babynoz said:

again BabyNoz, eye PREFER Prince, xpresses Prince! which he ain't doing lately.
call it a hunch.
yeah, eye'm on 'The Boat' but eye keep a life preserver handy.

xplnyrslf said:

eye am not talking about...
his lifestyle
his changes
his mental status...or meeting My or anyone else's NEED.
Prince needs 2 meet his own need, he ain't there yet, and some of us, and he, nos it.
GET UP PRINCE, DON'T U WANNA DO SOMETHING!? THEN DO IT!
ur own words...
do it like they like it so ur fams

On one hand, you are expressing disappointment with his current musical output: songs don't reflect personal life (except the "word"), not using artistic vision, quality, not quantity (his output was higher during his quality phase, go figure) Paisley Park is the place he needs to go back to??... that's your quagmire. Nope, you don't have a need here. Only asking a little too much.

On the other hand, I have five fingers.










Do it
Do it
Do it....back at cha Prince, still waiting.....
I do love "the continental"

maybe prince has had enough of being extreme. he doesn't have to be extreme anymore. he went from one extreme to another and then another. now it's time to kick back and cruise. everybody take a deep breath, have a cuppa. prince doesn't have to cater to nobody... let him be himself. quite frankly, i don't want another TRC, the most complicated and interesting album i know of.. it's so wierd, challenging and provocative because it seems like he overlapped freestylin with technique, intent with ignorance. anyway, all i expect is him to be spiritual again but not too extreme.. not too underground either... that's all. let the star shine.

What in samhill are you blathering on about?

BackStagePass said:

I can play all day too and dont get tired
That man did something on that album(and many others) that Im addicted too

His best is not for orgers or quakers.

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/205183

What I'd be interested to know in detail is how you arrived at the conclusion that you know he isn't feeling what he's currently doing? In other words, How is that a definitive statement and not a supposition?

Is it possible that he's been feeling a "lighter shade of lavender" as opposed to a deep intense purple? Is it okay for him to feel that???

Is it possible that he's been feeling a "lighter shade of lavender" as opposed to a deep intense purple? Is it okay for him to feel that???

DanceWme said:

eye dunno mayb it was the 'mayte' factor.
the whole 3 chains of gold thing...eye bought it hook, line, and sinker.

eye have a fondness 4
eye wish u heaven
freaks on this side, prince personally ncouraged us 2 b participating freaks when he did the song n concert. we wuz a riot!
mountains
she gave her angels
eye will
n2 the Light
Days of Wild
he got it all right, eye just want him 2 BRANG IT, ONE MO' TIME!


funny thing eye feel Mayte ain't gonna never b the total star she was with Prince.
nobody ever is.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

well,
eye was just trying 2 talk about....
THAT samhill, Ifsixwuz9
oops, 2 late!
sorry!

Ifsixwuz9 said:

"....I'll tell you what I'm blathering about, man.. new shit has come to light..."

babynoz said:

r u an artist, BabyNoz?

haven't u ever been 2 a per4mance somewhere, and found the piece MOVED U?

have u ever gone 2 a per4mance somewhere, and found it so-so 4 no reason other than 'The Artist' was not feeling the piece that night, there4 could NOT convey said enthusiasm 2 U?

then u go again the next week, bcause u like said 'Artist', and he/she is blowin the minds, windows, and roofs off of suckas, with the same piece, the same material, or the same song,

they just happened 2 b 'FEELIN IT'.
AND U NO THIS!!!

that's how eye no, BabyNoz...when he 'FEELS IT', he makes me FEEL IT.
no matter what the material.

he ain't been feelin' his own music lately.

if u were purple, turning lavender is a washed out xcuse 4 what u were.
b lavender if u wish, but don't offer it 2 me as an alternative 2 what ntense color eye no u STILL have.

go on sabbatical with ur 'LAVENDER' if u dig it THAT much.
but u can't have ur 'lavender' and have ur 'PEAK' 2.
and u dig 'PEAKING!'

a 'lavender' piece 4 a real poet would b doing 'roses r red, violets r blue hooey.
ain't nobody payin' bucks 2 hear me do that.
people NO eye can do that with my eyes closed.
people that have heard me SLAM!
xpect me 2 SLAM!!!
and if slammin' is my thing, eye don't get 'tired' of doing it.
KEY PHRASE...IT'S MY THING!? it's what eye do well.

eye may take a needed break, but each time eye take the stage, each time eye record, eye'm gonna BRANG IT!

