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Why can't Prince just be normal? Just announce what it is you're doing, and do it! When I first started getting into Prince, in my mid/late teens and into my early 20s, I used to love the whole "mystery" games that he would play. Prince has never done things normally, and that's part of the allure. There's always this constant game of "tease" going on from him to his fanbase. But now in my early 30s I'm getting a bit tired of it.
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i'm with u. he is bordering on embarressing now. Just drop good music and let it speak. | |
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...I know the world is done
but you don't have to be... | |
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If anybody else brings up Bowie i think im gonna go on a rampage. Prince is Prince. We are Prince's bitchs. Prince is a dick which is why we suck him | |
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Toejam, I share your sentiments cause I changed over the years and don't get to psyched about his proclamations. However posing this part 'Why can't Prince just be normal?' in your question is also nullifying your work for the P&B Podcast. The reason he isn't normal probably causes you to do your work (much appreciated by me).
I consider myself reasonably normal and as side effect I don't have a podcast crew discussing my innerworkings.
But I again I share the feeling. We got a lot and also missed out on a lot over the years because of his antics. The carrotdangling and mystic for the cause of mystic is a tiresome.
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^Haha. I hear you. It's a blessing and a curse. It just gets annoying sometimes Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
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Haha, you want normal after 35 years of anything but? No chance, prince will never be normal and I'm glad. Can you imagine a normal prince? That in itself would be weird! | |
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Wait until you're in your early 40's, it's not tiring, it's really fucking irritating. RIP ![]() | |
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LOL - I'm 43 and was thinking the exact same thing this morning. The thing that gets me with all the drip feeding and drfunkenberry stuff is that it only really matters to the people who come on here. To the rest of the world, Prince doesn't release stuff anymore, is largely irrelavant and just a "great live show".
I'm bored with all the games now, and mostly because the music that follows all the teasing is mostly disappointing when it finally arrives. I didn't much care for Laydown before, and now I have an extended version - whoopy bollocks. And as for the Bambi (33 year old song) clip, we know Prince can play that sort of guitar solo in his sleep.
Why not release "Same Page" to worldwide radio as the brand new single to promote the new album?
Prince once sang "Don't you miss the feeling music gave you, back in the day?"
Damn right.
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I don't often post in threads like this but "drip feeding tease" made me chuckle a little... | |
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The thing is I still love the music. I thought 20Ten was good and Lotus was one of the best discs he's ever released, I love RNR Affair, (Jame Lewis mixes aside!) and thought the Screwdriver studio snippet sounded really good. The only disapointment for me in the last ten years musically has been the Musicology album and even that has some great tracks.
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Been a 'fan' 27 yrs & counting...aint expecting P to be 'normal' now haha! To be honest i dont want him to be,reason he got me in the first place is he's the purple alternative ![]() "We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15 | |
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In the 80s, the mystique worked because Prince was on the top of his powers. Everyone wanted to hear the Black Album, if only to find out what the fuss was about. In the 90s, the magic started to fade. Nowadays no one except a few folks here giva a damn. But Musicology showed that if Prince really wants mainstream success, he'll play the game by the rules and become media friendly. | |
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..No genius/artist has ever been 'normal' i mean the man is soo multi talented its ridiculous! THe man barely ate/slept for decades,totaly driven. "We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15 | |
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Maybe its tiresome, but for the younger up & coming fans who keep discovering his music, it could be a way to lure them more.
I'm on the same page as you in the sense that direct communication line is more suffecient, but this has always been his shtick, starting with the Owen Husney marketing campaign. | |
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I think the reason he doesnt give specifics is that he doesnt know what he is actually going to do. Instead he hopes to do big things, but then loses interest, or gets involved with something else, or whatever. That seemed to be the case back in 2009 with LotusFlow3r. At least in 2004 he really delivered. We'll always have that... I abdicated the throne in Ithaca, but now I am...
