i have testified to so many people over the years princes rawness-his amazing musicianship-his life is music etc HE IS MUSIC etc

so then you get caught reading his new book..or rather a grown man looking at a book of another man ridiclously posing on every page

and what???? 2 shots of a guitar-the rest that zoolander pout

then its almost like i have to start my arguement ALLLL over again

i can just imagine if i photographed one of my mates and he dropped the "prince pose"

ahem

i agree 200%. it's a silly book and it doesn't document anything. everything is so contrived, it's hard to look at.
the only shots i like are the ones of him on stage and with the purple bass. i seem to remember there being a lot of really good pictures coming out during the London run.

everything is actually bad photography. even the cd sounds contrived. glad i didn't buy it.

so yeah - i'd be embarrassed too.

Milty said:

well.....after 25 years of collecting/digging prince the music i still love-the aftershow is great esp the breakdown of alphabet street

but the book? how the fuck did any of his"yes" men let this out

okay prince-so you have achieved a WORLD RECORD-21 nights -fuckin hell-how do you want to commorate?
a DVD?
a boxed set of cds of various live shows?

WHAT??


a book of 200 pages of you pouting at the camera


of course sir-anything sir-the"fams"will lap it up

for fucks sake

Just Say You Were Reading The New Songs

dont you think the whole chelsea rogers thing is dumb? i mean....she serves no purpose whatsoever and adds nothing to the mystery of Prince or enhance anything.

poor girl will be known for nothing but except dressing up like a maid.

I've only seen glimpses of the book actually, and had to suppress extreme laughter.

It's very very gay. I don't mean like 'dude that is sooooo gay', but gay in the gayest sense.


It's a bunch of highly airbrushed glamour shots.


But I think you have to think of Prince's intended audience. The book, and lackluster 'live' CD that came with it are for fans who wish to complete their Prince collections--the type of fan who probably own all his bootlegs, videos, and othere merchandise.
This wasn't meant for serious musicians, music lovers, or the general wider audience.


That being said, the book looked sooooo gay.

the first prince ''product'' i didnt buy....maybe it took a year to come out as it took that time to touch up the photos.....ego centred drivel....

peppeken said:

You've describe much of the last decade in Prince's career.

yall complain so damn much about everything and u wonder y prince put a lock on everything no matter what he does u never satisfied and u bitch about everything so basically shut the hell up and get over it

kaptainkrunk said:

Everyone is allowed an opinion, I am even selling the book... They call it democracy.

jonylawson said:

He could have kept the book and done a box set cd/dvd instead. I understand Randee's stylistic approach, but I prefer candid performance shots so it don't work for me. The whole thing just comes off as a shallow, contrived vanity project. I guess it's a collectible item but I still feel a bit like a sucker. Even the layout is poor quality on some pages where the subject of the photo is lost in the binding! I wouldn't hire her to shoot my kid's birthday party.

The cd is enjoyable but the only real hightlight for me is the incredible guitar on Whole Lotta Love.

I prefer the Prince Life And Times book that came out a week later. It's comprehensive with lots of career information from For You up to 21 Nights, great performance shots, fold out pictures, etc. I took both books to work and my co-workers found this one a lot more interesting.

Thumbed thru it once, ripped the CD, then took it back to Waterstones and said it was a duplicate b-day present, got a couple of graphic novels in exchange.

kaptainkrunk said:

Listen you...

Any consumer is entitled to give feedback on a given product, good or bad. His product...my money, get it? He ain't giving it away.

Furthermore, if Prince should decide to put a permanent lock on everything and shut it all down for good, THE SUN WILL STILL RISE TOMORROW!

Get over that!

Wow, how different the opinions over here than at the other place. It's about time I see the same opinions as I have of this Book. As I said b4, this Book is strictly for the ladies. Not the fellas.

I'm so tired of crybabies.

kaptainkrunk said:

*high fives you* lol

Everyone has their opinions yes..
but all i ever see on this site is complaints and he should have done this or he should have done that..
HE IS PRINCE, HE CAN DO WHAT HE BLOODY WELL LIKES...

Bishop31 said:

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“As I said b4, this Book is strictly for the ladies. Not the fellas.”
Co-sign it is unfortunate that some of the fellas still do not get this. P does not care about you that much.
The book is for the ladies and the lack of candid shots was Randee’s idea since she has said she does not do candid shots.
Not that anyone wants to see P wearing jeans and eating Doritos !!!
In addition, the book did make the top ten of the NY Timers bestsellers so somebody likes looking at P’s face.

The book is a side project something to put out in between the last CD and the next one.

laurarichardson said:

I was really dissapointed when I saw the pictures. I really thought it was gonna be some good "behind the scenes" type of stuff. But, it was just a glamour shot book. Pleeze.

Imago said:

jonylawson said:

Were you caught reading it with another man in a public toilet? That would be embarrassing.

babynoz said:

What's this?!! I missed that, I like the sound of that a lot more too! I don't agree that this is 'one for the ladies', I've flicked through it once and haven't really bothered to look at it again (and I LOVE looking at Prince)...sad but true, and I was really looking forward to it too. It doesn't reflect the 21 nights experience at ALL does it? That experience was so real, vibrant and fun - apart from a couple of shots, like him standing outside the O2, I'm really not hugely impressed.

I got the book just for the CD and at £13.50 it was a decent price for the CD which is pretty good.

The book however has no substance, it's all staged touched up nothingness.

u can have all the opinons u want honey but yall complain 2 much he shoulda coulda waoulda and all that drama no matter what the man do u not damn happy so take ur democracy and ram it somewhere i never seen a bunch of losers like u all u do is complain and b the 1st ones in line 4 the tickets and the cds ect i can see it now when he die well he coulda died this way instead of that way come on grow up and just deal wit what we have

kaptainkrunk said:

i dont think ive EVEr critiscized his music on here-(ok maybe NPS!)

but after being into prince for 25 years this -i could have done without .....

its an almighty almighty ego trip

kaptainkrunk said:

i believe ladies and gentlemen we have .... A FAM!!!

kaptainkrunk said:

You're exactly the sort of fan this book was intended for.

Have fun with that kool-aid.

I have mixed feelings about it, I hear what you are saying but, if I looked that good I would probably put out a book with glam shots also It is a pretty conceited project. I like the aftershow disc, I wish whole lotta love was a bit longer

kaptainkrunk said:

Well if you paid your good money for something and let anybody make you feel bad about it than YOU ARE THE FOOL!
[Edited 10/20/08 16:02pm]

"vanity vanity all is vanity"