sacredwarrior said:

What's George's site?

5 word speech will go something like this
thank U very much peace!

"Tamar. Milk. Honey. Come. Soon."

In fact, I think his Brits 1995 award speech was a trial run: "Prince. Best? The Gold Experience. Better. On record. Slave. On stage. Perfectly free. Come. Peace. Be Wild." or something along those lines.

that would be five more words than he said on american idol. he'll never show up for this.

http://www.last.fm/user/threecubed/

lazycrockett said:

i wonder how many people there are that still haven't gotten their copy of crystal ball from the club...

booyah said:

AsylumUtopia said:

Hence why I put it as "lack"...meaning The Glam Slam Room and Reflection.

BananaCologne said:

After American Idol, he might not bother with his quota!

1) Bowie

2) did

3) it

4) B4

5) U

1nitealone said:

No it will go like this:

"three one two one...buy"

Next he'll get an award from the people busting d/l sites for shutting down the fansites. True visionary right there.


Oh and the five words....


Send me all your bootlegs

BananaCologne said:

Wasn't this with Bowienet, his ISP?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

And it only goes back 36 months...would be more fun if they showed a comprehensive history!

AsylumUtopia said:

Amen 2 that. I can't seem 2 find any other musician's website that can hold a candle 2 NPGMC. It's probably because they haven't caught up 2 Prince's level yet. Maybe, if Michael Jackson would follow in Prince's footsteps, he'd probably make back at least half the debt he owe let alone have a hit record both financially and recognizably (is that a word?).

Rebeljuice said:

The original plan was for it to be sold exclusively over the Internet... of course, what actually happened was somewhat different.

BTW, any "Naysayers" in the house tonight?

sheeplikeone said:

Bwahahahahaha! Yeah, let's forget about Prince SUING fan websites. That really connected him with his audience.

sheeplikeone said:

EXCLUSIVELY? First of all CB wasn't initially available online, only VIA PHONE ORDERS. Secondly, that album wasn't exclusive at all, considering it was in stores BEFORE it turned up in people's mailboxes.

sheeplikeone said:

Hilarious. Utterly uninformed.
[Edited 6/2/06 5:59am]

fantasylandmusic said:

Dude, get educated. How 'bout Metallica, selling recordings of an ENTIRE TOUR via their site? How 'bout Pearl Jam who've been doing that for years? How 'bout Beck et al who've set up web cams while they were doing rehearsals? How 'bout BobDylan.com, where I can find TONS of info (like LYRICS) -- FOR FREE?

Yeah, there's a whole lot of excellent artist sites out there, and very few of them want $25 just to show you a bunch of lame Flash animations and the "opportunity" to buy a whole lot of drm-protected tracks that you then never listen to again.

I still recall that in year 1 of NPGMC they usually didn't even manage to fill the MINIMUM of what they promised. I also recall that they offered an mp3 of a song taken from a CASSETTE -- an OFFICIALLY released cassette single. I also recall the videos that were ripped from bootlegged tv performances. Etcetera.
[Edited 6/2/06 6:02am]

BartVanHemelen said:

Oh yes, Metallica... talk about alienating your fanbase... Metallica vs. Napster Bart? Does your FAULTLESS memory recall that little "issue"? How's that for "bonding" with your fans?



I'll bet no one's watching though... that guy is FINISHED, dig?



And where the extremely busy discussion forum was suddenly closed without any prior notice whatsoever? Nice!

Check your "facts", "dude"...

beck is finished?


since when?

fantasylandmusic said:

www.petergabriel.com

BTW, a couple of years ago he sold soundboard recordings of the shows on his tour, on pressed CDs...something P fans would snap up in a heartbeat if he made them available.

Along those lines, check out the store on the Grateful Dead site...tons of legacy concert recordings and "vault" material for sale.
http://gdstore.com/

pkidwell said:

- Hehe...very true...
Speaking of the NPGMC, is there any music there? In the beginning, there were the Ahdios, etc....but what about now?

sosgemini said:

MartyMcFly said:

- But, Marty, in this case I must agree with Bart. No matter if Metallica and Beck are good or not, finished or not, they offer some exclusive and very interesting things to their fans

Prince sued lots of fan websites in the past, but I would still be a member (hard for me, I dont have an international credit card, I would have to pay for it) if he offered me the chance to download his rehearsals and live concerts.

But I wont do this effort only to have a chance to download "SST" (in crappy .wma format) or albums that are released in stores.
[Edited 6/4/06 5:44am]

I've just seen a very quick report on BBC News 24 about the Webby's, they mentioned Prince was getting a reward and showed a clip from the ceremony with a presenter in front of footage of Prince (from circa '96 I think...).

metalorange said:

Was on BBC news this morning, footage of prince singing, I assumed it was from the ceremony?

Prince played Don't Play Me at the ceremony, in case no one noticed yet. Very cool outfit. Apparently crashed his acoustic guitar. Said something along the lines of "everything you believe...is true." - reports vary on that.

MartyMcFly said:

Look closely, I wrote TWO post in this thread, one that ripped the press release to shreds, and another one that supplied proof that there are plenty of artist sites that offer far more than NPGMC (and don't want you to pay $25 just to look at it). Everything that you said has ZERO value because it doesn't disprove the point I made.

BartVanHemelen said: