Tame said:

Why exactly?

mplsmike said:

You mean 'Y3S'.
Don't U?

wildgoldenhoney said:

you m3an 'You m3an'
Don't U

remko said:

U m3an, that I m3an,
that h3 m3ans 'Y3S',
Don't U?

Yo, e is way to common of a letter to be pullin that 3 for e ish. It's givin me headaches.

wildgoldenhoney said:

3y3 m3an that you m3an 'm3an', inst3ad of 'mEan'

3dit3d for changing an 3 into an 3
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"LotusFlow3r" or "MPLSound"

wildgoldenhoney said:

Dave1992 said:

U mean

punkofthemonth said:

Man, that's worse than the old Prince-bonics.

I am going to withold final judgement until these albums come out, but I'd have to say "old", as in prior to 2000.

thedoveoflove said:

I like Prince-Speak which if u really think about it, we WRITE in so called Prince/Speak and this was a little difficult 2 read. I get u'r point tho ...

It's all apart of the journey P back in the day and P now, I'm cool with it.

mplsmike said:

Number23 said:

Exactly Fucking right.

Something So Simple COKE ESCOVEDO..
..mzsexybaby DO

skywalker said:

No, not right at all. The main criticism is not that his conversion to the JW religion made Prince less sexual, but rather less inclusive and more judgemental.

Old Prince FTW.

I was speaking to the fact that fans bitch and moan about Prince being more conservative and often point to the Rainbow Children lyrics as THE example. Truth is, Prince being nasty on much of that album and (as number 23 was pointing out) Prince is very much the same.

Prince being "less inclusive" and "more judgemental" is a perception you have based on what? Interviews? Lyrics? Live performances? Ultimately any response you have to Prince is just to his self created persona anyways. We don't know the real guy...just what he projects to us.

I maintain that Prince has been uberChristian from day one and has always mixed the sexy with the divine. It is/was unconventional and as number23 said "punk". His love-God-sex mantra is (and never was) the norm or mainstream. If anything, it makes Prince more unconventional now than ever.

I don't know, to me, Prince just not that different from the past.

Lastly, I do think the number one critique of Prince being Jehovah's Witness is the seemingly toned down sexual lyrics, lack of swearing etc. Look around this site...
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skywalker said:

First of all, I actually have relatively little interest in Prince Rogers Nelson, or the "real" Prince in other words. I'm strictly talking about the projected "Prince" persona.

Yes, Prince has always mixed a celebration of the divine with his sexuality. That much has not really changed so much as matured. I have no contention with that aspect.

The primary difference is that Prince most typically emphasized the message that whatever God you believed in, and whatever personal path you chose, we would all one day ascend together regardless.

On TRC, the message is simply one that echoes the overarching JW sentiment: If you do not both accept the doctrinal beliefs and attempt to promulgate the beliefs to others ("do the work"), you will not survive the day of judgement.

That is radically different from the comparatively free spirited and fantastical image Prince used to portray, and I don't particularly like it.

The implication used to be that love is God. Now it is more that Jehovah is law.

So, "Old Prince" FTW.

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Point taken. However, I disagree with that idea that Prince used to emphasize a "whatever God you believed in" message. He has always pushed Jesus as the way to go in that aspect. It wasn't like his songs and stage show were laced with Islamic imagery and themes. It was always a Christian God that Prince dedicating his sexual conquests to. Maybe it was easier to sweep the meaning of "I would Die 4 U" aside, but it was/is about Jesus. Also, I think songs like "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" were fairly direct in letting fans know which god Prince was singing about. I mean, is The Cross really more vague than The Christ in terms of message? Symbols and words mean the same. means Prince. I dunno, maybe he has become more preachy since 1997, but he has always laced his stuff with Christian themes...not just a vague sense of "spirituality"...

I agree that his lyrics have always been inclusive and that hasn't change in my eyes. Songs like United States of Division, Get on the Boat, and Planet Earth have continued that theme.

skywalker said:

Fair enough. I suppose the biggest difference in that regard is that now he's explicitly stated that the consequence of not agreeing with his view of the one true God is unequivocal death on Armageddon day.

Yes. It is stated now, rather than implied. That's the difference, I suppose. Thanks for the chat.

"Th3 Divin3" or "Purple Rain"?

Discojellyfish said:

"Th3 Divin3"

"$" or "Kiss"?

"$"

Have you heard these tracks for real?

blacksweat said:

Only in my dr3ams

blacksweat said:

Y'all can't handle the New prince.