Have you ever come close to saying, "ok thats it..Im done with Prince."?
Obviously none of us have, but has anyone come close, and why?

My moment was when he decided to start playing the race card. This guy, has had more control of his career since day one than any other artist on the planet. He a multi millionare many times over. In 1992 he signed the Biggest record deal in the history of record deals. He Has more awards than he can count, but he decided out of the blue that things were suddenly tough on him because he was black. I never understood where in the world that came from. Thank God, he got off of that pretty quickly.

quite a few times.
Prince infuriates me as much as he intrigues me.
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he's off that card..?

It was quite a while back, maybe in the late 90's. I heard him say something like "Being a black man in the music industry, Im not given the same oppurtunities as a white man"
I was like, "WHAT?! You have had MORE oppurtunities than any man of ANY race!"

luvthisman said:

Well...he may not be, Ive just not heard him harp on it quite as much personally

Many times. The Rainbow Children, and the racism on it. The racism on One Nite Alone. Musicology's bland mix of horrible songs.

His constant bullying of his fans, YouTube users filming their children, etc.

Many time I've thought of selling all my Prince stuff. And I have a lot of it like anyone else.

Every damn week, I pretty much call it quits with Prince.

LetusFUover.con is really-the first time I've seriously thought-why do i bother. He's brought albums out that have not been my faves-but i could always find something in there to get me through.

Im deffo never buying an official release if i can get the torrent again though-and i don't care if i have to wait a little-and i don't care what he adds to that place-IF ANYTHING. iF I've seen it-heard it or paid for it years before-he can keep it.

Im still here-but my fingers have been burnt-and unfortunately-my capacity for forgiveness when it comes to being ripped off is-pertty much zero

And-i have to say-as good as he is live-and ive seen him many many times-i think o2 prices in 07 were fair. If he goes for massive prices next time-which i think is inevitable with him these days-i won't bother

I'll get the boot dvd instead

maybe it's his way of stirry up 'controversy'?

polkadotbliss said:

No.

No...I would never walk away from Prince's voice and his music...although if Prince decided 2 remarry someone other than me...I would fade into the background out of respect for his relationship.

never have never will.....dude is the best multi-musicianist of the world...

He could be a damn serial killer....if he is in my city playing a guitar
I'M THERE

I never thought the Problems with Warner Brothers were about race as much as about artistic freedom. Keep in mind he put up with the label cutting songs off his albums and denying him whole discs being released. He finally had enough of it and blew them off. Sign O' the times was originally supposed to be the 3 disc Dream Factory but Warners said too much material. also remember pretty much all of that material is stuff that everyone on here likes/loves and wanted to hear.A lot of us on here are screaming over and over "Open The Vault" to Prince when back in the day he tried to do just that. The "Slave" on the face was to signify Warners refusal to let him obtain his masters and therefore binding him to them technically for life as a recording slave. Think about it Warners could re-release any Prince music tehy want when they want without his input or approval. a big difference from jamming at Andre's and cranking out what you want, when you want and for whomever you want.

To answer the question though, Nope!
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Tame said:

oh for fuck's sake get a grip. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE HIM. EVER. NEVER EVER. NOT A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL. Go find yourself a man, and get a life. SRSLY.

^^^^^

lol....how u rain on her parade is the funniest shit in the world.

nyse said:

Listen, I try to overlook it, but it's creepy and pathetic. Some chick or two (don't forget mzwannabesexybabe) sitting at home fawning over Prince, someone who has NO clue who they are, and actually hoping for MARRIAGE?! Haven't they learned that Prince marrying his fans NEVER works?

It's like Purple Rain meets Fatal Attraction.

I know...I can dig it....

it's that "YOU WILL NEVER HAVE HIM. EVER. NEVER EVER." line that u say,
gets me rolling all the time....
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polkadotbliss said:

that's perfect

The whole New Yorker magazine ordeal had me pretty close:

http://gascot.blogspot.co...rince.html
http://gascot.blogspot.co...art-2.html
http://gascot.blogspot.co...art-3.html

Tame said:

Girl, love Prince and all but this wanting to marry him and shit is creepy. Its one of the reasons I'm that Prince doesn't get close to his fan . Seriously Tame, you have a better chance fucking with Joe the Plumber at this point.

ronnwinter said:

Funny for the fact that he doesn't seem to consider himself black, which doesn't matter to me.

Yup, the whole youtube stance,

yeah, like every time he opens his mouth or communicates with the media or fans in some way.

ernestsewell said:

*GASP*

You mean one of them is stewing a bunny in his kitchen and hiding in his bathtub?


LMFAO!

ronnwinter said:

I don't recall him coming out of the blue with the fact that things were tough on him for being black. I do recall him writing slave on his face because he was owned by the record company and he was upset that they had control of his masters. To me Prince doesn't play the race card he is just proud to be black and since when is it so wrong for someone to speak on it. And for what reason would you say okay I'm done with him if you assumed he was playing the race card when he was black all along. Remember in Under the Cherry Moon 86 he said "and then you get black" you should have just dropped him then if it was an issue.

ronnwinter said:

not when they own your ass

Tame said:

i don't think you are serious, i think you say this stuff just to get people upset right? God i hope you're not that nutty to actually believe this!

NastradumasKid said:

Yes once seriously. It was about how he brought Bria and her/his music to the world. It was a big disapointment. She deserved better and so did everyone else IMO. I don't think a man would have played along with it. I lost respect for both of them on that one.