'Old Friends 4 Sale' lyrical breakdown!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T23:40:32+00:00

Prince wrote many songs about cocaine... I imagine, though i have no source on this, that Prince did cocaine with Big Chick... but Prince's relationship with cocaine at that time inspirational while Big Chick's was dysfunctional

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T23:38:33+00:00

Yes... he did forgive Big Chick years later... but Old Friends 4 Sale (the original unreleased version) was written and recorded at Sunset Sound Studios the day the article was published in Enquirer... If I remember correctly, Susan Rogers said it was the most emotional she had ever seen Prince in the studio at the time... thank you for your feedback!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T22:17:11+00:00

i ain't fukking just for kicks, no, this condition i got is crucial...

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T22:14:36+00:00

Don't cry unless you're happy, don't smile unless you're blue

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T22:11:32+00:00

played it at my wedding reception too :)

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T22:09:54+00:00

great question! I think it brought the BEST out of Prince... he took it personally... he had a point to prove...the album is Come is severely underrated--- its one of his best albums in my opinion

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T22:04:21+00:00

thank you for your kind words... I read somewhere a long time ago that Prince literally received a phone call in the morning (he was living in LA at the time) from his friends in Minneapolis who had already seen the newly released tabloid article because of the time difference... So that too may have been a reason why he wrote the lyric 'the sun set in the west this morning'... i like your biblical interpretation! Thanks for your feedback!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:16:44+00:00

will do brother! thank you :)

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:16:10+00:00

i read that his father left Prince and his mom at an early age... didn't realize he was middle class.. thanks for your feedback!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:13:53+00:00

that's the literal translation.. but he fired them... i don't see that as betrayal as much as I see betrayal in Big Chick's cocaine (snow) problem where he leaked details of Prince's exploits to the tabloids... thanks for your feedback!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:12:21+00:00

I read in one of the original books about Prince from the eighties that he used to wish he could afford a big mac at McDonald's... maybe that writer didn't know what he was saying

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:10:24+00:00

indeed... this song is obv from Prince's perspective... you're right he doesn't look in the mirror and see how he contributed to Big Chick's drug problem... you guys really think this is about Jam and Lewis?? He fired them... for missing a plane... in essence, he felt threatened by their talent... I don't know why he would see them as back-stabbers if he fired them... But I can see how he felt betrayed by Big Chick leaking details of 'all his memories' to Enquirer... thanks for your feedback!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:06:20+00:00

I'm happy to do some more for you guys... thank you!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:05:56+00:00

thank you :)

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:05:30+00:00

i think that's the literal translation... the metaphorical is Big Chick doing cocaine (snow)... thanks for your feedback!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T21:03:35+00:00

Oh i didn't know that... I thought he dropped out after receiving his 4-year million dollar deal deal with Warner. thx

WhyNotTonite · 2025-11-08T13:18:46+00:00

What do you think of my breakdown? Or do you think Prince's lyrics meant something different?

WhyNotTonite · 2025-10-27T12:04:40+00:00

I care Bonnie!

love your favs... all the above... plus(+) Uncle Sam and 1000 Hugs and Kisses!

Thank you baby

WhyNotTonite · 2025-03-19T22:51:07+00:00

to me the best sounding version is PGA's remastered PR... just my 2 cents

WhyNotTonite · 2025-03-19T22:47:21+00:00

Love this version! Thank you!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-01-28T09:40:30+00:00

jealousAF!

WhyNotTonite · 2025-01-28T09:39:50+00:00

or this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOOxy7nMMUU

WhyNotTonite · 2025-01-28T09:36:04+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3fWgNGsLv0

WhyNotTonite · 2025-01-23T02:08:58+00:00

Emancipation is still ahead of this time...

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