Has anyone called People magazine and Rolling Stone to tell them that Spooky Electric is now Prince's boss?

[Edited 6/24/11 10:35am]

harveya said:

Anyway... He does sum it all up...

" "I don't want to get up on a soapbox. My view of the world, you can debate that for ever. But I'm a musician. That's what I do. And I also am music. Come to the show for that."

It's been over an hour, and he's starting to look restless. Does he feel most at peace when playing music?

"I can feel pretty peaceful doing other things as well," he says, with what I think might be a saucy look.

Does he ever feel nostalgic?

"I tend to dig some of the art from back then. I like putting it on shirts and bags. The fans dig it. But musically, no. Each band brings different songs out of you."

He keeps playing down his own stardom and doffing his cap to his band or God or Sly and the Family Stone, but does he ever think, perhaps midway through playing When Doves Cry to 30,000 people: "I'm really very good at this"?

"Well I don't think it," he smirks, raising an eyebrow. "I know it." "

He IS a musician, NOT a philosopher... Get over it and get over yourselves

He is the one philosophising isn't he? A person should know their limits and this case, if you aint no philosphiser than keep it zipped, You knowwhat, he is an opportunist, he has a concert to sell. Lets say something controversial about islam get people talking, how very insincere of him.

Love2tha9s said:

After reading through some of the "legitimate article" not legitimate stuff I don't know what to believe.

I will just leave it at I hope its false and wrong on all counts and be done with it.

Let's see: you can pick between a respected newspaper and a PROVEN FAKE Twitter account. Which did you pick?

SquirrelMeat said:

catpark said:

I need to fly up to tescos and get some milk and need water, its quite warm today.

Its Tesco, not Tescos. Why do so many peoples keeps addings "S" intos its ????

Because it's Tesco's shop.

Sorry to perpetuate this trivial tangent, but it amused me.

kewlschool said:

Prince's "Muslim" analogy (seems to me) that it isn't taken to be literally but more of a concept (utopia). And Prince's Utopia seems to be one religion, one way of doings.

Let's see: out of all the facets he could talk about wrt islam, he picks the "womenfolk need to wear beekeeper suits". One of the most debated and controversial aspects. And you interpret this as Prince talking about a "concept".

It isn't. It's Prince once again showing he's a male chauvinist pig. Which is also why HE fucks around and then releases an album moaning how his woman did him wrong.

I can't be fucked reading this entire 20 page thread.

The man who wrote "1+1+1=3" supports the lack of choice in Islam? Surprise surprise. Who is this guy? This isn't even Prince anymore.

thedance said:

JudasSmile said:

Prince's views on the internet, however, have not changed. He has long been a vociferous critic of those who feel they have the right to post his music or even his image online – in 2007 his lawyers instructed fansites to remove all photographs and images related to his likeness.

He told the Guardian: "I'm supposed to go to the White House to talk about copyright protection. It's like the gold rush out there. Or a carjacking. There's no boundaries." Because of the problem with piracy, he said, he has no plans to record another album.

His unease about the web is not just a matter of legality for him, however, but one of aesthetics. "I personally can't stand digital music," he said. "You're getting sound in bits. It affects a different place in your brain. When you play it back, you can't feel anything. We're analogue people, not digital."

^ thanks for posting, however I wish Prince would grow up - or - shut up, and not make a fool of himself yet, once again...

I am not gonna steal from him I wanna buy from him, but can I....? NO, cuz he don't make the fans have legal access to his stuff on a simple/ easy website, all these recordings in his vaults...... these will remain unreleased 'til he is dead in 2044 or something, and most of us are dead too.

imo, he just sound stupid, makes a fool of himself. Damn.

