Is Prince’s Purple Kingdom Crumbling?
Posted by The G on March 26, 2010 under GNN

Photo by G. Art by Mr. Brainwash



Prince's court cases are sounding like a broken record.



2010 is not Prince’s year. Here’s a brief summary of why it sucks to be Prince in 2010.

- Prince writes a fight song called Purple and Gold for the football team the Minnesota Vikings. The song is regarded by legions of die-hard fans as not just the worst Prince song ever written, but the worst song ever written by any artist.

- A baby wins a lawsuit against Prince. Last year, a mother posted a video of her baby dancing to the song Let’s Go Crazy on Youtube and Prince’s people sued for copyright infringement. He lost.

- Revelations Perfume & Cosmetics is about to sue Prince for not properly promoting his new fragrance 3121. It was recently ruled that the suit is legitimate and fraud charges against the singer are to be filed.

- A bootleg called Box O’ Chocolates containing some of Prince’s best loved unreleased songs leaks for free in near-perfect sound quality. The purple one has let these unreleased gems rot away in a vault instead of letting people hear them and now if he decides to dust off these tracks, his die-hard fans already have them in sound quality that is very close to an official release. All of the songs were recorded in the golden age of Prince during the period of 1984 - 1987. The tracks include Wonderful Ass, Girl O’ My Dreams, We Can Funk, A Place In Heaven, All Day, All Night, Data Bank, and Witness 4 The Prosecution.

- Prince’s short lived fan site Lotusflow3r is not continuing for a second year. Fans were charged $77 for a 1-year membership. It was rumored that 8 albums worth of unreleased material would be available for download on this site, rare videos would be offered and fans would get priority access to concert tickets. It turns out that Prince only played in Los Angeles, Monte Carlo, Minnesota and Paris during this time, so if you did not live or visit those cities, access to pre-sale concert tickets was for naught. The members received a free download of his triple album set that was for sale at Target for a much cheaper price of $11.99, a handful of streaming (and not downloadable videos) consisting primarily of videos that his die-hard fans have had for years, and a few (but not all of the members) received a free T-shirt. What fans also received was finding out exclusive Prince news on other sites long before he posted the information to paying customers.

- Prince gives a new song called Cause and Effect to a Minneapolis radio station. A 15-second teaser consisting of an electrifying guitar solo leaks a few days prior leaving fans totally disappointed when the rest of the song turns out to sound nothing like the teaser, but instead like a really bad cover version of a Prince song.

- Prince is forced to pay an Irish promoter nearly $3 million for canceling a 2008 concert in Ireland at the last minute after over 55,000 tickets had already been sold.

- Prince owes the state of Minnesota a figure somewhere between $200,00 and $400,000 in unpaid property taxes and authorities are reporting this is not the first time they’ve had to chase Prince for the money.

According2g, here’s what Prince should do:

- Treat your fans better. In the digital age, even legends are quickly forgotten.

- Before you record another note, go back and listen to some of your old stuff to remember what it sounds like to make an amazing track.

- Quit suing fans. It just makes you look like an asshole.

- Pay your taxes.

- Release some live DVDs from past tours to appease die-hard fans and introduce your wonderful world to legions of new fans.

- Dust off some of the stuff in your legendary vault. What is the point of recording a song a day for the last 30 years if nobody is going to be able to hear any of it?

- Do not succumb to peer pressure and work with it producers, though a duet every now and again might be fun.

- Follow through with the promises you make. Your word is the law. If you can’t deliver the content, why bother teasing fans?

- Read According2g.com every day (just thought I’d throw that one in for good measure).

Come back Prince, music needs you!!!

The link: http://according2g.com/20...crumbling/


My favorite quote from this article, "Quit suing fans. It just makes you look like an asshole."

According2g, here’s what Prince should do:

- Treat your fans better. In the digital age, even legends are quickly forgotten.

- Before you record another note, go back and listen to some of your old stuff to remember what it sounds like to make an amazing track.

- Quit suing fans. It just makes you look like an asshole.

- Pay your taxes.

- Release some live DVDs from past tours to appease die-hard fans and introduce your wonderful world to legions of new fans.

- Dust off some of the stuff in your legendary vault. What is the point of recording a song a day for the last 30 years if nobody is going to be able to hear any of it?

- Do not succumb to peer pressure and work with it producers, though a duet every now and again might be fun.

- Follow through with the promises you make. Your word is the law. If you can’t deliver the content, why bother teasing fans?

- Read According2g.com every day (just thought I’d throw that one in for good measure).

Come back Prince, music needs you!!!



