purplecam said:

Maybe they are waiting after the re-air. Tavis' shows, shown the night before usually re-airs the next day at 1pm on the east coast (NY) on PBS, so folks who didn't see it can catch the repeat today on PBS around 1pm, but check your local listings first to make sure of the time.

Tavis has less credibility with me now. He seemed as if he did no research whatsoever on Prince and asked him questions based on their off camera relationship. "Prince you are love, everything about you is love". blech! Even Prince couldn't stand the azz-kissing. He told Tavis I've got a mean side, if I feel backed in a corner. That was funny.

JackieBlue said:

Tavis is a different kind of person. He isn't a trained journalist, but he's a talk show host. That makes the biggest difference. If you notice, he tries not to be judgemental (good or bad), but he always comes across as judgemental because he is always praising the person he's interviewing.

I did love the first part of the interview. Prince seems to really be at peace at this time in his life.

RUHip2TheJive said:

Really? He was MUCH more open and talkative during his first interview by Tavis back in 1998.....

funksterr said:

Tavis and Prince are personal friends, maybe that is why he spoke of Prince like that. He was saying that Prince writes about love in his music, which lead to him praising Prince as a friend on a personal level.
[Edited 4/28/09 7:47am]

funksterr said:

Yeah, one too many rim jobs. Prince knows the heroes are fireman, police and doctors - they save lives. IMO Tavis got a lil nervous and didn't know what to ask so resorted to the rims. Good thing is Prince seems comfortable with life in general.

Not sure about chemtrails? ya know I see Mickey Mouse in the clouds somedays.

It was funny when Tavis got into that entire 'excellence' discussion and asked how the avg. asshole can be like P?! and P was like everyone is good at something..it made me think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...exkcbjPuEY

I'd still like to see P do an interview with someone thats not a know butt kisser like Jay or Tavis.

The full interview from Monday still hasn't turned up online. What gives?

It seemed as though precious time was wasted talking about shit that didn't make sense, wasn't relevant, and made Prince seem incoherent. The first part about childhood, relationship to his father, and his striving to excellence with the support of friends (nice that he namechecked Andre Cymone)--those were all good.

When he slipped into genome project, chem trails, & 8 presidents before Washington, those references just seemed to come out of no where, and more importantly take the conversation no where. Tavis didn't seem to know what to do.

Interesting that Tavis kept hawking Prince's $77 site as the source of the new CDs, and not Target's $12 version. (Especially interesting since they showed the video for "Crimson & Clover"--the audio of which is not available from Prince's site version.)
[Edited 4/28/09 7:52am]

I thought it was an excellent interview. Prince seemed relaxed and more open than most interviews in the past. I think it's telling that he said that he's in "celebration mode" and that he is :happy to be alive". He seems connected with what's going on in the world and shows the experience/growth of someone who has taken the time to think about the world and the big picture. I really liked that Tavis asked Prince about how others can achieve excellence.

lwr001 said:

Prince just seems very happy and at peace with himself. I feel a lot of his fans can't handle that. Judging from the lack of comments about this latest interview. They can't find anything negative 2 say. I was proud of what I saw. Very happy at his life now that he has finally found inner peace in himself.

daPrettyman said:

But isn't Oprah a talk show host? She shows brevity with many of her questions and doesn't set up the question with a lot of extra talk. When she's not cutting people off she's pretty much to the point.

I'll try to look at it differently when I watch tonight but it drives me crazy because it always seems they have so little time and he interviews people who I don't often get to see so I want as much from the guest as I can get without his extraneous jabber. Imagine how much they could say if he weren't talking as much.

i LOVED when he was talking about misquoted lyrics. and he clearly made a reference to mayte's mom not knowing the lyrics to "little red corvette" when she thought it was "pay the rent collect"

or when he said he read that someone thought the lyrics to when doves cry were "dig if you will the picture; of marvin gaye and the kids"

it's quite refreshing to see him acting so "normal." it makes him seem more "real"

JackieBlue said:

I totally feel you on this. See, the biggest difference between Oprah and Tavis is that Oprah is a trained journalist and Tavis is a person that used to do radio that lucked up on television. I don't understand his appeal. He is very good at what he does (with the caucus and other things) and I appreciate the perspective he brings to the table with issues, but he is annoying as hell to listen to.

daPrettyman said:

daPrettyman said:

I missed the key word: trained

I often find him cringe worthy but occasionally have to stomach for guests such as P.

The most interesting and insightful part of the interview was when Prince spoke about criticism. He pretty much stated that he's good with it as long as it offers something and doesn't just seek to belittle and degrade based on personality or the writers' lack of creativity. He actually even admitted that some of the things his heard was actually hurtful. Should be required viewing to all on the org... judge not less thee be judged.

thepope2the9s said:

Funny or not, she has done her share of local news and radio before she became the BIG O. She did go to college to pursue her Communications degree.

popgodazipa said:

I kept thinking of this place when I heard him say that.

purplecam said:

Yea. This site was the first place I thought about. Especially how so many people call his music "crap" and can't justify why they consider it "crap".

when prince mentioned that his father told him to not get a girl pregnant or married, i just remember when director albert magnoli mentioned this on the purple rain 20th anniversary special feature. I did sense in last night interview when he brought that up that it seems like he is still hurt by that

BriaVelveeta said:

Oh good heavens people, there's a 3 on the album cover, why wouldn't someone deduct from that to use a 3 in a URL? If one thing doesn't work, people will try again. And everyone knows it's at Target. It was probably just not in Tavis' radar to mention some retail chain.

daPrettyman said:

Thank you. That's just it right there.

frenchylatina said:

Prince's father sounded a lot like mine. I got the same speech. Maybe that's why I'm not married right now. Who knows?

daPrettyman said:

she abandoned her training a long time ago!

purplecam said:

i feel the same way!

frenchylatina said:

beener04 said:

i laughed so hard at that.
lol....marvin gaye and the kids.

beener04 said:

Anyone seen the part one interview online yet? I'm in the UK so have no chance of it being on TV. It's strange that it's not online by now. Thanks

Dayclear said: