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My Goodbye Thread :( No, just kidding. What I really wanna know is this: how many of you are actually listening to Prince music amidst this fiasco? Has it turned you off to his songs lately? The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
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Hell no it hasnt. Ive listened to at least 1 song by him everyday for the past 4 months and it isnt gonna stop anytime soon. Trust me  I got more hits than Madonna's got kids! | |
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Im listening to Graffiti Bridge right now. | |
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Genre bending. Innovative. Controversial. And overall absolute genius, Prince can take anything .. I mean anything!!!! and express it with equal parts eloquence and shocking vulgarity.
Prince has never been one to shy away from controversy. Obviously, this whole lawsuit business lately is proof of that. Even if he's stopped cursing, and singing about having sex with virgins who are on the rag, he still knows how to stir stuff up. But there was a time when his music was what ilicited all the responses. When it spoke for itself. No need for wearing assless pants, no need to make outlandish statements on magazines and other means--you could just get it from a record. But one thing that always struck me was that Prince juxtaposed all manner of subjects, otherwise blush worthy to any other musician, effortlessly and with no sense of shame or embarassment whatsoever. It was like he pulled his nuts out of his silky lace panties and said, "Look bitches--check these hairy bad boys out. I may strut around in lace women's underwear, but I overflow with machismo!"...then boomerang his pumps at cha. Anyways, sex, love, and spirituality -- these things are always pitted against each other in strange dualistic battles on his albums. but when viewed from afar, Prince is actually treating all these as one continuam. They are just different colors of his passion. He went from one end to the other with his songs. Speaking of the other end, one of the things he seems to have an obsession with is the female hind quarters--perhaps even male, but that's always up for debate. But you always hear him talking about "ass" but never what he wants to do with it. It's as if he's not totally confortable with that region of the human body. One could probably reckon that this was due to some repressed latent homosexual fantasy that was surfacing but being stiffled before it could shine in all its glory, but I propose that Prince was probably just revealing how hygenic and sometimes prissy he could be. The anus, after all, is more difficult to keep clean than vaginas and penises. Sure, Prince could easily say "I sincerely want to fuck the taste out of your mouth", but you'd never catch him say "I sincerely want to slush the poop in your ass with my dick"--There's a line that even Prince wont cross, especially if it involves hygiene. His obsession with hygiene is apparent in his interview with Oprah Winfrey. When she asked him if he always dressed nice, he replied, "On a normal day I'm clean". Now obviously, he's being hip with lingo here, cause being "clean" also means to look sharp, but let's not kid ourselves here--Prince loves double meaning. He obviously means that on a normal day he keeps his ass fresh. But if you think about it, the asshole or anus is just the other opening of a very long tube leading to your mouth. And in between there's digestion. Digestion of the words, the ideas, the very visualizations that flow throughout his work. Even when he says "Dont hate me cause Im beautiful", he says it like he's got food in his mouth. He goes further in that very same song (Pretty man) and says "Maceo--can U blow?" , which again HAS A DOUBLE MEANING! Always with the double meaning. But you can also hear this in many many songs. In Poom Poom Poom, he sings the chorus as if he's taking a massive dump, and he even does the Poom Poom rap like he's chewing on something. Its as if ALL bodily functions are not sacred to Prince. They're all worthy of expression. And express he does. It was said once in some magazine that where Marvin Gaye cracked the bedroom door open a wee bit with "Let's Get it On", Prince tore that bitch off it's hinges! Much more concerning this can be found at http://www.prince.org/msg/7/25123 | |
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thats it 
im leaving the org if Dan does that one more time | |
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PurpleKnight said: No, just kidding. What I really wanna know is this: how many of you are actually listening to Prince music amidst this fiasco? Has it turned you off to his songs lately?
Yep! I'm playing Emancipation right now! . |
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Prince popped up on my iPod and I let it play. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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The day this all started, I was coming home from a meeting in Brooklyn and as I got on the subway and turned the iPod on, the song "Free" came on. I thought, how ironic. I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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maybe thats what prince wants...to make us leave the org.
some fans are really stupid. im with prince on that one. | |
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Of course I listen. I'm in love with his music and won't stop listening just because of his recent actions. Otherwise I've had PLENTY of other reasons to why I could have stopped or never started liking him. I have a serious problem with notorious cheaters as well.
I say R. Kelly and MJ are more the artists who should be boycottet then (but I listen to them as well). | |
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DanceWme said: Im listening to Graffiti Bridge right now.
listening to that means you are a lost soul, i shall pray for you tonight!. | |
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I'm listening to his music.
I'm not, however, listening to his bullshit. At least not actively. I'm more watching from a distance going 
 HE'S COMING AGAIN | |
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funkyhead said: DanceWme said: Im listening to Graffiti Bridge right now.
listening to that means you are a lost soul, i shall pray for you tonight!.
i only listened to it for 'joy in repetition' Lovesexy is playing now. | |
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I haven't listened to Prince music in a couple of weeks...nothing to do with the latest happenings.
I still can't believe how people are getting so worked up over this. Goodbye threads, physical threats against Prince, etc. 
[Edited 11/7/07 9:13am] [Edited 11/7/07 9:14am] | |
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I heard Little Red Corvette, the Dance Mix, this morning on my drive to the studio. When I hit the skip button, my husband hit the brakes and asked if I was alright.
I told him, "No, I'm really not!" He grabbed my hand, kissed it and said, "That's ok, baby! You can post my pictures anywhere you like!"   | |
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Protege said: I'm listening to his music.
I'm not, however, listening to his bullshit. At least not actively. I'm more watching from a distance going
OMG, I totally have this awesome joke to tell anyone who's feeling down right now. It requires me to call the on the phone though!  | |
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I'm still listening! Although I've found that I've had to take a step back and take a deep breath because it seems like I have been way too tangled in the org and I had to re-evaluate myself and where I am on things. Prince is still my brother and he makes good music, and of course I have developed a thing for him that's the bottom line for me. Whatever he does is not my business really and I'm sure he has his reasons for doing things so I just respect that, it doesn't affect my life outside of the org at all so I still have to say that I support him. He does his own thing anyway.
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Imago said: Genre bending. Innovative. Controversial. And overall absolute genius, Prince can take anything .. I mean anything!!!! and express it with equal parts eloquence and shocking vulgarity.
Prince has never been one to shy away from controversy. Obviously, this whole lawsuit business lately is proof of that. Even if he's stopped cursing, and singing about having sex with virgins who are on the rag, he still knows how to stir stuff up. But there was a time when his music was what ilicited all the responses. When it spoke for itself. No need for wearing assless pants, no need to make outlandish statements on magazines and other means--you could just get it from a record. But one thing that always struck me was that Prince juxtaposed all manner of subjects, otherwise blush worthy to any other musician, effortlessly and with no sense of shame or embarassment whatsoever. It was like he pulled his nuts out of his silky lace panties and said, "Look bitches--check these hairy bad boys out. I may strut around in lace women's underwear, but I overflow with machismo!"...then boomerang his pumps at cha. Anyways, sex, love, and spirituality -- these things are always pitted against each other in strange dualistic battles on his albums. but when viewed from afar, Prince is actually treating all these as one continuam. They are just different colors of his passion. He went from one end to the other with his songs. Speaking of the other end, one of the things he seems to have an obsession with is the female hind quarters--perhaps even male, but that's always up for debate. But you always hear him talking about "ass" but never what he wants to do with it. It's as if he's not totally confortable with that region of the human body. One could probably reckon that this was due to some repressed latent homosexual fantasy that was surfacing but being stiffled before it could shine in all its glory, but I propose that Prince was probably just revealing how hygenic and sometimes prissy he could be. The anus, after all, is more difficult to keep clean than vaginas and penises. Sure, Prince could easily say "I sincerely want to fuck the taste out of your mouth", but you'd never catch him say "I sincerely want to slush the poop in your ass with my dick"--There's a line that even Prince wont cross, especially if it involves hygiene. His obsession with hygiene is apparent in his interview with Oprah Winfrey. When she asked him if he always dressed nice, he replied, "On a normal day I'm clean". Now obviously, he's being hip with lingo here, cause being "clean" also means to look sharp, but let's not kid ourselves here--Prince loves double meaning. He obviously means that on a normal day he keeps his ass fresh. But if you think about it, the asshole or anus is just the other opening of a very long tube leading to your mouth. And in between there's digestion. Digestion of the words, the ideas, the very visualizations that flow throughout his work. Even when he says "Dont hate me cause Im beautiful", he says it like he's got food in his mouth. He goes further in that very same song (Pretty man) and says "Maceo--can U blow?" , which again HAS A DOUBLE MEANING! Always with the double meaning. But you can also hear this in many many songs. In Poom Poom Poom, he sings the chorus as if he's taking a massive dump, and he even does the Poom Poom rap like he's chewing on something. Its as if ALL bodily functions are not sacred to Prince. They're all worthy of expression. And express he does. It was said once in some magazine that where Marvin Gaye cracked the bedroom door open a wee bit with "Let's Get it On", Prince tore that bitch off it's hinges! Much more concerning this can be found at http://www.prince.org/msg/7/25123 | |
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Imago said: Protege said: I'm listening to his music.
