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metallicjigolo said: got a bunch of azzholes on the org saying i told you so.
But i aint gonna let them spoil the fun. I been with Prince a looooong time. I know he starts things off slow, Butt when things start jumpin..I'm all over it. i got videos..music..pics.. and a t-shirt. I also got patience. Same here. My $77 has been spent without complaints. “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist.” Brazilian bishop Dom Hélder Câmara |
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metallicjigolo said: got a bunch of azzholes on the org saying i told you so.
But i aint gonna let them spoil the fun. I been with Prince a looooong time. I know he starts things off slow, Butt when things start jumpin..I'm all over it. i got videos..music..pics.. and a t-shirt. I also got patience. You got the T-shirt? | |
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JellyBean said: metallicjigolo said: got a bunch of azzholes on the org saying i told you so.
But i aint gonna let them spoil the fun. I been with Prince a looooong time. I know he starts things off slow, Butt when things start jumpin..I'm all over it. i got videos..music..pics.. and a t-shirt. I also got patience. Same here. My $77 has been spent without complaints. In all seriousness, why not complain? I think complaints are the only thing that is going to make the situation change at all. | |
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It's great that some people feel like they got vfm.
Unfortunately the webshite stink as P does have an awful business model. The only reason I joined was for the tix availability. It looks like it's made in 1999 - not fucking 2009 
To be able to celebrate this venture into cyberspace is trully impressive. | |
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Jeffiner said: meow85 said:  Suckers who paid for the site.
I am so glad I didn't allow myself to fall for his crap. That's very kind of you ...  Oh come on. We've all seen this crap from Prince before, and on more than one occasion. I don't know why people fell for it again. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: NDRU said: I totally agree. Now, in 2004 I paid and ended up getting amazing seats at two shows, and it was worth the $25 or whatever I paid at NPGMC. But that was only 25, and it was still a gamble. I would be pissed if I had paid $77 for a handful of youtube videos. On another website you'd have huge archives of material to go through for your $77. I knew better (considering I am broke!) and am glad I didn't. But I'm also disappointed as a fan that this website appears to be so lame, thus far. It's only June, I suppose. Maybe something will happen. I too paid the $25 in '04, but I got nothing for it since he never toured in my area. Believe me, I was pissed. I wasn't living in the city at the time, but close enough to it. Vancouver's a major city with several different venues. [Edited 6/4/09 12:23pm] Yeah I could be wrong, but I don't remember anything worthwhile on NPGMC other than the concert tickets. Afterall, I paid for The Chocolate Invasion separately. My Legacy
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meow85 said: Jeffiner said: That's very kind of you ... Oh come on. We've all seen this crap from Prince before, and on more than one occasion. I don't know why people fell for it again. Yeah... whatever, I was never signed up or involved in any of his sites/projects before, so it didn't happen to me personally 'again'. Anyway I always like to err on the side of optimism... | |
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NDRU said: meow85 said: I too paid the $25 in '04, but I got nothing for it since he never toured in my area. Believe me, I was pissed. I wasn't living in the city at the time, but close enough to it. Vancouver's a major city with several different venues. [Edited 6/4/09 12:23pm] Yeah I could be wrong, but I don't remember anything worthwhile on NPGMC other than the concert tickets. Afterall, I paid for The Chocolate Invasion separately. I never bought any of the releases from the site, and found chat full of no doubt the same sycophantic nuts that have taken over here recently, and I never got access to any tickets. I literally spent $25 on nothing.  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Jeffiner said: meow85 said: Oh come on. We've all seen this crap from Prince before, and on more than one occasion. I don't know why people fell for it again. Yeah... whatever, I was never signed up or involved in any of his sites/projects before, so it didn't happen to me personally 'again'. Anyway I always like to err on the side of optimism... But how can you, with Prince? Even if you'd never been affected before surely you must have heard of some of the shenanigans going on? "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Jeffiner said: Yeah... whatever, I was never signed up or involved in any of his sites/projects before, so it didn't happen to me personally 'again'. Anyway I always like to err on the side of optimism... But how can you, with Prince? Even if you'd never been affected before surely you must have heard of some of the shenanigans going on?  