Just shows how music over rides everything..

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..But prince puts that all aside , no ego and just plays music that is good...regardless of who it is

He knows the perception people have of him and mj but he stills shows love to mj and gives a few subliminal signs of respect when 'Don't stop till you get enough plays.'

Mj would have never done a ccover of a prince song..gotta respect prince for being the bigger man in that sense

Parts of 'It's gonna be a beautiful night' were played on a MJ 'tour'.

I wish Prince stayed well away from MJ's 'music'.

Onthe1jb said:

Just shows how music over rides everything..

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..But prince puts that all aside , no ego and just plays music that is good...regardless of who it is

He knows the perception people have of him and mj but he stills shows love to mj and gives a few subliminal signs of respect when 'Don't stop till you get enough plays.'

Mj would have never done a ccover of a prince song..gotta respect prince for being the bigger man in that sense

WTF r u talking about? MJ was the biggest fan of Prince...Prince was everything MJ was not and wished he could be...It's well documented their mutual respect for each other...MJ named his kid 'Prince'...and that wasn't a coincidence....a hope that his son would be able to experience what MJ couldn't...a childhood which allowed Prince to mature at his own rate...not the rate of the microscope of the world...

phonk said:

Onthe1jb said:

Just shows how music over rides everything..

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..But prince puts that all aside , no ego and just plays music that is good...regardless of who it is

He knows the perception people have of him and mj but he stills shows love to mj and gives a few subliminal signs of respect when 'Don't stop till you get enough plays.'

Mj would have never done a ccover of a prince song..gotta respect prince for being the bigger man in that sense

WTF r u talking about? MJ was the biggest fan of Prince...Prince was everything MJ was not and wished he could be...It's well documented their mutual respect for each other...MJ named his kid 'Prince'...and that wasn't a coincidence....a hope that his son would be able to experience what MJ couldn't...a childhood which allowed Prince to mature at his own rate...not the rate of the microscope of the world...

ahaha the question is what the fuck r u talking about..You paste my words and don't relate anything of our own to them?

I didn't said mj never liked or respected prince..Imo he did..ALOT. But he never showed it on stage..Never covered a full song or mentioned him in interviews...I didn't know about the beautiful night bit...Could you point me towards that perhaps?

phonk said:

Onthe1jb said:

Just shows how music over rides everything..

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..But prince puts that all aside , no ego and just plays music that is good...regardless of who it is

He knows the perception people have of him and mj but he stills shows love to mj and gives a few subliminal signs of respect when 'Don't stop till you get enough plays.'

Mj would have never done a ccover of a prince song..gotta respect prince for being the bigger man in that sense

WTF r u talking about? MJ was the biggest fan of Prince...Prince was everything MJ was not and wished he could be...It's well documented their mutual respect for each other...MJ named his kid 'Prince'...and that wasn't a coincidence....a hope that his son would be able to experience what MJ couldn't...a childhood which allowed Prince to mature at his own rate...not the rate of the microscope of the world...

Please. MJ naming his son Prince had NOTHING to do with Prince the singer. MJ's grandfather and great grandfather were named Prince. It's a FAMILY name and that's who his son was named after. I mean really, as if MJ was so obsessed with Prince that he'd name his son after him . Only Prince fams would say that.

And I don't think Prince was everything MJ wished he could be at all. MJ was an exceptional talent in his own right and mega successful. Why would he want to be Prince?

MJ was envious of the respect and acclaim Prince got. There was some jealousy on MJ's part about that I believe but I don't think he ever wanted to be like him.

And MJ has acknowledged what a great talent Prince is before, but never spoke much about him and why should he really? MJ was not asked about Prince very often in interviews, whereas Prince was asked about MJ several times in interviews, so it makes sense that Prince has mentioned MJ more than MJ mentioned him. Why would MJ just bring Prince's name up randomly?

MJ spoke about people who influenced him often like James Brown, Jackie Wilson,etc. Why would he often talk about Prince?

