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Printable Prince and no eye contact, I have had this with him twice. Both times speaking with him face to face. But then there wasn't a crowd around, just his guards.
Everytime you pay for a concert ticket to see Prince, you have hired him to entertain you. NO? Yes, I think so. "......I gotta' lotta' butta' 2 go" | |
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TheJourney4all7 said: Klyph said: Wow....a musician getting paid to perform his music..What a shocking concept! Its not like he was hired to juggle monkey's nuts.....
when I was at Ani Difranco's poetry reading earlier this year, she was talking about how artists need to be paid just like everyone else, and a large amount of our society has yet to recognize the arts as REAL WORK that needs and deserves compensation. I think the difference is that true artists have to find a way to make their art and make money, while staying as true to themselves as possible. Starting an independent label? Cool. Writing SLAVE on your face? Why not?! Giving away your CDs with Concert Tickets? Brilliant. But whoring yourself out and exploiting your own music for as a clown for some bajillionares birthday party is a little strange for him. not that it's necessarily WRONG. It's just that Prince has always been so innovative and dignified, it's kinda like a bad joke.  Now add that to the LA parties, the $3121.00 Roosevelt gig, the Vegas shows, the 21 London shows, those other Prince for Hire parties he's done recently, the demanding that fansites compensate him for having his pictures on them and you've got someone who never had to do any of that to get rich as hell, seemingly in desperate need of money. There is something very wrong with that. | |
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Well he did do a private charity gig for uber rich folks. I think it was for Clinton and Madonnas foundation while he was in the UK. If I was filthy rich I'd try and hire him as well, wouldn't it blow your mind to have him playing at your birthday? I wonder if he sang Happy Birthday, I thought JWs don't celebrate them. | |
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LoveSxy1958 said: Ok, so now we've officially seen it all. And heard it all,thanks to Jeffrey Soffer, heir to the Turnberry throne, who threw himself a 40th birthday spectacular (to the tune of $2 million, we hear) in the Turnberry Aviation hangar last night at the Opa Locka Executive Airport. Besides the elaborate open bars, constant flowing Veuve Cliquot, and gourmet food served in that inimitable, over the top Karla Dascal way, Soffer hired Prince--the Prince, his purple highness, to perform a private concert for a few hundred of his closest friends. But it wasn't just a quick sampling of Prince's greatest hits, either. It was a fan-*ucking-tastic full blown concert (he sang Cream, Purple Rain, 1999, U Got the Look, Controversy, Let's Go Crazy, I Feel For You, Nothing Compares 2 U, and several others), featuring marvelous backup singers, dancing twins, brass band, and a legend who seemed to be in his element, happy to perform for such an intimate crowd. He also spoke to and made eye contact with the crowd--a rarity, saying that even though we should all have a good time, there is still a war going on out there. At one point, Prince invited dazed and dazzled audience members to join him on stage for a group dance. Spotted plotzing in the crowd with the rest of us: DJ Tracy Young, movie director Brett Ratner, who told us that he was working on his next flick--the story of Playboy titan Hugh Hefner, Ingrid Casares with A-Rod, Rony Seikaly, Jorge Perez, and Soffer family friends James Caan and George Hamilton, who joined the elder Soffer, Donald, on stage to wish Jeffrey a fab 40. There was no need to wish such a thing. It was beyond fab, and at least for one night, 40 was the new 20 and 30.
And PS: We showed up late. Soffer also had K.C. and The Sunshine Band as Prince's opening act. http://blogs.herald.com/s...e_tropics/ It seems he's been doing a lot of these gigs .... since moneypennypa got ARK (http://www.arkonline.org) involved with him to do their charity event this past may, 07. hmmmm...just giving credit were due. http://www.moneypennypaliaison.com.  | |
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I wonder if Prince would come and do a show for me at my birthday party (if I were to have one)? Probably not, since I'm not rich or famous.  RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: TheJourney4all7 said: when I was at Ani Difranco's poetry reading earlier this year, she was talking about how artists need to be paid just like everyone else, and a large amount of our society has yet to recognize the arts as REAL WORK that needs and deserves compensation. I think the difference is that true artists have to find a way to make their art and make money, while staying as true to themselves as possible. Starting an independent label? Cool. Writing SLAVE on your face? Why not?! Giving away your CDs with Concert Tickets? Brilliant. But whoring yourself out and exploiting your own music for as a clown for some bajillionares birthday party is a little strange for him. not that it's necessarily WRONG. It's just that Prince has always been so innovative and dignified, it's kinda like a bad joke. Now add that to the LA parties, the $3121.00 Roosevelt gig, the Vegas shows, the 21 London shows, those other Prince for Hire parties he's done recently, the demanding that fansites compensate him for having his pictures on them and you've got someone who never had to do any of that to get rich as hell, seemingly in desperate need of money. There is something very wrong with that. Add to those the corporate whoring for Verizon and Citicard Advantage this year. | |
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Lets have a show of hands: all those on here who would hire Prince to play at their party (money being no object) | |
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Prince CHARGES people to see him perform? Bastard.
