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Reply #90 posted 11/07/05 9:45pm

PanicAttack

meltwithyou said:

PanicAttack said:



FOR YOUR INFORMATION I HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION WITH THE PEOPLE I DEAL AND HYPOCRICY IS NOT A CHARACTER TRAIT OF MINE. iI HELP PEOPLE IN ANYWAY THAT I CAN AND I'M VERY MUCH APPREACIATED BY A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE ME. biggrin


yeah according to yourself !! if hypocracy isnt a trait of yours then how the hell do you state that i need more perspective when you cant even understand a message in a song let alone recognise sarcasm !! again its funny how nobody aggrees with your side of things yet you refuse point blank to see it any other way... with such arrogance and narrow mindedness you would have to be the hardest person in the world to love... such narrow mindedness i'd drop ya like a stone



For someone on a message board, who doesn't know my name, where I live, what I do for a living you sure know a lot about me don't cha! You're so knee deep in delusional shit about me someone should call a doctor. And the only person that's arguing with me is you fathead! mad
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Reply #91 posted 11/07/05 9:48pm

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CherrieMoonKisses said:

I like how Prince came and had a massively successful selling album and tour and proved that their really wasnt a "fall" at all. cool "The other side of the pillow".


This is true. It was nice to see Prince have a good year last year. biggrin
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Reply #92 posted 11/07/05 9:51pm

PanicAttack

meltwithyou said:

why waist my time tryin to explain something that is beyond your capacity to understand !!



That's because you don't know...Do you! Yu're just sitting around pretending to know things you don't. Don't be afraid, admit it jackass!
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Reply #93 posted 11/07/05 9:58pm

meltwithyou

PanicAttack said:

meltwithyou said:

why waist my time tryin to explain something that is beyond your capacity to understand !!



That's because you don't know...Do you! Yu're just sitting around pretending to know things you don't. Don't be afraid, admit it jackass!


as i said befor... F*#K your an idiot !!, dolphin is about his fight with warner bros over artistic control of his music.... and again your such a hypocrit... you have the hide to dictate to me about what i believe and how i "worship" Prince as you state and turn around and accuse me of such a thing, if you must know people are messaging me talkin about what an idiot you are because they have run out of postings which hopefully you will do soon, not one single person has agreed with you in this forum !!!
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Reply #94 posted 11/07/05 10:14pm

PanicAttack

meltwithyou said:

PanicAttack said:




That's because you don't know...Do you! Yu're just sitting around pretending to know things you don't. Don't be afraid, admit it jackass!


as i said befor... F*#K your an idiot !!, dolphin is about his fight with warner bros over artistic control of his music.... and again your such a hypocrit... you have the hide to dictate to me about what i believe and how i "worship" Prince as you state and turn around and accuse me of such a thing, if you must know people are messaging me talkin about what an idiot you are because they have run out of postings which hopefully you will do soon, not one single person has agreed with you in this forum !!!


Honstly do you think I give a fuck about what other people think? I believe in sticking by my guns you fool!
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Reply #95 posted 11/07/05 10:45pm

meltwithyou

PanicAttack said:

meltwithyou said:



as i said befor... F*#K your an idiot !!, dolphin is about his fight with warner bros over artistic control of his music.... and again your such a hypocrit... you have the hide to dictate to me about what i believe and how i "worship" Prince as you state and turn around and accuse me of such a thing, if you must know people are messaging me talkin about what an idiot you are because they have run out of postings which hopefully you will do soon, not one single person has agreed with you in this forum !!!


