Reply #30 posted 06/19/19 11:16am
violetcrush |
Nonamesfan said: Never thought it was that dirty but like many Princely lyrics open to interpretation by the mind of the listener. Passing cum back and forth - no thanks I agree - it’s not about swapping jizz. It’s referencing great sex during war time. Prince discussed it in the liner notes for the Crystal Ball record. |
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Reply #31 posted 06/19/19 11:47am
poppys |
violetcrush said:
ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:
Hi Susannah!
Brilliant way to change the thread topic from "What is the Crystal Ball" to a full on Susannah Stan Fair, and dissing every other woman in Prince's life.
Keep up the good work!
* Not really changing the thread when the song was written about her. And if you take time to read the posts it was actually Pete who “dissed” the other women - I just didn’t argue that point because I tend to agree with it.
Not really changing the thread - R U kidding me?? You ruined it with an absolute Susannah hijack.
Took something amusing and wrung the life out it with your tedious brand of fan fiction.
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Reply #32 posted 06/19/19 2:13pm
violetcrush |
poppys said:
violetcrush said:
ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:
Hi Susannah!
Brilliant way to change the thread topic from "What is the Crystal Ball" to a full on Susannah Stan Fair, and dissing every other woman in Prince's life.
Keep up the good work!
* Not really changing the thread when the song was written about her. And if you take time to read the posts it was actually Pete who “dissed” the other women - I just didn’t argue that point because I tend to agree with it.
Not really changing the thread - R U kidding me?? You ruined it with an absolute Susannah hijack.
Took something amusing and wrung the life out it with your tedious brand of fan fiction.
“Fiction” to those who refuse to believe that any song was written for or about her. The reality is there were many, and most are some of his best * This song was Prince and Susannah in the studio together, and it is about having great sex(“only the sounds of love and prayer echo on the yellow floor”) during the apocalypse. Read Prince’s Crystal Ball liner notes. * However, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Urban Dictionary term was born out of this song. That would totally make sense.  |
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Reply #33 posted 06/19/19 3:24pm
violetcrush |
Prince’s words about the song Crystal Ball on the 1998 record: * “Crystal Ball - the song Crystal Ball was written in a deepbluefunk depression as Prince pondered his future in a music business that had become more business than music. His only solace during that time was his continuing search 4 a soul mate. "All that matters is the love we make 2night. The notion of making love during the apocalypse was an interesting notion 2 us at the time." Susannah Melvoin lent her voice 2 the track and Claire Fischer arranged and conducted the orchestra. All other noizes are made by Prince.” |
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Reply #34 posted 06/19/19 7:53pm
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In 'Hot Thing', sounds to me like he's referring to 'the Crystal Ball' as yet another imaginary nightclub.
Thus joining virtually every other Prince album title as being a name for an imaginary nightclub, run by Prince! 
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Reply #35 posted 06/19/19 8:26pm
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MarshallStacks said:
In 'Hot Thing', sounds to me like he's referring to 'the Crystal Ball' as yet another imaginary nightclub.
Thus joining virtually every other Prince album title as being a name for an imaginary nightclub, run by Prince! 
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Reply #36 posted 06/19/19 9:19pm
violetcrush |
MarshallStacks said: In 'Hot Thing', sounds to me like he's referring to 'the Crystal Ball' as yet another imaginary nightclub.
Thus joining virtually every other Prince album title as being a name for an imaginary nightclub, run by Prince! 
I don’t think Prince is referencing a nightclub when he sings “Crystal Ball” in Hot Thing. He’s singing about dancing with a hot young thing and then taking her home to give her the “crystal ball” - as in the best sex - “tell your parents you’re going to the crystal ball, tell them you’ll be comin’ home late if you’re comin’ home at all..”
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He first used the words “Glam Slam” in his song Big Tall Wall - “baby you’re so glam every time I see you I wanna slam!”. Then he wrote the first version of the song Glam Slam in 1988, then the next one in ‘91, and then he opened the night clubs. Quite the journey for a two-word phrase that definitely connects to “wham bam” [Edited 6/19/19 14:24pm] |
