laurarichardson said:

herb4 said:

Compared to all of us experts on a message board who never knoew him at all you mean?

Did you take the time to look at the video clip? Because I think you just got your proof that they know nothing not that we did not have Prince putting Susan on blast in the Ebony article but that does not stop this clan from continuing on with the knowledge of Prince and his life.

I take what they have to say with a grain of salt and you got your the proof.

Umm well, uh u opened that door

That Ebony article and why Prince had it pulled...

Because, now looking back, knowing he was on pain medications, added possible alzheimer's.
I wouldn't take that article too seriously.

luvsexy4all said:

so i guess wendy and lisa's solo careers are on permanent hold while they make money

lol they just made big money not long ago when the could not attend the Tribute. Hitting them scores...

Purplestar88 said:

Did she even speak with him recently before his death?

Yes she did

laurarichardson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

No IcyHot, I've read your conspiracy ideals. As U said "Prince knew it"

Between 20Ten and AOA was how many years that Prince did not release an album.
We were all shocked and many frustrated, because it never happened before. I was glad he took a break.

He was still touring so he did not take a break from working. I also would not be surprised if he was recording he just did not put anything out. Anyone who can see something was going on with him watching his concert footage about 2013 or so he living in a fantasy world. We also know from the search warrant and news reports that he was hospitalized in 2014 and 2015. Keep up cupcake.

I Said, taking a break from releasing albums. I said he did something none of ever expected, so given the circumstances, he could have take a little break to let himself heal later if he wanted. And the Piano and Mic tour was the beginning of that.

Draw your mind is sugar.

purplerabbithole said:

Well, in 2010, she said that. But post Prince's death, she stated instances of her and Prince talking etc. in the last couple months of his life. Maybe 2010 was a bad year in their relationship.. Maybe he was shutting himself off dealing with his hip problems and preparing for the tour. After Planet Earth, maybe there was a lull and then in 2011 (as they posted on twitter) they were reacquainted)..ebbs and flows..

Doozer said:

Again, nothing said in the article posted indicates that Wendy professed to be close to Prince in later years. Read it - please let me know if I am mistaken.

yep that is life

Doozer said:

laurarichardson said:

Doozer said: She simply has no idea who knew what and who tried to help or seems oblivious to actions he was even taking. Scotty the engineer said he knew Prince had hip problems back in 2004.

That has nothing to do with this article or with any possible "inappropriate" comments made in it. Prince's associates are going to get interviewed. I'm not sure what anyone expects them to say besides what anyone said in the article in the OP. No one said "I was close to Prince in the last two years and know exactly what was going on."

I'm not going to pretend to know any of these people, but I did see the Revolution's show and spent time with the band backstage. No one behaved the way you described.

Laura is at war with all of them, until she get's some answers to the conspiracy surround Prince's death he will be much more aggressive than usual for a while.

OldFriends4Sale said:

laurarichardson said:

Did you take the time to look at the video clip? Because I think you just got your proof that they know nothing not that we did not have Prince putting Susan on blast in the Ebony article but that does not stop this clan from continuing on with the knowledge of Prince and his life.

I take what they have to say with a grain of salt and you got your the proof.

Umm well, uh u opened that door

That Ebony article and why Prince had it pulled...

Because, now looking back, knowing he was on pain medications, added possible alzheimer's.
I wouldn't take that article too seriously.

Funny the guy that interviewed said they hung out for a whole day. Rode around town with him and that it was like hanging with one of his uncles said Prince was not high and they had a great time.

Do you think people are getting into vehicles with people who are high and forgetful and not noticing anything at all? Do you really think so many people who were around were really that clueless because it is really starting to add up to a lot of people.

I think he had it pulled because he was talking to a brother and chilling and probaly thought he came off to harsh but I thought it was one of the most real interviews he had done in a long time.

It put that Melvoin chick in her place with her lies and then he said again at the Australia show the "The Beautiful Ones" was for Vainity who he called the most beautiful women in the world.

