Brofie said:

TheRIP said:

It's obviously worth something for you to spend your time to post on it.

No - that's not how it works. Semantics like that are for those who do not think.

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That IS how it works. You continue to spend your time on this thread, so it does have some value to you.

NouveauDance said:

I'd make him even shorter, with an even bigger Napoleon complex.

hahahaha!!!

1960PurpleRain said:

NouveauDance said:

I'd make him even shorter, with an even bigger Napoleon complex.

hahahaha!!!

God help us!

TheRIP said:

This thread is for those who dislike most of what Prince has done over the last 10-15 years. I have to say that cuz I expect a lot of "I wouldn't change anything. He's perfect the way he is. It's his journey" comments.

Having said that, if Prince were like a computer and you could program him in a way that would make him interesting to you again, what would you do?

Interesting ... I have no problem with P's music or the direction of his career. The one thing I miss is the NPG Music Club, I'd bring that back. Otherwise, I'm cool ...

The only thing I would change if given the opportunity is that I would rip the church out of his head. the rest will correct itself from there.

PurpleLove7 said:

TheRIP said:

This thread is for those who dislike most of what Prince has done over the last 10-15 years. I have to say that cuz I expect a lot of "I wouldn't change anything. He's perfect the way he is. It's his journey" comments.

Having said that, if Prince were like a computer and you could program him in a way that would make him interesting to you again, what would you do?

Interesting ... I have no problem with P's music or the direction of his career. The one thing I miss is the NPG Music Club, I'd bring that back. Otherwise, I'm cool ...

What's interesting is that if Prince really cared about giving music to his fans, he could have an amazing website that provided that properly.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

The only thing I would change if given the opportunity is that I would rip the church out of his head. the rest will correct itself from there.

That's true. The JW has altered too many aspects of his life.

Hmmmmm....idk. Prince is not the kind of artist who makes himself accessible to people. I don't know much about him as a person to really suggest anything I'd like to change or keep the same. His stage persona is the only one I know. And I have no issues with it. He's an entertainer/musician. You either love him or hate him.

As far as change goes, to see change in someone, they have to start with themselves.

Maybe you should ask Prince this question.

tricky99 said:

This thread represents everything that is wrong with u as a fan and many others. It shows a lack of reality and maturity. Prince will be who ever he needs to be. Just as hopefully u are self-actualized. he is not a puppet created for our amusement. Maybe if u appreciated him as a human being instead of as a toy for your self-involved pleasure u would learn something.

Especially with the ...."reprogram like a computer"....

Wow, again with the meanness? WHY?

Some of you are real assholes. As if you didn't comtemplate as least once in your life something you wish was different about Prince. (Or any other person for that matter -- whether it's someone you know or don't know. For instance, I wish Michael Jackson didn't get all that plastic surgery [thats something I'm sure all of you can agree with me on], I wish Mr Brady down the street wouldn't drink so much, etc)

For me, I wish he'd let people in more. I wish he was more outgoing and not so serious all the time. He has a good sense of humor and he can be really funny sometimes -- I wish we could see this side of him more often.

And I wish he wasn't a Jehova's Witness. Call it what you want, but we can all see the restrictions it's imposing on him (although I'm not saying he should be Godless).

I wish he went back to his long, sexy hair.

And yeah, one more thing. Blow it out your asses. If you don't think a thread is worthwhile, don't click on it. It's that simple.

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SherryJackson said:

Hmmmmm....idk. Prince is not the kind of artist who makes himself accessible to people. I don't know much about him as a person to really suggest anything I'd like to change or keep the same. His stage persona is the only one I know. And I have no issues with it. He's an entertainer/musician. You either love him or hate him.

As far as change goes, to see change in someone, they have to start with themselves.

Maybe you should ask Prince this question.

I'd love to. Get his ass in here!

