Haiti Telethon sees great musicians like Stevie Wonder help out and answer phones and perform....

At the same time Prince releases possibly his worst ever song for a football team?

Am I the only fan running out of excuses?

Jerky said:

no you arent the only one.

prince lost his spark when he lost his mayte.

she was his inspiration.

now he's making stupid ass ganoopie foootball songs.

poor stevie

No reaction to Haiti from one of the biggest stars in the World is odd.

To release a weak song for a football team ON THE SAME DAY seems ridiculous.

Not cool.

i would have liked it better if he did a Haiti song then that ugly mess of a song that he did for the vikings...but im not him so woe be me...

SomewhereHereOnEarth said:

Someone who can record so fast, you would imagine a great song for the people who need it.

The Vikings are not top of anybody else's list at the moment.

I think most fans would rather ignore what they can't defend.

Does someone here know for a fact that Prince didn't do anything for Haiti? Since when has he ever had his donations advertised?
He doesn't take part in a show? So? If you remember he didn't sing "We are the World".

He's a lone wolf, he does not mingle with the pack.

And what has this got to do with his fight song?

What have you done for Haiti?
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Isabell said:

I couldn't have said it better!!!!! THANK YOU!

Isabell said:

S.S.T. for Katrina, food drives at gigs, He did a song for the We Are The World album. he does do things visibly when he wants to.

Besides, you can't put Prince on a pedestal because to you he apparently doesn't advertise donations, then ask posters to open up on what they've done for Haiti.

What Prince has done this week is just crass.


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A fundraising song for Haiti would have been MUCH better than a song for a football team no one appreciates.

Marrk said:

I'm not putting Prince on a pedestal.

It's far too easy to accuse someone of not donating or not doing anything VISIBLE for a cause we believe is fair. My point was: what do we know about what he has done (or not) for Haiti.

Before pointing an accusing finger at someone for not doing (fact?) what is considred "right" one must take a moment to consider if they have themselves done what's right! (hence my rhetorical question: "what have you done for Haiti?" which does not call for an answer)

Did Prince or any artist organize a fundraising concert for the victims of the 2005 tsunami? Please refresh my memory, because I don't remember or it didn't make the news where I was living at the time.
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Well, considering the hymnal tone to the song, I think it would have gone over much better as a song for the people Haiti, than it does as a fight song for the Minnesota Vikings. But I'm just a hater that must enjoy seeing him wallow in his failings, so what do I know?

Isabell said:

Google yourself.

All i'm saying is in the week possibly a million children are orphaned, all that is transparent is Prince has self-publicity of the worst kind on his mind, Not that it's important but to top it off, using perhaps his worst work ever.

Shameful, crass, and really horrible imho.

Marrk said:

Jesus, get off your high horse.

You don't know what Prince has done for the people of Haiti.

Just because he doesn't show up to some celebrity telethon doesn't make him a terrible person.

Just because he released a song about his favorite football team instead of a song about the earthquake doesn't mean he doesn't care.

Stop acting like he's commited capital murder because it ain't that fucking serious.

Stop worrying about whether or not some celebrity is doing something for the people of Haiti and do something yourself!!!

Marrk said:

Then we do agree on the fact that we don't know what he's done (if he's done anything) for Haiti.

And yes, he has awful Public Relations. He should hire someone to help him in that department.

Paris9748430 said:

This is true. Not every musician/artist publicized if they donated. I can list a number of musicians/performers whose name didn't appear in the media as part of donating to Haiti. None of us have any idea if Prince plans to donate a song or a monetary donation, and quite frankly I just don't see why he has to make a public announcement if he did make a donation, just because some fans want him to. I think people should be more concerned about what they can do to help out instead.
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Didnt Prince donate proceeds of SST to the Hurricane Kitra cause? He wrote that song specifically for them.

Jamzone333 said:

You do what you can do, Prince does things like that undercover for the most part, plus there were ALOT of artists that werent at the telethon that are bigger than Prince but i dont hear them being called to the witness stand to say what they gave.

But for the record this new song is Fucking Horrible, it makes JUGHEAD look like a masterpiece.

We could recommend that Prince quickly put together a
charity song for the Haitians, but they've really been
through far too much already.

Jerky said:

According to Who ?

im tired of people giving flac about prince donating to haiti...just b/c you haven't herd anything in the media doesn't mean that he hasn't done anything or how he feels about the situation... you don't know what's in his heart just like mj death just because he didn't speak about it in public people wanted to make a big deal about it oh "he's an asshole" he doesn't have to go to the media everytime something happens for the spotlight..like "oh look what i did" that's not what it's about it's about what comes from the heart just because other celebs you see are public about or does "this" or "that" doesn't mean prince has too also..if prince choose to be private about the situation fine..prince doesn't owe you or the media a fucking thing! nobody has the right to judge anybody!! PERIOD!! don't worry what the hell prince has done for the people in haiti the question is what the hell have you done? and if the answer is nothing for all the haters who are talking shit about prince & stuff they don't know about... SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! & I REST MY CASE!!!!

TheVoid said:

TheVoid said:

what a idiot

^ Idiot?

poor haitians, peace to them,

but that comment from Thevoid made me laugh, cuz it describes the song as a disaster. And it really is a disaster.

maytelover18 said:

what's so poor about stevie?

And as I recall Prince had his spark probably way before Mayte was out of diapers so I don't think his recent output has anything to do with her.

I really get sick of people thinking they should tell others how to handle their charitable givings. Just because he doesn't issue a press release about donating, like some of these other attention whores, doesn't mean he hasn't.

Give to whomever you'd like, but stfu about what someone else does. I didn't watch one second of the telethon, nor donate through any of them, but I guess some of you would consider me a heathen for not swooning over a bunch of stars putting on a big show. (Stevie is the only one I'd be impressed with anyway.)

I donate through organizations like Americares, that I KNOW will distribute the aid properly and not line someone else's pockets.
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Serena said:

I'm not concerned with how much anyone donated to Haiti. It just strikes me as strange that on the same weekend that all the other A-Lister musicians & actors are showing up to the Haiti telethon... Prince launches a career-low-point song for a football team. It would have been better that there was no publicity at all than that.

All the faces at the Telethon were the same ones that have been at his Oscars Parties. I'm sure he'll hanging out with them again come award season.

Who dictates what causes people should support, yes Haiti is terrible and the devestation it has caused unthinkable, but there are many other horrific incidents going on throughout the world. Many celebrities give to charities without it being made public, so how do we know that he hasn't donated!
Don't be fooled into thinking that all the celebrities that appeared are doing it for the plight of Haiti, a few would have been thinking this is good PR (maybe i'm cynical). Also does anybody know if Prince still has the orphange in Spain that he set up with Mayte? (Good cause you do not hear much about) even at the time.

Did he release a song for a football team? Who?