The UK is even more secular than the US in terms of discussing religion in politics, you never hear major politicans mention it here like they do in the US, so in that sense I think he was making a snap judgement as we see the US as being more religious and mentioning God more than us.

3) Far too fawning, even Tavis's video blog said he denied being star struck and then gave lots of reasons why he is (he's a friend, he's a genius etc). Would you get any major Uk interviewer sucking up like that??

5) Said Prince was nice and made him out to be some goodwill ambassador with no mention of the recent shut down of websites and fan struggles which is a major miss. At least Prince had the humility to admit he has a mean side, but Tavis should have asked more about that and why the relationship with fans is often seen as being antagonistic.

Interesting interview, nice to see Prince being more open and friendly and great to see he still has the humour we love him for (the end part).

3) Far too fawning, even Tavis's video blog said he denied being star struck and then gave lots of reasons why he is (he's a friend, he's a genius etc). Would you get any major Uk interviewer sucking up like that??

Just a few thoughts...

Interesting interview, nice to see Prince being more open and friendly and great to see he still has the humour we love him for (the end part).

1) Tavis asks him about record industry but when he answers (around 16:45mins in), he talks about genome and God talk, but Tavis totally lets its drop when he should have asked him to explain. I assume this may have been edited out, but its poor for an interviewer to let such comments stay vague and they should be investigated.

2) He mentions when in England (where I live), he watched the United Nations channel. I am not aware of this channel unless its on satellite, but even so he mentions a lot of talk of the Bible and religion and that the US is too secular. The UK is even more secular than the US in terms of discussing religion in politics, you never hear major politicans mention it here like they do in the US, so in that sense I think he was making a snap judgement as we see the US as being more religious and mentioning God more than us. I'm not saying its better because of that, just us Brits tend to think of Americans as being more not less religious in public life.

3) Far too fawning, even Tavis's video blog said he denied being star struck and then gave lots of reasons why he is (he's a friend, he's a genius etc). Would you get any major Uk interviewer sucking up like that??

4) Tavis looked cross\disappointed when P said he didn't vote for Obama.

5) Said Prince was nice and made him out to be some goodwill ambassador with no mention of the recent shut down of websites and fan struggles which is a major miss. At least Prince had the humility to admit he has a mean side, but Tavis should have asked more about that and why the relationship with fans is often seen as being antagonistic.

Just a few thoughts...
[Edited 5/5/09 3:58am]

2) He mentions when in England (where I live), he watched the United Nations channel. I am not aware of this channel unless its on satellite, but even so he mentions a lot of talk of the Bible and religion and that the US is too secular. The UK is even more secular than the US in terms of discussing religion in politics, you never hear major politicans mention it here like they do in the US, so in that sense I think he was making a snap judgement as we see the US as being more religious and mentioning God more than us. I'm not saying its better because of that, just us Brits tend to think of Americans as being more not less religious in public life.

I can't believe anyone's still talking about this. I've been gone a week and you still haven't moved on.

1) Tavis asks him about record industry but when he answers (around 16:45mins in), he talks about genome and God talk, but Tavis totally lets its drop when he should have asked him to explain. I assume this may have been edited out, but its poor for an interviewer to let such comments stay vague and they should be investigated.

2) He mentions when in England (where I live), he watched the United Nations channel. I am not aware of this channel unless its on satellite, but even so he mentions a lot of talk of the Bible and religion and that the US is too secular. The UK is even more secular than the US in terms of discussing religion in politics, you never hear major politicans mention it here like they do in the US, so in that sense I think he was making a snap judgement as we see the US as being more religious and mentioning God more than us. I'm not saying its better because of that, just us Brits tend to think of Americans as being more not less religious in public life.

I can't believe anyone's still talking about this. I've been gone a week and you still haven't moved on.

Dayclear said:

A new Lovesexy thread started today.

That was 21 years ago.

djfine said:

Well said!! I only just saw the interview today and have been away hence its this week. U can analyse things anytime surely.

I didn't like Tavis's fawning either.

But like some people here have suggested, it may have been an interviewing tactic to butter him up, grease the wheels, so to speak, to get Prince to play nice.

I guess it worked, it seemed to relax Prince somewhat. He admitted his bias against male vocalists, he let out a real laugh at the end. Overall, he seemed looser and more comfortable in his skin than usual.

Tavis did cross him up, though. Especially that question about why Prince isn't on the radio. I winced a little bit, watching Prince squirm his way out of it, trying to save face. If he had just said, "Hell, maybe I'm not relevant anymore," my respect for him would have been renewed.

Interesting interview, nice to see Prince being more open and friendly and great to see he still has the humour we love him for (the end part).

1) Tavis asks him about record industry but when he answers (around 16:45mins in), he talks about genome and God talk, but Tavis totally lets its drop when he should have asked him to explain. I assume this may have been edited out, but its poor for an interviewer to let such comments stay vague and they should be investigated.

2) He mentions when in England (where I live), he watched the United Nations channel. I am not aware of this channel unless its on satellite, but even so he mentions a lot of talk of the Bible and religion and that the US is too secular. The UK is even more secular than the US in terms of discussing religion in politics, you never hear major politicans mention it here like they do in the US, so in that sense I think he was making a snap judgement as we see the US as being more religious and mentioning God more than us. I'm not saying its better because of that, just us Brits tend to think of Americans as being more not less religious in public life.

3) Far too fawning, even Tavis's video blog said he denied being star struck and then gave lots of reasons why he is (he's a friend, he's a genius etc). Would you get any major Uk interviewer sucking up like that??

4) Tavis looked cross\disappointed when P said he didn't vote for Obama.

5) Said Prince was nice and made him out to be some goodwill ambassador with no mention of the recent shut down of websites and fan struggles which is a major miss. At least Prince had the humility to admit he has a mean side, but Tavis should have asked more about that and why the relationship with fans is often seen as being antagonistic.

Just a few thoughts...
[Edited 5/5/09 3:58am]

padawan said:

Do you mean to say that because someone is on the radio they are relevant? Did you know most radio stations are owned by record companies?
I think Prince for his age and time in the business is very relevant, that is why he is still selling his albums without a record company sucking up his profits. I give him so much credit for taking the harder way out and for trying to be independent.

That genome comment just went flat, I was curious what angle he was coming from on that

Close2u said:

I thought it was just too above me, didn't know what that meant.
Thought it was just me that didn't understand.