WHAT IS IT WITH NEWS: that makes people search 4 adjectives and xcuses? Could it b that no one EVER xpected that da man would go 2 a place so remotely sacred? A place that requires seven days Bible study and a midwife? What makes persipration so alluring? This Cd and a glass or 2 of Merlot with the stereo on VOLUME HIGH? Somebody tell US??! Could it B that time ITSELF had a HEADZ UP on this occurance? AND: Who knew that several in the atmosphere would copulate in a space so divine?


A (possible explanation)


Well the gist of what they are saying is - is that NEWS is a sacred piece of music and because of that some people dont understand because they've never been in that position.
I didnt get the stuff after that about Perspiration and midwives (I'm hoping for Mani's sake he's not referring to her as that)
I am a bit concerned about mixing divine with 'copulating'. Copulating is not an appropriate term to use with divine, it should be love making, otherwise it looks blasphemous.

Freaker said:

Um...does anyone actually care what comes out of NPGMCult anymore?
The site is a joke and so are the people who run it...maybe Prince should check out some things.

How about CD's and music given to certain NPGMC staff and intended at one point for a release through the music club.

Only for Prince to change his mind and call a halt, yet this same music was copied and will in time turn up in collectors circles.

Prince, trust...who do ya?

hmmm...this has gotta be like the very first statement from the npgmc corral that's actually halfway easy to comprehend. gist of the message: "this wuz inevitable, ya'll..."

Freaker said:

um, ol' boy's been mixin the sacred and profane for years now...

Prince is starting 2 get on my nerves with this talk. This is not 1984? Why Play games? Just be simple and str8 up 4 god's sake.

Freaker said:

I'm more confused by your post.

Freaker said:

First of all I'm not even going to pretend I have a clue as to what all that babble actually means. I guess I'm not 'enlightened' enough to understand.

But my GUESS is that the midwife reference and such isn't literal and doesn't actually apply to Mani giving birth or having a baby, although I'm sure there will be some here who just KNOW that's what Prince is talking about and insist that this is another veiled "announcement" of her pregnancy.

I personally think those references is just Prince's way of, once again, comparing his music to "children" , and this blurb is in some way trying to convey the work that went into "birthing" this particular "child".

The rest of it, however...

Harlepolis said:

this is prince we're talkin about here. the cat ain't been simple and straight-up since...woo, the early '80's or so? ol' boy probably goes by the same words a friend of mine once said:

if it's too easy, it ain't worth it.

I can see Prince now, laughing his ass off as we all scramble to decode this strange message.

teller said:

eeevil!!!

teller said:

They need to issue secret decoder rings or the key to the secret NPGMC language to all members when they join up!

SnowQueen said:

oh lawd...in order 2 decode this month's message, please turn 2 page 9,452 in ur NPGMC Decoder Booklet.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I won't be supriced about that at all!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Freaker said:

Maybe he's using 'copulating' as a gentler way to say "F**KING" and he's implying that some people who are bashing NEWS or saying negative things about it are, in essence, profaning something Prince considers "divine" (the music on NEWS).

I DUNNO!

gives me a

Hey Snowqueen, thats a good interpretation, you may be right, if so then he's not being blashphemous.

okay ya'll, in light of this latest statement here i have created a cootie-catcher that not only tells which cutie pie you gonna go out with in your math class, but also is great for decodin prince-ese. check it out:



ya'll shoulda seen it comin.

#8 means that you'll be goin out with that kid in the glasses who sits in the back of...shit, wrong decoding mechanism, lemme see here...ummm...ah, here we be: a lotta sweat n'bible mishmash helped with this...ahh, bliss...

if you can't afford some expensive-assed fermented grape juice to give ya a buzz, ripple will do just fine to drink whilst listenin to this.

Could it B that time ITSELF had a HEADZ UP on this occurance?

[i]reply hazy, ask again--umm wait, the inevitability thing again...

musical mind-fuckin for alll!





...this ain't accordin to me, remember this. my cootie-catcher said it all. n'there you have it.

Freaker said:

Thanks Freaker. I was just taking a stab in the dark. It's just what I got out of that reference when I first read it.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That ain't no cereal box cootie-catcher!

teller said:

it is, but i tweaked it a bit.

