Haters beware: This ain't your day today... so go back to foldin' your funky granddaddy's drawers!!

"Screwdriver" is FREAKING GREAT!

The website title '20pr1nc3.com' is a wordplay..

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The Billboard article's author said Prince's first and main question was "How do I best monetize my new product?"

No matter what Prince has said in the past, the best answer to that question has to involve the internet.

I think/hope he's realized that now.

BigBen said:

Haters beware: This ain't your day today... so go back to foldin' your funky granddaddy's drawers!!

lol............

i'm a bit late to the party but YES!!! YES YES YES!!!!!! love it

KeithyT said:

but people still beat him over the head with that whole "the internet is dead thing". I'm always saying stupid shit that I dont mean.

i think folks have taken that quote out of context

XxAxX said:

PurpleLove7 said:

KeithyT said:

XxAxX said:

i think folks have taken that quote out of context

Just a tad

hopefully folks will show him love instead of slapping him with the internetisdead fish

KeithyT said:

PurpleLove7 said:

... & all this time I thought the internet was dead

Shush you

Yeah ... Well ...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

The website title '20pr1nc3.com' is a wordplay..

i wasn't feelin screwdriver clip but...now after watching and listening to the full song, i am really liking it. Especially the video, the vibe is so retro

i just hope the website stays like this

PurpleLove7 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

The website title '20pr1nc3.com' is a wordplay..

dude...as a moderator..STOP ENCOURAGING THIS SHIT!

rdhull said:

PurpleLove7 said:

dude...as a moderator..STOP ENCOURAGING THIS SHIT!

I am so excited!!! I haven't been this excited about a lead single in a long time!!! Thanks P for proving that you can still write a kick-ass song!!!

joker said:

Looking good. Looking good.

But he needs to be VERY careful not to use the last of, for many of us, what remains of our goodwill.

I will NOT be joining a club. I would rather STEAL a copy of the Daily Fail than give them my hard-earned. If it's ANY sort of streaming BS I'm out.

Sorry to sound negative, I am very optimistic of what seems an interesting reinvention of style. Hopefully minus exessive Larry Graham and telling us how best to bother God.

But we live in a sort of musical utopia now, as I see it, that ironically he helped pave the way for and yet wants no part of. He needs to get OVER the non-existent format war that is in his head, and just get ON with delivering music the way most of us now choose to experience it. That is digitally via the internet.

Woah there! Before you go flaming me with the old "vinyl sounds better" and "I want a physical copy" arguments. Just think.

Apple (other digital content sources are available) are committed to improving the quality of there downloads in future. This is to be embraced. I really, really wish he was there with them, getting involved in the dialogue about how best to proceed because he more than anyone should be.

And THEN...we can get over ridiculous arguments of "format". Physical is dead people, really. Get over it. The future IS digital. Fact. And if you close your eyes and ears to the REALITY of this future then you will get left behind. And we don't want that. We want the funkiest right there, front and centre. Leading the charge instead of resisting it.

Remember it's about the MUSIC. And it is AMAZING that an artist (THE Artist?) can record, produce and distribute a song (or any content for that matter) direct to his (or her) fans almost INSTANTLY, and get paid for it. What a world.

Yes sound quality needs improving. Yes I want a "booklet" with lyrics and pictures I can enjoy in conjunction with the listening experience. Yes the price has to be right and the artist proceeds need to be fair. So get involved and get negotiating and make your demands loud and clear and get the fans onboard so we can shout with you to the corporation(s) that we demand better, faster, more.

Sorry to hijack the discussion, just don't want to have to dust off my gramophone to get involved.

Great track P, keep it coming.

I bet you if he printed a limited edition CD of 25,000 copies of a new CD and had a site where you could buy a digital copy for $15 or a physical copy of $30, the physical copies would sell out.... AND go up in value on the secondary market.

PurpleLove7 said:

rdhull said:

dude...as a moderator..STOP ENCOURAGING THIS SHIT!

Pluv7!!!!

IstenSzek said:

wow now this is a surprise. despite everything that was already going on,

i didn't expect there to be a new official site this soon, without word or an

exhausting wait.

so that makes it double as much fun, since it's simply there, ready to go,

with another new song (for free) and the promo teaser for the montreux

concerts.

that's the way to do it.

whatever people's complaints about the site format or the url name, this

is a good move. stuff should just simply be there, like it is now. if he puts

up an mp3 of "screwdriver" for a couple of dollars, i'll snatch it up.

this kind of site could work to his advantage since there is no elabrote way

of signing up to even see what's on it.

if i log on tomorrow or next week and i see that there are new songs there

or a new video that i can preview only and download after paying, that's a

good way to go.

no endless waiting, no building up of expectations, just simply appearing

and ready to be downloaded for a reasonable price. what more could you

want?

i know it's what i've been hoping for, for a long time.

another thing about all the complaints and negative comments: remember

please that everything we've heard and seen this year so far, which is a

fair bit of stuff already, had been released free of charge. we've been able

to listen to or watch footage for free.

even as far back as last year with the rehearsals being 'released' through

doc funkenberry.

imo prince has created quite a bit of goodwill again. at least with me.

still hoping there will actually be a whole new album though since the one

off tracks are cool, but as an old skool fan i just enjoy albums a lot and a

whole album experience is always gonna beat individual songs.

but a new album to kick off with and a bunch of individual tracks to follow

it, not that would be just the ticket for 2013.

colour me excited

off to listen to screwdriver again

Well said...

Giovanni777 said:

chookalana said:

It looks like this material will be available on iTunes and Amazon MP3. If you link the site to Facebook, It pulls in hidden jpegs of iTunes and Amazon MP3.

That may a good sign for you, but not for me...

I don't listen to mp3s, except for reference purposes.

I don't even want lossless digital formats, because I prefer physical media... either CD or vinyl.

I feel the same way.. IF I'm spending my $$.

If it's free, my feelings are not as strong on the issue.

A new website, it'll all end in tears y'know. Until then let's all enjoy ripping the new videos with our download managers.

novabrkr said:

Judging by the domain name (20pr1nc3) it will be up only for a year (or less).

Yes, which makes me very cautious. If the site offers free video streaming and song previews (but no fees), I'm all in. Also, I'd prefer online merchandise selections.

very very exciting....

it would be fun as hell if, since he's not going to release an album, we could get 45s of the individually released tracks.

This is just wonderul!!!! <3 It's gonna be a great year!!

paisleypark4 said:

Mmhmm He aint playing with yall he done told ja

How's that lifetime membership treatin' ya?

Ascenderx said:

Where do I click for the free shirt?

Hmmm...that's funny u r asking 4 the t-shirt as I was just playing around in Photoshop....

Let me add that this is only made 4 FUN and is NOT 4 sale anywhere nor will b, but...would u wear it?

Genesia said:

paisleypark4 said:

Mmhmm He aint playing with yall he done told ja

How's that lifetime membership treatin' ya?

I paid the fools gold for Lotusflower but it was simply because i wanted access to buy tix for all 3 shows in LA. It was worth it for me at the time. Also I saw a prelimanery version of the website & it was much cooler than the version we eventually got.