... from your point of view, what would Prince need to do to 'recapture' the magic? [img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif[/img:$uid]

I on the other hand believe there's nothing he needs to do. Every album that is released I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to the next one.

PurpleLove7 said:

I on the other hand believe there's nothing he needs to do. Every album that is released I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to the next one.

Same.

-Release a great album for the first time since TRC

-Dump the girls

-Forget about so many hits so little time

-Play real gems at aftershows

I should add 'not being a pr*ck', but I'm afraid that is asking too much from Prince.

Prince should get along with Warner Bros. and re-release the old WB albums, re-mastered with ext. versions and B-sides, and bonus dvd's also....

Otherwise he is doing fine. 20Ten is ok, about 7 or 8 /10 imo....

I don't expect Prince to release another masterpiece,

He does not own the energy and magic anymore.

vitriol said:

-Release a great album for the first time since TRC

-Dump the girls

-Forget about so many hits so little time

-Play real gems at aftershows

** I should add 'not being a pr*ck', but I'm afraid that is asking too much from Prince. **

& you know Prince personally to say this viriol? [img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif[/img:$uid]

No, but I read virtually anything which has been written about him.

And I know how he behaves unto fans, bandmates, collaborators, suppliers, concert promoters...

shall I go on...?

PurpleLove7 said:

... from your point of view, what would Prince need to do to 'recapture' the magic? [img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif[/img:$uid]

I on the other hand believe there's nothing he needs to do. Every album that is released I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to the next one.

You keep asking but no means no!

vitriol said:

No, but I read virtually anything which has been written about him.

And I know how he behaves unto fans, bandmates, collaborators, suppliers, concert promoters...

shall I go on...?

That's cool V ... I met my man back in 3121 Las Vegas and he was cool. Didn't say more then 4 words to me but, I enjoyed the fact that he took time out after he performed to shake my hand and give me the time of day ...

For me he could start playing more of the new stuff live and having a belief in it, and less of the greatest hits all the time. I dunno, he seems to enjoy playing em but how can you keep fresh, alive and happening if ur playing the some songs god knows how many times a day (rehearsal, soundcheck, gig, aftershow)...think I'd want to kill myself! The dude is still magic - just needs to challenge himself and his audiences a bit more. Maybe an album of collaborations? That's my threepenneth off the top of me head and all that.

Peace

Mikey

thedance said:

Prince should get along with Warner Bros. and re-release the old WB albums, re-mastered with ext. versions and B-sides, and bonus dvd's also....

Otherwise he is doing fine. 20Ten is ok, about 7 or 8 /10 imo....

I don't expect Prince to release another masterpiece,

He does not own the energy and magic anymore.

Well said,

if someone in the 80's would have asked what I would expect from Prince in 2010

I would have answered; "nothing, because I don't think he will be making music in 2010"

And I really think his music is much better/or at least as good than other 50+ year old artists who still are around.

He should embrace his gay icon status. Oh, and apologize to the Vikings and his fans for Purple And Gold - the song that made Brett Favre so crazy, he started sticking his grey-pubed dick out for no apparent reason.

squirrelgrease said:

He should embrace his gay icon status. Oh, and apologize to the Vikings and his fans for Purple And Gold - the song that made Brett Favre so crazy, he started sticking his grey-pubed dick out for no apparent reason.

DAMN Squirrel !!!

LoL ...

SERIOUSLY ...

What do you think P could do where you'd sit back and say 'Ah, that's the OLD Prince I know' ...[img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif[/img:$uid]

Frankly, it seems highly unlikely that he will ever get to that magic point again. The man lives a pretty secluded life as a superstar, surrounded by yes-men and devoted to a very questionable belief (to say the least). He might be very comfy in all that, which is fine by me, but it does seriously diminish the odds of him dipping into the pool of feelings and life that any of us can relate to, and poor it into a lyric. Seriously, how many people did he think would relate to his troubles with the record business???

I have the impression he doesn't feel the need to "talk" about much anymore and just chooses a topic of the day and builds a song around it. Maybe I'm totally off on this of course, but I have the impression that his life is a bit too easy and that there is little 'drive' in his music.

I don't know what people mean when then imply Prince has lost it...whatever "it" is.

