it's like being invited to a dinner and when finished eating everything, rise and sing: "The food was shitty".
Well, Grammy's promoters will think twice before inviting him again, nice move...

realm said:

By stating publicly that you "don't care", you're only showing that you do care. If he really didn't care, he wouldn't have submitted the album and he most certainly wouldn't have turned up.

There's plenty of artists that genuinely don't care and guess what? They don't talk about it and they don't turn up.

alexxa15 said:

Grammy promoters will look at the ratings and think: hmm this Prince guy didn't do too bad.. maybe we should invite him again?

Payt said:

Maybe, but he's getting more and more "dangerous", maybe next time will chant "Grammy is Evil"..

BartVanHemelen said:

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Did it ever occur to you that he might be joking !!!. In addition, I think this is America and people do have the right to free speech. Everybody's not a kiss ass.

First of all, it would have been nice if Prince had won, but since he didn't so what! He's getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I want him to start getting lifetime achievement awards for all the stuff he has done, not just for the NEWS album or any of the stuff he's done in the last 4 years. And for my response to Neosoul: So what if Beyonce won five Grammys, she's still not all of that, so did Norah Jones last year, the year before that, Alicia Keys, and in 99 Lauren Hill, so what point did you make! Prince is not a sell out and if he gets to acting like a bitch, like, I ain't saying no names (Justin Timberlake) and starts apologizing for what is and what he does, then he's a sellout. But as far as I'm concerned he's as real as it gets. He could teach these artist today how it's done.

smm said:

Preach!! :wOOt:

Always this bandying of the word "commercial"... even if an artist reserves the right to do whatever (s)he wants, without pandering to the tastes of others, it is still ideal to get a maximum of exposure when possible, isn't it?

I mean, if you've got a message to get out there, let's get it out to as many people as we can - lots of people watch the grammys, right?

I don't think people can be separated into "commercial" and "non-commercial" categories anyway. There's only so many new ways for busy people to hear about new music. And not everyone listens to NPR, for example, or checks out local music scenes.

mochalox said:

sabaisabai said:

I think he meant it at this point in time in his career, that is taking off again, just in a new direction. I was sooo happy he showed up & did his THANG. getting out there & showing ppl hes alive & well & "no body can mess with HIS band".