I guess, but not one I'd make in my mother tongue, + my vocabulary in English also remains very limited by comparison to French

databank said:

violetcrush said:

Okay, good!! So, I'm not crazy then To me, it sounds pretty clear. Wondering if he had the word "velvet" placed on the printed lyrics because "vulva" was too intimate?? Soooo many questions about his lyrics and choices!!!

I guess he did I only had the Jap CD and IIRC the lyrics were not on the booklet but on the extra Japanese spreadsheet? Not sure though it was loong ago. Were they on the LP?

Endorphin posted a link to the album's printed lyrics (post #36) which show the word "velvet".

My mind is blown. This is way better than the purple or orange favorite color controversy!

poppys said:

My mind is blown. This is way better than the purple or orange favorite color controversy!

What do you think poppys?? After really listening closely to the song, and watching the video link I posted of Paul, Susannah and Jerome discussing that lyric and the reason for the ocean backround in the video - do you think it's "velvet" or "vulva"???

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I can see Prince not wanting to have the word "vulva" in print on the album

I don't have your stamina violet. But it's certainly not out of the realm of Prince to switch up lyrics. What the heck is a velvet splash anyway? Vulva makes more sense. Loving the squabble either way.

poppys said:

I don't have your stamina violet. But it's certainly not out of the realm of Prince to switch up lyrics. What the heck is a velvet splash anyway? Vulva makes more sense. Loving the squabble either way.

LOL!! Yes, that was exactly my thought about the lyric. It certainly sounds like "vulva" and does make much more sense in the context of the song. Only Prince would add a term like vulva to his lyrics

poppys said:

EnDoRpHn said:

poppys said:

I don't have your stamina violet. But it's certainly not out of the realm of Prince to switch up lyrics. What the heck is a velvet splash anyway? Vulva makes more sense. Loving the squabble either way.

I’m guessing you spent time debating whether “Sugar Walls” was about a gingerbread house or female anatomy. Refreshingly, Prince was seldom so literal.

Um no. And you would be fascinated with my opinion on Guitar.