Three new Prince video clips have been added to the Cyberclips room - Cinnamon Girl, Call My Name and Dolphin.

The Jill Scott video for "Golden" has also been posted.

How does he have the right to put "Jill Scott" on his website? Is she affiliated now or something.

Now, don't get me wrong. She's a nice enough person, but that song is fucking awful. How many times can you repeat the same line?

how can we view them?

GangstaFam said:[quote]How does he have the right to put "Jill Scott" on his website? Is she affiliated now or something.

Maybe he asked her.

GangstaFam said:

Simple answer....because he CAN...he's Prince and can put anyone's CD on his website that he chooses..by the way..Jill Scott is cool...

Cinnamon girl is a amazing video

Are these videos available anywhere else? I don't have a membership 2 npgmc.

GangstaFam said:

I'd give the song a little time. It really grew on me after the first few listens. I think maybe he's generally just supportive of the album. Its really good. I would LOVE to see Prince work with her. They should do song together with ?uestlove and maybe another one or two philly artists.

anyone got some links so we can save them?

Mayte ribbon spinning in Dolphin...Outstanding

GangstaFam said:

Dumb question...

It's the man's website. It's his call. He has the right to do whatever he and the artists he admires and supports want to.

Period.

Don't get me wrong, but what do you care?

does anybody have the direct links for these vids so I can d/l them ?

GangstaFam said:

Man you are kidding right!?!?. Her album is outstanding & that particular track is too.

GangstaFam said:

Prince and Paisley Park also seeked and received permission to showcase India Arie's video The Truth back in 2003. So can be said about Jill Scott. I believe as well before the 2003-04 conversion/update of the web site, The Park faved about singers like Jill Scott and Ani DiFranco and India Arie. He and The Park are just hippin us to what is out there.

The same goes for Keisha Castle-Hughes in the Cinnamon girl video. Prince hipped us to her last year. The same can be said for Seat of The Soul as well as Embraced By The Light by Betty J. Eadie as well as Bend It Like Beckham.

Prince and Paisley Park want to help us expand and understand in addition to exploring different kinds of music.

a2grafix said:

Anxiety said:

Yikes -- who was smoking what when they filmed the Dolphin video? Ouch.

Cinnamon Girl was a GREAT video! Very stylish. I don't get exactly what the explosion in the airport is about, though.

Any1 follow the video better than I did?

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince

ok...so these vids are just for the viewing? right? i mean you cant download them.....o0r they would be in the download section.

then again....im kind of an idiot when it come to computer stuff.....so

2elijah said:

Oh the heart-rending naiivety of it all...

sloopydrew4u said:

i believe the girl in the video was contemplating (suicide), with all that's happening in the world today, the director or prince himself decided to show a girl who has armed herself with
a bomb and was able to allude airport security and at the last minute decide not to blow up the innocents.... that's what i got from the vid

Dolphin is a grat song!!! The video..... I am glad he put Jill on the site, the song is positive! Why hate on the choice? There is enough hate living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

click on the videos while they are playing and they double in size.

Wow, I love Dolphin, but never saw the video! How awsome was the scaled down NPG band? I miss that band. Morris and Tommy playing keys on the bed was so hilarious! ANybody else notice prince has changed little between 95's dolphin and 04's Call my Name?

McGee said:

I think the girl in the video tries to understand the how and why of the terrorist act. After the fake explosion in the vid, you see her again but I couldn't see any sign of the bomb detonator then. Think it's about her trying to work out if she's the same as the terrorists because her class mates make her feel that way. Maybe. Could be way out though

woops, clicked on the wrong reply button! Great first ever post
[Edited 9/27/04 12:43pm]

If any1 knows how to email me these videos, or any of the others from the Cyberclips room, drop me an email to roy.lumsden@gmail.com... Thanks

Pharaoh4TheMuse

Thought Cinnamon Girl was a fantastic video - love the way it looks and the story it tells. Might be too "heavy" of a vid 4 MTV to play though - the teenie boppers won't be able to handle it nor understand what its really saying unfortunately

"Golden" is a beautiful song and video....quite uplifting

alxndrstff said:

I'm glad you said this because I was offended by the video like "Oh God, another image of a muslim suicide bomber to circulate through our minds" as if we need any more of these things. Maybe it is more complex and thoughtful, but the image collapses too easily into stereotypes. Like hey, there are a lot more things teenage muslim girls do than buy illegal passports and contemplate blowing up bus stations. Blech!

Anxiety said:

It's kinda cool that he used the girl from "Whale Rider." I remember watching this movie after seeing it mentioned on NPGMC. Great movie, and it's very, very cool to see her in this particular video.

*whew* I forgot how HOT that Greatest Romance video was. . .

dolphin2K4 said:

Get one! it' sworth it. i mean, come on, 25$ or Euros isn't all that much!

I was brought out of my Princeless stupor when I saw about the Cinnamon Girl video this morning on the Early Show. I didnt even know he had made a video.

I only saw the conbtroversial clips, but what I do know is this. I think the video only serves to perpetuate stereotypes of Arabs further. AS someone who is Muslim but not Arab I can safelt say that most Arab Americans who are harassed just want to clock somebody in the nose. The vast majority don't fantasize about blowing up something. This video kind of makes it seem like the first things Arabs think about is blowing something up when they get angry. Often a punch in the nose will suffice. Also, if you really want to extrapolate from this video you could interpret it as saying "most suicidde bombers were picked on as kids" and that's why they are driven to these actions...which I think is utter crap.

Also, I think they played it safe by showing an Arab American and not a Muslim. If the girl had worn a headscarf, this video would be getting a lot more flack. Yet it's mainly girls with headscarves, and not "tan girls" who get harassed. But I understand wanting to play it safe.

I think music videos are a bad place for political commentary since there is only 3 minutes to cover an issue that deserves far more time. In the end most people walk away saying, "OK, yeah, harassment is wrong and we KNEW that...but what the hell was that?!"