stanleylieber said:

he CAN be critical, obviously, but if he's going to criticize, he opens himself up to criticism of his own.

I'm not even trying to put him down, he's a very good musician (better than me to confirm your point). But my point is that the wrong things that Prince does contribute to the right things. NIN is more middle ground, and I prefer the extremes of Prince, even the lame ones.

As musician I try not to knock other musicians so much because I know how hard it is. I would expect Trent to be the same. If he listened to MPLSound closely, he'd hear the quality of the musicianship. There's no need for him to knock a talented musician (maybe to raise himself up?) for the benefit of his non-musician fans. Weezer continues to have hits. They're doing fine. Why bash them?

TheEnglishGent said:

maybe!

TheEnglishGent said:

Maybe it's no coincidence that Reznor is a Prince fan and Reznor has a great website.



Maybe he was here all along.



Trent: Did they charge your credit card three times too, the first month of the original NPGMC?



It would drive anyone to excellence.

stanleylieber said:

Hurry Prince, sign up for Lotus!

NDRU said:

It's simple, droning, non-melodic, two chord mood music.

jimmyrogertodd said:

Ok I have listened to the song and it was interesting and had a tinge of funk in it but Prince's music on his new disc is far better than that song in my opinion. But it was cool so I kind of dug it. I have rarely listen to him before so I really don't know enough of his music to really have a objective opinion especially after hearing him diss Prince. If he walked by me on the street I would not know him so don't really know that much of his work. But he still thinks that he is better than Prince then I am sorry cause I don't get genius from that one song.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

How do you figure,Supa???

NDRU said:

'Cause he wants to?

I don't know, I guess I just don't understand the extreme distaste for negative criticism amongst Prince fans. (Unless they're talking about someone other than Prince, that is.) Reznor voiced an opinion. It's no more important than that. You may not be aware, but he's somewhat famous for letting his feelings rip.

Just as Prince is somewhat famous for not acknowledging the presence of other human beings when he deigns them beneath his notice.

I don't actually buy into the notion that one has to be a musician (talented or not) in order to criticize someone else's music. I brought up the stunning hypocrisy of dismissing Reznor's opinion by saying his music sucks simiply in order to point out the stunning hypocrisy of dismissing Reznor's opinion by saying his music sucks. If you think for a second, "Prince is more talented than Reznor so Reznor should shut up" is not really a coherent position. It invalidates all positive opinions we might hold as well, rendering all of our presence on this site invalid. End thread. End site. FAIL.

I realize I'm yelling at a wall here.

stanleylieber said:

Once again You don't know me so I am just going to walk away from you with a smile on my face cause you are just an anonymous person who I don't know and you have no idea who I am or do you care but have a nice day.

jimmyrogertodd said:

Nope, sorry. You never made anything as cool as Exodus, so I am bound by law to disregard your opinion.

(Does this logic work any better when I repeat it over and over again?)

He just slammed my favorite artist and the frontman to one of my all-time favorite bands. (Although he is right about Rivers) LotusFlow3r is better than any NiN album lol. (although The Downward Spiral is great)

Gohi said:

LotusFlow3r is NOT better than downward spiral or pretty hate machine.

the rest of the NIN catalog, i don't care to argue.

stanleylieber said:

you make some valid points, certainly.

But, again, my point is simply that if Trent wants to criticize Prince that's fine, but I (along with many others) actually prefer Prince, even now. So maybe Trent should shut up & take some notes from Prince--not because he has no right to criticize or because he has no valid points, but because his own music is not above criticism.

stanleylieber said:

No, Stanley now go back to your corner. Sit. Stay.

NDRU said:

But...

By your own logic, this very post I'm replying to is only valid if your own music is superior to Reznor's.

I give up.

jimmyrogertodd said:

Come on over. We'll have a BBQ.

jimmyrogertodd said:

you said where you come from music has to be dance to be genius Prince doesn't make "dance" music per se.

stanleylieber said:

You are making it hard to ignore you!!! But I am going to take your hug and say is it pork on the grill or beef???

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Name one song on MPLSound that you cannot dance to???

Anxiety said:

Not in any alternate universe even

jimmyrogertodd said:

Just because you can dance to something doesn't make it dance music. I can dance to Condition of the Heart if I wanted to

as a Prince fan for over 25 years it gives me no pleasure to admit that Prince will never ever create anything as funky or rock driven as NIN's "The Warning"

Gohi said:

you know there are some Rivers fans blowing up about this over at his forum

jimmyrogertodd said:

Hibachi vegetables!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Ok then who makes dance music then cause I think MPLSound is nothing but music that is meant to be danced to. But I guess when you have your mind set to not like Prince music or to just enjoy any of his recent output then there is no turning you around. But I don't think that NIN can come anywhere in the vicinity of funky comparable to Prince and you can quote me on that but that is just from the track that I just heard.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Let's go boogy!

stanleylieber said:

Ok I love vegatables!!! I love garden salads.

jimmyrogertodd said:

The shorter list for me is name one song on MPLSound that I DO dance to? Dance4Me!

jimmyrogertodd said:

'Closer' may not be the best point of comparison. It's probably Reznor's funkiest track -- and it, like many Prince songs, is a staple at strip clubs. In this case Reznor made something that a lot of people like to dance to.

Have you guys heard the remix of the NIN song 'Down In It' that borrows the drum track from 'Release It'?