just looking at pictures of prince from around 1995, he was very gaunt looking, not very healthy at all...compared to how he looks now, he looks much better. so do you think he was ever on them?....or was this the start of the vegan diet hitting him hard?

I remember seeing him perform "Endorphinmachine" on VH1 Honors that year and thought he looked very thin also. I just thought it was because he was wearing that black outfit. I guess that's why black is my favorite color, it makes you appear thinner.

yes he was. at some point. probably.

though I find this question interesting coming from someone who has been on the org for a while.

This is just my humble opinion but Prince was right in the middle of his legal battle with Warner Bros.

I think the stress was getting to him during 94-95.

4th!!!

There have been a few people surrounding him that claimed he's done extacy. Its also been mentioned that the reason he pulled the Black album was because he had a bad trip (reaction).

I think the vegan diet was the reason he looked like that.

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

I agree
Hes probaly one of those people that do
not eat right when stressed

thekidsgirl said:

Yes. It could just as easily be an undereating thing as much as a drug thing. People being people will usually go for the drug option.

welli just got "possessed: the rise and fall of prince" today from my local library (i hope 2 somehow never bring it back ) and i read some of it already and apparently he had a rough time around the whole warner dispute and he becoming vegan -- he started taking aspirins like 4 @ a time and at one point had a bottle of wine 2 himself and was then hospitilized because it took a big toll on him


but hey, this could all be one big fatass lie so DONT take my word for it

superspaceboy said:

never assume anything...i rarely creep into this forum and ive been here for over seven years....

has it been that long?

SammiJ said:

Is Hahn going to revise his book and call it "the rise and fall and rise of Prince"?

vainandy said:

Off topic: but not true. after sitting out one term, a 2 term president can run again.

That's not part of my post....that's my signature line. I've tried changing the font or putting it italics to separate it from my posts but I can't figure out how to do it. As far as the truthfulness of my signature, I've always heard that a president can only serve two terms. For the sake of anyone that is not a rich white heterosexual male, I hope I heard right.

hmm prince on drugs. Well he's confirmed anorexic, he hears voices apparently so at least minorly schizorphrenic, possibly triggered under stress. I would guess that the medication alone that he's been on is enough to make any normal person high as a kite (think thorazine). Now not only that, he's a millionair and he's an artist. So here we have a man with a lot of cash to blow, nothing to worry about in terms of living well financialy, that has a habbit of getting too friendly with his guitar on stage every now and then. I would say he's definitely done drugs or been on them, even alcohol is a drug; it just happens to be legal, though its more harmfull than some illegal drugs.

Centurion said:

Prince has been on Thorazine? That is for psychotic behavior.

prodigalfan said:

Not saying he's been on it, but with those sort of mental illnesses (and no, anorexia is not just some rumour, one look at his pictures and you can tell his BMI must be so low that kermit the frog out weighed him at one point) and the way he acts, I wouldn't be supprised if he went through an episode at one point. Its not a big deal realy, a lot of naive people think drugs aren't something *their* favorite artist could do hehe. But the fact is, not all drugs are life destroying demons, and most people at some point in their life use them in our current society.

Once it’s proven then I'll believe

I´ve always wondered about that line "U´re like a good pill" on "Tick, Tick, Bang". I´ve read about Prince poppin´ pills as early as during the Purple Rain period (wasn´t "Tick, Tick, Bang" originally written for Vanity?), and he certainly hit the medicine bottle big time during the late ´90s.

As for P trippin´ on E´s, well, that sounds plausible enough to me, all things considered. Still, I think his public anti-drug stance is what counts - after all, I don´t think he has claimed in any of his lyrics that he never did any drugs...


Karri

prodigalfan said:

Simply untrue.

The 22ND AMENDMENT limits a president to two four-year terms. It does not matter if they are consecutive or not. The limit is two four year terms.

Why didn't Reagan run again? Or Bill Clinton? Don't you think Bill Clinton would have won if he ran this year? Tehy did not run or even consider running because they couldn't. Hillary's name was brought up a lot this election cycle. If Bill Clinton could have run again, his name would have come up on a regular basis also, but he was not even mentioned once..

Karri said:

I thought "Tick, Tick, Bang" was written around the Controversy period?

Sowhat said:

This year, I don't know. In 2000, yes.

Another reason behind this thin look is prolly the fact that he was on a "slave" trend. It is not believable to have a healthy looking slave on the radio claiming to be "paid" for his work (his back catalogue).

I don't know, I have this theory for quite ome time now.
I don'tbelieve he was addicted actually. He may have tried a few things but it does not correspond to his personna.

Supernova said:

Nope Tick, Tick, Bang is from the Dirty Mind era i think. The original verison is very punk-esque.

Sowhat said:

boy do i wish clinton would be re-elected again. i miss those good ole clinton years when most working class people were happy...including myself

regarding this topic, i do agree that his period between 93-96 prince looked very sick and unhealthy. this was also a time when he obviously juggled women (nona gaye, carmen electra, mayte). the stress of it all probably took a toll on him. I personally don't think it was drugs, maybe he missed a few days worth a meals at periods but heavy drugs no.

klaatu said:

That's a non-sequitur if there ever was one.

Prince on drugs? Naw....

meow85 said:

He was so loaded, his face turned into a red X.




Now that's !

I heard he took aspirin for a headache once.