Is Mani really an inspiration to Apples? or is Apples being a spy trying to find out who are the Jubilant Judas' with fake smiles?!?

endiadj said:

How come all these old friends, lovers, ex-wives who loved Prince so much can make their way out to Minn. for concerts, memorials, etc., now, but they couldn't find their way there when he needed them the most? After that plane scare, I would've just flown out and strolled into PP like I owned the place to check on him, but none of them did.

Apollonia was on the way

Was there any sightings of Kirky J @ First Ave?!?

bondno9 said:

Was there any sightings of Kirky J @ First Ave?!?

I was wondering the same!

TrivialPursuit said:

endiadj said:

How come all these old friends, lovers, ex-wives who loved Prince so much can make their way out to Minn. for concerts, memorials, etc., now, but they couldn't find their way there when he needed them the most? After that plane scare, I would've just flown out and strolled into PP like I owned the place to check on him, but none of them did.

Because Prince was really good at 3 things: Music, keeping people at arm's length, and hiding what he was really doing.


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THIS!!

Mumio said:

bondno9 said:

Was there any sightings of Kirky J @ First Ave?!?

I was wondering the same!

I think he is still hiding out from fans

bondno9 said:

Was there any sightings of Kirky J @ First Ave?!?

I didn't see him at any of the shows. Not to say that he wasn't at any of them though. I did see Tommy Barbarella. I said Tommy Barbarella likes it in the dark, but we like a blue light.

motherfunka said:

bondno9 said:

Was there any sightings of Kirky J @ First Ave?!?

I didn't see him at any of the shows. Not to say that he wasn't at any of them though. I did see Tommy Barbarella. I said Tommy Barbarella likes it in the dark, but we like a blue light.

Yeah, I saw where Questlove posted a pic of him and Alan Leeds

OldFriends4Sale said:

If anyone is interested I posted my full impressions from the 2nd Show here http://prince.org/msg/12/...?&pg=3

reply 67

will post about the last show later tonight xox

wavesofbliss said:

TrivialPursuit said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Mumio said:

I was wondering the same!

I think he is still hiding out from fans

I was wondering if maybe if he was hiding out from Apples esp after her letter (i.e. calls not being returned). I'm sure she has a few choice words for him

bondno9 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I think he is still hiding out from fans

I was wondering if maybe if he was hiding out from Apples esp after her letter (i.e. calls not being returned). I'm sure she has a few choice words for him

Ottensen said:

If and or when it was,P certainly never saw it. From the few folks I've known that worked for or with him, he ruled with an iron fist and like any dynamic leader who runs a tight ship, everyone's first and only concern was him and honoring the work. No time or room for anything else except being on point. I think a lot of these music kids today would have a lot less turmoil playing out in public if they followed a similar example. Tighten your s**t up and focus solely on the work. If nothing else it'll make you a better craftsman...and Lawd knows these half-talent, non-playing, can make it past an 8 count dance movement- these chilluns today need all the help they can get in the "perfection of craft " department. Jilly needs to keep her gripes and shots for private kitchen table conversations with her close confidantes.

As it should be. Those who worked with him were lucky for that experience.

Ottensen said:

wavesofbliss said:

K. So it's just Jill having trouble. Nothing from the others. Good. Cant help but think that these were always the dynamics in the PP organization. Smh

If and or when it was,P certainly never saw it. From the few folks I've known that worked for or with him, he ruled with an iron fist and like any dynamic leader who runs a tight ship, everyone's first and only concern was him and honoring the work. No time or room for anything else except being on point. I think a lot of these music kids today would have a lot less turmoil playing out in public if they followed a similar example. Tighten your s**t up and focus solely on the work. If nothing else it'll make you a better craftsman...and Lawd knows these half-talent, non-playing, can make it past an 8 count dance movement- these chilluns today need all the help they can get in the "perfection of craft " department. Jilly needs to keep her gripes and shots for private kitchen table conversations with her close confidantes.

