Sign o' the Times, stylized as Sign "☮" the Times, is the ninth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on March 31, 1987 by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album is the follow-up to Parade (1986), and Prince's first "solo" album following his departure from The Revolution; the symbol between the quotes is a peace sign. The songs were largely recorded during 1986 to 1987 in sessions for albums Prince ultimately aborted—Dream Factory, Camille, and Crystal Ball.
The album's music draws on funk, soul, psychedelic pop, and rock music.Sign o' the Times features lyrical themes such as the depressing state of the world in the title track, gender identity/androgyny in "If I Was Your Girlfriend", party funk in "Housequake", sexual lust in "It", replacing a loved one in "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man", and spiritual enlightenment in "The Cross". The album also had an accompanying concert film of the same name.
The double album was a synthesis of three projects from 1986, including some work with The Revolution. The bulk of the tracks originate from the final Revolution project known as Dream Factory and a later solo project called Camille. These projects, along with some other songs, merged into a 22-track, 3-LP opus called Crystal Ball. Prince's record company, Warner Bros. Records, balked at the idea of a 3-LP album, considering both the lukewarm performance of Parade and Prince's second film, Under the Cherry Moon, and it forced Prince to trim the album down.
HouseQuake is a 2009 American documentary film written and directed by Karen Elizabeth Price.
This documentary film covers the Democratic Party's successful attempt to take control of the United States House of Representatives from Republicans in 2006. It focuses on the strategy employed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Rahm Emanuel and follows Democratic challengers and Republican incumbents in seven races across the country through election night. The significant gains made by Democrats constituted a wave election. Democrats subsequently lost control to Republicans in 2010. Emanuel became President Barack Obama's first Chief of Staff in 2009 and was elected Mayor of Chicago in 2011.
Sh.. shut up already, damn!
Tell me who in this house know about the quake? (We do)
I mean really, really
If U know how 2 rock say "Yeah" (Yeah)
If U know how 2 party say "Oh yeah" (Oh yeah)
But if U ain't hip 2 the rare housequake ... shut up already, damn!
Housequake - Everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove goin' round (Housequake)
In your funky town (Housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault
U gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh
We gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh, uh
We're gonna show U what 2 do
U put your foot down on the 2
U jump up on the 1
Now U're havin' fun
Huh, U're doin' ... the housequake
Question - Does anybody know about the quake? (Yeah!)
Bullshit!
U can't get off until U make the house shake
Now everybody clap your hands, come on
Let's jam y'all (Let's jam!)
Don't wait 4 your neighbor
Green eggs and ham
Doin' the housequake
There's a brand new groove goin' round
In your city, in your town
Housequake - And the kick drum is the fault
Housequake (Housequake)
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother (U gotta rock this mother)
Housequake
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother down, come on
Housequake {x2}
Now that U got it, let's do the twist
A little bit harder than they did in '66
A little bit faster than they did in '67
Twist little sister and go 2 heaven
Come on y'all, we got 2 jam before the police come
A groove this funky is on the run
Hey!
Shake your body 'til your neighbors stare at cha!
(Quake) {x6}
Housequake - Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove (groove) that's goin' round
Housequake - In this city, in this funky town
Housequake - And the saxophone is the fault, check it out
If U can't rock steady, shut up already
Damn, U got 2 get off if U know what I'm talking about
On the 1 y'all say "Housequake"
Top of your body, let me hear U shout, say
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) Bullshit, louder, say it!
(Housequake) Ooh-wee
Shock-a-lock-a boom!
What was that? Aftershock!
Everybody, everybody U gotta rock, U gotta rock, come on
We're gonna shake, we're gonna quake
Cuz we got the baddest groove that we could make
We on the 2, y'all, the drummer's gonna tap
We gonna sing it and rock this mother 2 the max
And that's a fact
Housequake - Come on, say it (Housequake)
Come on, U can't follow it
We got the baddest jam in the land
Everybody shut up, listen 2 the band
Housequake