PRINCE CAN BRANG THE HOUSE DOWN NIGHTLY, FUNK HIS LAVENDER.
U WANNA WASH OUT THE PURPLE, GO RETIRE!

it's an artist thang, ppl.
that really is a word of ncouragement 2 him.
eye would tell him the same thing 2 his face.
y? bcause it's honest. y? bcause he nos what eye am talking about.

eye dig u 4ever Prince, but when u FEEL U IT AGAIN, so will eye.

BabyNoz said

...as ok 4 roses r red and violets r blue 4 output, but that's just something eye can do easy, there's no feeling bhind it.

sure it's ok 4 me, but who wants 2 hear that? even eye don't.
even while eye would b doing it, eye wouldn't want 2 hear it.

and if someone applauded me 4 it, eye would feel sorry 4 them, no ing they settled 4 it, nstead of demanding that
eye do what is second nature 2 me.

notice eye have NOT requested a style, an era, a song, all eye have requested is that Prince 'feel it' again.
he ain't feelin' it, and it ain't just me that nos.

it's just me that's sayin' it out loud, here and now, is all. he really ain't.

he just needs a minnit 2 re-acess who he is.
notice eye didn't say who he was.

still waitin' Prince,
BRANG IT!

is this dtail enuff BabyNoz? eye notice some ppl r saying the same things eye said, n different words, but the same things pretty much.

...eye no what eye want, and if it please u baby, please u baby, eye'm beggin' u down on my knees, 'cause eye want CHOO!
YES, AAH DO!
eye want the Prince that 'felt' that, 2 feel it again.
eye didn't say sing it again....eye said feel it.

there's a difference.

that should b dtail enuff.
eye'm through.


[Edited 10/15/06 2:11am]

origmnd said:

well datgum! who else is there?

so who's going to Vegas with me.
[Edited 10/13/06 16:29pm]

babynoz said:

r u an artist, BabyNoz?

haven't u ever been 2 a per4mance somewhere, and found the piece MOVED U?

have u ever gone 2 a per4mance somewhere, and found it so-so 4 no reason other than 'The Artist' was not feeling the piece that night, there4 could NOT convey said enthusiasm 2 U?

then u go again the next week, bcause u like said 'Artist', and he/she is blowin the minds, windows, and roofs off of suckas, with the same piece, the same material, or the same song,

they just happened 2 b 'FEELIN IT'.
AND U NO THIS!!!

that's how eye no, BabyNoz...when he 'FEELS IT', he makes me FEEL IT.
no matter what the material.

he ain't been feelin' his own music lately.

if u were purple, turning lavender is a washed out xcuse 4 what u were.
b lavender if u wish, but don't offer it 2 me as an alternative 2 what ntense color eye no u STILL have.

go on sabbatical with ur 'LAVENDER' if u dig it THAT much.
but u can't have ur 'lavender' and have ur 'PEAK' 2.
and u dig 'PEAKING!'

a 'lavender' piece 4 a real poet would b doing 'roses r red, violets r blue hooey.
ain't nobody payin' bucks 2 hear me do that.
people NO eye can do that with my eyes closed.
people that have heard me SLAM!
xpect me 2 SLAM!!!
and if slammin' is my thing, eye don't get 'tired' of doing it.
KEY PHRASE...IT'S MY THING!? it's what eye do well.

eye may take a needed break, but each time eye take the stage, each time eye record, eye'm gonna BRANG IT!

