Thats ridiculous....

oh no! here comes another lawsuit.

ahahahahahah a....

i just dont understand why Prince pretends to give the guitar away, then has his bodyguards take it back. Either give the guitar away or dont. Plain and simple. Does he really think people won't know that he is taking these guitars back?

I am sorry for this man if he got injured. But the whole pretending to give the guitar away is ridicolous.

for fuck's sake, another one?

He throws guitars too much, so it was going to happen sooner or later.

The headline should be "I want my guitar, waaaahhhh "

Really, when Prince gives his guitar to fans how hard would it be for him to say "This is to hold for a little while, not to keep".

Common sense should tell him that casual fans will wrongly assume the guitar is theirs to keep.

Pokeno4Money said:

Really, when Prince gives his guitar to fans how hard would it be for him to say "This is to hold for a little while, not to keep".

Common sense should tell him that casual fans will wrongly assume the guitar is theirs to keep.

But wouldn't most think that it's just part of the show?

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Pokeno4Money said:

Really, when Prince gives his guitar to fans how hard would it be for him to say "This is to hold for a little while, not to keep".

Common sense should tell him that casual fans will wrongly assume the guitar is theirs to keep.

why does he need to give it for a few minutes?

Either give it away or dont. He could give away a couple of guitars a year and it wouldnt cost him that much. Or he shouldnt give away at all.

hhhhdmt said:

Pokeno4Money said:

Really, when Prince gives his guitar to fans how hard would it be for him to say "This is to hold for a little while, not to keep".

Common sense should tell him that casual fans will wrongly assume the guitar is theirs to keep.

why does he need to give it for a few minutes?

Either give it away or dont. He could give away a couple of guitars a year and it wouldnt cost him that much. Or he shouldnt give away at all.

I would be thrilled at the opportunity to hold his guitar for a few minutes, get a good closeup look at it, see how heavy it is and how it feels in my hands, and pose for some pictures with it. Wouldn't you?

I think it's a bit of fun and showmanship and has the potential to give someone a brief thrill - "I caught Prince's guitar", etc...

Yet I'd imagine, particularly in a country that requires coffee cups to have "Warning: hot" printed on them, that he'll cut it out of his act sooner rather than later because people are so hard done by because they possibly spent a few minutes thinking they'd been given a free guitar, when in fact they had to give it back.

The injuries are unfortunate - I admit I've always wondered how there hasn't been more of these in the scramble to be the one who catches it (maybe even worse than wedding bouqets! )

Chiquetet said:

Yet I'd imagine, particularly in a country that requires coffee cups to have "Warning: hot" printed on them

Is that true? Required? How embarrasing.

802 said:

Is that true? Required? How embarrasing.

I'm more than happy to be corrected on that, but I did hear that as a result of a law suit (I think involving McDonald's?) where a lady spilt hot coffee on herself and blamed the restaurant to the tune of many $$$ that many places now label their coffee so as to protect against litigation.

Whether it's literally required by law or not I'm not sure, but if you can be sued for not doing so then...same diff, really.

oh lawd

I hope that guy is ok. Something he can tell his grand kids about one day.

Chiquetet said:

802 said:

Is that true? Required? How embarrasing.

I'm more than happy to be corrected on that, but I did hear that as a result of a law suit (I think involving McDonald's?) where a lady spilt hot coffee on herself and blamed the restaurant to the tune of many $$$ that many places now label their coffee so as to protect against litigation.

Whether it's literally required by law or not I'm not sure, but if you can be sued for not doing so then...same diff, really.

I've heard about that, but I didn't know that all (most?) places needed to have a warning on the coffee cup.

not to self... if you catch the guitar... RUN to the car... or to your evil car.

I feel so sorry for him, don't you just wana punch him out

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grow a spine ya big baby, most peeps would give their left nut for a brief chance of holding Prince's guitar. He's probably not going to do that again now for fear of prosecution .......

This is how you do it....

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Yeah this guy is looking to make some money of Prince...what a jerk!

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This is why I don’t buy the really good seats. If Prince handed me the Honer I would probably just fall over dead. And if I didn’t die, I would haul my white ass out of the stadium faster than a roadrunner on crack.

Okay...... this guy obviously wants to make some cash, and he is definitely not a musician. Anyone knows that a musician's instrument (especially a guitar) is his/her treasure, baby, spouse whatever you want to call it. The guy knew better than to think Prince was going to give up his partner in crime. Stop being spoiled, and be happy that you were able to hold an instrument played by a legend!

I think it's cool and exciting how Prince tosses his guitar out into the audience, but he really should stop doing it. He needs to start considering the lowest common denominator in situations like this and how there are a great many people who attend his shows who are either unaware of how this works (meaning, nobody gets to keep the guitar) and wind up disappointed, or who are just whiny babies who feel they 'deserve' to keep it merely because they caught it.

Of course, maybe Prince gets off on playing this little game. Maybe he likes it when he dangles that piece of candy in front of the baby, then snatches it back and the baby gets upset.

boo FUCKIN Hoo Perry

Why he does not tour here as often you ask ....... because of stupid a**whole pricks like this! WELCOME TO AMERICA

Living in America.

Joyinrepatition said:

This is how you do it....

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That is a cool pic. Y'know he got laid that night too

Joyinrepatition said:

This is how you do it....

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What a legend.