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Yes, those 6 people are who he needs to be entertaining. RIP ![]() | |
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Yeah, I really have to agree with you there, and I'm going to have to make another comparison with Bowie. I don't care that it's been 10 years since Bowie last released music, that's not really the point. The point is, David Bowie just released a new single +video and almost everyone is talking about it, all news outlets have picked it up, your random average person on the street probably knows about it. And then look at Prince, honestly no one other than the hardcore fanbase are going to have any idea what's going on. Yeah, this 3rd Eye Girl stuff was mentioned on a few articles online but I bet you most of the people who read those articles are Prince fans anyway. The average person has no idea what Prince is doing, or if he's even doing anything. If you talk to any random person, they'll stare back at you blankly and cluelessly, saying, "Dr. Funkenberry? What's that. Never heard of that. Oh, Prince is still making music? I didn't know that." | |
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I also am growing tired of all the games. But I feel the 2 worst insults are the fact that he's a total hyprocrite with the seame street level of preaching and the constant attack of his fan base for listening or having bootlegs. "Same Song, Different Book" is a really weak song once again exploring his current narrow minded dogmatic view. Whats more insulting is that if he's so hardcore into his religious beliefs, why even perform "Bambi" a song he says is a blantly about a lesbian and his quest to change her sexual way of thinking . It doesn't matter if he doesn't sing the second verse or curse it's the overall theme that technically if he's so JW shouldnt even perform. The same with "Screwdriver". Once again using sexual innuendo to make a song clever. He changed "The Cross" to the "The Christ". He stoped wearing a crucifix and went on a rant about idology and symbolism negating that christ was impaled. Well then who's the one that once(and still )represented himself with his own symbol and performs on a symbol stage. Who has the Jesus complex Prince ? Now on point number 2. Stop blaming your fanbase for the proliferation of unreleased studio material. It was the majority of the people that were closest to you that leaked all of that material. Not us. If you should do anything, ENFORCE THE COPYWRITE ON THE RECORDINGS YOU DO OWN. It's really weak that people are pressing NPGMC material, rare HIT & RUN singles and out of print music you do own. Im sorry but your not really a Purple Yoda, more of a Purple Palpatine. What color is money today. Big Chick "Security ensuring thee" | |
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Totally agree. Just focus on the music and let that speak for itself. Quality will always sell. RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time! | |
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This doesn't help either... RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time! | |
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!!!! exactly! somtimes i wished Prince acted normal in some things. i like mysterious things, but it can get annoying. Prince is confusing, very confusing and he is not straight too the point, he does things in his own way... well, that's fine with me, but some stuff annoys me big time. like the fact he has no real site, and the fact that he is SO against things on youtube. we can't even watch a normal video from a live show on youtube. it's gone in less than 24 hours. same goes for his music videos and other stuff. i'm fan of a lot of artists, and most artists do it the ''normal'' way, it doesn't do any damage on their image or what else. look at Bowie, mysterious, but still down to earth. has a normal website, and people that post updates on twitter and facebook. | |
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If you've been a fan long enough (30 yr for me) I would've thought you'd accepted how P operates. Why so much angst about business as usual? I gave up on being frustrated years ago. Why is everyone so disapointed when Prince acts like he always has? Only the technology and communication methods have changed. Who am I to dictate what sort of artist he should be and how he should go about business? One of the things I admire about him the most is that he pursues his vision not matter what. Without that he would never have become the artist we know today.
The phrase "count your blessings" comes to mind. He's one of the most prolific and interesting artists out there. I don't want him to be normal. You can't separate the business Prince from the music Prince. It used to frustrate me when people would critisise Michael Jackson for not being normal. People want these artists to keep producing these works that blow their minds but are disappointed when those same artists aren't normal in other areas. Its there abnormality that makes them special. There's plenty of normal in the world. How boring. It bothered me when, earlier in the year, I'd hear people in Australia critisise P during his Australian tour. He's been here 3 times in 30 years. Just relax and enjoy the opportunity to experience one of the world's greats. Warts and all. Life's too short.
Prince is NOT normal. Never has been. Never will be (and thank Jehovah, God, Jesus, Muhammad and Buddah for that!). Get used to it because it makes being a Prince fan so much easier.
BTW Toejam, no disrespect. I'm a big fan of you and your band Cheap Fakes. Although......I do have a few suggestions on how you guys could improve your act. lol | |
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U get what u get When u got what u got If Prince wasn't a knucklehaed Purple u would NOT!
That said............I agree with your original post. That said............we won't ever see that from your Purple Host. | |
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Umm in taking in your post your typed something that for a person like me who paints pictures and when I read things, I tend to paint mental pictures,
... I feel like I'm being mental raped, this image is disturbing lol and I'm fighting to remove it #IDEFINEME #ALBUMSSTILLMATTER
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mooore comparisons to bowie Download all the shit hop that you can for your kids, neices, nephews, and their friends also. That will prevent them from going out and buying it and will prevent some shit hop sales. Every little bit helps - Andy
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I don't want him to be normal
I want him to take off that suite and put on a cape
or if you keep the suite on take that everyday shirt off and put a ruffled shirt underneath
I wouldn't mind if he uses Alexander Nevermind again, on Andy Allo's album #IDEFINEME #ALBUMSSTILLMATTER
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I don't understand why you spend time posting about him if you are bothered with it.
Why not just check out these last songs and be happy with it? Or dislike them for that matter.
The fact that you are all talking about it, either positive or negative, makes the whole thing a succes. Because it keeps you more entertained than just publishing a song somewhere.
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