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Thread started 09/30/02 3:53pm

MrBlues

What's been the single biggest mistake of Prince's career?

What do u think?
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Reply #1 posted 09/30/02 4:00pm

thedog

Around the world in a day
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Reply #2 posted 09/30/02 4:02pm

teller

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MrBlues said:

What do u think?
Not letting some other people produce him from time to time.
Fear is the mind-killer.
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Reply #3 posted 09/30/02 4:15pm

MrBlues

thedog said:

Around the world in a day



can't argue..even though i really like the album.. had he produced another couple of successful albums after purple rain,..i think things would have been a lot different.. atwiad was just too big a stretch for a lot of people, when he had them in the palm of his hand.
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Reply #4 posted 09/30/02 4:15pm

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o(+> the name not the album,and releasing Come and not The Gold Experience on the back of the US and UK No.1 single TMBGITW
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Reply #5 posted 09/30/02 4:26pm

Thecherryloon

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Around the world in a day


that wasn't a mistake,ATWIAD was the bravest thing he ever did.He was even stating "screw the charts!" back then at the height of his fame.

and 'parade' only emphasised that point.It makes me laugh to think how many casual music fans must bought that on the back of 'kiss', and expected more of the same.well tough shit!

Prince is his own man, just like Liberace!!!
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Reply #6 posted 09/30/02 4:27pm

origmnd

Signing the Warners deal in '93 ...thinking he could "scam" his way out by
changing his name...
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Reply #7 posted 09/30/02 4:32pm

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There's been a bunch...

Fluffing off Warner Bros... I'm thankful for the abundance of music, which would not have been available, but I think this really killed him. You just get a 100 mill. contract for 6 albums and a Vice President Title at WB and then quit...Not a good move..

Producing/writing his own movies and videos. ie: Under The Cherry, GB... Don't get me wrong, I like the movies, but the general public did not.

Name change. Although, it probably kept him more public than had he not changed it.
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Reply #8 posted 09/30/02 4:35pm

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Many of the singles that were chosen from his albums. Alphabet St. and I wish u heaven instead of Anna Stesia. And Thieves in the temple was a bad single.

But he corrected every possible mistake by doing nothing but follow his heart these days. It makes his former mistakes irrelevant.
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Reply #9 posted 09/30/02 4:59pm

Pagey

I thought him not touring the states supporting Sign 'o' The Times (I think Eric Leeds brought this up once). He could've easily gotten another top 10 hit out of the album (Play In The Sunshine, Strange Relationship, Forever In My Life, take your pick), came to the states and toured. The movie was just not enough. I think he would've won back a lot of fans that were put off by ATWIAD. He shouldn't have released If I Was Your Girlfriend as a single either...(strong album-cut not a top forty tune).

Also THEN releasing Lovesexy, which wasn't near as strong, and with him butt-ass naked on the cover blew any momentum he had with Signs.
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Reply #10 posted 09/30/02 5:09pm

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Becoming a JW and releasing the horrible, TRC.

Letting Larry run his life.

Not giving MAyte her daily recommended diet of red meat.

And by the way. ATWIAD is a great album.

no no no!


woot! headbang
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #11 posted 09/30/02 5:10pm

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Not putting out. Dolphin as a single.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #12 posted 09/30/02 5:14pm

Natasha

So many things rocked his boat so to speak. But I would say the thing that hurt him the most was waging the War against Warners and painting Slave on the side of his face. The public and his fans just didn't understand this and thought he was Weird and a Spoiled -Ass Cry-Baby.
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Reply #13 posted 09/30/02 5:17pm

TheEnglishGent

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Natasha said:

So many things rocked his boat so to speak. But I would say the thing that hurt him the most was waging the War against Warners and painting Slave on the side of his face. The public and his fans just didn't understand this and thought he was Weird and a Spoiled -Ass Cry-Baby.


I agree.
RIP sad
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Reply #14 posted 09/30/02 5:24pm

SkletonKee

Name change...



and...



