i dont know what i hated more...his ROUND glasses...or his hairdo.

i dont mean to be a hater...just sayin...

EyeJester7 said:

What is wrong with him going natural? Can't he?

I always thought the natural look on dark guys (& girls) looked sexy. I wish I saw it more often.

paintedlady said:

Elizabeth's dress and Sheri's wig had me SHM.

Its a bad day when Whoopie looks better put together than you do....

Prince can no longer hold my attention now to what he talks about, I block him out.

Yeah, same here. He no longer impresses me with what he says.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I find it odd that this thread is so short. PRINCE IS MAKING A PERSONAL INTERVIEW APPEARANCE! & noone seems to care anymore...

I'm sure your world is falling apart; nobody worships your has-been wacko hero anymore.

** mod edit ** no hitlinking to YouTube ~PL7~

This is the complete interview, first with Prince only and then later on Van Jones and Rosario Dawson joins him. ENJOY!!

PoorLonelyComputer said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I find it odd that this thread is so short. PRINCE IS MAKING A PERSONAL INTERVIEW APPEARANCE! & noone seems to care anymore...

I'm sure your world is falling apart; nobody worships your has-been wacko hero anymore.

Then why r U here boo boo??

Prince vs Oprah Fro Down!

Hilarious!!!

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...ew-tmz-tv/

[Edited 9/19/12 7:43am]

2020 said:

Prince vs Oprah Fro Down!

Hilarious!!!

http://www.tmz.com/2012/0...ew-tmz-tv/

[Edited 9/19/12 7:43am]

I like Oprah's. Prince's is terrible.

http://www.fuse.tv/2012/0...-breakdown

PurpleChi said:

funkyhead said:

how could the coolest man on the planet turn up looking like THAT !!. Serioulsy that old womans coat and yellow trousers with the from and BIGGGGGGGGGGGG glasses, did the circus just stop by?.

Exactly!!! I don't care how "back to his roots" folks think Prince is trying to be. He looks a HOT MESS! I am currently transitioning my hair right now, and if I had the money and resources Prince has, I would have flown out the best natural hair stylists in the country before I would have went on national televison with helmet head. I'm sorry, but you can be natural and still look fly. His fro was misshapen and his clothes were ill-fitting. Nope, not the Prince I was looking for. I really hope he pulls himslef together for these Chicago shows. I've got great seats for all three and Prince is looking ratchet! I never thought I'd see the day. SMH

I totally hear ya and agree. I have been waiting for Prince to return to chicago for along LONG time.. and I have pretty good seats too .... so when I saw him on the View I was kind like... "oh"............. Usually I am going crazy with "lust"... hmm we shall see how he looks in CHI TOWN.. he seemed very "bored" on the show.. hope he is keeping his PEP for our shows...

electricberet said:

Spinlight said:

Who the motherfuck gives a flying rat's anus about his fucking hair? Y'all are a trip. The important part of this interview is him saying he won't get around to releasing his outtakes. Say what? Ok Prince...

I was worried when I read that report of the interview. But this is what was actually said:

Q: I heard that you have a vault of hundreds of unreleased songs. Are you ever going to release them and let us hear?

P: One day someone will release them. I don't know that I'll get to release them all.

Q: Why are you holding on to them?

P: There's just so many. And I like writing new stuff. We do new stuff all the time. I meet a lot of musicians who inspire different sounds.

It doesn't sound to me like he is threatening to withhold stuff. Nobody expects him to release everything during his lifetime. Even Bob Dylan still has stuff in his vault and he's been releasing an official bootleg series for decades.

At least this puts to rest the rumor that he's planning to have everything destroyed at his death.

This kinda makes me sad tho.. cause lets face it.. alot of us fans are with in 10 years older or young than he is.. WE could be Dead before HE is.. WHY not release all your music now for the folks who love you and have supported you year and year.. Most of the kids/people in another 20 years or so won't care less about him....

Maybe some one can help me here (and sorry bold is locked again) sigh.....

Yeah its fixed.. LOL

Prince said he wants to HELP the Middle Class & Lower class people of Chicago by getting everyone together to work together etc..

Ok................... I"m a Middle Class American............. SO ~~~ How is making me pay $150+ dollars for good seats and going to his concert gonna help out MY situation???

If he cared about the lower/middle class folks, he would do a show to help everyone relax and have fun and come together....... for like $25 a seat and then have donation boxes all over for Money or Food or things like that.............

The only thing that is gonna really help "us" is lower taxes, lower gas prices lower insurance costs and more/better paying jobs...

Also.. is anyone else a TAD worried these shows MAY end up being alot of preaching and pushing the "case" Just sayin'.............................

Orionforever said:

Maybe some one can help me here (and sorry bold is locked again) sigh.....

