Another Word For Prince

We've been arguing the relative merits of Prince over at A Red Mind In A Blue State

I am all 4 Prince. In 1983, Prince said everything about what was going to happen. If the CIA had been listening to Prince, instead of trying to bust him for his occasional look into the Dirty Mind, they would have known about what times under Clinton were going to be like, what times under Bush were going to be like, and what caused the change.

If you knew this lyric, it was the thing playing in your head as you were walking from Carnegie Hall to Forest Hills that day, and for many months after that. At least it was playing in mine.

The fact that Prince was looking 17 years in the future and was only 9 months off is well within the margin of error. Much better than Donald Rumsfeld did.

so for the 3 of u who don't know it. These are the lyrics to

1999 (by Prince Rogers Nelson)

I was dreamin’ when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray
But when I woke up this mornin’
Coulda sworn it was judgment day
The sky was all purple,
There were people runnin’ everywhere
Tryin’ 2 run from the destruction,
U know I didn’t even care

They say two thousand zero zero party over,
Out of time
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999

I was dreamin’ when I wrote this
So sue me if I go 2 fast
But life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant 2 last
War is all around us, my mind says prepare 2 fight
So if I gotta die I’m gonna listen 2 my body tonight

They say two thousand zero zero party over,
Out of time
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 1999
Yeah

If u didn’t come 2 party,
Don’t bother knockin’ on my door
I got a lion in my pocket,
And baby he’s ready 2 roar
Yeah, everybody’s got a bomb,
We could all die any day
But before I’ll let that happen,
I’ll dance my life away

They say two thousand zero zero party over,
Out of time
So tonight we gonna
Party like it’s 1999

Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?
Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?