Seriously.



No other artist of his fame and posiition has played the cards as risky as Prince has.

His albums were risky, his chosing not to do interviews, his willingness to make himself a laughing stock while other artists simply played it safe, makes him one of the bravest (if not smartest) artists I can think of.

Sure, there are other daring artists out there, but I think Prince has been more successful than the others, musically and financially.

What, in your opinion, is Prince's major formula for success in the face of such risk?

AsianBomb777 said:

I agree with you

what about Neil Young?

lilgish said:

how big are his balls?

We are talking about balls right?

AsianBomb777 said:

I dunno, but he did fuck with his record company before Prince and his cinnamon girl is much better

lilgish said:

He's Not AFRAID to TAKE RISKS.....HE Is VERY UNIQUE and a LEADER. He's a TURN ON....He is DOMINANT in his DESIRES.....

Yes, he's gone his own way, but (since he left WB) I'm not sure he's been that successful in the process, either musically or financially.

i suppose if you believe prince when he says he made more from TRC than he did from Purple rain then financially he has been very successful. i don't think in terms of sales he has, though to sell as many copies of crystal ball as he did is quite amazing.

and i suppose the download store will have loads of sales, at least initially, perhaps not now, but maybe it does - the only "official" stats ever released on it were that it had 6 figure downloads in the first week or whatever.

i don't know a huge amount about neil young but i certainly don't think he's ever been of princes stature, i can't think of anyone of princes stature who went all out like prince did against WB (for the right or wrong reasons).

certainly last year was princes most successful in terms of money.

softandwet said:

I'm skeptical of the download "sales figures" we've been hearing in recent years, since there's no independent verification.

Prince actually claimed he made more from TRC than from PR, which sold almost 10 times as many copies?!

How many copies of CB were reported sold, and what is the source of that information?

As my namesake is in the title of this thread, I feel it my duty to respond.
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I think his success comes mainly from his extraordinary talent. I mean the sheer number of songs that he has jostling around his mind is staggering and not to mention his proclivity for musical instruments. It humbles me to think how vastly talented this man is.

CandaceS said:

I think Prince was making 1 dollar for each CD/tape/record of Purple Rain.

On TRC, he made the lion's share of the profits, so he MIGHT be right.


As for CB, I'm not sure what the sales figures are, but I know he wasn't goin gto release it until he recieved 250 thousand pre-orders on his website. So I guess we can assume that fo a 4 or 5 CD package, he made an astounding amount of money. I just struggle to understand why the CB albulm itself (minus the truth and kamasutra), wasn't a 2-CD package since all of the songs could have easily fit on 2 CDs.

AsianBomb777 said:

I pointed this out a while ago, that he gets overlooked for his brazen courage. As far as his success? In my opinion because he simply has the talent to take these chances, the heart it takes to do so is his most masculine quality and this too shows in his best music.

AsianBomb777 said:

I doubt he was only making $1 per copy of PR (though he may have claimed that)! Meanwhile, he has thrown around the $7 per copy number in recent years, at least for pressed CDs. If that is correct, even if he only made $1 each on PR, it still added up to more than TRC.

I doubt we'll ever see the necessary documentation to prove any of this, so I'm not going to get wound up about it, that's for sure.

Say what you want about the name change and other decisions in the past one and a half decades, it takes a lot of courage and vision to risk things the way Prince has. ( IMO, the name change was on eof the boldest, craziest and most daring things in showbiz ever).

It´s funny, I had a conversation with a Paisley Park staff member some time ago where we talked about the topic of this thread, and he said :" Prince has balls as big as church bells." His words, not mine.

you know....i love it when you get all editorial on our collective Org asses.

it's really...cute.

Milty said:

CandaceS said:

That whole Musicology tour thing worked out OK financially.

rats ass

What female Orger (& at least 80% of the male) doesn't dream of someday donning on a pair 'o' glass slippers & gracing the dancefloor of a huge Prince Ball, in hopes that the Royal One will choose her(him/it) as his happily-ever-after-princess?
Tho, the only reason he would come a'knockin' after midnight wouldn't be to put the glass slipper back on peasant-maiden's foot. It would be to retrieve the other one cuz he likes they look on him.

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DarkKnight1 said:

True enough...but I say the tour's success had little to do with Musicology or any of his more recent music, and a lot to do with PR and his past hits. (But most of all, IMHO his own showmanship is what packed 'em in night after night!)

BTW, given this thread's title, I'm surprised noone dug this up and posted it yet!

CandaceS said:

How about the one of his silhouette which shows how much bigger they are?

There wasn't a formula...silly rabbit(I say that affectionately). People that operate the way Prince does either make it or end up on the street. He is an inspiration to every crazy creative person in the world.

His music turns HIM on and that is what matters. I commend him for not baking down. EVER!!

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AsianBomb777 said:

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You go Zel!!! You are right on the money.

Zelaira said:

AsianBomb777 said:

Fate

I know the size of his balls keep many women happy.

AsianBomb777 said:

Though he is not the only successful daring risk-taker, he is the one I admire the most. To me he's as unique and precious as a unicorn.

I was compelled to open this thread, despite the unpleasant image the title gave me.

I think Prince is at his finest when he's just using those big old balls, insteading of trying to get everyone to see how big they, like an egotist such as he is prone to do.

AsianBomb777 said:

Prince has a mission,he's a true funk soldier,he's married 2 his music and he's not in it 4 money.It' written in the stars