daPrettyman said:

electricberet said:

Yes, more of his music is selling now, but not in proportion to his significance in the history of American popular music.

Also, Prince isn't helping his legacy by letting all his post-Warners music go out of print even though he owns the masters. I can't see a whole generation rediscovering that stuff when they never discovered it in the first place. It's not like no one had heard Thriller before when it started selling like hotcakes after he-who-must-not-be-named-in-a-Prince-thread passed away.

That totally makes sense. Maybe he's waiting until he acquires a certain number of remasters or something? IDK.

I agree that he should not be ignoring those early masters. He doesn't seem to care at all. The self-titled album put him on the map and should be remastered with the proper packaging. A few pics from that era as well as maybe a demo or 2 would be nice.

I'm not talking about the Warners stuff. I'm talking about the stuff he released after he was "emancipated." Before Javi did the recent Crystal Ball poll, UltraLash asked where it is possible to buy the official set. The answer is that you can only buy it used from a site like eBay for a high price. There's no reason why Prince couldn't at least have a website set up where you could pay to download that album and the others that he owns. Right now the only choices are illegal downloading and the used CD market, neither of which benefits Prince in any way. An official website would also serve to promote all the music he made since he split with Warners. You can buy Wendy and Lisa's music from their site, so why can't Prince do the same? I wouldn't pay a "membership fee" to join a site of his but I would certainly pay for specific songs or albums that I want.

I'm not the first person to suggest this. I guess Prince just doesn't want to make any money from all those post-Warners masters?

802 said:

All of it. That's what usually happens

peple will focus on whatever part of his legend they love best.

hey this sucks. people are talking about prince dying in this forum!

XxAxX said:

802 said:

All of it. That's what usually happens

peple will focus on whatever part of his legend they love best.

hey this sucks. people are talking about prince dying in this forum!

That's because the Internet is dead, and we assume Prince will join us some day.

TheFreakerFantastic said:

It's funny, if I don't listen to Prince for like a week and then I hear him again I appreciate him so much more, its like thank God he's here to be there to make music on our life's journey with us..

daPrettyman said:

Graycap23 said:

The genral public has no idea of the immense catalogue and talent of an artist like Prince.

They will be studying this man and his work for YEARS after he is gone.

Y E A R S.

I agree completely.

I was getting to know some family memebers at our Family Reuinon this past year. They asked me my hobbies and likes and I explained to them how much I loved Prince and his music. The lady looked at me like I was stone crazy.

All she kept referring to were songs like "Erotic City," "When Doves Cry," etc. She said he was just "too nasty" and she doesn't approve of his music. I later explained to her that his catalog of 1000s of songs are not just about sex, but spirituality and God. She was totally shocked when I broke down "Let's Go Crazy" to her. She could not believe the lyrics were uplifting. I went on to explain how a lot of the songs that are perceived to be about "sex" and "nasty things" are really about other things. I then used "Cream" as an example. She always thought it was about sex. I went on to explain how he wrote the song while looking in the mirror at himself and that he was telling himself how "great" of a person he was and he was "the best" at whatever he put his mind at. I then told her that she should listen to albums like "Lovesexy" and "The Rainbow Children" and tell me if all of his work is about sex.

Needless to say, after about 10 or so minutes of explaining some of Prince's catalog to her, she hurridely left the restaurant.

Wait, what? You recommended someone read the lyrics to the Rainbow Children as a way of getting them to like Prince???

Woah.

jaawwnn said:

daPrettyman said:

I agree completely.

I was getting to know some family memebers at our Family Reuinon this past year. They asked me my hobbies and likes and I explained to them how much I loved Prince and his music. The lady looked at me like I was stone crazy.

All she kept referring to were songs like "Erotic City," "When Doves Cry," etc. She said he was just "too nasty" and she doesn't approve of his music. I later explained to her that his catalog of 1000s of songs are not just about sex, but spirituality and God. She was totally shocked when I broke down "Let's Go Crazy" to her. She could not believe the lyrics were uplifting. I went on to explain how a lot of the songs that are perceived to be about "sex" and "nasty things" are really about other things. I then used "Cream" as an example. She always thought it was about sex. I went on to explain how he wrote the song while looking in the mirror at himself and that he was telling himself how "great" of a person he was and he was "the best" at whatever he put his mind at. I then told her that she should listen to albums like "Lovesexy" and "The Rainbow Children" and tell me if all of his work is about sex.

Needless to say, after about 10 or so minutes of explaining some of Prince's catalog to her, she hurridely left the restaurant.

Wait, what? You recommended someone read the lyrics to the Rainbow Children as a way of getting them to like Prince???

Woah.

It wasn't an attempt to get her to "like" him. Just an attempt to show her that his musical content is not just about sex.

daPrettyman said:

electricberet said:

Yes, more of his music is selling now, but not in proportion to his significance in the history of American popular music.

Also, Prince isn't helping his legacy by letting all his post-Warners music go out of print even though he owns the masters. I can't see a whole generation rediscovering that stuff when they never discovered it in the first place. It's not like no one had heard Thriller before when it started selling like hotcakes after he-who-must-not-be-named-in-a-Prince-thread passed away.

That totally makes sense. Maybe he's waiting until he acquires a certain number of remasters or something? IDK.

I agree that he should not be ignoring those early masters. He doesn't seem to care at all. The self-titled album put him on the map and should be remastered with the proper packaging. A few pics from that era as well as maybe a demo or 2 would be nice.

He cares......but Prince is a ALL or Nothing kind of guy when it comes 2 this particular subject.