Yeah its fixed.. LOL

Prince said he wants to HELP the Middle Class & Lower class people of Chicago by getting everyone together to work together etc..

Ok................... I"m a Middle Class American............. SO ~~~ How is making me pay $150+ dollars for good seats and going to his concert gonna help out MY situation???

If he cared about the lower/middle class folks, he would do a show to help everyone relax and have fun and come together....... for like $25 a seat and then have donation boxes all over for Money or Food or things like that.............

The only thing that is gonna really help "us" is lower taxes, lower gas prices lower insurance costs and more/better paying jobs...

Also.. is anyone else a TAD worried these shows MAY end up being alot of preaching and pushing the "case" Just sayin'.............................

You have a very good point there, and paying such a lot of money makes no sense whatsoever. This is another prove that it's just a publicity stunt and nothing else. If he was so worried about it, he'd charge less.

No, it will not end being a lot of preaching in the shows...don't worry about that.

OzlemUcucu said:

Orionforever said:

Maybe some one can help me here (and sorry bold is locked again) sigh.....

Yeah its fixed.. LOL

Prince said he wants to HELP the Middle Class & Lower class people of Chicago by getting everyone together to work together etc..

Ok................... I"m a Middle Class American............. SO ~~~ How is making me pay $150+ dollars for good seats and going to his concert gonna help out MY situation???

If he cared about the lower/middle class folks, he would do a show to help everyone relax and have fun and come together....... for like $25 a seat and then have donation boxes all over for Money or Food or things like that.............

The only thing that is gonna really help "us" is lower taxes, lower gas prices lower insurance costs and more/better paying jobs...

Also.. is anyone else a TAD worried these shows MAY end up being alot of preaching and pushing the "case" Just sayin'.............................

You have a very good point there, and paying such a lot of money makes no sense whatsoever. This is another prove that it's just a publicity stunt and nothing else. If he was so worried about it, he'd charge less.

No, it will not end being a lot of preaching in the shows...don't worry about that.

Prince isn't making anyone buy $150 seats...ticket prices start at less than $40. If someone wants a good seat, that's up to them.

I would imagine it would be rather difficult to raise a substantial amount of $ to donate if every seat was only 25 bucks. The venue has to be paid, insurance, taxes, equipment, musicians, etc, etc,...

I don't think the objective is for people to have fun for only one night and go home, it's an ongoing grassroots effort to educate and empower people to rebuild communities long term and their platform addresses the issues Orion listed here...

http://contract.rebuildth...rc=nav_bar

Like he said on the show, it's about putting people with problems in contact with those offering solutions so they can work together.

babynoz said:

it's about putting people with problems in contact with those offering solutions so they can work together.

ExactlY! People like him having problems paying his taxes etc..and those offering solutions to pay him huge money for the ticket prices, so they can work together. U put it very well!

OzlemUcucu said:

babynoz said:

ExactlY! People like him having problems paying his taxes etc..and those offering solutions to pay him huge money for the ticket prices, so they can work together. U put it very well!

So you think Van Jones is paying his taxes???

babynoz said:

OzlemUcucu said:

ExactlY! People like him having problems paying his taxes etc..and those offering solutions to pay him huge money for the ticket prices, so they can work together. U put it very well!

So you think Van Jones is paying his taxes???

What are you talking about? I'm talking about Prince, I don't care who Van Damn is.

OzlemUcucu said:

babynoz said:

So you think Van Jones is paying his taxes???

What are you talking about? I'm talking about Prince, I don't care who Van Damn is.

I was explaining the purpose of the fundraising and you were trying to be funny...which fell flat as usual.

babynoz said:

babynoz said:

OzlemUcucu said:

What are you talking about? I'm talking about Prince, I don't care who Van Damn is.

I was explaining the purpose of the fundraising and you were trying to be funny...which fell flat as usual.

The purpose of the fundraising you explained does not answer Orions question. He charged everybody little at LA gigs, tickets are more expensive this time. It's the same purpose. Besides, taxes are money owed to gov., money that gov. needs for people. His failing his obligations, and talking half truths, so Orion is right in what he/she says.

Orionforever said:

OzlemUcucu said:

babynoz said:

I was explaining the purpose of the fundraising and you were trying to be funny...which fell flat as usual.

The purpose of the fundraising you explained does not answer Orions question. He charged everybody little at LA gigs, tickets are more expensive this time. It's the same purpose. Besides, taxes are money owed to gov., money that gov. needs for people. His failing his obligations, and talking half truths, so Orion is right in what he/she says.

Orion can decide for himself whether I answered his questions or not.

Stymie said:

Orionforever said:

Maybe some one can help me here (and sorry bold is locked again) sigh.....

Yeah its fixed.. LOL

Prince said he wants to HELP the Middle Class & Lower class people of Chicago by getting everyone together to work together etc..

