XxAxX said:

so, the guitar bhas been repaired, the guitar's owner pacified. can this thread go bye bye now?? or, will this thread outlast the actual event

It already has.

Genesia said:

XxAxX said:

so, the guitar bhas been repaired, the guitar's owner pacified. can this thread go bye bye now?? or, will this thread outlast the actual event

It already has.

Times a trillion.

By the way, Vernon Reid, too late to put your two cents, slow ass.

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Timmy84 said:

Genesia said:

It already has.

Times a trillion.

By the way, Vernon Reid, too late to put your two cents, slow ass.

Timmy84 said:

Genesia said:

It already has.

Times a trillion.

By the way, Vernon Reid, too late to put your two cents, slow ass.

[Edited 3/8/13 9:15am]

He was tryna get some shine and relevance.

rdhull said:

Timmy84 said:

Times a trillion.

By the way, Vernon Reid, too late to put your two cents, slow ass.

[Edited 3/8/13 9:15am]

He was tryna get some shine and relevance.

RobotDevil said:

Jamzone333 said:

Listen, I do understand about Prince destroying Kirk's guitar, but Kirk should have let it go. Questlove has put this tribute together for Prince and this will really make Prince look back. Kirk has to remember why Prince even came to Jimmy's show, it is because of the tribute. I'm sorry, Kirk still played the "bitch" by taking to twitter. It appears that Prince gets nervous when he goes on these shows, so after he does his set, he wants to book as quickly as possible without the chit chat.

Although I appreciate your stance on this issue, clearly you're a Prince apologist and, in your eyes, Prince will ALWAYS be the "good guy" and anyone who doesn't kowtow to Prince, completely kiss his ass, or who dares to speak out about crappy behavior on Prince's part will be the "bad guy" no matter what the actual circumstances.

We'll just have to agree to have differing opinions on this situation.

Not true, you haven't read many of my comments. I have commented on Prince's behavior in the past. Prince isn't perfect, he is human. However, in this instance, this situation went to far. I have been into Prince since the 70's. I have seen alot, however, Kirk should have just let this one go.

Even as a guitar player, what Prince did doesn't even phase me.

He's been doing the same guitar toss for all of his career... The Epiphone clearly got halted in it's path by the guitar cord. Prince was throwing it to someone to catch... as always.

It was an accident.

The national press on this has been the worst I've ever seen on Prince... and people's comments are disgusting me.

NO-ONE is mentioning that he has always done this, and EVERYONE is saying that he "smashed" the guitar.

Meanwhile, not many are talking about how he ripped up that guitar before he threw it.

A "real" news piece on this would include several shots (and/or video clips) of Prince doing the same guitar toss... In fact, it could start with the famous Hohner long distance toss he did during the Syracuse Purple Rain concert, which I'm pretty sure millions have seen.

Giovanni777 said:

Even as a guitar player, what Prince did doesn't even phase me.

He's been doing the same guitar toss for all of his career... The Epiphone clearly got halted in it's path by the guitar cord. Prince was throwing it to someone to catch... as always.

It was an accident.

The national press on this has been the worst I've ever seen on Prince... and people's comments are disgusting me.

NO-ONE is mentioning that he has always done this, and EVERYONE is saying that he "smashed" the guitar.

Meanwhile, not many are talking about how he ripped up that guitar before he threw it.

A "real" news piece on this would include several shots (and/or video clips) of Prince doing the same guitar toss... In fact, it could start with the famous Hohner long distance toss he did during the Syracuse Purple Rain concert, which I'm pretty sure millions have seen.

Haters gon' hate.

AndrePatrone said:

(and if rick did that shit to him in 81 he woulda been poutin like a bitch. case closed. )

Diggin' the reference even if it was an accident....

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

bashraka said:

Prince might be trying to lay low until the West Coast shows start in mid April. I understand where Vernon Reid is coming from. Breaking someone's borrowed instrument is a cardinal sin in music, but since Prince has already paid for the damages to the guitar and has since made amends with Kirk, maybe other people can fall back and move on.

Aren't U Kirk????

Bashraka has been posting updates from Kirk's facebook page (amongst articles and other things).

When someone had a go at you for rolling your eyes at Kirk the other day, you had replied to one of bashraka's posts that simply had a quote from Kirk's fb page, nothing else. It was labelled as such too, btw.

So presumably bashraka is not Kirk, but you were still effectively rolling your eyes at what Kirk said. You claimed it was because you didn't know, which of course means that you didn't read the entire quote before replying, because then you would have seen Kirk's name at the end.

