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PrintableAccujack said: FuNkeNsteiN said: I think most people in here are mindless followers who see Prince as a god who can no nothing wrong. Everything he releases is pure genius. Every move he makes must be defended, no questions asked.
Some of us actually have a brain and think for ourselves. Just keeping it real... I disagree that most people in here are mindless followers who see Prince as God and can do no wrong. I believe that most people here are fans who spend more time talking about the things they like about Prince, rather than the things that they don't. Most people don't visit a Prince fan site everyday, like yourself, and try to come off as someone who's better than everyone else because Prince don't do it for 'em anymore. I think there is a short list of pricks who come in here everyday and act like Prince ain't shit, and that they know more about funk than anyone else. Guess what? You are on the list. I don't act like Prince 'ain't shit'. I do enjoy his earlier output, but I don't feel the need to love every single thing he has ever released in order to qualify as a 'fan'. Also, I don't think I know more about funk than everybody else around here. There are plenty of cats more knowledgeable than me. You Music & More people are starting to act like crazed out MJ fans, and we all know what they are like... 
Seriously, it's ok to love an artists body of work. It's a whole different thing to worship the damn ground the artist walks on. Some healthy criticism is always recommended. Oh and, I try NOT to come here every day (Music & More) cause there ain't much to see. The threads just repeat themselves and are always full, well, crazy people. Now, I'd understand if you were a 15-year-old girl and you were a little too into Prince, but there are a whole bunch of +20, +30 and even +40 year old folks here who just blindly follow Prince. That's just... sad  It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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Prince fans are nowhere close to crazed MJ fans. Not even close.
Matter of fact, compared to other forums on the net that I visit, Prince fans are some of the most objective and critical fans toward their favorite musician as any I've seen. To the point that it sometimes surprises me just how critical we can be. I believe that for whatever reason you are no longer a fan a his music and you want everyone to feel the same way you do. If we don't, then to you, we are "blindly" following him. I happen to not like a lot of the songs and artists that you like, so should I accuse you of blindly following those artists? He is exactly who we thought he was | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: babynoz said: I can understand and even agree with your points about the bigger picture. In your scenario Prince is now in bed with the emeny and has become part of the problem rather than the solution if I'm reading you correctly. Is that the foundation of your disappointment? Absolutely!! If you think that is the case then you should stop supporting him on principle. With the exception of coming here, I have. I didn't even watch that live London footage he released the other as much as I really, really wanted to! For me the jury is still out while I observe where P is going with this because in the big picture entertainment is of little importance. In the bigger picture my concern leans toward the impact of the control of important information as opposed to entertainment. I'll always be involved in the fight to keep important information freely accessible. Believe me, it's about way more than entertainment for me as well. I'm just thankful somebody gets it! I appreciate your taking the time to even try and understand!   Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Accujack said: Prince fans are nowhere close to crazed MJ fans. Not even close.
Matter of fact, compared to other forums on the net that I visit, Prince fans are some of the most objective and critical fans toward their favorite musician as any I've seen. To the point that it sometimes surprises me just how critical we can be. I believe that for whatever reason you are no longer a fan a his music and you want everyone to feel the same way you do. If we don't, then to you, we are "blindly" following him. I happen to not like a lot of the songs and artists that you like, so should I accuse you of blindly following those artists? 
That's a joke, right? 
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People who like Prince's music sometimes wanna talk about it. For years, wanting to talk about Prince in a general public setting has been to encounter all kinds of ill-informed flak about 'the spare rib' and suchlike. So Prince fan-sites have been a good place to find others (In the ordinary course of life, I've only met a few Prince fans, like, EVER, to be truthful)
BUT The mobilisation of hatred against Prince around a few old stories about how he sued some website or other and didn't release something or other is pretty depressing. It's fine to get upset about something that affected you but the people who are dissing the loudest around the fan sites have other agendas as well and it's pretty obvious that these include celebrating an anti-JW bigotry which is pretty widespread in the western population (and, as I said before, is not tolerated once you slip an 'e' into the 'JW') as well as just plain old 'hater' psychology where no ray of sunshine will replace the 'lynch mob' adrenalin thrill. But as Ringo said 'It takes all sorts to make a werld' One thing's for sure, haters die once you cut off the oxygen supply of attention. Read my sig FuNkeNsteiN said: Accujack said: Prince fans are nowhere close to crazed MJ fans. Not even close.
Matter of fact, compared to other forums on the net that I visit, Prince fans are some of the most objective and critical fans toward their favorite musician as any I've seen. To the point that it sometimes surprises me just how critical we can be. I believe that for whatever reason you are no longer a fan a his music and you want everyone to feel the same way you do. If we don't, then to you, we are "blindly" following him. I happen to not like a lot of the songs and artists that you like, so should I accuse you of blindly following those artists?
