I'm walking through the Arundel Mills Mall today (between Baltimore and Wash. DC)..and I hear Call my Name...so I'm like "okay..cool..no biggie..they're playing him on the radio"..I look up and BAMM they're playing the damn video on what they call Mills TV (I'm assuming that all Mills projects malls play the same thing)... now they have probably 50 or more of these big screens throug hout this huge mall..and I'm thinking to myself...I liked it better when nobody was listening but the die hard fans...is that wrong? I mean a Prince video while you shop? How much more Americana can that be. This has to be right up there with Vanessa "Nude Pics" Williams singing Disney soundtracks!!

I'm just saying...

A couple of winters ago they used to play the Prince documentary slash Rainbow children commerical on all the tv's at all the Best Buy's in the country.

lovemachine said:

at least Beast Bye had a stake in it--since they had stake in TRC's ultimate success or failure..but geez...what's next..Lite Rock Radio? They play the most milquetoast music (Jessica "Duh" Simpson, Clay "Ewok" Aiken...)

Arundel Mills is the coolest mall in the state. I go there a lot, but I haven't seen the video played there yet. I just wonder how many people actually stopped to watch it.

SweetTemptation said:

i work there..today was the first time i saw it...but i've seen Jessica Simple's video a gazillion times..so i'm thinking CMN is gonna be in rotation for a while

meltwithu said:

Hey Melt, where in Arundel Mills do you work, and can we all get discounts??!! I dig that place, but it's so far out just be going to a mall or the movies. I only live near exit 17 off of the beltway, but getting to 295S, then 100E is sometimes too much just to be in a throng of youngsters everywhere. LOL! It's cool they were playing the vi, though. Did it seem like people were enjoying it or jamming to it?

alexnvrmnd said:

exit 17..oh you're a woodlawn resident. i work for Burlington Coat Factory..was at the one right there at Security Mall, just got transferred to Arundel Mills bout a month ago...you know the Mills is so busy, I don't think most peeps paid the video much mind..but you know Prince fans are like dogs..ears perk up when u hear a Prince song lol

meltwithu said:

Yeah man, Woodlawn or Windsor Mill. Whichever label someone wants to put on this area. I think the post office doesn't even know. LOL! You're right about Prince fans...all we need to hear is the first note of something and it's like our version of a dog whistle!! LMAO! The ears perk up and all else around us doesn't matter 'til the song's over. Were you at all 3 shows last weekend @ MCI?

went thursday only...saw enough reviews posted that the sets weren't changing enough to shell out the loot for 2 more shows...kinda wish i went saturday, but oh well. went to the theater showing at columbia in march..figured twice was enough

Between Call My Name and She Loves me For Me..Don't Know which one I hate more.. Crappy songs ...Very Dead....Lol...I Kinda Think WIFE, MOTHER,SISTER,LOVER was The FIREBOMB of PASSION...

Hmm, today as I was breezing thru the electronics section in my local Wal-mart, I passed a kiosk with a TV that was showing the Musicology video.

meltwithu said:

As a semi-punk fan now (about half of the music I listen to is punk rock) and a nearly TOTAL punk fan (around 90% of what I played) back in the day, I had to go through watching bands that played in my living room -- I lived at the Profane Existence house in Mpls. -- (Rancid, Green Day, Cringer, Christ on a Crutch, Jawbreaker, The Mr. T Experience, The Circle Jerks) playing in constant rotation on MTV. That was PAINFUL, so I know EXACTLY what you were feeling in that mall.

And no, it isn't wrong.

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince
[This message was edited Fri Aug 20 2:25:34 2004 by sloopydrew4u]