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Thread started 05/13/04 1:31am

1nonly

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Please explain this lyric?

Okay, from "Let's Go Crazy"

we know to "go crazy" meant to believe in and accept GOD and "the elevator" was the devil. But what the hell do the lyrics "Just look for the purple banana until they put us in the trunk" mean?
Walking alone in the dark, I see nothing u see
I can be in a park, or flying in the…in the deep sea
I wish u’d hold my hand; then everything could b
There’s nothing strange, we’re not deranged
We only want everyday 2 b a Cosmic Day
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Reply #1 posted 05/13/04 1:45am

Zelaira

I take it to be NIRVANA or Even God... Ya Know the All. Search for Happiness,Search for Peace until we DIE!
[This message was edited Thu May 13 1:45:33 2004 by Zelaira]
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Reply #2 posted 05/13/04 2:05am

mrdespues

ah yes, the mystical purple banana....

i think it is Prince's version of a sexualised (purple banana=phallic) Holy Grail; the perfect Princely marriage of sex and spirituality in two words.

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[This message was edited Thu May 13 2:06:23 2004 by mrdespues]
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Reply #3 posted 05/13/04 5:59am

langebleu

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1nonly said:

Okay, from "Let's Go Crazy"

we know to "go crazy" meant to believe in and accept GOD and "the elevator" was the devil. But what the hell do the lyrics "Just look for the purple banana until they put us in the trunk" mean?

It's 'truck' - not 'trunk' - that should make it perfectly clear.

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Reply #4 posted 05/13/04 8:01am

1nonly

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langebleu said:

1nonly said:

Okay, from "Let's Go Crazy"

we know to "go crazy" meant to believe in and accept GOD and "the elevator" was the devil. But what the hell do the lyrics "Just look for the purple banana until they put us in the trunk" mean?

It's 'truck' - not 'trunk' - that should make it perfectly clear.

smile
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you're right, the lyric is truck...but it's the "purple banana" lyrics that has always been hazy to me
Walking alone in the dark, I see nothing u see
I can be in a park, or flying in the…in the deep sea
I wish u’d hold my hand; then everything could b
There’s nothing strange, we’re not deranged
We only want everyday 2 b a Cosmic Day
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Reply #5 posted 05/13/04 8:12am

LittlePill

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Look for the purple banana (something that may or may not exist like God himself) until they put us in the truck (until the men in white haul us off to the loony bin). That's my interpratation.
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Reply #6 posted 05/13/04 8:33am

freakebear

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Isn't it "de-elevator"?
You better wake up, Stella. This is my town!
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Reply #7 posted 05/13/04 8:45am

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LittlePill said:

Look for the purple banana (something that may or may not exist like God himself) until they put us in the truck (until the men in white haul us off to the loony bin). That's my interpratation.


mine too!

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Reply #8 posted 05/13/04 8:51am

midasG

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Purple Banana:

(Musa Velutina) this is an alluring plant with a purple-green, to yellow-green, narrow trunk that can grow to about five feet. It has long green leaves and produces white flowers with purple bracts, which is followed by pink to purple fruit. Pre-soak seed and sow at 70-75° F. Grow in full light and shade from hot suns. Water freely during growing season and moist in winter. Feed once a month. Item#rsd-61
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Reply #9 posted 05/13/04 3:36pm

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freakebear said:

Isn't it "de-elevator"?

Yep
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Reply #10 posted 05/13/04 5:48pm

MoneyMade

IT'S "TRUCK" NOT "TRUNK....

HENCE LETS GO CRAZY...
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