Ok................... I"m a Middle Class American............. SO ~~~ How is making me pay $150+ dollars for good seats and going to his concert gonna help out MY situation???

If he cared about the lower/middle class folks, he would do a show to help everyone relax and have fun and come together....... for like $25 a seat and then have donation boxes all over for Money or Food or things like that.............

The only thing that is gonna really help "us" is lower taxes, lower gas prices lower insurance costs and more/better paying jobs...

Also.. is anyone else a TAD worried these shows MAY end up being alot of preaching and pushing the "case" Just sayin'.............................

If you can afford a 150 dollar ticket then you don't need his help. Just sayin.

NOT true..we are sacraficing alot to go to these shows and see him. and who the hell wants nose bleed seats??? What fun is that?? And do you guys really thinking people are gonna "come together" and talk and work on solutions to better our situations at a CONCERT? Hell no.. everyone will be goofing around and partying and drinking/smoking what ever... just for the music.. that is all I am saying.. he should just say he is doing come concerts and a bulk of the money is going to Charity. period.......

babynoz said:

OzlemUcucu said:

The purpose of the fundraising you explained does not answer Orions question. He charged everybody little at LA gigs, tickets are more expensive this time. It's the same purpose. Besides, taxes are money owed to gov., money that gov. needs for people. His failing his obligations, and talking half truths, so Orion is right in what he/she says.

Orion can decide for himself whether I answered his questions or not.

Gang, don't get me wrong.. I DO understand a bit where you are coming from and what you are saying... really.. I just think like was said above WHY was the LA tickets so cheap? And even alot of GOOD seats were cheaper.. now not saying that EVERYONE in LA has money.... cause they don't.. BUT there are alot of stars etc that live out there.. and there were PLENTY at the shows... THEY could afford tons of money for tickets.... yet here in the Chicago land area.. we get rocked with pretty high ticket prices. and whats the deal with the VIP seats? I mean $500 Each????????? come on.. that is just insane...... Sure you get a few little quirks.. but My gosh.. that is nuts.. in this economy.. Wow...

and as I said below.. to be able to go to these shows we had to really put our necks on the line and even SELL a few things....... when he came in 2004 best tickets were like $75.. that was so sweet..

I just hope he puts on a great show and is his usual self...

Orionforever said:

babynoz said:

Orion can decide for himself whether I answered his questions or not.

Gang, don't get me wrong.. I DO understand a bit where you are coming from and what you are saying... really.. I just think like was said above WHY was the LA tickets so cheap? And even alot of GOOD seats were cheaper.. now not saying that EVERYONE in LA has money.... cause they don't.. BUT there are alot of stars etc that live out there.. and there were PLENTY at the shows... THEY could afford tons of money for tickets.... yet here in the Chicago land area.. we get rocked with pretty high ticket prices. and whats the deal with the VIP seats? I mean $500 Each????????? come on.. that is just insane...... Sure you get a few little quirks.. but My gosh.. that is nuts.. in this economy.. Wow...

and as I said below.. to be able to go to these shows we had to really put our necks on the line and even SELL a few things....... when he came in 2004 best tickets were like $75.. that was so sweet..

I just hope he puts on a great show and is his usual self...

Prince has a band & bills to pay.In this case a 21 piece band. When he was here in La it was during the height of the failed economy. Plus he had 21 nites to sellout seats..There we're special seats reserved for the rich & famous & the vip tickets we're where they we're at. This tour isn't going on every week. It cost to put that mega symbol stage together. The money is well spent. Get over it!!!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Orionforever said:

Gang, don't get me wrong.. I DO understand a bit where you are coming from and what you are saying... really.. I just think like was said above WHY was the LA tickets so cheap? And even alot of GOOD seats were cheaper.. now not saying that EVERYONE in LA has money.... cause they don't.. BUT there are alot of stars etc that live out there.. and there were PLENTY at the shows... THEY could afford tons of money for tickets.... yet here in the Chicago land area.. we get rocked with pretty high ticket prices. and whats the deal with the VIP seats? I mean $500 Each????????? come on.. that is just insane...... Sure you get a few little quirks.. but My gosh.. that is nuts.. in this economy.. Wow...

and as I said below.. to be able to go to these shows we had to really put our necks on the line and even SELL a few things....... when he came in 2004 best tickets were like $75.. that was so sweet..

I just hope he puts on a great show and is his usual self...

Prince has a band & bills to pay.In this case a 21 piece band. When he was here in La it was during the height of the failed economy. Plus he had 21 nites to sellout seats..There we're special seats reserved for the rich & famous & the vip tickets we're where they we're at. This tour isn't going on every week. It cost to put that mega symbol stage together. The money is well spent. Get over it!!!