Genesia said:

Giovanni777 said:

Even as a guitar player, what Prince did doesn't even phase me.

He's been doing the same guitar toss for all of his career... The Epiphone clearly got halted in it's path by the guitar cord. Prince was throwing it to someone to catch... as always.

It was an accident.

The national press on this has been the worst I've ever seen on Prince... and people's comments are disgusting me.

NO-ONE is mentioning that he has always done this, and EVERYONE is saying that he "smashed" the guitar.

Meanwhile, not many are talking about how he ripped up that guitar before he threw it.

A "real" news piece on this would include several shots (and/or video clips) of Prince doing the same guitar toss... In fact, it could start with the famous Hohner long distance toss he did during the Syracuse Purple Rain concert, which I'm pretty sure millions have seen.

Haters gon' hate.

Damn straight!

Genesia, did you approve of Prince's Blacks? I loved the look, especially the long coat.

Giovanni777 said:

Genesia said:

Haters gon' hate.

Damn straight!

Genesia, did you approve of Prince's Blacks? I loved the look, especially the long coat.

The blacks were good. Because they all had different textures, they looked just fine without matching exactly.

His proportions were off, though. The longer coat would have looked better if his tee hadn't been mini-dress length. Wearing all that long stuff together just makes him look shorter - because his legs look stumpy.

That coat is divoon, though.

Genesia said:

Giovanni777 said:

Damn straight!

Genesia, did you approve of Prince's Blacks? I loved the look, especially the long coat.

The blacks were good. Because they all had different textures, they looked just fine without matching exactly.

His proportions were off, though. The longer coat would have looked better if his tee hadn't been mini-dress length. Wearing all that long stuff together just makes him look shorter - because his legs look stumpy.

That coat is divoon, though.

Oh, you're far too kind to me. I'm more than satiated... thanks.

I didn't think about the long/long = short equation, but the only improvement I could imagine would have been a headband or scarf/doo-rag. Black, of course, with appropriate texture.

Giovanni777 said:

Genesia said:

The blacks were good. Because they all had different textures, they looked just fine without matching exactly.

His proportions were off, though. The longer coat would have looked better if his tee hadn't been mini-dress length. Wearing all that long stuff together just makes him look shorter - because his legs look stumpy.

That coat is divoon, though.

Oh, you're far too kind to me. I'm more than satiated... thanks.

I didn't think about the long/long = short equation, but the only improvement I could imagine would have been a headband or scarf/doo-rag. Black, of course, with appropriate texture.

Okay...the long coat and a doo-rag with the 'fro? That'd be the full Hendrix.

Genesia said:

Giovanni777 said:

Even as a guitar player, what Prince did doesn't even phase me.

He's been doing the same guitar toss for all of his career... The Epiphone clearly got halted in it's path by the guitar cord. Prince was throwing it to someone to catch... as always.

It was an accident.

The national press on this has been the worst I've ever seen on Prince... and people's comments are disgusting me.

NO-ONE is mentioning that he has always done this, and EVERYONE is saying that he "smashed" the guitar.

Meanwhile, not many are talking about how he ripped up that guitar before he threw it.

A "real" news piece on this would include several shots (and/or video clips) of Prince doing the same guitar toss... In fact, it could start with the famous Hohner long distance toss he did during the Syracuse Purple Rain concert, which I'm pretty sure millions have seen.

Haters gon' hate.

that's true but it's also some truly incompetent journalism. saying the guitar was smashed is inaccurate and prince is actually someone who respects his instruments.

i think the media deliberately confuses journalism with scuttlebutt, because it sells and people are just drawn to the smell of scandal, even if it is manufactured

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Chiquetet said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Aren't U Kirk????

Bashraka has been posting updates from Kirk's facebook page (amongst articles and other things).

When someone had a go at you for rolling your eyes at Kirk the other day, you had replied to one of bashraka's posts that simply had a quote from Kirk's fb page, nothing else. It was labelled as such too, btw.

So presumably bashraka is not Kirk, but you were still effectively rolling your eyes at what Kirk said. You claimed it was because you didn't know, which of course means that you didn't read the entire quote before replying, because then you would have seen Kirk's name at the end.

U not in my brain dude! U obviously don't know why I did it. Because U got it all wrong...

