So, a few weeks ago i see hes playing coachella, and i notice theres a video strem of it!! i think "brilliant, ill be able to watch him from my own home!!!"

then today, i see he isnt allowing hes performance to be streamed.

wtf??

what is wrong with him??

he could do so much, put so much more effort in to pleasing hes fans. imaging a website with footage from concerts on it??? imaging typing prince on youtube and seeing prince videos on it??

why does he do it?? why does he turn round and say "no, you cannot show my coachella set" whats hes reason i wonder??

so ive come to a conclusion: he finds it funny to upset hes fans, and im 1000% sure he has friends of hes to check out the fans reactions on websites like this.

well its worked, hes annoyed me.

prince today isnt the same person who made "For You" 30 years ago. the prince of today is corupt with money. thats all he cares about.

hes charging $4.5 million to play coachella! and he isnt even letting us see it.

so in that case, youd think he has something planned. like a dvd of it or any dvd, eg hes 1st in 5 years!! but no. nothing.

with all the money and power he has youd think hed release a dvd of either a 2004 show, a vegas show or a 2007 show.

no.

like it would be difficult for him. in england it would be an instant sell out after the success of hes o2 shows, even if it wasnt a success it wouldnt matter as hes ultra rich.

so why not???

becuase he fins it funny to leave his fans wanting and waiting for somethhing interesting.

he releases album after album that arnt that good becuase he knows he doesent has to bother making them exellent. the fans buy anything he releases. which = more money

why should i go to croke park this summer to watch him??? pehaps i shouldnt...

Idolatry. that's his problem and he's taking it to the extreme.

Nobody (sane) worships you Prince, don't worry about it. that would be my advice to him.

Oh well,
I feel like you do right now.

But that's life, I gotta move on.

I won't go to any show he puts on. Even if it's free.

Fuck him...

Oh, how did you hear about this
by the way?

He's going through a faze! He's very fickle!

Give it a little while longer and he'll have (another!) some sort of spiritual epiphany and all his points of view, opinions and ideals will change again!!!

Just ignore it and let him get on with it.

Spend too much time letting it get to you and it will consume you!

I'm sure you've noticed how affected some of the head cases are on here. Don't be next!

mentalist said:

aint it 10 years since he started this JW malarkey? i don't think that's fickle, more like terminal.

I agree with Mentalist.

Sure if it were up to me I'd love to have a pristine DVD copy of every concert he does - but I've come to the realisation that in the end, it's his choice on how he wants to run things. So just chill and go with the flow I say.
[Edited 4/24/08 3:50am]

My feelings is that he has every right to do what he wants....it is HIS work afterall.....still bloody annoying tho

Marrk said:

Yeah, 10 years!!!!! Why couldn't he have turned Buddist!!! They're so much more chilled out!!!


Even Satanism's gotta be better than this!!!

Claire73 said:

Totally. It's his life, and his work.

You pay your money, you get your music! Contract over!!!!

Anything more is a bonus!

Ever since the Internet became mainstream, people seem to think that everything should be free. In the days before the net would we have been ranting about our favorite artists because they didn't let the entire world see their performances for free? It wouldn't have happened on any level!
People who go to a show have to pay for it. People who watch boxing matches on premium cable have to pay good money for those events too.. why should a headliner at a big event put the whole thing out there for free, when someone would probably save the files and pirate them anyway?
Prince is smart. Have some of us forgotten why we got into his music in the first place? It's because he does things as he feels led to do and not riding the bandwagon of culture du jour. An artist of his ilk is FAR more exciting than one who bows to what the world thinks they should do. LEST WE FORGET.

Yep, and I have to agree with you guys too.

It's his right to choose to do what he wants to do
respecting his career and music, it's his life and work.

Meh, even the best things in life arent free anymore

chillichocaholic said:

What about lovely fluffy white clouds floating in bright blue sky?

mentalist said:

That will be 25c please

JimRockford said:

chillichocaholic said:

Is that for having you watch them with me?



We can use it to put towards some ice-cream!

mentalist said:

SOunds good, as long as its chocolate or toffee crunch ure on

Prince is Prince - he works in mysterious ways You've got to accept the way he is, even if you don't always like it/agree with it! He's always done things differently, and in a way I agree with one of the posts above - although I'd LOVE to see Coachella free on the web - why should we get it for free? Why should we just expect to see a performer of his calibre live for nothing?

Being a Prince fan is not always easy, but there are always greater rewards in the end..... hang on in there, Dublin will be your reward (especially if you manage to get to an aftershow too!)

mentalist said:

That's funny - I thought that very same thing recently!!!

Jeffiner said:

That might just be his next path...ya never know

mentalist said:

Marrk said:











your comments tell alot about you

sit your arses down and watch your tapes of him on public tv if your soooo hurt

he'll be on friday night

for free
[Edited 4/24/08 5:13am]

He has to get the money while he can .....The clock is ticking and at some point his star power will fade.
I can hear the gasps now ....but eventually it will...

I can understand how u feel but maybe Prince knows better than us whats best for himself personally and in the business. Maybe he has been through some experiences that led him to do these things and it may not be spite but for love of himself and his career that he does this. I believe he knows that when you are too exposed to an artist its more likely that you will become tired of them and maybe you would call that played out. when you expose yopurself in that way you are opening yourself up to major criticisms.I will keep respecting Prince for what he does and how he does it.

RumAndRaisin said:

Have you forgotton the 21 nights for £31.21 he did last year. If he was that money hungry or hated us so much, wouldn't he have charged more and done less? So what if he doesn't want it streamed, maybe he'd prefer fans to actually see these performances LIVE!!!

egyptkizzee said:

I just realised, Ure avi was on my sextcats thread in GD

Evvy said:

Yeah well i'm in the UK so won't be watching, i just don't agree with his ideals, nor do i have to, he's entitled to do what he likes, don't mean i have to agree with him. this false idol nonsense is ridiculous as far as i'm concerned. I do not idolise him. I feel that is all his lack of presence on the net is all about really. His so-called religion dictating to him.

Evvy said:

Hurt!? Not me. I think you mis-understand where I'm coming from.

I'm the one saying stay calm and let the man make his own decisions!


The religious comments were borderline sarcasm - not too be taken to heart, although there is no denying they have a negative influence over his public perceptions!
[Edited 4/24/08 5:35am]