ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

What?

Imago said:

Prince is secretive. There is no doubt about this. I’m not sure if this works in his favor or against, but it certainly makes his music more alluring at times.

But lyrically, he’s also amazingly candid. While Micheal Jackson was singing “Say Say Say what you want to say” you bet your ass Prince was doing just that; with lyrics like “I sincerely want to fuck the taste out of your mouth.” Could you imagine Prince's peers saying that? Madonna wasn’t even using lyrics that daring. Of course, it would be technically difficult for Madonna to do such a thing, lacking a penis herself unless she were to pull a 'Rosie O’donnel' kinky strap-on type of thing--but, singing those kind of high concept lyrics off can loose an audience, and Madonna was all about having a big audience.

Prince, on the other hand, during the 80’s, didn’t really care if he was selling records or not. Rather, he had something to say, and he said it. He’s wildly innovative lyrics allowed us to ponder both the spiritual and the anal. The holy and the profane. The church of the divine, and the temple of vagina. And he wasn’t going to give to flying fucks if Rolling Stone magazine recommended you buy his record or not.

Where Madonna was the flamboyant slut , boasting about her conquests, Prince was like the quiet little nympho that would pull your knickers and panties down, rip that punani apart, and run off wearing the afore mentioned knickers and panties. This. man. was. fierce.

In many ways he’s kind of like Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Co. Jobs is wildy innovative, prone to strange and frightening temper tantrums, and very prolific with new ideas. Owning far less market share than Microsoft (we can think of them as Madonna), Apple’s products are if anything, more innovative and higher in quality on average. Like Prince, if you’ve come into contact with Jobs, it’s likely you’ve been fucked hard. These men are both extremely driven.
But lastly, they are both secretive. Jobs has been known to leak false information and to withhold information from his own staff about upcoming products. The secrecy upon which they all work is astounding. One doesn’t have to think too hard to see the parallels with Apple and Paisley park.

The difference between Prince and Jobs though is that the secrecy around Apple builds up anticipation because Apple consistently delivers new and innovative products. It becomes a game to wonder what new features they’ll ull.

Prince has gone from innovation to a sort of cruise control. Albeit, his newest offering lotusflow3r is highly regarded, and in my opinion joining the ranks of some of his top 10 albums, his secrecy over the website and such didn’t help him in this case. This is due to the fact that when new Prince releases we literally have no clue if we’ll receive a quality product anymore.

Although I feel it hurts him by records sales, I have to admit, I like the fact that with Prince you never really know if genius is around the corner, or if he’s gonna drop something as ugly as a bucket of assholes. You just never know.

One thing is for sure; Prince takes chances.

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[Edited 7/7/09 9:11am]

XxAxX said:

I can ALWAYS count on you