hier 1er Juin , 4 ans que beaucoup d'entre nous ici auront vus Prince pour la dernière fois
je me replonge dans "June" qui m'intrigue depuis le début (d'ailleurs j'avais lancé ce sujet même)
je relis les posts, je me replonge dans les lyrics
1er constat fait à l'époque : Richie Havens est mort le 22/04/2013 . (Encore heureux que c'était pas le 21

) Prince en concert à San Francisco en a parlé brièvement (@funkyDancer y était, vous pouvez re consulter les 1ères pages du sujet, vous y verrez un lien)
avec du recul....ce n'était donc pas que sur le P& M tour que Prince avait pris cette habitude soudaine et rare d'évoquer les morts sur scène (ou même ailleurs) : Bowie, vanity, son père...
mais 3 ans auparavant (avant ça, ça devait dater d'un moment)
or en janvier 2014 (quelques mois après ) on se souvient de sa dernière interview (interdite dans la foulée) au Rollingstone, où il évoquait la mort etc.... idem , sa dernière au magazine Ebony , pareillement bloquée après la sortie de "Hit N run Phase 2" où le sujet de ses mémoires est nié, or 3 mois plus tard il les annonçait et cela même un mois avant de mourir (encore une forme de déni ? de fuite en avant comme le déni de la mort de son fils chez Oprah?)
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https://www.facebook.com/notes/housequa ... 788385046/ (merci @musicum pour le lien, j'avais jamais lu cette interview)
bref ...pour revenir à "June" voici une analyse en anglais trouvée sur le net , elle date de Mars 2017 (pas trop difficile...je vais pas traduire) je la trouve pertinente , surtout la conclusion .Ce qui rend ce titre de plus en plus mystérieux, autobiographique,métaphysique.. bref extraordinaire rien que dans ses multiples interprétations, coïncidences etc...
Stunning song. A metaphysical ballad of sorts.
This song has a definite sense of foreboding. On one hand you could say it is an introspective song about a past girlfriend/wife. On the other hand if you read into the lyrics a bit deeper there seems to be more. Specifically, the pasta simmering at the beginning of the song and then, as Prince is ruminating about listening to Richie Havens and wishing he'd been born on the Woodstock stage, then the interesting line "But I'm just here, waitin', and waitin', and waitin'". Waiting for her? Waiting for his end?
Then realizes he let the pasta burn on the stove. Is Prince alluding to the fact that he sensed, due to his deteriorating health, that he was fast approaching his own end? Literally taken, Prince was so preoccupied with his ex and his place in the world that he forgot to pay attention, screwed up, and let the pasta burn. In a deeper sense, could it be talking about Prince being so consumed with his music and his love life that he didn't pay attention to his deteriorating health and was near the time he'd pay the consequence? Is that what the line "Pasta simmers on the stove in June/Makes no sense yet, but it will soon"? It'll make sense soon after more things transpire? Is Prince saying goodbye? It sorta seems so.
Also the "it's June" part of the lyric - the last time Prince said that was in his famous song "Sign O' The Times". In that great song, June is the month that Prince says his cousin is now a heroin addict. He says "it's June" here as well. In fact Prince ends the song, and the album with those two words. Does "it's June" mean things have reached a critical point with his health, his life?
Even if unintentional, the sense of foreboding in the music and lyric of this song are particularly poignant when you take into account the fact that Prince was a mere eight months from passing away when this song and the album (HitNRun Phase 1) were released.
et un commentaire complémentaire sur son anniversaire, et le côté solitaire (depressif?) qu'il endurait ces dernières années ?
Hi very interesting about June although I believe the part where he mentions 'Somebody famous had a birthday 2day but all I saw was another full moon' gives insight into his longing 2b accepted away from the fame which was of course impossible but it shows how lonely he was 'All I saw was another full moon' is him alone so alone its really quite sad I believe he was profoundly depressed. It breaks my heart