but is it really necessary to have your avatar as a pic of jt with devil horns???
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i'm sorry, but i didnt think taffy was that out of line. the name change was idiotic. i understand WHY he did it with the contracts as they were, but being so serious ("god told me my name is this unpronouncable symbol") about it instead of just saying "hey, due to this contract, i can't release under prince" was an insanely stupid move, and joke worthy.

Justin Timberlake ADORES Prince. If you have a video of that Beyonce-Prince Grammy performance ... at the end Justin turns to his mom grinning and smiling and mouths something like "that's great" or "that's hot."

There's a difference between teasing with love, as Justin did, and being mean-spirited.

There was one awards show where Chris Rock (oscars) made fun of some actors as not being real actors. IT was not received well. Neither was Rock's hosting of MTV awards when he dissed some entertainers in attendance.

This audience would have rejected JT as other audiences did C.Rock had the behavior actually been insulting.

It could have been worse. Timberlake could have said that Prince had a small p*nis.

Gotta can be pretty damn uptight sometimes. I think he misses the Captain.
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CaptainChaos said:

WHOA WHOA WHOA If he said that, then Id wondered, how'd he know ?

Lol hmmm .. I guess I have to google what happened.

CaptainChaos said:

WHOA WHOA WHOA If he said that, then Id wondered, how'd he know ?

Lol hmmm .. I guess I have to google what happened.

Negritaluvyu said:

She was being a douchebag and saying shit like "I have a new nickname for you... TAFKAP.. the artist formerly known as prince... I KNOW I'LL CALL YOU TAFFY!! HA HA HA"

and he said "You know what Taffy rhymes with, don't you? It rhymes with goodnight."

She promptly shut up, but was still a dumb bitch.

Jakeasaurus said:

Wow. How nice of her ? Weird. I thought he given himself that nickname, because my teacher told me thats what they called him now TAFKAP. and im like "what kind of loser name ?"

you people need help

I know that even Prince himself appears to be over this at this point (inviting Mr. Timberflake to his Globe after-party) but the whole incident still gnaws at my hide. I am a big awards show fan and have been my whole life. I have see virtually every Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, Globes, and even the bastard child of award shows, the People's Choice Awards, over the last 20 years. In all that time I cannot recall anyone ever dissing an artist who was not in attendance. The whole point of these award shows is to celebrate the achievement of someone so how would anyone think it would be prudent to turn a winner into an object of ridicule. JT made a colossal blunder with his awards' show shenanigans and I would think it just as inappropriate and wrong if he would have turned his juvenile humor on someone who was not my favorite musician.

That being said, I do have a sense of humor about the man (see any of my comments about "The Rainbow Children" or "Graffiti Bridge") and understand that he puts himself up to be the object of parody with many of his decisions, both personal and professional. I have laughed along with many of these (of course the Dave Chappelle basketball skit and the almost worshipping "Prince Show" deserve mention) and only really found fault with the attacks that were personal or mean-spirited. I can definitely laugh at Tommy Davidson doing a parody or Prince going into a McDonald's and ordering food to the tune of "Sign O the Times" but I thought the Prince parody with Billy Crystal singing "I Am the World" in the 1985 SNL skit was below the belt. It's all about context and intent and while most Prince lampooning I can laugh at, there are just some instances that are harder to tolerate.

The JT incident reminded me of the ill-fated Rosie O'Donnell appearance in 1996. Here Prince had agreed to do her show and was very respectful of the hostess. Her extended gag about the name change which visibly made Prince uncomfortable was out-of-bounds and I wish Prince would have gone through with his threat of saying goodnight and leaving that witch on stage with dead air. Ask about it once, that's fine, you're trying to answer a question the public wants to know. But his unwillingness to play along should have shut the door right there. Instead she asks him if she can call him "Taffy" and the audience of mindless drones titters in glee.

