NONSENSE said:

Actually, I thought the American Idol performance was awful

His voice isn't stellar to begin with (albeit it's unique and he knows how to use it), but compared to some of the voices in the competition, it just doesn't cut it. Prince's strength is in the 'performance' and that's where he shines. And the performances was only so-so, combined with a so-so voice, it ended up just looking pompus. I'm glad Simon said what he said about Prince's behavior--it was rather unprofessional, and Simon was in the 'right' to say it. And I don't even watch the show myself.

TheVoid said:

What did Simon say about Prince's behavior??

(D')

SUPRMAN said:

(My New Year's resolution was to engage in meaningless debates--until the beginning of the next decade...which of course would be January 1, 2011.)

Nobody was saying we started using the current system in 1 A.D. Just that, regardless of the when the current calendar was "adopted," this year is 2010 A.D., and the "first" year A.D. (the first year after "B.C.") is "1," not "0"...

(From the same wikipedia page about the calendar:

[edit] English names for year numbering system
Main article: Anno Domini
The Anno Domini (Latin for "in the year of the/our Lord") system of numbering years, in which the leap year rules are written, and which is generally used together with the Gregorian calendar, is also known in English as the Common Era or Christian Era. Years before the beginning of the era are known in English as Before Christ, Before the Common Era, or Before the Christian Era. The corresponding abbreviations AD, CE, BC, and BCE are used. There is no year 0; AD 1 immediately follows 1 BC.) END QUOTE

Of course that doesn't mean there have only been around 2000 years of our existence, but I assume when we refer to the "new decade," we are referring to the next block of 10 years. And yes, we are arbitrarily starting those blocks of 10 years at the "beginning of A.D."...but that beginning is "1" and not "0" (as is stated on the wikipedia page). Who knows...if we started the blocks of 10 years from the actual beginning of time (if there is one), the new decade could be starting in the middle of a month in 2013.

Simply stated (or not so simply stated), the "second ten years of the 2000s" started today. But the next "decade" (as counted from an arbitrarily stated beginning point of the birth of Christ) begins in 2011.

you forgot a "0" behind that 5!

1. Lotusflow3r membership
2. Youtube
3. No Montreux DVD
4. No tour
5. Bria

oh, and can i add the ultimately bad spelling? no one needed a bunch of people substituting E with 3 as well as you/u, are/r, be/b, etc.

Also, him spelling stuff like a mentally challenged person

1. the part where he didn't make much interesting music
2. the part where he didn't make many (or any) good decisions
3. the part where he was really boring
4. the part where he annoyed the fuck out of me
5. the part where he didn't clean his vagine

djenerate said:

Simon called Prince out on the fact that he didn't confirm that he was going to perform (the hosts at American Idol literally didn't know if he was going to show up or not and they were going to conclude the show without him). Moreover, he didn't bother to do any mentoring or performances with the actual contestants which was customary. He essentially used to the platform as a promotional tool (which by the way did NOT boost record sales ), and immediate exited stage left afterwards.
Simon found the behavior unprofessional and said as much.
His word's were not terribly acidic, but still got the point accross: http://www.contactmusic.c...30_05_2006


It didn't help that the performance wasn't very good.

TheVoid said:

Ah I see... Mind you, I'm glad he didn't do any of the customary stuff! I would have been really disappointed if he had. It'd be a little bit like him participating in celebrity big brother. But then I don't think he should have stepped foot near american idol full-stop!

(D')

1. Remaining in the Jehovah Witness cult

2. The Rainbow children album

3. Lotusflow3r site debacle

4. Underwhelming proteges like Tamar and Bria

5. The 21 nights debacle (I mean come on, the book was UTCM as a book)

i love how that 4th picture wasnt edited at all :]]

Goodish things he did this "decade"?

1. Musicology CD and tour

2. DVD of his live performance at the Aladdin

3. Deciding to stay in Minnesota

4. Beautiful, Loved, and Blessed (sad that its actually by Tamar..featuring Prince)

5. 3121 perfume line (smells pretty good to me)
[Edited 1/2/10 8:49am]

1. Expecting the best Prince album since the 1978-1984 period, and then getting "MPLShit" home and hearing current influenced sellout shit hop bullshit.

2. Mr. Goodnight

3. Incense and Candles

4. Illusion, Pimp, Circumstance, and Bullshit

5. Life Of The Party

And anything else I may have missed that resembles shit hop or current music even in the slightest.

the lotusflow3r scam was a dispicable thing to do to his fans but the rest of the decade was bloody perfect