Cheek said:

go on

Christopher said:

Do you like chocolate???

Cheek said:

I looveee the chocolateee...

Christopher said:

Especially on your panties???

Cheek said:

my name isnt prince

Christopher said:

Suzie!!! Suzie, Suzie, Suzie...

Cheek said:

Ifsixwuz9 said:

How is Andre and Andre's mom now??? I wonder has Prince ever given Benadette some back rent money, hee hee.

Astasheiks said:

nahhh but thanks to him, she got every one of his records...and who the hell is BENadette?????/

" Bernadette the lady, she told me, whatever you do son, a little disclipine is what you need, you need to sacrifice"

Christopher said:

I'm just shaking my head at the two of you -- but that's why I love the Org I'm very entertained - you guys are funny!

Astasheiks said:

IIRC, Bernadette passed away within the past couple of years...

Did she really? I hadn't heard that, sweet lady.

I don't know what you guys would call poor but I think Prince as an adolescent counts. He was thrown out by his dad and had problems with his mom. Was basically homeless. Lived with Bernadette Anderson which was very kind but...any of you who have lived in surrogate family relationships know good and well that you are not part of the family and you have to walk a tightrope. In other words, his early years were very insecure ones and it worked out for him, he decided to take the bull by the horns and handle as much as he could himself. The abandonment issues that he must have, leave scars and anger and a feeling that you just don't belong anywhere. He didn't live in a crime ridden ghetto but I'd say you could safely call him poor or disadvantaged or whatever else you would like to call him that conveys a sense of not belonging or being helped out in the world.

I'd also juxtapose that by saying as an adult he has been spoiled in terms never having to deal with the things the rest of us do because of his talent and the connections it made for him. He's never needed to get a job, after he got a little fame, he didn't have to try hard to impress women or all the things us average men have to fret over.

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Yall two are really funny

Hey,
I too remember reading that Prince as a young kid left hius dad's house and went to go live with Andre and his mother Bernadette. I read that prince was very neat while living with Andre,and Andre was the junky one. They both shared a room together in the basement of Bernadette's house.



I was told that Prince actually attended college for a short time befrore going professional. I don't know if he atttended college right after highschoolgraduation or what.

I also was told that Prince actally pleged a fraternity while attending college. Also I was told that one of Prince's famous squeaks howls came from a fraternity that he pledged while in college.The howl is actully the fraternity's secret squeak. I don't know if any of this is true. I am just going by what i was told


Peace

I heard that he worked as a security gaurd or night watchman for a recording studio, for free recording time instead of money.

mozfonky said:

Umm, he's had a real job since at least 1978--professional musician. I'm sure he works more hours at creating and playing music than a lot of us do at our "office/day" jobs. He is just one of those lucky people who has a job that he truly loves so it doesn't seem like a job.

I'm not drinking the purple kool-aid--it's just that the grass always seems greener elsewhere. Prince may not have to have to deal with crazy co-workers or a pain in the ass boss, but maybe he worries about things that a lot of us don't have to because of his fame. (e.g. people always in his business, users, hangers-on, can't go out in public w/out media attention, etc.)

oh,umm sorry, I thought we meant a real traditional job which 95 percent of us have to have just to survive. I didn't know we were talking about his phenomenal work ethic or all the ass kissers who coddle him and who he can't really trust. I thought we meant a job where he might be a grunt, everyday grunt, someone subject to getting called into the office and getting his ass chewed like we do. I guess we weren't talking about that at all.

mozfonky said:

i wouldn't call him poor. disadvantaged - maybe, but not even really cuz i'm sure he still saw his family, its not like he was in the system and NEVER saw his folks

SweetKreme said:

Moonwalkbjrain said:

i agree...and the whole "problem with his parents and was kicked out of the houese" reeks of "prince was a spoiled teen....didnt get what he wanted so he moved out with his friend"....



and they couldnt have been poor if prince's dad was a jazz player who had famous and skilled players over his house often.....sure, they werent rich but i get the impression they were middle class..maybe lower middle class..poor is living four familys in one house fighting each day to survive. ie, whitney and bobby's house.

Well my sources indicate that he had it hard as a kid. His dad kicked him out, for having a girl in his room. His mom had an asshole of a boyfriend. Anyway, I don't think he started to become the egomaniac we know until he gained the control over his environment that he lacked as a child. This is the story that has gone around for years about prince. That he overcompensated for his childhood. He has all the signs of someone who has been traumatized by abandonment, control freak, trust issues. There is no such thing as a spoiled rocker, and that's what prince is, a rocker. After 18, ok, he was spoiled as an adult and got everything his way as much as possible.

mozfonky said:

A traditional job is what the original post referred to; which, after you addressed that question, you then "juxtaposed" his adolescent life with his adult life and said that even as an adult he's never needed a job. I was specifically responding to your juxtaposition comment, not the original question.

It's all good...



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sosgemini said:

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Were are you getting the he dad played with skilled players who were famous? My most accounts P's dad was not a success as a muscian and most musicians who don't hit it big are poor. It does not matter if you are poor, middle class or rich being put out of your home and fighting with your parents is going to leave scars.

Even Alan Leeds said his family appears to have ignored P when he was growing up and P was not close to his family when Alan was working for P.

Let's just stop the pie in the sky nosense.

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Obviously it's a typo. The point is your question was answered.


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laurarichardson said:

see, this statement right here was totally uncalled for..you had it going..you were posting well...you shared information that you knew, but then you just couldnt help let that inner-omen666 in you come out...

when will you learn this is a forum for people to share their perspective and the information on subjects that they know..the information might not always be right..so clarify, judging people and making statements like the above does nobody any good...


positivity, have you had your plus sign today?

and for the record, i recalled reading about prince sitting in his living room as a kid listening to his dad play with famous folks..hey, i could be remembering the details wrong....ir i couldnt....

and by the way: what the fuck makes you think your nonsense isnt just that?

all the shit we all post here is fucking nonsense...

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sosgemini said:

exactly! thats exactly what i think it all boils down to..and i should kno, i AM a spoiled teen .

mozfonky said:

yea and i wonder what the BACK STORY is behind that girl in the room shit. c'mon parents just dont kick ya out for mess with the ladies, UNLESS ur parents wakcka wacka. i just dont buy all this abused and used stuff, somethin just dont seem right. maybe its cuz hes been caught in lies about his life b4, i dunno, but i dont buy it all. overcompensated? (sooo not trynna turn this into one of THOSE threads) c'mon fonky, are u trynna say that cuz he had a "fucked" chilhood that he's got an excuse to be how he is? cuz in THAT case, mj got an excuse to be how HE is.