And also why would MJ cover Prince's music OP? Prince tends to do lots of covers in his concerts. MJ did not do many covers as a solo artist at all. Prince's music is great the way it is anyway, why would MJ cover his music? I know if MJ had to cover Prince's music, y'all would have a fit on here lol. I'm glad he didn't.

Prince likes doing covers and digs some J5/MJ stuff so it's not a big deal if he or his band (Because really I have never heard Prince sing an actual MJ/J5 song, someone else always does vocals) cover one or two MJ songs.

I dislike how prince plays mj music,

now shut up......

and:

Onthe1jb said:

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..

You are clueless.

#1 - Michael considered Prince a genius and did listen to his music. He attended at least one show on the Purple Rain tour, there's a famous picture of him reading an article about Prince in a newspaper, and furthermore, they were actually friends. They would share rare Sly Stone bootlegs with each other and MJ went out to Paisley Park at least once and played basketball with P.

#2 - There's a famous story about Michael and Quincy, and how the synths on "Thriller" were made to sound like the synths on "1999", after Quincy played the song to Michael during the final recording sessions.

#3 - As mentioned, Michael's band would play "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" on the Bad tour.

#4 - Michael and Quincy wanted Prince to duet on "Bad", remember?

#5 - Last year, ?uestlove from The Roots purchased a tape that contained hours of "behind the scenes" unleaked footage of Michael and Eddie Murphy at the video shoot for their duet "Whatzupwithu?". During the tape, you hear the following (paraphrased) in the conversation at one point:

Eddie - "Michael, I'm so honored to be working with you, but you know, I really love Prince too. I would love to do a song with Prince."

Michael - "He's a genius!!! but...... I can beat him!"

I think that says it all about the respect they had for each other but also the competitiveness.

There's other points I could bring up but I'm gonna stop there for now.

I appreciate how other people might be a fan of one more than the other, or even a fan of one but not the other, but for ME, they are my two favorite artists of all time and are the yin to each others yang. Both of them are as close as it gets to being the most complete artist, each missing something that the other has.

Onthe1jb said:

Just shows how music over rides everything..

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..But prince puts that all aside , no ego and just plays music that is good...regardless of who it is

He knows the perception people have of him and mj but he stills shows love to mj and gives a few subliminal signs of respect when 'Don't stop till you get enough plays.'

Mj would have never done a ccover of a prince song..gotta respect prince for being the bigger man in that sense

That's because Prince is awesome.

Onthe1jb said:

phonk said:

WTF r u talking about? MJ was the biggest fan of Prince...Prince was everything MJ was not and wished he could be...It's well documented their mutual respect for each other...MJ named his kid 'Prince'...and that wasn't a coincidence....a hope that his son would be able to experience what MJ couldn't...a childhood which allowed Prince to mature at his own rate...not the rate of the microscope of the world...

ahaha the question is what the fuck r u talking about..You paste my words and don't relate anything of our own to them?

I didn't said mj never liked or respected prince..Imo he did..ALOT. But he never showed it on stage..Never covered a full song or mentioned him in interviews...I didn't know about the beautiful night bit...Could you point me towards that perhaps?

I don't know why some fans still get so uppity about picking sides in this non-existent MJ/Prince thing, you guys still swapping the free stickers you got with Look In too? (Showing age there :blush:)

I really love both...

I wish Prince did some more tribute to MJ when he passed away, like covering a song with his own voice... But that wont happen anyway.

I remember during the 98 show in France, some stupid french punk guy came on stage and grab Prince mic.

Then he yield in front of the whole audience "Who is the best Prince or Michael??".

Then when Pince took back the mic, you can even hear the guy saying at very low volume "go away fucker".

Then Prince, ran to Ophelie Winter and asked her what the guy said.

And the rest of the song, Prince try to imitate Michael famous "HiiiiHIIII".

I think you can check it on the boot return to zenith from sabotage.

