I like P's music. I like to come to the org and talk about the music. I don't really give a flying fart about his personal life or how he runs his business. So now he is going to sue the sites, which endangers them. If the site is shut down, then I can't talk about the music with fans. That cramps my style.

I never really was into the pictures. Really didn't care to see them. I cruised through them a few times out of curiosity, but I really don't give a fart about taking copyrighted images. I just want to talk about the music.

Now, no one is talking about the music because we are fired up because the site is endangered by P's threat. That double cramps my style.

Damn P! I can live without the org, but I shouldn't have to. Read this you overgrown kid. Don't abuse the power of your wealth by threatening these little web sites. (this must be some kind of size issue with him. I guess that is what happens when your stack of money gets taller than you are)

Stop cramping my style little man.

If you don't want digital reproduction.... stop digitally producing.

It's that simple.

Other wise I'm about to unleash some paradies without mercy!

love your music man, don't stop the music.

indyenna said:

do it! do it! do it! destroy it all!

VelvetJ said:

I agree. I'm beginning to see that shit too!
I agree with one other fan that said, "Prince, just shut up and play!"
I'm enjoying the track though! I love it when anger can bring out some of the genius and best in artist! "Shut up, and play Prince!"

DawnD said:

PRINCE doesn't need to shut up.

I LOVE the emotion and expression he puts in his music especially if it is based on where he is at and what he is experiencing in his life at that moment.

I hear "PFUnk" and I hear the same message in "Dolphin"

Keep ROCKING PRINCE!

TikiColadas said:

Okay, whatever Prince doesn't need to shut up. I mean, there are times when he doesn't say much. And, then there are times when he says too much!
I'm one of the ones who'd love to see him support other artists from the 80s and vice versa. It's like now, it's every man for himself! It tripped me the hell out when he would speak his mind concerning other artists, but when fans speak their mind on him, he's sensitive. Poetic Justice, I guess.

I'm listening to PFunk right now and the shit makes me too mutherfuckin' happy. Cause, he got pissed and put his pisstation in his music! It's a fuckin' masterpiece to me! I hope he continues to get pissed, cause I'm loving this track!!!! In the words of another artist, I won't name: GIMME MORE, PRINCE! GIMME MORE!!!!!

TikiColadas said:

Okay, whatever!
What trips me out is Prince speaks his mind concerning other artists' and not in a flattering way. Now, when Prince fans calls him on his stuff he gets sensitive! He gets pissed. Poetic Justice, I guess!
Hell, he needs to get pissed more often cause I sure am diggin'PFUNK!
I'm listening to that jam right now!
I mean, the man got pissed at what his fans were saying about him and put his pisstivity in his music! Ha! Ha! I'm loving it!!!! Get pissed more often Prince!!! I'm loving the piano part and the percussions and the bass line in PFUNK!!! Yeah, talk shit Prince and get called on it again so that you can put into your music and bring forth another masterpiece!
PFUNK!
PFUNK!
PFUNK!
Did I say, PFUNK!!!!!IT KICKS ASS!!!! I'M LOVIN' IT!!!!!

DawnD said:

HA! Hey let's turn up our stereos and JAM "PFUnk" together!!

Drop it now!

TikiColadas said:

What?!?!? You ain't said nothing but a word!!! I'm turning my shit up right now!!!!!
Let the music play!!!!!
PFUNK up in this mutherfucker!!! PRINCE made my day with that shit!!!!
Get pissed PRINCE!!!! DO THAT SHIT MAAAAANNNNN!!!!!

indyenna said:

Don't destroy it, give it away

indyenna said:

i applaud ur stance however i would say 2 u 2 not destroy ur past merchandise cause he's already gotten his royalties from it. If anything, any future endeavors he wouldn't receive ur money. and another option u can go with if ur so inclined 2 get rid of ur merchandise, SELL IT! thus u can recoup some of ur money u got back

Meloh9 said:

Yeah great idea...why don't you setup a website called Toysoutofprambaby.com
and all the Prince "fans" who can't stand him anymore, they can put there stuff up for sale or just give it away for free!

