DigitalLisa3000 said:

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Being a fan from the 1999 era and an African-American I can say that some people find P a little spooky.

Some people think he want down to the crossroads and made a deal with devil and I think it has a lot to do with the following things.

1 Working 20 hours a day on music.
2.Mastering so many insturtments.
3.Doing outragous things in his carreer and getting away with it.
4. All the woman that seem to follow him around as if he were a Pied Piper.
5. Building a mystic around himself with lies and half-truths to the point were
public did not know what was real or fake.

I don't think P made a deal with anyone but, I can see why you would think he had some knowledge of the dark arts. I think he just works hard, is very talented and has been really lucky.

laurarichardson said:

No, u are not far off. During his second album, he got a lot of coverage from Black music magazines and teen mags. Right On! and later, Black Beat. Anyway, around 79, black girls LOVED Prince. Bigtime. Then when P released Dirty Mind, some girls thought he looked "kinda weird". BUT when P came out with "Controversy" in 81, that's when I heard the most backlash from the same black girls and others. My friends parents or their elders, uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc. Everyone to some extent commented on P's eyes and how he looked "evil". The same girls who adored P just two years earlier were now scared to death of him. That stayed with P easily up untill 85. P played with imagery and backward masking in the same vein as Led Zeppelin, Bowie and The Stones. There is no doubt about that.

This reminds me of is was this one time when I felt a really strong dryness inside me, like around my throatal region and areas, and it occurred to me that I needed to do something about this parchitude sensation and that I had certain resources in my reach with which I could cure myself of my throatal aridity; so what I did was I traversed from the room in which I keep my sofa, television, area rugs, and general lounging necessities, and I journeyed across the studio apartment which I began renting almost four years ago until I found myself in another room in this space, which has a device with dials which heats digestibles and another device - a kind of basin surrounded by cupboards - which features an on/off device - some might call it a dispenser - which allows one to access a clear, taste-free liquid. It was this liquid which I journeyed to this part of my living space - this "kitchen", as I call it - to acquire. I knew that if I could put this liquid inside my body somehow, I could improve the nagging dryness in my throatal region. At this point, I opened one of the cupboards (which you probably know as little closet-like box things that hang from the walls and have doors on them and shelves inside - other people call them 'cabinets') and procured a cylindrical glass object which was sealed at one end, and open at the other. At this point, it occurred to me that I could place the glass cylinder under the on/off liquid dispenser, and the liquid (which Native Americans call 'water') would catch in the glass object. So I carried through with this plan, and eventually had enough liquid (or 'water') to lift to my face, and force into my head by way of opening my mouth and pouring the liquid into my head. And with the pouring of the liquid, as I suspected, the throatal dryness was no more. And this is why Prince & wicca = Witchcraft.

That is all.

No offense, but your views are far-fetched at best. Before diving into any "religion" head first, read the Holy Bible, and see what God really says. Not what man has twisted over the years.

jstarr2000 said:

PLEASE don't state your opinions about the Bible as fact, you show yourself to be a complete idiot.

Whatever. Prince's first religion is Prince. He knows about all of the religions and he takes from them that would fit in with Princism and when they know longer fit in with the program he discards them. Don't read too much into it.

LQ

MetroArea said:

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Because someone takes the Bible as fact does not make them an idiot. It is called faith. No one went off on this thread about Wicca or Pagan beliefs so way go to name calling on a Christian.

LadyQ said:

Well he certainly let that JW bullshit get to him pretty heavily.

laurarichardson said:

I like a rock from the 60's, like santana and the who, but I know for a fact back in the days a lot of those rock groups did in fact make a deal with the devil, in exchange 4 money, women & fame. What Prince did in the mid 80's From 1999 2 Around the world in the day in my opinnion was influenced from the rock style in the 60's. Maybe I'm getting a little bit 2 deep in2 this, but if I look at the overall picture the very person we all look up as our hero could or may have very well been evil.....

blackguitaristz said:

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I know I was one of those black girls. I was creeped out around the Controversy period and creeped out about the backwards messages in his songs. However, I am still a fan of his music but, I would never want to meet this guy or get on his bad side.(LOL)

laurarichardson said:

That's deep. I could go into a grip of shit about this very topic on here, but I won't. I'll just say that us old school P fans that were actually there back in the day know what was up. We all know why P put his eyes on the center of the record of the 1999 album.

laurarichardson said:

That's deep. I could go into a grip of shit about this very topic on here, but I won't. I'll just say that us old school P fans that were actually there back in the day know what was up. We all know why P put his eyes on the center of the record of the 1999 album.

Just give it time. It's frustratin' I know. Even if it does last, Prince will have broken every Jehovah rule in the book. How long did that name change thing last? Impulse is that boy's middle name.

LQ

laurarichardson said:

That's deep. I could go into a grip of shit about this very topic on here, but I won't. I'll just say that us old school P fans that were actually there back in the day know what was up. We all know why P put his eyes on the center of the record of the 1999 album.

blackguitaristz said:

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You don't have to go into it. Anybody black on this board that was around back in the day knows the demonic stories going around the black community about Prince and I think he was very much aware of it and used it to build a mystic around himself.

blackguitaristz said:

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You don't have to go into it. Anybody black on this board that was around back in the day knows the demonic stories going around the black community about Prince and I think he was very much aware of it and used it to build a mystic around himself.

laurarichardson said:

:::raises hand::: I fit all the criteria but I don't recall any of what you guys are talking about. See my post up further.

I'd rather Prince become a Wicca than a JW. Or better yet, a Satanist.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Hell..Prince's lyrics and lifestyle of the early eighties depict more of a picture of true Satanism than any Christian religion.

Prince is already acting like a good satanist. He's getting to know the Bible pretty well. The JW religion is just a cover-up for his Bible studies. You'll see. He's part of the "system" now and has been for awhile -- "hardcore since '94"

Prince is nothing but a brilliant marketer of his persona!

Whateva the weather calls for at the moment. The androgeny and satanic teasing was good for the time. I wouldn't take anything he does literal. He was selling a mystic and controversial image. One that your parents said you should stay away from, which made you want to listen more and buy more records!

Flash forward....hmmm Im getting to old for these assless pants... I need to change my image, but I need it to be believable...hmm I know I'll join the JW's.
It worked for Mike!

Seriously I cant judge him, maybe he is sincere, but the Rainbow children was definatly designed to promote his new reborn image.