[Edited 8/4/11 17:31pm]

Here we go the fuck again.

Cup of tea anyone??

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Militant said:

Onthe1jb said:

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..

You are clueless.

#1 - Michael considered Prince a genius and did listen to his music. He attended at least one show on the Purple Rain tour, there's a famous picture of him reading an article about Prince in a newspaper, and furthermore, they were actually friends. They would share rare Sly Stone bootlegs with each other and MJ went out to Paisley Park at least once and played basketball with P.

#2 - There's a famous story about Michael and Quincy, and how the synths on "Thriller" were made to sound like the synths on "1999", after Quincy played the song to Michael during the final recording sessions.

#3 - As mentioned, Michael's band would play "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" on the Bad tour.

#4 - Michael and Quincy wanted Prince to duet on "Bad", remember?

#5 - Last year, ?uestlove from The Roots purchased a tape that contained hours of "behind the scenes" unleaked footage of Michael and Eddie Murphy at the video shoot for their duet "Whatzupwithu?". During the tape, you hear the following (paraphrased) in the conversation at one point:

Eddie - "Michael, I'm so honored to be working with you, but you know, I really love Prince too. I would love to do a song with Prince."

Michael - "He's a genius!!! but...... I can beat him!"

I think that says it all about the respect they had for each other but also the competitiveness.

There's other points I could bring up but I'm gonna stop there for now.

I appreciate how other people might be a fan of one more than the other, or even a fan of one but not the other, but for ME, they are my two favorite artists of all time and are the yin to each others yang. Both of them are as close as it gets to being the most complete artist, each missing something that the other has.

Totally agree with everything you say here in your post! Thank you for sharing the story with ?uestlove too! I remember reding that! MJ & Prince are both my favorite artists ever, and there should not be a line of disrespect regarding the two. They are complete in many ways, and fill out the rest!

MJ didnt really do covers at concerts (With some exceptions)

[Edited 8/4/11 19:03pm]

I always wonder why Prince never sings MJ's songs in his show & lets the background singers do it. But sings other artist songs.

Onthe1jb said:

Just shows how music over rides everything..

He knows mj never played his music or even wanted to talk about prince..But prince puts that all aside , no ego and just plays music that is good...regardless of who it is

He knows the perception people have of him and mj but he stills shows love to mj and gives a few subliminal signs of respect when 'Don't stop till you get enough plays.'

Mj would have never done a ccover of a prince song..gotta respect prince for being the bigger man in that sense

hi - i think that i 1st experienced Prince cover MJ on 10-24-2009 in Chan at the Park. it was amazing - the love and respect that i felt there from Prince to MJ and/or the music was incredible. i don't know another who can cover music and give it a new life that is so beautiful. can u tell that i adore Prince? seriously, he covers MJ so well.

I know right!! He knows who the king is and playing his songs is a proper tribute and respect. I wish he would sing it though instead of those aweful girls in the band. they cant sing at all!! I miss Rosie more and more hearing them sing

please, prince never liked mj.

1. Prince writes 98% of whats on the albums, MJ 5%
2. Prince 44 Albums, Jacko less than 10
3. Jacko sold more records (Brainwashed more people)
4. Jacko only sings slick pop, Prince has tried most styles.
5. Prince dosen't fuck little boys
6. Prince dosen't have a pet chimpanzee, zoo, hyperbaric chamber etc.
7. Prince looks real, Jacko sci fi nightmare
8. Prince heaps of women, Jacko two surrogate mothers and several boys.
9. Prince still kicks ass, Jacko washed up.
10. How many side acts has Michael produced?
11. Prince no controlling family, MJ Joseph no comment
12. Prince, Tyka: Michael, Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Randy, Janet

prince knows all this, sure he might respect the 5% of music mj actually writes, but he does not respect him as a person, and never wanted anything to do with him, who would?

There is an MJ sticky in the music: non-Prince forum. Use it.