He let me into the O2 for free. Oh, no, wait, he didn't. You'll be telling me next that his BAND wanted to be paid too. | |
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psychodelicide said: I wonder if Prince would come and do a show for me at my birthday party (if I were to have one)? Probably not, since I'm not rich or famous.
You NEVER know, he's unpredictable, never know what he might do  | |
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1p1p1i3 said: Prince CHARGES people to see him perform? Bastard.
He let me into the O2 for free. Oh, no, wait, he didn't. You'll be telling me next that his BAND wanted to be paid too. its the hypocrisy...for a man to run away from his CONtract because he wanted his artistic freedom it just comes off odd that he is playing for the ultra wealthy who really don't give a damn who is performing... in other words, he is whoring himself out to the highest bidder. kinda sad when you think about it. Space for sale... | |
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funksoldier said: udo said: He played it sveral times after that. Even at an aftershow in London. and mainshow too, in fact when he opened with it on the 14th August he said "I know what we said" with a big smile on his face. I know this because I was in the front row! He also opened with it on Sept 1st | |
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Jeffiner said: psychodelicide said: I wonder if Prince would come and do a show for me at my birthday party (if I were to have one)? Probably not, since I'm not rich or famous.
You NEVER know, he's unpredictable, never know what he might do This is true.  RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Jeffiner said: udo said: He played it sveral times after that. Even at an aftershow in London. He played it at the main arena concert on 6 September, 2nd song, after opening with Let's Go Crazy! Brilliant! Shame the rest of that show went downhill after that! I had an awesome view tho which made up for it. He broke it out in London again and I was really chuffed I got more hits than Madonna's got kids! | |
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Call me crazy but here's the thing:
It's not that serious. It's his choice and his career. So what if he wants to do someone's birthday party? It's not like he burned someone's house down with the kids in it. It's just Prince doing what he does. It's his job and he's doing it, regardless as to whether or not you are down with how he's doing his job. PERIOD. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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It is called making a living doing something you love and lot's of performers are doing it.
I think Prince has always been in it for the money and I do not why this is so shocking. You should be upset that you could not go to the show not about how much money P is making. ----- SexyBeautifulOne said: I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until somebody pays attention...there's just something...NOT RIGHT...WEIRD...STRANGE...AWKWARD...FRIGHTENING...PITIFUL and SAD...about Prince suddenly seeming like he'll do ANYTHING for MONEY!!!!!
It bears repeating...there's just something...NOT RIGHT...WEIRD...STRANGE...AWKWARD...FRIGHTENING...PITIFUL and SAD...about PRINCE suddenly seeming like he'll do ANYTHING for MONEY!!!!! I don't know what the hell is wrong! I don't even know why the hell I still care but SOMETHING is NOT RIGHT about Prince For Hire!   
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JOYJOY said: Gettin paid
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There's not a damn thing in my post that says I'm "upset about how much money Prince is making."
I'm upset because he's gone from a phenomenal musical genius to what equates as a peddling musical whore in just the last 4 years of a fabulously illustrious career and only a few seem to be able to see that for what it is...ODD AS HELL! A lot of performers are doing drugs, beating the shit out of women and abusing little kids too, let's just hope he doesn't start doing that as well! 
laurarichardson said: It is called making a living doing something you love and lot's of performers are doing it.
I think Prince has always been in it for the money and I do not why this is so shocking. You should be upset that you could not go to the show not about how much money P is making. ----- SexyBeautifulOne said: I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until somebody pays attention...there's just something...NOT RIGHT...WEIRD...STRANGE...AWKWARD...FRIGHTENING...PITIFUL and SAD...about Prince suddenly seeming like he'll do ANYTHING for MONEY!!!!!