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Reply #37 posted 06/19/19 9:42pm
herb4 |
A state of mind, an erotic evening with Prince and a double entendres.
Triple entendres, really, if you factor in the seeing the future element.
I think it's mainly a play on words combining something delicate and beautiful with sex. |
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Reply #38 posted 06/19/19 9:58pm
rdhull 
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If it's an object, its the orb like in Wizard Of oz where you can see things as theye happenign etc. If its about a place, its a ball akin to one that Cinderella went to. "Climb in my fur." |
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Reply #39 posted 06/19/19 10:05pm
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rdhull said:
If it's an object, its the orb like in Wizard Of oz where you can see things as theye happenign etc. If its about a place, its a ball akin to one that Cinderella went to.
i figured wizard of oz had some connection. |
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Reply #40 posted 06/19/19 10:33pm
rdhull 
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PeteSilas said:
rdhull said:
If it's an object, its the orb like in Wizard Of oz where you can see things as theye happenign etc. If its about a place, its a ball akin to one that Cinderella went to.
i figured wizard of oz had some connection.
The whole SOTT album is tribute. "Climb in my fur." |
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Reply #41 posted 06/19/19 10:50pm
herb4 |
rdhull said:
If it's an object, its the orb like in Wizard Of oz where you can see things as theye happenign etc. If its about a place, its a ball akin to one that Cinderella went to.
Nah.
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Reply #42 posted 06/19/19 10:55pm
rdhull 
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People are going to put their repressed sexual feelings and desres as they wish
herb4 said:
rdhull said:
If it's an object, its the orb like in Wizard Of oz where you can see things as theye happenign etc. If its about a place, its a ball akin to one that Cinderella went to.
Nah.
"Climb in my fur." |
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Reply #43 posted 06/19/19 10:55pm
PeteSilas |
rdhull said:
PeteSilas said:
i figured wizard of oz had some connection.
The whole SOTT album is tribute.
ya, the "i'm melting" one that "I wanna melt with you" showed that the wizard was a perennial love o fhis, as it was mine, my ma used to make me watch it every easter. My great grandma, I was told, was an extra in the crowd at the end. |
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Reply #44 posted 06/19/19 11:20pm
violetcrush |
herb4 said: A state of mind, an erotic evening with Prince and a double entendres.
Triple entendres, really, if you factor in the seeing the future element.
I think it's mainly a play on words combining something delicate and beautiful with sex. YES, I think you are on point with this explanation. It is sexual, but special sexual, not dirty sexual. |
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Reply #45 posted 06/20/19 4:01am
Kobe 
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A one ball bigger than your two pair testicles? |
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Reply #46 posted 06/20/19 4:14am
ISaidLifeIsJus tAGame 
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poppys said:
violetcrush said:
ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:
* Not really changing the thread when the song was written about her. And if you take time to read the posts it was actually Pete who “dissed” the other women - I just didn’t argue that point because I tend to agree with it.
Not really changing the thread - R U kidding me?? You ruined it with an absolute Susannah hijack.
Took something amusing and wrung the life out it with your tedious brand of fan fiction.
hahahaaaaa you got this poppys!
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Reply #47 posted 06/20/19 7:32am
mediumdry 
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violetcrush said:
It is sexual, but special sexual, not dirty sexual.
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If it's not dirty, you ain't doing it right... Paisley Park is in your heart - Love Is Here! |
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Reply #48 posted 06/20/19 7:40am
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darkroman said:
luv4u said:
https://www.urbandictiona...tal%20ball
after a girl squirts her load into her lover's mouth, her lover spits it back into her mouth. if they care to, they can orally pass the squirt load back and forth. it's similar to snowballing, however, girl cum is clear, making it a crystal ball, instead of a snowball.
Good lord!
Don't tell Mary "Tipper" Gore - she would surely drop down dead knowing that!

