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Thread started 01/25/07 4:33pm

sharonbell

Why do people accuse Prince of stealing their music?

Andre Cymone, Morris Day, his sister Lorna and even Dez D. among others have accused Prince of stealing their music, buy why don't you ever hear anything else good from them? If they are so great and their great music was stolen by Prince, why don't we ever hear anything else from all of these people who say they gave Prince such great music?

Where is anything else great they've ever done?
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Reply #1 posted 01/25/07 10:28pm

sexxydancer

None of 'em have ever done anything great on their own,that's y!Without Prince,they're nothing.I don't believe Prince ever stole music from any of 'em.
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Reply #2 posted 01/25/07 10:31pm

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publicity..
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Reply #3 posted 01/25/07 11:50pm

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Stealing is such an ugly word. Let's just say that Prince is not very good at giving credit where credit is due.
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Reply #4 posted 01/26/07 2:44am

sexyAuntyFuka

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Anyone ever seen that scene from the 1984 film 'AMADEUS' when Wolfgang goes 2 the Austrian Court 4 the 1st time...the Court composer Salieri composed and plays a cute little marching tune on the piano in both Wolfgang's honour and in a bid 2 impress the young visiting fellow musician...basically Wolfie, hears it, re-plays it, re-works it...tears it up and brings the tune 2 a new level...really pisses off saleri who later indirectly kills Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...


I think Prince gets inspired by other Artists and takes their Idea to the next level..

Actually thats all I wanted 2 say & I have no idea why I wrote an essay on the film Amadeus lol
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Reply #5 posted 01/26/07 6:11am

SexyBeautifulO
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sexxydancer said:

None of 'em have ever done anything great on their own,that's y!Without Prince,they're nothing.I don't believe Prince ever stole music from any of 'em.


Yeah!
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Reply #6 posted 01/26/07 6:46am

Tremolina

sharonbell said:

Where is anything else great they've ever done?


is that reason enough to dismiss their claims?
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Reply #7 posted 01/26/07 6:51am

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Helping with Ideas to songs at Practice isnt a song.

If they had all these amazing songs, where are they now? where are they after they left?

Prince has maybe 5,000 songs.

All these people helped with 4 songs.. 25 years ago. lol
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Reply #8 posted 01/26/07 7:52am

Graycap23

The FANtasy of the mind
Whose story is never told
The music was never lifted
The lyrics never stole

The beauty of the gift
Given in CERTAIN measures
Intended 2 uplift
Come share in the treasure.
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Reply #9 posted 01/26/07 7:53am

MartyMcFly

Prediction: this thread will prove to be irresistible to a certain mr. Bart van Hemelen... cool
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Reply #10 posted 01/26/07 8:04am

IAintTheOne

Salieri didnt kill Mozart i believe he died from a Kidney infection or apendictis (sp?)
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Reply #11 posted 01/26/07 8:16am

DecaturStone

When you play music around people you will 'borrow' or use some ideas. Call it inspire if you will. I do believe Prince expanded on peoples ideas. Which if he added alot to the idea it is not stealing in one respect. Though people should have been given credit. I don't know if that was Prince in all cases as much as it was Warner Brothers wanting to promote P as the ulimate music prodigy.
But every story has 3 sides mine, yours and the truth.
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Reply #12 posted 01/26/07 8:21am

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IAintTheOne said:

Salieri didnt kill Mozart i believe he died from a Kidney infection or apendictis (sp?)


Jesus Christ, take achill pill I was talkin' about what happened in the movie not historical events lol
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Reply #13 posted 01/26/07 8:24am

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sexyAuntyFuka said:

IAintTheOne said:

Salieri didnt kill Mozart i believe he died from a Kidney infection or apendictis (sp?)


Jesus Christ, take achill pill I was talkin' about what happened in the movie not historical events lol



Next your gonna tell me no one really had sex in a car on board the Titanic just before it hit the iceberg smile
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Reply #14 posted 01/26/07 10:49am

Tremolina

ElectricBlue said:

Helping with Ideas to songs at Practice isnt a song.

If they had all these amazing songs, where are they now? where are they after they left?

Prince has maybe 5,000 songs.

All these people helped with 4 songs.. 25 years ago. lol

what do you mean by helping?
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Reply #15 posted 01/26/07 10:57am

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sharonbell said:

Andre Cymone, Morris Day, his sister Lorna and even Dez D. among others have accused Prince of stealing their music, buy why don't you ever hear anything else good from them? If they are so great and their great music was stolen by Prince, why don't we ever hear anything else from all of these people who say they gave Prince such great music?

Where is anything else great they've ever done?


most likely he stole riffs and ideas from them, (like how kiss was written), because Prince's talent is spastically scavenging the music in his head AND the music around him and creating sometimes ingenious concise potent hodgepodged creations.
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Reply #16 posted 01/26/07 11:08am

wlcm2thdwn

If they were serious about that they should have gotten a lawyer, he would in a minute! confused
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Reply #17 posted 01/26/07 11:35am

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wlcm2thdwn said:

If they were serious about that they should have gotten a lawyer, he would in a minute! confused


His sister did.
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Reply #18 posted 01/26/07 3:30pm

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sharonbell said:

Andre Cymone, Morris Day, his sister Lorna and even Dez D. among others have accused Prince of stealing their music, buy why don't you ever hear anything else good from them? If they are so great and their great music was stolen by Prince, why don't we ever hear anything else from all of these people who say they gave Prince such great music?

Where is anything else great they've ever done?

I know huh, Sharon. All of those cats who played with P sucked bigtime anyways. Huh Sharon? They didn't have ANY talent. Gosh,..I wonder what was Prince thinking even allowing them to be in his pressence?
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Reply #19 posted 01/26/07 4:28pm

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sexyAuntyFuka said:

IAintTheOne said:

Salieri didnt kill Mozart i believe he died from a Kidney infection or apendictis (sp?)


Jesus Christ, take achill pill I was talkin' about what happened in the movie not historical events lol


Why'd you call him Jesus Christ when his avatar clearly says "IAintTheOne"? confuse
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