Astasheiks said:

tricky99 said:

This thread represents everything that is wrong with u as a fan and many others. It shows a lack of reality and maturity. Prince will be who ever he needs to be. Just as hopefully u are self-actualized. he is not a puppet created for our amusement. Maybe if u appreciated him as a human being instead of as a toy for your self-involved pleasure u would learn something.

Especially with the ...."reprogram like a computer"....

"Poor lonely computer, it's time someone programmed you..."

2Naby7 said:

Wow, again with the meanness? WHY?

Some of you are real assholes. As if you didn't comtemplate as least once in your life something you wish was different about Prince. (Or any other person for that matter -- whether it's someone you know or don't know. For instance, I wish Michael Jackson didn't get all that plastic surgery [thats something I'm sure all of you can agree with me on], I wish Mr Brady down the street wouldn't drink so much, etc)

For me, I wish he'd let people in more. I wish he was more outgoing and not so serious all the time. He has a good sense of humor and he can be really funny sometimes -- I wish we could see this side of him more often.

And I wish he wasn't a Jehova's Witness. Call it what you want, but we can all see the restrictions it's imposing on him (although I'm not saying he should be Godless).

I wish he went back to his long, sexy hair.

And yeah, one more thing. Blow it out your asses. If you don't think a thread is worthwhile, don't click on it. It's that simple.

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NICE!!!

TheRIP said:

This thread is for those who dislike most of what Prince has done over the last 10-15 years. I have to say that cuz I expect a lot of "I wouldn't change anything. He's perfect the way he is. It's his journey" comments.

Having said that, if Prince were like a computer and you could program him in a way that would make him interesting to you again, what would you do?

RECOGNITIONS

as hard as it may be for some to believe...i wouldn't change nothing. your experiences make you who you are.

maria1999 said:

as hard as it may be for some to believe...i wouldn't change nothing. your experiences make you who you are.

"wouldn't change nothing" is a double negative, so you WOULD change something.

What would it be?

I don't want to change anything about him. I want him go about doing exactly what he wants to do even if it means him selling out to today's sound, which I've seen him doing in particular songs on the last few albums. People have to make their own mistakes and sometimes you have to just step back and give people enough rope to hang themselves.

Instead of bitching about your favorite artist's music, the best way to fix them is to simply not buy their next album until you hear samples first. If you don't like what you hear, don't buy it and the artist has made less money. If you buy it first without hearing it, then get it home and hate what you hear, the artist has already made their money and can shit on you again in the future. When they stop having the safety net of sales coming in from their longtime fans, then they'll see just how many of today's listeners really like them and stop making music to appeal to them. As long as you buy the music and bitch later, it does no good. Hit the artist in the pocketbook and they'll either shape up or ship out.

Prince has been spoiled. Other older artists like The Barkays don't have a large loyal fanbase that buys every album the day it is released without hearing it first. When they sellout, they are doing it out of desperation. When Prince sells out, he's doing it out of greed. If his longtime fans stop enabling him to sellout, he couldn't stand living off the little small sales he would get from strictly the newcomers he's been trying to attract with some of his sellout efforts. Hell, Prince is an easy one to fix but his fans are too much of completists that have to have each and every little thing he records.

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vainandy said:

I don't want to change anything about him. I want him go about doing exactly what he wants to do even if it means him selling out to today's sound, which I've seen him doing in particular songs on the last few albums. People have to make their own mistakes and sometimes you have to just step back and give people enough rope to hang themselves.

Instead of bitching about your favorite artist's music, the best way to fix them is to simply not buy their next album until you hear samples first. If you don't like what you hear, don't buy it and the artist has made less money. If you buy it first without hearing it, then get it home and hate what you hear, the artist has already made their money and can shit on you again in the future. When they stop having the safety net of sales coming in from their longtime fans, then they'll see just how many of today's listeners really like them and stop making music to appeal to them. As long as you buy the music and bitch later, it does no good. Hit the artist in the pocketbook and they'll either shape up or ship out.

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Agreed.

Though I think Prince is so rich now, he couldn't care less if he sells a single album. I haven't bought one in 12 years, but his hardcore fans will buy every turd he drops.

