SkletonKee said:

I think it depends on how the view is voiced...some on here don't simply say "We Gets Up is not a very good song, in my opinion"...they say "You must have your head so far up Prince's ass that you would think a fart sounds melodious!!...'We Gets Up' is horrid!!"...

The art of debate, at least in America, is quickly turning into the art of the soundbite...we don't know how to recognize a debate, we dont' know how to analyze during a debate, and we sure as hell don't know how to take it when someone analyzes our views during one...

korovyov said:

I agree, i've learned some interesting things about Prince that I didn't know. Mostly, I've learned that people at the org are very 'bitter' towards Prince.

I've always knew that Prince isn't perfect, he's human, why is that so difficult for people at the org to grasp. None of you are perfect, you come here just to criticize somebody else's humanity. Only God can judge him "Bottom line."

You can post all the silly, hateful, critical, smart-ass, sarcastic posts you want. None of us are perfect, and I bet, some of us are messed up in the head, waaayy more than Prince.

Prince isn't perfect, and you're not either!

But how many albums have you come out with?

What have you done the past 20 years to change the face of modern music?

Are you a musical Icon? I don't think so...

Blue Cashmere
Don't Play Me

wellbeyond said:

sorry wellbeyond... I mean of course bliss about the man and/or his music. In your case that would be just the music. Nevetheless, the 'love" (can I say that? lol) for the man's music also brought you here... and this place probably showed you more about "the man" than you would have liked.
Knowing more about the man behind the music could effect your "bliss" about the music... if you let it, which I think is not the case with you.
Tho' you can't argue that the overall negative opinion about for example "New power soul' didn't affect your own opnion about it as well

In coming to Prince Org I have realised that I am not the only person to type utter nonsence.

I am also please to find out that I am certainly no "fam", to that end I thank my Org mentor, the one and only Mr Icenine.

TheBluePrince said:

I would like to point out the fact that there are millions of people who do not believe in the existence of a god, therefore giving a mythological figure the exclusive rights to anything is nonsensical.

Just an opinion...

IceNine said:

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SensualMelody said:

The only problem I have here is the use of the "fam" term.
I know we have beaten the topic to death...but I like
the term. To me, it does not make me feel familial
with Prince, but a kindred with others who like him.
I have no posters, no pictures, of Prince, but I have
pictures I took with other Prince concert goers and other
Prince Orgers. To speak in generalizations about
fams is similar to making blanket statements about
ethnic groups; as if all in a particular group have
the exact same mentality.

Buttercup said:

Indeed.

Batdance said:

That's pretty much the way I feel. I don't think there's much about him or his current music to love anymore.

IceNine said:

AMEN 2 (i mean to) that.

No. It has changed my opinion of people that come to Prince.org though.

Buttercup said:

EXACTLY.

I love Led Zeppelin also, but I'm not going to sit here and defend a lot of the dumb shit they've done ("Hot Dog", anyone? Needles in the arm..?).

Guess i'm not a TRUE fan.

Thank God.

Which anyone who knows me will tell you is complete bullshit.

His fanbase is as diverse as his music, for better or for ill, although I'll stick with the former. The people I meet at the shows are generally much more courteous and polite than the some of the one's goes down around here. Like I've said, though, everyone gets REAL tough on keyboard. It's still a minority of fans though. I keep meeting people who read the site, but hardly ever post, and almost all of them are laid back and nice. Maybe the more laid back are just that, and this place tends to draw out the aggresive types.

My opinion of Prince and his music is unchanged. I find him fascinating, even the stuff he does that strikes me as odd or misguided.

giotto said:

Good point too. You have to view this stuff in context before it makes any sense at all. Let's face it, you have to be at least SOMEWHAT open minded to be real Prince fan.

SensualMelody said:

Is it me, or does SensualMelody almost always have something nice and well thought out to say?

I think that alot of people went through the "Prince is awesome I love him" phase, but opinions change because of a lot of reasons. Not just because of things you read on prince.org.

