I have questions about Prince that have bogged me for the longest. Now, they may be stupid questions to some.....okay, many, but I'm curious. Plus, this is my thread so I can say what I want now, so....nahnah

Question 1: I know why Prince wears the heels, at least I think I do, but how does he do all that jumping, running and the splits in those shoes? This has made me wonder for the longest. I've jumped in heels before and it's not exactly comfortable. He walks in heels better than most women. Does he wear socks and if not, does he have a life-time free membership to Odor Eaters, because I know the smell can't be that great after a two-and-a-half hour concert. His new heels with the lights, are they like British Knights...ya'll remember those don't cha? They were the ones that light up when you walked. Hmmm, interesting.

Question 2: Does Prince have a tattoo of the Symbol on the side of his head (cover of Emancipation) or did he just draw it on with his eyeliner pencil like he did with the word "slave" on the side of his face?

Question 3: What was the point in the spinning floor in the "Call My Name" video. Was it supposed to look cool or sumthin', because it just gave me a case of motion sickness.

One more and I'll leave ya'll alone:

Question 4: In many past interviews, Prince has said that he doesn't listen to the radio if he wants to hear new music; he just goes and makes the new music himself. If that's the case, than how does he know all these other artists' songs when he's complimenting or talking about them?

Okay, you are all free now to laugh at this thread. Thank you.

estelle1981 said:

I think we've established that Prince is a weird, almighty mystical one.
I think the whole heel thing..theyre boots. So he HAS 2 be wearin' socks with 'em! Otherwise I dunno how 2 explain this. He probably has comfortable soles inside of them for jumping with. I know I would get helluva foot sting from jumping in heels. The man is blessed.
I don't think the tattooed symbol is real. I think it might of been photoshopped or penciled in.
I think the spinning floor was meant 2 look cool. And it also gave me one hulluva headache.
His whole 'I dont listen 2 the radio thing but I know who all of these artists are and what songs they sing" shindigg gets on my nerves and I have always wanted this answered as well. Maybe he hears it from them personally? we may neva know. Weird, almighty, mystical one.
The questions may never be answered.

estelle1981 said:

You can find out about new music without listening to the radio, ya know. Word of mouth, reading about the latest releases, watching tv, etc....

PRince hears most musicians "organically" which I take to mean someone says, "Hey Prince check out this new girl Alecia Keys." Prince had her out at Paisley PArk before she was super famous.

Supernova said:

I know, I know, but he's said that he doesn't listen to other people's music; he just makes his own. But, that was back at the time of the "Dirty Mind" album and he had just talked about how he and his first band had to do Top 40 covers. He said he hated it, and then he made this comment. Maybe, he's changed his mind.

estelle1981 said:

Yeah. It takes a lot of woman to be able to do that.



It was an image manipulation (and a quite hasty one too), he never shaved off his hair like that.



I'm pretty sure it was just a prop they could get off cheap.



He downloads them using Napster or a similiar filesharing application. Either that or he's just lyin´.

Bastard.

Novabreaker said:

iirc, he did
in the betcha by golly wow video and live per4mances, he had glitter on the shaven part. he definatly had a line taken out on one side and it was filled with glitter and i always thought he had a lil bit shaved off above the other ear and that glittered in too

Supernova said:

Yea, but I absolutely HATE IT when he claims to "not listen to anyone's music" but his own I've heard him say that in the last, mmm, 3 years at least. It's such bool - if he really loves music & big ups other artists I KNOW his ear is listening. At least lately he's given it up for people, but if I hear Alicia & Outkast fly out his mouth one more time...

MashedPotatoKid said:

Sure, but not to the same extent as he had on that Emancipation pic. Those were just small bits. That "cancer patient look" with the HUGE shaven part itself was just a manipulation. What do you think? He used to walk around his house like that for months before the hair would grow back and he'd dare to go out in the public again?

CalhounSq said:

I know! "His OWN music" grrrrr!! I'm gonna start goin' apeshit!
"Outkast! Alicia Keys! Put on a purple thing and dance around!" Err..... hehe.

when you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?

mochalox said:

Purple.

Why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?

CalhounSq said:

I knew he was FOS when he said it years ago, and if he said it recently he's still FOS.

Supernova said:

There would have been no Rainbow Children had it not been for the liner notes of D'Angelo's Voodoo.

psykosoul said:

Interesting...explain. I've never read them.

Yeah you are stupid

Novabreaker said:

He had the shaved patches when he was on Muppets Tonight, filled in with glitter or something. They looked about the same size as in the Emancipation pics to me.