And..? Btw those racistic comments on that site are pretty awful

Wow. Just shows that some legends are not flattered by imitation.

On the JB, MJ, and Prince video it seemed that, when MJ was whispering to JB that Prince was in the house, JB didn't even seem to know who Prince was!

Finally, the Truth by way of 3rd hand information on a random blog.

Mars23 said:

James and Little Richard have been saying that for ages about people, yet all the people did was constantly pay homage to them, and take what they did and made it even better for a new generation. Someone will do the same w/ Prince's music in another 40 years.

ernestsewell said:

I hope you're not talking about Lady HoHo.

zaza said:

Bitch please. lol She wishes.

ernestsewell said:

I'm glad that someone hates her so much as I do.
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It doesn't make sense what JB was sayin', and i noticed this with that youtube vid of JB/MJ/Prince onstage together - JB seems to be really diggin' MJ (whom himself is a self confessed imitator of JB), but when Prince comes on stage JB seems to lose interest.

So my question is: What's the difference between MJ and P, that JB seems so in love with Michael but disses Prince?

My theory is that MJ was part to the establishment, even before Thriller he WAS the industry incarnate (What he did with the Jacksons, plus he was at Motown), he basically had a lot of backing, and JB liked to aligned himself with the bigwigs of the business - but Prince was a young buck (similar age the MJ, but hadn't had the 'grooming' since year one!), he was a maverick, an outsider who 'lucked' out in any peoples eyes - he didn't play the usual game of 'props n pounds'. so like Rick James, JB felt threatend by this 'new breed' of uber-star, who had come to knock them off there disco perches.

I'm rambling now, but i think i made my point - JB was either jealous or plain ignorant of P's talent ????




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I hope at last some one combines the moves of P, JB, and MJ.

Then we will have a PB and J with M and extra J.




or MJ BBQ sauce if done incorrectly.


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Not long before JB passed I remember one of his close friends, stating the JB wanted Prince and MJ to carry on the music, so what he said in the 80s about Prince, does not hold any weight compared to something more positive he said about Prince just before he passed. I wish I could find that article.
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Marvin Gaye said something similar about Prince.

Something about "I was the 1st Prince" or whatever.

It seems that Prince was a threat to a lot of these guys.

lotusflw3r said:

Wrong forum to discuss MJ. Sticky in the other forum ----->

lotusflw3r said:

Answer: Regarding stage performances at that time, Michael was doing the "Michael Jackson," while Prince was doing the "James Brown/Little Richard/Jimi Hendrix." And James maybe enjoyed Mike as a little boy imitating him, but not grown Prince I guess. Plus, Mike just danced like him sometimes. Prince danced, sang, yelled, had a horn section, and lead his band like James Brown.

(I'm sorry luv4u. Don't close the thread. )

Also, why would James Brown be "jealous?" There goes that overused word again, lol.

Who cares what JB had to say about Prince..he was not the most together person...BIG DRAMA he was...a mess. Addict, beat his wives/GFs always shooting off guns and shyt...WHO CARES...he was probably jealous of P juss like a lot of other idiots.again...WHO CARES WHAT JB thought of Prince?

WaterInYourBath said:

I don't know if James truly preferred Michael over Prince, but if that was the case, I doubt that it was based solely on talent. Being a muscician of James' caliber, he had to recognize what Prince was doing was pretty special. Just check out Miles Davis' autobiography when he talks about Michael Jackson and Prince.

xpertluva said:

Yeah, I agree with that. James probably acknowledged that Prince was composing great original music. But I guess he just didn't like watching Prince emulate him while performing.

zaza said:

Check her wiki page, a talented individual

Don't be hater, be an innovator

ernestsewell said:

She is better than Madge though and on many levels.

1. She can actually sing!
2. She writes her own music/lyrics.
3. She can actually be called a musician.

hollywooddove said:

What the fuck is in the middle of that sandwich!?

SPOOKYGAS said:

Lyrics: "po po po po po", "pa pa, pa pa razzi" and "ga ga ooh la la la"? How talented..

iloveannie said:

Bum juice

zaza said:

Who said she was talented?

SPOOKYGAS said:

Oh sorry, I was replying to PurpleMakaveli above you

James was an alpha male- and illiterate in some area's of his life, he was also a product of the deep south circa 1940's and 50's. He certainly didnt take a liking to this light skinned, pretty cat not only aping him live but being applauded as an innovator. The innovator/originator tag was very important to cats like JB, Little Richard and later Rick James, Prince threatened that more than any modern artist at that time. Mike was a showman and rooted in tradition because he came up with motown,James probably took a liking to old Joe as well, same kind of hard old school cats. Plus Mike came off as non threatening, where prince although androgynous gave off a controlling vibe- you knew he wanted to fuck your girl and would if you didnt check him lol.All James was doing was regulating, alpha males do it constantly because control is something they cant imagine giving up-saying Prince was a comer was probably a scary thing at a time when JB was dealing with becoming passe in music and aging as a man-remember there was no viagra then lol-being threatened by young lions is perfectly natural and alpha males turn it into a show.Look at prince! women stay the same age, constantly commenting on how he hasnt changed, preaching about real music to feel he's still got it- it's life.

zaza said:

ZA ZA ZAZA ZA

"Playing piano by ear from the age of 4, she went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open mike nights by age 14.[10] At age 17, she gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. There, she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion and socio-political order." Taken from her wiki page

I would say thats talented.....

PurpleMakaveli said:

I'm selfthaught on guitar, bass, drums and keyboards and I have no ancestors with any sense of music and nobody calls me talented. Her music is bland, the only thing she does is copying others etc. The reason why she is so popular is that she knows how to sell out herself. You know, those brand-name headphones in all of her videos, "scandals" etc., it's all just business. She does all the things that Madonna did. Just my opinion, we have to agree to disagree about her.

zaza said:

My dear Zaza, Lady CaCa is from your generation! You should like her, only old bags like me are allowed to despise Lady Caca and her associates.

1013Nightlife said:

I don't like current music, I'm more into music of 70's, 80's and early 90's. Those were the times when music was MUSIC.