irreverence said:

Unfortunately this post lends credibility to your claim.

/end thread.

CallMeCarrie said:

Come on, there is a The importance of the Gold Experience thred on here. That's a little unbalanced if you ask me. Its just music

pald1 said:

Just an observation. Of course, there are some Prince fans that 'get it' but a casual perusal of these forums indicates a below average of intelligence...generally speaking.

No wonder Prince doesn't bother. Sorry.

It's 'cause the smartest ones are usually the quietest. Ya hear? I said IT'S 'CAUSE THE SMARTEST ONES ARE USUALLY THE QUIETEST!!!

sirweasel said:

Come on, there is a The importance of the Gold Experience thred on here. That's a little unbalanced if you ask me. Its just music

It's a thread about music. It's not a thread about 'the importance of TGE in relation to geopolitical events and third world hunger', no one is saying it's anything more than just music.

I like Turtles...

Of course this is all debatable, no? I mean, one man's vagina is another man's scary furry melting thing.

But I guess we all have our criteria for what we think a good Prince fan is.
There are some who think a good Prince fan is one who should love everything
that the man does, focus only on the positive, and reprimand those that don't
think the same.

But upon pondering this method or mode of fandom, I find it to be a bit taxing
on the person. Firstly, being a fan in this 'all or nothing' category requires
that you've seen this:



..dreadful movie, and then find something positive to say about it. Perhaps,
we could point out his wonderful hair? I mean, it is nice hair.

But after so many Jugheads, Wedding Feasts, and Arms of Orions, you ended up
losing yourself to this singular devotion to Prince I think. You went to see
him perform in O2... perhaps 3121 at Rio... and you thought the truncated,
jazzed up versions of Kiss or Delirious were brilliant, didn't you? And even
if you didn't, you dare not mention your true feelings of it. For how could
you do so now that you're in just that deep? One can't say Graffiti Bridge
was a great movie and then turn around and say they didn't like Musicology. It
just doesn't make any damned sense. So the 'all or nothing' approach is a
path that can only lead you to insanity.


But then there's the other type of 'fan'. The one that only likes one part
of Prince's career. Or only likes one part of his musical palette. Maybe
you only like the funk of his pre-Purple Rain era. Perhaps you only like his
booty shaking, panty droppin' plastic years music. Or perhaps you only like
it when he rocks. Either way, you hate everything else he's done and you
think that he is over. That Prince, is...done.
The problem I see in this is that you may think Prince is done, but there's
one thing I know about Prince. It's that he loves hair relaxers and a good
hair iron. But one more thing: He absolutely loves to surprise us. You can't
go about thinking his career is over, because Prince will prove your ass wrong.
Lest we forget that everyone thought Prince's career was over after Graffiti
Bridge. And if the law of karma was true or if there really was a God, Prince's
career should have been over--cause that shit was rank. But what
happened? Prince released Diamonds & Pearls, worked that album like a 9-to-5
and scored several top 10 hits while wearing assess pants, pencil think beard,
and a scary typhoon do. He can, if anything, achieve the impossible. To write
him off at ANY point in his career will end up with you being proven totally wrong, for sure.



Then there's the fan like me. One who has found 'the middle way' of Prince
fandom. I still buy his albums even if I dread what they may sound like. I
dreaded the thought of Lotusflow3r and believed it to be a potential suckass
album. But I wasn't going to just write him off. I knew that Prince had a few
tricks up his sleeve yet. Prince is like that innocent girl in biology class
you happen to run into at the party. In school she seems so reserved and
predictable. But after a couple of beers at the party, she's giving the most
amazing blowjob of your life.
So no matter what is going on his Prince life. No matter what religion he joins
and barely lives by despite what comes out of his mouth, I know.... believe
me.... I know. Prince will surprise us.
So the middle way fan loves parts of Prince's catalog that make us happy.
We detest the parts that just isn't our thing. But we know that in the future
he'll always throw something else at us that may make us quite happy.

