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Thread started 06/07/11 10:45pm

dandeeland

WEird Al mentions Prince meeting

Prince is such a douche!!

UGO: What was the oddest celebrity interaction or meeting you've ever had?

"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC: I'm going to say Prince. He and I were slated to be sitting in the same row at the American Music Awards many years ago, and I received a telegram from his management company requesting that I not establish eye contact with him during the show. I think this was the same year that he brought his bodyguard with him when he went up on stage to accept his awards (as if Kenny Rogers were going to pull a knife on him or something).

Full interview

http://www.ugo.com/music/weird-al-yankovic-interview

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Reply #1 posted 06/07/11 10:50pm

Astasheiks

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lol

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Reply #2 posted 06/08/11 12:12am

squirrelgrease

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Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #3 posted 06/08/11 12:15am

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squirrelgrease said:

Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

Or at least a chicken or two. nod

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Reply #4 posted 06/08/11 2:12am

RubyButterfly

squirrelgrease said:

Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

These days it looks like a bitch cut up Kenny Rogers' face.

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Reply #5 posted 06/08/11 2:32am

Gunsnhalen

I mentioned a story months ago......

My friend his dad was a studio musician in the 80's worked with Prince was weird and never maintained eye contact much with people. And he said he heard rumors that Prince fired people that looked him the eyes...

What is with this looking in the eyes thing from the 80's i mean really confused

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Reply #6 posted 06/08/11 3:11am

dyvrdown

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Reply #7 posted 06/08/11 4:55am

LayDownMisty

the lady who worked at Starbucks at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas told me the entire staff was told not to look him in the eyes either

basically it just means "don't stare" and I think that is pretty reasonable

makes you wonder if that is why he has all those extras on stage that otherwise would have no careers

Prince - not black, not white........just COOL
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Reply #8 posted 06/08/11 8:27am

Funklov

i heard the same story from studio staff members in Hollywood when he was recording in 2003. they were all told not to look him in the eye when he came through. strange
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Reply #9 posted 06/08/11 10:43am

madhouseman

squirrelgrease said:

Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

Don't laugh. Kenny Rogers shanked me over a $20 debt and told me that there was more of that waiting for me if I didn't stop acting like a bitch. That was the LAST time I acted like a bitch! Lesson learned!

He seemed so friendly on tv.

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Reply #10 posted 06/08/11 10:49am

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RubyButterfly said:

squirrelgrease said:

Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

These days it looks like a bitch cut up Kenny Rogers' face.

True dat. lol

I could read you poetry and then we could make a story of our own.
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Reply #11 posted 06/08/11 10:53am

OnlyNDaUsa

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He mentioned this years ago.
"Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!"
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Reply #12 posted 06/08/11 11:49am

thedance

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that guy Weird Al isn't even funny,

His parody of MJ's Bad "I'm fat I'm fat" way too silly.....

I am happy Prince refused back then, did not allow weirdo Al to destroy When Doves Cry, Kiss or whatever...

just IMO....

wink

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Reply #13 posted 06/08/11 11:53am

kae510

lol. SMH . Prince has some complex . But do u think he'd tell Suge Knight or some thug that ? lol

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Reply #14 posted 06/08/11 12:03pm

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Prince is just crazy and can get away with it because he is talented rolleyes.
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Reply #15 posted 06/08/11 12:15pm

kae510

lol. SMH . Prince has some complex . But do u think he'd tell Suge Knight or some thug that ? lol

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Reply #16 posted 06/08/11 3:25pm

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madhouseman said:

squirrelgrease said:

Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

Don't laugh. Kenny Rogers shanked me over a $20 debt and told me that there was more of that waiting for me if I didn't stop acting like a bitch. That was the LAST time I acted like a bitch! Lesson learned!

He seemed so friendly on tv.

lol Never gamble with Kenny Rogers. And don't look him in the eyes.