Honstly do you think I give a fuck about what other people think? I believe in sticking by my guns you fool!


nothin wrong with stickin to your guns if ya know what your talkin about but all you have done is demonstrated to everybody what a norrow minded fool you are
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Reply #96 posted 11/07/05 10:48pm

FIML

lol PRINCE?! ARE YOU READING THIS???? DAMN FUNNY!! falloff
"There comes a road in every man's journey that he's afraid to walk on his own.
I'm here to tell you, I'm at that road. And I would rather walk it with you than walk it alone".
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Reply #97 posted 11/07/05 11:45pm

meltwithyou

FIML said:

lol PRINCE?! ARE YOU READING THIS???? DAMN FUNNY!! falloff


oh its been halairious !!!! falloff
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Reply #98 posted 11/08/05 1:07am

prettymansson

interesting....i love prince but...i have learned FIRST HAND that he´s not that kool in real life...and u know what ??? who gives a shit what i think ??? he´s still funky and a badass on stage...and at the end of the day what more could i require of an "entertainer" ???
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Reply #99 posted 11/08/05 1:24am

CandaceS

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meltwithyou said:

... and since when is Prince suffering from creative burnout..?? like what a load of garbage !! he has been writting some of the best stuff he has ever done in his career recently...


Umm, no. Don't see how anyone could say that. Musicology could be described as solid, not exceptional.
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #100 posted 11/08/05 1:31am

Mr7

The Author has an agenda. Like any author he places the pieces of 'information' he has to fit his argument.

I think with the recent 'Musicology' tour it is blatantly obvious Prince will not dissapear with 'only his hardcore fans' to follow him. The tour was amazingly successful.

People will always be interested in Prince. His legacy is won, not in doubt.

Just look at how someone like Ricky Gervais wants Prince on his show as reported this week. That might seem a small thing, but it is actually quite significant.

Also some more informed here have questioned the credibility of some of Hahns sources.

I'd read the book but keep an objective view about it.

Besides he needs to re-write and update in view of 2004's developments and I understand he is in the process of doing that.
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Reply #101 posted 11/08/05 1:55am

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meltwithyou said:

nothin wrong with stickin to your guns if ya know what your talkin about but all you have done is demonstrated to everybody what a norrow minded fool you are


Sorry, but the more narrow-minded person on this thread is you, meltwithyou! You won't tolerate ANY criticism or questioning of Prince and his work, even from those who have also praised him (such as PanicAttack or Hahn himself). So, if someone doesn't praise Prince's every move, and believe every song and album is a masterpiece, then they're a stupid hater who totally misses the point of everything Prince has ever done or said? No middle ground? confuse

I've read "Possessed" and I thought it was a good book. Yes, it's not 100% flattering of Prince but face it, nobody is perfect. As for 2004 proving that Hahn is wrong (in concluding that Prince is basically just playing to his harcore fanbase), we'll have to wait and see how future releases and tours are received (esp. if done without album giveaway or "last time to hear the hits!" gimmicks). IMHO the jury is still out on this one.

Or maybe I, too, am just too obtuse and narrow-minded to Understand Prince. wink

twocents
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #102 posted 11/08/05 4:54am

XxAxX

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meltwithyou said:

Zelaira said:

Prince COULD BE like Say CAT STEVENS OR AL GREEN OR EVEN LITTLE RICHARD... Then , I Want HIm ALONE TO CONVERT Me... Yes, I Would Let HIm Change My LIFE If He BECAME a PREACHER... I Would Stay at his Church and Preach His WORD... And Do THE WORK! But It's COOl as is... If he became a Spiritual Leader and Could Convert Us... Can't Vanity Do That?


in a way Prince is and always has been a kind of spiritual leader, the problem is narrow minded people who want to bag and criticize him simply because they are too ignorant to understand the deeper message he is tryin to put across


falloff
please. this is utterly ridiculous. you need some serious help if this is how you actually regard prince. please sign off and get your head examined. smile
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Reply #103 posted 11/08/05 7:29am

Zelaira

It May be RIDICULOUS BUT IF HE WANTED To HE COULD DO It.... Like I said look at Al GREEN and Cat STEVENS....
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Reply #104 posted 11/08/05 11:01am

XxAxX

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Zelaira said:

It May be RIDICULOUS BUT IF HE WANTED To HE COULD DO It.... Like I said look at Al GREEN and Cat STEVENS....




you prove my point, zel.
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Reply #105 posted 11/08/05 1:41pm

PanicAttack

meltwithyou said:

meltwithyou said:



God isnt "anyone" you have the hide to call me narrow minded, what right do you have to bring God into it, i said anyone as in any other human being on this planet, now your tryin to twist things in order to justify your own ignorance !! you call me narrow minded yet you dont even know what the dolphin song is about !! WHAT A HYPOCRIT !!, and here you are bagging the crap out of Prince based on garbage written in some book and have the hide to say i need to clean out my backyard YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITS IN HISTORY !! its got nothin to do with my tastes and oppinions its got to do with his message which you just do not get !! and the fact that you accuse him of mind games simply because your too ignorant to understand the message in a song prooves everything that is wrong with your selfish narrow minded attitude !!


you obviousley didnt read this one....!!