It bears repeating...there's just something...NOT RIGHT...WEIRD...STRANGE...AWKWARD...FRIGHTENING...PITIFUL and SAD...about PRINCE suddenly seeming like he'll do ANYTHING for MONEY!!!!! I don't know what the hell is wrong! I don't even know why the hell I still care but SOMETHING is NOT RIGHT about Prince For Hire!
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udo said: raveun2thejoyfantastic said:  thought he said he wasn't gonna per4m "1999" live after 1999...He played it sveral times after that. Even at an aftershow in London. And the main show quite a few times | |
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Jatrig said: LoveSxy1958 said: Ok, so now we've officially seen it all. And heard it all,thanks to Jeffrey Soffer, heir to the Turnberry throne, who threw himself a 40th birthday spectacular (to the tune of $2 million, we hear) in the Turnberry Aviation hangar last night at the Opa Locka Executive Airport. Besides the elaborate open bars, constant flowing Veuve Cliquot, and gourmet food served in that inimitable, over the top Karla Dascal way, Soffer hired Prince--the Prince, his purple highness, to perform a private concert for a few hundred of his closest friends. But it wasn't just a quick sampling of Prince's greatest hits, either. It was a fan-*ucking-tastic full blown concert (he sang Cream, Purple Rain, 1999, U Got the Look, Controversy, Let's Go Crazy, I Feel For You, Nothing Compares 2 U, and several others), featuring marvelous backup singers, dancing twins, brass band, and a legend who seemed to be in his element, happy to perform for such an intimate crowd. He also spoke to and made eye contact with the crowd--a rarity, saying that even though we should all have a good time, there is still a war going on out there. At one point, Prince invited dazed and dazzled audience members to join him on stage for a group dance. Spotted plotzing in the crowd with the rest of us: DJ Tracy Young, movie director Brett Ratner, who told us that he was working on his next flick--the story of Playboy titan Hugh Hefner, Ingrid Casares with A-Rod, Rony Seikaly, Jorge Perez, and Soffer family friends James Caan and George Hamilton, who joined the elder Soffer, Donald, on stage to wish Jeffrey a fab 40. There was no need to wish such a thing. It was beyond fab, and at least for one night, 40 was the new 20 and 30.
And PS: We showed up late. Soffer also had K.C. and The Sunshine Band as Prince's opening act. http://blogs.herald.com/s...e_tropics/ Wow. Prince is now officially simply a cartoon of his prior self, making all the $$$ he can off it. Yea, more power to him blah blah blah perhaps he is going to channel some of his £sss earned from these gigs to his charities e.g. in Vietnam from which I have just returned and which needs loads more help especially in education - "C'mon y'all - let me hear you sing, c'mon y'all, shake, c'mon y'all, jump" - Yes Prince -
"London do you feel for me what I feel for you"- yes Prince - "Can I play my guitar now?" - yes please | |
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FunAndJames said: Jeffiner said: He played it at the main arena concert on 6 September, 2nd song, after opening with Let's Go Crazy! Brilliant! Shame the rest of that show went downhill after that! I had an awesome view tho which made up for it. He broke it out in London again and I was really chuffed  You ARE kidding right? The show was incredible after that - the whole thing, The Beautiful Ones? The screaming?!! If I was your Girlfriend, Black Sweat, Sign O the Times, When Doves Cry, Sometimes it Snows in April, Controversy, Nothing Compares to U, and on and on and on..... Are you MAD? I was in Row B, section 110, practically on the stage - and don't even get me started on the aftershow [Edited 12/18/07 15:41pm] | |
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purplecam said: Call me crazy but here's the thing:
It's not that serious. It's his choice and his career. So what if he wants to do someone's birthday party? It's not like he burned someone's house down with the kids in it. It's just Prince doing what he does. It's his job and he's doing it, regardless as to whether or not you are down with how he's doing his job. PERIOD. You're right! It's his job, he gets paid for it, end of story!  | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: I've said it before and I'll keep saying it until somebody pays attention...there's just something...NOT RIGHT...WEIRD...STRANGE...AWKWARD...FRIGHTENING...PITIFUL and SAD...about Prince suddenly seeming like he'll do ANYTHING for MONEY!!!!!
It bears repeating...there's just something...NOT RIGHT...WEIRD...STRANGE...AWKWARD...FRIGHTENING...PITIFUL and SAD...about PRINCE suddenly seeming like he'll do ANYTHING for MONEY!!!!! I don't know what the hell is wrong! I don't even know why the hell I still care but SOMETHING is NOT RIGHT about Prince For Hire!