I totally agree.... I would gladly go to the Store and buy a Prince CD or a Prince DVD... Always did. Never really liked the "Down load" concept any way ,. I like the cool CD holder and the neat inserts.. but recently Prince never does anything like this.. He never released his latest work in America.. so we had to either down load it, or get it off ebay.. that is not OUR fault. I mean we are fans, we love his music.. if he dangles stuff in front of us, sure we are gonna want it.
I seriously think he could make a mint if he would release some of his "vault stuff".. or make some of his shows available on DVD and Cd.. People would go nuts..

I love Prince, always will...... but I really don't understand his way of thinking some times.. :O(

treehouse said:

Prince just isn't that sophisticated. That's all that's happening here.

It turns out his core fans love parts of his catalog, but probably wouldn't want to be the guys buddy, and show for lycra together.

As for the Islam topic - I almost wonder if this possibly maybe might have something to do with a loan. A Michael Jackson style loan from a Saudi Prince. Or maybe he just wanted to say something positive and didn't have a fully formed thought he was able to articulate.

what he said about islam was NOT positive it was condescending, especially regarding muslim women. the journalist asks him "what about those muslim women who object to wearing a burka,?" and his response? he may as well have said, "well, tough shit ". wow.

Also, you do get non muslims living in islamic countries, there isnt just one religion, (islam) its just the main religion.

[Edited 6/24/11 11:11am]

NouveauDance said:

"It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that."

That is probably the most pathetic and disheartening thing I've ever read from Prince.

What a fucking cretin.

Seriously! What a fucking TOOL! I can't believe this is the guy who wrote Erotic City. What hapenned to that guy? Jeezus!

Shorty said:

the article is not as bad as people are making it out to be.

I agree Shorty, I'm Sunni Muslim, African American (Black) and I don't see anything in the article (just read the full article 30 min. ago)(don't like the 'no new album' part tho). I'm happy to see my man Xtra P talking about Al Islaam. A lot of people don't realize that in the Arabic speaking countries a lot of what's going on is 'cultural' not Islaamic. Yes, woman are to cover up but, it guards their chastity by doing so. I'll leave it at that.

People believe what they want with that Terrorist Religion , don't they (tongue in cheek comment).

Shorty said:

the article is not as bad as people are making it out to be.

I wonder if it will make it into Robin's news on Monday? Howard will have a field day with it.

sorry if im late but they have the full interview up now

PurpleLove7 said:

Shorty said:

the article is not as bad as people are making it out to be.

I agree Shorty, I'm Sunni Muslim, African American (Black) and I don't see anything in the article (just read the full article 30 min. ago)(don't like the 'no new album' part tho). I'm happy to see my man Xtra P talking about Al Islaam. A lot of people don't realize that in the Arabic speaking countries a lot of what's going on is 'cultural' not Islaamic. Yes, woman are to cover up but, it guards their chastity by doing so. I'll leave it at that.

People believe what they want with that Terrorist Religion , don't they (tongue in cheek comment).

There is a big difference...in many islamic countries you have to hide your hair as a woman by law...

part of my family lives in the middle east and don`t tell me young modern ladys there like to wear something like that! They have to, if they don?t want to get puniched or something else

p4life said:

sorry if im late but they have the full interview up now

Yeah I posted a few pages back but people were arguing all around the initial original post.

The more I read his comments, the less shocked I am of it. This guy is a control nut so he likes it when someone can "control" things. To be honest, he was always a control nut. He wouldn't let outside producers work with him on his debut so that tells you all you need to know about Prince and his addiction to maintaining control of whatever he does.

And also he says things to rile people up despite saying in the same breath that he didn't wish to get on a soapbox because he's a musician and not a preacher/politician and yet he has to understand people will post the crazy points in his interview to make him look more nuttier and nuttier., when it's really all about control.

To be honest, he seems a little unhinged in his interviews, that's probably the only part where he LOSES control. Like couldn't he just have people in his corner tell the interviewer:

1.) Don't mention the internet.

2.) Don't mention his religion.

3.) Don't mention blah blah blah.

But I guess when you're someone like Prince, you might as well bring up something just so people can make up their own conclusions about you be it good or bad.

