I sure as hell won't be !! the majority of people who would want to access those areas would be long-time fans who have already paid thousands on prince 'product' and not casual you-tube type searchers looking for some 'hit' they heard on the radio....what a greedy git

squirrelgrease said:

I'm afraid you're getting your facts wrong: One Nite Alone was always going to be part of the 4 CDs included for the year's membership. The question up in the air was what the remaining three were going to be. Folks started speculating that it would be Xenophobia, The Best Of, and Last December because of what was printed in the ONA tourbook, but the NPGMC never confirmed or denied those one way or another. So we ended up with ONA...Live (which is actually 3 discs, not 2). That may not have been what people were expecting (I was a little disappointed myself) but the guarantees were met.

TwiliteKid said:

Actually my facts are correct. I was referring to the additional ONA piano included in the box set, not the one that we had already received. ONA Live was 2 discs, It Aint Over was one disc unto itself.

peppeken said:

HELL TO THE MF'IN NO

DEPENDS.

Some of say they are hardcore fans, but did you subscribe to the NPG magazine that just gone de-funk-t after a few copies??? And the $$$ go down the drain. No I'm not pissed just understand first what you are getting into. This is a business and it's about Prince getting paid for his work and he should get paid for his work but just remember.

In this economic downturn, this deal will have to be the sweetest ever (and if it's $77 thats a lot of entertainment money to 'most' people). The new site will have to include, some perks like: physical cds, unreleased music, good tickets, afterparty, soundchecks, streaming videos, chats, constant stream of news..etc. but the gravy is MUSIC, MUSIC and MORE MUSIC on physical cds to gain the attention of the majority of the fan base and IMO to survive.

Prince wants the $$$ for his lifesytle, which is fine. The main thing most fans care about is getting new music in excellent quality(FLAC or CD), most are more than willing to pay to gain access to unreleased music from the vault. If they are just going to offer streaming videos and the latest Larry G/associated artists mp3's, I just don't believe this will work for long. Even those saying 'no' at this point I believe some will sign up if the deal at least looks excellent.

Keep in mind. The fact: If Prince doesn't get the $$$..the site will die. $77 realy isn't much money for me and many here but I'm also not going to fund some site that I believe has no potential to survive or deliver the goods. Fact: don't believe 100% what is advertised. Remember the cds advertised in the ONA program that never hatched? Remember the 'lifetime' subscription to the NPGMC? Remember the Crystal Ball set that many preordered and then it shows up in stores before the mailbox? I'm saying don't believe the hype..I didn't feel ripped of by NPGMC but they really didn't do all they advertised. Not angry just saying thats the track record. At this point in time, nearing a depression - Prince will have to remember that many people are broke.

1000's are losing jobs every day. Personally it's just difficult for me to blindly give to a website that may not deliver or pay $250 for seats for a show (and thankfully for the most part P's tickets have been priced nice for the value over the years! I'm just saying like the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac they don't need $250 of your money when people are sucking D. to eat!).

It's difficult to just blindly give to the stronger hands at this point in time ya know??

squirrelgrease said:

OK then, that wasn't clear. But still: we were promised 4 CDs, and between ONA and the 3 discs in the ONA...Live set, we got them. Again, may not have been what we were all expecting when we signed up, but you can't say that he didn't deliver.

TwiliteKid said:

Agreed. He didn't say 4 ALBUMS. He said 4 CDS.

Not to mention, he made up for it by giving us C-NOTE, XPectation, and a couple of live trax (1+1+1is 3) from Paisley Park with Eric Leeds on sax.

realm said:

I totally understand and even agree with what you said. Prince MUST bring it. He must.

Prince wants the $$$ for his lifesytle, which is fine.

TwiliteKid said:

Agreed. He didn't say 4 ALBUMS. He said 4 CDS.

Not to mention, he made up for it by giving us C-NOTE, XPectation, and a couple of live trax (1+1+1is 3) from Paisley Park with Eric Leeds on sax.

daPrettyman said:

Indeed he made up for it.

Now why would he do that if he wasn't in the wrong? Cuz you know Prince is just "cool" like that?

If it weren't for the fans involving the Better Business Bureau back then the club would have laughed in your face and given you ONA Live plus 2 times ONA Piano. When in fact they advertised 4 new Prince albums.

Tremolina said:

You're wrong about that, but go ahead keep thinking that you got ripped off if it makes you happy. And by all means, don't pay for membership on the new site.
Indeed, you probably shouldn't: if you're so mistrustful of Prince, doing so wouldn't be very smart, now would it?

daPrettyman said:

Prince would be better served not telling his fans anything. You may feel he made up for it. Others feel ripped off, even after all this time. Me personally, I tend not to care about that type of stuff and I dug getting the ONA set as part of my membership. Xpectation kicked ass. I loved it but when I hear someone is putting out 4 CDs, I don't think a box set, I think separate projects.

Tremolina said:

You're wrong about that, but go ahead keep thinking that you got ripped off if it makes you happy. And by all means, don't pay for membership on the new site.
Indeed, you probably shouldn't: if you're so mistrustful of Prince, doing so wouldn't be very smart, now would it?

Tremolina said:

You're wrong about that, but go ahead keep thinking that you got ripped off if it makes you happy. And by all means, don't pay for membership on the new site.
Indeed, you probably shouldn't: if you're so mistrustful of Prince, doing so wouldn't be very smart, now would it?

I sure as hell won't be !! the majority of people who would want to access those areas would be long-time fans who have already paid thousands on prince 'product' and not casual you-tube type searchers looking for some 'hit' they heard on the radio....what a greedy git

peppeken said:

Wait...what do you mean by "paying to access certain parts of the website"? People are gonna pay for bit and pieces but not the whole thing???

KidaDynamite said:

No, it means that there will be a general price over all that you'll pay on his website, but then there will be certain buttons or spaces to click on where it will say, for a fee you can do this....or view that.....or downloand this or that. I've never heard of anything like it.