O.K, gotcha. But still something to think about in many ways. Thanks.

Vagina said:

SOMETIMES?!!! Um...hello...it's more like all the time!!!

Starmist made my point much more succinctly than what I could at the time of writing it:

"Your point is something about not losing ourselves when it comes to relating to others on this site, and to Prince, and how others have lost it, and how you've noticed that (?) ."

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I guess what I meant to share was that there is such a loss of intimacy on the net except when it comes to music. Music seems to be a universal language that we all understand and have a personal relationship regardless of our socio-economic status, ethnicity, religion, etc.

When fans/fams become so engrossed in a celebrity, they lose touch with their own humanity as I witnessed at the Celebration, for one. I wasn't there to make friends or to find my soulmate. I went for a few days to enjoy the music but found it irritating that "fams" couldnt seem to show common courtesy to one another or just plain manners. The same type of behaviour that goes on here, which is neither here nor there because this is the net and everything is more exaggerated and dramatic and we come here and expect that.

What really started me on my ranting were the questions that Prince asked of the members attending the celebration. A few posted here and seemed to be honest and forthright, Xxaxx, Moonbeam and a few others. I appreciated their responses. However, I feel at times that as a needy egotistical artist, Prince contrives these situations, celebrations, as someone put it, for the faithful to make the pilgrimage to essentially adulate him in his own house/church. All the while he plays the saint and people put forth a different "face" and really arent true to who they are in the presence of a Rock Star.

My observation was that, while not as scary as some Michael Jackson or Metallica fans... there is an essence of disassociation of the human kind when it comes to Prince and celebrities in general.

There are alot of intelligent posters here, many silly ones with true humorous content and too many dorks (I could pass for one of 'em )

But when you leave this place, remember who you are, and what you represent. If you're a dumbass here, chances are you're at least a fraction of a dumbass out there in the real world.

Prince has enough problems, dont claim your a Prince FAM unless you can act right.

(My whole point summized in one sentence).

Thanks for the listen.

All aggressive, obsessive, fans no matter who the artist is, are loony.

Prince's fans may dress like 80's retards while trying to emulate the typhoon do' and speak in Prince eubonics like they fucking just got off the short-bus, but they are certainly not the worst.

Unless your stuck with them in a fucking prarie with nothing to do but stand in line for Prince, for a whole week.

Fuck.

I feel for you Obscure.

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SensualMelody said:

SensualMelody -

I wasn't at the Cele, but I respect what you say!
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apollonia7 said:

I think if you've gone to the Celebration, ideally you'd be going to hear music. Sounds like there were more than a few who wanted to touch Prince's damn robe. Too bad he can't cure some people's Prince-itis.

Obscure, we need more people like you to break it down for us the way you did. I've thought and learned a lot after reading your message. THANK YOU.

StarMist, no wonder I find you attractive... Smart, open-minded and from the motha-phocquing BRONX!

Representing 125th Street! Of course far far removed and now representing Crenshaw. ha!

Thank you, nLA. The BX it is...represent, represent!!!

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Obscure wonderful post...I think you have posted what most people felt, and I say this because I have heard this from others..

Any way next year you can hang out with me...but I must warn you there are other things to do in Minneapolis.

Starmist7 said:

Hows the weather now Star? I dont miss the hot muggy summers or the cold freezing nutsack winters...

but I do miss it!

Thanks Sag, Jseven, Starmist, et.al.

sigh