Can't agree more with your statement. So true. I think people forget he was peoples boss. It can be hard to maintain a creative, professional, and personal relationship. People got close to him and then got upset when he put his boss hat on or their was a disagreement about music, money, realationship, etc. Now a lot of these new so call astists camp have no respect or loyalty to them. They will sell them out for chicken change in a heart beat. As for Jill, she made her choices just like everyone. If things didn't turn out how she hope for, what can be done now?

justAmeda said:

bondno9 said:

I was wondering if maybe if he was hiding out from Apples esp after her letter (i.e. calls not being returned). I'm sure she has a few choice words for him

Pull up another chair. Interesting that his personal "assistant" Ms. Merone posted on Twitter that she was at First Ave for the Lauren Hill concert on the 4th ... but I guess she wasn't at the REV concert?!?Umm hmm

bondno9 said:

justAmeda said:

Pull up another chair. Interesting that his personal "assistant" Ms. Merone posted on Twitter that she was at First Ave for the Lauren Hill concert on the 4th ... but I guess she wasn't at the REV concert?!?Umm hmm

she probably only had enough money for Lauren Hill

OldFriends4Sale said:

bondno9 said:

Pull up another chair. Interesting that his personal "assistant" Ms. Merone posted on Twitter that she was at First Ave for the Lauren Hill concert on the 4th ... but I guess she wasn't at the REV concert?!?Umm hmm

she probably only had enough money for Lauren Hill

$77.00
I don't even know who Ms Merone is lol

I would not be surprised because now that P's no longer here in the physical sense then their income from him has now ceased.. Should I had more couches? Plenty of room and it's pay day so I can buy more snacks!

justAmeda said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

she probably only had enough money for Lauren Hill

$77.00
I don't even know who Ms Merone is lol

I would not be surprised because now that P's no longer here in the physical sense then their income from him has now ceased.. Should I had more couches? Plenty of room and it's pay day so I can buy more snacks!

LOL

I wonder who was booked there that weekend first? If Lauren was and Ms Merone jumped on the ticket

Who is Ms Merone ...

OldFriends4Sale said:

TrivialPursuit said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I could even see it on Sheila E. She probably would have waited too if it wasn't for the 'No relevant' comment.

I wish folks could understand the "not relevant" comment. Linda Perry was right. Sheila E. isn't relevant when it comes to popular music on the top 40 charts. Perry wasn't taking away from Sheila's talent, longevity, history, or otherwise. Moreover, Perry was making a comment about pop radio today. Hell, on some levels, Prince wasn't relevant to top 40 radio either. People could look and say "When did he even have a hit last?" We know better of course, but again - Perry's comments were about pop music today and how dismal it is, not Sheila's relevance in music overall.

And she certainly didn't agree to the BET gig just to prove Perry wrong. Sheila E. has nothing to prove to anyone but herself at this point.

One could argue that Sheila probably felt a black awards show was more of the correct place to play in this situation, opposed to a gentrified-as-fuck audience. Not sure if that's valid or not, though.

Black Awards show?

Shelia E. has been apart of Black music and accepted by Black people since she came out. Heck, she is part black AND she grew up on the Funk and Soul music of the 60's and 70's. Shelia E doing her tribute at the BET Awards show was to be expected.

The ONLY other place I could see her doing a mega-Prince tribute is the NAACP Awards show as well; where BOTH Shelia E and Prince were always a part of for years.

bondno9 said:

rogifan said:

wavesofbliss said:

My guess is that L.McM will try to make the Oct thing about money so they can pay his tax bill. I think the acts will reflect this thinking if they can get anyone to join. The music biz is political and P is legend but .... you never know. They showed NO love at mtv so who knows.

I doubt they're going to have random people with no connection to Prince or who weren't influenced by him as who would buy tickets for that? But I'm sure whoever is there we'll see plenty of complaining about it. Btw, Londell tweeted his disgust at no mention of Prince at the MTV video awards. And it was shitty. Prince was one of the acts that made MTV what it was back in the day. Even original VJ Martha Quinn thought there should have been some tribute (for Bowie too).