PRINCE CAN BRANG THE HOUSE DOWN NIGHTLY, FUNK HIS LAVENDER.
U WANNA WASH OUT THE PURPLE, GO RETIRE!

it's an artist thang, ppl.
that really is a word of ncouragement 2 him.
eye would tell him the same thing 2 his face.
y? bcause it's honest. y? bcause he nos what eye am talking about.

eye dig u 4ever Prince, but when u FEEL U IT AGAIN, so will eye.

BabyNoz said

...as ok 4 roses r red and violets r blue 4 output, but that's just something eye can do easy, there's no feeling bhind it.

sure it's ok 4 me, but who wants 2 hear that? even eye don't.
even while eye would b doing it, eye wouldn't want 2 hear it.

and if someone applauded me 4 it, eye would feel sorry 4 them, no ing they settled 4 it, nstead of demanding that
eye do what is second nature 2 me.

notice eye have NOT requested a style, an era, a song, all eye have requested is that Prince 'feel it' again.
he ain't feelin' it, and it ain't just me that nos.

it's just me that's sayin' it out loud, here and now, is all. he really ain't.

he just needs a minnit 2 re-acess who he is.
notice eye didn't say who he was.

still waitin' Prince,
BRANG IT!

is this dtail enuff BabyNoz? eye notice some ppl r saying the same things eye said, n different words, but the same things pretty much.

...eye no what eye want, and if it please u baby, please u baby, eye'm beggin' u down on my knees, 'cause eye want CHOO!
YES, AAH DO!
eye want the Prince that 'felt' that, 2 feel it again.
eye didn't say sing it again....eye said feel it.

there's a difference.

that should b dtail enuff.
eye'm through.


[Edited 10/15/06 2:11am]

babynoz said:

r u an artist, BabyNoz?

haven't u ever been 2 a per4mance somewhere, and found the piece MOVED U?

have u ever gone 2 a per4mance somewhere, and found it so-so 4 no reason other than 'The Artist' was not feeling the piece that night, there4 could NOT convey said enthusiasm 2 U?

then u go again the next week, bcause u like said 'Artist', and he/she is blowin the minds, windows, and roofs off of suckas, with the same piece, the same material, or the same song,

they just happened 2 b 'FEELIN IT'.
AND U NO THIS!!!

that's how eye no, BabyNoz...when he 'FEELS IT', he makes me FEEL IT.
no matter what the material.

he ain't been feelin' his own music lately.

if u were purple, turning lavender is a washed out xcuse 4 what u were.
b lavender if u wish, but don't offer it 2 me as an alternative 2 what ntense color eye no u STILL have.

go on sabbatical with ur 'LAVENDER' if u dig it THAT much.
but u can't have ur 'lavender' and have ur 'PEAK' 2.
and u dig 'PEAKING!'

a 'lavender' piece 4 a real poet would b doing 'roses r red, violets r blue hooey.
ain't nobody payin' bucks 2 hear me do that.
people NO eye can do that with my eyes closed.
people that have heard me SLAM!
xpect me 2 SLAM!!!
and if slammin' is my thing, eye don't get 'tired' of doing it.
KEY PHRASE...IT'S MY THING!? it's what eye do well.

eye may take a needed break, but each time eye take the stage, each time eye record, eye'm gonna BRANG IT!

PRINCE CAN BRANG THE HOUSE DOWN NIGHTLY, FUNK HIS LAVENDER.
U WANNA WASH OUT THE PURPLE, GO RETIRE!

it's an artist thang, ppl.
that really is a word of ncouragement 2 him.
eye would tell him the same thing 2 his face.
y? bcause it's honest. y? bcause he nos what eye am talking about.

eye dig u 4ever Prince, but when u FEEL U IT AGAIN, so will eye.