I'm not, however, listening to his bullshit. At least not actively. I'm more watching from a distance going
OMG, I totally have this awesome joke to tell anyone who's feeling down right now. It requires me to call the on the phone though! omg does it involve...  no wayyyyy...
plus  @ ur long ass post(s)  HE'S COMING AGAIN | |
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Okay i've just discovered "Le Grind" and after listening to this my ears said "Bitch, what took u so long to play this?"!
So I guess Prince ain't goin nowhere no time soon!!! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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just listened to COME 4 the 1st time..
ORGASM was a real disappointment... that woman was not convincing! & as 4 mince, just a pathetic whimper.. i imagined he'd b a real screamerr!!  he could have had so much fun with that song - wot a let down!
i'm tempted 2 waiver my fanship on this basis alone!  | |
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Maybe his new releases.. But I'm always gonna listen to his old stuff. Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U. | |
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lottielooloo1968 said: just listened to COME 4 the 1st time..
ORGASM was a real disappointment... that woman was not convincing! & as 4 mince, just a pathetic whimper.. i imagined he'd b a real screamerr!! he could have had so much fun with that song - wot a let down!
i'm tempted 2 waiver my fanship on this basis alone!  I think it was pretty hot but I was waiting for the climax and suddenly it was over. The women never scream.  | |
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I still listen to Prince everyday, I'm not really fazed by this whole fiasco at all. I'm not burying my head in the sand and I'm not one of the 'crazies' who see him as Godlike or that he can't do any wrong...I know he's a nut! And every so often he has some kind of legal battle or hits the headlines for various reasons. Its not going to make me throw my toys out the pram and boycott his music. I just let it be because it will blow over eventually.
It was only a matter of mere weeks ago that the majority of folks on here were singing the mans praises for being so good to his fans. I don't think that: Selling concert tickets for £31.21 (a very reasonable price when you look at other major stars prices); Giving away your latest album for free with a very accessable (in the UK) paper; and giving away a copy of a concert movie DVD with another paper ...are the actions of someone who "hates his fans". Like I said, I know he isn't perfect but I don't feel strongly upsetted by the latest action. Sounds like a real man to me...mind if I turn on the radio? | |
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VenusBlingBling said: lottielooloo1968 said: just listened to COME 4 the 1st time..
ORGASM was a real disappointment... that woman was not convincing! & as 4 mince, just a pathetic whimper.. i imagined he'd b a real screamerr!! he could have had so much fun with that song - wot a let down!
i'm tempted 2 waiver my fanship on this basis alone! I think it was pretty hot but I was waiting for the climax and suddenly it was over. The women never scream. I could never listen to this song for the simple fact i thought it was Mayte!
But people say it's Vanity but i still have'nt got around to listening to the whole thing! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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KidaDynamite said: VenusBlingBling said: I think it was pretty hot but I was waiting for the climax and suddenly it was over. The women never scream. I could never listen to this song for the simple fact i thought it was Mayte!
But people say it's Vanity but i still have'nt got around to listening to the whole thing! Unless anyone of us here has slept with either of them only P knows the answer. I'm seriously not THAT into it that I need to know exactly which one of his girls it is lol. | |
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VenusBlingBling said: KidaDynamite said: I could never listen to this song for the simple fact i thought it was Mayte!
But people say it's Vanity but i still have'nt got around to listening to the whole thing! Unless anyone of us here has slept with either of them only P knows the answer. I'm seriously not THAT into it that I need to know exactly which one of his girls it is lol. The girl in "Orgasm" is Vanity. The sounds from her are taken from an unreleased Vanity 6 song called "Vibrator" which also features Prince as a bitchy "female" shop assistant that is shocked when Vanity wants to buy batteries for her "body massager". | |
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I was all set not to, and then I got bored while working and cranked the shit out of Guitar.  [Edited 11/7/07 14:50pm] | |
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purplehippieonthe1 said: VenusBlingBling said: Unless anyone of us here has slept with either of them only P knows the answer. I'm seriously not THAT into it that I need to know exactly which one of his girls it is lol. The girl in "Orgasm" is Vanity. The sounds from her are taken from an unreleased Vanity 6 song called "Vibrator" which also features Prince as a bitchy "female" shop assistant that is shocked when Vanity wants to buy batteries for her "body massager". Why do people keep saying that he was playing a female?!?!? If he was, he sounded like the manliest woman i've ever heard! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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I ain't going a damn where...
but, Prince is wrong... PFU = Prince, Fuck U PFU = Prince Fucked Us Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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