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I personally think she and Al swapped some squirt load back and forth, mor than often on the sounds of Darling Nikki, or Sex Shooter. Now wouldn't you when you see this pretty face ?
...not that I would like to imagine that in detail...
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Reply #49 posted 06/20/19 1:50pm
violetcrush |
Vannormal said:
darkroman said:
luv4u said:
https://www.urbandictiona...tal%20ball
after a girl squirts her load into her lover's mouth, her lover spits it back into her mouth. if they care to, they can orally pass the squirt load back and forth. it's similar to snowballing, however, girl cum is clear, making it a crystal ball, instead of a snowball.
Good lord!
Don't tell Mary "Tipper" Gore - she would surely drop down dead knowing that!

- I personally think she and Al swapped some squirt load back and forth, mor than often on the sounds of Darling Nikki, or Sex Shooter. Now wouldn't you when you see this pretty face ? ...not that I would like to imagine that in detail... - 
Perhaps the lady next to her in the photo would join them?? I can see a ménage trois happening  |
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Reply #50 posted 06/20/19 5:34pm
khemseraph |
luv4u said:
poppys said:
Expert lover, my baby Ever had a Crystal Ball? Take off your clothes, baby Come on, get the Crystal Ball

https://www.urbandictiona...tal%20ball
after a girl squirts her load into her lover's mouth, her lover spits it back into her mouth. if they care to, they can orally pass the squirt load back and forth. it's similar to snowballing, however, girl cum is clear, making it a crystal ball, instead of a snowball. Oh my fucking god dude. That was awesome and I need to be your friend.lol |
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Reply #51 posted 06/20/19 5:35pm
khemseraph |
violetcrush said:
luv4u said:
poppys said:
Expert lover, my baby Ever had a Crystal Ball? Take off your clothes, baby Come on, get the Crystal Ball

https://www.urbandictiona...tal%20ball
after a girl squirts her load into her lover's mouth, her lover spits it back into her mouth. if they care to, they can orally pass the squirt load back and forth. it's similar to snowballing, however, girl cum is clear, making it a crystal ball, instead of a snowball.
Oh good lawd!!! I guess anything's possible - he also sang about the "vulva splash" on Screams of Passion - "only you and I can understand..." * I think Prince's meaning is more along the lines of the best sex one can have with a partner - "expert lover, my baby - ever had a crystal ball? take off your clothes baby c'mon get the crystal ball..." "my baby, my baby, my baby kiss me, lick me, trick me, whoa!!" * Susannah stated this song was about their time together - she was painting a mural on their wall at the Galpin house which was mainly sexual in nature - "my baby draws pictures of sex (yes she does), all over the walls in graphic detail, sex!". * In his song Violet The Organ Grinder, in which Prince sings about an ex lover that he still thinks about and masturbates to her pictures, he says: * "I was on my way to another room When an image of you sweetly Appeared in the mirror Perhaps you recall You and I were neatly In the middle of a Crystal Ball That now serves as a reminder On the wall of you and I the organ grinder In the greatest concert of them all" * I think that song may have been about Susannah as well.... He does not say vulva splash it is velvet splash |
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Reply #52 posted 06/20/19 7:18pm
poppys |
^^ geezus 2.0 Went over that ad nauseum in another thread.
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Reply #53 posted 06/20/19 8:02pm
violetcrush |
khemseraph said:
violetcrush said:
Oh good lawd!!! I guess anything's possible - he also sang about the "vulva splash" on Screams of Passion - "only you and I can understand..."
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I think Prince's meaning is more along the lines of the best sex one can have with a partner - "expert lover, my baby - ever had a crystal ball? take off your clothes baby c'mon get the crystal ball..." "my baby, my baby, my baby kiss me, lick me, trick me, whoa!!"
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Susannah stated this song was about their time together - she was painting a mural on their wall at the Galpin house which was mainly sexual in nature - "my baby draws pictures of sex (yes she does), all over the walls in graphic detail, sex!".
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In his song Violet The Organ Grinder, in which Prince sings about an ex lover that he still thinks about and masturbates to her pictures, he says:
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"I was on my way to another room When an image of you sweetly Appeared in the mirror Perhaps you recall You and I were neatly In the middle of a Crystal Ball That now serves as a reminder On the wall of you and I the organ grinder In the greatest concert of them all"
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I think that song may have been about Susannah as well....
He does not say vulva splash it is velvet splash
https://prince.org/msg/7/459019
Please check out the above thread. Paul and Susannah confirmed the lyric is "vulva splash" on a recent live stream video. I'm sure Prince used "velvet" on the lyric sheet to make it cleaner. Also, in the context of the song "velvet" makes no sense. It's about a woman reaching orgasm, and it's why they had the ocean backdrop for the video.
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If you really listen to the song you can hear "vulva" pretty clearly, especially on the demo version. [Edited 6/20/19 13:03pm] |
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Reply #54 posted 06/20/19 8:57pm
PeteSilas |
funny thing about tipper and women like her, they always just seem to tick my intuition as women who are the biggest freaks, she looks like a freak and she's hot as fuck, knew a pastor's wife like that.
violetcrush said:
Vannormal said:
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I personally think she and Al swapped some squirt load back and forth, mor than often on the sounds of Darling Nikki, or Sex Shooter. Now wouldn't you when you see this pretty face ?
...not that I would like to imagine that in detail...
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Perhaps the lady next to her in the photo would join them?? I can see a ménage trois happening 
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Reply #55 posted 06/20/19 9:16pm
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violetcrush said:
Vannormal said:
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I personally think she and Al swapped some squirt load back and forth, mor than often on the sounds of Darling Nikki, or Sex Shooter. Now wouldn't you when you see this pretty face ?
...not that I would like to imagine that in detail...
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Perhaps the lady next to her in the photo would join them?? I can see a ménage trois happening 

