purplecam said:

WHAT??!! What the Hell, Cam??

Has anyone contacted the radio station?

BanishedBrian said:

Im enlightened and I also have ears. That was NOT Prince. Believe what you want. Amorbella was IN PRINCES HOUSE TALKING TO HIM so not only do my own ears tell me NO but so does she and she really would know. A voice is a voice unless your sick or its digitally manipulated.

salaciousV said:

That's interesting, but it's non-responsive to my question.

From drfunkenberry's twitter:

drfunkenberry: Was asked to pass the word that was NOT Prince on the radio this morning. Not posting on site as it is non-news and lame.


http://twitter.com/drfunkenberry
[Edited 5/29/09 13:19pm]

thebumpsquad said:

Oh you don't? Awww that's too bad baby. You'll see what happens.

OK, I'm just gonna ask this once more...

Knowing Prince, do U think that he would let that front page continue 2 exist, if it were an impostor?

I don't think so.

Even if what U say is true about "Amorbella" being at Prince's house, talking 2 him, radio interviews R most often taped, then aired.

From his Facebook....

DocFunkenberry said

Believe it was him if you will. But it makes no sense what so ever to do an interview just to deny it was yourself. If not for publicity... what would have been the point.

This reminds me of how people swore up in down that the raw track to 'There'll Never Be Another..." wasn't Prince and came up with every reason to prove it wasn't..... yeah right.

It wssn't him.

sbacon1999 said:

Here's another one from Dr FB's twitter

Prince is however performing at the Homer Simpson benefit. For place and price, just slap yourself in the head and yell "doh!"
[Edited 5/29/09 13:22pm]

I wonder if they still plan 2 air the entire interview tomorrow morning at 9AM...

BigDaddyHQ said:

Don't take this as a suggestion that it really was him... but if it were him, isn't it possible he didn't know the show was a scam, and that after the news broke today, he wanted to quickly disassociate himself with all of it so that it wouldn't appear he'd been duped?

BanishedBrian said:

No. He has pr people to check out that stuff. Theres no way a reputable PR person would put someone like Prince in that situation to get pranked.

BanishedBrian said:

I wasnt saying Yes Totally was the reason it WASNT Prince so what is your point?

BanishedBrian said:

Well, that would indeed be the wisest thing 2 do. I've been trying 2 contact the station directly... no luck so far.

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[Edited 6/1/09 9:18am]

salaciousV said:

I'm not talking about getting pranked by the interview, but by the show.

Let's say he's hanging out last night, and Jay says to him: hey, there's this cool benefit this weekend in SD. I'm going to be there. Would you have any interest? I'm going to be on the radio tomorrow as well, I'm sure they'd love to chat with you too."

Prince says, "sure, Jay." Prince wakes up, does an interview in his boxers from his hotel, and his people quickly figure out that this show is a scam.

If it HAD been Prince, he was clearly not pranked by the interview because the interviewers pretty clearly believed the benefit was real.

Giovanni777 said:

I cant imagine Prince's camp to be the most efficient to take down that stuff. If its on a fansite, yes (lol) if its somewhere else it takes more time as non fans arent readily agreeable to do stuff for the Mighty P.

As much as I dislike the Dr. Funkenberry outlet, he has always been on the money. It makes no sense PR wise. radio stations do stupid pranks all the time.

wow at the people struggling to prove their ever fleeting position that this was prince.

salaciousV said:

You weren't?

You said: "not only did the voice give it away, but when the guy said...
"yes, totally".....nope, no, never...not Prince".

It sounds like you're saying there were two things: the voice, and the fact that he said, "yes, totally."

I was just asking what specifically about "yes, totally" (though it was not actually said) was suspicious, since your post indicated it was a reason for additional suspicion beyond his voice.

BanishedBrian said:

...and also, no matter how good his PR people were in checking it out, many people got duped, and the same PR people would also be responsible 4 cleaning it up.

All I can say it this:

A) If it was an impostor, then that's just scary as hell.
B) Let's check the full interview tomorrow at 9AM PST. You'd think if it were fake, then they wouldn't air it in full tomorrow.

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[Edited 6/1/09 9:19am]

BanishedBrian said:

I live in South Dakota!

But, back on topic: If Gio says it's Prince, then I trust his judgment. I'll still go listen to the clip a few more times, though, just to hear what it sounds like to ME.

that was NOT Prince. This whole argument is so stupid and retarded.

That DR.FB didn't have to tell me that wasn't Prince.

Just compare this fraudulent interview with the recording of Prince's phone call with Mojo from a Detroit radio station in 1986. Two totally different voices, from two totally different humans. LOL.

bluefish said:

Whoa! I'm just saying that it sounds very much like Prince.

The only 2 words that don't sound like him R when he says, "call my name" (the word name doesn't sound like him), and "side", after "..macaroni & cheese on the side"... Also "exactly" doesn't sound like him.

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[Edited 5/29/09 13:55pm]

This is hilarious.

That was him,I would recognize that laugh anywhere.

Giovanni777 said:

I just listened CLOSE and I don't think it's him...but who knows?

not him!

Prince is however performing at the Homer Simpson benefit. For place and price, just slap yourself in the head and yell "doh!" suckers





reminds me of a certain song.....

amorbella said:

i just read this on facebook from dr. funk.....

I have been known to be wrong on occassions, and will admit it when I am. But for the fact that this "Prince" impersonator knew band member names, knew Tyka as Princes sister and a few other convincing things. This guy did his homework, and that's all I can say. I WANT IT BE BE HIM because I want to be right! So, I'm sticking to my guns! Or am I impersonating myself?