Just think about it you will never have to hear Prince music again! any one for James Blunt..

hesoldnow said:

that's typical prince. remember that drivel that was the GOLD EXPERIENCE, or whatever? how he made it seem like it was this great wondrous piece that WB was trying to shelve? come to find out, their marketing guys were right. it was crap. two -- maybe three -- quality tunes out there. that's it. and one of them -- billy jack bitch -- was a response song to a particular reviewer who wasn't "yes ma'am" enough for prince and dared have an opinion contrary to what Prince felt was 'right'.

when prince is angry -- or sad -- he writes better music. conflict creates art. the more 'at peace' he is, the more bland and dull and lifeless his material becomes. do i need proof? we've 10 years of it.



actually, he hasn't produced a song to warrant this kind of free-for-all-do-whatever-you-want-and-that's-okay-because-you're-prince attitude, imo. not in damn near 20 years.

and we're supposed to believe that prince wants to give his fans exclusive photos and music, when he's PROVEN TO US time and time again that he cannot manage to do that. (by the way, i never did get my CRYSTAL BALL when i fuckin' pre-ordered it on his site, nor did i get a refund.)

this is all about greed. i don't care what anyone says. he doesn't want fans networking, because he can't control that network. he can wrap it up in as much legal mumbo-jumbo and false promises all he wants. but let's call a spade, a spade: he wants us to HAVE to go to whatever hack-kneed nonsense web shit he comes up with next. he wants us to pay for another LIFETIME membership without giving us reparations when the site proves to not last a 'lifetime'. he wants us to follow him around and pay by his rules (the word choice is not a misspelling by the way--it was intentional) so that he can continually milk the fans he got, because he's hardly making new fans, is he? PLANET EARTH and MUSICOLOGY may have been in the upper half of the charts, but they've yet to sell a million.

Let's face it. HQ, and prince.org and princefans handle fan-based business better than he could ever manage. He's proven this.

And he's envious of it. Jealous of it. And I, for one, am sick of it.

Prince music used to have value. I've bought Lovesexy and Sign o' the Times probably four or five times each. I'm notorious for losing stuff. But, I didn't mind repurchasing it -- even at inflated prices -- because it was WORTH it. I'd gladly pay it again, a hundred times over.

Musicology? My mom bought that for me as a present. I've since lost it; i won't be buying it again.

Prince's opinion on digital music 'disappearing' is more proof that he is a relic. Digital music doesn't fade -- bad music fades. 1-800-NEW-FUNK, anyone? I've digital files in my 5 yr old 50gb Seagate harddrive that has been with me the entire time. I value that as much as I do the 4000+ vinyl collection I amassed as a dj.

Prince can't understand that?

That's his problem.

I hope these court cases bleed the fucker dry.

I hope he has to close Paisley Park.

I hope his next tours flop, his next albums flop (which is more than likely), and his next website crashes. I hope he gets the message that you can't claim to like your fans and then treat them like this.

Look at what Radiohead did, prince... and call me when you wake up.

You want my $15 a cd?

You want my $100 for a ticket to see your old ass NOT do the splits anymore?

You want my $20 bones for a shirt... $15 for a calendar...?

You want my money for a lifetime membership at some half-assed website, designed by first-year web designer interns?

Then you better fuckin' learn to start showing me some fuckin' respect.

Jesus taught you that much, I'm sure.

As for me, I'm done giving Prince the benefit of the doubt, just because he wrote killer songs 20 years ago. That's no excuse to be an asshole.
[Edited 11/17/07 8:21am]

indyenna said:

indyenna, you took the words right out of my head... These folks don't get it, the site they post on and use is being sued. Prince doesn't want people using the fan sites... they say they support prince... yet post on these sites that prince is trying to get shut down... bizarre logic...

Frankly, the folks "supporting" prince are engaged in idol-worship... they don't really care about Prince's stance... just because he's "prince" he's actions are always ok... They'd feel the same way if Prince sued their grandmothers for accidentally downloading a song...

