Preparing for the trip to Paisley Park and I am going to load my MP3 file with Prince songs with references to Minn or the area. Any suggestions:

Uptown
White Mansion
Paisley Park



Thanks

Rock 'n' roll is alive and it lives in MPLS
Calhoun Square

Work That Fat ("cruise Plymouth")
Zannalee (reference to Snelling Ave.)
Graffiti Bridge (named after an actual "Graffiti Bridge")

I know there's more...just can't think right now.

1+1+1 is 3

NCC2012 said:

What's the reference to Snelling in Zannalee? Just curious.

HobbesLeCute said:

The reference I'm aware of is 'Galpin'.

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...html#zanna
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PrinceOscar said:

i'm serious...everytime i drove 2 the airport in buffalo, new york (in order 2 go home 2 mpls.), i ALWAYS played "eye no" and "alphabet street"...it only took that long 2 get 2 the airport. but it always set me in the right mood 2 go home. i can imagine it would take the same to go 2 paisley.

of course, the last few times i went 2 paisley, i listened to 'cloreen baconskin' and 'billy's sunglasses,'...thanx HiinEnkelte, for traumatizing me that way. goddamn, i can't wait 2 be home 2morrow for that aftershow....

At the Prince party yesterday night at First Avenue Jules said, "this reminds me of Paisley Park...." on "P Control" and "Return Of The Bump Squad" i think he said that about "Right Back Here In My Arms" 2.

oh and dont 4get .. uuuh.... Northside.

'MPLS' - 1800 NEW FUNK

"T.C. Rap" - New Power Generation Maxi-Single ("Twin cities In the house")

"Jughead" - Diamionds and Pearls ("M-P-L-S, who turn the mutha out?")

"Do Your Dance" (K.C.'s remix) - Cream Maxi single ("Power 2 the people of M.P.L.S.")

"The Flow" - ("Rock 2 the F.L.O.W. (Wait a minute) (Minneapolis, Minneapolis)")

"Call The Law" - Goldnigga ("Northside Minnie, Twin Cities")

"Zannalee" - Chaos And Disorder ("We got a disturbance on Galpin ")

"I Rock, Therefore I Am" - Chaos And Disorder ("In this Minneapolis snow, I'm jammin'" & "Because I be comin' from the heart of Minnesota")

"Dead On It" - The Black Album ("But the ones from Minneapolis play it like it oughta should")

"Everlasting Now" - One Nite Alone ... Live! ("I'm from Minneapolis, I don't play that")

"Wild And Loose" - What Time Is It? ("Minneapolis is mine ")

"The Good Life (Big City Remix)" - The Good Life Maxi-single ("And take control of every 'hood (Got my ass in Minnesota) ")

"Days Of Wild" - Crystal Ball (lots of references to Minneapolis on this live recording)

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[This message was edited Thu Jun 17 1:18:24 2004 by langebleu]

Don't forget "Strolling"

"We could rent some roller skates, we could skate around the lake"

Well if you're just going for Minneapolis references, I like the live version of Love Sign from the Today Show, the best: "Minneapolis in the house!" (show us the Love sign, pump the Love sign...)

67TBirdHeartAttack said:

Hey i live in Cologne Germany and we have lakes here too. Guess what, you can even rollerskate over here.

That`s a great song, but it`s not about MPLS, what you think?

Seven Corners?

langebleu said:

I could swear it's Snelling. The DTT isn't always accurate. If I had the CD with me I'd take a listen again, but it's at home. Anyone else have an opinion about this?

Galpin? Where'd that come from?

67TBirdHeartAttack said:

if we don't know how, we'll fake it, oh yeaaaaahhh...

...sorry, had to finish the lyric on impulse

TonyWilliams said:

I beg to differ, I do believe it is all about Minneapolis. There is a skate store right by the lake and outside it there was a lemonade stand and ice cream stand. Having been to Minneapolis on many occassions everything about the song fits. Yes it could fit with lots of places I agree. But also "we could stroll the mezzanine" The lake with the shop and the skate shop and the ice cream stand has a wooden board walk. It is just all too co-incidental.

67TBirdHeartAttack said:

...hey - after all, you might be right. I wish my english was better, sometimes i miss the meaning behind the lyrics. But if you know where that place is in MPLS, maybe we can meet there and "stroll the mmezzanine" . Peace.