LARRY GRAHAM!!!
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Reply #15 posted 09/30/02 5:25pm

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Trying to put rap in his music. He began to follow rather than lead.
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Reply #16 posted 09/30/02 5:38pm

Thecherryloon

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Trying to put rap in his music. He began to follow rather than lead.


hmmm that's a good point.I'm still awaiting the first convincing rap on a Prince song.Hell! he even made Chuck D and Eve sound like sh..!

and TC Ellis and Tony M? WTF?!? disbelief
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Reply #17 posted 09/30/02 5:47pm

MrBlues

Thecherryloon said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Trying to put rap in his music. He began to follow rather than lead.


hmmm that's a good point.I'm still awaiting the first convincing rap on a Prince song.Hell! he even made Chuck D and Eve sound like sh..!

and TC Ellis and Tony M? WTF?!? disbelief
[This message was edited Mon Sep 30 17:40:38 PDT 2002 by Thecherryloon]


i like tony m
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Reply #18 posted 09/30/02 5:53pm

Thecherryloon

MrBlues said:

Thecherryloon said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Trying to put rap in his music. He began to follow rather than lead.


hmmm that's a good point.I'm still awaiting the first convincing rap on a Prince song.Hell! he even made Chuck D and Eve sound like sh..!

and TC Ellis and Tony M? WTF?!? disbelief
[This message was edited Mon Sep 30 17:40:38 PDT 2002 by Thecherryloon]


i like tony m



eek
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Reply #19 posted 09/30/02 5:55pm

SupaFunkyOrgan
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Fighting his contract so hard. Don't get me wrong, it's totally fucked what happened with WB but if he just stuck it out and delivered the albums, perhaps he would have had a better leg to stand on when negotiating for his masters. I totally respect Prince for having the guts to fight but I feel it would have been in his best interest to try and work things out instead of blowing a huge gasket. It got him nowhere.

Also allowing Kirky J to have such a huge role in his music and isolating himself into a pattern of dulldrum during the
prince years. A lot of people lost interest. What could have been a true era of "freedom" instead turned into a very angry and "wandering" period for Prince.
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Reply #20 posted 09/30/02 5:55pm

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the fight with Warner Bros.

and the fact that he can't let it go 6 years later.
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Reply #21 posted 09/30/02 5:59pm

2the9s

Two words: Assless pants.
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Reply #22 posted 09/30/02 6:01pm

Natasha

By the way I don't think Prince is weird and a spoiled-ass cry baby. I'm just stating what I think others thought about him and his antics. I'll always be a fan even when I say I won't go to a concert how can I not?
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Reply #23 posted 09/30/02 6:04pm

SupaFunkyOrgan
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allanb said:

o(+> the name not the album,and releasing Come and not The Gold Experience on the back of the US and UK No.1 single TMBGITW


Wasn't Gold being held back by WB? I remember him petitioning fans to contact WB and free Gold.
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Reply #24 posted 09/30/02 6:06pm

SupaFunkyOrgan
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2freaky4church1 said:



And by the way. ATWIAD is a great album.

no no no!


woot! headbang


A-FUCKING-MEN!
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Reply #25 posted 09/30/02 6:07pm

SupaFunkyOrgan
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Natasha said:

By the way I don't think Prince is weird and a spoiled-ass cry baby. I'm just stating what I think others thought about him and his antics. I'll always be a fan even when I say I won't go to a concert how can I not?


For a minute I thought you were turning on Prince wink
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Reply #26 posted 09/30/02 6:51pm

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2the9s said:

Two words: Assless pants.


evil Those pants were SWEET!!! evil

star

2 words: MOON EARWRAPS
heart prince I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it prince heart
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Reply #27 posted 09/30/02 7:05pm

LaVisHh

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the fight with Warner Bros.

and the fact that he can't let it go 6 years later.



I agree.

Never burn your bridges...
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Reply #28 posted 09/30/02 7:10pm

Anji

A few critical mistakes in the last decade were...

* Not capitalising on the success of The Most Beautiful Girl single with an excellent Gold Experience album follow up

* Releasing Emancipation as a 3CD set rather than keeping it simple with 13 tracks

* Failing to funk out Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic in a similar fashion to how he produced Diamonds And Pearls

Single biggest mistake, turning himself into The Artist Formerly Known As ...
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Reply #29 posted 09/30/02 7:13pm

joeycoco

Thecherryloon said:

thedog said:

Around the world in a day


that wasn't a mistake,ATWIAD was the bravest thing he ever did.He was even stating "screw the charts!" back then at the height of his fame.


I'm not sure if that was a screw the charts act per se. Many artists have felt to do something similar after getting immensely popular.
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