I am sure Prince plenty of money to pay bills.. and YOU get over it.. we are just talking about some stuff... No need to get yourself all huffy.... geez...

Orionforever said:

babynoz said:

Orion can decide for himself whether I answered his questions or not.

Gang, don't get me wrong.. I DO understand a bit where you are coming from and what you are saying... really.. I just think like was said above WHY was the LA tickets so cheap? And even alot of GOOD seats were cheaper.. now not saying that EVERYONE in LA has money.... cause they don't.. BUT there are alot of stars etc that live out there.. and there were PLENTY at the shows... THEY could afford tons of money for tickets.... yet here in the Chicago land area.. we get rocked with pretty high ticket prices. and whats the deal with the VIP seats? I mean $500 Each????????? come on.. that is just insane...... Sure you get a few little quirks.. but My gosh.. that is nuts.. in this economy.. Wow...

and as I said below.. to be able to go to these shows we had to really put our necks on the line and even SELL a few things....... when he came in 2004 best tickets were like $75.. that was so sweet..

I just hope he puts on a great show and is his usual self...

I used to chair a fundraising mixer for a non-profit org where tickets were $25 for years, then it went up to $40, years before that it was $15. The change had a lot to do with different venues, different bar guarantees that had to be met, different fundraising goals that we wanted to reach, etc. Information that our ticket buyers will never know.

I say this to say that you're making gross assumptions based on what you or I don't know. To say that because tickets were $25 in LA and people in LA are rich, therefore Prince has to always sell tickets that are cheap, everywhere else ,forever and forever, without taking into account all expenses that must covered to break even, what is the target goal for this fundraiser in terms of revenue and how much will be distributed.

Yes shows in 2004 were cheaper, yes the LA shows were $25, which at one point I believe Livenation almost pulled out because it became cash cow from I recall. But the average ticket price for good seats for concerts in general are $150. Be glad this is not a Madonna concert where folks are shelling out $300+

Lastly, no one is forcing anyone to do anything. For the first Welcome 2 America tour I made the choice to buy $60 tickets and I had the time of my life.

[Edited 9/19/12 18:11pm]

Orionforever said:

babynoz said:

Orion can decide for himself whether I answered his questions or not.

Gang, don't get me wrong.. I DO understand a bit where you are coming from and what you are saying... really.. I just think like was said above WHY was the LA tickets so cheap? And even alot of GOOD seats were cheaper.. now not saying that EVERYONE in LA has money.... cause they don't.. BUT there are alot of stars etc that live out there.. and there were PLENTY at the shows... THEY could afford tons of money for tickets.... yet here in the Chicago land area.. we get rocked with pretty high ticket prices. and whats the deal with the VIP seats? I mean $500 Each????????? come on.. that is just insane...... Sure you get a few little quirks.. but My gosh.. that is nuts.. in this economy.. Wow...

and as I said below.. to be able to go to these shows we had to really put our necks on the line and even SELL a few things....... when he came in 2004 best tickets were like $75.. that was so sweet..

I just hope he puts on a great show and is his usual self...

You shoulda seen what we paid for the concert before the Super Bowl in '07, only to have him go to London afterwards and charge only 31.21

Seriously though, the prices have to be enough to pay the expenses and cover the donation. I'm sure it'll be well worth it and I wish I could be there....heaven knows when he'll finally come back this way.

Have fun!

babynoz said:

Orionforever said:

Gang, don't get me wrong.. I DO understand a bit where you are coming from and what you are saying... really.. I just think like was said above WHY was the LA tickets so cheap? And even alot of GOOD seats were cheaper.. now not saying that EVERYONE in LA has money.... cause they don't.. BUT there are alot of stars etc that live out there.. and there were PLENTY at the shows... THEY could afford tons of money for tickets.... yet here in the Chicago land area.. we get rocked with pretty high ticket prices. and whats the deal with the VIP seats? I mean $500 Each????????? come on.. that is just insane...... Sure you get a few little quirks.. but My gosh.. that is nuts.. in this economy.. Wow...

and as I said below.. to be able to go to these shows we had to really put our necks on the line and even SELL a few things....... when he came in 2004 best tickets were like $75.. that was so sweet..

I just hope he puts on a great show and is his usual self...

You shoulda seen what we paid for the concert before the Super Bowl in '07, only to have him go to London afterwards and charge only 31.21

Seriously though, the prices have to be enough to pay the expenses and cover the donation. I'm sure it'll be well worth it and I wish I could be there....heaven knows when he'll finally come back this way.

Have fun!

I have NO doubt it will be fun.. but Its just kinda silly tho when he makes it sound like he is doing everyone such a huge favor by doing this show.. and actually he is really Not.. its a concer when it comes right down to it... say it like it is... alot of muscians give huge hunks of money to charities from their show... not a big deal...