cream72 said:

People are going to have differences of opinion & levels of fandom vary. Catch up.

SPOOKYGAS said:

First of all, his drivel is read, not listened to. Second, you're responsible for far more drivel with your juvenile use of 3 where e belongs.

Wall said:

800 people? You can get a bigger crowd than that to watch someone fuck a goat. Get one C-list celeb like Evan Rachel Wood to show & you can double that crowd.

I guess the days of excitement over the "hit & run" style of shows are long gone.

i don´t get u guys.....why r u frontin´?

"fails 2 draw A -LIST"

so what.., not the end of the world.... ignore the reviews

and all shit about PRInce dropping his PR team, come on....
wtf..... life goes on....

now, let´s wait 4 the 3 upcoming cd´s

myloveis4ever said:

It might be a long, long wait.

LondonStyle said:

If it was MJ or Madonna, the tickets would have been a lot more expensive and most of the fans would not have been able to attend. I think Prince did this show for his fans. If he wanted a celebrity only party, it would have been at his house. He invited us to attend an Oscar after show for only $100.00 and here we are complaining.

I also think that if he should have sold tickets through his web site. If a fan had a ticket in hand, the attendance would have been higher. Not too many people are willing to line up all day for a chance at purchasing a ticket. Prince fans are getting older now. I am always surprised to find on these lines that very few people know about the org, HQ, or even Prince's sites. The average Prince fan does not get their info this way. I think that this show was to please his hard core fan base, but of course nothing pleases some of us. I still wish I was there. The reports I read sounded good to me.

Wall said:

Easily done because I don't recall addressing or quoting you first to begin with. In one thread I made a post... then 'blah blah blah' there you were. I go to another thread make a post... 'blah blah blah Award' there you go again. Please don't make it a habit.

With that... I leave this thread to you and your fellow trolls.




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BigDaddyHQ said:

Oh please, your sycophantic self is as present on these threads as anyone you'd refer to as a troll making equally irrelevant contributions.

I'm sure you need to leave, as it's approaching dinnertime & you look like you haven't missed a meal in a while.
[Edited 2/24/09 15:14pm]

viewaskew said:

U 4got th3 $ 4 s!

viewaskew said:

R U WALL'$ mouthpeac3, hi$ DR F'B3rry? Or did U m33t at Princ3 addict'$ Annon?

SPOOKYGAS said:

We certainly didn't meet around the purple kool-aid cooler or wherever it is you swallowed your first gulp of idiot juice.

viewaskew said:

Not even worth it.

BigDaddyHQ said:

Weren't you leaving? Stick to your guns, Big Papa.

I think many of the US audience are spoiled. The "I'm not seeing Prince if he does covers" etc is just mind boggling to me! I would line up for hours to see the man perform! Hell he could do the chicken dance and Im sure his spin on it would be funky!! I nearly fell off my chair to see someone only lived 5 blocks away and couldn't be bothered going!

I wish I could have been there.

Wall said:

Wow, who peed in your coffee today? You don't sound like someone who was there. For the people who were there (of which I was one), I don't think any of them would've called it "such a lame show". Nor was there a sign that announced Prince would be playing covers. And I could write extensively of why going to a Prince concert wouldn't have been the correct networking/career move for celebs, in light of other options as simple as the Governor's Ball, which has absolutely no bearing on Prince's A-list status.

Talk about getting your facts... or your pompous, vitriolic opinions straight.

cRose said:

co sign

funkteer said:

This is one of the smartest things said on this whole message board. Fan demographics have changed, and the (yes, poorly organized) show was designed for younger mentalities. And, yes, most people don't know about the org, HQ or others.

Very well put.

cRose said:

i'm curious as 2 y u think it's boggling that when a artist of prince's calibur with many unreleased and a full body of work, would chose 2 do other artists songs (some he's been doing over and over 4 2 years now and more), wouldn't fuss about forking over hard earned cash just cause it's prince playing?

it could simply b a stance of saying he's capable of doing so much more than the covers and the same songs over and over.

benni said:

Make that FOUR (even though I live in NYC, was born and raised in SC!). He should've come to SC when Johnny Bee-well was playing with him. Everybody in Columbia would've turned out, including me!

I do find it funny that the people who attend his shows always report a great experience. It is the ones that don't attend that are the most critical of the set list, or whatever. Hmmmm?

funkteer said:

Exactly... That always seems to have been the case on these unofficial sites, and they're usually the first ones jumping on the boards quick to criticize and climax off of any negativity they could find.

viewaskew said:

funkteer said:

Exactly. The tickets would have definitely been more expensive, I don't know why some folks here are climaxing off the fact that there wasn't a large turnout of fans, when they know it was basically a last minute announcement.

Like many others said here, the celebrities are about networking to try to obtain future projects, so they went to events where they could do that. I'm sure many of them did not feel comfortable being in a place with the average citizens, and the fact that club security could not provide security for them.

luv4u said:

Yay! Lawd have mercy, Luv4U, that was one miserable being stalking these forums all day with nothing but insults and anger. Good job Luv4u! Thanks!
[Edited 2/24/09 17:26pm]

2elijah said:

Thank you no more miserable damn

2elijah said:

Last minute? It was announced days in advance and advertised on television and radio. It also had the 'buzz' of the laughable pr stunt "Prince found out he was having a party," which went out to every major media outlet.

I'll grant that all things considered there wasn't a ton of time but it was for 800 people. 800. He's Prince and he was in Los Angeles and he couldn't find 800 people to see him live.

Posters on this thread have given the real reason for why he couldn't sell under a thousand tickets: they just didn't feel like being bothered to go see the show. People didn't turn out because they didn't have enough interest to see him play. Did they know it was going to be a covers show? No, but anyone following Prince over the past x-many years could certainly make that educated guess.

And I don't care if he announced it an hour before he took the stage (which is how word often spreads for after shows) the fact that 800 people in such a densely populated area of the country didn't turn out speaks volumes for where Prince's star is currently at.

As far as the show itself, it was yet another misfire for Lotusflower. He gathers people to promote the site and what happens when anyone goes there? It's got a few pictures of some unrecognizable woman, a lite-fm Sade rip-off, an impish Pro-Tools instrumental and a dad-rock song. Wow, great way to keep interest high, Prince. I'm sure all those people will be back.



Likely the case.

Wall said:

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Wall said:

Oh for crying out loud. The party is over and done with. It won't be the end of Prince's career because of it. Life goes on and he will always have fans, regardless of obsessive complainers, such as yourself, who think the man should do things according to your ideas or standards, and who just b*tch all day on this site, just waiting for the man to fall, but just be careful how you wish for his downfall as your wish may just turn on you. No artist will ever be able to please every, single fan.

I'm sure after 30 years he knows that, but it's obvious he never let any negative criticism stop his success. It's one thing to criticize, but yours is way over the top and pretty much on borderline stalkerism.

I hope one day you find peace with yourself and divorce yourself from being miserable.

Peace Dude.
[Edited 2/24/09 18:05pm]

SPOOKYGAS said:

I wondered about that too? Let's hope the mods are checking that out.

2elijah said:

Bit of an insult and bait to infer I am anyone other than myself, especially someone who's just been banned for being a bit malicious, but so it goes.

And they may check me against any poster. Unlike many orgers, I don't require a second (or third) account to agree with myself.