[Edited 3/27/10 7:14am]

prb said:

psychodelicide said:

i just edited it out

prb said:

prb said:

Agreed, but how much do you want to bet that Prince won't do those things? He likes to do things his way and his way only. I doubt it that Prince will wake up, he seems to think he can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't care if he pisses his fans off or not. Sad.
[Edited 3/27/10 7:20am]

psychodelicide said:

To paraphrase some lines from PR

Prince: Why wont you let me come up with my own moves

Tax Collectors/courts/fans : we've tried it your way, remember?!?

prb said:

To paraphrase someone else:

Now what would be his MAIN problem?

Anybody?

udo said:

Love Prince like hell, but this is 'it' in a nutshell:

According2g, here’s what Prince should do:

- Treat your fans better. In the digital age, even legends are quickly forgotten.

- Before you record another note, go back and listen to some of your old stuff to remember what it sounds like to make an amazing track.

- Quit suing fans. It just makes you look like an asshole.

- Pay your taxes.

- Release some live DVDs from past tours to appease die-hard fans and introduce your wonderful world to legions of new fans.

- Dust off some of the stuff in your legendary vault. What is the point of recording a song a day for the last 30 years if nobody is going to be able to hear any of it?

- Do not succumb to peer pressure and work with it producers, though a duet every now and again might be fun.

- Follow through with the promises you make. Your word is the law. If you can’t deliver the content, why bother teasing fans?

- Read According2g.com every day (just thought I’d throw that one in for good measure).

Come back Prince, music needs you!!!


If he followed that business plan, not only would he please the fans but I imagine life would be a lot less stressful for him.

However, I do think 'Purple & Gold' was a throwaway Anthem and I liked 'Cause & Effect'.

thanks for this info:

Box O’ Chocolates

didnt know anything about it ... will check it out now

Prince needs a hug. And a slap. And then another hug.

trickster said:

What?!

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[Edited 3/27/10 8:05am]

trickster said:

FBG29

trickster said:

It's been all over the Org for the past couple of weeks.

yeah, just release stuff u asshole

The original post is spot on. I put it on my Prince blog.

It really sums up everything all of us have said for months (even years) on here about any particular issue.

udo said:

HIMSELF

squirrelgrease said:

*Tough love*

vitriol said:

Agreed.

Sticky!

This seems to express what everyone is thinking and no one is saying!

- Treat your fans better. In the digital age, even legends are quickly forgotten

Prince is incapable of treating anyone with respect so the fans are no different.

Before you record another note, go back and listen to some of your old stuff to remember what it sounds like to make an amazing track.

Been there done that. He can't make magic without the old band.

Quit suing fans. It just makes you look like an asshole.
Prince is an asshole period. The suing fans thing is just in his nature.

Pay your taxes.
Prince doesn't pay anyone anything until he absolutely has too. Taxman be no different. And from a musical perspective who cares?

Release some live DVDs from past tours to appease die-hard fans and introduce your wonderful world to legions of new fans.
He'd just fuck this up, with edits and overdubs. Bootleggers already released the good stuff anyway.


Dust off some of the stuff in your legendary vault. What is the point of recording a song a day for the last 30 years if nobody is going to be able to hear any of it?
Ain't shit in there, really. Just a lot of hype.

Do not succumb to peer pressure and work with it producers, though a duet every now and again might be fun.
Sorry, but this idea may actually work, since Prince needs other people to vibe off of. He's proven working with no-name musicians has not worked since The Revolution.

Follow through with the promises you make. Your word is the law. If you can’t deliver the content, why bother teasing fans?
Again it's in his nature to fuck things up.

prb said:

I'd go for all of that.

And there most certainly are gems in that vault. I've heard enough shite sounding bootlegs and concerts to identify that. There's probably tons of shit in there we haven't even heard about.

As for the Revolution I disagree they are the 'ultimate' Prince band or the peak of his creativity. Prince released solid material before, during and after them. 'Lovesexy' would be one pertinent example, as with some (I know not all) of the songs on 'Sign of the Times'.

psychodelicide said:

WOW!!!!

Thanks for posting this articile, Psychodelicide @)--}-----

I pray Prince gets out of his own way. So that the rest of the excellent music within him can come to fruition. There are new fans to be made.

As a fan of most of his music & his adorable sexy looks, I am satisfied with my personal Prince collection. I don't have to purchase anything else.

It's the man, I'm concerned about. (I'd feel this for anyone.) The bad press, law suits, dissatified customers, unpaid taxes. He's lead himself to, can't be good for his soul. I say he, because it's in his control whom he hires & fires.

If Prince never steps on another stage, I know this is truth. He will continue to create music. It is who he was made to be and chose to be. A musician.

I wish him wisdom.

*B1130 proceeds to step down from, the concrete block. 'Cause a soap crate would break, Orgssss. *

That right there would be enough for me.

And get rid of your YES men

Boriqua1130 said:

udo said:

He has intimacy problems.
Deep down he is not secure which is why these kind of people "need" Yes men.
He's famous. Yes I think being famous is problematic. It creates an illusion that anyone would find hard to live in.