who cares..

Oh,well,if that's what u wanna believe....

Farfunknugin said:

'who cares?' is a statement/question usually made out of resignation.
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sexxydancer said:

It's not a belief

Graycap23 said:

You've never made any sense on these boards...seriously...so I suppose there is no reason why you should start now.

Prince's voice and musicianship is far superior to Madonna's. That makes him more relevant
[Edited 12/7/06 20:08pm]

pald1 said:

It's like comparing the Rolling Stones with Pink Floyd! Pink Floyd are better musically and lyrically but less popular. The Stones just keep comming back with another album that sounds like the last! Madonna just keeps changing her look and her writters and producers to keep her up to date. Prince does what he does on his own.And tries to keep it fresh but tends to fail because it don't sound like Prince no more! Hence less broad appeal. Nothing the hell to do with relevence!

asg said:

I wouldn't use the Grammys as a way of determining who is more "relevent".As someone pointed out,Alicia Keyes has won more Grammys than Prince.Does that make her more relevent than him?

tznekbsbfrvr said:

Hey,let's be fair I don't know exactly how some of you define "relevence",but I would argue that Madonna is still very relevent in the pop music world.

2006 was a remarkable year for Madonna and she was in the news for alot of great things.Her 'Confessions Tour' officially became the most successful tour by a female artist,grossing $200 million in just a few months.In addition,her 'Confessions' CD sold around 8 million copies worldwide.Yes,she had her her share of negative press and controversy,but she remains a force to be reckoned with.The fact that we're even discussing her (on a Prince site,no less) pretty much proves that she is relevent.

kookoo2U said:

It doesn't say nothing at all.Award shows are a joke these days and I don't see why you guys are using these nominations as a way of determining who is "relevent".By your logic,would you say that Alicia Keyes or Beyonce are more relevent than Prince? They have won more Grammys than he has.

IstenSzek said:

ATWIAD (3 million), Batman (millions), Diamonds & Pearls (6 million) and a few others inbetween all sold a million or more. I get your point, but his overall sales are pretty high.

padawan said:

Madonna and U2 have done an exceptional job of maintaining their careers.

pald1 said:

Ohhhhh play nice

Graycap23 said:

Good grief! it's like 2 year olds in a playground

yeah,there's alot of silly kids on this site.Reminds me of being on the playground at elementary school.

"My artist is better than your artist!"



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[Edited 12/8/06 2:07am]

There are so many great replies to this, most by 'bonedaddy'. XD
But as for mine:
Madonna is not relevant, unless you think that being an overly fashion conscious slut is 'relevance' amidst all the turmoil, racism, war. ETC. that's going on these days.
And she can not sing; at least not well. I'm a trained opera singer, so I would know.

In the original thread,

Pald1 said:

So, basically, all I have left to base relevance on is how many channels and radio stations are willing to play their music (Madonna wins this one hands down, because the last Prince video I saw on MTV and VH1 was "Musicology" and that was only played early in the morning), how many current artist's credit them as influences (Prince has Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Pharrell, Outkast, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and Alicia Keys rooting for him; Madonna has Paris Hilton and Britney Spears - whoohoo for her), and how many publicity stunts each one has done in recent years....hmmm, well, all talent and musicianship aspects aside , I'm more than happy to give Madonna the "Relevance" Trophy, considering that she just released her second fashion line, got into a fight with the Catholic Church and the Malawian government, and made out with Britney and Christina on stage at the VMAs two years ago. So, apparently, "relevance" is just a fancy word for "publicity whore" in your statement. All poor Prince has to offer in the bad publicity stunt department in recent years is the name-change episode and the yellow ass-out outfit. So, Congratulations, Madonna, for being the biggest media whore to make it out of the 80's. Micheal Jackson would have probably beat Madonna if he hadn't moved out of the states.

I don't care what others think, and Madonna was never relevant to me.

ludwig said:

That's because she isn't

namepeace said:

i get what you're saying. what i meant is that prince meant to be a successful musician first and formeost and was bitten by the "wanna be a star" bug after his taste during 1999(or at least that's how it always sounded to me). prince has always wanted to sell records, sure, but i think it's a strecth to say that he wanted to be a cultural icon type the way madonna has always set out to do.

wavesofbliss said:

A cultural icon for who? What or whose culture are you talking about?

Janfriend said:

Wow! What planet are you on?

pald1 said:

Can you answer the question?

I swear I'm not being bias, BUT They're not even in the same ballpark. IMO Madonna creates only what seems trendy....and if it wasn't for her "Gay" following she wouldn't be shit these days!!

Amaxx said:

Pink Floyd

Janfriend said:

not really sure what you mean or why its relevant. of course i'm here on earth with the rest of you. if you disagree that's cool too. but i don't think what i said was all that strange or out of it.

*shrugs*

Janfriend said:

LOL. I guess in your case I'll have to state the obvious. The culture I am referring to is...wait for it...the one we all live in! Yay! The one in which this website is based, the one in which you are responding to, the one in which those reading get their information from. Yes, folks, it's the Western culture. What culture did you think I was referring about - sub Saharan? [Name calling snip - luv4u]

pald1 said:

You're way out of line. She is not relevant to black culture, or asian culture, or arab culture, or indigenous culture. If you mean "white western culture" then you may have a point, but most of the people in the western world are not white and she is not relevant as an artist to them. I can only assume you misunderstood what I meant by culture

Janfriend said: