What say you?

i swear we've had this topic before!

Oh, sorry if this topic was done before. I haven't seen it before

The best was making the Purple Rain movie.

The worst was the name change.

FunkiestOne said:

and... i agree with this.

Bad Moves: GB, UTCM, the Lovesex album cover

Good Moves: America video, SOTT movie, Superbowl Half Time Show

InsatiableCream said:

What about the America video was a good business move?

When he ate that bat on stage.




Oh, wait....
I meant Mayte.

Best business decision Prince ever made :

Reinventing himself as the guy who makes real music by real musicians, inspiring kids to pick up guitars and see what they can do.
The Musicology concept was brilliant.

leecaldon said:

well it wasnt but i loe it so much i had to say it

What do you mean doing the America video wasn?t good business sense?

Illustrator said:

If he ate(out) Mayte on stage, I would like to see that! in fact I would pay good money for that!

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FunkiestOne said:

I know that was kinda weird.

scriptgirl said:

it was his best video but it really didnt do anything for him business wise

InsatiableCream said:

I think UTCM was great, I think most of his fans really like it

prince's career between 1987 and about 1998 was basically just one awful business decision after another. with the possible exception of the nude tour, diamonds & pearls and batman


don't see how the sott movie was a particularly good business move. it barely boosted sales of the album in the us, as it was supposed to
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Best- the decision when he was young to go into the music industry



Worse- Larry Grahm, Doug e fresh

theghostoftonym said:

and TGE, it deserves so much more than it got

Grafitti Bridge- Horrible Movie on so many levels. Killed his film career. Gave the impression that musically he was behind the times. A sequel to a classic movie is always a mistake for a cutting edge artist.

I love the name change. I think it gave him an edgy, outsider, crazy artistic statement at a time in most musical careers where legends start playing Vegas, producing songs for disney movies and loving the adoration of award shows - oh, nevermind. Seriously, look at any superstar after twenty years of show business and you will get my drift.

I agree with the name change & Grafitti Bridge.

Also, his choice to release "If I Was Your Girlfriend" as the 2nd single from SOTT. It slowed the momentum for the album commercially.

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Why did releasing Girlfriend slow the momentum of SOTT? I never heard that song till years after SOTT came out.

Let me say one thing. I think it is smart that Prince is doing songs for Disney films and the fact that he gets love at award shows-hell yeah! He DESERVES that adoration and he deserves to bask in it. He has earned it and I love the fact that audiences recognize and respect him like that. You can tell it means the world to him. I always love to see him get props on awards shows.

scriptgirl said:

I've always read that it killed the album off commercially (despite being a great song) when something like Housequake would have done much better.

leecaldon said:

It was a huge mistake to release "If I Was Your Girlfriend" as a single.Personally,I love the song but it is not single material and not surprisingly,radio stations ignored it.The SOTT album began tumbling down the charts.That single killed the album's momentum for awhile.

I think his best was to get free from his contract with Warner Bros. and fight for ownership of his master recordings. The worst would be the deal he made a long time ago containing him losing his rights including of his master recordings, of the name Prince, and everything associated with the name Prince including his publishing.

scriptgirl said:

arent you kinda answering your own question there?

One of his best moves was creating The Time
One of his worst moves was killing The Time.....

did someone seriously say his worst mistake was letting Tamar go?

Best Move: WAAAAAY too many to even list, you don't get where he has by being just talented!


Worst Move: Signing the $100 million dollar contract with Warner Bros.

sms130 said:

I agree, many list the name change and the slave written on the face as his worst move! i whole heartly disagree with that. It's one of his best and in some way most important choice. What he did when he did that was light the fire under the majors which going to lead to there eventual death! He really did revolutionize the recording industry. He was the first (at least major musician) to do say he doesn't need the majors to get his music out, that the internet can be used. Did his albums sell like hot cakes during that time? No, but he WAS the first. I don't think he truely epxected to have huge sales when he did that. He of course wanted to have them, but he knew he was going into unmarked area's!