That's a joke, right?
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He is exactly who we thought he was | |
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Accujack said: Prince fans are nowhere close to crazed MJ fans. Not even close.
Matter of fact, compared to other forums on the net that I visit, Prince fans are some of the most objective and critical fans toward their favorite musician as any I've seen. To the point that it sometimes surprises me just how critical we can be. I believe that for whatever reason you are no longer a fan a his music and you want everyone to feel the same way you do. If we don't, then to you, we are "blindly" following him. I happen to not like a lot of the songs and artists that you like, so should I accuse you of blindly following those artists? I have to agree. There are plenty of extremely loyal folks around here, but I don't know any other artist's fan communities that are so full of criticizers. | |
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LMAO, you are right. Most Prince fans have no idea how good they've got it. It would take 1,000 words to sum up what Prince has done each year for the last however-many years you want to go back.
There is NO ARTIST in the WORLD who has given as many performances, music, interviews, television appearance, and ground-breaking events than Prince. No one even comes close. The ones that really make me laugh are the ones who are clamoring for a new CD about a week after one drops. | |
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iGene said: Is it me or some people in this forum try way too hard to find things to be disappointed with Prince?
Amen! I agree. It is one of the reasons that I stopped posting/visiting this site back in July. Now I can only pop in here and there because the negativity is overwhelming at times. I have never witnessed people on a so-called fan site try to so hard to rag on the person they claim to be a fan of. I don't think Prince is a god or infallable, but some of the complaining and negative stuff on this board is just too much.perfection is a fallacy of the imagination... | |
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I think there are way too many people in this forum who are overly sensitive and who take even legitimate criticism of Prince's product (especially criticism with which they disagree) as a slap at them.
I mean...c'mon. Prince has put out what -- 30 albums, more or less? And you honestly believe that people are going to like every album -- or every track on every album? If you believe that to be true, you have not only found the purple banana, you've been sucking on it for lo these many years. Here's a late-breaking news flash: People's criticisms of Prince have nothing to do with you. And Prince is not out there, reading your defense of him (under a pseudonym, I might add) and saying, "Gee, that person who stuck up for me is so nice. I think I'll find their reservation at TicketMaster and switch their seat to the front row." You gain nothing with your blind allegiance -- except people thinking you don't have a mind of your own. Then again, maybe you don't mind being regarded as a sheep. [Edited 9/24/07 11:19am] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: I think there are way too many people in this forum who are overly sensitive and who take even legitimate criticism of Prince's product (especially criticism with which they disagree) as a slap at them.
I mean...c'mon. Prince has put out what -- 30 albums, more or less? And you honestly believe that people are going to like every album -- or every track on every album? If you believe that to be true, you have not only found the purple banana, you've been sucking on it for lo these many years. Here's a late-breaking news flash: People's criticisms of Prince have nothing to do with you. And Prince is not out there, reading your defense of him (under a pseudonym, I might add) and saying, "Gee, that person who stuck up for me is so nice. I think I'll find their reservation at TicketMaster and switch their seat to the front row." You gain nothing with your blind allegiance -- except people thinking you don't have a mind of your own. Then again, maybe you don't mind being regarded as a sheep. Amen. It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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That is good. I won't argue in the slightest with that. Well said, well put (and I love the bit about the purple banana 
But among those that are *apparently* taking it personally are the conscious antedotes to the hate-mongers. The antibodies, if you like. Some of them don't beleive anything of what they say in 'defence of Prince'. They say it to stop the hate virus spreading unchallenged. I know. I'm the prime culprit.
Genesia said: I think there are way too many people in this forum who are overly sensitive and who take even legitimate criticism of Prince's product (especially criticism with which they disagree) as a slap at them.
I mean...c'mon. Prince has put out what -- 30 albums, more or less? And you honestly believe that people are going to like every album -- or every track on every album? If you believe that to be true, you have not only found the purple banana, you've been sucking on it for lo these many years. Here's a late-breaking news flash: People's criticisms of Prince have nothing to do with you. And Prince is not out there, reading your defense of him (under a pseudonym, I might add) and saying, "Gee, that person who stuck up for me is so nice. I think I'll find their reservation at TicketMaster and switch their seat to the front row." You gain nothing with your blind allegiance -- except people thinking you don't have a mind of your own. Then again, maybe you don't mind being regarded as a sheep. [Edited 9/24/07 11:19am] [Edited 9/24/07 12:16pm] | |
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Keep it real.
Increase the Peace. Show the love. Reap the rewards. Eat at Joe's FuNkeNsteiN said: I think most people in here are mindless followers who see Prince as a god who can no nothing wrong. Everything he releases is pure genius. Every move he makes must be defended, no questions asked.
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