What do people want exactly? The man continues to make great music, is still one of the best live acts you'll ever enjoy having paid for and on top of that he still looks fabulous and has long since abandoned any fear and discomfort about sitting down for a lengthy interview.

I mean dang....what's he supposed to do; walk around in ass-out pants, jump off pianos, make more corny videos and blab all his personal biz on TMZ?

Now the only magic he has definitely lost is producing worthy proteges and music for other artists. That ship has sailed and sunk.

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't know what people mean when then imply Prince has lost it...whatever "it" is.

What do people want exactly? The man continues to make great music, is still one of the best live acts you'll ever enjoy having paid for and on top of that he still looks fabulous and has long since abandoned any fear and discomfort about sitting down for a lengthy interview.

I mean dang....what's he supposed to do; walk around in ass-out pants, jump off pianos, make more corny videos and blab all his personal biz on TMZ?

Now the only magic he has definitely lost is producing worthy proteges and music for other artists. That ship has sailed and sunk.

"It" might be artistic originality that would blow us of our socks in terms of lyrics and music.

He still makes music but doesn't play it live. Those wonderful concerts hardly ever make it onto DVD or CD. ONA Live was the best attempt so far, and then we won't get into the fact no audience noise was there (muting the atmosphere of the concert), that the filming of the ONA concert was amateur work. Since then we only had 21 Nights, which is basically a big pointless (and expensive) book with (thank god) a nice aftershow CD.

He makes some of the weirdest business decisions and they're clearly good for him, rarely for the fans. Only a few countries had 20ten avaible, he starts an expensive site that clearly wasn't worth the money, killing off the little goodwill he still had regarding his internet business. 21Nighst - a major event in how concerts are organised, thousands of people came to see him, guests and wondefull aftershows etc, result in a pointless book and a single disc mish mash of the aftershows.

He completely avoids doing remastered versions of his albums and unreleased material while that may really be the perfect co-project when launching a new album. No new stuff on ituens because they won't pay him enough upfront....

He maybe no longer in hiding to avoid interviews but they are rarely revealing. They end up in God-speach, conspiracy theories and, again, the record business.

PurpleLove7 said:

squirrelgrease said:

He should embrace his gay icon status. Oh, and apologize to the Vikings and his fans for Purple And Gold - the song that made Brett Favre so crazy, he started sticking his grey-pubed dick out for no apparent reason.

DAMN Squirrel !!!

LoL ...

SERIOUSLY ...

What do you think P could do where you'd sit back and say 'Ah, that's the OLD Prince I know' ...[img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif[/img:$uid]

I'm going to assume that Prince is at a state of no return, so really, my expectations are pretty low at this point. We as fans of "the old Prince" have to come to terms with the fact that Prince can not write a good lyric anymore, nor can he conceptualize an original groove and he has insulated himself from fans, friends and even band members so much that he has no one to critique his work prior to release, or keep his ego in check

Prince is now the 1970s-80s Chuck Berry.

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't know what people mean when then imply Prince has lost it...whatever "it" is.

What do people want exactly? The man continues to make great music, is still one of the best live acts you'll ever enjoy having paid for and on top of that he still looks fabulous and has long since abandoned any fear and discomfort about sitting down for a lengthy interview.

I mean dang....what's he supposed to do; walk around in ass-out pants, jump off pianos, make more corny videos and blab all his personal biz on TMZ?

Now the only magic he has definitely lost is producing worthy proteges and music for other artists. That ship has sailed and sunk.

The "it" is so many different things to so many different people on here. Everyone will tell you a different thing Prince should or should not be doing right now and then he'll be a star again.

All I know is that people are going buck nutty over "Welcome 2 America" and they don't even have dates confirmed outside of NY/NJ yet! So I personally think "it" is doing fine on "it's" own!

zobilamouche said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't know what people mean when then imply Prince has lost it...whatever "it" is.

What do people want exactly? The man continues to make great music, is still one of the best live acts you'll ever enjoy having paid for and on top of that he still looks fabulous and has long since abandoned any fear and discomfort about sitting down for a lengthy interview.

I mean dang....what's he supposed to do; walk around in ass-out pants, jump off pianos, make more corny videos and blab all his personal biz on TMZ?

Now the only magic he has definitely lost is producing worthy proteges and music for other artists. That ship has sailed and sunk.

