purpledoveuk said:

Oh and nobody got anything for free...The Mirror put it's price up on Saturday... No doubt to cover Princes fees.

The Daily Mirror is 45p on weekdays and 65p on saturdays even before the prince giveaway cause you get a TV mag with it on saturdays.

Prince says what he wants - whenever he wants. He's a geniius. The point is: The album is fucking boss.

purpledoveuk said:

Do you think there's anything to be said for the choice of paper that he rejected the Internet for...hardly wholesome publication and I'm sure everything he stands against - gossip, chauvinism, lies...

Going from the Sunday Mail to the Mirror is a complete about turn. Politically they're poles apart.

I don't think he cares whilst he's sat in his bathtub full off cash.

purpledoveuk said:

Do you think there's anything to be said for the choice of paper that he rejected the Internet for...hardly wholesome publication and I'm sure everything he stands against - gossip, chauvinism, lies...

That seems to be an issue for the public mostly. It was simply a business deal not a lifetime contract.

purpledoveuk said:

As I've said before...perhaps we should remind Prince if his quote when he wants to top up his piggybank by touring again...let's see him sell tickets without the Internet. What he actually meant was, he found another way to line his pocket. Shame is, back in 1995 he embraced the Internet and said he aimed to give sway free music without the need for record labels...never did though did he?! It's bullshit that it's a stand against piracy...all he's really saying is "I've already been paid so it's no skin off my nose"... It has to be, as long as he is still releasing hardcopies they'll be distributed. Ironically digital downloads with keys will be the most anti- piracy. The irony - search Internet forums and you'll get the opinion Prince is now a shadow of his talent...therefore the Internet says Prince is over [Edited 7/11/10 12:21pm]

Forgive me, but I think you're doing exactly what Forbes is stating in this article...you didn't look hard at what he said. Did you really think that Prince meant that he was going to work for free, or that the music would be "free" for him to distribute as he pleases?? The fact that he embraced the internet to do so way back whehn proves that he was experimenting with different mediums for distribution.

Why should he get grief for "lining his pockets?"

HonestMan13 said:

purpledoveuk said:

Do you think there's anything to be said for the choice of paper that he rejected the Internet for...hardly wholesome publication and I'm sure everything he stands against - gossip, chauvinism, lies...

That seems to be an issue for the public mostly. It was simply a business deal not a lifetime contract.

i agree. its obvious his professional and personal integrity didnt play a part in this business deal.

robinhood said:

HonestMan13 said:

That seems to be an issue for the public mostly. It was simply a business deal not a lifetime contract.

i agree. its obvious his professional and personal integrity didnt play a part in this business deal.

He made music and wanted to release it. He found a method in which to do so. That's professional. If the buyer has issues with the paper the CD was being sold in then "don't buy it". There's no gun to anyone's head and Prince isn't asking anyone to compromise their beliefs. The choice is always the publics at the end of the day.

HonestMan13 said:

robinhood said:

i agree. its obvious his professional and personal integrity didnt play a part in this business deal.

He made music and wanted to release it. He found a method in which to do so. That's professional. If the buyer has issues with the paper the CD was being sold in then "don't buy it". There's no gun to anyone's head and Prince isn't asking anyone to compromise their beliefs. The choice is always the publics at the end of the day.

oh dont worry. i love sell-outs. i love when they spend their WHOLE CAREER spouting PRINCIPLES about LIFE then turn around and reneg on ALL of them in one fell swoop, just so they can get paid. i love it because it reveals the intentions they had all along, and how none of what they EVER sang about, meant anything to them at all, well, at least not as much as the MONEY. and thats ok with me.

robinhood said:

HonestMan13 said:

He made music and wanted to release it. He found a method in which to do so. That's professional. If the buyer has issues with the paper the CD was being sold in then "don't buy it". There's no gun to anyone's head and Prince isn't asking anyone to compromise their beliefs. The choice is always the publics at the end of the day.

oh dont worry. i love sell-outs. i love when they spend their WHOLE CAREER spouting PRINCIPLES about LIFE then turn around and reneg on ALL of them in one fell swoop, just so they can get paid. i love it because it reveals the intentions they had all along, and how none of what they EVER sang about, meant anything to them at all, well, at least not as much as the MONEY. and thats ok with me.

See you at the concert.

HonestMan13 said:

robinhood said:

oh dont worry. i love sell-outs. i love when they spend their WHOLE CAREER spouting PRINCIPLES about LIFE then turn around and reneg on ALL of them in one fell swoop, just so they can get paid. i love it because it reveals the intentions they had all along, and how none of what they EVER sang about, meant anything to them at all, well, at least not as much as the MONEY. and thats ok with me.

See you at the concert.

no you wont

This is a very nice article.