We view the first type of Prince fan with only pity and sometimes repulsion.
We view the second type of Prince fan as being very similar to us, but with
a scorching case of herpes and a bad temper. We are comfortable in our
pragmatic and practical approach to our fandom. We are comfortable enough
to praise when praise is needed, criticize when we don't like something, and
in the end realize that Prince is just a singer/musician/song writer that
has for one reason or another turned our ear his way.




What are your thoughts? I'm particularly interested in hearing from you
fans in the first category because you're the ones that have a uni-bomber
vibe to you.


.
methodcal's keen eye edit

Prince, Anal Stimulation, Sperm, and denial of the mutually exclusive forces of sex and God.



Prince is a genius. Forever will he be defined as a genius. There is no stupid slip up over gay-marriage, women’s rights, or self-describe slavery, that will ever dampen the fact that he is a musical force to be contended with now and for many future generations to come.


But long before the eagle eye of his lyrics turned to corporate manipulation of the record industry or the evils and perils of straying from God’s will in a dogmatic sense, Prince’s genius also expressed itself lyrically.

Where the rest of the world sought to make distinctions between the divine and the profane as diametrically opposed values, the Prince of the 80s said they were part of the same sexual-God energy. He even coined a phrase for it--LoveSexy.

The current day Prince may appear to be the preacher who summons God’s will through his preaching, but the old Prince was the preacher’s daughter who still believed in god, but snook out of the house every chance she got so she could give you some seriously mad-crazy cock suckin fun behind the skating rink on a Saturday night--But you knew damned well she’d be wiping her chin and hands clean at church the next morning without so much as one ounce of guilt. You go girl!!!! Or should I say, you go Prince!!!

In songs like , Get Off where Prince said, “Move you big ass ‘round this way so can work on the zippa baby![/i], Prince wasn’t saying it just for sake of shock value. Indeed in the chorus to this booty-lovin athem, Prince says “Let a woman B a woman and a Man B a man!”--he’s not just saying it as a matter of sexual preference. He’s talking about Gods divine design for male and female--don’t drown in guilt over it. Don’t be repressive to it. Revel in it, but in a mature, respectful way. He’s talking about a pecking order handed down from Jesus W. H. Christ himself. What Prince is saying is that the sexual play, so long as it is consentual and uplifting, is very much in line with God’s plan for men and women. He even states “I’ll only call you after if you say I can” bringing home the point that all things should be consensual and mutually respectful--but at the end of the day, it’s perfectly ok to bury your trimmed beard and typhoon do in some seriously delicious ass.

Not even sperm excaped Prince’s determination to bring together the supposed opposing forces of sex and the Divine. In Glam Slam Prince says, “Cum a butterfly straight on your skin. You go for me and come again!”. Again, this is not Prince being nasty to just be nasty. He’s trying to point out how spiritually uplifting sex can be if it’s done in a loving, non-selfish manner. In a sense, one could even picture that their skin is the church, and sperm is holy water--showering you with spiritual energy.


I know this quazi-philosophical elements may be too much for some, and to others, a bit amateurish and not well thought-out. But like John Lennon’s Imagine the beauty and genius of his lyrics isn’t in how well thought out they are, but in their idealistic purity--in their...dare I say it, Innocence.


And if that doesn’t make your butthole pucker up, and your hands reach towards heaven at the same time, I don’t know what will.


Viva la Prince!

.

[Edited 7/18/11 11:06am]

Well that was nice, but I guess it worked so that's all that mattered.

I partially joined this site cuz I thought I would find A LOT of sexy inflatable dolls with random/low intelligence and some strong love for funky/edgy music. How wrong I was! There are some really sexy gals here, yes, but they're also smart and funny...

the guys, on the other hand...

[Edited 7/18/11 12:42pm]

Sexy inflatable dolls?!

imago said:

Prince, Anal Stimulation, Sperm, and denial of the mutually exclusive forces of sex and God.