Orionforever said:

thedance said:

^ thanks for posting, however I wish Prince would grow up - or - shut up, and not make a fool of himself yet, once again...

I am not gonna steal from him I wanna buy from him, but can I....? NO, cuz he don't make the fans have legal access to his stuff on a simple/ easy website, all these recordings in his vaults...... these will remain unreleased 'til he is dead in 2044 or something, and most of us are dead too.

imo, he just sound stupid, makes a fool of himself. Damn.

I totally agree.... I would gladly go to the Store and buy a Prince CD or a Prince DVD... Always did. Never really liked the "Down load" concept any way ,. I like the cool CD holder and the neat inserts.. but recently Prince never does anything like this.. He never released his latest work in America.. so we had to either down load it, or get it off ebay.. that is not OUR fault. I mean we are fans, we love his music.. if he dangles stuff in front of us, sure we are gonna want it.
I seriously think he could make a mint if he would release some of his "vault stuff".. or make some of his shows available on DVD and Cd.. People would go nuts..

I love Prince, always will...... but I really don't understand his way of thinking some times.. :O(

He jealously guards his work from release. Which of course is his right. Here are the problems.

He complains about WB releases/control over his masters/back catalogue, and I think there are 100 million reasons he lost the right to complain about that.

He's tried several different methods of distribution of albums post-"emancipation," with varying degrees of success. One such method was direct distribution. Despite the various problems with this method, not the least of which has been (some) fans losing money on product that was never shipped (like me) or memberships that were cancelled, his core fan base (like me) has continued to support him.

He's been enmeshed in countless lawsuits and disputes with fansites, promoters, venues, etc. for a variety of reasons, but not the least of which is he believed he was either making no money or making too little money.

linus4000 said:

PurpleLove7 said:

I agree Shorty, I'm Sunni Muslim, African American (Black) and I don't see anything in the article (just read the full article 30 min. ago)(don't like the 'no new album' part tho). I'm happy to see my man Xtra P talking about Al Islaam. A lot of people don't realize that in the Arabic speaking countries a lot of what's going on is 'cultural' not Islaamic. Yes, woman are to cover up but, it guards their chastity by doing so. I'll leave it at that.

People believe what they want with that Terrorist Religion , don't they (tongue in cheek comment).

There is a big difference...in many islamic countries you have to hide your hair as a woman by law...

part of my family lives in the middle east and don`t tell me young modern ladys there like to wear something like that! They have to, if they don?t want to get puniched or something else

That's my point linus, it's the LAW in some Arabic speaking countries, which is Shar'iah. I was raised in Al Islaam and I am Muslim ...

Excerpt from the article:

"Noting my unconvinced expression, he tries to clarify, but gives up with a sigh. "I don't want to get up on a soapbox. My view of the world, you can debate that for ever. But I'm a musician. That's what I do. And I also am music. Come to the show for that."

Interesting how the interviewer left out Prince's clarification on that statement, and pretty much brushed it off as not important enough to print it, but took the time to include everything else.

That type of tactic by the interviewer reminds me of the current cable news networks, who will spin a specific portion of a video snippet to its targetted audience, to draw them into getting the type of reaction they want, and to keep their audience glued to their story/network for the sake of ratings/advertising dollars, because they know they will succeed in spoonfeeding many of their viewers anything, and they'll lap it up, even without all the evidence presented.

[Edited 6/24/11 12:20pm]

PurpleLove7 said:

linus4000 said:

There is a big difference...in many islamic countries you have to hide your hair as a woman by law...

part of my family lives in the middle east and don`t tell me young modern ladys there like to wear something like that! They have to, if they don?t want to get puniched or something else

That's my point linus, it's the LAW in some Arabic speaking countries, which is Shar'iah. I was raised in Al Islaam and I am Muslim ...