BlackandRising said:

so for prince's use the internet is dead. then he gives you a cd for the price of newspaper. but oh wait, he got paid for it.

wheres the problem people? quit your bitchin'

savagedreams said:

purpledoveuk said:

savagedreams said:

so for prince's use the internet is dead. then he gives you a cd for the price of newspaper. but oh wait, he got paid for it.

wheres the problem people? quit your bitchin'

Who's bitching?...I thought people were just saying how absurd his 'predictions' were. He wasn't, as far as I can tell, saying the Internet was old news just for him, he was saying it was obsolete like MTV. If he had said that it was a no longer viable means of distribution for because he had lost the trust of fans by not harnessing it correctly and causing not 1 but 2 train wreck with his pay-up-front schemes then that would make more sense. I guess I'm just ashamed I had to buy the mirror after all the damage that paper tried to do a few years back to shift copies. I don't know - he picks some odd deals...The Mail which is anti everything or a rag like the mirror which printed seriously damaging fake photos of 'troops' torturing 'iraqis'

This seems to be an issue for the public mostly. Prince simply made a business deal to distribute his music. He's not responsible for everything the paper has done or will do in the future.

he's directly responsible for associating himself with that newspaper, if that is what it is called.

HonestMan13 said:

whether we like it or not, Prince is smarter than pretty much all of us.

Don't know about you, but that's why I'm still here.

robinhood said:

he's directly responsible for associating himself with that newspaper, if that is what it is called.

He's not the owner, the editor or the reporter. You are directly responsible for buying if you choose to do so.

purpledoveuk said:

HonestMan13 said:

This seems to be an issue for the public mostly. Prince simply made a business deal to distribute his music. He's not responsible for everything the paper has done or will do in the future.

Prince sticks his beak into to everything and forces his opinion whether they are welcome or not...to think that the Mirror got under his radar is wishful thinking...if it was anybody else he say they'd sold their soul to the devil...he's got into bed with the very thing he'd usually despise/shouts against for a few bucks...prostitution

It didn't stop you from buying a copy. Did it? Only you can be responsible for what you do at the end of the day Prince isn't pulling your strings.

robinhood said:

HonestMan13 said:

He made music and wanted to release it. He found a method in which to do so. That's professional. If the buyer has issues with the paper the CD was being sold in then "don't buy it". There's no gun to anyone's head and Prince isn't asking anyone to compromise their beliefs. The choice is always the publics at the end of the day.

oh dont worry. i love sell-outs. i love when they spend their WHOLE CAREER spouting PRINCIPLES about LIFE then turn around and reneg on ALL of them in one fell swoop, just so they can get paid. i love it because it reveals the intentions they had all along, and how none of what they EVER sang about, meant anything to them at all, well, at least not as much as the MONEY. and thats ok with me.

Seriously? Prince "sold out" long ago and it remains his biggest, most blatantly commercial, and obvious grab for money ever. Or did you forget?

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"In man's decision 2 further separate from God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion. The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction."

robinhood said:

"In man's decision 2 further separate from God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion. The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction."

Somebody is really, really and maybe just a little bit . Do you need a ?

HonestMan13 said:

robinhood said:

"In man's decision 2 further separate from God, his re-creation of himself leaves him in a dysfunctional state of confusion. The mind becomes a burial ground 4 dead waste. Isolated from the wholeness of God, Earth and his fellow brothers and sisters, this man seeks solace in activities he thinks will stimulate his mind. He begins downloading in2 his brain a series of manmade creations designed 2 destroy it. All manmade creations originate from one of 2 sources: the Tree of Knowledge or the Tree of Life. One of these trees contained deadly fruit, the other - Fruit of Everlasting Life. The one who disregards this fact recreates himself and his kind in2 extinction."

Somebody is really, really and maybe just a little bit . Do you need a ?

a certain somebody might be both of the things you mention, and there's every chance he needs all the hugs he can get.

if his own words, written in the One Song introduction, are not the reflection he wants to see right now

then i guess the truth will bless him some other fine day, unless he's too busy counting money of course

HonestMan13 said:

abigail05 said:

whether we like it or not, Prince is smarter than pretty much all of us.

Speak for yourself.

That's like saying Prince is taller than pretty much all of us.

Patently untrue.

TheSkinMechanic said:

TheSkinMechanic said:

abigail05 said:

whether we like it or not, Prince is smarter than pretty much all of us.

Speak for yourself.

That's like saying Prince is taller than pretty much all of us.

Patently untrue.

It's infinitely debatable. In this case I meant that Prince seems to be able to play the Music Industry game better than anyone who's ever played.

And again, that's why I'm still here. Good music or bad, it never gets dull.

purpledoveuk said:

The irony - search Internet forums and you'll get the opinion Prince is now a shadow of his talent...therefore the Internet says Prince is over [Edited 7/11/10 12:21pm]

Yeah cause this faceless base driving the internet has 10+ successful/lucrative years under their belt of marketing?

I think I know whose opinion I value more.