Seen on their homepage for a WB shirt gift idea :

NUDITY IS OUT OF STYLE
Really, it’s so 2002. If you were thinking of giving the gift of nakedness this year, forget it. Instead, give the gift of half-dressedness with the Warner Bros. Records T-shirt and tank top. They’re stylish, well-made, and very useful. It’s the kind of gift that never gets old. Hell, we send one to Prince every year.

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/

baXtos said:

what's their point?

maybe they should send prince

his master recordings instead

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Now that would be some funny shit right there.

THAT IS FUCKING HILARIOUS! ROTFL!!!

sumtymes said:

Yeah...maybe they should send copies of all the contracts Prince signed, in good faith, giving the rights to his master recordings. On the last page, put a little note saying, "GET OVER IT".

It was convenient to blame WB for anything that went wrong with the release of a Prince album back in the day. But nowdays, there are still shelved albums, one album a year, setbacks, delays, etc...

Besides, if WB's ownership of those songs means Prince cant Jehova-ize them, thats cool with me.

Tom said:

Good point.

If he were to re-do Dirty Mind now, it could end up just being a blank cd or something :O

KAMILLE said:

Those Warner Brothers T-shirts are ugly. Even I wouldn't want one, except maybe to wash the car with.

i liked it...lighten up folks!!

KAMILLE said:

Ditto!

I can't even begin to comprehend how pissed off the NPGMC Fams are going to get over this!

BTW, a little bit down on that page, they refer to Seal as a "pop legend". Legend?!? While Prince is just "Prince"? I consider that to be more of a slap in the face than the t-shirt comment!

I think it's funny. What a bunch of sensitive mf's we got around here

EverlastingNow said:

Warene Bros,Know They f**ck Up With Prince,Like Most Big Companies,They Like To Bum RushThe Little Guy,I Think You Can Hear The Message In Some Of Prince Songs,As For Prince's Depature,That Was A Blessing,BecaueHeWas FightingFor His Write To Display His Talent And Not Be A Sellout,PersonallyI Think Prince's Music Is Alot Better Know,If He Had Stayed At WB He Would Of Not Had Creativity And Stayed In The Business.A Mesage To Warener Bros. Get A T-Shirt With The Frog,Your Company Was Greedy Like An Ex-Wife In Divorce Court,I Don't But Any Of Your Shirt Anymore And I Think There Are Alot Of Prince Fams Out There That Feel The Same Way.Go Find Young,Dumb Suckers Out There.Sadly That Is How Your Company Is Making It These Days,P.S.Ask Prince Of A Copy Of The Truth,You Might Learn Something?The Evolution Will Be Colorized,Peace,<-0)

lets see if they poke fun when the internet/ direct to consumer format becomes the norm and these suit wearing non-musician thieves become obselete

Not taking Warner Bros side but I don't know if it's a dig over their sour relationship.

They're talking about nudity and then in the same context say they send Prince one every year. Maybe their point is for Prince to "cover up" (hell he gave them the LOVESEXY artwork cover, maybe they are offering him a shirt?)

I seriously doubt that it has anything to do with Prince / WB's past, the masters or anything like that. Maybe whoever wrote it was trying to be funny, not realising the history they have between themselves and their former artists.

Im not making excuses for Warners, but I think the interpretation on this is not as bad as everyone is making out

rudedog said:

GENIUS!!!

Tom said:

..Exactly, and Prince did a stupid thing and signed a multi-year contract with him at the height of his fame. You've got to blame 90% of it on him.

Tom said:

wbr said:

two things:

1. the only shirts available are for women only... (which makes it even more funny)

2. i think prince has everything he wants this year from the nordstrom's boys department... maybe he can give the woman's wbr tshirt to jerry blackwell

hey folks,

have you been involved in the trade?
Do you know how much money Prince gained out of his last contract?

Do you believe the hype that the guy creates?

Think twice before you say "F..."

Thank you and a happy new year to everyone here

Juize, Hamburg Germany

you are really getting worked up over that ???
wb were very good to prince...there wouldnt be many record companies that would give a few million JUST for a promo video(carmen)then have it thrown back in their face..paisley park anyone?prince had his eyes wide open when he negoitatied the 100m deal in 93(do we really believe he could have recouped his costs...each cd would have had to ship 10m..the cynics amongst us would have u believe all that slave business was to save face and get out of a contract that he knew he could never make good on and instead of losing face in a very very public way he played the artist and race card at once)

radici27 said:

exactly

laugh now

cry sooner than u think

dnaplaya said:

Exactly...I mean, it's not like Prince is the only disgruntled former artist from their label...but he IS known for sex and nudity. It's more a comment on that, than anything having to do with sour grapes or vendettas. Prince gave the world assless pants on MTV...no wonder they're tossing T-shirts at him each year to cover up.

rudedog said:

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Stop being a corporate kiss ass!!. If Prince makes a comment about WB he is labeled a brat. A corporation that was so
pathetic at marketing music that is had to sell the music division is in no position to joke about Prince.

jonylawson said:

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Yes, we all know that Prince threw a lot of WB money out of the window but, we also know that this was done with the permission of some executive at WB. Prince was not stealing money and doing whatever he pleased with it. Someone gave him the go ahead. All parties should share some of the blame.

If someone put a 100 million dollar contract in front of you would you sign it? Besides Prince has said he had a bad feeling about the deal but, let be real that's a lot of money and most people would not turn it down.

Prince no longer bashes WB in the media or from the stage.
WB music division no longer exist so it is time for this whole thing to become water under the brigde.

Juize said:

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Do you read the business pages? Do you have any idea what kind of shambles the music industry is in right now?

dude, that is some funny shit!!!



what's even funnier is the stir it causes among us, it's a JOKE fer fuck's sake

They need to get a Life...Fuck Waner Bro's
[This message was edited Sun Jan 4 14:40:06 PST 2004 by RaspberryWoman007]