I enjoyed the interview, it was great to hear Prince talking and opening up and I hope that he does more of these.

However, a few things jumped out at me:

There were a couple of questions that Prince appeared to answer but actually didn't. He talked until we 'forgot' what the question was - maybe he should be a politician

I thought they should have taken precautions by tying a rope to Tavis's ankles - he was SO far up Prince's ass, it was just TOO much, to the point where I found it slightly cringeworthy and I got the impression that Prince did too.

Chem-Trails... say no more


Something that did have me mad though was that on one portion of the interview Prince would be talking about Black Rights and activists etc and then go on to say that he didn't vote (obviously the JW bs) even Tavis looked slightly taken aback and miffed by this. A loud voice in the back of my head was shouting 'People died so that you could vote, you hypocritical ass!'. It just doesn't sit well with me when someone goes on about the state of the US and the wider world (and makes money from it!) but then refuses to vote Not cool.
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I enjoyed the interview, it was great to hear Prince talking and opening up and I hope that he does more of these.

However, a few things jumped out at me:

There were a couple of questions that Prince appeared to answer but actually didn't. He talked until we 'forgot' what the question was - maybe he should be a politician

I thought they should have taken precautions by tying a rope to Tavis's ankles - he was SO far up Prince's ass, it was just TOO much, to the point where I found it slightly cringeworthy and I got the impression that Prince did too.

Chem-Trails... say no more

I also thought of the recent Wendy and Lisa interview, when he was talking about how he decides who, of his old friends get to make it into his future [paraphrasing] 'It's not whether they're respectful to my face, it's what they say when they're not in my prescence - I don't know if they think it won't get back to me...' (a question that was so obviously scripted it was actually quite amusing!)

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geo4you said:

Me too, that bit was ace

I thought they should have taken precautions by tying a rope to Tavis's ankles - he was SO far up Prince's ass, it was just TOO much, to the point where I found it slightly cringeworthy and I got the impression that Prince did too.

I thought it was just me... it seemed like Tavis was one commercial break away from licking his boots, jumping in his lap and doing the Prince scream.

I'm in favor of more in depth interviews if he decides to do more.

Who liked Prince better when he didn't talk much?

strawberrydreams said:

I'd have to say that majority of the people here

I mean, c'mon. I'm hearing so much slandering and insults over this. All because of what he said or even what he didn't say.

Me personally, I love interviews because of their rarity. And things are sometimes a little more straightforward in interviews than the music (which as you all know, I dig pretty deep into at times).

The comments against Prince from this interview are really an annoyance. All because he either wasn't straight about something, went in a very odd direction or didn't mention anything about the treatment of his fanbase.

Suck it up and move on!
Fun-suckers

In fact, after watching the interview, I rediscovered some of the spark I get from Prince in his music and just seeing him in general. I get sucked into this world so easily that even at my "Dreamy-est", I'm not standing fully behind my beliefs about this musician.
It seems your worlds revolve around him more than mine does because on another thread, someone called out the fact he didn't mention the shutdown of websites and "fanbase abuse".
a) I don't feel abused by him in any way, never did. He does something, unless its an interview, appearance or releasing music, I couldn't care less.
b) I don't care much for websites directly affiliated with him. The fact I didn't pay $77 for Lotusflow3r.com says a lot in that department.

My favorite segment of the interview, I'd have to say, was the part where he was talking about constructive criticism. I realized that I don't really do much of that. I just say what I like, why I like it and relate it to where he was as a person during that time period. Except maybe on my TRC review (which only one other person has seen becaues I didnt post it here), I haven't done any of that. And it's something I ought to look into.
Dreamy's gotta have a sense of direction, you know

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

i dont think you are obliged to give prince constructive criticism as I doubt he will care what you or 99% of fans say. He likes people he thinks are "intelligent", people like Miles Davis - gees who in the world can compare to MD?? Prince and his musical friends live in a different dimension to us, and I very much doubt he cares what we think, constructive or not - if he did then he would be a nervous wreck!