Prince is a genius. Forever will he be defined as a genius. There is no stupid slip up over gay-marriage, women’s rights, or self-describe slavery, that will ever dampen the fact that he is a musical force to be contended with now and for many future generations to come.


But long before the eagle eye of his lyrics turned to corporate manipulation of the record industry or the evils and perils of straying from God’s will in a dogmatic sense, Prince’s genius also expressed itself lyrically.

Where the rest of the world sought to make distinctions between the divine and the profane as diametrically opposed values, the Prince of the 80s said they were part of the same sexual-God energy. He even coined a phrase for it--LoveSexy.

The current day Prince may appear to be the preacher who summons God’s will through his preaching, but the old Prince was the preacher’s daughter who still believed in god, but snook out of the house every chance she got so she could give you some seriously mad-crazy cock suckin fun behind the skating rink on a Saturday night--But you knew damned well she’d be wiping her chin and hands clean at church the next morning without so much as one ounce of guilt. You go girl!!!! Or should I say, you go Prince!!!

In songs like , Get Off where Prince said, “Move you big ass ‘round this way so can work on the zippa baby![/i], Prince wasn’t saying it just for sake of shock value. Indeed in the chorus to this booty-lovin athem, Prince says “Let a woman B a woman and a Man B a man!”--he’s not just saying it as a matter of sexual preference. He’s talking about Gods divine design for male and female--don’t drown in guilt over it. Don’t be repressive to it. Revel in it, but in a mature, respectful way. He’s talking about a pecking order handed down from Jesus W. H. Christ himself. What Prince is saying is that the sexual play, so long as it is consentual and uplifting, is very much in line with God’s plan for men and women. He even states “I’ll only call you after if you say I can” bringing home the point that all things should be consensual and mutually respectful--but at the end of the day, it’s perfectly ok to bury your trimmed beard and typhoon do in some seriously delicious ass.

Not even sperm excaped Prince’s determination to bring together the supposed opposing forces of sex and the Divine. In Glam Slam Prince says, “Cum a butterfly straight on your skin. You go for me and come again!”. Again, this is not Prince being nasty to just be nasty. He’s trying to point out how spiritually uplifting sex can be if it’s done in a loving, non-selfish manner. In a sense, one could even picture that their skin is the church, and sperm is holy water--showering you with spiritual energy.


I know this quazi-philosophical elements may be too much for some, and to others, a bit amateurish and not well thought-out. But like John Lennon’s Imagine the beauty and genius of his lyrics isn’t in how well thought out they are, but in their idealistic purity--in their...dare I say it, Innocence.


And if that doesn’t make your butthole pucker up, and your hands reach towards heaven at the same time, I don’t know what will.


Viva la Prince!

.

[Edited 7/18/11 11:06am]

I liked your post alot, with a little bit sarcastic vibe towards different views on Prince music mixed with your personal opinions in a slightly cartoonish style. It was an entertaining read, but you don't have to prove anything to the starter of this topic. This topic sucks balls anyways. However, I'd like to read more of these dramatic posts of yours. I'm one of those who admit to hear many dimensions in his music. But I gotta admit, it's all opinions, and my opinion is that he is(was) a genuius, and I can't see how people don't see that. But it's all just opinions anyways.

Timmy84 said:

Sexy inflatable dolls?!

"the kind you find... in a second-hand store"

or in a Prince concert...screaming and shit...

JoeTyler said:

... in a Prince concert...screaming and shit...

OMG! Don't you HATE that?!

Of course, there are different levels of intelligence among fans here - some higher than others - it's just that the mean average feels under par to me. Like I said, just an observation. There are some artists that have a high level of engagement with their fans - but not Prince. My theory: he doesn't really need to, of course, but I also think it would tire him out. Prince isn't THAT smart but he's slightly above average, and people tend to engage with those on a similar level.

Prince fans break down thus:

15% - Delusional wannabe types whose world is governed by all things Prince

30% - Quite normal, but not really serious people either (they still have arguments with themselves over who was better, Prince or Michael Jackson).

