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Prince disappointed about Internet fan sales of 20Ten, but Elton John seems to love Prince music Yesterday I found this - from july 14 2010:
^ It tells: Prince was disappointed the 20Ten album were sold for $20 by fans on the internet right after the UK papers Daily Mirror and Daily Record had given away free copies.
Also: according to Daily Mirror Elton John wouldn't miss Prince's 20Ten album and ordered 5 copies of the saturday UK paper delivered with a courier to his home outside London (courier spelled? Kurér in danish).
ps. I hope Elton liked the 20Ten album...
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It ain't rocket surgery Prince. Make it available for purchase everywhere or quit bitching. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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^ now that's truth | |
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We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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it sounds like some made up journalist shite. prince doesn't know the internet is still working | |
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It aint brain science either! | |
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Hilarious. I didn't notice that when I first read it. Good catch. Bizzy | |
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Well it's true. I saw on Dutch sites, people selling 20ten for 20 euro too. Absolute snakes in this world. I mean how cheap can you get? Selling Prince's cd when he gave it away for free? He has every right to be disappointed. It's sickening.
Or: they aren't fans just money grabbing thieves.
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He didn't give it away for free - he SOLD it to the Mirror and they gave it away for free to boost circulation.
Prince got paid The Mirror got paid The US fans got hold of the CD
Which one's the money grabbing thief exactly ? | |
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Elton John bought five copies: one to keep and four to sell on eBay! | |
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you would think he would be more upset with the 1000s given away via download. He had the chance to sell it, and... to paraphrase:
'he's lying, i can tell just by his expression he's lying, he gave it away it's not his anymore' (meaning the physical CD, once he gave it away that person had every right to do with it as they please) **you can not give something away and then say "oh by the way you can not sell it to anyone." "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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Jesus Christ Prince, how the hell are ppl OUTSIDE of the UK suppose to get your music? Make a distribution deal and bam...you have business. But you shouldn't be bitching about ppl selling your music, you should be disappointed with your creation, 20ten is your worst album. "The voter is less important than the man who provides money to the candidate," - Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
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Last I checked, Prince is the one only accepting big advance payments for everything and selling albums through newspapers for $$$ instead of sticking it in stores and actually doing work to move them.
People can sell whatever they want once they buy it. | |
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If we can't find it then we're gonna do what we have 2 just 2 get it. Isn't that what he wants (lol) |
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I'm wondering if he's just going to give free copies out at the shows, also distribute copies courtesy of Newsday, NY Times, or the NY Post, and sell deluxe versions at the venues. Are the people in the expensive seats getting "grab bags" of stuff?
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Thank you! "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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He only has this "pay up front" policy because he doesn't want to do the work of promoting an album (a job typical done by record companies). if the distributors pay in advance, he doesn't have to be concerned with the public's opinion of the album, he's already gotten paid. all things considered, he's just being lazy. time flies. | |
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Oh, and BTW, I guess someone forgot to tell Prince, that not everyone who bought a newspaper that day and just happened to get 2010, is necessarily a fan.
Some of them could give a ratz azz about Prince... "but if some fool in the US is willing to pay some cold hard cash 100 x what I paid for it... well hell yeah I will sell on Ebay. "
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true, rather they are sold & appreciated. my old nan lives at a residential home, they have a veggie patch.. it broke my heart to see a number of 20ten cd's strung up over the garden to scare the pests away | |
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You know, Prince can be pretty stupid sometimes, but come on now. Really. He didn't expect this? Fuck off, Prince. | |
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Lots of lulz in this thread. | |
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I have a $77 T Shirt big enough for my girlfriend's little stuffed animal on a good day. If that is any indication about how much money matters to Prince, then forget it. Anbody remember a $20 Face Down Live CASSETTE TAPE? Sure, it may smell a little to see 20Ten being sold online, but it is not a bootleg, and if you can sell 20Ten for 20 Euros, then fine. I doubt anyone on the org would pay that much, but that's because most of us had it in July. | |
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If they really wanted to scare them, they should have just played the CD. | |
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The one who gets it at the cost of a newspaper and then immediately puts it online at 20 euro per cd.
Prince made the music, he deserves to get paid. The mirror distributed, they deserve to get paid.
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Ummm...Prince got paid by the Mirror, and the Mirror got paid when people bought the paper. What happens after that is out of their hands.
Now, if people were stealing papers to get the cd's to sell, then you would have a point. Facebook, I haz it - https://www.facebook.com/Nikster1969
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Oh SNAP! "A Man Can't Ride Your Back Unless It's Bent" MLK 4/3/68 | |
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