Identity said: Celita said: naffi said: I just checked out that Twitter, seems very interesting suspicious This is the stupidest PR stunt ever. No, the begging how much would you pay is.

2elijah said:

Identity said:

It adds: some fun mystery to the funk, its nothing stupid about it, enjoy the ride get on the boat

AND BAM!

All of the music is GONE!

ALL I want to leave with Prince's Song, '3rd Eye'

Using a special code he accessed his mind
In search of the reason why
In passion and fashion he began travelin' time
3rd eye, 3rd eye, 3rd eye

The serpent approves
Then appears between Adam's thighs
And he tries 2 release upon Eve the nectar
The injector tries
He tries, he tries, he tries

So abduction complete
All stand on their feet
Look at one another and cry

What have we done?
Could this be the fun
On the dotted line 4 which I did sign?
Oh yeah

I resign from the notion
Cuz yours was the potion
That I'm supposed 2 die 4
I resign

In self-pity so dark
This sh*tty and stark
Realization is all that will soothe

Ultimately the only one
That can save U is U
Your God is inside and 4 that God U will do
Whatever it takes
If nothing else is true
The only one that can save U is U, yeah

I LOVE THAT SONG!

I don't know if Prince is involved or not..but this is a great play of whatever it is. It got my fired up for what is next! Haha

[Edited 1/9/13 20:53pm]

crpaisleyfan said:

No, the begging how much would you pay is.

Not.one.red.cent.

I missed all the excitement and never heard the song.

Comments deleted - langebleu - moderator

Anyone hear the Dr Funkenberry interview? What happened?

2ucio said:

Anyone hear the Dr Funkenberry interview? What happened?

Discussed in this thread:

http://prince.org/msg/7/391990

NuPwrSoul said:

herb4 said:

No, I mean seriously. I like Bowie as well as Prince. I'm not gonna judge what's what and "who did better" doing whatever it is they do over who sold more records or tickets to a concert. Honestly, I won't. I don't get the comparison. I'll just listen to the music and see if I like it or not. If I like one better than the other and one sells less or the other gets more news coverage, at the end of the day I really don't give a shit. If Bowie "does better" and Prince's shit tanks, that just means I get to see Prince in a smaller, more intimate venue and David can do his stadium tours.

Also, seconding and thirding the whole idea that this is entire 'cease and desist' fiasco is Prince taking a piss and fucking with all of us.

This! Some of the best times to be a Prince fan is when he was under the radar. Remember all those Paisley Park parties in the late '90s when NO ONE was fucking with him industry-wise? On a damn near weekly basis, Paisley would host these Friday and Saturday night parties, with an occasional performance. (And I would have died to have been at the one where The War was performed.)

Or the Celebrations... I'd take intimate, obscure, don't-give-a-shit Prince ANY DAY over the Hall of Famer. Don't get me wrong, NPGMC did right by us for the Musicology tour; and I'm glad he was commercially successful. But it wasn't One Nite Alone with aftershows, week-long celebrations at Paisley, etc.

Oh for crying out loud.

Prince is going to do massive gigs playing the same tired hits as he's been doing for 15+ years.

Remember all those Paisley Park parties in the late '90s when NO ONE was fucking with him industry-wise?

The late 1990s is the time that he first got into bed with EMI, and then started sucking Clive Davis' dick hoping he could bring him a Santana-size hit album.

Popularity has got ZILCH to do with what kind of venues he plays. PRINCE can choose to do an acoustic theatre tour if he'd want to, but he just is not interested, because that would not be a big payday.

leecaldon said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Dude thinks he's being stolen from when you take his pic.

I know of one instance of people actually stealing something from PP. Rest of it (= boots) is Prince et al being careless (or selling tapes they had).

Are you referring to what was taken from the kitchen at PP at the beginning of the Celebration in 2002?

No, to the time when someone was visiting the Park (a concert, don't remember the details), opened a camera and found a tape inside, took it from the camera and smuggled it outside, while being chased by security. This is the source of the "P Control/Letitgo" rehearsal from 23 August 1995 on plenty of boots. T once told the story on amp, but I cannot locate it.

RRA said:

I'm tired of the Bowie/Prince comparisons.

Here's the difference. Prince has allegedly a new album out this year, but don't want to blow his load yet in singles and all that.

