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Thread started 10/02/09 11:51am

lightday

PRINCE GOES OFF TOPIC ON 2ND TAVIS SMILEY INTERVIEW

I know that this is old, but does anybody remember when Tavis asked Prince about his struggle with Warner Bros. and Prince said something about "God Talk" and then he went on to say that sooner or later people will start looking up the DNA and the Human Genome. WHAT IN THE HELL DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR ISSUES WITH WARNER BROTHERS? I STILL LOVE YOU BUT C'MON!!!! neutral neutral neutral
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Reply #1 posted 10/02/09 12:27pm

JayJai

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lightday said:

I know that this is old, but does anybody remember when Tavis asked Prince about his struggle with Warner Bros. and Prince said something about "God Talk" and then he went on to say that sooner or later people will start looking up the DNA and the Human Genome. WHAT IN THE HELL DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR ISSUES WITH WARNER BROTHERS? I STILL LOVE YOU BUT C'MON!!!! neutral neutral neutral
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Watvh the 1998 interview with Tavis...Prince breaks it down then better than he did on the 2nd one.
I swear the words "HATER" is wayyy over-rated...smh
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Reply #2 posted 10/02/09 12:29pm

zaza

...It's just around the corner...
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Reply #3 posted 10/02/09 3:54pm

Dayclear

It's called "Prince speak" and he does that all the time. lol
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Reply #4 posted 10/02/09 3:58pm

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my dad ate beans in the war!
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Reply #5 posted 10/02/09 4:18pm

nurseV

Never heard the whole interview-got distracted by his suit and shoes-that man is fine lol
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Reply #6 posted 10/02/09 5:34pm

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Dayclear said:

It's called "Prince speak" and he does that all the time. lol

being a gemini myself it's the inner twin. the "Prince speak" is a defense mechanism to give an answer without really giving an answer. to change the subject without appearing rude.
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Reply #7 posted 10/02/09 5:57pm

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Reply #8 posted 10/02/09 6:27pm

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Yeah, he kind of went off topic, but I could see where he was going with it...

Basically his main beef with WB was over the 'ownership' of the master recordings. Sure, Prince made money off these albums back in the day, and would still be recieving royalties for them today, but it pails in comparrison to what the label stand to make in the long term because they own the copyright of that recording. They can do what they want with it - put it on compilations, use it to promote other stuff etc. in (almost) any way they want.

It's similar to what's happening in medical science at the moment...

There's a huge debate going on right now about whether or not one should be allowed to 'patent' (own) specific gene codes when it comes to finding cures for cancers and what not. Who has the right to be able to 'own' certain physical attributes etc...

So yeah, he didn't really link it too well, but I think that's where he was going with the "God talk".
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Reply #9 posted 10/02/09 11:55pm

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toejam said:

So yeah, he didn't really link it too well, but I think that's where he was going with the "God talk".

I agree ... I'm sure he was trying to suggest an analogy with the genome ownership debate
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Reply #10 posted 10/03/09 12:26am

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nurseV said:

Never heard the whole interview-got distracted by his suit and shoes-that man is fine lol


Yeah, I can see where you come from...wink

That's why they have a TRANSCRIPT on the PBS site, so you and everyone else can can focus on the interview, without any... distractions... lol

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/t...rince.html
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Reply #11 posted 10/03/09 12:57am

zaza

porfyrivrohi said:

nurseV said:

Never heard the whole interview-got distracted by his suit and shoes-that man is fine lol


Yeah, I can see where you come from...wink

That's why they have a TRANSCRIPT on the PBS site, so you and everyone else can can focus on the interview, without any... distractions... lol

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/t...rince.html
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Reply #12 posted 10/03/09 1:29am

LaAmi

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off topic? I think he's off this world 4 long time. Planet earth...where? biggrin
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