Maybe he's really not JW?!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xDLDLvl4KTw

lol

this guy talks like Elmer Fudd

i cant figure this out:

he can't go in a club with dragons painted on the walls, but he can play the superbowl which breaks a million rules?

no participating of sports
no national anthem
no fireworks
no dancing
no "worldly" music
no "go go" dancers
etc, etc...

I would say this person is projecting, Prince will remain a JW.

7kisses4U said:

Though Prince isn't your typical JW (hell, he ain't your typical human being!) and might not follow every bit of their doctrine to the letter, that doesn't mean they are going to throw him out or whatever, he's still a pretty good figurehead for them.

This can't be true. I heard that Jehova's Witnesses can't leave or else they get killed in some ritual or something like that.

7kisses4U said:

I think you're right. So many fans are so desperate for him to give up being a JW and return to his more hedonistic lifestyle and performance, to the point where they grasp onto straws.

The person uses the lyrics to Best Of You to substantiate his view. I think you can easily turn it around, 'I ain't no fool' can be read as Prince speaking directly to such commentators on his life and those that criticise his choices - he's saying he knows what he's doing by choosing to be JW, that being religious gets the best out of him, is what you believe getting the best out of you?

Though Prince isn't your typical JW (hell, he ain't your typical human being!) and might not follow every bit of their doctrine to the letter, that doesn't mean they are going to throw him out or whatever, he's still a pretty good figurehead for them.

http://allied.blogspot.com/2007/02/prince-says-goodbye-to-jehovahs.html

Any music fan who watched the Super Bowl last night could rightly walk into work this morning and say, "Did you see the bears and colts play football during Prince's Concert?"

It was that good. And, at other levels, it was interesting too.

For any artist familiar with the restrictive, cultish tactics of the jehovah's witnesses, watching the halftime show at this year's Super Bowl represented a lot more than catching a great live concert by Prince. The entire performance was riddled with symbolism that could only leave current and former JWs doing double take after double take, wondering what Prince was trying to 'say'.

I think Prince's merging of All Along the Watchtower with Foo Figher's The Best of You, followed up by Purple Rain, performed while doning his classic symbol, his signature guitar magnified as it rippled against the night sky, full and phallic, larger than life against a ghostly white backdrop, was Prince's way of saying goodbye to the Organization, was Prince's way of saying, "you're not messin with me anymore."

Maybe I'm projectiong. Maybe not.

It's not a simple thing -- the passionate belief and seeking of Truth, the sacrifice of self, the heart vs the mind, all targeted by well-honed thought control vs the single thread of hope for what being human means: Freedom of thought. You kind of have to have been there to grok it.

What I think? That Artist giving that performance at that event, performing those songs that way, wearing that symbol on that stage -- I think he just said goodbye to the Watchtower.

And if he didn't, and they don't disfellowship him for that display, well--it only further demonstrates the hypocrisy of the JWs that makes for madness in those who've ever been shamed at a Kingdom Hall.

(Video Transcription)
Prince's Watchtower Medley

All along the watchtower
princes kept a view
while the women came and wept
their foot servants too
outside in the cold distance
a wild cat did growl
two riders were approaching
and the wind began to howl

I ain't going on to someone new
I needed somewhere to hang my head
Without your noose
You gave me something that I didn't have
But had no use

I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose

My heart is under arrest again
But I'll break loose
My head is giving me life or death
I Will Choose

I swear I'd never give in
'cause I refuse.

is someone getting the best (the best the best the best) of you?
is someone getting the best (the best the best the best) of you?

Is someone taking your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
you must confess.

Is someone getting the best (the best the best the best) of you?
[solo]
...the best the best the best of you?

Is someone getting the best (the best the best the best) of you?
Is someone getting the best (the best the best the best) of you?

I got another confession
my friend,
I ain't no fool.

7kisses4U said:

I think you're right. So many fans are so desperate for him to give up being a JW and return to his more hedonistic lifestyle and performance, to the point where they grasp onto straws.

The person uses the lyrics to Best Of You to substantiate his view. I think you can easily turn it around, 'I ain't no fool' can be read as Prince speaking directly to such commentators on his life and those that criticise his choices - he's saying he knows what he's doing by choosing to be JW, that being religious gets the best out of him, is what you believe getting the best out of you?

Though Prince isn't your typical JW (hell, he ain't your typical human being!) and might not follow every bit of their doctrine to the letter, that doesn't mean they are going to throw him out or whatever, he's still a pretty good figurehead for them.

This can't be true. I heard that Jehova's Witnesses can't leave or else they get killed in some ritual or something like that.