Al islam is a sect of islam like the many sects of christianity? your beliefs differ from orthodox islam that the majority of islamic countries follow. I think prince is talking about mainstream islam.

[Edited 6/24/11 11:50am]

Timmy84 said:

Prince: 'I'm a musician. And I am music'

Ringtones are evil. Islamic countries are fun. The record industry is still a den of thieves – and so is the internet. Prince talks to Dorian Lynskey about being pop's 'loving tyrant'

Prince is running late, and when Prince is running late the prospective interviewer begins to worry.

I'm in the otherwise empty upstairs room of a chic Paris restaurant, its walls, carpet and banquettes all (perhaps by chance) a Prince-appropriate purple. As last trains and planes out of Paris are missed, I think of the writer in the early 90s who spent six days rattling around Paisley Park, Prince's Minneapolis nerve centre, waiting for an audience, only to have to speak to him on the phone. Even a relatively modest three-hour wait can make one nervous.

But suddenly there he is, sans entourage, full of handshakes and apologies. Perching himself on a banquette, he looks impeccable. His trousers and chunky polo-neck sweater are as black as his shiny, sculpted hair. His ring, ear cuffs and huge, shrapnel-like neck chain all gleam silver. His skin, uncannily smooth, does not look like that of a 53-year-old. Charisma seems to add a few inches to his height. He orders a cup of green tea. "They don't take Mastercard here," he says with a sly grin. "Only Amex. So I'll have to wash the dishes."

You expect funny peculiar from Prince, one of the few superstars who still enjoys an old-fashioned forcefield of enigma and hence endures the rumours that enigma tends to spawn. Funny ha-ha, however, is more surprising. He often seems mysteriously amused, cocking an eyebrow and pulling a coy, wouldn't-you-like-to-know smirk, but he likes to laugh out loud, too. He is determined to be entertaining.

Asked, for example, why he doesn't appear to have aged, Prince embarks on a baroque explanation that takes in an illustration of celestial mechanics involving a candle (the sun) and a sugarcube (the Earth); DNA research; his late father's Alzheimer's disease; the reason he doesn't celebrate his birthday ("If you look in the Bible there's no birthdays"); the importance of study; God's concept of time; and the Purple Rain tour. "Time is a mind construct," he finally concludes, setting his candle and sugarcube aside. "It's not real."

All of this is accomplished in a tone that ranges from preacher to schoolteacher to salesman to stand-up comedian to chat-show raconteur. He very rarely talks to the press ("If I need psychological evaluation, I'll do it myself") and his ban on writers using recording devices suggests a certain paranoia, but he's surprisingly good at being interviewed.

People must be intimidated when they first meet you, I say. Do you try to put them at their ease?

"I do that pretty quick. I'm real easy-going." He stares at me for a moment. "You're not intimidated, are you?"

Not now, but definitely by your reputation.

"A lot of that comes from other people. The press like to blow things out of proportion so this person becomes bigger than they are. The sooner this thing called fame goes away, the better. We got people who don't need to be famous."

Prince misses the days "when I could walk the street without being harassed and bothered". He remembers the first time he realised he was famous, around 1979. "It happened very fast. I had some old clothes on because I was going to help a friend move house and some girls came by and one went: 'Ohmigod, Prince!' And the other girl went," he pulls a face, "'That ain't Prince.' I didn't come out of the house raggedy after that."

Prince, along with Michael Jackson and Madonna, was one of the regents of pop music in its blockbuster pomp. Unlike them, he could do everything: sing, write, play, produce, design, make movies, call all the shots. With 1984's Purple Rain, he could simultaneously boast the No 1 album, single and film in the US. During his imperial phase, it felt like his only competition was himself. "I had creative control," he says proudly. "We had to fight for over a year before I even got signed. So whatever I turned in, they had to accept. They weren't even allowed to speak to me!"