TheRIP said:

vainandy said:

I don't want to change anything about him. I want him go about doing exactly what he wants to do even if it means him selling out to today's sound, which I've seen him doing in particular songs on the last few albums. People have to make their own mistakes and sometimes you have to just step back and give people enough rope to hang themselves.

Instead of bitching about your favorite artist's music, the best way to fix them is to simply not buy their next album until you hear samples first. If you don't like what you hear, don't buy it and the artist has made less money. If you buy it first without hearing it, then get it home and hate what you hear, the artist has already made their money and can shit on you again in the future. When they stop having the safety net of sales coming in from their longtime fans, then they'll see just how many of today's listeners really like them and stop making music to appeal to them. As long as you buy the music and bitch later, it does no good. Hit the artist in the pocketbook and they'll either shape up or ship out.

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Agreed.

Though I think Prince is so rich now, he couldn't care less if he sells a single album. I haven't bought one in 12 years, but his hardcore fans will buy every turd he drops.

I've noticed he's been playing both ends of the stick. Don't bitch about the state of today's music and then turn around and put tracks on your album that sound like the music you're bitching about. That's not helping to solve the problem, that's contributing to it.

I've bought every single album the day of it's release also but I'm not this time. I'm going to hear samples of it first. If I hear sellout shit on it, I'm going to leave it right in the record store. If I hear a track that is just soooo funky that I've got to have it but there's sellout shit on the album also, I'll get a friend to make a copy of that particular song for me and the album after that, I may buy and make copies of just the songs my friend wants for him. See, I'm at the point now that I'm sick of skipping tracks. I don't even want sellout songs in my collection especially coming from an artist that bitches about the state of today's music himself.

vainandy said:

TheRIP said:

Agreed.

Though I think Prince is so rich now, he couldn't care less if he sells a single album. I haven't bought one in 12 years, but his hardcore fans will buy every turd he drops.

I've noticed he's been playing both ends of the stick. Don't bitch about the state of today's music and then turn around and put tracks on your album that sound like the music you're bitching about. That's not helping to solve the problem, that's contributing to it.

I've bought every single album the day of it's release also but I'm not this time. I'm going to hear samples of it first. If I hear sellout shit on it, I'm going to leave it right in the record store. If I hear a track that is just soooo funky that I've got to have it but there's sellout shit on the album also, I'll get a friend to make a copy of that particular song for me and the album after that, I may buy and make copies of just the songs my friend wants for him. See, I'm at the point now that I'm sick of skipping tracks. I don't even want sellout songs in my collection especially coming from an artist that bitches about the state of today's music himself.

I just got tired of wasting money and skipping every track. If he puts out a song I really dig, I'll iTunes that muthafucka.

Wouldn't change anything love him as he is.

malbena said:

Wouldn't change anything love him as he is.

Then why post here?

TheRIP said:

vainandy said:

I've noticed he's been playing both ends of the stick. Don't bitch about the state of today's music and then turn around and put tracks on your album that sound like the music you're bitching about. That's not helping to solve the problem, that's contributing to it.

I've bought every single album the day of it's release also but I'm not this time. I'm going to hear samples of it first. If I hear sellout shit on it, I'm going to leave it right in the record store. If I hear a track that is just soooo funky that I've got to have it but there's sellout shit on the album also, I'll get a friend to make a copy of that particular song for me and the album after that, I may buy and make copies of just the songs my friend wants for him. See, I'm at the point now that I'm sick of skipping tracks. I don't even want sellout songs in my collection especially coming from an artist that bitches about the state of today's music himself.

I just got tired of wasting money and skipping every track. If he puts out a song I really dig, I'll iTunes that muthafucka.

There have been tracks like "Incense and Candles", "Mr. Goodnight", etc. that I would have liked to ram up his ass sideways, but overlooking those, I have basically liked the majority of the rest of the songs on the albums. No, the albums weren't the Prince I knew, loved, and grew up with, but I still liked most of the songs.

The last straw was when he promoted an album such as "MPLShit" as a return to his old sound and then getting it home to find that the only thing resembling the old sound is the presence of the Linn drum machine on every track but the album was recorded in a style that would attempt to fit in with today's radio format and contained shit hop slang all over the album. That was deliberately going after fans in my age group that may have left him in the mid 1980s or early 1990s and trying to mislead them into buying the album thinking they were going to get what they were wanting, the "Old Prince". At the same time, trying to gain some of today's listeners with that bullshit sound that they like. Well, most folks from my age group don't want to hear today's style of bullshit and definately don't want to be tricked into buying it thinking we're going to get some jams. He did a lot of tricks in the mid 1980s after "Purple Rain" for sales from his old fans. They may have been tricks but they did expose me to some great styles of music that I normally wouldn't have listened to in those days. However, I don't tolerate shit hop in any form and don't want to be exposed to it at all, let alone be tricked into buying it. I don't want my money contributing to the problem that is shit hop.

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TheRIP said:

malbena said:

Wouldn't change anything love him as he is.

Then why post here?

Is this thread strictly for those who would absolutely change Prince? I just want to state that noone should change people but accept them for who they are.

I would make him perform "I'm Yours" at every show. This song deserves more live performance...

TheRIP said:

vainandy said:

I don't want to change anything about him. I want him go about doing exactly what he wants to do even if it means him selling out to today's sound, which I've seen him doing in particular songs on the last few albums. People have to make their own mistakes and sometimes you have to just step back and give people enough rope to hang themselves.

Instead of bitching about your favorite artist's music, the best way to fix them is to simply not buy their next album until you hear samples first. If you don't like what you hear, don't buy it and the artist has made less money. If you buy it first without hearing it, then get it home and hate what you hear, the artist has already made their money and can shit on you again in the future. When they stop having the safety net of sales coming in from their longtime fans, then they'll see just how many of today's listeners really like them and stop making music to appeal to them. As long as you buy the music and bitch later, it does no good. Hit the artist in the pocketbook and they'll either shape up or ship out.

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Agreed.

Though I think Prince is so rich now, he couldn't care less if he sells a single album. I haven't bought one in 12 years, but his hardcore fans will buy every turd he drops.

He has to care at least a little, or else he would not be releasing albums. If nothing else, he has to prove to distributors of future albums that people still buy his stuff.

"if you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at your self and make a change"

I would unzip his trousers and take them off, then slide off his undies and rip off his shirt…that’s the only way I would change him!

This is for all the fans on here who think Prince is omnipotent and infalliable. I can tell you right now that you dont love Prince. A parent always wants their child to do better or anybody in your family that you want to do better, you tell them. Prince is not an alien from some superior race sent here to Earth to be our lord and savior. He is a human being with flaws and there is nothing wrong with his fans pointing that out. I get so sick and tired of people on here saying you cant criticize Prince. You criticize your child or your spouse, the people that you love the most. It is such a joke to see people one here say they dont see anything wrong with Prince's music nowadays. I would ask those same people, back in the 80's how would you have like it if Prince would have released Planet Earth instead of 1999? Prince's music is a joke now. It is even worst than the popular garbarge that is on the radio now. Music in general is on a downfall. But I blame Prince's downfall on him becoming a JW. He is totally consumed with it. I remember like 7 years ago I saw Prince on some show with cult leader Larry Graham telling people that Jesus died on a pole instead of a cross. I remember thinking has it really come to this? And cult leader Larry Graham was like, thats right, amen!!! I dont care what Jesus died on. It is the message of love that Jesus taught that is important. Dont worship the cross or the pole, worship the message. Cult leader Larry Graham has totally brainwashed Prince because although Prince is a musical genius, he is weak minded. And this saddens me that Prince is throwing is soul away to cult leader Larry Graham, throwing his soul away to a religion that in 1914 and then in 1925 said the world was coming to an end. It would just be easier if Prince were an alcoholic.