I did read it you SMUCK! And as per usually you're not making sense.
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Reply #106 posted 11/08/05 1:46pm

PanicAttack

CandaceS said:

meltwithyou said:

nothin wrong with stickin to your guns if ya know what your talkin about but all you have done is demonstrated to everybody what a norrow minded fool you are


Sorry, but the more narrow-minded person on this thread is you, meltwithyou! You won't tolerate ANY criticism or questioning of Prince and his work, even from those who have also praised him (such as PanicAttack or Hahn himself). So, if someone doesn't praise Prince's every move, and believe every song and album is a masterpiece, then they're a stupid hater who totally misses the point of everything Prince has ever done or said? No middle ground? confuse

I've read "Possessed" and I thought it was a good book. Yes, it's not 100% flattering of Prince but face it, nobody is perfect. As for 2004 proving that Hahn is wrong (in concluding that Prince is basically just playing to his harcore fanbase), we'll have to wait and see how future releases and tours are received (esp. if done without album giveaway or "last time to hear the hits!" gimmicks). IMHO the jury is still out on this one.

Or maybe I, too, am just too obtuse and narrow-minded to Understand Prince. wink

twocents



Thanks Candace. It's about time someone put that jerk off in his place. He's a real nut job let me tell you. biggrin
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Reply #107 posted 11/08/05 3:32pm

meltwithyou

CandaceS said:

meltwithyou said:

nothin wrong with stickin to your guns if ya know what your talkin about but all you have done is demonstrated to everybody what a norrow minded fool you are


Sorry, but the more narrow-minded person on this thread is you, meltwithyou! You won't tolerate ANY criticism or questioning of Prince and his work, even from those who have also praised him (such as PanicAttack or Hahn himself). So, if someone doesn't praise Prince's every move, and believe every song and album is a masterpiece, then they're a stupid hater who totally misses the point of everything Prince has ever done or said? No middle ground? confuse

I've read "Possessed" and I thought it was a good book. Yes, it's not 100% flattering of Prince but face it, nobody is perfect. As for 2004 proving that Hahn is wrong (in concluding that Prince is basically just playing to his harcore fanbase), we'll have to wait and see how future releases and tours are received (esp. if done without album giveaway or "last time to hear the hits!" gimmicks). IMHO the jury is still out on this one.

Or maybe I, too, am just too obtuse and narrow-minded to Understand Prince. wink

twocents


like can you people read ??? why dont you read the issue properly !!, i'm not sayin nobody can criticize him, what i'm sayin is why are people on this site if all they want to do is criticize him !! Prince doesnt have to answer to any person !! he creates the music he wants to create and lives his life the way he wants to live his life and nobody has a right to tell him otherwise... does anybody have a right to tell you how to live your life..!! it just totally shits me when people who know nothing about what they are talkin about and get all thier info from the media and rubbish that is written about him and make all thier judgements and critisism based on what they read in a magazine or book !!, people like you and panick are a joke... you just think its your right to criticize people just like your now doin to me !! if you pulled your heads out of your ignorant little world and looked at the big picture you might actually learn something !! like you people dont even understand the meaning in a song OH BUT I'M THE NARROW MINDED ONE !!... like please what a joke !!.... perhaps you might wanna read the issue properly and open you narrow minded judgemental minds befor you choose to add your 2cents worth..... PARDON ME FOR LIVIN BUT THIS IS MY WORLD TOO... I CANT HELP IF WHATS RIGHT FOR ME MIGHT BE STRANGE TO YOU !!! like the comment that Prince is suffering from creative burnout... what a JOKE !! and insinuating that he doesnt have the right to spend days on end in the studio... like its so great how you take it upon yourself to just judge and criticize him for doin what he wants and enjoys doin...WHO GIVES ANY OF YOU THE FREAKIN RIGHT TO JUDGE HIM SIMPLY FOR DOIN WHAT HE WANTS WITH HIS LIFE... PERHAPS YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE AND STOP TRYIN TO MAKE YOURSELF FEEL IMPORTANT BY BAGGING SUCH A GENIUS FOR SIMPLY DOIN WHAT HE WANTS WITH HIS LIFE !!!!!
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Reply #108 posted 11/08/05 3:33pm