Okay as for the "midwife" reference...

Here is the definition for midwife from m-w.com:

---
Main Entry: 1mid·wife
Pronunciation: 'mid-"wIf
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English midwif, from mid with (from Old English) + wif woman
Date: 14th century
1 : a person who assists women in childbirth
2 : one that helps to produce or bring forth something
---

Maybe the 'midwife' reference is alluding to the JW religion? (and I think of that first here due to the "seven days Bible study" statement that immediately precedes the word 'midwife'.) Or alluding to Larry or Mani who might have acted as a form of "midwife" for him? Or someone else who, in some way, helped him "birth" this new direction in music because they helped him discover a new aspect of himself?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Where did that weird statement come from?

Hmmm...did N.E.W.S. come out 9 months after Xpectation? :O

Nah...guess not...that would have been October or something...

Next...

Muffy said:

from the brilliant mind of the man behind that big purple curtain over there, pressin buttons and shiftin gears...

you will have to bear with me, I left my NPG to english dictionary in the car.

well, the loose traslation is:

"If you didn't like the album you are not a real fan, and you should GET OUT!!!"

and the midwifing line is a refrencing to Prince being a mystic frito sent to theis earth to beet back the evil cheeto, who of course is Screech from "Saved by the Bell"

cborgman said:

"the evil cheeto"

I ran this through a few of the dialectizers at http://rinkworks.com/dialect/.

I think it makes a bit more sense now.

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Moron:

WHAT IS IT WITH NEWS: dat makes peoble search 4 adbuhjeckibes 'n xcuses, duh...uh...? Cudd it b dat no one EBER xpeckid dat da man wudd go 2 a place so remote sacred, duh...uh...? A place dat rekires seben days Biggle study 'n a midwife, duh...uh...? What makes pehsiprashun so allurigg, duh...uh...? Dis Cd 'n a glass or 2 of Mehlot wid the, ERRR, steheo on BOLUME HIGH, duh...uh...? Somebody tell US, duh...uh...?, duh...uh...?! Doihh, COOL! Cudd it B dat time ITSELF had a HEADZ UP on dis occurass, duh...uh...? AND: Who knew dat sebehal in de atmosphehe wudd copulate in a space so dibine, duh...uh...?


Swedish Chef:

VHET IS IT VITH NEVS: thet mekes peuple-a seerch 4 edjecteefes und xcooses? Cuoold it b thet nu oone-a IFER xpected thet da mun vuoold gu 2 a plece-a su remutely secred? A plece-a thet reqooures sefee deys Beeble-a stoody und a meedviffe-a? Vhet mekes perseepreshun su ellooreeng? Thees Cd und a gless oor 2 ooff Merlut veet zee stereu oon FOLOoME HIGH? Sumebudy tell US??! Cuoold it B thet teeme-a ITSELF hed a HEEDZ UP oon thees ooccoorunce-a? END: Vhu knoo thet seferel in zee etmusphere-a vuoold cupoolete-a in a spece-a su deefine-a?


Jive:

WHAT IS IT WITH NEWS: dat makes sucka's search 4 adjectives and xcuses? Could it b dat no one EVER xpected dat da joker would go 2 some place so's remotely sacred? A place dat requires seven days Bible study and some midmama? Whut makes puh'siprashun so's allurin'? Dis Cd and some glass o' 2 uh Merlot wid de stereo on VOLUME HIGH? Some fool tell US??! Right on! Could it B dat time ITSELF had some HEADZ UP on dis occurance? AND: Who knowed dat several in de atmosphere would copulate in some space so's divine?



Redneck:

WHAT IS IT WITH NEWS: thet makes varmints search 4 adjeckives an' xcuses? C'd it b thet no one EVER xpecked thet da man'd hoof it 2 a place so remotely sacred? A place thet requires seven days Bible study an' a midwife? Whut in tarnation makes persiprashun so allurin'? This hyar Cd an' a glass o' 2 of Merlot wif th' stereo on VOLUME HIGH? Somebody tell US??! Fry mah hide! C'd it B thet time ITSELF had a HEADZ UP on this hyar occurance? AND: Who knowed thet sevahal in th' atmosphar'd copulate in a space so divine?

check out that 'jive' shit...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That's my favorite one.

I like 'midmama'.