Yeah, because that's what is killing his albums, not the lack of promotion or the fact that they're shite.

He wants that fanbase primed and anticipating it. So he gives them goodies that quite frankly only the fanbase will care or understand to appreciate. His "new" song is good, but it's the sort of outtake that again fans care or would dig. He aimed at his fanbase, and scored.

Bwahahaha.

You know that instant euphoria his fans got when these suckers first got uploaded because of the out of the blue surprise of it all? Well that's Bowie but not aimed at his fanbase, but at the whole world and again stated ad nauseum, he's not released crap in a decade.

Except numerous remasters.

Not just that, but the single Bowie released is so ridiculously radio friendly to the point that you suspect that song and radio are doing secretly doing the hanky panky at the song's secret love nest. The song emotionally connects people like good songs about mortality and death and living tend to do. Now I'm not dissing RNRLA, but it's a fun Prince melody. I enjoyed. You don't invest your lives into it like Bowie's single, nor designed to really.

The same thing happened when Prince was releasing music that was NOT SHITE.

2elijah said:

Celita said:

naffi said: I just checked out that Twitter, seems very interesting suspicious

Yep, this is what 3rdeye is saying now.. Somehow this could have been a test to see how much of a reaction that twitter account would receive when it first posted those songs.

1h3rd Eye Girl‏@3rdeyegirl

"Hope 2 b back up soon. Talks r ongoing. Stay tuned...."

[Edited 1/9/13 17:39pm]

P, seriously how stupid do you think we are?. We are not a bunch of naive teens. Please don't fuck up the goodwill that started off the week. Dare I say it.....go read up on Bowie and learn a few lessons.

funkyhead said:

2elijah said:

Yep, this is what 3rdeye is saying now.. Somehow this could have been a test to see how much of a reaction that twitter account would receive when it first posted those songs.

1h3rd Eye Girl‏@3rdeyegirl

"Hope 2 b back up soon. Talks r ongoing. Stay tuned...."

[Edited 1/9/13 17:39pm]

P, seriously how stupid do you think we are?. We are not a bunch of naive teens. Please don't fuck up the goodwill that started off the week. Dare I say it.....go read up on Bowie and learn a few lessons.

I kinda begin to think this is not coming from Prince at all, but is deliberately made to look like it. I believe somebody is playing a very nasty game on Prince, but maybe it is justified. Prince has fans, but he also has haters.

If it was really Prince behind this, then we shouldnt hate on it, cause we got something for free. So why all the hate. Just be over it.

OzlemUcucu said:

funkyhead said:

P, seriously how stupid do you think we are?. We are not a bunch of naive teens. Please don't fuck up the goodwill that started off the week. Dare I say it.....go read up on Bowie and learn a few lessons.

I kinda begin to think this is not coming from Prince at all, but is deliberately made to look like it. I believe somebody is playing a very nasty game on Prince, but maybe it is justified. Prince has fans, but he also has haters.

If it was really Prince behind this, then we shouldnt hate on it, cause we got something for free. So why all the hate. Just be over it.

just how deluded are u?

Prince is behind 3rdeyegirl. He'll post some more tidbits up soon I expect and then they will come down again. It's all designed to tease and generate interest among us fans (and if mainstream media pick up the story all the better). Just enjoy them/not enjoy them while they are up and wait for a new album.

funkyhead said:

2elijah said:

Yep, this is what 3rdeye is saying now.. Somehow this could have been a test to see how much of a reaction that twitter account would receive when it first posted those songs.

1h3rd Eye Girl‏@3rdeyegirl

"Hope 2 b back up soon. Talks r ongoing. Stay tuned...."

[Edited 1/9/13 17:39pm]

P, seriously how stupid do you think we are?. We are not a bunch of naive teens. Please don't fuck up the goodwill that started off the week. Dare I say it.....go read up on Bowie and learn a few lessons.

We've already seen what happens on this site(Crapthread City) when there's no new music or news for 10 months. You really think a ten year hiatus with no contact is what's in order. As for the levels of stupidity of orgers...

KeithyT said:

Prince is behind 3rdeyegirl. He'll post some more tidbits up soon I expect and then they will come down again. It's all designed to tease and generate interest among us fans (and if mainstream media pick up the story all the better). Just enjoy them/not enjoy them while they are up and wait for a new album.

I agree it is prince having some fun.