Should a host ask probing questions of a guest? Yeah, if it's "60 Minutes" or "Larry King" and said artist has agreed to such probing. But on the fricking "Rosie O'Donnell" show, Prince has to be brow-beaten when there was so much else that could have been discussed. I remember going on a couple of Rosie chat boards after the incident and berating the hostess for her inappropriate behavior and her little minions defended her and called P. weird and unfriendly. He was friendly enough to go on the show, wasn't he? Rosie acted like an ass in that interview and her treatment of Prince was indefensible.

So in this corner, you have an award presenter making fun of someone not there to receive their award, completely destroying any semblance of award decorum. In the other corner, you have a talk show host so desperate for laughs that she skewers someone who has agreed to come on her show and promote his album, which is really the only thing shows like Rosie's were good for. Which was a worse slight?

All I know is they both pissed me off.

suomynona said:

I know.

Im waiting until Prince comes and helps me.

Negritaluvyu said:

1. Prince isn't a Psychologist/Psychiatrist.
2. Prince doesn't help anyone but himself.

I know that even Prince himself appears to be over this at this point (inviting Mr. Timberflake to his Globe after-party) but the whole incident still gnaws at my hide. I am a big awards show fan and have been my whole life. I have see virtually every Grammys, Emmys, Oscars, Globes, and even the bastard child of award shows, the People's Choice Awards, over the last 20 years. In all that time I cannot recall anyone ever dissing an artist who was not in attendance. The whole point of these award shows is to celebrate the achievement of someone so how would anyone think it would be prudent to turn a winner into an object of ridicule. JT made a colossal blunder with his awards' show shenanigans and I would think it just as inappropriate and wrong if he would have turned his juvenile humor on someone who was not my favorite musician.

That being said, I do have a sense of humor about the man (see any of my comments about "The Rainbow Children" or "Graffiti Bridge") and understand that he puts himself up to be the object of parody with many of his decisions, both personal and professional. I have laughed along with many of these (of course the Dave Chappelle basketball skit and the almost worshipping "Prince Show" deserve mention) and only really found fault with the attacks that were personal or mean-spirited. I can definitely laugh at Tommy Davidson doing a parody or Prince going into a McDonald's and ordering food to the tune of "Sign O the Times" but I thought the Prince parody with Billy Crystal singing "I Am the World" in the 1985 SNL skit was below the belt. It's all about context and intent and while most Prince lampooning I can laugh at, there are just some instances that are harder to tolerate.

The JT incident reminded me of the ill-fated Rosie O'Donnell appearance in 1996. Here Prince had agreed to do her show and was very respectful of the hostess. Her extended gag about the name change which visibly made Prince uncomfortable was out-of-bounds and I wish Prince would have gone through with his threat of saying goodnight and leaving that witch on stage with dead air. Ask about it once, that's fine, you're trying to answer a question the public wants to know. But his unwillingness to play along should have shut the door right there. Instead she asks him if she can call him "Taffy" and the audience of mindless drones titters in glee.

Should a host ask probing questions of a guest? Yeah, if it's "60 Minutes" or "Larry King" and said artist has agreed to such probing. But on the fricking "Rosie O'Donnell" show, Prince has to be brow-beaten when there was so much else that could have been discussed. I remember going on a couple of Rosie chat boards after the incident and berating the hostess for her inappropriate behavior and her little minions defended her and called P. weird and unfriendly. He was friendly enough to go on the show, wasn't he? Rosie acted like an ass in that interview and her treatment of Prince was indefensible.

So in this corner, you have an award presenter making fun of someone not there to receive their award, completely destroying any semblance of award decorum. In the other corner, you have a talk show host so desperate for laughs that she skewers someone who has agreed to come on her show and promote his album, which is really the only thing shows like Rosie's were good for. Which was a worse slight?

All I know is they both pissed me off.

It's funny you mention the rosie show. My sister is a producer *tv type) and a good friend at the time of hers was a producer for i believe conan. At the time, he was going to be the special guest for a whole week and after that incident, he canceled the whole thing.

It's funny you mention the rosie show. My sister is a producer *tv type) and a good friend at the time of hers was a producer for i believe conan. At the time, he was going to be the special guest for a whole week and after that incident, he canceled the whole thing.