PanicAttack

hemakesmecream said:

HE IS FREAKIN HUMAN!!!! He is not exceptional than anyone one of us because he is in the limelight.wink


He's also a hardcore narcissist. biggrin
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Reply #109 posted 11/08/05 3:34pm

meltwithyou

PanicAttack said:

meltwithyou said:



you obviousley didnt read this one....!!



I did read it you SMUCK! And as per usually you're not making sense.


IT ONLY DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO YOU BECAUSE YOUR TOO STUPID AND NARROW MINDED TO UNDERSTAND
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Reply #110 posted 11/08/05 3:41pm

meltwithyou

XxAxX said:

meltwithyou said:



in a way Prince is and always has been a kind of spiritual leader, the problem is narrow minded people who want to bag and criticize him simply because they are too ignorant to understand the deeper message he is tryin to put across


falloff
please. this is utterly ridiculous. you need some serious help if this is how you actually regard prince. please sign off and get your head examined. smile


yet another who is totally missing the point because they cannot think outside the square.... Prince has ALWAYS throughout his entire career tried to send a spiritual message !!, i'm not saying he is god or jesus or that he is a church or a religion... what i'm sayin is alot of fans get a spiritual uplifting from his work and his message so in a type of way he has always been a type of spiritual leader to those people who are uplifted by his message and his work... like you people have really got to open your minds and stop seein things only in black and white !! like you claim to be Prince fans but you are totally missing the point of the message he is tryin to put across to the world !!
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Reply #111 posted 11/08/05 3:54pm

meltwithyou

PanicAttack said:

Recently I finally decided to by Alex Hahn's book Possessed: The Rise And Fall Of Prince. Unfortunately, althought I do question some of the books information, it was just the most depressing thing I have read about Prince. Ever! I'm getting rid of it!

And the ending to this book was even more depressing! It's as if the author is implying that Prince will just dissappear into thin air and have nothing but his die-hard fans to support him.

Unfortunatley, at the same time, I do believe a lot of what was said about Prince. Prince is a great musician but leaves a lot to be desired as a person.

Also, the author describes Prince as never stoppig to smell the roses along the way to his fame and glory. His whole life consist of being stuck in the studio for days at a time, concert tours, and club hopping, small gigs--and that's it! And the author has explained this as being a regular ruotine for Prince. Now what kind of life is that?

What good does it do to have all that money and then not take a break and smell the roses in life? After all you only live once.

And another thing, I never knew Prince had gone through so many women! I found it absolutly amazing that one man could handle all that action, And to be truthful this sort of character trait just doesn't dissappear. So Mani better be careful...there just may be truth to the separation rumors with a guy that loves women as much as Prince does. I mean will one woman ever really satisfy him? I think not unfortunately,

Oh yes...for those who severly dissagree with me please don't be too harsh. I bruse easily. lol wink


this whole issue can be "put in its place" by what Prince himself has stated !!
"PARDON ME FOR LIVING BUT THIS IS MY WORLD TOO !! I CANT HELP IF WHATS RIGHT FOR ME MIGHT BE STRANGE TO YOU !!
now if you people cant understand that without criticizing him for doin what he wants with his life then you simply are not Prince fans
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Reply #112 posted 11/08/05 4:00pm

meltwithyou

PanicAttack said:

Recently I finally decided to by Alex Hahn's book Possessed: The Rise And Fall Of Prince. Unfortunately, althought I do question some of the books information, it was just the most depressing thing I have read about Prince. Ever! I'm getting rid of it!

