Nothinbutjoy said:

CallMeCarrie said:

In general, I'd agree.

There were a few parts I'm not sure I understood what the writer was saying:

And if Prince had done nothing but stand stock still onstage and sung other people's material, he'd have locked up his place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame;

...huh?

Following the sleepwalking Batman,

...?

I like how he calls Tony the rapper who can't rap!

The "And if Prince had done nothing but stand stock still..." part, is actually quite the compliment.

It's saying, strip away the mind blowing music...strip away the mind blowing stage performances...all he has to do is stand on stage and sing...anything (obviously they're forgetting Puple & Gold) and it would be RnRHOF worthy, influential etc.

OooOooo - I see! I thought they were saying that he is only worthy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame if he sung other people's material.

Thanks for clearing that one up, Nothingbutjoy!

JoeTyler said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Why are you censoring jerks?

I didn't say jerks, I said j*rks, that's a difference

not censoring them! just battling them! there are too many (at least since 2009) and they're not going away, sadly...so the battle is on

Damn, you're weird.

JoeTyler said:

TwiliteKid said:

I can't tell the difference? You're the one who's labelled Rolling Stone "wrong", because you dislike what essentially amounts to a review of Prince's career. Reviews are by defintion subjective. So do tell: What's wrong with this piece, aside from that it's criticial of some of Prince's work? Point me to some examples where of factual, objective error, please.

And I haven't lied or put words in your mouth. See how I phrased my posts? That I was asking you a question? Clearly you need to work on your reading comprehension skills as well. As for wasting my time, I have the misfortune of doing so every time I read one of your posts. How I wish this place had an ignore feature.

I didn't think you'd manage a valid response. Way to live up to expecation!

Dreamer2 said:

http://www.rollingstone.c...albumguide

Which doesn't mean it's worse than 2001's The Rainbow Children, which was sold with a sticker advertising it as "controversial," probably because no one had ever combined lite-jazz treacle with Jehovah's Witness dogma to such an unprecedented degree. That's not quite what we meant when we asked for another groundbreaking album, Prince.

After Rainbow, even diehards thought Prince was finished, but when you hit bottom, there's nowhere to go but up.

I could not agree more with this part.

Fuck Rolling Stone

hhhhdmt said:

why fuck rolling stone (and other comments), just because they write something you don't like?

they still dig prince i would say: http://prince.org/msg/7/351379

So they praise (There'll Never B) Another Like Me and slate Love Symbol and The Rainbow Children??

That's why these music magazines are worth fuck all.