[Edited 12/18/07 3:06am] well, it's also possible he does these gigs because he likes playing for small crowds. of course the money is a good reason, but it doesn't mean it's the one and only reason we're like two petals from the same flower, baby... | |
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sosgemini said: 1p1p1i3 said: Prince CHARGES people to see him perform? Bastard.
He let me into the O2 for free. Oh, no, wait, he didn't. You'll be telling me next that his BAND wanted to be paid too. its the hypocrisy...for a man to run away from his CONtract because he wanted his artistic freedom it just comes off odd that he is playing for the ultra wealthy who really don't give a damn who is performing... in other words, he is whoring himself out to the highest bidder. kinda sad when you think about it. could it be possible that one can be wealthy and into prince's music? why does one automatically cancel out the other? anyway, any musician that is somewhat successful at making a living from it has to be a hustler at heart. we're like two petals from the same flower, baby... | |
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good for Prince!
and good for the guy and his friends! wish i could have been there! | |
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Jeffiner said: purplecam said: Call me crazy but here's the thing:
It's not that serious. It's his choice and his career. So what if he wants to do someone's birthday party? It's not like he burned someone's house down with the kids in it. It's just Prince doing what he does. It's his job and he's doing it, regardless as to whether or not you are down with how he's doing his job. PERIOD. You're right! It's his job, he gets paid for it, end of story! It's been his job for damn near 30 years! Until about 4 years ago, there wasn't enough money in the world to get Prince Rogers Nelson to be a damn party favor! Whether the folks camped out on that isle called denial, care to believe it or not...SOMETHING IS AMISS! | |
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That sounds like a lot of fun...I had fun seeing KC and the Sunshine band a couple of months ago....sadly Prince did not follow.  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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look, on the one hand i'm not mad at him. i don't care if donald trump hires prince to play banjo in a dildo emporium, he's making money and i'm sure web sheriff ain't cheap, so sometimes you gotta take on extra work to afford the things that are important to you.
on the other hand, PRINCE PERFORMED WITH K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND IN A FREAKIN AIRPLANE HANGAR.  | |
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and all you naysayers...if you had the chance to attend such a party and see Prince play, would you have gone? And if you say no you're completely and utterly full of shit. "Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion" -- Martha Graham | |
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XNY said: and all you naysayers...if you had the chance to attend such a party and see Prince play, would you have gone? And if you say no you're completely and utterly full of shit.
Well duh! I never said I wouldn't have gone. Hell, if I had a few million to throw around I'd have his ass perform at my party in February! The fact that he'd probably do it, is what bothers me! | |
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laurarichardson said: It is called making a living doing something you love and lot's of performers are doing it.
 
Shawn Mullins "Twin Rocks Oregon" Lyrics I met him on the cliffs of twin rocks oregon he was sittin on his bedroll lookin just like richard brautigan I thought he was an old man he wasn't but 37 he said he'd been ridin trains for 15 years drawin portraits to keep his belly full of beer and it looked to me like he'd died and missed the plane to heaven but he was a nice ol' guy for a younger man he had a bottle of mad dog he held in his hand that he waved around a lot to make his point and I listened as he told his tales of wine and women and county jails and we finished off that bottle and smoked a half a joint he said "I came here to watch the sun disappear into the ocean it's been years since I smelled this salty sea" he turned his bottle up and down and I saw him lost and I saw him found he said "I don't know what i've been lookin for,maybe me..." Well, I told him I too had been travelin around livin out of my van from town to town playin for tips and whatever records I could move I said "I don't reckon i'll be makin it big, you know it's hard to get rich off a tour of coffee house gigs" and he said "yeah, but ain't it a blessin to do what you wanna do..." and I told him "yeah, I pulled off here to watch the sun disappear into the ocean `cause it's been years since I smelled this salty sea" and he turned his bottle up and down he saw me lost and he saw me found and I said "I don't know what I've been looking for, maybe me" I said "it's getting kind of late better be heading down the interstate can I give you a lift to san francisco bay?" he said "nope, I think I'm just going to sit here and rest and maybe wait on the tokyo-montana express I might just lay here and dream my life away i'm going to sit right here, i'm going to watch the sun disappear into the ocean `cause it's been years, it's been years i'm gonna turn my bottle up and down you can see my lost and you can see my found" I met him on the cliffs of twin rocks, oregon he was sitting on his bedroll looking just like richard brautigan just like him | |
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