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PrintableCosmicTalk said: sexxydancer said: I'm kinda glad that he didn't participate.
 Looking back on it,it's corny,and he's 2 cool 4 that!  Not only that, Prince made a good a point: We have our OWN problems in the USA with poverty, homelessness, and famine and here they are trying to get together to help other people outside of the US. While excellent in theory, it just shows how the US has had a history of helping others abroad while shamefully and purposely neglecting their own. I agree wholeheartedly. [Edited 3/2/07 22:29pm] | |
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DorothyParkerWasCool said: CosmicTalk said: Not only that, Prince made a good a point: We have our OWN problems in the USA with poverty, homelessness, and famine and here they are trying to get together to help other people outside of the US. While excellent in theory, it just shows how the US has had a history of helping others abroad while shamefully and purposely neglecting their own. I agree wholeheartedly. [Edited 3/2/07 22:29pm] Kinda reminds me of something someone once said: NASA spends billions of dollars lookin' for intelligent life in outer space and that money could be spent on the intelligent life right here in the United States. | |
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He was too busy with his lollipop. | |
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paisley16 said: FunkiestOne said: Actually, the reason is that Prince was at the absolute height of his popularity and it would have hurt his career to perform with those other people at that time. If it would have been a few years before or after that time, then he probably would have done. it. This seemed obvious back then, but not so much now as the music industry has changed a bit. I don't know if it would have hurt his career per se, but he was SO BIG right then, plus it was happening on the same night as the AMA's- his presence would have attracted way too much attention. Also, then, as always, Prince doesn't like being told what to do in the studio- it's been that way since the very beginning. And if there was any truth to his own given reasons for not participating, "clamming up"- that would've been focused on, talked about, and might have hurt a bit. Of course, ultimately, his non-presence attracted too much attention due to above mentioned incident. IMO, he couldn't win at that time- it all happened at such a pivotal point in his success. He wasn't there for whatever personal reasons, but he couldn't avoid the cameras anyway. I just get annoyed when people don't realize he gave a great song and video to the project- some acted as if they cared so much about the cause (i.e. let's hate Prince for skipping WATW, he doesn't care about starving kids, etc.), but yet never even bought the album or watched Live Aid. I remember that Prince got A LOT of flack for not participating in We Are the World at the time. It was the beginning of a backlash imo after Purple Rainmanina. Everyone knows the whole "build them up so we can tear them down". Didn't matter that Prince wrote a song (a beautiful heartfelt song that imo is WAY better than We Are the World)...people just heard "Freaky Prince didn't participate...and partied and got a photographer beat up instead" | |
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mistermcgee said: DorothyParkerWasCool said: I agree wholeheartedly. [Edited 3/2/07 22:29pm] Kinda reminds me of something someone once said: NASA spends billions of dollars lookin' for intelligent life in outer space and that money could be spent on the intelligent life right here in the United States.  Cornbread, Grits, and Collard Greens/I got what you need/If you want it/Cuz I'm a pimp, girl/With a drippy, juicy Jheri Curl | |
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Can anyone explain why Dan Akroyd was on there? I thought he was going to break into his Blues Brothers routine at any minute. | |
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Cuz he was too stuck up to be grouped with others! My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Maybe because he was looking at the song from a musical point of view, instead of looking at it as a group a musicians getting together for a good cause. I think most people who participated in it, did so because they liked the idea of the biggest musicians in America recording a song for a good cause. But Prince being Prince probably heard it, and thought it was crap (and rightly so), so decided not to get involved and instead he contributed his own song for the project. | |
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CosmicTalk said: sexxydancer said: I'm kinda glad that he didn't participate.
Looking back on it,it's corny,and he's 2 cool 4 that! Not only that, Prince made a good a point: We have our OWN problems in the USA with poverty, homelessness, and famine and here they are trying to get together to help other people outside of the US. While excellent in theory, it just shows how the US has had a history of helping others abroad while shamefully and purposely neglecting their own. Oh Lord, thank you! Finally someone else thinking about the ol USofA.Don't get me wrong, I think WATW was great "in theory" as well, and all the debt relief and aids help and all, but I live in a big ol city with lots of poverty and homeless etc, and I just WISH the local govt would help more. Not to make this a political forum, but dang!!! Thanks for listening. Live Love Laugh! | |
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livluvlaf said: CosmicTalk said: Not only that, Prince made a good a point: We have our OWN problems in the USA with poverty, homelessness, and famine and here they are trying to get together to help other people outside of the US. While excellent in theory, it just shows how the US has had a history of helping others abroad while shamefully and purposely neglecting their own. Oh Lord, thank you! Finally someone else thinking about the ol USofA.Don't get me wrong, I think WATW was great "in theory" as well, and all the debt relief and aids help and all, but I live in a big ol city with lots of poverty and homeless etc, and I just WISH the local govt would help more. Not to make this a political forum, but dang!!! Thanks for listening. Cornbread, Grits, and Collard Greens/I got what you need/If you want it/Cuz I'm a pimp, girl/With a drippy, juicy Jheri Curl | |
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has anyone given the true reason? because he is/was a stuck up ass that thinks/thought he was too good to take part in such a trivial undertaking.
so in stead he gives a song (i heard that he offered "4 the tears..." and "raspberry beret") but then write another song pretty much bad mouthing the project. | |
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SlamGlam said: has anyone given the true reason? because he is/was a stuck up ass that thinks/thought he was too good to take part in such a trivial undertaking.
so in stead he gives a song (i heard that he offered "4 the tears..." and "raspberry beret") but then write another song pretty much bad mouthing the project. Sharp as ever and to the point as ever! | |
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I agree with those of you who said that he didn't want to be in the studio with no say-so on the song whatsoever. Quincey Jones, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie were running the show. Prince would NOT have been able to take their direction very well. I think he made a wise decision not to participate but contribute a song(A very good one) instead. I heard a rumor, And I don't know if it's true or not. A friend told me that the government or the powers that be, In those African countries took the supplies that the "We Are The World" project helped raise, and barely gave any to the starving people.That's a shame if it's true. | |
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ThePunisher said: I agree with those of you who said that he didn't want to be in the studio with no say-so on the song whatsoever. Quincey Jones, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie were running the show. Prince would NOT have been able to take their direction very well. I think he made a wise decision not to participate but contribute a song(A very good one) instead. I heard a rumor, And I don't know if it's true or not. A friend told me that the government or the powers that be, In those African countries took the supplies that the "We Are The World" project helped raise, and barely gave any to the starving people.That's a shame if it's true.
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