Black folk are always half crazy when we get real and the bullshit stops. It is the funniest thing that keeps happening.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Doozer said:

That has nothing to do with this article or with any possible "inappropriate" comments made in it. Prince's associates are going to get interviewed. I'm not sure what anyone expects them to say besides what anyone said in the article in the OP. No one said "I was close to Prince in the last two years and know exactly what was going on."

I'm not going to pretend to know any of these people, but I did see the Revolution's show and spent time with the band backstage. No one behaved the way you described.

Laura is at war with all of them, until she get's some answers to the conspiracy surround Prince's death he will be much more aggressive than usual for a while.

No I think she had no idea what she is talking about and she certainly cannot speak for his though process unless she can read minds but you know some people on this board are so up her tail they think she knew what he was thinking 24/7.

Some of you probaly think she could have healed his joint pain and found an alternative to his needs other then pain pills. After all she should have consulted with her for help. I think her comments her ridculous and that is my opinion.

Tell you what, there's people I grew up with i've barely seen in the past 10-15 years but I still say I know them better than any of their current friends because I know what they were before what they are now. I'm sure they'd disagree but IDGAF, you can change your entire lifestyle but not change who you are as a person. In fairness, they probably a very different me to how I see myself as well

Anyway, I'd trust W&L to know him as a person even if they hadn't had any interaction with him in the past 20 years. I'd also trust Andre Cymone and everyone else from back then over any of his 90's and beyond confidants, even the awesome ones.

laurarichardson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Umm well, uh u opened that door

That Ebony article and why Prince had it pulled...

Because, now looking back, knowing he was on pain medications, added possible alzheimer's.
I wouldn't take that article too seriously.

Funny the guy that interviewed said they hung out for a whole day. Rode around town with him and that it was like hanging with one of his uncles said Prince was not high and they had a great time.

Do you think people are getting into vehicles with people who are high and forgetful and not noticing anything at all? Do you really think so many people who were around were really that clueless because it is really starting to add up to a lot of people.

I think he had it pulled because he was talking to a brother and chilling and probaly thought he came off to harsh but I thought it was one of the most real interviews he had done in a long time.

It put that Melvoin chick in her place with her lies and then he said again at the Australia show the "The Beautiful Ones" was for Vainity who he called the most beautiful women in the world.

Black folk are always half crazy when we get real and the bullshit stops. It is the funniest thing that keeps happening.

why is that funny.
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id he know about the medication and alzheimer's!?

Didn't that information come out Prince A.D.?
So why would it have something to do with someone interviewing Prince a year or two before he died. When none of us where talking about medication or even remotely alzheimers.
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on't bring that race shit into this. Prince probably realized how off he sounded. Susan Rogers never said she was going to take over the Vault. That right there revealed some issues.

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Yeah Prince dedicate song to various people. The story about that came out of the camp/studio from way back then. I trust it.

laurarichardson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Laura is at war with all of them, until she get's some answers to the conspiracy surround Prince's death he will be much more aggressive than usual for a while.

No I think she had no idea what she is talking about and she certainly cannot speak for his though process unless she can read minds but you know some people on this board are so up her tail they think she knew what he was thinking 24/7.

Some of you probaly think she could have healed his joint pain and found an alternative to his needs other then pain pills. After all she should have consulted with her for help. I think her comments her ridculous and that is my opinion.

U definately cannot speak for any of their thought process is she cannot...

jaawwnn said:

purplegirl00 said:

jaawwnn said:

Tell you what, there's people I grew up with i've barely seen in the past 10-15 years but I still say I know them better than any of their current friends because I know what they were before what they are now. I'm sure they'd disagree but IDGAF, you can change your entire lifestyle but not change who you are as a person. In fairness, they probably a very different me to how I see myself as well

Anyway, I'd trust W&L to know him as a person even if they hadn't had any interaction with him in the past 20 years. I'd also trust Andre Cymone and everyone else from back then over any of his 90's and beyond confidants, even the awesome ones.

