tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post8141530646227494019..comments2024-03-29T08:48:14.872-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Cool Comments From Two YouTube Discussion Threads Of Prince's Performance Of His Song "Cool" Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-7178762722296506122017-03-26T20:01:45.570-04:002017-03-26T20:01:45.570-04:00It also occurs to me that the lyrics "too hot...It also occurs to me that the lyrics "too hot" that have been popularized by that Bruno Mars led song "Uptown Funk"* might be a clip of the words "way too hot", since the singer is bragging about how hot he is.<br /><br />Another comment from that same discussion thread that has a similar construct is:<br /><br />Toni Peterson, 2016<br />"this is too good Prince just cool"<br /><br />-snip-<br /><br />"Too good" means "really good". It's a high compliment and not a criticism or an insult. <br /><br />*Bruno Mar's song "Uptown Funk" gets the opposite of love in The Time and Prince discussion threads that I've read because that song's composer is accused of blatant "borrowing" the styles (if nothing more than that) of those artists...Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-966448625425041372017-03-26T19:51:25.575-04:002017-03-26T19:51:25.575-04:00Here's another comment from the discussion thr...Here's another comment from the discussion thread about the Prince concert in Charlotte, North Carolina (given as video #2 in this post):<br /><br />Leroy Strickland Jr, 2013<br />"This video is way to cool for prince"<br /><br />-snip-<br />"Way to[o] cool" <br />-snip-<br />urban dictionary.com has only one entry for "way cool":<br />"way cool<br />something very good, very interesting, or too good.<br /><i>She's way cool! That is way cool!</i><br />#cool #way #interesting #very #too<br />by Diego da Cunha Diogo August 26, 2007<br />-snip-<br />The adverbial phrase "way too" prefacing the adjective "cool" would mean that the person's "coolness" would be even greater than it would be if it had been described as just "way cool".<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com