Rumours circled him because he was such a defiantly outlandish presence: the pop star as inexplicable alien, with a sexuality as ambiguous as it was voracious, and so unsettlingly potent that the censorship lobby PMRC was spurred into existence by a single song, Darling Nikki. Did he work hard to make himself as fascinating as possible? "We were very fascinating," he says. "In Minnesota it was a clean slate. It was punk rock. There were a lot of fascinating people around."

He took so many gambles, in terms of image as well as music. Did he ever worry that he might blow it? "All the time. You want an example?"

Yes please.

He chuckles. "You'll have to pay for the autobiography." (There is no autobiography.)

Does he think the atomisation of pop culture since the 80s allows for another star of his stature? He thinks for a moment. "It would have to be manufactured. Michael [Jackson] and I both came along at a time when there was nothing. MTV didn't have anyone who was visual. Bowie, maybe. A lot of people made great records, but dressed like they were going to the supermarket." He thinks flamboyant showmanship is making a comeback but, he adds: "How many people have substance, or are they just putting on crazy clothes?"

What does he make of Lady Gaga? "I don't know," Prince says diplomatically. "I'd have to meet her."

Prince will happily talk about how much he adores Adele ("When she just comes on and sings with a piano player, no gimmicks, it's great") or Janelle Monáe, but he won't criticise other artists. "The new pushes the old out of the way and retains what it wants to. Don't ask me about popular acts. Ask Janelle. Doesn't matter what I say. We ain't raining on anyone's parade. I ain't mad at anybody. I don't have any enemies."

Actually he has many, but they're not fellow musicians. He is drawn back again and again to the perfidy of pretty much everybody in the music industry who doesn't make music themselves.

There was, of course, that business in the 90s when he went to war with Warner Bros, changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol and marking his eventual exit from the label with a triple CD pointedly titled Emancipation. "A lot of people didn't know what I was doing," he says, "but it helped some people. I don't care what people think." He's not as angry now. "I don't look at it as Us versus Them. I did. But you know The Wizard of Oz? When they pull back the curtain and see what's going on? That's what's happened."

Now his opponents are no longer the ailing majors, but the people selling or sharing music online. He was one of the pioneers of self-financed website releases; more recently he made lucrative deals to give away albums with tabloid newspapers. But he has no plans to make a new album, even though he has hundreds of songs stacked up. "The industry changed," he says. "We made money [online] before piracy was real crazy. Nobody's making money now except phone companies, Apple and Google. I'm supposed to go to the White House to talk about copyright protection. It's like the gold rush out there. Or a carjacking. There's no boundaries. I've been in meetings and they'll tell you, Prince, you don't understand, it's dog-eat-dog out there. So I'll just hold off on recording."

His management's pre-interview list of guidelines insisted, "Please do not discuss his views on the internet," but perhaps Prince hasn't read them. "I personally can't stand digital music," he says. "You're getting sound in bits. It affects a different place in your brain. When you play it back, you can't feel anything. We're analogue people, not digital." He's warming to his theme. "Ringtones!" he exclaims. "Have you ever been in a room where there's 17 ringtones going off at once?"

Does he have a ringtone?

"No," he says, looking as offended as if I'd asked him if he drove a clown car. "I don't have a phone."

He's equally put out by covers of his songs, Glee's version of Kiss being the latest offender.

"There's no other artform where you can do that. You can't go and do your own version of Harry Potter. Do you want to hear somebody else sing Kiss?"

Next weekend, Prince is back in Europe – this interview is to promote his headlining appearance at the Heinken Open'er festival in Poland – but he bats away an inquiry about the annual Glastonbury rumours. "They use my name to sell the festival," he glowers. "It's illegal. I've never spoken to anyone about doing that concert, ever."

