Ask his fans? Right. I think it should be a no brainer what we want.

Music
Videos
Merchandise
News

superspaceboy said:

Music - u can get it at Target.
Videos - most already on web and some on dvd releases
Merchandise - $77 t-shirt
News - prince.org!

FAIL!

No, exclusive
Exlusive merch
Exclusive News
Exclusive Videos
Exclusive Music

its a shame they screwed up the web site. The new albums are great! I'm afraid the website sucking will overshadow the albums for a time.
[Edited 3/26/09 13:18pm]

postiepaul3 said:

ooooohhh...you toold them ;nod:

Music - u can get it at Target.

Videos - most already on web and some on dvd releases

Merchandise - $77 t-shirt

News - prince.org!

realm said:

Cuz everybody everywhere lives next door to one, right?



I don't give a shit about merch. I'm not 15. I want to buy CDs, DVDs, BDs, books,... All of them EXCLUSIVE if possible, but certainly affordable (hey, the middleman is gone, right? So why am I paying MORE for LESS?) and not some lame-o crap.

realm said:

Actually: Dr. Funkenberry. And Newsweek. If that sounds pathetic, it's because it IS PATHETIC.

LondonStyle said:

omg i got a name check

Rest of the story here....this is really bad PR ...I'm sure Prince is not happy with this....
http://stereogum.com/arch...60832.html

Now I can see the reason the Website people have contacted the org their jobs and rep is on the line here.....

Here's what you get -- or don't get -- for your troubles. Via Prince.org user SquirrelMeat:
No hard copies of the album? No crimson and clover? No chance to gettickets unless you were lucky enough for the site to work in the first 5 mins? No high res vids? No downloadable vids? No exclusive pics, just 21 night pics? A tee shirt that you have to pay shipping on, and they won't ship to Europe?
And the kiss video all chopped up on a screen the size of a postage stamp?

Way to go Prince! You did it again!

Expect a torrent of abuse!

User IstenSzek summed it up best:

if you've downloaded the albums, this entire new galaxy is very close to the real outer space: dark and empty
Ouch. Prince will promote the three new albums with three nights on Leno (starting tonight) and three L.A. gigs (Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Conga Room and Club Nokia) all on Saturday. I guess we won't be posting any video from them.
[Edited 3/26/09 8:17am]

thats just great... the media has almost always not understood Prince and an outfit looking to kick him only has to come to one of his fan boards to find fans that are more than willing to stab Prince in the back

Can we fix the title of this thread to "Stereogum". There is no website called "Sterogum". Yet.

I think it's a little worrisome that sites are using the org for actual news sources. When in reality, the org is just a collections of people talking shit.

Rest of the story here....this is really bad PR ...I'm sure Prince is not happy with this....
http://stereogum.com/arch...60832.html

Now I can see the reason the Website people have contacted the org their jobs and rep is on the line here.....

Here's what you get -- or don't get -- for your troubles. Via Prince.org user SquirrelMeat:
No hard copies of the album? No crimson and clover? No chance to gettickets unless you were lucky enough for the site to work in the first 5 mins? No high res vids? No downloadable vids? No exclusive pics, just 21 night pics? A tee shirt that you have to pay shipping on, and they won't ship to Europe?
And the kiss video all chopped up on a screen the size of a postage stamp?

Way to go Prince! You did it again!

Expect a torrent of abuse!

User IstenSzek summed it up best:

if you've downloaded the albums, this entire new galaxy is very close to the real outer space: dark and empty
Ouch. Prince will promote the three new albums with three nights on Leno (starting tonight) and three L.A. gigs (Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Conga Room and Club Nokia) all on Saturday. I guess we won't be posting any video from them.
[Edited 3/26/09 8:17am]

Alexandernvrmind said:

Sending out corrupt files that many lay down $77 for is asking for an ass reaming IMO.

Can we fix the title of this thread to "Stereogum". There is no website called "Sterogum". Yet.

realm said:

billymeade said:

Um, yeah, there is.

