So yes.
Every single one of those songs has a special place for me.

Prince had a knack for expressing raw emotion. I guess that's why so many of us were drawn to it at such an early age. It's those teenage years when we are so full of emotion and make so many stupid decisions based off feelings alone.

That could go with just about any album/song though, right? At that age, we are running wild with our feelings and if a tune comes on that expresses that thought or feeling to song, hey you got your very own soundtrack to your life!

I think as we get older we grow more grounded spirtually or intellectually (not that I know how to spell it) or even both. So a lot of the flair wears off, I suppose. Mr Nelson is going to do that too. Or did.

Kinda "been there, done that" sort of thing.

I look at my own creative output. As I got married, I'm less sexually expressive in my work but more expressive in values. Inspiration (for me) used to be drawn from the "new". New relationships, new sexual encounters, new challaenges, new problems. Not that married life doesn't have it's own dose of "new" flavors, but the romance of the search of that is over. The climb now is stability, I guess.

maybe that's just it. The new was found. What's that got to do with anything? Just over annalyzing the creative difference from then to now.

So now what?


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[This message was edited Thu Feb 12 17:42:29 PST 2004 by yamomma]

the album is a classic - 7 is my favorite prince song period.

What's most memoriable about this album is the great sex that came with it, to be totally honest. Summer of 93, I think it was, in the back seat of an slick black 81 trans-am. Almost every day/night for like 3 months.

All that 17 year old sex energy just KABAMM exploaded as I found all sorts of new sexual territory with the help of this album.

This was also my first Prince concert.

My co-worker at the time was a big fan. I was working at a dinner in the kitchen. He was also a musician and I was helping him with his promotional photographs as I was learning photography. As I came into work that evening after school, he was screaming at me "Take this money and go next door and buy me prince tickets NOW!!!" Ok, no problem. Someone, had to stay in the kitchen.

When I went to get the tickets, they were all sold out. As I was leaving, the lady at the counter was screaming at me to come back! Supposedly, someone's credit card got rejected and 4 more tickets came back up as available. Not just any seats. 3rd row center! I bought all 4 and gave the two to my co-worker who told me to run over there and get them to begin with. He was the fan. I wasn't. But I did know that girls had a thing for Prince right?

Act I, was it called? I asked several girls to come with me. All of them said heck no. I guess they were more interested in U2 that year and that lollapolooza crap. Then came Mary. You know the movie. "Something about Mary"? yep, that was type of girl. She screamed like a little kid. Apparently she was a big fan. She said she hadn't listened to him since Lovesexy. I had no idea what she was talking about. Love-who? I told her I wasn't much into gay artists, but Prince sure could play a mean guitar, and those james brown dance moves were pretty slick. (remembering the get-off video)

I'm thinking to myself, wow this girl has huge boobs! I sure hope she decides to flash them at the show! (I read that zelous girls do that at concerts) I'm thinking I'm going to get a peep at MOST. maybe. ok, probably not. This girl was older than me. She just wants my ticket, not my stick-it. (ok, that was dumb but hey! I'm 17 now) That's ok, at least I'll get to ride in her BAD ASS car. That trans-am was so slick. (at that time) I loved batman. That thing reminded me of the batmobile. Who would have thought Prince would have been conected there too!

The show kicked my ass. period. No need for details, because this review is about the ride.

This was also my first concert of ANYONE, so I bought everything. The hat, two shirts, the tour book, the CD and the tape. such a tourist.

ahh, the opera...
(this review is about the show in the back of the trans-am that we made almost every day for months after the concert)

My name is prince - the playful alpha male dance "look at me, look at me!"

Sexy M.F. - the come here give me that kiss

Love 2 the 9's - The foreplay

The Morning Papers - more foreplay but more of an emotional response both

The Max - ok, that's enough. Let's get busy already

Blue Light - not too fast NOW!, let's slow it down before I loose it. And ya dern right I got nothin' but a smile on!

I wanna melt with U - wait. I'm 17, I can go all night at this age!

Sweet Baby - I don't care who you are, all girls like a little cuttle time. Besides, it helps the momentum!

The Continental - alright cut. Grind time. Hey, I'm the 17 year old energizer bunny!

