Ok, two things...First of all, I hate Myspace. I have a profile on there so I can basically look at what my teenaged brother is doing. Kids can be so stupid and put everything they do and who they do it with on the that site. I see what he's been up to and tell my parents some of it since they are oblivious to what he does.

Secondly, just because Prince's myspace page says that it is the only official Prince Myspace page, doesn't mean that it is. I mean, really...I could make one right now and say that it is the only official Sheila E. Myspace and put up a bunch of pictures of her and post some music, but really I'm not her.

And I guess I'll add a third thing...Does anyone here actually think that Prince would have the time to sit at a computer and go through his Myspace page, adding friends and reading all of the dumb comments people send him as if they're actually corresponding with him? (Yes, I've looked at the page in question). Stuff like, "hey sexy, I just wanted to say that your music really is like the best. Keep doing what your doing." Give me a break!!!!

dustysgirl said:

Arghh, I totally agree with you about those comments! Some of them are so over the top, and inappropriate. I can't believe some of the photo comments. Here's one:

"Oh yes baby, I was a naughty girl. Now come punish me. You will still be HOT when you are 100. You are the man!!"

Now, if anyone on here posted that, you are crazy! I don't know why these people think they would get on Prince's good side by telling him repeatedly that he is their man, and that they want him SO BAD! It's embarassing. Then, sane people like me don't get added to his friends' list. Oh well. Also, there is a pretty big gap between Emancipation and 3121 (10 years!) but they don't picture any of the ablums in between. I can't imagine Prince set that up.
[Edited 8/27/06 1:05am]

"In fact, a chorus of acclaim literally exploded with the release of ...Purple Rain"

Erm, did it? Literally exploded?

Anyway, myspace is cheap and horrible and should be beneath Prince. Temporary solution only I hope.

LecoleKidman said:

BlaqueKnight said:

So I guess that means everybody on the Prince site and you as well.

silverandgold said:

silverandgold said:

I was never a member of NPGMC. Only visited the "front gate" once.

dustysgirl said:

So, you do not think that there are some artists who ,might want to use another venue to get to their fans? I am not saying that u are wrong but, you seem to be of the belief that, since he and others like him are "big stars", they do not have the time, to do something "regular humans", do. Just a thought. I have lots of people on my page, that I use for networking purposes. I know that they are the real people behind those pages. So, what is so difficult for you to grasp?

shorttrini said:

I'm just saying, why would he choose one of the most annoying sites on the whole internet to communicate with his fans. All he has to do is get another domain name and open up another official site for himself, which I'm guessing, is in the works right now. And as someone else pointed out, the information on there is not even all inclusive of his career. Plus, if you read the privacy policy it is Universal's privacy policy. It also still shows the band website as npgmusicclub. So it is in my opinion that it is part of Universal's rights since they put out 3121 to create a myspace account in his name. He's probably never even looked at it.

sexxydancer said:

I second that Sexy!!!!!

dustysgirl said:

Well, we are talking about Prince so...j/k

Althought, NPGMC was pretty annoying at times. (Having to click through so many screens, slow loading times...)

I completely agree with you...myspace gives me a headache. I HATE it when people change their backgrounds and then the 'top' images don't fit in the screen or you can't read the text b/c it's the same color as the background.

Do they even look at their page? Or is it cool to have an annoying page?

double post, sorry.

I have a long line to wait in 2 B Prince's friend http://www.myspace.com/Gluv4U please visit looking for Prince fans to establish friendships with. Excuss the mess on my page, it's still under construction

[Edited 8/29/06 16:13pm]

GLuv4U said:

Take the comma out of your link, sweetie or it won't work.
Peace.

dustysgirl said:

Just because you and a few other people find myspace annoying, it is a site that reaches more people that his own site would reach in one hour. We are talking about free advertising. When I looked it up on myspace, there 3 sites with him on it. The one that looks closest to being the one with his input, is the one that with that shows his last log in, in April. This would be correct, with all of the things that are going on with him. The others have him logging in "Yesterday". Those I am more inclined to believe are the ones that are run by the record company. What people forget is that Prince, is human, so I don't think that it is unbelievable for him to have a page on there, and for him to log in from time to time.

shorttrini said:

I think the 'unbelievable' part is that Prince HIMSELF runs the page. It's doubtful. HIGHLY doubtful. There are djs in the clubscene that find it difficult to manage their spaces and will often have friends do it for them and they are nowhere NEAR as busy as Prince.

I can't remember who said it, but I agree with them: once a star gets to a certain level, they can't handle doing something like this on a regular basis. And, if they let it go too far, then they never bother with it again, because who wants to sift through 50 pages of friend-requests on a site whose server can barely handle the trafic lately?

Dane Cook, on a radio morning show here in my city, basically confirmed my thoughts on 'celebrity Myspace' pages. After awhile, the production company handles it. Dane said he couldn't keep up with everything so his prod. comp/booking agency had an intern -- AN INTERN -- do it.

I'm sure Prince has a few interns. At least one.

Unless he's having pay roll issues again.

physix said:

I agree with some of what u said. Stars one they get to a certain level, just might not have the time to maintain the pages themselves. But, this does not mean that they do not have any input. I am sure that they are kept in the loop of what is going on with those pages. Some might even respond to an email or two. Also, when u look at a myspace page, some celebs have multiple pages. They have one that is done by the record company and some do indeed do one for themselves. Alicia Keys, Stacy Dash, and Jody Watley, just to name a few. They all have two pages. So, the idea that a star would like to number one, be like "normal" folk and just chill amongst the masses and number 2, maybe market themselves.....to me just does not sound all that too far fetched.

