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Did the majority of Prince's Music... .... mean more to you when you were a teen and Horny as all hell? | |
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Meloh9 said: .... mean more to you when you were a teen and Horny as all hell?
You don't have to be a teen to be hor.... Um... To answer your question, no.  | |
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Byron said: Meloh9 said: .... mean more to you when you were a teen and Horny as all hell?
You don't have to be a teen to be hor.... Um... To answer your question, no. True that. Im just saying that when I first discovered most of his music, it was at a time when I was first discovering other things as well. So Dirty Mind kind of played like the soundtrack to my life at that point. Why do you think that they promote such sexually explicit stuff when at the same time they know that teens are in the buying majority when it comes to music. They know those kids are curious and have raging hormones so they market that stuff to them. It's no accident. Seeing naked girls in video's nowdays is not enough to make me look at the video or pay attention if I dont like the song. Maybe that's one of the reasons why I dont mind Prince toning it down, that's not really where I am in my head at this time, although when I was younger the racier stuff would be more appealing. [This message was edited Sun May 23 22:59:43 2004 by Meloh9] | |
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Meloh9 said: Byron said: You don't have to be a teen to be hor.... Um... To answer your question, no. True that. Im just saying that when I first discovered most of his music, it was at a time when I was first discovered other things as well. So Dirty Mind kind of played like the soundtrack to my life at that point. Why do you think that they promote such sexually explicit stuff when at the same time they know that teens are in the buying majority when it comes to music. They know those kids are curious and have raging hormones so they market that stuff to them. It's no accident. Seeing naked girls in video's nowdays is not enough to make me look at the video or pay attention if I dont like the song. Maybe that's one of the reasons why I dont mind Prince toning it down, that's not really where I am in my head at this time, although when I was younger the racier stuff would be more appealing. When younger, yeah, the sexual would have gained my attention far more than it does now...probably because at this point in my life, I've lived years now with the realization of the spiritual and the intimate connections associated with the sexual...so I'm no longer drawn by such surface trappings and mere nudity or dirty words like I may have been at, say, 21. Ironically, though, one of the huge things about Prince's use of sexuality within his music and lyrics was the underlying component of intimacy and love that goes along with it...it was rarely, if ever, just crass or graphic for the sake of being graphic...songs like "When 2 R In Love" seem to triumph the sensuality of hearts and souls connecting, making the physical connection more potent...even in a song like "Head", the virginal bride doesn't simply come off as wanting a horny fling, she ends up marrying Prince as well...I think that, even when younger, it was that intimate/loving/spiritual connection aspect of his more sexual lyrics that drew me in...mere graphic talk about sex never has done it for me. | |
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Byron said: Meloh9 said: True that. Im just saying that when I first discovered most of his music, it was at a time when I was first discovered other things as well. So Dirty Mind kind of played like the soundtrack to my life at that point. Why do you think that they promote such sexually explicit stuff when at the same time they know that teens are in the buying majority when it comes to music. They know those kids are curious and have raging hormones so they market that stuff to them. It's no accident. Seeing naked girls in video's nowdays is not enough to make me look at the video or pay attention if I dont like the song. Maybe that's one of the reasons why I dont mind Prince toning it down, that's not really where I am in my head at this time, although when I was younger the racier stuff would be more appealing. When younger, yeah, the sexual would have gained my attention far more than it does now...probably because at this point in my life, I've lived years now with the realization of the spiritual and the intimate connections associated with the sexual...so I'm no longer drawn by such surface trappings and mere nudity or dirty words like I may have been at, say, 21. Ironically, though, one of the huge things about Prince's use of sexuality within his music and lyrics was the underlying component of intimacy and love that goes along with it...it was rarely, if ever, just crass or graphic for the sake of being graphic...songs like "When 2 R In Love" seem to triumph the sensuality