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Thread started 07/22/08 9:01pm

tonyat

Prince and James Brown???

I heard he didn't go to JB's funeral. Anybody know why?[b]
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Reply #1 posted 07/22/08 9:14pm

CJBabyDaddy

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Neither the R&B nor the Rock-n-Roll Code required that he attend the service, last time I checked.

Like a lot of us, Prince probably paid his respects from afar.

Besides, little as he is, he could have gotten hurt when all of JB's wives and ex-wives and alleged wives and children and ex-children and alleged children started dukin' it out and clawin' at each other's weaves over where to bury him and who was gettin' what jumpsuit to put on eBay.

The clips of The Godfather as part of the silent video montage before each 3121 set at the Rio seemed like a fitting homage.
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Reply #2 posted 07/22/08 9:33pm

tonyat

CJBabyDaddy said:

Neither the R&B nor the Rock-n-Roll Code required that he attend the service, last time I checked.

Like a lot of us, Prince probably paid his respects from afar.

Besides, little as he is, he could have gotten hurt when all of JB's wives and ex-wives and alleged wives and children and ex-children and alleged children started dukin' it out and clawin' at each other's weaves over where to bury him and who was gettin' what jumpsuit to put on eBay.

The clips of The Godfather as part of the silent video montage before each 3121 set at the Rio seemed like a fitting homage.



I agree. Some one was going after Prince on another forum because he didn't attend the funeral.
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Reply #3 posted 07/22/08 9:39pm

Tame

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From what I have heard...They have not even burried James Brown....and it is sad, that there is always waiting right there to aquire your things...yet not your heartache....

I feel terribly about senior citizens that don't have a family to leave a will for....And I feel just as sorry for their pets....They pass the pets onto a shelter..take their money and their land...and say to hell with the animal that they loved.

Someone can't even die in peace...without people that never really loved you...showing up on a day you deserved respect....Prince made the right decision...Prince knew that James wasn't there anyway...just his body was.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #4 posted 07/22/08 9:54pm

Paris9748430

I think James Brown's death made Prince more aware of his business dealings, and manage his money better.

'Cause James died with a WHOLE lot less money than he thought he had!!!

Bo Diddley pretty much died broke, too!!!
JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!!
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Reply #5 posted 07/22/08 11:59pm

Harlepolis

I wouldn't be caught between that madhouse mess either.

Imagine sitting there with the STRAIGHTEST face knowing JB's heirs are exploiting him in that SAME ceremony.

Its a fucked up thing to witness,,,and knowing how Prince looked up to Mr.Brown, I don't think he could stand being there.
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Reply #6 posted 07/23/08 10:14am

kenlacam

I don't think that Prince was obligated to go to JB's funeral, no more than any other artist who JB may have inspired.
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Reply #7 posted 07/23/08 11:40am

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prince paid his respects during a concert in vegas
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #8 posted 07/24/08 3:19am

Marrk

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JW's don't attend non-JW's funerals. Heck Prince didn't go to his parents funerals did he?
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Reply #9 posted 07/24/08 3:57am

Dayclear

Prince doesn't do funerals, at all, ever.
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Reply #10 posted 07/24/08 6:10am

Graycap23

Personal choice.....leave it at that.
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