Im just wondering....is it me or does anyone else think we are all getting a little too worked up over the things Prince does anymore?
Yes I know he seemingly takes things to far and clearly he knows how to push peoples buttons...but from all the things I have seen and heard over the years none of the web sherriff incidents and so on should come as a real surprise..
Im not saying we dont have a right to be mad, of course we do! But I don't know, it just appears that we take things to personally. I mean how well does this man know any of us? Not at all, and even if we "think" we know him, we really don't.
And even though I didn't appreciate the Web Sherriff garbage, I refuse to carry it around like a brick (for want of a better term) Its a waste of time being mad at him for the rest of my life...Im pretty sure we all have other fish to fry

Co sign...

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ToraToraDreams said:

SUPRMAN said:

I'll take y'all co-signs and raise you 2!

i don't really follow all those things anymore. quiet frankly my fandom
begins and ends with the music he releases.

all the other stuff around it just takes up too much of my time to get
into and be worked up about.

right now, the only thing i'm interested in is the 'book and cd' coming
out in september.

most of the arguments and gripe on threads are only born out of boredom
anyway. the longer prince goes without any news about touring or albums
the more insane the topics get and the more hate people spread.

sure, prince does a few annoying things regarding to fans on the net but
i can't really be bothered. to be honest, i don't care if he shuts down
a fansite that has pictures or videos. if he doesn't want it only, it's
his own choice.

he's shooting himself in the foot with all that, but honestly, should i
get worked up over it? no, i don't think so.

a book of pictures and a nice cd of aftershow selections is all that's
important to me. i couldn't care less about any other rumor. we've all
learned by now that with prince rumors are 90% just that - rumors.

IstenSzek said:

BINGO!!!!
U know u said that way better than I did

Great thread ma dear co-sign!

The only time I get bugged beyond belief about it is when I want to show someone his work but I can't just find it on youtube in an instant, I have to explain "Uh...Prince really doesn't like youtube so he deleted all his vids from there" then I get this blank stare in return.

themusicthatcounts said:

Thank U

i don't care what prince does. i'ma just stay bumping his un-released shit like i been doing anyways .

chillichocaholic said:

Agree totally - love the music and people sharing their thoughts and interpretations here but we all need to relax a little. As they say, opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one.....

Nice thread chilli!!!!

best thread I have seen here for some time, although to be fair, I have not been here often lately, mainly, coz I dont have the time, but when I do have time, I certainly dont want to waste it, actually, to be honest, I probably have more time now than ever, but that , alas, is beside the point.

It would be a great little network, if we could all stop moaning about what P does and at the same time continuously annouce that we are the no.1 fans, ah well, he is a star, he should simply accept it.....blah blah blah

as far as i can see, most of us here should be very F..... thankful, that Prince has been around the last 30 yrs.

I am sure orgers like Blackguitaristz, Babynoz, Gio, L40riginal, Mentalist and a few others I foolhardy forgot to mention ( Jeffiner, almost forgot you, but you belong to the crew), understand exactly the Prince fan thing, anyway, before i write a sentence, too long for my own ears, lets remember the build up to 21 Nights and what for me is the anthem of that time

http://de.youtube.com/wat...teP99JFwjs

Co-Sign

Now, please F off

Who's worked up, I never was. I've been a Prince fan since the early 80's and have always known that Prince had the right to do whatever he wants with his own music. The only ones getting worked up are the people that haven't stuck it out over the years with him, he is ever changing.

I'm not mad either...I remember going to someone's house at one time and seeing close to a hundred bootlegs's...and that upset me, because I felt left out in a way...Other than that, I don't have the conviction to get bent out of shape, for a musician that is the artist making the decision. I stand by Prince's side with all of his endeavors's regardless of the talk that roams around down the line.

And to mention...This guy played one version of a Prince song that I had never heard...and then I was on my way...I never brought any Prince music with me, or from that meeting.

The websheriff thing never really bothered me I got through Tony M., the name change, the Warner feud, the height of the JW segregationist period, and a string of not so great albums. I can’t say that I haven’t been sincerely disappointed at times. But like PurplePolitician said, I usually end up throwing on some much beloved boots. and remembering that “this too shall pass;” it always does. Now please make [insert complaint] pass soon

Whitnail said:

I agree

at the end of the day he is just a very talented man. i love his music.
i don't get too worked up about the other stuff.
life is too short to project negativity on a man i have never met.

Whitnail said:

Thanks Whitnail, you're a gentleman!

Oh..love the vid!!!
[Edited 7/13/08 8:43am]

purplepolitician said:

I'm with you! On to track down more...

Im not happy about all the suing going on lately and Im not afraid to voice that in a specified thread...but I definitely see people taking it too seriously when they bring it up in other threads having nothing to do with his antics.

Whitnail said:

Nice to see ya!

To answer the question, no I don't think we are all getting worked up. If you notice it's the same dozen or so people who post the same stuff over and over. The vast majority of orgers seldom comment on Prince's various stunts.

As for me personally, I wasn't mad at him then and I ain't mad now because it wouldn't make any sense for me to allow some entertainer to have that type of influence in my life.

At the end of the day the drama that Prince manufactures for his fans to get caught up in is nothing more than curious and amusing.

I pretty much go with the flow...don't tend to get too worked up ever
over what Prince does or doesn't do....what's the point?

And I'm certainly not going to lose any sleep over it