Oh yeah, on the org? Of course I've heard! Well, I like to find things out for myself... so... maybe I was stupid/over optimistic/gullible, take your pick. I'll probably learn one of these days (about everything) although I've got a funny feeling I'll go to my grave still hoping for the best outcome - keeps you young you know! And not just talking about Prince here....  I'm not really worried about it, I made the decision to pay for it at the time, and I'm not exactly blown away ....but I can live with it... made a lot worse mistakes | |
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Jeffiner said: meow85 said: But how can you, with Prince? Even if you'd never been affected before surely you must have heard of some of the shenanigans going on? Oh yeah, on the org? Of course I've heard! Well, I like to find things out for myself... so... maybe I was stupid/over optimistic/gullible, take your pick. I'll probably learn one of these days (about everything) although I've got a funny feeling I'll go to my grave still hoping for the best outcome - keeps you young you know! And not just talking about Prince here.... I'm not really worried about it, I made the decision to pay for it at the time, and I'm not exactly blown away ....but I can live with it... made a lot worse mistakes I get that. Though if that was the worst mistake you'd ever made I'd say you'd have led a pretty charmed life.  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: NDRU said: Yeah I could be wrong, but I don't remember anything worthwhile on NPGMC other than the concert tickets. Afterall, I paid for The Chocolate Invasion separately. I never bought any of the releases from the site, and found chat full of no doubt the same sycophantic nuts that have taken over here recently, and I never got access to any tickets. I literally spent $25 on nothing. come on, now, surely you enjoyed the tour of the mansion? Seriously, these sites all have potential. If they were hard to navigate but you found some tiny rick & tuned it over to find 500 videos, or some hidden corner of the house had access to vault material, it would maybe be worth it. But I don't see subscribing to a site that gives basically nothing, and if it offers something it makes you pay for that as well. My Legacy
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NDRU said: meow85 said: I never bought any of the releases from the site, and found chat full of no doubt the same sycophantic nuts that have taken over here recently, and I never got access to any tickets. I literally spent $25 on nothing. come on, now, surely you enjoyed the tour of the mansion? Seriously, these sites all have potential. If they were hard to navigate but you found some tiny rick & tuned it over to find 500 videos, or some hidden corner of the house had access to vault material, it would maybe be worth it. But I don't see subscribing to a site that gives basically nothing, and if it offers something it makes you pay for that as well. 
Like I said, other acts -even a certain boyband -are doing this internet thing much better and treating their fans better t'boot. A lot of acts are generous with the goodies, and profuse and genuine in their thanks. But what does Prince do? "Gimme money, and I'll toss out a few low quality vids and some downloads you have to pay extra for." "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Jeffiner said: Oh yeah, on the org? Of course I've heard! Well, I like to find things out for myself... so... maybe I was stupid/over optimistic/gullible, take your pick. I'll probably learn one of these days (about everything) although I've got a funny feeling I'll go to my grave still hoping for the best outcome - keeps you young you know! And not just talking about Prince here.... I'm not really worried about it, I made the decision to pay for it at the time, and I'm not exactly blown away ....but I can live with it... made a lot worse mistakes I get that. Though if that was the worst mistake you'd ever made I'd say you'd have led a pretty charmed life. BORING life I'd say....!! | |
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metallicjigolo said: got a bunch of azzholes on the org saying i told you so.
But i aint gonna let them spoil the fun. I been with Prince a looooong time. I know he starts things off slow, Butt when things start jumpin..I'm all over it. i got videos..music..pics.. and a t-shirt. I also got patience. Really!!!  When did you get your t-shirt?  [Edited 6/5/09 6:32am] I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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HatrinaHaterwitz said: metallicjigolo said: got a bunch of azzholes on the org saying i told you so.