Really? Because if I lose touch with someone for years or if we haven't had regular contact in a long time, they wouldn't have a clue what was going on in my life now (as opposed to the last time we were tight). Circumstances change; people change. Prince wasn't the same person he was in the 80's. If Wendy and Lisa were both saying in 2010 that they rarely talked with Prince, he seldomly called, then how would they know what was going on with him? If he was battling illness, depression, or addiction? Even if they had contact with him after this video clip, I highly doubt it was on the level of close confidant as they seemed to be really caught off guard with his death, boarding flights to MPLS to find out what happened. He slapped the lawyers on them to keep mouths shut and to stop talking about him when he was alive. Now he's gone, they are all songbirds with authority as experts to what was going on with Prince- "he wouldn't have ever said this or done that".

They don't, but they never claim to know the specifics of his life, they say they know what kind of person he was, and I trust them there. If you don't that's cool too, just adding my two cents to the thread.

[Edited 6/19/17 20:44pm]

Purplestar88 said:

You think you know it all as well.

OldFriends4Sale said:

why is that funny.
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id he know about the medication and alzheimer's!?

Didn't that information come out Prince A.D.?
So why would it have something to do with someone interviewing Prince a year or two before he died. When none of us where talking about medication or even remotely alzheimers.
.
on't bring that race shit into this. Prince probably realized how off he sounded. Susan Rogers never said she was going to take over the Vault. That right there revealed some issues.

.

Yeah Prince dedicate song to various people. The story about that came out of the camp/studio from way back then. I trust it.

Is there something I'm missing? When has it been discussed or what evidence is there to support that Prince might have had alzheimers?

laurarichardson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

of course laurarichardson did not read it, he just knows it all and bitches everyone out

I read it and I think she is speaking because she wants to blow herself up which is par for the course with her. I even explained my issue with her comments.

I cannot beleive you, Laura. You are like the second comment on here, just waiting on the wings to pounce whenever someone brings up a woman that Prince was close to. Can't you just lay off it for a bit and let people have a discussion? Your non-contributions make The Org suck, I'm sorry to say.

thisisreece said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

why is that funny.
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id he know about the medication and alzheimer's!?

Didn't that information come out Prince A.D.?
So why would it have something to do with someone interviewing Prince a year or two before he died. When none of us where talking about medication or even remotely alzheimers.
.
on't bring that race shit into this. Prince probably realized how off he sounded. Susan Rogers never said she was going to take over the Vault. That right there revealed some issues.

.

Yeah Prince dedicate song to various people. The story about that came out of the camp/studio from way back then. I trust it.

Is there something I'm missing? When has it been discussed or what evidence is there to support that Prince might have had alzheimers?

Here you go: http://prince.org/msg/5/443174

[Edited 6/19/17 22:35pm]

For the record. I do not believe Prince had any demenitia including Alzheimer's. When I first read about Prince having dementia. I immediately realized it was to give validation to those who want to rewrite and change his words and actions the last 2 years of his life.

He was more candid and open. Prince was likethis to 60. He was 57 and filled in so much in his years. He even was going to do a book of his life. He was opening up.

I know there are those who want him to have a dementia of any kind because myths about certain things Prince debunked before transitioning. Much respect to those who carried on with myths and their agenda but clearly Prince knew his own life, his own truth and lived by it and finally spoke it .

I am not about to discount him as a man especially his intelligence because he busted myths. The keepers of the myths are still here still trying to make truth what Prince clearly said was not. I am believing the source a person who crafted an image and kept it going for so long and finally dropping some truth of what was real is suffering dementia, he is sharing his life his truth and I am sticking with that.

jaawwnn said:

purplegirl00 said:

jaawwnn said: Really? Because if I lose touch with someone for years or if we haven't had regular contact in a long time, they wouldn't have a clue what was going on in my life now (as opposed to the last time we were tight). Circumstances change; people change. Prince wasn't the same person he was in the 80's. If Wendy and Lisa were both saying in 2010 that they rarely talked with Prince, he seldomly called, then how would they know what was going on with him? If he was battling illness, depression, or addiction? Even if they had contact with him after this video clip, I highly doubt it was on the level of close confidant as they seemed to be really caught off guard with his death, boarding flights to MPLS to find out what happened. He slapped the lawyers on them to keep mouths shut and to stop talking about him when he was alive. Now he's gone, they are all songbirds with authority as experts to what was going on with Prince- "he wouldn't have ever said this or done that".