"It" might be artistic originality that would blow us of our socks in terms of lyrics and music.

He still makes music but doesn't play it live. Those wonderful concerts hardly ever make it onto DVD or CD. ONA Live was the best attempt so far, and then we won't get into the fact no audience noise was there (muting the atmosphere of the concert), that the filming of the ONA concert was amateur work. Since then we only had 21 Nights, which is basically a big pointless (and expensive) book with (thank god) a nice aftershow CD.

He makes some of the weirdest business decisions and they're clearly good for him, rarely for the fans. Only a few countries had 20ten avaible, he starts an expensive site that clearly wasn't worth the money, killing off the little goodwill he still had regarding his internet business. 21Nighst - a major event in how concerts are organised, thousands of people came to see him, guests and wondefull aftershows etc, result in a pointless book and a single disc mish mash of the aftershows.

He completely avoids doing remastered versions of his albums and unreleased material while that may really be the perfect co-project when launching a new album. No new stuff on ituens because they won't pay him enough upfront....

He maybe no longer in hiding to avoid interviews but they are rarely revealing. They end up in God-speach, conspiracy theories and, again, the record business.

I feel you about the state of "artistic" music but granted he is 50 fucking 2 and many a Prince fan uses "artistic" interchangeably with "the old stuff".

His business decisions ....eh....folk can't really fault him for trying to protect his work at all costs so that he doesn't get financially cheated or short changed. He should have alot more money than what he has based on his body of work and how long he's been around. I would like to market him a little better but again....his decisions and he needs to feel they benefit him.

True the interviews are more his theories on religion, the corrupt music industry and poliltics but that still gives a lot of insight into where he's at as an adult and a business man. Outside of those three subjects....only thing left to talk about is sex and relationships. If he talks...then all those wenches will talk....then he will retreat further into the bat cave and we really will have something to complain about.

HonestMan13 said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't know what people mean when then imply Prince has lost it...whatever "it" is.

What do people want exactly? The man continues to make great music, is still one of the best live acts you'll ever enjoy having paid for and on top of that he still looks fabulous and has long since abandoned any fear and discomfort about sitting down for a lengthy interview.

I mean dang....what's he supposed to do; walk around in ass-out pants, jump off pianos, make more corny videos and blab all his personal biz on TMZ?

Now the only magic he has definitely lost is producing worthy proteges and music for other artists. That ship has sailed and sunk.

The "it" is so many different things to so many different people on here. Everyone will tell you a different thing Prince should or should not be doing right now and then he'll be a star again.

All I know is that people are going buck nutty over "Welcome 2 America" and they don't even have dates confirmed outside of NY/NJ yet! So I personally think "it" is doing fine on "it's" own!

I agree!

DesireeNevermind said:

HonestMan13 said:

The "it" is so many different things to so many different people on here. Everyone will tell you a different thing Prince should or should not be doing right now and then he'll be a star again.

All I know is that people are going buck nutty over "Welcome 2 America" and they don't even have dates confirmed outside of NY/NJ yet! So I personally think "it" is doing fine on "it's" own!

I agree!

It's crazy how many people are already planning how to get to NYC and where to stay so they can go to this show. Prince is still just as much a star as he ever was and this is proof positive. Without a label backing him he can still get booked and fill up arenas and large venues here in the USA. One phone call can set up an afterparty at any available venue in NYC. He is Prince!

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finally broker a deal with WB to release expanded remastered editions of all his albums

from for you up to the gold experience.

if he had to sift through all the outtakes from those sessions, sequence extra discs with

bsides, outtakes and mixes/alternates, he would review his own entire past and all it's

various stages.

i don't think he's done that, ever. he obviously zooms in on a song here or there from

his back catalogue but i wonder if he ever sat down to review everything he did a - z,

including outtakes and bsides and songs he wrote for others.

that kind of walk through might be extremely cathartic and actually allow him to focus

on different things than where his head is at right now.

i doubt it, but it could be a way to clear your head. it seems likely to me, that as such a

huge musician, there are few ways to gain a clear, fresh perspective again on what you

did over 3 decades. sitting down and letting it all pass before your eyes and ears and to

give it all a good place and sort it all out would be a very good idea imo.