But i aint gonna let them spoil the fun. I been with Prince a looooong time. I know he starts things off slow, Butt when things start jumpin..I'm all over it. i got videos..music..pics.. and a t-shirt. I also got patience. Really!!! When did you get your t-shirt?
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I got a sore *sshole from getting f*cked over. Jamie Starr is a thief... that bitch owes me $77.00! | |
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maya said: I got a sore *sshole from getting f*cked over.
omg | |
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maya said: I got a sore *sshole from getting f*cked over.
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HatrinaHaterwitz said: metallicjigolo said: got a bunch of azzholes on the org saying i told you so.
But i aint gonna let them spoil the fun. I been with Prince a looooong time. I know he starts things off slow, Butt when things start jumpin..I'm all over it. i got videos..music..pics.. and a t-shirt. I also got patience. Really!!! When did you get your t-shirt?
[Edited 6/5/09 6:32am] yesterday (thursday)4th Prince did an interview with a woman at Record World. They talked about whatever, then he asked her: "Does your pubic hair go up to your navel?" At that moment, we thought maybe we shouldn't encourage him to do interviews. | |
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...I HAVE 2 PINCH MYSELF..2 make sure i'm not dreaming..prince has soothed me..he has opened up the L-O-V-E gates 2 his heaven..this afternoon..i liked him..by the evening i L-O-V-Ed him..the way he makes me F-E-E-L..i feel like screaming..ohh..take the time..baby..2 do what u wanna do 2 me 
..mzsexybaby'L-O-V-E..COME ON..COME ON'  ..She's Just A Baby..but she's my lady..my loveR..my only friend!..true love that will last!..PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND..WHAT SHE SEES IN AN OLDER MAN..they never stop 2 think that maybe i'm what she's looking 4..THEY NEVER TAKE THE TIME..2 look in her mind | |
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June 7th anyone?  | |
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IstenSzek said: meow85 said: Honestly, guys. Backstreet Boys treat their fans like royalty in comparison to how Princey does it. Videos, interviews, public online chats, updates as to studio going-ons, a youtube channel, chances to personally ask questions via webcam, even updates on random-ass useless information. (Do we need to know about the growing legion of Backstreet Babies, who's eating nachos, and AJ's dry balls? No. Is it entertaining? You bet) Not saying everyone should be Backstreet fans or anything. But honestly, when a friggin boyband is that open and gracious with the freebies (most of which you don't need a fan club membership to access, btw) it just highlights even more what a douche nozzle Prince is towards the people who paid for his houses and fancy designer gear. but i didn't expect any of that from prince. i've been a fan since jan 1988 and the last thing i expected, or even wanted, from this website was to get up close and personal with prince. i don't need to know his personal shit and i don't want to. plus, all that other shit is of very little consequence to anyone. it would be ultra cool to see him work in the studio, but that would also take away a lot of the mystique and from all we know about prince, that is never going to happen. he won't even put a webcam in his studio. and that isn't what i expected or hoped for. what i did expect was more music. more unseen stuff. more updates or at least some news or teasers to upcoming stuff. and i wasn't even expecting to get any of that for free. if he'd put up new music, i figured we would simply have to pay for it in a retail store kind of section. but when you ask the "support" team all you get as an answer is "there r no current plans for a store". same reply to every other question people ask. "no current plans". the site as it is now almost seems completely abandoned. it's as if they threw "the undertaker" on there just to put people off the scent. Or it was a metaphor. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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Imago said: IstenSzek said: the site is only 2 months old and there are quite a few videos on there.