If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #17 posted 06/08/11 4:11pm

IamFunkay7

lol, never look Prince in the eye.. lurking It was once said that a worker looked Prince in the eye and turned into a pillar of salt, another story is he once turned someone into stone. disbelief I don't think its the worry of firing someone, I think he doesn't want to be sued by their families lol I don't want to be another statue in his mansion, so I'll leave it alone.

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Reply #18 posted 06/09/11 6:05am

LittleNicci

He looked me right in the eye (from the stage) - me second row from the front - at 3121 Rio and kept looking at me for ages (thought I was gonna cry) so intense !!!

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Reply #19 posted 06/09/11 7:59am

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madhouseman said:

squirrelgrease said:

Kenny Rogers is known to cut a bitch.

Don't laugh. Kenny Rogers shanked me over a $20 debt and told me that there was more of that waiting for me if I didn't stop acting like a bitch. That was the LAST time I acted like a bitch! Lesson learned!

He seemed so friendly on tv.

that's pretty funny, couldn't help but laugh! you all are crazy on here

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Reply #20 posted 06/09/11 8:01am

OnlyNDaUsa

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LittleNicci said:

He looked me right in the eye (from the stage) - me second row from the front - at 3121 Rio and kept looking at me for ages (thought I was gonna cry) so intense !!!



He does that all the time. Of my 5 times super close he has always made eye contact. But then he could tell I knew his music well.
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Reply #21 posted 06/09/11 9:16am

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thedance said:

I am happy Prince refused back then, did not allow weirdo Al to destroy When Doves Cry, Kiss or whatever...

Al doesn't have to get permission to do a parody. He does so out of courtesy because he's nice.

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Reply #22 posted 06/09/11 9:20am

OnlyNDaUsa

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MickyDolenz said:



thedance said:


I am happy Prince refused back then, did not allow weirdo Al to destroy When Doves Cry, Kiss or whatever...



Al doesn't have to get permission to do a parody. He does so out of courtesy because he's nice.



I think you are mistaken. I think that shows and print media (snl or mad) can do parodies without getting permission. However, for a song I think they do as they would be changing the lyrics. Changes to lyrics or arrangment require prermission.

Oops maybe not. Seems there would be more of them.
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Reply #23 posted 06/09/11 10:05am

NouveauDance

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Party poop!

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Reply #24 posted 06/09/11 10:17am

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It's funny how I got quite of few negative comments on my "How Big of An A**hole is Prince?" tread. It's stories like this that I was referring to... lol lol

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Reply #25 posted 06/09/11 1:15pm

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different cultures and different people look at eye contact differently, people like prince in our american culture could be considered schizoid/antisocial just like most every other great rock star. Most of them have been known to be withdrawn and shy offstage, you take that kind of temperament and put him in a place where people are looking at you all the time and they won't react well all the time. Would you? It would wierd you out too I'm sure. Asian culture tend to avoid eye contact, as does my own Native culture as a sign of disrespect but you americans have a problem with it think someone is being deceptive or something. You should go hang around some middle easterners who like to get right up eyeball to eyeball, then you'd all be happy fuckers. Also, it's a power thing, I heard that people working on Hollywood sets are not allowed to make eye contact or look at the big wigs, so quit acting like Prince is alone. And I don't like people looking at me either, I just don't fucking like it.

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Reply #26 posted 06/09/11 1:53pm

kae510

I just think he's extremely shy .

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Reply #27 posted 06/09/11 1:55pm

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^ Prince chose a profession where you're gonna have people looking at you - ALL the time, ESPECIALLY if you're a 5ft man dressed like Marie Antoinette.

Basically, he's a bit of dickish spoil sport who can't take a ribbing in good nature.

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Reply #28 posted 06/09/11 2:09pm

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prince is also a very smart, shcrewd man, he knows to be successful you have to play the peacock, it may or may not be who he really is. anyway, all of us have had jobs where we didn't like every single aspect of it, we try to negotiate as best we can around it, like Prince.
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Reply #29 posted 06/09/11 9:13pm

dalsh327

Today, that telegram would be circulated on the internet and made fun of. Especially at a Dick Clark award show.

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