Shorty said:

That's the nature of messageboards. If i want a mass love in, i'll go to an MJ board or the NPGMC.

As i enjoy the org and it's varying opinions and relative freedom of speech, i'll stay put. I do regret using the term 'losers' though, it's not something i'd say in everday conversation, nor is it a word i remember typing too often here either. so i take that back.

rest assured, i am above anyone that claims to like 'Jughead' though!

Marrk said:

we're in agreement on the nature of messageboards, I was addressing the thread topic is all.
I don't care for jughead either but I prefer to stay on a level field with those who do like it. I don't need to be above anyone, the higher up you are the farther you fall.

We have all heard the refrain: Prince is great, but he's not the greatest musician that ever lived, and if you think that, you're just a fam-atic. I'm not saying that Prince is the G.O.A.T., it's impossible to measure that, tho there was a time when I believed that. But I put these questions to you:

1. Do you feel like it's unfashionable to speak of Prince in glowing terms, even on the org?

2. If you feel that way, do any of you try to watch what you say about Prince out of fear you might get dissed by other orgers, that it's not "org-fashionable" to praise Prince, or that you won't be perceived as a "fully-informed" music fan?


I'm not implicating any orgers in particular, I'm talking about whether this phenomenon exists.

Thoughts?
[Edited 4/5/05 16:10pm]

Shorty said:

I agree. You do know the Jughead comment wasn't serious, right? It's not a song i'll ever listen to again in my lifetime though.

surely we are all here as adults to voice our opinion on prince wether good or bad and to take good views from people aswell as criticism on the org

P.S. I love Prince. Prince rocks my muthafuckin world on a constant basis. There are Orgers who are afraid for one reason or another to admit that he rocks theirs too. Then there are Orgers who give honest criticism where they feel it's warranted, and still others who are just brats. But we love them too.

FunkMistress said:

Like hell we do.

Always good 2 c u, namepeace.

Do u blieve it is possible that a CONtingent may downplay his genius bcause it makes him more human, understandable, or 'reachable' 2 them?
There is also a train of thought that some may subconsciously wish 2 feel better about themselves. What do u think?

love

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[Edited 4/6/05 11:11am]

namepeace, whether he is reachable or not, does not speak 2 the question eye posed 4 u....or does it?

Do u blieve it is possible that a CONtingent may downplay his genius bcause it makes him more human, understandable, or 'reachable' 2 them?

love

It doesn't bother me one way or another when people understate their opinion of Prince. I think one of the reasons they do it is because they are the ones who are still waiting for Prince to be innovative and groundbreaking again. These people have not accepted the fact that those days are over. So it's easier for them to downplay and be over critical of Prince's current work because he's not going to create 1999, Purple Rain or Around the World in a Day again. Rather than anaylze Prince in the context of the current music climate, they'd rather compare everything he does now to something that was created 20 years ago.