Damn U - Break time. NEED WATER! I'm thinkin, I'm going to get hurt by this girl, I just know it.

Arrogance - Mean sex. Just dirty. Submit Woman! kinda sex. And she liked it.

The Flow - Still in the previous mind

7 - Good spiritual, redemption sex. I'm gonna marry you type (tear in eye)

And God Created Woman - Yes he did.

3 Chains O' Gold - Questionable sex. Are we like "an item" or just two people escaping reality for the summer?

The Sacrifice Of Victor - cloths back on, cigerette lit, water guzzlin' "Let's go eat!" And I'm thinking, hey, this prince guy is still pretty good. I wonder what other albums he has out there besides purple rain and 1999?

After that summer on every pay day, I bought another album. My older brother had everything he ever did so I found it funny that I knew the words to almost every song as I started collecting the albums. He must have blasted prince out of his bedroom every morning as we were getting ready for school. Even the black album. I remember him having this beat up cassette with his ear up to the speakers trying to make it out because it was such a poor quality boot.

Yep, I got dumped once her and her ex-boyfriend wanted to give it "another go". Oh, well. At least I met Prince. We'd get together for a night or three with every new release up to Crystal Ball. (I know, what a sucker!)

And that ladies and gentelmen is how I got here...
Good night.



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[This message was edited Thu Feb 12 16:42:46 PST 2004 by yamomma]

little suprised..i thought 3 chains was more popular in prince circles...but Sweet Baby is the JAM

I remember I rushed to the warehouse to buy the cassette the day it came out. I sat in my room with head phones hooked to the stereo and listened from begining to end reading the lyrics all the while and thinking, damn, EVERYsong is a hit! I was so excited...
...til the end. Then "The Sacrafice of Victor" started and I remember thinking, "Wow, this is the first Prince song I have ever heard that I don't like".
I think I can word for word sing his entire catalogue from For You to the Love Symbol album with the exeption of that song. It blows.

But my fave?

Sexy MF

One of the best prince songs of all time surely.

Spanky said:

That's funny, because "Sacrifice of Victor" is probably one of my all time favorite songs... it's got everything about Prince that I like - strong hook coupled with a secondary underlying hook, (we sacrifice / I know joy lives round the corner) those amazing harmonies at the end, (Joooy keep on ... blah blah destination...) rock solid drum beat, that killer falstetto line.

SO MUCH BETTER than "Morning Papers". Please, I need a rolling paper to get through that song.

So yes.
Every single one of those songs has a special place for me.

Prince had a knack for expressing raw emotion. I guess that's why so many of us were drawn to it at such an early age. It's those teenage years when we are so full of emotion and make so many stupid decisions based off feelings alone.

That could go with just about any album/song though, right? At that age, we are running wild with our feelings and if a tune comes on that expresses that thought or feeling to song, hey you got your very own soundtrack to your life!

I think as we get older we grow more grounded spirtually or intellectually (not that I know how to spell it) or even both. So a lot of the flair wears off, I suppose. Mr Nelson is going to do that too. Or did.

Kinda "been there, done that" sort of thing.

I look at my own creative output. As I got married, I'm less sexually expressive in my work but more expressive in values. Inspiration (for me) used to be drawn from the "new". New relationships, new sexual encounters, new challaenges, new problems. Not that married life doesn't have it's own dose of "new" flavors, but the romance of the search of that is over. The climb now is stability, I guess.

maybe that's just it. The new was found. What's that got to do with anything? Just over annalyzing the creative difference from then to now.

So now what?


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great creative writing. We need more of this on the org. Kudos to u. Write more often.

yamomma said:

Good story, you horny little bastard you.

what a great album! THE MAX, LOVE 2 THE 9'S, SEXY MF,THE CONTENINTAL, 7, THE F.L.O.W.,ARROGANCE.....so many funky joints, the wild Typoon, the incredible concert in L.A.-unbelivable!, the Arsenio perfomance, the ABC album special- the cool videos & wacky Mayte story tie in. The good ole days, right b4 or the begining of the Slave/name change years. Now the talk of him returning to the new improved WB Records- after all that drama???? Great times, great songs.....hard 2 believe that was 11 years ago.