Touring is where the money is these days, of course, but it also seems to be where his heart is. He describes himself as a "loving tyrant. I'm probably the hardest bandleader to work for, but I do it for love." His band have rehearsed around 300 songs, from which Prince can choose at whim, which makes playing live more fun that it used to be. "Purple Rain was 100 shows, and around the 75th, I went crazy," he says, "and here's why. They didn't want to see anything but the movie. If you didn't play every song, you were in trouble. After 75 you don't know where you are – somebody had to drag me to the stage. I'm not going! Yes you are! It was bloody back then. I won't say why but there was blood on me. They were the longest shows because you knew what was going to happen." Now, he says: "If there's a challenge it's to outdo what I've done in the past. I play each show as if it's the last one."

For inspiration he keeps coming back to Sly and the Family Stone, and it was that band's former bassist, Larry Graham, who introduced him to the Jehovah's Witnesses a decade ago. The faith seems to have made him calm and content, albeit at the loss to his songwriting of the anguish, combativeness and transgressive sexuality that animated some of his strongest 80s material. "I was anti-authoritarian but at the same time I was a loving tyrant. You can't be both. I had to learn what authority was. That's what the Bible teaches. The Bible is a study guide for social interaction." He puts it another way. "If I go to a place where I don't feel stressed and there's no car alarms and airplanes overhead, then you understand what noise pollution is. Noise is a society that has no God, that has no glue. We can't do what we want to do all the time. If you don't have boundaries, what then?"

Sometimes he seems a little too fond of boundaries. "It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that." But what about women who are unhappy about having to wearing burqas? "There are people who are unhappy with everything," he says shruggingly. "There's a dark side to everything."

Noting my unconvinced expression, he tries to clarify, but gives up with a sigh. "I don't want to get up on a soapbox. My view of the world, you can debate that for ever. But I'm a musician. That's what I do. And I also am music. Come to the show for that."

It's been over an hour, and he's starting to look restless. Does he feel most at peace when playing music?

"I can feel pretty peaceful doing other things as well," he says, with what I think might be a saucy look.

Does he ever feel nostalgic?

"I tend to dig some of the art from back then. I like putting it on shirts and bags. The fans dig it. But musically, no. Each band brings different songs out of you."

He keeps playing down his own stardom and doffing his cap to his band or God or Sly and the Family Stone, but does he ever think, perhaps midway through playing When Doves Cry to 30,000 people: "I'm really very good at this"?

"Well I don't think it," he smirks, raising an eyebrow. "I know it."

• Prince headlines the 10th anniversary Heineken Open'er festival in Gdynia, Poland, on July 2. The festival runs from 30 June to 3 July. Further details: www.opener.pl/en

[Edited 6/23/11 12:25pm]

Wow!

PurpleLove7 said:

linus4000 said:

There is a big difference...in many islamic countries you have to hide your hair as a woman by law...

part of my family lives in the middle east and don`t tell me young modern ladys there like to wear something like that! They have to, if they don?t want to get puniched or something else

That's my point linus, it's the LAW in some Arabic speaking countries, which is Shar'iah. I was raised in Al Islaam and I am Muslim ...

I was just reading an article, which pointed out that when female foreigners visit some countries with specific, Islamic laws, that they have to adhere to the dress code. I see it more as a "cultural" thing as well as religious.

[Edited 6/24/11 12:27pm]

BillieBalloon said:

PurpleLove7 said:

That's my point linus, it's the LAW in some Arabic speaking countries, which is Shar'iah. I was raised in Al Islaam and I am Muslim ...

Al islam is a sects of islam like the many sects of christianity? your beliefs differ from orthodox islam that the majority of islamic countries follow. I think prince is talking about mainstream islam.

There are 72 sects of Al Islaam but, thoz who follow Nabi (Prophet) Muhammad Ibn Abdullah is what you can use the term Orthodox Islaam 'is'.

Anyone not follow Al Quraan and Al Haadith (the teachings of the prophet) is not following TRUE Islaam, Billie

PurpleLove7 said:

I agree Shorty, I'm Sunni Muslim, African American (Black) and I don't see anything in the article (just read the full article 30 min. ago)(don't like the 'no new album' part tho). I'm happy to see my man Xtra P talking about Al Islaam. A lot of people don't realize that in the Arabic speaking countries a lot of what's going on is 'cultural' not Islaamic. Yes, woman are to cover up but, it guards their chastity by doing so. I'll leave it at that.