i know i know, it's not what we thought it would be or what we expected, especially after talk in interviews of "10 album's worth of material"... but, it's only been 2 months, like i said. he just released a major new album(s). i already guessed it would take some time before anything major would be happening with the site. however, this complete silence, broken by the arrival of some stuff most fans already own (have owned for 10+ yrs) has made me lose interest in the site completely. there's nothing happening. not even a tiny bit of news. new promo pics are posted on dr funkenberry, clips of his latest tv performances are on youtube and the like and prince's new website remains static and an eyesore at best. to me, that's just rude, to make such bruha about it and then just not do anything exciting or even nice with it for over 2 months now. even the waiting page before the site was launched was more exciting than the actual site. heck we even got "disco jellyfish" from that one. probably more than enough nice things will show up for the remaining 10 months of this year's membership. and once the good stuff is on there, i'll forget about this phase soon enough. however, up until this point it's all rather weird and disappointing to say the least. THE BAD It's a very unprofessional website. It feels like something that was developed in the 90s when flash technology was becoming all the rage and folks where creating all these strange graphics just because they could. But it doesn't have any standard menus, it's confusing to navigate, and it requires you to answer some obscure ass questions to login? How the hell do you grow your fanbase doing that shit?
The only thing fans got, and let's be honest, what I'm referring to as a fan is somebody who already had all those videos (the vast majority of us) and boots, is a single track "The Morning After", which I happen to really like, but not love. So for $77 bucks, most folks here got one song they couldn't have obtained if they waited a few days and paid $11 bucks at Target. You non-USA folks were fucked actually
Ramping up to lotusflow3r, we heard all sorts of things that I think most folks just assumed were going to materialize... Well, maybe not most folks. We kind of know better now . But, when you're told Prince has recorded every performance he's ever done live and such craziness, you just kind of assume a small part of that material will be available on lotusflow3r. It, of course, wasn't.
The site has a bit of time to surprise us, and Prince loves to surprise. But, for most of us who've walked down this road before, it feels all too familiar. It's like road house garden on a grand scale.
Prince just has a terrible business model when it comes to creating a relationship with his fans. It's bizaar that radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are so far ahead of him in this regard. Lotusflow3r doesn't have a store, it doesn't have standard menus, it doesn't have a biography of the artist, it doesn't have forums, and it doesn't have an easy way to voice your opinion on the site--in short, it's very unprofessional. The flashy embellishments were only mildly amusing the first 10 minutes you surf around it. It's as if Prince threw a new coat of paint on the same rickety old house. THE GOOD DRM-free mp3s are nice. The ability to chose between lossless and regular mp3s is a great touch too. The possibility that there will be exclusive album releases through the website only is another good touch. Though the exclusive album releases on NPGMC aren't exactly in heavy rotation in my mp3 player
Having a website at all to download music is another good touch. Not everyone lives in America, or a place where albums are distributed and readily available around the corner. Being able to download them is a great thing. I don't think the 3 albums were worth $77 dollars. But maybe he'll be offering more albums in the $77 umbrella as time goes on. Maybe he'll charge a small fee? Who knows with Prince. At least he released something new this year. Last year, I was starting to suspect Prince was truly taking time off to "study the word" as claimed and we'd not see anything for years, only to have him resurface and pull some crazy Cat Stevens shit. Basically the Good is the music in the format they came in. I don't think a "Nice touch" is something that is considered a possibility. Anything is possible, one just has to make it so. It's like saying... "I love this store...it's got only a few things in it, but I can simply imagine all of the great things that will be here one day". Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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metallicjigolo said: HatrinaHaterwitz said: Really!!! When did you get your t-shirt?
[Edited 6/5/09 6:32am] yesterday (thursday)4th Sweet! You must be really special! Not one other person has posted about receiving theirs yesterday or today! I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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HatrinaHaterwitz said: metallicjigolo said: Sweet! You must be really special! Not one other person has posted about receiving theirs yesterday or today!  metallicjigolo is Prince... | |
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metallicjigolo said: yesterday (thursday)4th Describe the T-shirt or take a picture of it. | |
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squirrelgrease said: maya said: I got a sore *sshole from getting f*cked over.
LMAO!! Awesome!   Jamie Starr is a thief... that bitch owes me $77.00! | |
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