no one is better than anyone else.

so define a asskisser...someone that goes to the club site??? U tell me...am i a asskisser cause i go to that site.. hang in the chat and post in the forums there... i am not a religious freak.. i am there for the same reasons most everyone else is that is there... i found this site and the club's site bout 2 yrs ago...i like both places...i was finally after bout 20 yrs able to enjoy meetng and talkin to others bout P and his music... we all know that have followed him how shitty others can be when U talk bout him...they have no clue what bein a true artist is...this us against them shit is stupid... there are many regs from here that go to the club site as well and post and come and chat there...U gonna tell them they are asskissers??? so U tell me what one is so we can get a true definition then...

Much luv,

KD

If they would get their head out of the ass, no'one would call'em that

who wants to be stuck in that anyway.. sh*thead asskissers








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[This message was edited Sat Jan 10 11:24:29 PST 2004 by Sdldawn]

Sdldawn said:

you are an asskisser who just got hurt by prince and wants to seem cool so thats why u are the way u are now

rd knows ,..you caint front..I've lived with your kind as my brothers and sisters on step-mama amp for 3-4 years

kdowney said:

I don't think you fit the definition, KD, and anyone who has talked to you even for a minute knows you have a good sense of balance.

To ME, an "asskisser" is someone who simply does NOT allow for any kind of criticism WHATSOEVER of ANYthing Prince has ever done.

Example: "Graffiti Bridge is brilliant, people just didn't understand it."

Well, no. No, actually it was HORRIBLE. But that's okay - what prolific artist doesn't let out a few duds? Bob Dylan was in a movie last year that got CRUCIFIED by the critics, but does that make Bob Dylan any less legendary? Of COURSE not.

I've been a Prince freak for over half my life, and I don't see myself ever not following every note of music he releases. Still, I could provide you with a significant list of songs he's done that I just Do Not Like. Does that mean I like him any less for having recorded songs I don't like? Of course not. I just don't listen to the damn songs!

And another thing about "asskissers" (and this could go for "naysayers" as well) - it's VERY important to separate the artist from the person when you invest time and energy into being the fan of someone's creative work. From everything I've seen and heard about Prince over the last couple of decades, I don't think he'd be a person I'd ever want to "hang" with. I don't vibe with the way he does business. I don't vibe with the way he treats people most of the time. But you know what? As long as he has a guitar in his hands, he can do no wrong by me. When his music hits me the right way, he could be Sadaam Hitler-Satan-Hilton for all I care, and I'd still be right there with him while the music's going on.

I think it's very possible to be critical of the people and things we love. In fact, such criticism can be part and parcel OF that love.

Furthermore, I think it's also possible to shun a certain aspect of a person or thing, and embrace other aspects. There's no law saying that our interests have to be 100%. We're not being tested on the quality of our devotion - and if we ARE being tested, I'll gladly snap my damn no.2 pencil in half.

Well, I don't know if this answered your question, but it was good to get the rant out there.

I'm not as asskisser,cause I LIKE Graffiti Bridge.

kdowney said:

I don't think you fit the definition, KD, and anyone who has talked to you even for a minute knows you have a good sense of balance.

To ME, an "asskisser" is someone who simply does NOT allow for any kind of criticism WHATSOEVER of ANYthing Prince has ever done.

Example: "Graffiti Bridge is brilliant, people just didn't understand it."

Well, no. No, actually it was HORRIBLE. But that's okay - what prolific artist doesn't let out a few duds? Bob Dylan was in a movie last year that got CRUCIFIED by the critics, but does that make Bob Dylan any less legendary? Of COURSE not.

I've been a Prince freak for over half my life, and I don't see myself ever not following every note of music he releases. Still, I could provide you with a significant list of songs he's done that I just Do Not Like. Does that mean I like him any less for having recorded songs I don't like? Of course not. I just don't listen to the damn songs!

And another thing about "asskissers" (and this could go for "naysayers" as well) - it's VERY important to separate the artist from the person when you invest time and energy into being the fan of someone's creative work. From everything I've seen and heard about Prince over the last couple of decades, I don't think he'd be a person I'd ever want to "hang" with. I don't vibe with the way he does business. I don't vibe with the way he treats people most of the time. But you know what? As long as he has a guitar in his hands, he can do no wrong by me. When his music hits me the right way, he could be Sadaam Hitler-Satan-Hilton for all I care, and I'd still be right there with him while the music's going on.

I think it's very possible to be critical of the people and things we love. In fact, such criticism can be part and parcel OF that love.

Furthermore, I think it's also possible to shun a certain aspect of a person or thing, and embrace other aspects. There's no law saying that our interests have to be 100%. We're not being tested on the quality of our devotion - and if we ARE being tested, I'll gladly snap my damn no.2 pencil in half.

Well, I don't know if this answered your question, but it was good to get the rant out there.