Prince is not David Bowie.

Prince is not Trent Reznor.

Prince is not the Arcade Fire.

Prince is not U2.

Prince is not George Michael.

He is a short skinny Purple People Eater.

xlr8r said:

He's a short skinny MF with a high pitched voice

luv4u said:

..... with a sexy smile and mesmerizing eyes.

so wait he's not Trent Reznor?

can we also then refrain from mentioning all the people he's better than? after all, if it ain't prince, it's off-topic.

I'm so glad he isn't. He's Prince, and that's better than all of them.

[Edited 4/6/09 0:11am]

thanks for the update

punkofthemonth said:

Well hopefully the ding-dongs who keep posting what so-n-so is doing internet wise or fan-wise will get the message once and for all.

He's a FUNKY MIDGET!!!

one2vibe said:

Exhibit A ^^^^

xlr8r said:

I don't think that's such a bad thing. No matter what side of the argument a poster may be on, it's pretty undeniable that Prince has been a pioneer in marketing his music through the internet. Nevertheless, he's not the only one doing it, and other artists (such as the ones you mentioned) are doing some pretty interesting things too.

Moonbeam said:

I didnt say others weren't doing interesting things.

xlr8r said:

Yes, but why is it a bad thing that others bring up what some other internet pioneers are doing? Prince seems like he's one of the few artists out there who could take notice of such a thing.

Moonbeam said:

it's only okay to do this if you are pointing out some area in which prince is better.

Moonbeam said:

Because he wont. And all it is is basically stating "prince sux, why cant he be doing what so n so is doing"

I can see if things werepresented in a different manner but mostly the other ideas presented and the way they are presented are meant as put downs. I know some yahoo is going to say "No, we state it becasue we want Prince to be better" bullshit but anyone here knows that even if Prince gave every fan 1000 dollars there would be the ding dongs talking shit.

xlr8r said:

how about if you stop trying to read peoples' minds.

stanleylieber said:

You don't have to be a mind reader to see it gladys.

xlr8r said:

yep the predictable ones stand out

xlr8r said:

i take offense because i do want prince to get it together. i dropped out of prince fandom for a good ten years because i didn't think it was going to happen. (and, i admit, because people were being so damned 'positive' about everything that was going on circa '98-'99 that i damn near couldn't breathe.)

here's something positive: i really like 'elixer.'

PEJ said:

i know it must get old hearing about how things you like are crap, day in and day out.

stanleylieber said:

Well your history is diffeent from my recollection because in 98-99 Prince hate was at an all time high what with the suing of websites debacle and the release of NPS

Oh and the Prince You Are A Sorry Negro thread.

And Elixier is a nice release once you listen to it a few times.

stanleylieber said:

no the predictable ones just hate on everything as a whole. they talk ill on Prince, his music, his business style, the way other artists are and how he should be like them, and the list goes on. It's never anything nice. Just people with high expectations that can't give credit where credit is due. Planet Earth was my least favorite Prince album and I did not once post on here how great that album was. This project on the other hand is the next best thing Prince has put out since The Rainbow Children so in my opinion I feel he made more of an effort to please fans like me cuz I'm pleased. Others will hate regardless but I'm used to it.

PEJ said:

^^you are a good perosn

xlr8r said:

'98 was when the first major tidal wave of 'prince is perfect' people really seemed to flood the beach. after surviving the war with wb, some of us felt pretty battered by all of these folks showing up telling how wonderful the sweet taste of prince's abuse was. it didn't matter what prince did, either you loved it or you were declared a traitor.

i got really tired of reading through argument after argument about who was a real fan and who wasn't because they still ate meat in spite of prince's lyrics, because they didn't like kirky j's drumming (didn't you hear? prince is trying to de-emphasize drums in his music!) etc., etc., etc. it was really nuts for a while. (in my opinion, of course!)

earlier in the 90's we had our struggles but i don't recall that level of testing going on, day in and day out, about whether or not you had the simple right to speak up.

in short it was not worth the effort. i miss things like cb's "chocolate religion" website, the long threads about egyptian symbolism, people coming home from paisley park shows and uploading concert boots the night after the concert happened. i miss sonny t getting on aol chat and slipping in cracks about prince.

in my opinion the positivity police really damaged prince fandom.

PEJ said:

i'm sure i know who you're talking about.

but you have to realize, he's one of the biggest prince fans on the net. prince set really high expectations for himself up until the name change. i don't think a lot of people ever quite forgave him for o(+> ultimately failing to live up to prince's standards.

given all the stuff that happened to prince on a personal level in the 1990s, it's probably not fair to judge him so harshly. but he does still operate in the public arena, so it's to be expected that fans will have opinions of what he does.

by my reckoning prince told the truth. he died in 1993. everything after 'o(+>' is gravy.

stanleylieber said:

admit it stanley, secretly you're a fam

PEJ said:

i listened to 'new power soul' like 4,000 times trying to figure it out.

i will admit the new stuff is good enough to get me posting here again.

deep down we all really believe prince can decloak and lay it on us.