MTV and it's present audience is so far removed from Prince and Bowie that it wouldn't had been received well.

I think back in 2009 with MJ, you still had a lot of Gen X and older Gen Y people at the show so they could really appreciate the tribute.

I don't think that was the case this year. I mean Britney and Kanye are the most "relevant" veteran performers to THIS particular crowd of MTV followers. Everybody else they listen to is under the age of 30.

GhostChick said:

rogifan said:

wavesofbliss said: I doubt they're going to have random people with no connection to Prince or who weren't influenced by him as who would buy tickets for that? But I'm sure whoever is there we'll see plenty of complaining about it. Btw, Londell tweeted his disgust at no mention of Prince at the MTV video awards. And it was shitty. Prince was one of the acts that made MTV what it was back in the day. Even original VJ Martha Quinn thought there should have been some tribute (for Bowie too).

MTV and it's present audience is so far removed from Prince and Bowie that it wouldn't had been received well.

I think back in 2009 with MJ, you still had a lot of Gen X and older Gen Y people at the show so they could really appreciate the tribute.

I don't think that was the case this year. I mean Britney and Kanye are the most "relevant" veteran performers to THIS particular crowd of MTV followers. Everybody else they listen to is under the age of 30.

This would've been a great opportunity for some musical education, a teachable moment, so to speak, about what real music sounds like for the young ones. At the end they could've put up a disclaimer, don't know who they are, don't know their music? Google it!

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OldFriends4Sale said:

justAmeda said:

I would not be surprised because now that P's no longer here in the physical sense then their income from him has now ceased.. Should I had more couches? Plenty of room and it's pay day so I can buy more snacks!

LOL

I wonder who was booked there that weekend first? If Lauren was and Ms Merone jumped on the ticket

Who is Ms Merone ...

Merone Bekure ... P's personal assistant. She along with Kirky J were the 2 staff members present on the 21st

bondno9 said:

rogifan said:

bondno9 said:

Merone Bekure ... P's personal assistant. She along with Kirky J were the 2 staff members present on the 21st

Is that her? She looks like Andy Allo.

That's Merone. She and Andy do have similar features, esp the hair. Here's another pic of her from the "services" in April

TrivialPursuit said:

source

“I really believe everyone in here hasn’t really begun the grief process,” Melvoin said. “These shows that we’re doing, if I can speak for the five of us and sound slightly New Age about it, we need to grieve and transition him into his death and get the audience to be part of that. It feels like his spirit is sort of stuck here right now with a lot of uncertainty and unanswered questions and unanswered hopes. There’s a lot of loss.”

“We didn’t get to go to the funeral,” Coleman said, referring to the service at Paisley Park three days after Prince’s death. “There was no proper tribute that we felt.”

“We felt left out a bit,” said Matt Fink.

Individually, the members of the Revolution are “looking for a version of salvation for the five of us,” Melvoin said. “We don’t want to put heaviness or importance on these three shows. ‘What are they gonna do? Who’s gonna be their singer? What songs are they gonna do? Why would they even do this without Prince?’ We know it’s out there.

More at the source link.

[Edited 8/26/16 7:55am]

Man... this is the first time I've been on the Associated artists side of the Org since Prince's passing, and damn... for some reason this stuff is affecting me just as much as the posts on the strictly Prince side...IDK man. I wasn't prepared for this....


I guess what i want to say is i really feel for the people who actually knew(and loved) Prince. People like Shelia E, The Revolution, The Time, Susan Rogers, etc. Just imagine all the memories that they have. And the emotions that they're dealing with...

In one way or another all of us have been affected by Prince's death. I can only speak about my experiences but i (like a lot of other people on here) have been a fan since the beginning of Prince's career. Because of that man's music i have 37 plus years worth of mostly fond memories... I know how his death has affected me(and others) and i(like most of us) was just a fan. Its horrible to think about how his remaining family members and close friends must feel. And the one's who may have had unresolved resentments towards Prince? I hope those people can find some kind of resolution and acceptance.


Anyway, I'm rambling...



Nice photo.

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