especially to update everything and have it out there in extremely good soundquality vs

the so so sound of a lot of his older discs.

then release them 2 at a time over a 2 year time span of something and bask in all your

well deserved praise that will no doubt be poured over him in buckets and buckets if he

ever decides to make deluxe editions of his prime material, including extra discs of such

classics as his 12" extended versions and various top notch outtakes.

it would make people remember and talk about the music again, and remember just how

fucking brilliant it was and still is. and just how much more of that brilliance there was,

when you thought you'd heard it all (bsides and outtakes will come as a total surprise to

a lot of people).

but i digress. i just meant to say that as a means of clearing his head and gaining a new

or re-focussed outlook, this might be a good idea. there is so much stuff out there that

is in search of a decent 'home'. it would feel like cleaning your extremely messy house

and discovering a completel new appreciation for the magnicifent stuff you actually have

amongst all that rubble.

i wasn't aware he ever lost the magic

Leave Pasiley park...

Then.....Get back with a major label (so someone can kick him up the arse for a break-through album)

Tis the only way...

..I do feel that Locking himself in PP was a bad Idea!

IstenSzek said:

finally broker a deal with WB to release expanded remastered editions of all his albums

from for you up to the gold experience.

if he had to sift through all the outtakes from those sessions, sequence extra discs with

bsides, outtakes and mixes/alternates, he would review his own entire past and all it's

various stages.

i don't think he's done that, ever. he obviously zooms in on a song here or there from

his back catalogue but i wonder if he ever sat down to review everything he did a - z,

including outtakes and bsides and songs he wrote for others.

that kind of walk through might be extremely cathartic and actually allow him to focus

on different things than where his head is at right now.

i doubt it, but it could be a way to clear your head. it seems likely to me, that as such a

huge musician, there are few ways to gain a clear, fresh perspective again on what you

did over 3 decades. sitting down and letting it all pass before your eyes and ears and to

give it all a good place and sort it all out would be a very good idea imo.

especially to update everything and have it out there in extremely good soundquality vs

the so so sound of a lot of his older discs.

then release them 2 at a time over a 2 year time span of something and bask in all your

well deserved praise that will no doubt be poured over him in buckets and buckets if he

ever decides to make deluxe editions of his prime material, including extra discs of such

classics as his 12" extended versions and various top notch outtakes.

it would make people remember and talk about the music again, and remember just how

fucking brilliant it was and still is. and just how much more of that brilliance there was,

when you thought you'd heard it all (bsides and outtakes will come as a total surprise to

a lot of people).

but i digress. i just meant to say that as a means of clearing his head and gaining a new

or re-focussed outlook, this might be a good idea. there is so much stuff out there that

is in search of a decent 'home'. it would feel like cleaning your extremely messy house

and discovering a completel new appreciation for the magnicifent stuff you actually have

amongst all that rubble.

I think the main reason why he'll never do this is because releasing all of this older FANTASTIC stuff will just remind the public just how shitty his current output is!

That, and he just simply refuses to look in the past. It's his ego that keeps telling him that whatever he's doing right now is the baddest shit around, even better than in the 80s.

PurpleLove7 said:

DesireeNevermind said:

zobilamouche said:

"It" might be artistic originality that would blow us of our socks in terms of lyrics and music.

He still makes music but doesn't play it live. Those wonderful concerts hardly ever make it onto DVD or CD. ONA Live was the best attempt so far, and then we won't get into the fact no audience noise was there (muting the atmosphere of the concert), that the filming of the ONA concert was amateur work. Since then we only had 21 Nights, which is basically a big pointless (and expensive) book with (thank god) a nice aftershow CD.

He makes some of the weirdest business decisions and they're clearly good for him, rarely for the fans. Only a few countries had 20ten avaible, he starts an expensive site that clearly wasn't worth the money, killing off the little goodwill he still had regarding his internet business. 21Nighst - a major event in how concerts are organised, thousands of people came to see him, guests and wondefull aftershows etc, result in a pointless book and a single disc mish mash of the aftershows.

He completely avoids doing remastered versions of his albums and unreleased material while that may really be the perfect co-project when launching a new album. No new stuff on ituens because they won't pay him enough upfront....