My evidence: (most if not all has already been said)

the NPGMC on RNRLA (wasn't it also seen in one of andy allo's videos?).

We get the "2013 will be big" and "bootlegs for days" tease with the screwdriver clip.

3rdeye and girl 2 prince songs. Use of of the phrase: "everything you think it true" (webby awards speech) and the 3rdeyegirl art is very prince like.

the 2 of the 3 songs are so recent they had to be obtained by someone that works with prince.

The timing of it all. And that so few things have leaked in the last few years (compared to years past)

to me it has to be prince....

the use of the word "Bootleg" in the C & D.

Stymie said:

IstenSzek said:

i hope you're seeing the irony there

Exactly. I was scratching my head for a second.

I'm afraid he's serious.

EyeJester7 said:

AND BAM!

All of the music is GONE!

ALL I want to leave with Prince's Song, '3rd Eye'

Using a special code he accessed his mind
In search of the reason why
In passion and fashion he began travelin' time
3rd eye, 3rd eye, 3rd eye

The serpent approves
Then appears between Adam's thighs
And he tries 2 release upon Eve the nectar
The injector tries
He tries, he tries, he tries

So abduction complete
All stand on their feet
Look at one another and cry

What have we done?
Could this be the fun
On the dotted line 4 which I did sign?
Oh yeah

I resign from the notion
Cuz yours was the potion
That I'm supposed 2 die 4
I resign

In self-pity so dark
This sh*tty and stark
Realization is all that will soothe

Ultimately the only one
That can save U is U
Your God is inside and 4 that God U will do
Whatever it takes
If nothing else is true
The only one that can save U is U, yeah

I LOVE THAT SONG!

I don't know if Prince is involved or not..but this is a great play of whatever it is. It got my fired up for what is next! Haha

[Edited 1/9/13 20:53pm]

Thanks for posting.

I didn't know the song

I don't know what the heck is going on but i love it lol Prince you got more holes than a golfcourse lol

dJJ said:

EyeJester7 said:

AND BAM!

All of the music is GONE!

ALL I want to leave with Prince's Song, '3rd Eye'

Using a special code he accessed his mind
In search of the reason why
In passion and fashion he began travelin' time
3rd eye, 3rd eye, 3rd eye

The serpent approves
Then appears between Adam's thighs
And he tries 2 release upon Eve the nectar
The injector tries
He tries, he tries, he tries

So abduction complete
All stand on their feet
Look at one another and cry

What have we done?
Could this be the fun
On the dotted line 4 which I did sign?
Oh yeah

I resign from the notion
Cuz yours was the potion
That I'm supposed 2 die 4
I resign

In self-pity so dark
This sh*tty and stark
Realization is all that will soothe

Ultimately the only one
That can save U is U
Your God is inside and 4 that God U will do
Whatever it takes
If nothing else is true
The only one that can save U is U, yeah

I LOVE THAT SONG!

I don't know if Prince is involved or not..but this is a great play of whatever it is. It got my fired up for what is next! Haha

[Edited 1/9/13 20:53pm]

Thanks for posting.

I didn't know the song

X forever

Track down The Truth! That album is freakin awesome

HonestMan13 said:

We've already seen what happens on this site(Crapthread City) when there's no new music or news for 10 months. You really think a ten year hiatus with no contact is what's in order. As for the levels of stupidity of orgers...

And all that can be reduced to one person's actions: Prince. He's the one who attacked the smartest fans he had, he's the one who chased away all the fan sites. And thus we ended up with:

- a barely maintained forum website (an utterly outdated format),

- a wiki that is maintained by a couple of people and thus nowhere near what it should be.

Imagine if the Org was more like Reddit;

imagine if Orgers would get "internet points" for delivering news and/or editing http://prince.org/wiki/Princepedia ;

imagine if people would use the downtime to look through ancient archives and articles to bring up interesting stories (surely someone somewhere must have an archive of a.m.p for instance);

imagine if people would collaborate on creating indexes for all Prince books out there, so you could easily find all entries on a particular subject;

imagine if there was a website that had collected all recordings of all concerts (excluding officially released one, of course);

imagien if there was a library of all articles from newspapers, magazines etc. including reviews (perhaps not the whole text of the articles, but at least an index of all those items plus a list of items discussed therein);

imagine if there was a repository of all pictures with complete credits + information.