Whell, i have a Fender Stratocaster, 1971, original. no one mess whit this beauty. even Prince. if you lend an axe like this you should get it back in the same condition as you gave in the fisrt place, i dont care if he has zillions of dollars to by me others guitars, i have a history whith this guitar . problaby Kirk has it to with the one Prince smashed. you should respect people and their belongs.

mdd said:

Whell, i have a Fender Stratocaster, 1971, original. no one mess whit this beauty. even Prince. if you lend an axe like this you should get it back in the same condition as you gave in the fisrt place, i dont care if he has zillions of dollars to by me others guitars, i have a history whith this guitar . problaby Kirk has it to with the one Prince smashed. you should respect people and their belongs.

Exactly.

There have been instances where even Prince's techs have missed his guitar throws and they've hit the ground.

Bottomline is if you are going to take risks, do so with your own property.

Giovanni777 said:

Even as a guitar player, what Prince did doesn't even phase me.

He's been doing the same guitar toss for all of his career... The Epiphone clearly got halted in it's path by the guitar cord. Prince was throwing it to someone to catch... as always.

It was an accident.

The national press on this has been the worst I've ever seen on Prince... and people's comments are disgusting me.

NO-ONE is mentioning that he has always done this, and EVERYONE is saying that he "smashed" the guitar.

Meanwhile, not many are talking about how he ripped up that guitar before he threw it.

A "real" news piece on this would include several shots (and/or video clips) of Prince doing the same guitar toss... In fact, it could start with the famous Hohner long distance toss he did during the Syracuse Purple Rain concert, which I'm pretty sure millions have seen.

We be rollin', they be hatin'.

XxAxX said:

Genesia said:

Haters gon' hate.

that's true but it's also some truly incompetent journalism. saying the guitar was smashed is inaccurate and prince is actually someone who respects his instruments.

i think the media deliberately confuses journalism with scuttlebutt, because it sells and people are just drawn to the smell of scandal, even if it is manufactured

[Edited 3/8/13 17:05pm]

Exactly. The media sucks.

XxAxX said:

so, the guitar bhas been repaired, the guitar's owner pacified. can this thread go bye bye now?? or, will this thread outlast the actual event

Ever heard of the term 'rhetorical question'?

Amusing to see *crickets* on this scenario asked a few times already if the situation was reversed:

If Prince's telecaster guitar was borrowed by D'Angelo or Andre 3k & he "accidentally" smashed his prized possession, how many Prince loyalists would change their tune? Don't bet against on that one, that is a whooole different story. How many do you think would instantly go insane over an "accident"? Stay hypocritical, that's the law of nature in Prince world.

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Giovanni777 said:

Even as a guitar player, what Prince did doesn't even phase me.

He's been doing the same guitar toss for all of his career... The Epiphone clearly got halted in it's path by the guitar cord. Prince was throwing it to someone to catch... as always.

It was an accident.

The national press on this has been the worst I've ever seen on Prince... and people's comments are disgusting me.

NO-ONE is mentioning that he has always done this, and EVERYONE is saying that he "smashed" the guitar.

Meanwhile, not many are talking about how he ripped up that guitar before he threw it.

A "real" news piece on this would include several shots (and/or video clips) of Prince doing the same guitar toss... In fact, it could start with the famous Hohner long distance toss he did during the Syracuse Purple Rain concert, which I'm pretty sure millions have seen.

It would be a completely different story if the situation was reversed. Prince fans would be going ballistic if his original telecaster was smashed on "accident" I call bullshit on scolding Kirk Douglas & I call bullshit on Prince needing to use this guitar for his "act" He had plenty of guitars to select from. Maybe if he was poor & needed a guitar, but that isn't the case.

jeffreymiller said:

Shows how exciting things are in Prince land if this tired ass thread is still being cried over...

mdd said:

Whell, i have a Fender Stratocaster, 1971, original. no one mess whit this beauty. even Prince. if you lend an axe like this you should get it back in the same condition as you gave in the fisrt place, i dont care if he has zillions of dollars to by me others guitars, i have a history whith this guitar . problaby Kirk has it to with the one Prince smashed. you should respect people and their belongs.

exactly. I can't believe people defend Prince on this (oh wait- I can ) . There was no one to catch it...CLEARLY. His lack of thinking or ability to pay for it is not the issue. It's the total lack of respect of someone else's property.

KoolEaze said:

jeffreymiller said:

Shows how exciting things are in Prince land if this tired ass thread is still being cried over...

Pretty much...

Good lord. Everything that could be said about this, has been. Let it die already.