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Reply #60 posted 06/02/09 10:18am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

DesireeNevermind said:

Letting Mazarrati sink into mundanity.


Making Sheila E look like him.
She got prettier over the years thank goodness.


Not paying Vanity what she wanted for the role in Purple Rain. I love Apples but y'all know it would have been a different flick if sexy take no shit Vanity was playing the part.



I totally agree, Vanity would have added some serious chemistry to a movie that was already filled with, cause Prince had just about everyone he knew personally in that movie.

Have U heard Vanity 6 Sex Shooter?
I think that version compared to Apollonia 6 version
is an example of how different the movie would have felt with Vanity in it
Apollonia had a very 'innocent' presence to the movie



True, very true. Vanity would have been a much nicer balance to Prince's unstable Kid character. How best to cure the heart of an angry and lonely soldier other than love of a woman who can check the mofo? I tell you what...Vanity would not have been bitch slapped, nope nope. Maybe some rough sex though. Man that would have been interesting. lol
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Reply #61 posted 06/02/09 10:22am

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In no particular order:

* Thinking he could direct and act (in) movies.

* Letting Kirky J. 'co-produce' Emancipation, New Power Soul and Rave

* Thinking he could do without a record company and good management

* Releasing an album full of pseudo-religious crap and worn out jazz-rock (TRC)

* Being overly protective of his copyright (material on youtube etc.)

* Spoiling albums by putting too many generic and plastic sounding R&B songs on it (Starting with The most beautifull girl in the world / Emancipation)

* Whining about the 'old skool (company)'
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Reply #62 posted 06/02/09 11:16am

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So what you guys are saying is Prince should be your puppet and do what you want? He is not free to marry or divorce who he feels like? He is not free to practice whatever religion he wants? He cannot eat whatever he wants, wear his hair the way he likes or dress however he feels like?
He is not free to run his business the way he wants...????


That is some serious (*^^*&%^$ shit!
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Reply #63 posted 06/02/09 11:17am

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DesireeNevermind said:

Letting Mazarrati sink into mundanity.


Making Sheila E look like him.
She got prettier over the years thank goodness.


Not paying Vanity what she wanted for the role in Purple Rain. I love Apples but y'all know it would have been a different flick if sexy take no shit Vanity was playing the part.


yeah but that scene at the lake would have been folks squinting at trying 2 find signs of breasts big grin then came action jackson falloff
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #64 posted 06/02/09 11:20am

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L4OATheOriginal said:

DesireeNevermind said:

Letting Mazarrati sink into mundanity.


Making Sheila E look like him.
She got prettier over the years thank goodness.


Not paying Vanity what she wanted for the role in Purple Rain. I love Apples but y'all know it would have been a different flick if sexy take no shit Vanity was playing the part.


yeah but that scene at the lake would have been folks squinting at trying 2 find signs of breasts big grin then came action jackson falloff



LMAO...you aint right. hug Or the camera could have just zoomed in on her ass!
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Reply #65 posted 06/02/09 11:24am

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DesireeNevermind said:

L4OATheOriginal said:



yeah but that scene at the lake would have been folks squinting at trying 2 find signs of breasts big grin then came action jackson falloff



LMAO...you aint right. hug Or the camera could have just zoomed in on her ass!


i feel like that gopher in caddy shack now at the end ..music I'm alright don't nobody worry about me ...boogie

so maybe ur right, maybe prince should have kept vanity then we wouldn't have heard her try 2 do solo albums but NOOOOO we got pretty mess and her role in the last dragon falloff
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #66 posted 06/02/09 2:52pm

HomeSquid

DesireeNevermind said:

4. BECOMING A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS. doh!


who the hell are you to call someone else's choice of religious beliefs a "mistake"?

No wonder prince hates his fans
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Reply #67 posted 06/02/09 3:17pm

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HomeSquid said:

DesireeNevermind said:

4. BECOMING A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS. doh!


who the hell are you to call someone else's choice of religious beliefs a "mistake"?

No wonder prince hates his fans



Prince hated his fans before anyone, least of all myself, spoke about and questioned his JW faith. If you really do believe he hates his fans (I disagree with you BTW) then he hates them for a multitude of reasons none having to do with what we think of his choice of religion.

I say the JW faith just encourages his tendencies toward being an Ass. BTW, if you think Princey makes no mistakes then what the hell are you doing in this thread? arrow
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Reply #68 posted 06/02/09 3:45pm

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Vanity definitely would have made PR a different film, if not better. It seemed kind of odd to just pull Apollonia seemingly out of nowhere when he'd be associated w/ Vanity for so long at that point.

His biggest mistake nowadays is seeming to be fighting the net. That's ironic given that he was one of the 1st to try and use it to distribute his music. He's killing off FUTURE fans/buyers of music behaving that way.
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Reply #69 posted 06/02/09 10:05pm

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i hope he never says...knowing me.sad
THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]

**....Someti
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Reply #70 posted 06/02/09 11:03pm

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HomeSquid said:

DesireeNevermind said:

4. BECOMING A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS. doh!


who the hell are you to call someone else's choice of religious beliefs a "mistake"?