I bet we would have had most of those things now if Prince hadn't started attacking fansites 15 years ago. Because who in their right mind would invest money and time in something that would only create a ton of hassle, mostly from the guy you're supposed to be celebrating.

And thus we've ended up where we are now, stuck in 1998 or so. And Prince communicates via an amateur-run celebrity gossip website.

BartVanHemelen said:

HonestMan13 said:

We've already seen what happens on this site(Crapthread City) when there's no new music or news for 10 months. You really think a ten year hiatus with no contact is what's in order. As for the levels of stupidity of orgers...

And all that can be reduced to one person's actions: Prince. He's the one who attacked the smartest fans he had, he's the one who chased away all the fan sites. And thus we ended up with:

- a barely maintained forum website (an utterly outdated format),

- a wiki that is maintained by a couple of people and thus nowhere near what it should be.

Imagine if the Org was more like Reddit;

imagine if Orgers would get "internet points" for delivering news and/or editing http://prince.org/wiki/Princepedia ;

imagine if people would use the downtime to look through ancient archives and articles to bring up interesting stories (surely someone somewhere must have an archive of a.m.p for instance);

imagine if people would collaborate on creating indexes for all Prince books out there, so you could easily find all entries on a particular subject;

imagine if there was a website that had collected all recordings of all concerts (excluding officially released one, of course);

imagien if there was a library of all articles from newspapers, magazines etc. including reviews (perhaps not the whole text of the articles, but at least an index of all those items plus a list of items discussed therein);

imagine if there was a repository of all pictures with complete credits + information.

I bet we would have had most of those things now if Prince hadn't started attacking fansites 15 years ago. Because who in their right mind would invest money and time in something that would only create a ton of hassle, mostly from the guy you're supposed to be celebrating.

And thus we've ended up where we are now, stuck in 1998 or so. And Prince communicates via an amateur-run celebrity gossip website.

... LoL

BartVanHemelen said:

Oh for crying out loud.

Prince is going to do massive gigs playing the same tired hits as he's been doing for 15+ years.

Remember all those Paisley Park parties in the late '90s when NO ONE was fucking with him industry-wise?

The late 1990s is the time that he first got into bed with EMI, and then started sucking Clive Davis' dick hoping he could bring him a Santana-size hit album.

Popularity has got ZILCH to do with what kind of venues he plays. PRINCE can choose to do an acoustic theatre tour if he'd want to, but he just is not interested, because that would not be a big payday.

The Paisley Celebrations and One Nite Alone tour call bullshit on your post. There was NOTHING massive about those gigs. They were small & intimate, and within the last 15 years.

I'm not debating whether or not they were his choice or out of necessity, just that they happened, and they correlated with a lower profile on his part.

Similar with the late 90s--specifically the post-EMI (Emancipation), pre-Arista (Rave) year of 98-early 99. Call it failed attempt to gain mass popularity if you want. My point is, and still stands, when Prince has a lower profile, whether by choice or not, he's been more accessible to fans.

And that was my whole point to begin with, as I believe Herb4's point.

BartVanHemelen said:

HonestMan13 said:

We've already seen what happens on this site(Crapthread City) when there's no new music or news for 10 months. You really think a ten year hiatus with no contact is what's in order. As for the levels of stupidity of orgers...

And all that can be reduced to one person's actions: Prince. He's the one who attacked the smartest fans he had, he's the one who chased away all the fan sites. And thus we ended up with:

- a barely maintained forum website (an utterly outdated format),

- a wiki that is maintained by a couple of people and thus nowhere near what it should be.

Imagine if the Org was more like Reddit;

imagine if Orgers would get "internet points" for delivering news and/or editing http://prince.org/wiki/Princepedia ;

imagine if people would use the downtime to look through ancient archives and articles to bring up interesting stories (surely someone somewhere must have an archive of a.m.p for instance);

imagine if people would collaborate on creating indexes for all Prince books out there, so you could easily find all entries on a particular subject;

imagine if there was a website that had collected all recordings of all concerts (excluding officially released one, of course);

imagien if there was a library of all articles from newspapers, magazines etc. including reviews (perhaps not the whole text of the articles, but at least an index of all those items plus a list of items discussed therein);

imagine if there was a repository of all pictures with complete credits information.

