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Prince Follows Through - Good Business Sense His long term vision is uncanny.
Years ago, people scoffed when Prince said someday he would "free the music." He's doing that now on a somewhat regular basis...and he's making more money than ever. | |
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sro100 said: His long term vision is uncanny.
Years ago, people scoffed when Prince said someday he would "free the music." He's doing that now on a somewhat regular basis...and he's making more money than ever. but hes irrelevant on the charts and pop culture | |
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mirrorbestfriend said: sro100 said: His long term vision is uncanny.
Years ago, people scoffed when Prince said someday he would "free the music." He's doing that now on a somewhat regular basis...and he's making more money than ever. but hes irrelevant on the charts and pop culture Irrelevant to whom? With the fear of sounding like a prince obsessive, the charts really dont mean a thing anymore - particularly here in the uk. Furthermore, number 1 in the charts dont mean number 1 at the bank. Moreso, could the current number 1 sell out a stadium x amount of times today, not to mention 30 years into their career? Revenue from albums is dying fast. The live performance is comming back. Shortly albums will be given away to serve merly as an advert for tours. Prince's music is not a patch on what it was, at least on record. Live he kicks ANYBODIES ass. As for pop culture, who is relative today? neptunes? timbo? sad parodies of a guy who did it a thousand times better 20 yrs before them. They just made it more accesible to the lowest common denominator. | |
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From the thread title I was expecting a pic of besoiled purple undercrackers.
Oh well.....  if you've gotta pay for things that you've done wrong I've gotta big bill coming at the end of the day- Gil Scott Heron
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3121 said: mirrorbestfriend said: but hes irrelevant on the charts and pop culture Irrelevant to whom? With the fear of sounding like a prince obsessive, the charts really dont mean a thing anymore - particularly here in the uk. Furthermore, number 1 in the charts dont mean number 1 at the bank. Moreso, could the current number 1 sell out a stadium x amount of times today, not to mention 30 years into their career? Revenue from albums is dying fast. The live performance is comming back. Shortly albums will be given away to serve merly as an advert for tours. Prince's music is not a patch on what it was, at least on record. Live he kicks ANYBODIES ass. As for pop culture, who is relative today? neptunes? timbo? sad parodies of a guy who did it a thousand times better 20 yrs before them. They just made it more accesible to the lowest common denominator. I couldn't agree with you more! Today's pop culture is irrevelant and practically dead! At least with Elvis, Beatles, Motown, Disco, Led Zep, early Hip-Hop, Grunge, Michael, P, Bruce, U2/REM/Nirvana, and even Madonna pop culture seemed interesting. Check out this commentary: CHART COMMENTARY from JAMES MASTERTON It's funny really. The one musical act making all the headlines in the UK this week is actually nowhere near the charts. The man of course is Prince. Last original Top 40 hit - 1997. Last time he released an album to widespread critical acclaim - 1995. Yet he is currently the most talked about man in the country thanks to the deal he signed to give away his brand new album with copies of a national newspaper. No vouchers, no forms to fill in. You buy the Mail On Sunday (price - £1.40), you get a shrink wrapped copy of 'Planet Earth'. As a musician, Prince hasn't been a genius for a decade. As a marketer he is a master. Just as he arrives in the UK for an extended series of dates, taking up residence for three weeks at one of the biggest concert arenas in the south of England, with one deal he's ensured that a copy of his new work is in the homes of three million people with all promotion and distribution being paid for by the newspaper. When asked what was wrong with a man who doesn't need the money giving away his music and so leaving people with the spare cash to spend on music by new and up coming artists instead, a representative for the music retailers association claimed that people only have so much time in a week to listen to music and that they wouldn't buy another album if they were busy listening to Prince. To think people wonder why I think the music industry is run by idiots. |
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3121 said: mirrorbestfriend said: but hes irrelevant on the charts and pop culture Irrelevant to whom? With the fear of sounding like a prince obsessive, the charts really dont mean a thing anymore - particularly here in the uk. Furthermore, number 1 in the charts dont mean number 1 at the bank. Moreso, could the current number 1 sell out a stadium x amount of times today, not to mention 30 years into their career? Revenue from albums is dying fast. The live performance is comming back. Shortly albums will be given away to serve merly as an advert for tours. Prince's music is not a patch on what it was, at least on record. Live he kicks ANYBODIES ass. As for pop culture, who is relative today? neptunes? timbo? sad parodies of a guy who did it a thousand times better 20 yrs before them. They just made it more accesible to the lowest common denominator. Excellent post!  He gets it! That's why the ladies love him...  | |
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Smittyrock70 said: 3121 said: Irrelevant to whom? With the fear of sounding like a prince obsessive, the charts really dont mean a thing anymore - particularly here in the uk. Furthermore, number 1 in the charts dont mean number 1 at the bank. Moreso, could the current number 1 sell out a stadium x amount of times today, not to mention 30 years into their career? Revenue from albums is dying fast. The live performance is comming back. Shortly albums will be given away to serve merly as an advert for tours. Prince's music is not a patch on what it was, at least on record. Live he kicks ANYBODIES ass. As for pop culture, who is relative today? neptunes? timbo? sad parodies of a guy who did it a thousand times better 20 yrs before them. They just made it more accesible to the lowest common denominator. I couldn't agree with you more! Today's pop culture is irrevelant and practically dead! At least with Elvis, Beatles, Motown, Disco, Led Zep, early Hip-Hop, Grunge, Michael, P, Bruce, U2/REM/Nirvana, and even Madonna pop culture seemed interesting. Check out this commentary: CHART COMMENTARY from JAMES MASTERTON It's funny really. The one musical act making all the headlines in the UK this week is actually nowhere near the charts. The man of course is Prince. Last original Top 40 hit - 1997. Last time he released an album to widespread critical acclaim - 1995. Yet he is currently the most talked about man in the country thanks to the deal he signed to give away his brand new album with copies of a national newspaper. No vouchers, no forms to fill in. You buy the Mail On Sunday (price - £1.40), you get a shrink wrapped copy of 'Planet Earth'. As a musician, Prince hasn't been a genius for a decade. As a marketer he is a master. Just as he arrives in the UK for an extended series of dates, taking up residence for three weeks at one of the biggest concert arenas in the south of England, with one deal he's ensured that a copy of his new work is in the homes of three million people with all promotion and distribution being paid for by the newspaper. When asked what was wrong with a man who doesn't need the money giving away his music and so leaving people with the spare cash to spend on music by new and up coming artists instead, a representative for the music retailers association claimed that people only have so much time in a week to listen to music and that they wouldn't buy another album if they were busy listening to Prince. To think people wonder why I think the music industry is run by idiots. Great article! He gets it! That's why the ladies love him... | |
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mirrorbestfriend said: sro100 said: His long term vision is uncanny.
Years ago, people scoffed when Prince said someday he would "free the music." He's doing that now on a somewhat regular basis...and he's making more money than ever. but hes irrelevant on the charts and pop culture ----- "hes irrelevant on the charts and pop culture" Is this your mantra. If you get saying it over and over again do you think it will be true. Who the hell is paying any attention to the charts. Most artist can't give their CD's away. | |
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