The following is an excerpt of a live chat held on David Bowie's BowieNet on February 27, 1999 featuring Bowie and Boy George together answering fans' questions. The transcript is available on www.teenagewildlife.com, a David Bowie fansite. The transcript can be found by going to "Recent Events," and then choosing the "Online Events" option. The following is the only mention of Prince in the chat session. It is a question asked by a fan (through the moderator), and the answer by David Bowie and Boy George.



Mod2: Valerius says:Boy, I'm from Minneapolis, and I'd love to hear what you think of the Artist Formerly Known as Prince -- pretentious, genius, bad makeup, what?



David Bowie: As a fellow artist, my initial feeling is that he has come to a crossroad and probably going through a time that maybe I went through in the '80's. This is a very circumspect answer. And is struggling to find where his direction should be. He's of such vast talent that he will definitely come out of this densely worrying period. He's overall one of my favorite artists of the last 20 years.



Boy George: I think Prince needs to work on his sense of humour - like David, I think he is immensely talented and is capable of genius any moment - I wait with baited breath.