4bjb said:

prince.org has made no money off prince. On the contrary, prince.org has put money in prince's pocket.

coolcat said:

?rince made You Tube take off all of his videos and related songs. There was footage of the LOVESEXY tour on there. I liked that. (I didn't get to go to see him at that concert because I was a broke college student then.) It was sad to see all that just disappear.

He is "potentially" suing www.prince.org for pictures and likenesses of him in the galleries? WHAT IN THE FUCK?!!! (It is a fansite. Who heard of a fan site without pictures?)

I see that ?rince changed the name of the song PFUnk to F.U.N.K. now.(Sarcasm begins.) Some 180 degree turn.(Sarcasm ends.).
[Edited 11/18/07 4:01am]

To all concerned about me destroying my personal collection of ?rince's music and merchandise:

1) Reselling was NEVER an option. If I were into reselling worthy stuff, I would've taken up antiques, stamp collecting, and the sort of thing that increases in value.

2) Giving the stuff away that I bought...Again, not a consideration or an option. No one "gave" me this stuff. I bought them. Yeah, ?rince made his royalties off of it. I got what I got as a listening experience. I can (and did)
destroy all of it. (?rince doesn't have to worry about this fan using his image, likeness, or any of his "intellectual" property. Anything after LOVESEXY wasn't very intellectual I tell you that.)

Cataclizm1 said:

Weemolicious is a metaphor for us. (Sarcasm begins.) We (are) malicious.(Sarcasm ends.) "We" meaning "the ?rince fans".

"Malicious" as in being "deliberately harmful...motivated to cause harm and pain". To whom are "weemolicious" towards? (Sarcasm begins.) ?rince (Sarcasm ends.)

We were just being fans with our pictures of ?rince on www.prince.org. (What the fuck?) And this site gets served "cease and desist" orders (with the potentiality of financial damages.) for pictures of ?rince on his fansite. Maybe we should have pictures of Olivia Newton-fucking- John on here instead.

I love Prince, but aren't there bigger targets or causes to take-on rather than his fans? I don't think any of us are trying to be famous, using his name, are we? I don't get it. This is just a discussion group. I don't think anyone is getting any privileges or making some big bucks by talking about Prince?

I just think it's sad, and I don't really understand it.

One of my acquaintances apparently had some inside scoop on Prince's childhood. She said he was bullied mercilessly? She's pretty reliable, I would think there would be some truth to her story.

Anyway, I wonder now if Prince has become the bully?

Whatever.. It's just disappointing.

indyenna said:

I love how your sig is what it is.....cause I'm wondering if you REALLY destroyed ALL of your Prince collection. If you really did.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! that is RIDICULOUS! You are SOOOOO gonnna kick yourself for that some day....who knows when but some day you will regret that..for sure! BUT...I don't think you really did.

Shorty said:

Yep. I most certainly did. Believe it or not.

I did get rid of it all. It is ridiculous in your eyes. I am happy. I don't miss any of my collection. (Not EVEN the 12" extended version of "I Wish You Heaven" with the Hammond B-3 beeps in it and extended version of Scarlet Pussy on the flipside. HaHA!!)

I am not into ?rince. He is as passe' as those brown Louis Vuitton bags.
When I do buy a Louis Vuitton bag...I'll buy another ?rince song. (You could be waiting for sometime on that. Hehehe.)

indyenna said:

you say that now....give it a year or 2. You're gonna be sooooo Mad at yourself.

Cataclizm1 said:

It's "weave-a-licious", as in "ghetto fabulous". The term didn't originate from Prince.

Fits right in with "fat" and "po" though.

Bull said:

Believe me. Most Prince fans, aren't that obsessed with all of this...nonsense.

Well, not the ones I've met at the concerts I've attended..

Shorty said:

Well, I may be mad over a lot of things like a war and American schadenfreude but never over losing a ton of ?rince music and merchandise. (Maybe a ?rince jonesed fan who is sucker for an unappreciative artist's diss would be but...not I). ?rince has a right to diss his fans and I have a right to dismiss him.