No wonder prince hates his fans



i am with this statement....

Any one who dislikes that Prince found jehova is fairly ignorant IMO....

If some one is happy with there faith, let them be...who are any of us
to disagree
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Reply #71 posted 06/03/09 1:06am

majic

^i dont think we dislike that he was re-born...we just cant stand the person it's made him.
How will we fill our empty room?

Long Live The Funk

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Reply #72 posted 06/03/09 1:15am

woogiebear

NOT OWNING HIS MASTERS!!!!!
WE ARE DEPRIVED OF RE-MASTERED VERSIONS OF ALL THE CLASSIC PRINCE LP'S/CD'S, REPLETE W/LONG VERSIONS N B-SIDES N ALTERNATE TAKES N DEMO VERSIONS BECAUSE OF THE BATTLE 4 HIS MASTERS BETWEEN WB & P!!!!!
ALL THAT OTHER SH*T COMES W/EXPERIENCE N GROWTH. BUT THE MASTERS???? I SAY IS THE ONE MISTAKE P HAS MADE.....
cool cool cool
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Reply #73 posted 06/03/09 1:25am

thedance

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nyse said:

Any one who dislikes that Prince found jehova is fairly ignorant IMO....

If some one is happy with there faith, let them be...who are any of us
to disagree


But JW is a sect, causing so much trauma and unhappiness for many, for instance family's are broken up, members refuses to see their own kids or other relatives if these denies the JW faith, the way JW's are viewing other people as condemned is a little scary too,

but..... of course it could have been worse if Prince had chosen the muslim faith islam: maybe changed his name to Muhammed Rogers or something like that, that would have been even worse, like Cat Stevens did, changing his name to Yussuf Islam or whatever and retire form recording music,

this is of course my view on the JW, I'm a liberal, free thinking, not religious at all,

But, let's not go off topic into further religious discussions - now back to "the 101 worst mistakes" again wink
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Reply #74 posted 06/03/09 1:42am

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woogiebear said:

NOT OWNING HIS MASTERS!!!!!

That was his choice. Maybe he was naive or wanted a quick buck or it was the then current modus operandi.
That still does not preclude us from remastered discs. He only has to agree to these beging produced.
Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
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Reply #75 posted 06/03/09 3:32am

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33. Not playing a concert in New Zealand, that really grinds my gears

34. Refusing to accept gays as people (The JW crap)

35. Sacking LisanWendy, they were the revolution

36. Falling out with Morris Day, he was a star

37. Not promoting some his Paisley Park acts well
So what are u going 2 do? R u just gonna sit there and watch? I'm not gonna stop until the war is over. Its gonna take a long time
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Reply #76 posted 06/03/09 4:12am

SoulAlive

L4OATheOriginal said:

DesireeNevermind said:

Letting Mazarrati sink into mundanity.


Making Sheila E look like him.
She got prettier over the years thank goodness.


Not paying Vanity what she wanted for the role in Purple Rain. I love Apples but y'all know it would have been a different flick if sexy take no shit Vanity was playing the part.


yeah but that scene at the lake would have been folks squinting at trying 2 find signs of breasts big grin then came action jackson falloff


evillol Maybe she could have had her breasts enlarged in 1983,before filming began?
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Reply #77 posted 06/03/09 4:21am

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For me the number one mistake of Prince's career is that he doesn't release what I would call a bona fide live album and DVD release.

Those Lovesexy VHS tapes really ought to have been converted to DVD years ago, and for someone who is one of THE most bootlegged artists of all time, he could have released a whole load of great concert recordings over the years, rather than the ONA box set and that disappointing "Rave.." DVD and precious little else.
This is not an exit
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Reply #78 posted 06/03/09 5:39am

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DesireeNevermind said:

Alright all you purple junkies don't get your jock straps and brassiers in a knot. This is not a diss thread but merely an acknowledgement of where our beloved Prince has gone off what appeared to be a gold paved path of success. In other words...name some shit Prince did that made you go "What's wrong with this mutherfucker??" biggrin

I'll start...


1. Direct Graffiti Bridge. barf but I'll still watch it. tv zzz tv bored

the worst mistake ever made by prince. getting married (twice) and getting a divorce. he'll be so happy with me wink
the good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge ~ Bertrand Russel
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Reply #79 posted 06/03/09 9:07am

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nyse said:

HomeSquid said:



who the hell are you to call someone else's choice of religious beliefs a "mistake"?

No wonder prince hates his fans



i am with this statement....

Any one who dislikes that Prince found jehova is fairly ignorant IMO....

If some one is happy with there faith, let them be...who are any of us
to disagree



you mean like the followers of Jim Jones were happy with their faith? Puleese! There is no religion or individual above critique. deal with it!! bored2
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Reply #80 posted 06/03/09 9:28am

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Paris9748430 said:

The biggest mistake Prince could ever make is listening to people in this thread.

