errant said:

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The last time I looked it is April of 2010. The year is not even half over yet. You are going to look so stupid if P drops a big CD this year since you have called the whole year a wash-out.

laurarichardson said:

considering the issue is out this week and the performance is next week.... he definitely missed the cut-off for doing something noteworthy.

laurarichardson said:

wow. what do you mean "what legal trouble"? surely you're joking. he's been sued by and lost against a concert promoter and the youtube baby's mother. he's being sued by the recording engineer of his last album and the company that he did the 3121 perfume deal with. he's not paying his taxes. i know you know better. you're on all the threads about it. making you one of the 200 crazies. and the list was based on a public poll, each entrant being lobied for on various blogs and websites such as this.

Yay Prince! Congrats

Well done Prince and for those who voted for him!

For those who dispute Prince's place on the list, you might as well get over it already. It's a done deal.

Acrylic said:

I agree. Is it still "hating" if you genuinely don't like something or somebody.

violetblues said:

That same photo was used on some issues of the "21 nights in London" tickets. Like you said, great pic!

laurarichardson said:

I think overall people everywhere are waking up to what some Prince fans have known for lots of years. The legal stuff is a temporary glitch and is only one side of the coin. Once the coin flips everyone will be raving about the 'other side'
Show 'em Prince

errant said:

Prince gets kudos in a national prestegious magazine and some "fans" are unhappy with it. It boggles the mind.

tricky99 said:

I'm not unhappy. I just think it's bizarre that anyone would think there's a good reason for him to be in the Time 100 for 2010.

tricky99 said:

The lack of response on this story just goes to show how some go out of their way to celebrate the negative.

errant said:

Goes to show, people have different perspectives. Doesn't everyone tend to think that their own perspective is "right"?

I believe that Prince continues to be influential, not necess in the typical measurable ways (of sales, charts, etc.) but in terms of having pioneered an influential sound and energy that continues to reverberate in many artists today.

I do not think however that Usher was the best person to represent or articulate that influence. Most of the posters here on the ORG could have written a better essay than that.

I think one of the best peer-appreciation pieces I've seen about Prince was the one written by ?uestlove back during the Musicology era. It was informed, nuanced, measured, and convincing. Not only did ?uest show he knew Prince's material inside and out, but he wrote as one musician to another. P is a "musician's musician" he said, and he made the case quite well.

Usher's piece is ridiculously elementary and embarrassing.

errant said:

People took the time to vote for him and he made the list. Not that bizarre. So many people on here latch on to any negative publicity Prince gets and then get on their soapbox of how jacked up he is. It's about the music and that's all it should ever be about. Prince isn't a tabloid artist or a flash in the pan. This dude is still going strong after 30 years and showing no signs of calling it a day. That should be an "influence" to anyone picking up an instrument or writing a song today.

ernestsewell said:

Thus is the state of youth in America - more ignorant and uninformed than any generation before it. Prince is part of the last great society of artists, There are none better after his generation - unfortunately.

errant said:

linus4000 said:

I lost faith when that list included Robert Pattison

i don't think the list is about accomplishments THIS year. you can be extremely popular but NOT influential. P could make this list EVERY year. in the "artists" category, c'mon, when's the last time Elton John had a "hit record" and Ben Stiller doesn't have a "currently hot" movie out, so that criteria is out the window. P's influencing is undeniable and enduring. Most creative artists, young or old, cite him REGULARLY.

usher IS brain dead indeed tho.

errant said:

I agree, though perhaps you could look at it as what prince did 25 years ago is really influential to the performers of 2010.

So Prince & his current music may not be influential at this moment, but his overall influence is highly evident at this moment.

errant said:

Errant...Tell the truth...You enjoy this shit don't you?

It's still good to see him acknowledge in a major publication and nice pic of him too...regardless of who nominated him

SavonOsco said:

true...

Congrats, Prince.

The choice of Usher to write that piece is a bit of a head-scratcher, and he may not be the most articulate person around, but he has always respected his influences, so he's cool with me on that front.

errant said:

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I know how Time came up with the list but your acting as if it is your list.
Put down the bottle of haterade your drinking because it is clouding your thinking as far as legal trouble the

Baby suit was nothing. The woman gets to keep are dancing baby on YOUTUBE.
What legal trouble did this cause Prince since I believe it was Universal that wanted it taken down.

As far as the recording engineer, perfume company, and the promoter what makes you think they are not going to be settled or paid. What makes you think all artist don't have legal issues in the music business. Almost everyday we see some story on some artist on this board battling with some lable or dealing with some legal issue. I doubt P's recent problems are unique or the end of the world as we know it.

He is not in trouble for not paying his taxes. He is late paying his property taxes which according to the article posted on this board he has been late on before and he stated in an interview a few years ago that the property taxes were to high disputed them and had them lowered but don't let these facts make you think that you might not know what the fuck your talking about.

The only crazy on this board is you and I am not the only one to point it out.
You need to seriously get a life and stop worrying about the finacial demise of a person you don't know from adam.

murph said:

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Of course he enjoys he has nothing else to do.

Usher could've tried a little harder. And yeah, his inclusion is kinda weird.

but hey, 3 cheers 4 prince!

laurarichardson said:

and what else are you doing?

murph said:

enjoy what shit? talking about Prince? at the moment, yes, apparently. I'm here aren't I?

as for his troubles... no, I don't "enjoy" them per se, but there is a bit of him getting his comeuppance here.

errant said:

Bravo...Your slip is indeed showing....

How was he not #1? Shades of Joshua Tree winning over Sign O The Times again.