2elijah said:

That..and it could be one of their former producers..

I saw a bit of that 1st interview and they did not seem happy about their time with the un-named producer of of their "canned CDs"...


YHWH is Elohim and Yahoshua is King!

pplrain said:

*Chomp!*



(Still, I think she knew people would think it is Mr.Nelson, but I think that it is someone else.. PR either way..)

YHWH is Elohim and Yahoshua is King!

"N This bed ...sue U!"





Oh Yeah?


"Fancy Law suit!!"
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Efan said:

exactly. no one should allow anyone else to control the documentation, preservation, and presentation of their own history. that goes for communities and individuals. if Prince wants to counter the representation of the history as told by its other participants, he is certainly free to do so. but just because he has chosen not to does not mean he can impose silence on others. you cannot control other people's remembrance.
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That's why I laugh at the old "If Prince were gay, then why hasn't a male lover surfaced in all these years" arguement. Hell, if a male lover did surface, he would be sued into the very fires of hell.

polkadotbliss said:

Completely off-topic, but I think that avatar is PRETTY hot

Prince and his damn audits soon he will sue you for singing the lyrics at concerts

vainandy said:

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Is anyone truly surprised by this? Prince is gonna be threatening folks with lawsuits until the day he dies.This is a guy who has already sued his own fans,so it's not surprising that he would go after former bandmembers too.

Wow...
Some of these convo's became real mature towards the last few pages...
Sheeesh...

funkyandy said:

I really don't care.

2elijah said:

Exactly my point here:

JayJai said:

utopia7 said:

His security will stand at the exit with a collection plate for the royalties owed for sing-alongs lol.

Linn4days said:

Thank you! We still don't know who this is in reference to. People are so quick to blame Prince because they themselves have issues with the man, so if anyone appears to have an issues with Prince, confirmed or unconfirmed, they will jump on that bandwagon like white on rice. I'm not going to issue blame at Prince until it's been proven that he's the one behind that letter, if we ever find out who was behind the letter.

When it's all said and done, it's really none of our business anyway.

npggirl77 said:

It'll be a cold day in hell before you see that in here

Paris9748430 said:

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Co-Sign on this one.
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Look I never said nothing was P's fault perhaps your skills at reading english are poor but I have said many times from the things that co-workers and peers have said that dude is a too harsh however, I don't have an issue with him protecting his copyrights or being upset with these two for some of their comments in recent interviews.

You can't talk shit about people and not expect reprisals especially when you know what sort of person you are dealing with.

I don't know where some of you grew up or what you have been exposed to but sometimes people exactly get their asses physically whipped for putting someone down.

Maybe it is time for W&L to act like adults with common sense and stop working, speaking or dealing with Prince altogether.

I would not continue to deal with someone who mistreated me. I think anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron and I can't feel sorry for them.

They actually work on songs with him knowing they are not going to get paid How stupid is that and how much abuse does a person take before their complaining about gets riduculous.
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BartVanHemelen said:

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purplecam said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._their_own

BartVanHemelen said:

What does this have to do with who sent the legal letter to Lisa the other day?

laurarichardson said:

So precisely how many times would Prince have had his ass whooped in your neighborhood?

purplecam said:

Efan said:

No they shouldn't be penalized, but if an interview is about "you" wouldn't you get tired of people asking you more questions about one particular member who was part of the Revolution besides you? I mean wasn't the interview suppose to be about Wendy & Lisa, and what they are currently doing with their lives musically, since the demise of the Revolution?

It seems the interest of those who asked the questions were more concerned and interested in stories about Prince, rather than Wendy and Lisa. There were other band members in that group besides Prince, Wendy & Lisa, where not too many questions were asked about them. Then remember before Wendy and Lisa joined together with Prince to form the Revolution, Prince had an earlier band before that, and was already known to fans at that earlier part of his career.

But, I can understand how it is sort of difficult to not include Prince in their discussions to fans about the Revolution, regarding the time Prince was with them, but if W&L, both claim they know him as well as they say they do, then why bother discussing specific situations that you feel he may not like his fans or anyone outside of their friendship, with him to know specific details of the past or present? Real and true friends don't put their friends on blast, if that's the case, then it's time to question the friendship. If there's a problem with the friendship then why bother with it?? Anyway, the name of the band was called "Prince, and the Revolution" back then, not just "The Revolution", which always gave hint technically, that eventually "Prince" was going to move on sooner or later down the road anyway, without them.
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He would have been beaten many times and by his own admission he took a good share of butt-whippings when he was growing up.

Please notice also that he has always had a bodyguard with him since 1981 and prior to that had a menacing half-brother to sic on people.

Once again he is not as stupid as some of you think and not to be taken lightly as W&L are finding out now.
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johnart said:

I don't think anyone thinks he's stupid. Why do you think that we do?
We mostly think he's been acting like a bitter and hypocritical bully.

You don't bitch about what's been done to you by the record industry (which I don't doubt the sincerity in his fight at the time, but in fact also made it his own media-circus to get back in the public eye) and turn around and treat lesser known musicians and acts working under you in the same way.If that's not the definition of hypocrisy I don't know what is.

laurarichardson said:

johnart said:

I think some of you think he is stupid because you continue to be shocked by his behavior when the man has said in interviews "that I can be mean" and "I am very competitive"

Did he not just say these things during the Tavis Smiley interview?

He is a very open and honest artist when it comes to his persona. How many times has he said listen to music if you want to know what I am about.

He has had some songs (releasehd and unreleashed) that included some vile and harsh lyrics.

He has managed to stay in the music game for over 30 years doing actually what he wants when he wants and screwing people over the whole time.

It is a ruthless industry and he is a surivor yet all of this seems to go over everyones head (LOL)

Sure he is a hypocrite ! The whole music industry is hyprocritical. First the music industry rips off the artist for years and now they are mad that the fans are ripping them off via the internet.

P grew up in this industry and it is foolish to expect him to be some sort of angel when the whole industry is screwed up.

I am not defending his actions but it does not look like dude is going to change and he is not doing anything he has not done before and W&L should know this better than anyone else yet they keep dealing with him anyway.



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johnart said:

Voicing our opinions does not equal surprise.
I personally am not surprised and I'd venture to say most of the folk on this thread aren't either. I think it's just a discussion (even if heated) on what we think about this particular possible turn of events. That's all.

From the tone of your initial posts I took you for sticking up for Prince's actions in this particular discussion, rather than not understanding why someone would be surprised, or your point on W&L should expect this type of thing from him. I think there were some crossed wires there. We actually seem to agree on a number of things but debating different angles.

laurarichardson said:

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That's it, I'm contacting my lawyer and telling her I'm copyrighting my past. From here on out if my friends or former friends want to remember me they will have to get my permission and/or pay royalties!

BriaVelveeta said:

why is this "rumor" thread allowed to exsist? does it not say right in the first mauve banner "no attention seeking rumor theads"?
is this not seeking enough attention? is it not a "rumor"?
just curious