You can spend a lot of money on Prince and shower him with love and admiration, but after a while you realize you're jumping through all kinds of hoops and spending all kinds of money and getting precious little in return.

You're not getting into the afterparties, you're not getting any aftershows. You can't get the music that's only available through download. You try to contact Paisley on legitimate business and are dismissed as nobody fam. Enough of that will turn anybody into a hater and naysayer.

herbthe4 said:

it's not just you..she is an amazing human being...

I'm a pretty new fan, having discovered Prince thru my girlfriend a few years ago. But I gotta say, the ORG shows you the broad spectrum of insanity.

I've met Prince fans before and there were a few you could point a finger out and whisper behind their backs FANATICAL FREAK! But for the most part everyone is pretty cool and kick back at a show.

I think anonymity brings out the crazies and they post their utmost deepest desires about Prince, whether its music related or babby daddy related... it tends to be over the top.

Otherwise, most of ya'll are very very cool.

nLA said:

That's it!...^^^

And glad to know that new Prince fans are still being born. I hear a lot of talk about "alternative", anti-establishment, sell outs, cookie-cutter bands, etc. and how they ruin the music scence, but all of these critics have had an artist like this right under their noses for years and, too often, have chosen to dismiss him as "wierd".

Go figure.

Other people's opinions don't phase me one way or the other. I think some people who visit the Org spend far too much time perusing it and take it way too seriously! I look at this venue for purposes of entertainment value only. I get a kick out of some of the things I read here and yeah, every now and then something stands out and makes me wanna add my two cents. But again, I look at all of it as being strictly for fun.

As far as how I feel about Prince... hey, I really dig the guy! Always have, always will. For 7 nights straight he played for us at the Celebration. Let us rome the grounds of his domain, Paisley Park. Took us to the show! Let us wear our jam-jams to The Park. Invited Sheila E and Tavis, Cornell & Londell, along with other cool people to play for us and talk with us each day. Took time out to let us speak our minds each afternoon through video and watched all of our footage personally. Even changed the price of water because my cousin aka "The Water Boy" told him to!

Prince.Org has not influenced my opinions one bit! I'm cool with being a Prince Fam. The brotha will always be a source of musical enjoyment and enlightenment for me!

The thread has served its purpose and bought out the fams from hiding. We can now exterminate them. Move the gound troops in, IceNine. You may fire when ready.

It has not changed the way I think of Prince. What it has done is given me a clear picture of what other fans think and feel about him. Before I came here, I was in my own little world with my interest in Prince's music. Know I can share and read what everyone else thinks as well.

GoldiesParade said:

The De-FAM-ation shall commence very soon...

nope.

Has coming to Prince.org changed my opinion of Prince?

Im still loving what he's doing. Im relieved to find other people more into him than me. I enjoy the passion here and feel challenged by the difference in opinions. I think perhaps my opinion has changed of him. I feel more grounded with my interest in him. I suppose Im not the first to fantasise about him in bizzare ways (meeting him, putting him on a pedestal). I think I've taken him off 'idol' status and I think he's now in 'human' status. I suppose I owe various people here a thankyou for that. A bit ironic I guess, that by watching other people either blowing up his ego constantly or trying to put a pin in him to deflate him, I've been able to recognise the former in myself. Im not saying that I have never viewed him as another fellow human being. Its just that the component of me that put him on a pedestal is virtually zero now. I see him as a man that makes music for a living. And that he expresses a part of where he's at in life, through this music.

Therapy said:

The Therapy is back. Hello how the devil are you. Is it me or have you not been in town lately.

GoldiesParade said:

Indeed, I have not had my nose in the groin of this delightful town as much as I have had in days gone past.

Supernova said:

I agree with that statement.

no

Therapy said:

I nominate "nose in the groin of this delightful town" as one of THE P.org "quotes of the year"...

wellbeyond said:

'One' of the??? What others are there??! Oh, oh, I know. Its my 'treasure trail' and 'chest wig' descriptions, eh?