So let me get this straight, in this classic Vanity6 song Prince is supposed to sound like a girl? Could of fooled me. It's a funky little number though. I'm gonna need it, cuz if I ever see your face I'm gonna fall and have a heart attack

heeey, that's gone too far--here, gimme the phone
hey tramp, take a bath n'puke
what's more, you can kiss where the sun don't shine
if that don't work, we can duke
y'see, the only kinna man that would play with you
is one that plays with himself
none of my friends can stand the sight of you
...much less the smell...

this is my cut!!!





if an edit answers....hang up!
[This message was edited Wed May 28 16:27:10 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

love tha edit girl!!! Tonite I think I'ma go home and tie a mattress to my back!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Copycat!!!

gypsyfire said:

mrow?

I always assumed that,in this song,Prince isn't supposed to be a girl,he's actually portraying a gay man! When he answers the phone,surely Vanity doesn't really believe she's chatting with a female?

DavidEye said:

maybe he wuz just playin some big ol' butch chick, cuz that's how he sounded.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

LMAO

Favorite song on the album!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

bet he or she or whateva wore the pants in the family!!

Yes it's Prince playing Jimmy latest girl - use your imagination

I used to have such a thing about this track - I used to use it to split the crowd between folks who could dig the funk, and those who couldn't,

I'm sorry you lot, those lyrics are cool, but NOTHING beats...

"Oh, did he just take out the trash?"

"No, thats something he used to do, now he's taking out me!"


No thats chilli sauce!!!

I'm still trying to determine what the best line in this song is...



"If I wasn't a lady,I'd take my money and buy you a brand new face...then I'd take my underwear,stick it in your mouth and you'd love it cause you got no taste"


that's classic!!

I love this song - It's as funky as a pot of neckbones and some hot sauce!
4 me it's a tie between the two best Phrases in this song:
1) Single, is that what you think, tramp I'm datin your dad. Oh well he died about 7 years back, now ain't that just too bad! Well that's how we like em', tall stiff and ready, that's positively more than I can say for dead Jimmy!" And:
2) And if that don't work call back your dead daddy to show him what you look like now! Honey I bet he'd never come back cuz you's one ugly cow!
Too funky!
[This message was edited Thu May 29 1:56:53 PDT 2003 by NPGDiva]

There's a part in the song where it looks like Vanity is getting totally dissed by Prince...


Vanity: "Oh you mean,you were swallowing him.Why don't you just tie a mattress to your back?"

Prince: "I'm gonna need it cause if I ever see your face,I'm gonna fall and have a heart attack"

Vanity: "All that's gonna fall is the wig off the head,now whatcha think about that?"


When Vanity says "now whatcha think about that",doesn't she sound really defeated and hurt? It's no wonder that Brenda joins in at this point.Poor Vanity was taking quite a verbal beating from this "girl"...lol...
[This message was edited Thu May 29 3:25:32 PDT 2003 by DavidEye]

NinoSasgakagrachi said:

You know,I'm listening to this song right now and I just noticed that,near the end,Brenda and Vanity both say...


"there's two things we can't stand
One's a jive-talk *MAN*,the other is a jive-talk *MAN* with no money"


So,it's clear that Prince's character is indeed a man.Which proves my theory,Prince is playing a homosexual man in this song.So let's get this straight...Vanity calls up her boyfriend Jimmy,discovers that he is cheating on her with a guy (!) and yet she STILL asks this man to come over to drive her and Brenda to a party!!

crazy song,isn't it?

DavidEye said:

Straight classic line! And I love how she's almost out of breath at the very end of the line, too!

DavidEye said:

How do those lines prove that point? When listening to these lines, I always looked at it like they're saying they don't like a jive talk man for a boyfriend, like what Jimmy WAS to Vanity or anyone else who might come incorrect. They weren't talking about Prince's character/Jimmy's new girl.

alexnvrmnd said:

Hmmm,I always assumed they were talking about the guy they had just argued with (Prince),since *HE* is the one who was talkin' all that "jive"...lol...but I could be wrong.

Here's a confusing line: I think I'd rather wear a wig then run a motel ferocious dancin lights dogs cats in my hat that is what he says right?

NinoSasgakagrachi said:

i think i'd rather wear a wig than to run a motel for roaches, dogs and lice, ants and cats in my hat...

roflmbao @ nino's new lyrix & addin 'em 2 the misheard lyric dictionary!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

LMAO!!! miss handsclaps you are a genius!!! I have been trying to figure that shit out for over a decade now...it all makes sense now!!

DavidEye said:

I always assumed that since the song is called "when a girl answers (don't hang up)", the one pickin' up the phone over at jimmy's must be a girl.

I always thought that was Morris Day!!?? How about the unreleased V6 song "Vibrator".Im not sure if Prince plays a gay man on that one.

Prince:Girl, what do you want, I'm Busy!!

Vanity:I need batteries for my body massager

Prince:BODY MASSAGER??!!,PLEASE!!

dawntreader said:

I think Brenda and Vanity *expected* it to be a girl,but since it turns out to be a man,that just makes the song much more...uh...interesting,dontcha think?

PhilG said:

For years,I assumed it was Morris on "If A Girl Answers" but it's really Prince doing his best Morris impersonation. On "Vibrator",that is indeed Prince and there's no denying that he is playing a gay man this time around...lol...

PhilG said:

Errr, no.


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[This message was edited Thu May 29 14:41:00 PDT 2003 by VelvetSplash]

DavidEye said:

Yes there is.Why does everything have to get twisted into him portraying a gay? I just see it as some guy taking laughing at this girl desperately trying to get out of saying 'vibrator'.

"Body massager!?"

Must be the 'gay'(?) voice he puts on.

[This message was edited Thu May 29 14:59:55 PDT 2003 by Marrk]

How do you play a gay man?

Probably the same way you play a black man.

VelvetSplash said:

What the...?