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I Feel For You, Crazy You

Prince brings a disabled fan to tears.....
Monday, April 01, 2002

Hello. My experience at the Easter Sunday Prince concert was completely humiliating. I have been a fan of Prince's for 24 years, seen many concerts, even danced on-stage with him at the Crown in Cincinnati. He's inspired me to become a songwriter myself - to date, I've written over 600 compositions, close to 50 about Prince. Who would've known I was in for a good cry on Sunday.
My husband & I traveled 5 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh in a rainstorm to attend Sunday's concert. We couldn't afford 2 tickets, so my husband stayed in a motel why I attended Sunday's event alone. Little did I know I was hours away from be mistreated by none other than Prince himself. We arrived in Washington D.C. with a couple hours to spare; enough time for me to dye my hair purple underneath and finish sewing the costume I had been working on all week. We proceeded to the venue & my husband kissed me on the cheek & told me "have a good time, honey." Little did he know.
So I proceed to the soundcheck. I'm shy, so I sat quietly in the back & saw no harm in placing one of my CD's on the stage. I thought hey, maybe he'll take a listen & see the next generation of what he's inspired. What a mistake.
When Prince appeared on-stage he immediately picked up my CD & said "who's is this?" I said "mine, I'm Divinity" to which he rudely demanded "come & get it." I said "that's o.k., it's for you." Prince demanded "come & get it." I told him "no, you've embarrassed me enough already." He said "what's this about?" I proceeded to tell him I traveled 5 hours to get here & would like him to have a copy of my CD. To give him a frame of reference I told him, "I'm the one who wrote a 2nd verse to 'Crazy You.'" (o.k. the history. I was briefly signed at Oar Fin Records in Minneapolis. One of my favorite Prince songs is "Crazy You" an accoustic guitar song off his first album. I've listened to it over & over, & only having one verse I found the song to end too quickly for me. I thought wouldn't it be great if the song had a 2nd verse? So out of love & respect for Prince I chose to write a 2nd verse & I was told I had permission to record the song. I violated my contract at Oar Fin when another producer's original music was copied - so you see, I'm not into stealing intellectual property. In fact I added my own intellectual property to an existing work, thus making it a collaborative effort. Furthermore, when I dissolved the contract with Oar Fin, I called Paisley Park personally to tell them I was the one who wrote the 2nd verse to the song, asked them if they wanted a copy, and called Prince's attorney in N.Y. as directed. I gave Prince's attorney the infomation, he took down my personal info & told me he would call back if things were favorable. That was the end of that.)
So, back to the story: To give him a frame of reference I told him, "I'm the one who wrote a 2nd verse to 'Crazy You.'" Prince said "did someone say you could do that?" I proceeded to tell him I had been a fan & why I did it. He repeated his question. I told him I called Paisley Park & his attorney & nothing ever became of it. Prince went on lecturing the crowd about the value of intellectual property & how Alicia Keys stole one of his songs. At one point another fam member yelled out to Prince, "hey man, she brought it to your house, no disrespect." To which he replied "would it have made a difference if Alicia Keys brought me my song in a catsuit?"(referring to my costume) Meanwhile, my addition to "Crazy You" is dead in the water. I never reproduced it, sold it - nada. It wasn't even on the CD I was trying to give him. As I said, I was using that comment to give Prince a frame of reference as to who I was in case he had heard it in the mix that - hey some girl called wanting permission to release a song - I wanted him to know I was her. What a dumb idea.
Long story short, Prince assumed I had reproduced a copy of his song & profited off it, not true. But still he went off on me humiliating me publically in front of all the NPGMC members & mistreating me verbally. I yelled out "it's too bad you don't want to hear what you inspired." My CD was returned to me & I was told to be quiet or I would be forcefully removed & my ticket taken for me. Immediately I was hysterical crying which continued for 2 hours in which I was consoled by other fam members & employees at the Warner Theatre - thanks to the kind people in D.C.
I stayed motionless in my seat crying & shaking, wimpering & sniffling with the security guard hovering over me waiting for any excuse to throw me out. What a rotten trip. Thanks a lot Prince.
As for Prince, I & all the other fams present got to see why people say he's mean & difficult to get along with. The rotten twin was definitely on hand for Easter Sunday making me sorry I ever was a Prince fan, making me sorry I put forth so much effort. All night people were saying, oh, you're the girl Prince yelled at...great! Yeah, that's me - I'm the one Prince yelled at, I'm the one he misunderstood. Add me to the list of broken hearts.
Most of all, practice what you preach - "love for one another" was not what I experienced & "one night alone with Prince" was definitely enough for me.


www.divinitysse.com - the discography page of my website verifies the Prince collaboration song was never released. I am a songwriter myself; I know the value of intellectual property, I would not disrespect someone I've spent my life respecting...don't get it twisted.