of hearts and souls connecting, making the physical connection more potent...even in a song like "Head", the virginal bride doesn't simply come off as wanting a horny fling, she ends up marrying Prince as well...I think that, even when younger, it was that intimate/loving/spiritual connection aspect of his more sexual lyrics that drew me in...mere graphic talk about sex never has done it for me. "it was rarely, if ever, just crass or graphic for the sake of being graphic" I hear you, but keep in mind we also had a lot of songs like Jack U Off Horny Toad Extra Loveable " Im sorry Im going 2 have 2 rape U" Soft and Wet - " Ive got a Sugar Kain, that I want 2 loose in U" Let's Pretend Were Married Gett Off Hot Thing ( barley 21) So I do know what you mean, on albums like Lovesexy, the spirit and the flesh unite. However you have to admit, he had a plenty songs that are basically all about how he sincerely wanted to fuck the taste out of some girls mouth. I remember going to my mother and asking her what the word orgasm meant after I first heard If Eye Was Your Girlfriend. Prince's music was like sex ed, Im not saying that's a bad thing. He still used a lot more tact, as you stated, than many other artist do today. | |
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Meloh9 said: Byron said: When younger, yeah, the sexual would have gained my attention far more than it does now...probably because at this point in my life, I've lived years now with the realization of the spiritual and the intimate connections associated with the sexual...so I'm no longer drawn by such surface trappings and mere nudity or dirty words like I may have been at, say, 21. Ironically, though, one of the huge things about Prince's use of sexuality within his music and lyrics was the underlying component of intimacy and love that goes along with it...it was rarely, if ever, just crass or graphic for the sake of being graphic...songs like "When 2 R In Love" seem to triumph the sensuality of hearts and souls connecting, making the physical connection more potent...even in a song like "Head", the virginal bride doesn't simply come off as wanting a horny fling, she ends up marrying Prince as well...I think that, even when younger, it was that intimate/loving/spiritual connection aspect of his more sexual lyrics that drew me in...mere graphic talk about sex never has done it for me. "it was rarely, if ever, just crass or graphic for the sake of being graphic" I hear you, but keep in mind we also had a lot of songs like Jack U Off Horny Toad Extra Loveable " Im sorry Im going 2 have 2 rape U" Soft and Wet - " Ive got a Sugar Kain, that I want 2 loose in U" Let's Pretend Were Married Gett Off Hot Thing ( barley 21) So I do know what you mean, on albums like Lovesexy, the spirit and the flesh unite. However you have to admit, he had a plenty songs that are basically all about how he sincerely wanted to fuck the taste out of some girls mouth. I remember going to my mother and asking her what the word orgasm meant after I first heard If Eye Was Your Girlfriend. Prince's music was like sex ed, Im not saying that's a bad thing. He still used a lot more tact, as you stated, than many other artist do today. True...but I took those types of songs within the context of the whole...in other words, Prince had more than enough songs and lyrics which championed the spiritual/emotional of the sexual, so I lyrics like the ones listed above within the whole of how he presented sex. The graphic and animalistic was one component of the sexual world he presented, not the only one (and, in my opinion, not even the most pronounced one)...had it ONLY been songs like Jack U Off and Let's Pretend We're Married, the sexual in his songs would have come to bore me rather quickly, I think... | |
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Well... This is kindda hard 2 answer...
as I've grown I've come 2 understand the meaning behind some of the songs... Little Red Corvette isn't about a red sports car anymore. His party/dance grooves r still as appealing as ever -I've still got that feeling his music gave me back in the (early) day(s). On the other hand, His ballads mean more and more to me as time goes by. Its his music that still amazes me. Even listening to old songs I still discover something new, a drum beat here, a bass line there...the mind boggles as U try to reason or understand how his amazing work came to be. Pure genius! -"If U don't like,
what U see here -get the FUNK out." | |
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No cause I'm still the same and all his songs still Touch me Deeply. I reckon i'll always be Horny as Hell till the day I die. And to me That's Certainly a Good thing. | |
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Zelaira said: No cause I'm still the same and all his songs still Touch me Deeply. I reckon i'll always be Horny as Hell till the day I die. And to me That's Certainly a Good thing.
It's a good thing for us too.  | |
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