The biggest mistake Prince could make is not doing whatever the fuck he wants to do.

Most of these "mistakes" are just superficial anyway.

People really need to get over the whole Larry Graham/Jehovah's Witness thing.


Bravo. U beat me 2 it. There isn't any real intelligent criticism here, generally, but rather opinion without the proper perspective.

I have no problem with the name change or his religious path. Folks here actually hate the inventor of Funk Bass, just because he turned P on 2 the path of Jehovah's Witnesses. The name change was as much of a wise business move as it was rebellion. He could own the master tapes of anything recorded as "prince"...
"He's a musician's musician..."
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Reply #81 posted 06/03/09 9:37am

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for those of you who have no problem with his religious faith, why do you complain about his lyric changes, lawsuits and alleged stance on gays? all this can be attributed to his being a JW and being influenced by LG.
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Reply #82 posted 06/03/09 9:41am

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Please.... can I have my rights to officially hate on Larry Graham? wink

cuz I reall do pissed all about that guy! sigh


Maybe he's a fierce bass player, but never to music Sexy MF again in concerts, that's sad alright. disbelief
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Reply #83 posted 06/03/09 9:58am

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DesireeNevermind said:

for those of you who have no problem with his religious faith, why do you complain about his lyric changes, lawsuits and alleged stance on gays? all this can be attributed to his being a JW and being influenced by LG.



I would use an biblical story to describe Prince's relationship with Larry
If Prince came to my door with the watchtower I'd talk to him about this...

There was this young prophet, who God told to go to a particular town
and prophecy to the people
He was told not to stop in any town on the way not to talk to anyone
and not to stay with anyone
On the way there was an old prophet who saw the young prophet and convinced
him that God wanted him to stay with him and eat
and he gleemed from the young prophet a bit of what he was on his way to do

the next day the young prophet went his way, did what he was to do
and then on his way back to his home town met the old prophet again
the old prophet then prophesied the warning from God that was originally told
to the young prophet and said that because of his disobedience his name would not be remembered and he would die
a little ways out of town a young lion met the young prophet and killed him.


Am I being a little over dramatic or what?? lol
But here is Larry a dried up musician with no more creative juice
latches on to Prince someone who still has great potential
and assists in sucking the life out of Prince musically, vision is blurred
and output is hit and miss
[Edited 6/3/09 10:00am]
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Reply #84 posted 06/03/09 10:09am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

DesireeNevermind said:

for those of you who have no problem with his religious faith, why do you complain about his lyric changes, lawsuits and alleged stance on gays? all this can be attributed to his being a JW and being influenced by LG.



I would use an biblical story to describe Prince's relationship with Larry
If Prince came to my door with the watchtower I'd talk to him about this...

There was this young prophet, who God told to go to a particular town
and prophecy to the people
He was told not to stop in any town on the way not to talk to anyone
and not to stay with anyone
On the way there was an old prophet who saw the young prophet and convinced
him that God wanted him to stay with him and eat
and he gleemed from the young prophet a bit of what he was on his way to do

the next day the young prophet went his way, did what he was to do
and then on his way back to his home town met the old prophet again
the old prophet then prophesied the warning from God that was originally told
to the young prophet and said that because of his disobedience his name would not be remembered and he would die
a little ways out of town a young lion met the young prophet and killed him.


Am I being a little over dramatic or what?? lol
But here is Larry a dried up musician with no more creative juice
latches on to Prince someone who still has great potential
and assists in sucking the life out of Prince musically, vision is blurred
and output is hit and miss
[Edited 6/3/09 10:00am]



WWWWOOOOOWWWWW!!! Poor Prince. He's dining with the devil and doesn't even know it. sad
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Reply #85 posted 06/03/09 1:48pm

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Worst mistake ? Ever giving half a shit what some of his so called fans and public think... confused
"Every chapter matters..."
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Reply #86 posted 06/03/09 2:28pm

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nikoaleczander said:

Worst mistake ? Ever giving half a shit what some of his so called fans and public think... confused



what up Niko smile
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Reply #87 posted 06/03/09 3:36pm

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TOP 3 in order:
1. Larry Graham
2. Getting into organized religion
3. NOT releasing a album the day after the super bowl performance
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Reply #88 posted 06/03/09 3:38pm

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ElectricBlue said:

TOP 3 in order:

3. NOT releasing a album the day after the super bowl performance



YES clapping

Its all about momentum
My name is Naz!!! and I have a windmill where my brain is supposed to be.....

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Reply #89 posted 06/03/09 3:42pm

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nikoaleczander said:

Worst mistake ? Ever giving half a shit what some of his so called fans and public think... confused


I don't think Prince made that mistake as far as the fans are concerned

If he did he probably would have been on a better track

Now the public, like is he too rude, is that too much sex kind of ideas, I agree should never even consider it
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