20% - Have a life but probably would enjoy it much less without Prince

35% - People like me, who 'get it.'

So, you see, the majority of Prince fans (65%) are maladjusted in some way. Ah well. It is what it is I suppose.

pald1 said:

Of course, there are different levels of intelligence among fans here - some higher than others - it's just that the mean average feels under par to me. Like I said, just an observation. There are some artists that have a high level of engagement with their fans - but not Prince. My theory: he doesn't really need to, of course, but I also think it would tire him out. Prince isn't THAT smart but he's slightly above average, and people tend to engage with those on a similar level.

Prince fans break down thus:

15% - Delusional wannabe types whose world is governed by all things Prince

30% - Quite normal, but not really serious people either (they still have arguments with themselves over who was better, Prince or Michael Jackson).

20% - Have a life but probably would enjoy it much less without Prince

35% - People like me, who 'get it.'

So, you see, the majority of Prince fans (65%) are maladjusted in some way. Ah well. It is what it is I suppose.

People like you, who get it? You're quite delusional.

smoothcriminal12 said:

pald1 said:

Of course, there are different levels of intelligence among fans here - some higher than others - it's just that the mean average feels under par to me. Like I said, just an observation. There are some artists that have a high level of engagement with their fans - but not Prince. My theory: he doesn't really need to, of course, but I also think it would tire him out. Prince isn't THAT smart but he's slightly above average, and people tend to engage with those on a similar level.

Prince fans break down thus:

15% - Delusional wannabe types whose world is governed by all things Prince

30% - Quite normal, but not really serious people either (they still have arguments with themselves over who was better, Prince or Michael Jackson).

20% - Have a life but probably would enjoy it much less without Prince

35% - People like me, who 'get it.'

So, you see, the majority of Prince fans (65%) are maladjusted in some way. Ah well. It is what it is I suppose.

People like you, who get it? You're quite delusional.

If I may, judging by your name/avatar, I'd place you in that 30% category.

pald1 said:

Of course, there are different levels of intelligence among fans here - some higher than others - it's just that the mean average feels under par to me. Like I said, just an observation. There are some artists that have a high level of engagement with their fans - but not Prince. My theory: he doesn't really need to, of course, but I also think it would tire him out. Prince isn't THAT smart but he's slightly above average, and people tend to engage with those on a similar level.

Prince fans break down thus:

15% - Delusional wannabe types whose world is governed by all things Prince

30% - Quite normal, but not really serious people either (they still have arguments with themselves over who was better, Prince or Michael Jackson).

20% - Have a life but probably would enjoy it much less without Prince

35% - People like me, who 'get it.'

So, you see, the majority of Prince fans (65%) are maladjusted in some way. Ah well. It is what it is I suppose.

Get what?

And I don't understand what you mean by artists engaging with their fans.

Soooo... Prince fans are not intelligent because Prince doesn't interact with them?

Since you don't know any of us personally, you are not equipped to judge our intelligence based on the way we interact with one another on a music fan site.

Some of us use this as a distraction from our everyday lives...

In other words, "don't get it twisted". You don't know who you're dealing with behind these computer screens.

pald1 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

People like you, who get it? You're quite delusional.

If I may, judging by your name/avatar, I'd place you in that 30% category.

You truly are NOT in the 35% category my friend. Judging a person's intelligence solely on their avatar and name? Get real.

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

Sexy inflatable dolls?!

"the kind you find... in a second-hand store"

I hope they were cleaned after their previous owner had finished with/in/on them

NouveauDance said:

JoeTyler said:

"the kind you find... in a second-hand store"

I hope they were cleaned after their previous owner had finished with/in/on them

This is sooooooooo funny, because, everyone is digging one's mind to give a "very smart answer"!!!

ha ha ha

Everytime I come in here, I eventually have a good laugh

Thanks to those specially who didn't even meant to make me laugh..