People believe what they want with that Terrorist Religion , don't they (tongue in cheek comment).

It guards there chastity???? Right, because they are otherwise tempting the men, who are helplessly un-responsible for desiring a woman, so much so that they are allowed to rape her if she is not covered and it is her fault for being raped... because she tempted the man. Now she has shamed her family so they stone her or kill her to cover the family's shame. Awesome.

PurpleLove7 said:

BillieBalloon said:

Al islam is a sects of islam like the many sects of christianity? your beliefs differ from orthodox islam that the majority of islamic countries follow. I think prince is talking about mainstream islam.

There are 72 sects of Al Islaam but, thoz who follow Nabi (Prophet) Muhammad Ibn Abdullah is what you can use the term Orthodox Islaam 'is'.

Anyone not follow Al Quraan and Al Haadith (the teachings of the prophet) is not following TRUE Islaam, Billie

[Snip - luv4u]

Whaaaaatever. I'm done with all this nonsense. Pull you head out and do something interesting, already. Until then I've still got a couple hundred hours of Prince music I enjoy listening to.

Efan said:

Shorty said:

the article is not as bad as people are making it out to be.

I wonder if it will make it into Robin's news on Monday? Howard will have a field day with it.

harveya said:

Anyway... He does sum it all up...

" "I don't want to get up on a soapbox. My view of the world, you can debate that for ever. But I'm a musician. That's what I do. And I also am music. Come to the show for that."

It's been over an hour, and he's starting to look restless. Does he feel most at peace when playing music?

"I can feel pretty peaceful doing other things as well," he says, with what I think might be a saucy look.

Does he ever feel nostalgic?

"I tend to dig some of the art from back then. I like putting it on shirts and bags. The fans dig it. But musically, no. Each band brings different songs out of you."

He keeps playing down his own stardom and doffing his cap to his band or God or Sly and the Family Stone, but does he ever think, perhaps midway through playing When Doves Cry to 30,000 people: "I'm really very good at this"?

"Well I don't think it," he smirks, raising an eyebrow. "I know it." "

He IS a musician, NOT a philosopher... Get over it and get over yourselves

Right, so then maybe he should stop being so pretentious when he's talking. He's the one always feigning philosophical/theological wisdom that's he's been "studying" to attain all these years, but clearly doesn't have.

No one would hold him accountable for interviews like this if he didn't start this whole scholar affectation himself.

JudasLChrist said:

PurpleLove7 said:

There are 72 sects of Al Islaam but, thoz who follow Nabi (Prophet) Muhammad Ibn Abdullah is what you can use the term Orthodox Islaam 'is'.

Anyone not follow Al Quraan and Al Haadith (the teachings of the prophet) is not following TRUE Islaam, Billie

[Snip - luv4u]

I wondered how long it would take for Prince's crazy nonsense to spark an ugly argument over Islam. Take it over to Politics & Religion, please. Prince just happened to use this example of why he likes social control. If he had given a concert in Beijing he would probably be using the People's Republic as his example of utopia. Whatever passes through his crazy brain at the moment.

what a dumb fuck

NouveauDance said:

"It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that."

That is probably the most pathetic and disheartening thing I've ever read from Prince.

What a fucking cretin.

While I do not agree with the tenets of Islam millions of people are practicing Muslims. If Prince agrees with one of the core beliefs that does not make him or those millions of people cretins. Some of you guys need to get off of this hating of religion and realize people have the freedom to worship as they please. As far as Prince being for the submission of woman I guess you have not been listening to his music over the last 30 odd years. He always came off as a knuckle dragging type of guy. I think he is the last guy that would be at a woman’s equality rally.