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Thread started 03/24/05 7:18am

peppeken

Open Letter to Madonna

anybody know where I can find this on the 'net ? thanks
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Reply #1 posted 03/24/05 8:49am

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"Open Letter" was about Madonna?
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Reply #2 posted 03/24/05 9:10am

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OnionJuice said:

"Open Letter" was about Madonna?


I think he may be talking about the posting on the NPG website a few years back when Prince posted something about having a dream about Madonna and an awards ceremony, and helping with his contract issues. At least that's what I took it to mean.
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Reply #3 posted 03/24/05 10:32am

MetroArea

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PrinceTheNutter said:


Open Letter 2 Madonna
from The Artist:
Madonna: artist 2 artist, eye am sure u understand the connection eye feel 2
my music. U more than any1 at Time Warner knows the patience and care with
which we give birth 2 creation... and u maybe moreso than any1 knows how
much a new artist longs 2 find a place amongst "the chosen few" 2 flaunt
those creations (and at the same time put food on one's table). Music
lawyers, managers and execs make deals best suited 4 their futures as well
as urs in most cases... OWNERSHIP OF MASTER RECORDINGS IS ALMOST NEVER AN
ISSUE! (let's remember, it was 1978!)

Eye dreamt of u and eye at the Grammy Awards and felt a need 2 write this
letter 2 u. In my dream, eye approached u and asked u if u remembered me,
and u said "sure"... u were on ur way up 2 receive 1 of numerous awards u
will no doubt receive that night, and eye asked u 2 help me with my fight 2
retain ownership of my legacy and u said, "eye don't own ur masters, Time
Warner does... if it was my company, u could have them."

"But eye say 2 u, dear sister, it IS ur company as long as u remain in their
graces... 4 all Artists, Madonna, make a stand 4 what is RIGHT... surely
they will listen 2 u!" In the dream u seemed 2 feel me and yet u were a bit
non-committal... so as u approached the podium, eye followed u, and as we
stood side by side, eye said, "b glad this a commercial break!" and eye
walked offstage and looked 4 Wyclef. Interpretaions aside, artist 2 artist,
"U Can Help Us... and eye know u will becuz u REMEMBER ME."


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[Edited 3/24/05 10:33am]
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Reply #4 posted 03/24/05 10:51am

OnionJuice

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What did he mean?

And Prince know Wyclef Jean pretty well?
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Reply #5 posted 03/24/05 12:30pm

Dugen

After seeing the movie "Ray" and the deal he landed that let him retain ownership of his masters back then, I wondered why Prince never asked 2 own his masters from the beginning or at least when he resigned with WB.
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Reply #6 posted 03/24/05 12:36pm

jayaredee

Do you think Madonna could really help Prince get his masters back from Warner?
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Reply #7 posted 03/24/05 12:48pm

nayroo2002

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I remember that junk.
Prince was really grovelling and scraping for help.

I also remember signing an online petition for him to reclaim his master recordings from WB.


From where he stands now, though,
it gives one hope to be patient when the light seems too dim to find an exit.
"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #8 posted 03/24/05 3:31pm

npgmaverick

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I've never seen this. I just keep reading it over and over. That seems so uncharateristic 4 him. His attitude and jealously** towards Madonna were well documented over the years. She's always been a sore spot 4 him. It just seems so bizarre 2 write such a thing in such high praise.


**DISCLAIMER! When I use the word "jealousy", it is no way 2 imply that I think he was jealous of her talent, musical skills, business savy, fame, fortune or anything else she may possess either tangebly or otherwise. It is simply the fact that WB treated her much better and held her on a higher pedistal bcuz she made the label more money than he did during their time there 2gether.
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