I've been hearing 1,000 X's & O's on the radio with a decent amount of frequency lately.

But there is no video.



For the first time in a long time, I've heard a Prince song with decent rotation on the radio. I was telling a friend about it, who immediately (as is the norm today) went to YouTube to try to find it.

Is this another self-destructive single from the Purple One???

Prince just doesn't focus much on music videos these days.

He's only made 4 in the last 5 years : RNRLA, Screwdriver, Breakfast Can Wait, Marz.

If you compare that to any other 5 years in his career it's pretty low. For example, there was 20 videos between 1985-1990.

So I think it's just that music vids aren't a priority, regardless of if the song is a hit or not.

Produce a video for what? Are there even any channels that show videos anymore?

Because we know how he feels about youtube.

Genesia said:

Produce a video for what? Are there even any channels that show videos anymore?

Yes there are. And we have the internet. A lot of music videos are still getting produced. Open your eyes and look around.

EmmaMcG said:

A video would have made too much sense. Then again, he might be pissed that the most popular song on this new album was written by his old self, not the new and improved watered down Jehovah version of himself.

Genesia said:

warning2all said:

Videos don't mean much anymore. It's not the '80's

some videos have over a BILLION views

NorthC said:

RosesRred said:

EmmaMcG said:

I mean, nobody expected Nile Rogers to top the charts but he had a big hit a couple of years ago.

I love Nile, but that was a Daft Punk song.

If the price of Prince getting more chart relevance is a collaboration with an electronic act......... Hmm. I don't know how I'd feel about that. Depends on the act, I guess.

Militant said:

Prince just doesn't focus much on music videos these days.

He's only made 4 in the last 5 years : RNRLA, Screwdriver, Breakfast Can Wait, Marz.

If you compare that to any other 5 years in his career it's pretty low. For example, there was 20 videos between 1985-1990.

So I think it's just that music vids aren't a priority, regardless of if the song is a hit or not.

U 4got Bambi (reloaded), Plectrumelectrum, Indifference, Live Out Loud, Baltimore, Anotherlove, Funknroll and Fixurlifeup. However it seems Marz, Anotherlove and Funknroll were commissioned by WB without any P involvement.

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Militant said:

There is clearly a great deal of interest in this song. The views on Youtube for Peach and Black etc prove this. The continued chart positon of the song make me feel a little push would have made this song very high up the charts indeed.

YouTube and whatever other venues exist out there ARE the way youngsters today find & listen to music.

It is a cryng shame that I can sit down with my 15 year old and show her Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Janet Jackson, Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Culture Club, Billy Idol, Diana Ross, Stylistics, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, SugarHill Gang, Cover Girls, Exposé, TKA, etc., etc., etc.,

...but I CANNOT show her any PRINCE!!!!

And if a BRAND NEW song is out there, getting radio airplay (!!!) then I consider that somewhat self-destructive towards the success of the single.

Singles are done.

2freaky4church1 said:

Singles are done.

If you mean 45's or physical "singles", then yes.

However, music today is all ABOUT the singles.

Rock n Roll Love Affair could have been a great live video.

PurpleJedi said:

RosesRred said:

PurpleJedi said:

YouTube and whatever other venues exist out there ARE the way youngsters today find & listen to music.

It is a cryng shame that I can sit down with my 15 year old and show her Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Janet Jackson, Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Culture Club, Billy Idol, Diana Ross, Stylistics, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, SugarHill Gang, Cover Girls, Exposé, TKA, etc., etc., etc.,

...but I CANNOT show her any PRINCE!!!!

And if a BRAND NEW song is out there, getting radio airplay (!!!) then I consider that somewhat self-destructive towards the success of the single.

I know how you feel . I remember when I was in the library waiting at the front desk and this teenager walked in returning about six cds by Prince. I asked him did he enjoy the music. He just said yeah and told me he was just checking out his music and he didn't know much about him. I then turned to stop him as he was walking away to suggest some videos but then I remembered that Prince doesn't want any new fans.

iZsaZsa said:

iZsaZsa said:

iZsaZsa said:

Why no video for 1,000 X's & O's? If you have Twitter you could ask him at Prince3EG.

"ONLY TALKS PRINCE IS IN: WHERE 2 HAVE THE AFTERPARTY IN MELBOURNE ON THE 17TH? THOUGHTS?" Nevermind, sorry, PJ. [Edited 2/10/16 14:19pm]

Prince does not need promotion. He's the biggest act of all time and '1000 X's and O's' will eventually reach number 1

alandail said:

warning2all said:

Videos don't mean much anymore. It's not the '80's

some videos have over a BILLION views

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and what does it mean? nothing..... it means people listened to your song a billion times without paying for it. the point of a video basically was a comercial for an album. these days they dont make much difference in album sales since you can stream it anytime, anywhere. these days not having a video available online could actually make people buy it more if they dont have the choice of the free srtream.

PurpleJedi said:

YouTube and whatever other venues exist out there ARE the way youngsters today find & listen to music.

It is a cryng shame that I can sit down with my 15 year old and show her Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Janet Jackson, Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Culture Club, Billy Idol, Diana Ross, Stylistics, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, SugarHill Gang, Cover Girls, Exposé, TKA, etc., etc., etc.,

...but I CANNOT show her any PRINCE!!!!

And if a BRAND NEW song is out there, getting radio airplay (!!!) then I consider that somewhat self-destructive towards the success of the single.

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you make it sound as if everything he ever released was destroyed. did you not ever buy anything of prince that you can play to show someone about prince? why should all music be available for free online?

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does no one remember that we actually did discover abd ourchase new music once upon a time before the internet existed?

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savagedreams said:

PurpleJedi said:

YouTube and whatever other venues exist out there ARE the way youngsters today find & listen to music.

It is a cryng shame that I can sit down with my 15 year old and show her Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Janet Jackson, Celia Cruz, Hector Lavoe, Culture Club, Billy Idol, Diana Ross, Stylistics, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, SugarHill Gang, Cover Girls, Exposé, TKA, etc., etc., etc.,

...but I CANNOT show her any PRINCE!!!!

And if a BRAND NEW song is out there, getting radio airplay (!!!) then I consider that somewhat self-destructive towards the success of the single.

.

you make it sound as if everything he ever released was destroyed. did you not ever buy anything of prince that you can play to show someone about prince? why should all music be available for free online?

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does no one remember that we actually did discover abd ourchase new music once upon a time before the internet existed?

[Edited 2/10/16 18:13pm]

Seriously?

I was making a factual & truthful STATEMENT, not looking to imply any sort of mass destruction of music.
Your opinion is obviously in the vein of Prince's. That's all well and good.
But, the FACT of the matter is; kids today aren't going to Tower Records like we did back in the day. It's ALL about social media and the internet.

The fact that you dismiss the legitimacy of "a billion views" on the internet leads me to believe that you're not entirely up to date with what's going on today.