BabyNoz said

...as ok 4 roses r red and violets r blue 4 output, but that's just something eye can do easy, there's no feeling bhind it.

sure it's ok 4 me, but who wants 2 hear that? even eye don't.
even while eye would b doing it, eye wouldn't want 2 hear it.

and if someone applauded me 4 it, eye would feel sorry 4 them, no ing they settled 4 it, nstead of demanding that
eye do what is second nature 2 me.

notice eye have NOT requested a style, an era, a song, all eye have requested is that Prince 'feel it' again.
he ain't feelin' it, and it ain't just me that nos.

it's just me that's sayin' it out loud, here and now, is all. he really ain't.

he just needs a minnit 2 re-acess who he is.
notice eye didn't say who he was.

still waitin' Prince,
BRANG IT!

is this dtail enuff BabyNoz? eye notice some ppl r saying the same things eye said, n different words, but the same things pretty much.

...eye no what eye want, and if it please u baby, please u baby, eye'm beggin' u down on my knees, 'cause eye want CHOO!
YES, AAH DO!
eye want the Prince that 'felt' that, 2 feel it again.
eye didn't say sing it again....eye said feel it.

there's a difference.

that should b dtail enuff.
eye'm through.


[Edited 10/15/06 2:11am]

...eye no what eye want, and if it please u baby, please u baby, eye'm beggin' u down on my knees, 'cause eye want CHOO!

YES, AAH DO!

eye want the Prince that 'felt' that, 2 feel it again.
eye didn't say sing it again....eye said feel it.

there's a difference.

it's that purple pulse you checkin' for.

Hotstuff said:

Exactly.

eye am not talking about...
his lifestyle
his changes
his mental status...or meeting My or anyone else's NEED.
Prince needs 2 meet his own need, he ain't there yet, and some of us, and he, nos it.
GET UP PRINCE, DON'T U WANNA DO SOMETHING!? THEN DO IT!
ur own words...
do it like they like it so ur fams won't have 2 listen around...give em what they want, how they want, so when it comes 2 U, they down!

On one hand, you are expressing disappointment with his current musical output: songs don't reflect personal life (except the "word"), not using artistic vision, quality, not quantity (his output was higher during his quality phase, go figure) Paisley Park is the place he needs to go back to??... that's your quagmire. Nope, you don't have a need here. Only asking a little too much.

On the other hand, I have five fingers.



I do love "the continental"

BackStagePass said:

Well, who DOES he play his exceptional music for?

This argument is out of hand.

His "commercial" CDs are derivative lately
so they appear to lack spunk. I want the weird shit anyway.

Thank you for the detailed explanation backstagepass. I do get what you're saying. I write stories and sketch pictures. Don't know if that makes me an artist, but I am feeling what I do. I must say that you're killing me with the Princey-bonics though. But if you're feeling kinda Princey then so be it...it's still a good discussion. I will give you credit for not waxing nostalgic for a particular era as well.

I've experienced being moved by an artist's work many times in music, literature, film, on canvas, etc. I've also experienced the opposite. It happens...life happens.

The thing is, to me Prince has always ebbed and flowed. He'll be cruising along one minute and the next, he'll turn around and kick my butt! We all ebb and flow don't we? Prince is intense and he has a lot of stamina, but frankly I don't know of anyone who can sustain a peak level of intensity over an extended period of time. Is that even healthy? Do we tend to hold Prince to a higher standard? Should we? Depending on how one looks at these demands/expectations, it can be encouraging or it can be burdensome.

That said, I do believe that the intense purple that you crave is yet with us. Where we differ is that I find value even in the lavender. After all, lavender has some soothing and healing qualities. Your premise suggests that His heart is no longer in what he does and therefore his output is substandard and he should retire rather than work during his lavender phase. I still feel this is supposition rather than fact but who can say? I don't feel qualified to make that call. I can only say that he moved me in Miami in March and he kicked my butt in Vegas as well.

Finally, I still think that people tend to discount the part that their own expectations play in their observations. On the rare occasion that I'm not feeling Prince or whomever, I tend to attribute it to myself as much as the artist. It could be either one of us or both of us, who knows? Life in general can be a rollercoaster of experiences and the Prince experience is no different. At this point in time I can't state categorically that lavender isn't another facet of who he is, but your observations are appreciated just the same.