When you wanna find some isolation
But the tracker you got from vaccination (Keeps playing)
Keeps playing "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Over and over)
They're always listening, especially on the phone
When the lines blur every boy and girl
How we gonna make it in this brave new world?
I remember being brainwashed to hate him by the media. That's when he was truth telling.
Everything I thought was real was all lies.
I'd throw in George Michael too. Basically, the pop stars of the 80s were told to worship the cabal for continued fame and fortune. And those who turned, like I believe Prince, MJ and GM all did, the media quickly "told us" they were bad. There was definitely a lot of comms IMO in the lyrics of songs by Prince and GM.
For sure. I'm a big LP fan and I'm convinced Chester didn't suicide himself
Thanks for posting this. I had no idea how aware Prince was. This song was written in 1996.
The lyrics go on.
[Verse 3]
This refers to the soma pill in the book Brave New World. It's a dopamine fix that keeps citizens from feeling disgruntled. It's intended to prevent citizens from ever considering changing the status quo.
Another Brave New World reference. Citizens are genetically engineered before birth to fit into their assigned social class and careers. The Alpha class are leaders, the Epsilons are laborers and janitors. Even if this genetic central planning works and society fits neatly together, it deprives humans of ambition and spirit. This verse may simultaneously be alluding to modern genetic editing technology like CRSPR.
[Verse 4]
The sharp vibration alludes to any kind of painful experience that causes the sufferer to temporarily wake up to the plan. The melting pot refers to the new world order future where races, cultures, and sexes are blended and homogenized.
Good thread. Prince was apparently given a glimpse into the cult's plans. Note his demise was similar to Michael Jackson's.
I read somewhere he changed his name to that symbol to keep from being restricted in his songs under the contract.
IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A FUCKING PURPLE REVOLUTION HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE WAY?
Prince = Purple
His Band = The Revolution.
He sued everyone that touched his intellectual property.
Good point. And this is why you still have difficulty finding Prince's music on Youtube.
Great thread OP. I've felt the same for some time now. Another one is Elton John some of his lyrics I find disturbing.
Bernie Taupin wrote his lyrics.
Prince is a fascinating study that makes more and more sense now that we have a very different world revealed to us. The layers are deep...very deep. Any book you pick up on Prince is going to be a fascinating one. I fully believe he took a deal which he regretted later and used many subtle and not-so subtle ways to let you and I know. Around 1995 you were being told that Prince was failing, his career ruined, but the truth is that he was playing 2 hour long shows and then heading straight over to a nearby small club to play another 2 hours. Jam sessions where he played the music he loved growing up. He often started these sets with Santana's "Soul Sacrifice." I do believe his agreement made had a "ending date" in mind. When he died, he had been awake for 6 days. At his last show, fans following the past few days knew something was very wrong. A few days before, a plane had to land that he was on....he had developed a pill problem, which I think became accelerated as he knew he had less and less time left. At the last show he told fans "Don't waste your prayers on me.." He had taken a deal when he was younger and wanted out in the worst way. I won't tell you he was always on the right side, fighting a war. There were peaks and valleys. He had a 1997 interview with Oprah in which he seemed to admit defeat, saying he understands Mo Astin and Warners bros music in a way he did not before,and strangely said something long the lines of "I had an imaginary friend at 5, whos' spirit I took into me." which seemed to be a call of "I am coming back into the fold, and no longer fighting my Janus programming." Many remember that this was a month after his son had already died, something he did not want to talk about with Oprah, and he only said "everything was good." which I cannot blame him for, because that is not something I would want to talk about with Oprah either. Did something intentionally happen to the child that put pure horror into him and cause him to drop the record label war he had been fighting? Hard to say, but with Oprah, the interview almost seemed as a surrender......for a time at least.
Huxley told us way back when:
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/section1/
The Director and Henry Foster then introduce Lenina Crowne to the students. She explains that her job is to immunize the fetuses destined for the tropics with vaccinations for typhoid and sleeping sickness.