When Prince appeared on-stage he immediately picked up my CD & said "who's is this?" I said "mine, I'm Divinity" to which he rudely demanded "come & get it." I said "that's o.k., it's for you." Prince demanded "come & get it." I told him "no, you've embarrassed me enough already." He said "what's this about?" I proceeded to tell him I traveled 5 hours to get here & would like him to have a copy of my CD. To give him a frame of reference I told him, "I'm the one who wrote a 2nd verse to 'Crazy You.'" Prince said "did someone say you could do that?" I proceeded to tell him I had been a fan & why I did it. He repeated his question. I told him I called Paisley Park & his attorney & nothing ever became of it.

Prince went on lecturing the crowd about the value of intellectual property & how Alicia Keys stole one of his songs. At one point another fam member yelled out to Prince, "hey man, she brought it to your house, no disrespect." To which he replied "would it have made a difference if Alicia Keys brought me my song in a catsuit?"(referring to my costume)

Long story short, Prince assumed I had reproduced a copy of his song & profited off it, not true. But still he went off on me humiliating me publically in front of all the NPGMC members & mistreating me verbally. I yelled out "it's too bad you don't want to hear what you inspired." My CD was returned to me & I was told to be quiet or I would be forcefully removed & my ticket taken for me. Immediately I was hysterical crying which continued for 2 hours in which I was consoled by other fam members & employees at the Warner Theatre - thanks to the kind people in D.C.

Disabled? Don't you mean "handicapable", you turkey? You know what, you should've done a totally rad wheelie in your wheelchair. That would've shut Prince up.

All you fucking idiots who think an open soundcheck is your invitation to establish some personal relationship with Prince deserve exactly what you get. You're lucky he didn't cancel the whole soundcheck thanks to your little stunt. Betcha those "friendly" NPGMC members would've rolled your chair bound ass down the arena steps.

Nota bena, anyone else who's thinking of behaving like this loser.

musicians can get into trouble sometimes when people give them CDs or demos because often you'll see lawsuits pop up where someone accuses that musician of stealing an idea or melody, etc. just because someone handed them an unsolicited piece of music. happens all the time.

Aiight lemme address this cuz I aint a Jehovah's Witness. What exactly the fuck does your so called handicap have to do w/ anything? Prince is crazy when it comes to people jacking his shit. More importantly, he dosent owe you anything. This is not new news. If you modified a song that old, you already know how he is about it. But back to the question. The title of your post is a microcosm of your problem. You are an opportunist, you fucked w/ the bull, and got the horns. You know how to act so stop the nonsense.

All the energy that you put into trying to get on w/ Prince, and get sympathy from a fan site coulda gone to you putting together a serious package for serious consideration. Bring up the handicap thing when you do a real audition on your own terms. You trying to embarras him into fucking w/ you? Come on

yeah, FYI to those of you in the line of upcoming purple fire. Think about it before the soundcheck; do you REALLY want to ask Prince this particular question? Do you REALLY want to ask him ANY question - or do you want to sit and just check out his warmup vibe? People at Warner were shouting out some wack shit...

Jagjams said:

[color=#9966CC:ca1968f54a:93db70ea7a:b067c0c9dd]lol@jagjams.... oh this is 2 much 4 me...lololol... the "orgers" r no joke! breakitdown4yoa$$... u should have never posted this story on this site divinity

Would it have killed Prince to just hand the CD over to an assistant & just proceed with the soundcheck & not be rude? He's been so open & kind to fans so far on this tour & I don't understand this reaction he gave this girl. Does he really consider this THAT offensive?!

And why comment on her outfit? What does that have to do with anything? To everybody planning to go to an upcoming soundcheck: Don't wear anything a little out of the ordinary cuz Prince might make fun of you.