They don't, but they never claim to know the specifics of his life, they say they know what kind of person he was, and I trust them there. If you don't that's cool too, just adding my two cents to the thread.

[Edited 6/19/17 20:44pm]

They are saying they know what "he couldn't say " Meaning they think they knew enough about him to tell us what he could and could not say. Kind of hard to do that when by their own admission they were not speaking to him which came out of their own mouths.

I honestly do not know what it is about these two chicks that makes some people on this board hang on their every word as if it what they have to say is the gospel handed down from the lord even when their is proof with video that they are talking out of their ass.

Vashtix said:

For the record. I do not believe Prince had any demenitia including Alzheimer's. When I first read about Prince having dementia. I immediately realized it was to give validation to those who want to rewrite and change his words and actions the last 2 years of his life.

He was more candid and open. Prince was likethis to 60. He was 57 and filled in so much in his years. He even was going to do a book of his life. He was opening up.

I know there are those who want him to have a dementia of any kind because myths about certain things Prince debunked before transitioning. Much respect to those who carried on with myths and their agenda but clearly Prince knew his own life, his own truth and lived by it and finally spoke it .

I am not about to discount him as a man especially his intelligence because he busted myths. The keepers of the myths are still here still trying to make truth what Prince clearly said was not. I am believing the source a person who crafted an image and kept it going for so long and finally dropping some truth of what was real is suffering dementia, he is sharing his life his truth and I am sticking with that.

Would have been kind of hard to write a book with Alzheimer and a out of control drug addiction but you know he was superhuman.

Doozer said:

laurarichardson said:

She knows nothing. This is all Monday morning quarter backing on her part and really inappropriate.

Asking for help from friends and associates who are not medical doctors would have done nothing but get his stituation to the gossip rags faster.

The only thing known for joint pain are pain meds and for all we know he could have been on a rollar coaster with these issues for years. A bunch of musicians would not have been able to help and standing on a billboard telling your personal health issues would not have helped either.

She needs to relax people are going to come and see the Revolution show.

Sorry, but there's nothing in that article that Wendy (or anyone else) said that is anywhere near inappropriate. Did you read it? It is all loving, understanding, and mournful. Please point out any quote from that article where Wendy said anything otherwise.

“There’s no way someone like Prince could ever say to the world: ‘I have a terrible hip problem,'" says Melvoin. "'I’m in such fucking pain, you have no idea. I’m addicted to this stuff, and I need help.' Someone like him would never do that, ever.”

Sounds like she knew him as well as anyone.

[Edited 6/19/17 12:52pm]

yeh I agree. There's a brutal honesty to the nature of Prince. It highlights his stubborness without it being critical. It's just stating a fact as she sees it.

Basically it's putting to bed all the bullshit and she's calmly saying, that he wouldn't seek intervention and died like anybody would under the duress he was putting his body through.

I actually find this quietly reassuring however upsetting it maybe. Everything surrounding Prince does not have to so mysterious

rogifan said:

Wait, people seriously believe Prince had Alzheimer's?

yep

rogifan said:

Wait, people seriously believe Prince had Alzheimer's?

jcurley said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

laurarichardson said:

Did you take the time to look at the video clip? Because I think you just got your proof that they know nothing not that we did not have Prince putting Susan on blast in the Ebony article but that does not stop this clan from continuing on with the knowledge of Prince and his life.

I take what they have to say with a grain of salt and you got your the proof.

Umm well, uh u opened that door

That Ebony article and why Prince had it pulled...

Because, now looking back, knowing he was on pain medications, added possible alzheimer's.
I wouldn't take that article too seriously.

Don't agree with this at all.

In the article he come across refreshingly open and honest but the chances are the next day he thought he'd spilt too many beans and had it pulled. Didn't he say he thought they were chatting off the record.

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I'm surprised people would take the talk of alzeimer's seriously - surely he couldn't have done the Piano & Mic shows so brilliantly with that.

dodger said:

Her straightforwardness is refreshing. Thanks for the link.