Do U think it'll make a big diffrence 2 how he is viewed? (popularity etc) I personally do not think this is the case...but was wondering if others fams do?

I think I would be disapointed.

I think I would be disapointed.

Because it would seem like he was moving backwards and not in a positive way. I admired how he explianed himself in interviews on why he doesn't feel that he has to express himself that way anymore to get his message across and he's right. I really respect the person that he has become.

i think he'd sound like a silly old man. as far as him being crass and vulgar, that ship has sailed. when he made the decision to "go clean", i think he pretty much set the bar for himself for the rest of his career.

Because it would seem like he was moving backwards and not in a positive way. I admired how he explianed himself in interviews on why he doesn't feel that he has to express himself that way anymore to get his message across and he's right. I really respect the person that he has become.

some of his best early albums don't contain any cussing:

purple rain
around the world in a day
parade
sign o the times
lovesexy

Dayclear said:

Me too.

cunt

i think he'd sound like a silly old man. as far as him being crass and vulgar, that ship has sailed. when he made the decision to "go clean", i think he pretty much set the bar for himself for the rest of his career.

Because it would seem like he was moving backwards and not in a positive way. I admired how he explianed himself in interviews on why he doesn't feel that he has to express himself that way anymore to get his message across and he's right. I really respect the person that he has become.

I still do not get how people equate being 50 with not having sex or cursing??

There is vulgar speach and then there is a swear word here and there

You gotta get off, Damn Housequake...
What is so horrible about that?
What does age have 2 do with it

Are U people saying 50 year olds don't curse?
And I'm not talking about low class 50 yr olds

I still do not get how people equate being 50 with not having sex or cursing??

There is vulgar speach and then there is a swear word here and there

You gotta get off, Damn Housequake...
What is so horrible about that?
What does age have 2 do with it

Are U people saying 50 year olds don't curse?
And I'm not talking about low class 50 yr olds

or john waters making movies with drag queens eating dog poop

I still do not get how people equate being 50 with not having sex or cursing??

There is vulgar speach and then there is a swear word here and there

You gotta get off, Damn Housequake...
What is so horrible about that?
What does age have 2 do with it

Are U people saying 50 year olds don't curse?
And I'm not talking about low class 50 yr olds

some of his best early albums don't contain any cussing:

purple rain
around the world in a day
parade
sign o the times
lovesexy

so it's not even like prince has always been cussing and
throwing around f@cks left right and center.

i could care less if he started it up again although it
would probably sound a bit silly now that he's 50+ and
has been "clean" for a good decade now. either continue
all the way through or cut it out. he cut it out and he
should not go back on that deciscion.

Because it would seem like he was moving backwards and not in a positive way. I admired how he explianed himself in interviews on why he doesn't feel that he has to express himself that way anymore to get his message across and he's right. I really respect the person that he has become.

I wouldn't care. Actually I would gain even more respect for him if he did it, because that would mean that he finally understood what real freedom is about. If he knew he doesn't want to offend anyone by saying "fuck all y'all" or simply "we were da shhhhhit!" it is his business and, apart from that, it is true that cursing can give certain parts of a song a whole different, more interesting and haunting colour and atmosphere. As he is a musician it would simply mean expressing himself in his art.

I don't think a fifty-year-old who uses such words is low class if he does it in a way to express his art and knows that he is free to do it. If someone has a meeting with his boss he shouldn't curse, but an artist like Prince has every right to do so, no matter what age he is, and it would make the whole Prince world look a bit more loose and relaxed again.

And yes, I do think that he can't get certain messages across by changing some lyrics. That one line in I Feel For You made the whole feeling of the song get lost, in my opinion.


This post may sound very superficial, but what I'm trying to get across is that people should not bother at all and neither should he. I don't need songs with cursing in them, I just don't like the idea of limiting oneself's freedom "officially". If he thinks it doesn't fit his age or his latest songs: okay. It's his music and his decision. I just don't support saying "Alright, I'm not gonna curse anymore." In his case, he should do it when it helps his music and he shouldn't do it when he thinks it wouldn't help. I'm just saying that some live performances and even newer studio recordings would sound a bit more rough and funky again if he felt free enough to throw some dirty words in.

I hope you don't get me wrong.








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