He maybe no longer in hiding to avoid interviews but they are rarely revealing. They end up in God-speach, conspiracy theories and, again, the record business.

I feel you about the state of "artistic" music but granted he is 50 fucking 2 and many a Prince fan uses "artistic" interchangeably with "the old stuff".

His business decisions ....eh....folk can't really fault him for trying to protect his work at all costs so that he doesn't get financially cheated or short changed. He should have alot more money than what he has based on his body of work and how long he's been around. I would like to market him a little better but again....his decisions and he needs to feel they benefit him.

True the interviews are more his theories on religion, the corrupt music industry and poliltics but that still gives a lot of insight into where he's at as an adult and a business man. Outside of those three subjects....only thing left to talk about is sex and relationships. If he talks...then all those wenches will talk....then he will retreat further into the bat cave and we really will have something to complain about.

Well, I'm no 16 anymore either and my expectations on what I'd like to hear have changed as well. And the releases of both MPLsound and 20ten proof that just going back the LINdrum mode from the 80's isn't enough. And granted, at 50, and with his back catalogue, he doesn't need to prove all that much.

But following that you'd think he'd at least do something interesting with his back catalogue. There's tons of stuff that he could do that would benefit him financially, would increase his impact on the market and would make us very happy fans. But no, he tours with the travelling Bible Study Group and plays a few hits in cities here and there. But as you said - his decesion.

Maybe Prince should take up cooking and to interviews on his recepies - we might learn something I remember in the beginning when these documentaries came out with no footage of him but just people around him being interviewed, I wasn't interested, thinking "let's hear it from the true source". But when he does speak; it's like he's been eating mushrooms dipped in holy water and has been surfing the net for too long.

1. Drop nearly all the lyrics to Let's Go Crazy, and just chant Go Go GO a whole bunch

2. Get a whole bunch of female singers to shine up front, so Prince can hide

3. Perform enough cover songs to the point where rumors of Rod Stewart making an appearance swirl.

4. Put 77 tracks on 20Ten to remind us all of the 77 dollars he took from LotusFlow3r.com

5. Continue to waste the talent of The Beatles, U2, James Brown, and The Police...combined.

6. Whatever you do, please do not play great songs live like Computer Blue, Old Friends 4 Sale, Fury, A Million Days, The 1 U Wanna C, Play In The Sunshine, Witness 4 The Prosecution, Thieves In The Temple, etc...

Oh...Prince is already doing a good job of this on his own.

I love him more than any other Artist...but will point the finger when he doesn't deliver.

There's a comment on Facebook that says "I'm currently making some changes in my life. If you don't hear from me, you're one of them."

I think that's quite apt in describing why Prince won't go and remaster his outtakes and WB material. Anyone who has ever made serious life changes knows, that going back sometimes, just isn't worth it. Sure it's a part of your past and who you are but it doesn't mean it's going to deliver any added value. I think Prince would feel like this regarding some of his older material. He made changes and took paths which put less revelance on certain things he's created.

There might be some unpolished diamonds (material) in there, but isn't it ok that way? Prince is known for being a perfectionist, which strength can sometimes become a weakness. By leaving some things unfinished he's also giving himself a break and using his energy for new purposes. Makes sense to me.

Once a star, always a star. But what goes up must come down, like the sun everyday. It cannot be at its strength of heat 24 hours continually. Stars are often new and unknown nobodies who rise to the occasion and society enjoys the hype.

Prince can't be more of a star than what he already is. As posters have mentioned. At the drop of hat, he gives a concert and everyone wants to see him. Love him or hate him, (and the two are very close) fans listen and/or get his new music or boots.

Some people want the old Prince in his prime...when his lyrics apparently meant something....But who is a star right now? Lil Wayne with I"m not a human being" currently no. 1 on the billboard charts. Read the lyrics if you're interested. More interesting how old is he? Well he was born in 1982.

Stars are mostly young artists in their Prime. e.g. Born in 1982

Legacies are stars who are older. e.g. Born in 1958

We're lucky that Prince keeps making new music and giving concerts.

We're also lucky that despite the fame and madness of superstar life, he is still relatively "normal."