And the ending to this book was even more depressing! It's as if the author is implying that Prince will just dissappear into thin air and have nothing but his die-hard fans to support him.

Unfortunatley, at the same time, I do believe a lot of what was said about Prince. Prince is a great musician but leaves a lot to be desired as a person.

Also, the author describes Prince as never stoppig to smell the roses along the way to his fame and glory. His whole life consist of being stuck in the studio for days at a time, concert tours, and club hopping, small gigs--and that's it! And the author has explained this as being a regular ruotine for Prince. Now what kind of life is that?

What good does it do to have all that money and then not take a break and smell the roses in life? After all you only live once.

And another thing, I never knew Prince had gone through so many women! I found it absolutly amazing that one man could handle all that action, And to be truthful this sort of character trait just doesn't dissappear. So Mani better be careful...there just may be truth to the separation rumors with a guy that loves women as much as Prince does. I mean will one woman ever really satisfy him? I think not unfortunately,

Oh yes...for those who severly dissagree with me please don't be too harsh. I bruse easily. lol wink


and what else did he say....
FOR YOU WORDS ARE DEFINATELY NOT SHOES.. THEY'RE WEAPONS AND TOOLS OF DESTRUCTION AND YOUR TIME IS BORING UNLESS YOUR PUTTING SOMETHING DOWN !!!
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Reply #113 posted 11/08/05 4:12pm

chunky

...if this is that book, judging a book by it's cover, depressing it is.
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Reply #114 posted 11/08/05 4:53pm

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lol
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #115 posted 11/08/05 6:53pm

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.....The Problems in Prince's Life had piled up to a point.....Prince's finances were in a state of choas.....In recent months, Prince had experienced uncomfortable chest palpitations and occasional sharp pains.....

and that's just the back cover.....
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Reply #116 posted 11/08/05 7:06pm

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NouveauDance said:

You love the music, not the person, get over it. wink



This answer is the best way to bring this thread to an end. It draws the line between connisseur and guttersnipe.
17 Years ago I made a commitment to Prince
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Reply #117 posted 11/08/05 7:28pm

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meltwithyou said:

PanicAttack said:




It's to encourage as many people as possible to buy he's music! Don't you get it! Joining the NPGMC is not free!


exactly YOU HAVE NO IDEA !! everything you say is based on YOUR expectations and narrow minded view !!



Okay HARD-ON, WHAT THE HELL ARE MY EXPECTATIONS SINCE YOU'RE BRINGING THEM UP SO MUCH! YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE DO YOU!? mad
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Reply #118 posted 11/08/05 7:30pm

PanicAttack

lilgish said:

.....The Problems in Prince's Life had piled up to a point.....Prince's finances were in a state of choas.....In recent months, Prince had experienced uncomfortable chest palpitations and occasional sharp pains.....

and that's just the back cover.....



All very true. sad
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Reply #119 posted 11/08/05 7:41pm

PanicAttack

meltwithyou said:[quote]

PanicAttack said:



When I listen to music I don't listen to it to have some celebrity teach me about life! I get that fro God and from living my life day by day.

When I listen to music I do so for entertain not enlightenment as if Prince can solve all my problems. Maybe he can solve your underdeveloped life but not mines.

I like Prince as an entertainer and that's it. I don't go to him looking for spiritual comfort and what direction I should take my life in--unlike you! mad


meltwithyou said:

i relate to Prince and i understand his message because i see the world the same way he does,


No you don't screwball because no two people are exactly a like.


meltwithyou said:

as a true fan of course i want to know as much as i can about him and he communicates to his real fans through his music...


You're not a true fan. You're a Prince WORSHIPER! You literally have forgotten that Prince is a very flaw human eing and you worship the ground the man walks on! That what being a fan is to you!



meltwithyou said:

!! you are just soooo narrow minded i actually feel quite sorry for you, its people like you who refuse to see beyond the surface who are responsible for everything that is wrong in this world


You're really crazy you know that? How could you posible come up with all these flamboyant assumptin about because I got depressed reading a book about Prince--which of course exposes his warts and all! Take the hell express and I hope you enjoy the trip. Better yet go see a pshyciatrists.
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