Make a decent album

Imo, he doesn't Need to do anything. None of what happened was his fault.

But it would be nice to do something for the award recipients. Like give them VIP access and treatment for one of his shows. As a show opener,They could the instrumental to raspberry beret and Prince could do vocals.

It wasn't his fault, so there's nothing for him to "make up."

Prince is a greedy has been! He says he's religious but he's all about the money!

I've been to his concerts...he makes his "fans" wait hours on end before the show starts! Very disrespectful to say the least! You guys are on drugs if you think this isn't about money. He's greedy, he hasn't made a descent album in years, and he's a hypocrite! He's been divorced twice....

Jimmyjames1 said:

Prince is a greedy has been! He says he's religious but he's all about the money!

Dude, crawl bak under your rock. We've got this under control.

I agree that he's not obligated to do anything. But he may actually want to do something, either because he feels bad or because he wants to reduce the public relations damage, even if it's unfair. I don't think Prince is entirely cold-hearted about these things: otherwise, why would he release a song like "Hello," which I take as a sincere response to all the criticism he got after not joining the WATW singalong.

I think the best thing he could do for the scholarship recipients would be to invite them to perform with him at some future event, either as opening acts or as guest musicians for a particular song. As aspiring musicians, I expect they would appreciate an opportunity to perform with him more than a VIP pass or tickets to a show. He could give some money to the foundation but he is already doing that for other deserving organizations in New York.

I doubt he feels too bad about those of us who wanted to see him in Dallas, since lots of people around the world want to see him live and there are many places he's never been to at all. But I'd love to see him come back here and play a regular concert. If he can sell out several shows in New York, he could sell out one show in Dallas. He's done it before.

I would also like to see him finally get those remasters going, but wouldn't everybody?

Jimmyjames1 said:

I've been to his concerts...he makes his "fans" wait hours on end before the show starts! Very disrespectful to say the least! You guys are on drugs if you think this isn't about money. He's greedy, he hasn't made a descent album in years, and he's a hypocrite! He's been divorced twice....

Every Prince show I went to started on time. You do realize that the time printed on tickets is usually the time the doors open and that the headliner goes on one to three hours afterward, right?

Anyway, what Prince really needs to do is start vetting the people he works with so stuff doesn’t keep getting screwed up!

Genesia said:

It wasn't his fault, so there's nothing for him to "make up."

I really don't give a flying fuck if it was his fault or not!

Those children who had their hearts broken and dreams dashed because they did not get their once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on stage in front of him...deserve to have that...made up to them!

That is something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

The only person who can fix how they remember that is Prince and it's the very least...HE should do!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Genesia said:

It wasn't his fault, so there's nothing for him to "make up."

I really don't give a flying fuck if it was his fault or not!

Those children who had their hearts broken and dreams dashed because they did not get their once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on stage in front of him...deserve to have that...made up to them!

That is something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

The only person who can fix how they remember that is Prince and it's the very least...HE should do!

Life is full of disappointments. A better lesson for those kids to learn would be to put the blame where it belongs.

Genesia said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I really don't give a flying fuck if it was his fault or not!

Those children who had their hearts broken and dreams dashed because they did not get their once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on stage in front of him...deserve to have that...made up to them!

That is something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

The only person who can fix how they remember that is Prince and it's the very least...HE should do!

Life is full of disappointments. A better lesson for those kids to learn would be to put the blame where it belongs.

Now that's cold-hearted. I think they've already learned a lot about how the music business really works and their place in the world. Perhaps Prince could teach some more kids a lesson by failing to show up in New York for his preannounced charity donation?

Genesia said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I really don't give a flying fuck if it was his fault or not!

Those children who had their hearts broken and dreams dashed because they did not get their once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on stage in front of him...deserve to have that...made up to them!

That is something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

The only person who can fix how they remember that is Prince and it's the very least...HE should do!

Life is full of disappointments. A better lesson for those kids to learn would be to put the blame where it belongs.

Yeah, right! If it were you or your children, you'd be singing an entirely different tune!

eireboy34 said:

Make a decent album

electricberet said:

Genesia said:

Life is full of disappointments. A better lesson for those kids to learn would be to put the blame where it belongs.

Now that's cold-hearted. I think they've already learned a lot about how the music business really works and their place in the world. Perhaps Prince could teach some more kids a lesson by failing to show up in New York for his preannounced charity donation?

Ain't that some shit?

"A better lesson for those kids to learn would be to put the blame where it belongs."

A better lesson would be to teach those kids that even though something may not be their fault, the responsible thing to do is...at least try to make it right. Instead of being cowardly, always trying to duck blame.

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Genesia said:

Life is full of disappointments. A better lesson for those kids to learn would be to put the blame where it belongs.

Yeah, right! If it were you or your children, you'd be singing an entirely different tune!

If you ever met my mother, you'd know exactly how ridiculous that is.

Genesia said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yeah, right! If it were you or your children, you'd be singing an entirely different tune!

If you ever met my mother, you'd know exactly how ridiculous that is.

Sadly, that says more about you and your mother than you may even realize.

ouch...this got ugly.

I hope for this kids involved something to makeup for this would be nice...but i also feel it should not only be Prince's burden. just my opinion.

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Wait a minute. Are people really feigning some "But think of the children!" bullshit here? I will criticize him till the cows come home about things like the Lotusflower website. But this? Come on.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Genesia said:

If you ever met my mother, you'd know exactly how ridiculous that is.

Sadly, that says more about you and your mother than you may even realize.

Yeah, it says we're not crybabies or coddlers.

Efan said:

Wait a minute. Are people really feigning some "But think of the children!" bullshit here? I will criticize him till the cows come home about things like the Lotusflower website. But this? Come on.

I love you.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the W2A "tour" was partly designed to promote the work of newer and less familiar artists. I don't think Prince wanted to send those scholarship recipients a message that "life is tough and you need to put the blame where it belongs." No one has suggested that his decision not to perform had anything to do with them.

If Prince doesn't want to do anything to make the scholarship recipients feel better, that's his choice. Maybe Erykah will do something. But if I were Prince, I would want to reach out to the students and show them that I'm a bigger person than the morons who planned that conference.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Genesia said:

If you ever met my mother, you'd know exactly how ridiculous that is.

Sadly, that says more about you and your mother than you may even realize.

Gotta luv the org!

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Efan said:

Wait a minute. Are people really feigning some "But think of the children!" bullshit here? I will criticize him till the cows come home about things like the Lotusflower website. But this? Come on.

Well, had I wasted a trip to Dallas and $1500+ on that bullshit...my WRATH would be MERCILESS and downright VICIOUS!

Since I didn't but some deserving children did...SOMEBODY has to think of them! Because Prince sure as hell didn't when he was reportedly on Friday, sitting his ass in his limo outside the hotel going...

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Jakeasaurus said:

Nothing, it was not his charity event, he doesn't give a shit about the charity event, it was just a job for him, he's over it and in no way involved.

Should we start a new thread under the heading "Prince should do nothing to make up for the charity event because it's not his fault?" That way, those who are of that opinion could post their comments there. The OP in this thread asked for suggestions about what Prince could do to make it up.

Actually, now that I think of it, there's already a thread for those who want to absolve Prince from any blame:

http://prince.org/msg/12/352267

Nada.................NEXT!

He needs to make up for that charity event by performing at another charity event. And by releasing a decent live DVD.

LMFAO at all the "for the Children" attitude like someone made them watch a Santa beheading.

The chirrunz will live. Please.