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Thread started 02/13/03 4:31am

TerryD

Whats Prince's position on the iraq crisis?

I know he wrote Live 4 love whick is great a song but I have heard nothing from him and I shocked with his silence.

http://www.dtdmedia.com/m...peace.html
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Reply #1 posted 02/13/03 4:32am

Starmist7

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[This message was edited Wed Feb 12 20:34:05 PST 2003 by Starmist7]
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Reply #2 posted 02/13/03 5:00am

2the9s

He also wrote "Iraq, Therefore I Am." razz
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Reply #3 posted 02/13/03 5:07am

NewPowerSista

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2the9s said:

He also wrote "Iraq, Therefore I Am." razz



Damn, that was funny!! We need some levity up in here right about now!
Never trust anything spoken in the presence of an erection.
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Reply #4 posted 02/13/03 5:09am

Anji

2the9s said:

He also wrote "Iraq, Therefore I Am." razz


ROTFLMAO! lol
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Reply #5 posted 02/13/03 5:14am

Mac

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I am rather surprised we haven't yet heard his latest political commentary set to music. I know he's gotta be layin it down, just these days, its going straight into the vault instead of onto record store shelves. I am wondering, considering all the crap going on in the world/media right now about not just Iraq but al Qaueda BinLaden N-Korea NATO (OTAN wink ) UN dirty nukes wmds and all this crap, just makes me wonder if he is somewhere right now writing the next "Sign O The Times", "America" or (cringe) "Ronnie Talk 2 Russia"
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Reply #6 posted 02/13/03 6:06am

sabaisabai

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Prince doesn't need to say anything on the topic. He said it in Money Don't Matter 2nite and Live 4 Love. The fact that 12 years later the songs are still relevant and nothing has changed is a statement in itself. Sad, but true.
Life it ain't real funky unless you got that orgPop.
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Reply #7 posted 02/13/03 8:34pm

ConsciousConta
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The last time I spoke to Prince he said that Jehovah Witnesses are not allowed to have an opinion on the war.
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Reply #8 posted 02/13/03 8:35pm

Handclapsfinga
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ConsciousContact said:

The last time I spoke to Prince he said that Jehovah Witnesses are not allowed to have an opinion on the war.

they can't say anything...lol
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Reply #9 posted 02/13/03 8:36pm

Handclapsfinga
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2the9s said:

He also wrote "Iraq, Therefore I Am." razz

evillol
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Reply #10 posted 02/13/03 8:45pm

Martinelli

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He condemned the air strikes against Iraq in 1998 @ a gig in Ghent. He also said that Bin Laden thing, remember...
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Reply #11 posted 02/13/03 8:53pm

booyah

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From EW's article on why musicians are silent about opposing the war (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,400355~4~0~aremusiciansafraidto,00.html):

"Granted, the current scenario is much more complex than it was in the '60s or the Ronnie-talk-to-Russia '80s."

lol
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Reply #12 posted 02/13/03 8:55pm

Harlepolis

Can somebody write a review about the "Ben Laden" song??
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Reply #13 posted 02/13/03 10:12pm

jnoel

In the jehovah witness dogma and their neutrality nonsense there is no need of politics,they expect everyone to become jw and then jehovah would be Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation err
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Reply #14 posted 02/13/03 10:31pm

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Basically the Bin Laden song was a funk loop with him saying over and over "Bin Laden gettin' ready to bomb" and oh yeah, "I've got to go home to America cause Bin Laden gettin ready to bomb"

I loved all 12 minutes of it.
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Reply #15 posted 02/13/03 10:38pm

livewire

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I'm guessing this is Prince's official position:

"My name's Bennett and I ain't in it."

Of course, you'd have to contact the Susan Blond agency to confirm it.

Peace, David
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Reply #16 posted 02/14/03 12:49am

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JamesMarshallHendrix said:

Basically the Bin Laden song was a funk loop with him saying over and over "Bin Laden gettin' ready to bomb" and oh yeah, "I've got to go home to America cause Bin Laden gettin ready to bomb"

I loved all 12 minutes of it.


That was done in 1998?? Who knew Prince followed current events so closely!? Or maybe it's me who doesn't follow current events closely enough...

Did anyone else here know about Osama Pajama in 1998?
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Reply #17 posted 02/14/03 12:54am

Marrk

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geminito said:

JamesMarshallHendrix said:

Basically the Bin Laden song was a funk loop with him saying over and over "Bin Laden gettin' ready to bomb" and oh yeah, "I've got to go home to America cause Bin Laden gettin ready to bomb"

I loved all 12 minutes of it.


That was done in 1998?? Who knew Prince followed current events so closely!? Or maybe it's me who doesn't follow current events closely enough...

Did anyone else here know about Osama Pajama in 1998?


well yeah, Bin Ladens cronies planted a bomb under the WTC back in '96(ish).
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Reply #18 posted 02/14/03 1:14am

BinaryJustin

Who cares? There's only a "crisis" in Iraq because Blair and Bush said so.

Its all about the Benjamins at the end of the day...

Saddam Hussein needs to treat his people right but you don't punish a tyrant by kiling his people.

Its sick.

Osama Bin Laden is nothing more than a pawn with money and ideals.

Anyway - "Live 4 Love" is a TERRIBLE song...
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Reply #19 posted 02/14/03 1:19am

Supernova

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Prince's position is the one that will piss all those off who usually hang on his every word.



Same as it ever was...
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #20 posted 02/14/03 1:23am

dumbass

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Prince said:

Iraq's repression of women is in adherence to Gods theocratic order. We should be bombing Beverly Hills.
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