I joined it but I am really confused, Oh well, so do we try to add as his friend or just watch the page, heck Im lost, it says he has like 15,000 friends already! lol Im new to this myspace stuff, anyway peace and love to yall

shorttrini said:

What is the url to this one? The only one I see that looks "official" is www.myspace.com/prince


Also--unrelated to your comment, but something I noticed--you can't view 'all' of Prince's friends...is that because there are too many, or for some other reason?

DevotedPuppy said:

Here is the one that I looked at. From what I see, you can see all of his friends.... http://www.myspace.com/npgmusicclub

HoneymoonXpress said:

Don't worry he'll add you!! It took me almost a month before I got added. I want NPGMC back too!!!! It was so much better than the myspace page.

shorttrini said:

Thanks.

There are a few discrepancies that make me think that site is not "official":
1.the song playing is Sexy Motherfucker (not the clean version, either). NPGMC didn't even allow typed swear words, seems odd Prince would have that song as the main music.
2. the "About Me" blurb is not written in headache-inducing Prince-bonics. No 'eye', 'r', 'u', etc. Every word is spelled out. (And it talks about his movies 'flopping.' I doubt Prince would ever admit that.)
3. No mention of 3121 in the About Me blurb--it ends with release of Musicology.
4. One of the blogs links to the video of America live performance...while fairly easy to find, I don't know if this was ever officially released. If it wasn't ever 'officially' released, I highly doubt Prince would put it on his 'official' site.

Whomever did the site did a nice job, even though it's not the real deal.

DevotedPuppy said:

Geez I'm beginning to hatecomming to the Org... esp with the influx of ... other 'fam' as of recent times.

First, EVERY ONE IS NOT an HTML/CSS website designing pro. They will make 'visually' and 'functionally' bad pages most of the time. If you understand how your PC cache's information.. you will also understand how most dont realize how thier pages load slow etc. ts free and its fun... if you paid for it... bitch... but since you don't... stop acting like a bitch.

Second, there are many 'REAL' people on Myspace... I'm real My Page I've read post here of several others on there so I assume they feel they are real since people posting to the Org is no less 'real' than someone of MySpace... I've got several of my friends on thier.. they were real eating my BBQ this summer..so i figure they're real on myspace too... I've had the plaesure of meeting a few people 'off net' and hell yeah they were real. The only fake people are the ones to cynical or too scarred to socialize on or off the net..they sit and cast judgement from thier PC and often have no life.. PC or no PC

Third, Tamar Davis's official site has/had her Myspace addy... her Myspace page list Prince's official page as her #1 friend... safe to assume SHE or her people now which is the REAL one. http://www.myspace.com/prince . Being added as a friend may take a while though. The official page isn't entirly new... but peeps didn't know which was until recent..and also .. with the heavy influx of his fans with MPG club gone... it takes time accepting people.

Fourth, there are wierdo's, criminal, stalkers, peds, and Gd knows what else on Myspace... If you think community forums such as TheOrg or any place else is truly different... please do me a favor and don't make children. Stupidity can be inherited.

Fifth, even though they can be annoying as all hell... it is a great venue for 'new artist' to get thier stuff heird. I've heard a lot of music I never would have and am thankful for free places like myspace which allows artist to promote them selves.... even if they can be annoying at times.

janecarol said:

Hey, same here I want to change the look of my page and I get nothing from the "directions" they say to follow. Good luck and let me know if you find out anything new about the site.

QuakeXLE said:

Thank you for your comments. Seems to me that we have more than a few no-believers on here.

I'm not sure if your entire post is directed towards me, but since it replies to mine, I'm taking that way...

QuakeXLE said:

Firstly, I'm not "other 'fam'" as you put it. I've been here (at the org) for 2+ years as jone70 so that says what? Prince.org was the first prince website I joined. And I'm definitely not a "fam." But even if I were, so what? To use your own words, "ts [sic] free and its fun... if you paid for it... bitch... but since you don't... stop acting like a b***h."



I realize that not everyone knows HTML/CSS. I personally have no idea how to write HTML/CSS code. But I figured it out by going to a website that helps you create your own myspace page. (I looked at other people's pages that I liked & saw they had done their's using pimp-my-profile.com ) When I couldn't get it to look right, I uploaded a pre-made one. Please don't tell me to stop acting like a bitch--I find being called that by someone I don't know & have never interacted with offensive. There are ways to have mature discussion without resorting to name calling...perhaps you could try it?



I never said there weren't real people on myspace. I questioned that www.myspace.com/npgmusicclub was not Prince's official site, and pointed out my reasons for believing so. I wasn't making arbitrary statements.



I agree, I think Tamar's page is run by her, as is DJ Rashida, Rhonda Smith and many other non-Prince musican/dj peeps.



Really not sure what your point ^^^ is. If you are accusing me of being a "weirdo, etc" you need to stop. If you are accusing me of being stupid you really need to stop. You don't know me personally and if you even took one minute to read my posts you'd see that I'm not stupid. And to reiterate, mature conversations/disagreements can be had without name calling.




I never said it wasn't great for "new artists", so again, I don't really see your point.

shorttrini said:

I'm not sure if you are referring to me, but just to reiterate--I think that www.myspace.com/prince is affiliated with Prince officially. Whether it's Prince himself or Universal running it, I don't know & frankly I don't care.

I do not think www.myspace.com/npgmusicclub is an official Prince site.

Some of you all are acting like I personally insulted the guy. It's really not that serious.