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Reply #56 posted 06/20/19 9:45pm
PeteSilas |
purplethunder3121 said:
violetcrush said:
Vannormal said: Perhaps the lady next to her in the photo would join them?? I can see a ménage trois happening 

i'd be down, prudes are hot as fuck, but then, i'm a sicko like my idol prince, i got kicked out of high school for harassing my big bootie vice principal, miss. atterberry, i called her "miss 'atta-booty'". |
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Reply #57 posted 06/20/19 9:54pm
violetcrush |
PeteSilas said:
purplethunder3121 said:
violetcrush said: Vannormal said: Perhaps the lady next to her in the photo would join them?? I can see a ménage trois happening 

i'd be down, prudes are hot as fuck, but then, i'm a sicko like my idol prince, i got kicked out of high school for harassing my big bootie vice principal, miss. atterberry, i called her "miss 'atta-booty'".  we’re you singing “I like big butts and I cannot lie” or did that one come out later? |
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Reply #58 posted 06/21/19 10:37pm
herb4 |
Vannormal said:
darkroman said:
Good lord!
Don't tell Mary "Tipper" Gore - she would surely drop down dead knowing that!

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I personally think she and Al swapped some squirt load back and forth, mor than often on the sounds of Darling Nikki, or Sex Shooter. Now wouldn't you when you see this pretty face ?
...not that I would like to imagine that in detail...
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Yeah, they look open minded and not all sexually repressed or uptight.
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Reply #59 posted 06/21/19 10:56pm
PeteSilas |
violetcrush said: PeteSilas said:
purplethunder3121 said:
violetcrush said: Vannormal said: Perhaps the lady next to her in the photo would join them?? I can see a ménage trois happening 

i'd be down, prudes are hot as fuck, but then, i'm a sicko like my idol prince, i got kicked out of high school for harassing my big bootie vice principal, miss. atterberry, i called her "miss 'atta-booty'".  we’re you singing “I like big butts and I cannot lie” or did that one come out later? Little later |
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