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Dorothy Parker I watched this movie last night, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. It made me wonder WHY Prince wrote Dorothy Parker. I don't see the connection. Cheating? The woman he's singing about had a sharp wit like Mrs. Parker?
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VinaBlue said: The woman he's singing about had a sharp wit like Mrs. Parker?
Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violet room Fightin' with lover's past I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine Dorothy was fast Kinda like Outkast's "Rosa Parks" was only remotely related to Ms. Parks in as much as they're singing get to the back of the bus as a slang phrase for how they wreck the mic. [This message was edited Fri Sep 19 11:03:24 PDT 2003 by NuPwrSoul] "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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VinaBlue said: I watched this movie last night, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. It made me wonder WHY Prince wrote Dorothy Parker. I don't see the connection. Cheating? The woman he's singing about had a sharp wit like Mrs. Parker?
Somebody please explain. The song has nothing to do with "the real" Dorothy Parker... Neversin. O(+>NIИ<+)O
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Prince is said to have written the song after a dream, and has never suggested that the song, nor the characters in it were based on any other source. (The only known refernce that has any reality is Joni Mitchell's song 'Help Me', which he quotes.) Prince is even supposed to have admitted that he had never heard of the American writer, Dorothy Parker. ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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Neversin said: The song has nothing to do with "the real" Dorothy Parker...
Neversin. Exactly. When Prince wrote this song he was completely unaware of the real Dorothy Parker or her background. Myth has it that he dreamt the melody and scribbled some lyrics on a piece of paper after waking up from a dream. Likely, Dorothy Parker was the subject of a conversation he just happened to overhear. Perhaps either Alan Leeds or Sussanah were waxing lyrical about her and the name just lodged in P's subconscious. . "You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person." | |
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