Prince said he phoned and said he didn't want to sing but he would give them song; BULLSHIT!

Quincy jones himself has said Prince didn;t turn up and RANG 2 DAYS LATER asking if quincy wanted him to lay down a guitar solo.

This is foul and is not speculation; i saw the video of quincy saying this.

i think he was right not to have turned up, for what, a bunch of wankers trying to make themselves look like they are saving the earth, i remember clearly the commotion his absense made, but he was right in the end. anyway, there was no way he was ever going to turn up and be produced for that wetsack Quincy jones and be another part of his wetsack chorus line.

I have a nightmare image of the facial expressions on princes face as he heard the first chords of the "We R the world" crap being belted out, he must have really thought, is that the best they can do, the apparent musical talent of the time.

the re union of which i have posted abit further up is conclusive proof, that he was damn right to stay away

I'm glad Prince was not involved in this awful song and read more about the Ethiopan situation then , the government uses the aid to oppress even more the population.

That's what hurt Prince in the eyes of so many. What went down was Quincy already had it all set up for EVERYBODY to go straight from The Shrine in L.A to A&M Studios and lay down your vocals. We're talking about artists that were bigger than Prince THEN than Prince would ever live to be.

He's been a liar for a looooong time.
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I like that one song Ai No Corrida.

Y'know.....
that one song that goes
you see girl, you thrill me, half-kill me thats what you do....
You know the one I'm talking about?


Holla.

gemini13 said:

I don't believe, Prince sees himself as a liar. His idea of the truth just changes constantly.

Whitnail said:

U said it better than I. thank u so much for that. Quincy Jones is full of u know what.

Well, granted, it was back in 85. But that doesn't stop folks from running threads about the Parade album from one year later, right? I've talked about this incident a few times on here in the past. I remember when this first happened. It was a very big deal. The cause to feed Africa was a very big deal. It made Prince look very bad. Even to his fans. It was the type of bad that no one could justify. A big part of being blessed is to then turn around and be a blessing to others. Where much is given, much is expected. Ya'll know about it. That's what hurt Prince in the eyes of so many. What went down was Quincy already had it all set up for EVERYBODY to go straight from The Shrine in L.A to A&M Studios and lay down your vocals. We're talking about artists that were bigger than Prince THEN than Prince would ever live to be. Anyway, cuz Prince had just had the year of his career and he was HOT as fire, Quincy planned to put the two biggest and hottest pop stars together to sing a verse. Michael and Prince. If that had happened, that record would have sold so much more than it did. Not only because Prince was singing but who he would have been paired with. It would have went through the roof. Which would have been beautiful. The more money the record would have made, the more money would have went to helping hungry people. Prince was like "fuck that. I'm not going down there, singing with Michael...Hey Sheila, u go in my place while I go get something to eat with Jill." Whatever. That's his GOD given right to do want he wants. But I heard that his manager thought the press would look so bad for P once this got out that he talked to Prince, asking him to reconsider. By then, it was too late. All the vocals had been done and everything had been filmed as "proof" who had all participated. As for Prince, all u saw was Shiela in those stupid looking ass oversized shades P wore in the film. They looked silly as hell on Prince and they looked even sillier on Sheila. So that's when Prince called down to the studio where Quincy still was, asking if he could come down and lay down a guitar solo. Two reasons I think he did this. One, he waited untill everybody else had bounced. Two, he wanted to do something different from all of the others so he said a guitar solo. That's not what it was about. It wasn't something to showcase one artist over the others. Your ass sing like everybody else or stay the fuck out of it. He was no better or above anybody else, yet that's how he was trying to portray himself. And that shit backfired on him. He probably thought Quincy was going to be hard up and say "Sure Prince, come on down with your guitar. And maybe u can overdub some screams over Ray Charles's part." But Q didn't and wasn't going to do that.

blackguitaristz said:

Besides MJ, who at this time was bigger than Prince?

Prince said he phoned and said he didn't want to sing but he would give them song; BULLSHIT!

Quincy jones himself has said Prince didn;t turn up and RANG 2 DAYS LATER asking if quincy wanted him to lay down a guitar solo.

This is foul and is not speculation; i saw the video of quincy saying this.

4bjb said:

Its a noble idea to try to create art that helps save the lives of starving children and help draw attention to a most worthy cause. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an asshole and a shallow bastard.

How is this a lie. He said in the RS that he could not be on the record at the time it was recorded. His manager Steve Fargoli said that he later offered to add a solo.

Not sure what you think the big lie is here. All of this is public knowledge. Anyway who cares. Some of you need to grow up.

fcukthepolice said:

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blackguitaristz said:

Besides MJ, who at this time was bigger than Prince?

MajesticOne89 said:

Ray Charles and Bob Dylan.

blackguitaristz said:

Stevie

funkpill said:

Oooh shit. How could I forget Wonder?! Thank u, pill.

laurarichardson said:

Do you not comprehend?

Prince was expected to turn up. He did not. He claimed he arranged to do a song and everything was o.k. THAT'S A LIE. He did that AFTER because of the bad press.

end of story.