I bet we would have had most of those things now if Prince hadn't started attacking fansites 15 years ago. Because who in their right mind would invest money and time in something that would only create a ton of hassle, mostly from the guy you're supposed to be celebrating.

And thus we've ended up where we are now, stuck in 1998 or so. And Prince communicates via an amateur-run celebrity gossip website.

Prince needs to hire haters to manage his career. We'd give the fans what they truly want and make him an A$$load of money.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

BartVanHemelen said:

And all that can be reduced to one person's actions: Prince. He's the one who attacked the smartest fans he had, he's the one who chased away all the fan sites. And thus we ended up with:

- a barely maintained forum website (an utterly outdated format),

- a wiki that is maintained by a couple of people and thus nowhere near what it should be.

Imagine if the Org was more like Reddit;

imagine if Orgers would get "internet points" for delivering news and/or editing http://prince.org/wiki/Princepedia ;

imagine if people would use the downtime to look through ancient archives and articles to bring up interesting stories (surely someone somewhere must have an archive of a.m.p for instance);

imagine if people would collaborate on creating indexes for all Prince books out there, so you could easily find all entries on a particular subject;

imagine if there was a website that had collected all recordings of all concerts (excluding officially released one, of course);

imagien if there was a library of all articles from newspapers, magazines etc. including reviews (perhaps not the whole text of the articles, but at least an index of all those items plus a list of items discussed therein);

imagine if there was a repository of all pictures with complete credits information.

I bet we would have had most of those things now if Prince hadn't started attacking fansites 15 years ago. Because who in their right mind would invest money and time in something that would only create a ton of hassle, mostly from the guy you're supposed to be celebrating.

And thus we've ended up where we are now, stuck in 1998 or so. And Prince communicates via an amateur-run celebrity gossip website.

Prince needs to hire haters to manage his career. We'd give the fans what they truly want and make him an A$$load of money.

I wouldn't hand my career over to an obsessive compulsive hater if I were in debtors prison.

BartVanHemelen said:

HonestMan13 said:

We've already seen what happens on this site(Crapthread City) when there's no new music or news for 10 months. You really think a ten year hiatus with no contact is what's in order. As for the levels of stupidity of orgers...

And all that can be reduced to one person's actions: Prince. He's the one who attacked the smartest fans he had, he's the one who chased away all the fan sites. And thus we ended up with:

- a barely maintained forum website (an utterly outdated format),

- a wiki that is maintained by a couple of people and thus nowhere near what it should be.

Imagine if the Org was more like Reddit;

imagine if Orgers would get "internet points" for delivering news and/or editing http://prince.org/wiki/Princepedia ;

imagine if people would use the downtime to look through ancient archives and articles to bring up interesting stories (surely someone somewhere must have an archive of a.m.p for instance);

imagine if people would collaborate on creating indexes for all Prince books out there, so you could easily find all entries on a particular subject;

imagine if there was a website that had collected all recordings of all concerts (excluding officially released one, of course);

imagien if there was a library of all articles from newspapers, magazines etc. including reviews (perhaps not the whole text of the articles, but at least an index of all those items plus a list of items discussed therein);

imagine if there was a repository of all pictures with complete credits + information.

I bet we would have had most of those things now if Prince hadn't started attacking fansites 15 years ago. Because who in their right mind would invest money and time in something that would only create a ton of hassle, mostly from the guy you're supposed to be celebrating.

And thus we've ended up where we are now, stuck in 1998 or so. And Prince communicates via an amateur-run celebrity gossip website.

I agree with Bart?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

dJJ said:

Thanks for posting.

I didn't know the song

X forever

Track down The Truth! That album is freakin awesome

YUP! The TRUTH is a fantastic album! I have a a few copies along with a few copies of the "One Night Alone - Piano" cd album stashed away. Great music on both!

TikiColadas said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

X forever

Track down The Truth! That album is freakin awesome

YUP! The TRUTH is a fantastic album! I have a a few copies along with a few copies of the "One Night Alone - Piano" cd album stashed away. Great music on both!

I was ready to throw up but you agree with me so I will hold it down

TikiColadas said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

X forever

Track down The Truth! That album is freakin awesome

YUP! The TRUTH is a fantastic album! I have a a few copies along with a few copies of the "One Night Alone - Piano" cd album stashed away. Great music on both!