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Has Prince gone against everything he stood for in the 90's? Don't get me wrong--Prince can do whatever the hell he wants and I'm cool with it. I like that he does whatever he wants.
However, doesn't it seem like Prince has gone corporate in a way no imaginable during the slave/symbol era? Superbowl. Hollywood parties/award shows. Verizon. Macy's. Disbanding the fanclub that supported him when he wasn't "hot" and mainstream. Signing with Universal. Again, I really don't care. I kind of like this resurgence of the commercial side of Prince. I liked when he did "batman" thang in '89 and I like that I see his face more in the media nowadays. I just think it is interesting, and perhaps typical of him, that after nearly a decade of railing against all things corporate America that Prince has hopped into bed with it all. He has done it all on his terms of course--I guess that makes all the difference. Could it be that it wasn't actually about freedom, but that it was about power and control???? [Edited 5/31/07 7:07am] "New Power slide...." |
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when i heard prince say at a recent gig, "'free the music'? heh. ain't nothing free", i knew that the prince of the '90s was dead and buried.  | |
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I believe ya'll are speaking of "The Artist". Two toooootally different people. 
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But seriously Skywalker, yeah he threw all taht out the window in '04. Must've figured it was his last chance to be recognized as the legend he thought he was before the name change. | |
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AvramsDad said: Prince's extreme Gemini tendencies
that's a good point, really. | |
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my ex wife is a gemini and i still believe one of her is still very much in love with me LOL. seriously though, prince is rightfully warming to his status as worlds greatest entertainer and living legend. he's also has to hump harder because he's not guranteed traditional record sales anymore and he just picked up ex wife #2. he's also someone who envisioned alternative ways to get the music to the people so in this way he's being creative. | |
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I don't know about the parties, cuz P was hitting those back in the 80's and early 90's. Let's be real If the super bowl comm had asked him back in the 90's to performed i don't think Prince would have turned it down. Plus, if we had the tech like we do now back in the 90's Prince would be on that too. why in God's name do u wanna make me cry | |
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AvramsDad said:[quote]I believe ya'll are speaking of "The Artist". Two toooootally different people.
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geminis r like this a lot...the same here   | |
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skywalker said: Don't get me wrong--Prince can do whatever the hell he wants and I'm cool with it. I like that he does whatever he wants.
However, doesn't it seem like Prince has gone corporate in a way no imaginable during the slave/symbol era? Superbowl. Hollywood parties/award shows. Verizon. Macy's. Disbanding the fanclub that supported him when he wasn't "hot" and mainstream. Signing with Universal. Again, I really don't care. I kind of like this resurgence of the commercial side of Prince. I liked when he did "batman" thang in '89 and I like that I see his face more in the media nowadays. I just think it is interesting, and perhaps typical of him, that after nearly a decade of railing against all things corporate America that Prince has hopped into bed with it all. He has done it all on his terms of course--I guess that makes all the difference. Could it be that it wasn't actually about freedom, but that it was about power and control???? [Edited 5/31/07 7:07am] I think the difference is that he's not so much against the corporations, and never was, as long as they were throwing money at him hand over fist. He's just put himself in a position where that's still the case, but they can't tell him what to do and have no control over his output. "Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you." - Kahlil Gibran | |
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furygirl said:[quote] AvramsDad said: I believe ya'll are speaking of
 . Two toooootally different people.
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geminis r like this a lot...the same here I'm a Leo and I think I'm pretty bizarre for the same reasons as Prince... not that I would go to his extremes or ever hope to.  why would I want 2?  had 2 run away... pride was 2 strong. It started raining, baby, the birds were gone | |
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Prince threw all that out the window when he married Mani .. he's pushing 50 .. probably he wanted another image.. he confuses me though cause 80% of what he was.. is what made him famous ..he now talks against it .. which I kinda think is hypocritical cause if Prince was 25 right now.. u cant tell me he wouldnt be singing songs like 'Nikki''Shh' or anything sexual .. and joining the JW's?? uhm no ..
skywalker said: Could it be that it wasn't actually about freedom, but that it was about power and control????[Edited 5/31/07 7:07am]
Freedom is important and I applaud him for that.. power n control? well.. I still have mixed feelings on that whole WB situation ...100 Million is alot.. artists dont get offers like that.. [Edited 5/31/07 15:19pm] | |
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furygirl said:[quote] AvramsDad said: I believe ya'll are speaking of "The Artist". Two toooootally different people.
Prince's extreme Gemini tendencies
geminis r like this a lot...the same here Aww I'm a Gemini we get a bad rap... | |
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adorable2 said:[quote] furygirl said: AvramsDad said: I believe ya'll are speaking of "The Artist". Two toooootally different people.
Prince's extreme Gemini tendencies
geminis r like this a lot...the same here Aww I'm a Gemini we get a bad rap... Nah, y'all just need to quit tripping, is all. | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: adorable2 said: Aww I'm a Gemini we get a bad rap... Nah, y'all just need to quit tripping, is all.  not me i'll never stop.  | |
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I have to disagree, i dont think PRINCE has gone corporate at all, he just uses them when its to his benefit, which is something he said he would do way back in 1998. I mean take a look at alot of his work this decade....
The Rainbow Children NEWS XHALATION One Nite Alone One Nite ALone box set and all the NPGMC tracks that went unreleased, including 2 web albums. Now all this is between 2000-2004 pretty much, i think we focus on 3121/Musicology, because they were done on grand scales with tours and appearances, but i think he has kept a balance, and i feel that PLANET EARTH is going to be a combo of no label/major tour. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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After hearing Piff Doody molest Erotic City and now Lil Wayne butcher Diamond and Pearls, I have to think Prince is going against everything he's ever stood for period!
There's something not right happening and I don't like it!! | |
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Lol.....Prince is doing things HIS way. Putting a new spin on this system of thangs. On the surface u are correct.....but LOOK closer. | |
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Graycap23 said: Lol.....Prince is doing things HIS way. Putting a new spin on this system of thangs. On the surface u are correct.....but LOOK closer.
I agree. | |
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Graycap23 said: Lol.....Prince is doing things HIS way. Putting a new spin on this system of thangs. On the surface u are correct.....but LOOK closer.
Well, I certainly hope and pray that you're right because from where I'm sitting, this doesn't feel like "Prince is doing things HIS way", at all!  | |
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Forget about the 90's, keep the party moving! | |
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wlcm2thdwn said: Forget about the 90's, keep the party moving!
Amen sister!!! (or are you a brother?  )
I also want to say that you have to remember, this is a business too. He is doing things his way and he's using the corporations to do what he wants his way. That's my opinion. Yeah, he probably is doing things differently from the 90's, but dang, people change. He has ALWAYS been about doing things his way, and he is. His way of doing things has just changed since the 90's. [Edited 5/31/07 19:39pm] | |
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skywalker said: Hollywood parties/award shows.
Why can't he party?? | |
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He can be the Prince from 1980 or from 1995, join the Ali Babbas & shave his head (well maybe not completely shave it), I really don't care as long as I get to see/hear more of him & as long as the music is on point.  | |
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i think that he has gone corporate, but in a way that hasn't been done before. he's not molding his product to fit them -- he takes his agenda to them and they endorse it. i think this new scheme for extended club dates is various cities is brilliant. marketing a new album, with no label, thru a fone company -- again, brilliant. they want what he's got, and he stays free from the industry. he's playing by his own rules. noituloveryxesevolasildnaydnew
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