Okay, So I have a report due April 23rd , and the report needs to be on someone who was influential/changed the world/nation/country .. or whatever.

Would Prince be a good subject for this ?

The key word is 'was'...Prince still 'is' but I think if you took an era and talked about specifics he would be perfect...

Like those others people harp on about: Ghandi, Hitler, Luther King, Christ ... Prince fits right in ...

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no, not really, his impact on the world wasn't as significant as Elvis,The Beatles or even Bono. If you want to focus on his art, that would probably be a better angle. Not many musicians or entertainers get into that category where they actually affect history or current events in a significant way.

well Im basically talking about his music .. not him.

skywalker said:

So I just have to show how he still is/was is a influential person in history ..
but music is basically history right ?

Negritaluvyu said:

If you talk about the PMRC/parental advisory labelling, battle with record companies, use of internet to distribute music you might have something.

mynameisnotsusan said:

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good point,that got some powerful people in politics involved and provided plenty of dissension on both sides. And Ironic as hell, Prince supported the use of the sticker. He's just a bundle of contradictions, conservative and freaky at the same time.

Ok. :d
Thanks.
If I need help, I'll come back, and I probably will need help.

Negritaluvyu said:

Well, it all depends upon the point that you/your paper is making. I mean, maybe you should ask your teacher what goal of the paper is. If the guidelines have nothing to do with contemporary art/music--you probably shouldn't do a paper about Prince and try to pass it off as "history". I mean, it's damn recent history, so you want to make clear the expectations of the assignment before you write up how much you love "Raspberry Beret" and call it history from 1985. Dig?

skywalker said:

Ok well the point of it is to show how the person is influential to the nation/country/world. The person can Recent history or Old History. You just have to show how the person was influential or changed the world/country/nation ...

Hard to say, one of my musician friends gave him credit for gay liberation, but he's not gay and i don't think all the effeminate behavior he showed had that much of an effect on the liberating of american values. His femininity was more a little part of that particular puzzle. He really was only a true pop star for a very small part of his career and i can't see how he really affected history in any major way, or even the culture, without Prince, the culture would be roughly the same.

Prince was my thesis in my final project for college and I passed!!!!

Negritaluvyu said:

Hey, he was ultimately responsible for the Parental Advisory labels, wasn't he? There's a great thing to write your report on.

mynameisnotsusan said:

Darn. Didn't read this before posting.

Well, you tell me---How did Prince change the world? If you cannot tell me, maybe you should choose something else. Otherwise--get to work. Go to wikipedia.com, itunes bios, etc and read how Prince impacted the world through his music. I'll give you some hints:

-Pushing the boundaries of sex in pop/rock music.
-Parental Advisory Labels.
-Leaving big record labels to sell/make music on his own terms.
-The Minneapolis Sound (still influencing pop music today--listen to Timbaland and Justin).

[Edited 3/9/07 15:22pm]

skywalker said:

Thankyou .. well thankyou all!.

He also changed the way African Americans took on music in a way. Prince is basically one of the very few African Americas, who did rock music, and infact did all types of music, he changed the way most of look at music today. He made it more comfortable for more of us to do music like that, (Fefe Dobson being a prime example). Well in my opinion he did.

Ur gonna have fun researching 4 this report.U've picked the perfect subject! Good luck on it!

Negritaluvyu said:

Don't forget to add that it was monumental that he scored a big contract with a major label on his own terms, was allowed to produce his own record, played all instruments, sang lead & background vocals all at the age of 19. No one else had done all that at such a young age.

I think the best subject to go on is his fight with the recored labels and how he went out on his own. I think it's the biggest impact he's had on the world (aside from his music of course) Not only is it a moment in the history of the music business, but it's really starting to make history now. As many artist established and up-coming are selling there music through the internet. That's is becoming the prime way to sell your music. Doing it on your own. Prince of course has done it for years now, but you can look at other mega music stars such as Michael Jackson who's going be releasing his new album on his own private independent label. Prince is pioneer of this new wave which imo. will re-write the way the world gets it's music.

P2daP said:

Ooh Never thought of that.