Could someone just tell me one thing....who is the "we" that Prince keeps referring to. For example when Tavis asked him a question about the industry and he replies "what we believe happens is this" (or something like that he says).

strawberrydreams said:

I think they are talking about the people living inside of them. Check out Oprah's 1996 interview. HILARIOUS stuff!!! I wish he would have kept quiet like in the old days when the music spoke for itself and when he didn't need to do publicity "stunts" for people to listen to his music. I liked him much more when he was mysterious...pre 1996.

motherfunka said:

Are you serious!? The people living inside of them....now that is very interesting. But seriously I agree with you to a certain extent about letting the music speak for itself and not using publicity stunts. He has always done those things.....you knowing acting like he was mixed, acting like he was gay....the list could go on and on.

'People died so that you could vote, you hypocritical ass!'

I think if we really knew what we were voting for it wouldn't seem so hypocritical to you. That's not to say I don't vote, but are we really choosing candidates with vastly different positions? Gore/Bush, Kerry/Bush, Clinton/Bush, Reagan/Mondale...? I think Obama and Carter stand out, but they both had major backing by political tycoons like billionaire George Soros, and a candidate doesn't stand a chance without that kind of campaign financing.

Who liked Prince better when he didn't talk much?

Yes, Prince surely isn't Bowie when it comes to interviews. The interviewer was much worse, though. "Prince, everything about you is love, you love man, you're the love master blablabla..." WTH?

'People died so that you could vote, you hypocritical ass!'

I think if we really knew what we were voting for it wouldn't seem so hypocritical to you. That's not to say I don't vote, but are we really choosing candidates with vastly different positions? Gore/Bush, Kerry/Bush, Clinton/Bush, Reagan/Mondale...? I think Obama and Carter stand out, but they both had major backing by political tycoons like billionaire George Soros, and a candidate doesn't stand a chance without that kind of campaign financing.

vinx98 said:

people here say I'm intelligent

strawberrydreams said:

I'd have to say that majority of the people here

I mean, c'mon. I'm hearing so much slandering and insults over this. All because of what he said or even what he didn't say.

Me personally, I love interviews because of their rarity. And things are sometimes a little more straightforward in interviews than the music (which as you all know, I dig pretty deep into at times).

The comments against Prince from this interview are really an annoyance. All because he either wasn't straight about something, went in a very odd direction or didn't mention anything about the treatment of his fanbase.



Suck it up and move on!
Fun-suckers

In fact, after watching the interview, I rediscovered some of the spark I get from Prince in his music and just seeing him in general. I get sucked into this world so easily that even at my "Dreamy-est", I'm not standing fully behind my beliefs about this musician.
It seems your worlds revolve around him more than mine does because on another thread, someone called out the fact he didn't mention the shutdown of websites and "fanbase abuse".
a) I don't feel abused by him in any way, never did. He does something, unless its an interview, appearance or releasing music, I couldn't care less.
b) I don't care much for websites directly affiliated with him. The fact I didn't pay $77 for Lotusflow3r.com says a lot in that department.

My favorite segment of the interview, I'd have to say, was the part where he was talking about constructive criticism. I realized that I don't really do much of that. I just say what I like, why I like it and relate it to where he was as a person during that time period. Except maybe on my TRC review (which only one other person has seen becaues I didnt post it here), I haven't done any of that. And it's something I ought to look into.
Dreamy's gotta have a sense of direction, you know

Who liked Prince better when he didn't talk much?

'People died so that you could vote, you hypocritical ass!'

I think if we really knew what we were voting for it wouldn't seem so hypocritical to you. That's not to say I don't vote, but are we really choosing candidates with vastly different positions? Gore/Bush, Kerry/Bush, Clinton/Bush, Reagan/Mondale...? I think Obama and Carter stand out, but they both had major backing by political tycoons like billionaire George Soros, and a candidate doesn't stand a chance without that kind of campaign financing.

XNY said:

What does a candidate being backed by a billionaire have to do with anything? Are you saying that because barack may have been backed by someone with money is a good reason why Prince didn't vote? That's rubbish to me. People died to give people like me and him the chance to make a difference. It's kind of funny how he claims to like to have intellectual conversations but says the most idiotic things.