# Prince and his manly guitar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861 "2007-02-05T01:24:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/21 "2007-02-05T04:52:22Z")
Unless Mr. Nelson’s had a re-conversion, I’d say it was unintentional. He’s a very devout Jehovah’s Witness and doesn’t even do the raunchy songs anymore. He did a medley when I saw him on the Musicology tour and the iffy songs had new lyrics, or were missing altogether. It is a funny image, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8dc957/32.png) [@Hugh\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/22 "2007-02-05T04:57:59Z")
On a similar note, I’ve always thought Prince’s symbol looked like it was designed after reading [On Beyond Zebra](http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Zebra-Classic-Seuss/dp/0394800842/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/105-2522799-8210055) _Here is a letter its user calls **Prunce** But don’t call him Prince or you’ll feel like a dunce It’s useful for dodging contractual laws And avoiding your label’s creative faux-pas_ Written, of course, before he began caling himself Prince again. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/23 "2007-02-05T09:10:01Z")
Obviously Schlong. When comparing the guitar body to the symbol that the artist formerly known as **Prince** used as his name but now is not known as that symbol, the schlong part of it is way exaggerated. And as **Runs With Scissors** says, the silhouette brought it all together. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/24 "2007-02-05T13:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] [Link](http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070205/ids_photos_sp/r2707058544.jpg) How’s this? It’s not as dramatic as some of the shots during the show, but it gives you the idea. (Hope this kind of link doesn’t break any copyright rules…) [/QUOTE] This picture looks like he’s doing something unspeakable to a flamingo… ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/25 "2007-02-05T13:44:43Z")
[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow] Unless Mr. Nelson’s had a re-conversion, I’d say it was unintentional. He’s a very devout Jehovah’s Witness and doesn’t even do the raunchy songs anymore. He did a medley when I saw him on the Musicology tour and the iffy songs had new lyrics, or were missing altogether. It is a funny image, though. [/QUOTE] Slyly intentional would be my guess…even with the religion, sexual symbolism doesn’t seem likely to be lost on Prince. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/26 "2007-02-05T13:47:01Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] Obviously Schlong. … And as **Runs With Scissors** says, the silhouette brought it all together. [/QUOTE] Right. If he didn’t want us to think “schlong”, he wouldn’t have even bothered with the silhouette. He would have just…um…stroked his instrument. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/27 "2007-02-05T14:54:15Z")
Prince is a talent but also an idiot. He found God so he doesn’t do his sex songs anymore, but comes out with that guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/28 "2007-02-05T14:57:45Z")
We commented that he looked exactly the same as he did when Purple Rain came out. He is either the New Dick Clark or a Vampire. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/29 "2007-02-05T15:32:48Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] We commented that he looked exactly the same as he did when Purple Rain came out. He is either the New Dick Clark or a Vampire. [/QUOTE] Yes. I didn’t see one single sign of aging. Looked like he put on a couple of well-needed pounds, but aside from that, I think there’s a picture of him in a closet somewhere getting mighty funky looking. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/30 "2007-02-05T15:54:52Z")
Anybody got a different link than the one above? That one won’t display. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/31 "2007-02-05T16:29:52Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Yes. I didn’t see one single sign of aging. . . [/QUOTE] He’s in his late forties, just a couple of years younger than me. How come I got old and he didn’t? He’s so utterly unchanged that I suspect him of possessing The One Ring. I loved the show! My favorite part is his guitar playing. And I love it when he does covers - I enjoy hearing one great artist’s rendition of another great artist’s work. The pouring rain sort of gave the scene a bit of a Gene Kelly singin’-in-the-rain feel. Gosh, this brought back memories. I used to see his concerts any time he was in town, and that was about six or eight times all told, IIRC. Other concerts would pale in comparison to his - they were just so much fun. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/32 "2007-02-05T16:53:31Z")
My wife and I immediately noticed the distinct silhouette the guitar neck made but also commented that the curl of the guitar body made it look like he had a demonic tail. Too bad he didn’t sing _Darling Nikki_ while in silhouette. That would have made heads blow up at the FCC. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/33 "2007-02-05T17:06:34Z")
It was all great except for the doo-rag. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/34 "2007-02-05T17:14:32Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] It was all great except for the doo-rag. [/QUOTE] Maybe the rain destroyed some sort of carefully-constructed coiffure. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/35 "2007-02-05T17:54:27Z")
Even if Prince meant it as an f.u. to the FCC, I don’t really care. And I was pretty pissed off about the Janet Jackson business. The difference here is that the adults in the room could get the joke, but if I had my four year olds with me, they would remain blissfully unaware. Subtle innuendo, the mark of an artist rather than a hack. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/36 "2007-02-05T18:52:42Z")
The funniest thing to me was that the local news that followed the game showed just one shot of the half-time show: Big white sheet with shadow of long, um, guitar lower extension sticking out. Now back to your regular, FCC approved, programing. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/37 "2007-02-05T18:58:14Z")
**Mr. Moto** , good point on the subtle innuendo vs blatant, but I just wonder what was the point? He’s 48 years old, why is it necessary to sneak in phallic symbols in your performance? To show you are smarter than the FCC? And does anyone really think a 5’2, 110 pound man has a huge dick anyway? Isn’t that fifth grade stuff? And what does His Lord think of that I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/38 "2007-02-05T19:26:52Z")
One, he’s had that guitar for some time now, I think around the time of Graffiti Bridge. It’s not a new design. Two, he was throwing shapes like all guitarists do when soloing, except Dave Gilmour. I think y’all are reading more into this than intended. I mean, there is this idea that guitarists really into the moment get caught up, and Prince is probably completely unable to be “sexless.” He can’t help it. But Prince is really on the conservative side and very religious. Since the Purple Rain days, he’s been married twice, had his infant child die, and really gotten into the Witness thing. For instance, did you see the dancers? Aside from being in high heels, they were pretty conservatively dressed, and their dancing was less risque than what one might expect to see. I saw Prince in 1985 and in 2005. He was even sort of preaching a bit during the show last time I saw him. When I saw him in '85 he spent about thirty minutes humping… no, let’s be accurate, _fucking_ the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/39 "2007-02-05T19:41:43Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Anyone else think Prince’s sillouette with his guitar was, shall we say, optomistically manly? [/QUOTE] I have no doubt that Prince of all people is fantastically well-endowed. Sorry to generalize, but them skinny, tiny guys always seem to have a huge freakin’ package. And Prince just oozes sexuality, and is just so comfortable bragging. Just MHO, but I think he’s got an enormous schwanshtooker. Pity that (IMO) he’s a hetero. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861/40 "2007-02-05T22:26:39Z")
Speaking of dancers, did anyone else think the dancer in the odd white lycra number was a man? S/he was referred to as, " Hey, there goes Underwear Man across the stage again." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-his-manly-guitar/390861.md?page=3)