So I agree with Purplelove7, my sentiments exactly.

stillwaiting said:

1. Drop nearly all the lyrics to Let's Go Crazy, and just chant Go Go GO a whole bunch

2. Get a whole bunch of female singers to shine up front, so Prince can hide

3. Perform enough cover songs to the point where rumors of Rod Stewart making an appearance swirl.

4. Put 77 tracks on 20Ten to remind us all of the 77 dollars he took from LotusFlow3r.com

5. Continue to waste the talent of The Beatles, U2, James Brown, and The Police...combined.

6. Whatever you do, please do not play great songs live like Computer Blue, Old Friends 4 Sale, Fury, A Million Days, The 1 U Wanna C, Play In The Sunshine, Witness 4 The Prosecution, Thieves In The Temple, etc...

Oh...Prince is already doing a good job of this on his own.

I love him more than any other Artist...but will point the finger when he doesn't deliver.

Cold!

zobilamouche said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I feel you about the state of "artistic" music but granted he is 50 fucking 2 and many a Prince fan uses "artistic" interchangeably with "the old stuff".

His business decisions ....eh....folk can't really fault him for trying to protect his work at all costs so that he doesn't get financially cheated or short changed. He should have alot more money than what he has based on his body of work and how long he's been around. I would like to market him a little better but again....his decisions and he needs to feel they benefit him.

True the interviews are more his theories on religion, the corrupt music industry and poliltics but that still gives a lot of insight into where he's at as an adult and a business man. Outside of those three subjects....only thing left to talk about is sex and relationships. If he talks...then all those wenches will talk....then he will retreat further into the bat cave and we really will have something to complain about.

Well, I'm no 16 anymore either and my expectations on what I'd like to hear have changed as well. And the releases of both MPLsound and 20ten proof that just going back the LINdrum mode from the 80's isn't enough. And granted, at 50, and with his back catalogue, he doesn't need to prove all that much.

But following that you'd think he'd at least do something interesting with his back catalogue. There's tons of stuff that he could do that would benefit him financially, would increase his impact on the market and would make us very happy fans. But no, he tours with the traveling Bible Study Group and plays a few hits in cities here and there. But as you said - his decisions.

Now see, that's where I think and feel P's a different kind of artist. The only reason I can see someone remastering their previous music is to make $ off of it and P's doing concerts and shows to make so said $. I'm 'kinda' glad he hasn't went back and remastered his previous music. On the other hand, I would love if he did remaster the music from 'For You' to 'Sign 'O' The Times' with what can be done digitally, I think it would be a great experience and it would be a AWESOME sound, in terms of quality, as well.

Bohemian67 said:

There's a comment on Facebook that says "I'm currently making some changes in my life. If you don't hear from me, you're one of them."

I think that's quite apt in describing why Prince won't go and remaster his outtakes and WB material. Anyone who has ever made serious life changes knows, that going back sometimes, just isn't worth it. Sure it's a part of your past and who you are but it doesn't mean it's going to deliver any added value. I think Prince would feel like this regarding some of his older material. He made changes and took paths which put less relevance on certain things he's created.

There might be some unpolished diamonds (material) in there, but isn't it ok that way? Prince is known for being a perfectionist, which strength can sometimes become a weakness. By leaving some things unfinished he's also giving himself a break and using his energy for new purposes. Makes sense to me.

Once a star, always a star. But what goes up must come down, like the sun everyday. It cannot be at its strength of heat 24 hours continually. Stars are often new and unknown nobodies who rise to the occasion and society enjoys the hype.

Prince can't be more of a star than what he already is. As posters have mentioned. At the drop of hat, he gives a concert and everyone wants to see him. Love him or hate him, (and the two are very close) fans listen and/or get his new music or boots.

Some people want the old Prince in his prime...when his lyrics apparently meant something....But who is a star right now? Lil Wayne with I"m not a human being" currently no. 1 on the billboard charts. Read the lyrics if you're interested. More interesting how old is he? Well he was born in 1982.

Stars are mostly young artists in their Prime. e.g. Born in 1982

Legacies are stars who are older. e.g. Born in 1958

We're lucky that Prince keeps making new music and giving concerts.

We're also lucky that despite the fame and madness of superstar life, he is still relatively "normal."

So I agree with Purplelove7, my sentiments exactly.

Thanks B, I find myself agreeing with a lot you say too ... [img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/113.gif[/img:$uid]