Here we go again! To all of you wondering why Prince didn't call you up and ask you to design his website. NO MORE CANDY 4 U!!! The physical copies of the cd haven't dropped yet and y'all done begun to nit-pick the latest offering from the man. Please give me the web address to where you sell your music and provide tickets to your fans. Oh wait you don't have one! I had no problem downloading the 3 cds on Tuesday night and have been jamming to them ever since. Next thing you know you'll be wanting to ride his motorcycle. here's an idea don't sign up for the website just go get the cds from Target that way when tickets go on sale I won't have to worry about a bunch of pseudo-fans buying up all the good seats trying poorly to be cool for a night then bashing the show as soon as they get back home. By the way my fave tracks so far are Chocolate Box, $ and Elixer. What are yours?

Here we go again! To all of you wondering why Prince didn't call you up and ask you to design his website. NO MORE CANDY 4 U!!! The physical copies of the cd haven't dropped yet and y'all done begun to nit-pick the latest offering from the man. Please give me the web address to where you sell your music and provide tickets to your fans. Oh wait you don't have one! I had no problem downloading the 3 cds on Tuesday night and have been jamming to them ever since. Next thing you know you'll be wanting to ride his motorcycle. here's an idea don't sign up for the website just go get the cds from Target that way when tickets go on sale I won't have to worry about a bunch of pseudo-fans buying up all the good seats trying poorly to be cool for a night then bashing the show as soon as they get back home. By the way my fave tracks so far are Chocolate Box, $ and Elixer. What are yours?

you know you can walk away at any time, if Prince doesn't do it for you

IstenSzek said:

No More Candy 4 U

ps: i LOVE stereogum. anyone who likes pitchfork should stop it right now and switch over to stereogum, because they're infinitely funnier and less indie-rawk-snobbish than the fork.

Here we go again! To all of you wondering why Prince didn't call you up and ask you to design his website. NO MORE CANDY 4 U!!! The physical copies of the cd haven't dropped yet and y'all done begun to nit-pick the latest offering from the man. Please give me the web address to where you sell your music and provide tickets to your fans. Oh wait you don't have one! I had no problem downloading the 3 cds on Tuesday night and have been jamming to them ever since. Next thing you know you'll be wanting to ride his motorcycle. here's an idea don't sign up for the website just go get the cds from Target that way when tickets go on sale I won't have to worry about a bunch of pseudo-fans buying up all the good seats trying poorly to be cool for a night then bashing the show as soon as they get back home. By the way my fave tracks so far are Chocolate Box, $ and Elixer. What are yours?

Can I state the obvious just for a second...

1) He had a website. It worked. You could get the stuff you wanted and poke around. Why in the world he ever shut it down is beyond me. Now he has something that in concept is cool, but is really sub par to what he had. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

2) Technology has come a LOOOOOG way. Other sites have mastered the art of getting music out there and having video you can watch. For something that supposed to be cutting edge, the basics aren't even there.

I think everyone is overreacting over the fact that the site had problems, probably due to heavy traffic for all of about 10 minutes. How is that an epic fail???

OH NOEZ!!! A website had a glitch, call CNN!!!

squirrelgrease said:

You're also on his Shit List.

I think everyone is overreacting over the fact that the site had problems, probably due to heavy traffic for all of about 10 minutes. How is that an epic fail???

OH NOEZ!!! A website had a glitch, call CNN!!!

I think it's a little worrisome that sites are using the org for actual news sources. When in reality, the org is just a collections of people talking shit.

The only thing Prince did wrong, was have a countdown clock.

If he would've just opened the site on the 24th, people could log on at anytime without the rush of people trying go on at the exact same time.

But because the site had technical problems, something that happens to EVERY site. Prince now has to fire his ENTIRE online team, and let people from the org run his website.

Jesus christ, and you wonder why Prince wants to shut places like this down.