And plenty more well known musicians, millionaires and billionaires DON'T give a damn about anything but their own best interests. As a matter of fact it is working class people that donate the MOST to charity compared to people with money and those in the 1%. Prince could be a total scumbag like MOST of them (Madonna, Jay-Z, Fifty etc) but he isn't. He truly seems concerned about the poor and those in need.It seems unfair to single him outas being greedy when he is trying to do something good. Unlike creeps like Geldof or Bono who are ego driven and have hidden agendas. Prince is rich but the music corporations made far more off of him than he ever made. Wealth changes people and creates out-of-touch delusional sociopaths, but, he does seem to be a bit more reality based than most of them. Yet, after thinking about his clothing and sunglass choices maybe I need to rethink that.

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I dig Prince's friends. Super souls! 'with the butt to go round'

Orionforever said:

babynoz said:

You shoulda seen what we paid for the concert before the Super Bowl in '07, only to have him go to London afterwards and charge only 31.21

Seriously though, the prices have to be enough to pay the expenses and cover the donation. I'm sure it'll be well worth it and I wish I could be there....heaven knows when he'll finally come back this way.

Have fun!

I have NO doubt it will be fun.. but Its just kinda silly tho when he makes it sound like he is doing everyone such a huge favor by doing this show.. and actually he is really Not.. its a concer when it comes right down to it... say it like it is... alot of muscians give huge hunks of money to charities from their show... not a big deal...

Where did Prince remotely give this impression?

he didn't say much did he? there was a certain zombiance about that interview, his appearence & demeanor odder than usual. awkward to watch at times

LittleBear said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

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Bet he smelled real nice too!

There, there, Sweetie...it's ok if you don't know the Earth is round. Jehovah still loves u.

What is with his outfit?

Worst outfit/look EVER.

Zannaloaf said:

you've become a boring psychofant. "psycho + sychophant. Used to describe fans who are so obsessively sychophantic that they will like anything a band or artist does, and will like anything that band or artist likes to the point of freakish creepiness."

Yep.

juliejuliejulie said:

And plenty more well known musicians, millionaires and billionaires DON'T give a damn about anything but their own best interests. As a matter of fact it is working class people that donate the MOST to charity compared to people with money and those in the 1%. Prince could be a total scumbag like MOST of them (Madonna, Jay-Z, Fifty etc) but he isn't. He truly seems concerned about the poor and those in need.It seems unfair to single him outas being greedy when he is trying to do something good. Unlike creeps like Geldof or Bono who are ego driven and have hidden agendas. Prince is rich but the music corporations made far more off of him than he ever made. Wealth changes people and creates out-of-touch delusional sociopaths, but, he does seem to be a bit more reality based than most of them. Yet, after thinking about his clothing and sunglass choices maybe I need to rethink that.

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Its great that hes set up/got involved with a charity for main show concerts. Its really warmed my heart towards him that hes getting involve with a charity that gives back to communities etc. I know he gives to charities privately but to implement them in public concerts is fantastic. In these times there is a lot of economical imbalance in western society, families kids going hungry, people losing there homes, people getting shitty pay, buying shitty food getting sick etc which we wouldn’t expect of the 21st century and these politicians don’t do nothing all there interested in is grabbing money...Totally agree in what Prince said- we need to go back to a humane society Prince is so right about being above all political stuff and using god/spirituality to be his guilder. Imo it’s the only thing that will bring balance. Hope brings theses type of concerts to other places ie UK.

it was cool

james aaron

serpan99 said:

^

that ain't "Prince"!!

please, tell me that ain't Prince.

Oh nooooo.... a cringe worthy interview.. terrible.

talking about 1999 The New Master (don't mention this EVER), Jehovah and also charity (Prince can't brag about charity as a Jehovah Witness, oh dear.. how SILLY!).

those issues.... it just can't get any worse than that.

and - like someone else said before, the worst look ever. The interview probably scared the rest of the very little fan base away.....

how I miss the "old" dirty and cool Prince.

And..... how I feel very old and very grumpy right now... oh no.

If round afro's were still trending like they were in the '90s then I doubt there would be this much ridicule. But Prince is very rebellious. In the '90s retro '70s style afro's were trending with Snoop and Lauryn Hill, etc. ....

....instead of joining the crowd, Prince went in the opposite direction and had this straightened hairstyle with bangs down in his face back then...

Bascially that hairstyle Prince was sporting back in the '90s has been trending with Rihanna and emo teens and bands in recent years...

...And again, Prince goes in the opposite direction with an afro.

I think this Clint Eastwood quote sums up Prince just as well. "There's a rebel lying deep in my soul. Anytime anybody tells me the trend is such and such, I go the opposite direction. I hate the idea of trends. I have a reverence for individuality."

I'm cool with Prince's afro. It's not like he hasn't worn his hair natural like that before.

And it's not like he hasn't worn big round glasses before.

And it's not like Prince hasn't been a unusual dresser before. As he says in Days of Wild, "I'd rather dress to make a woman stare. I'm puttin' on somethin' that another won't dare." I like it when he looks really unique and wild and creative with his clothes designs and hair and doesn't conform at all to the norm.

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juliejuliejulie said:

And plenty more well known musicians, millionaires and billionaires DON'T give a damn about anything but their own best interests. As a matter of fact it is working class people that donate the MOST to charity compared to people with money and those in the 1%. Prince could be a total scumbag like MOST of them (Madonna, Jay-Z, Fifty etc) but he isn't. He truly seems concerned about the poor and those in need.It seems unfair to single him outas being greedy when he is trying to do something good. Unlike creeps like Geldof or Bono who are ego driven and have hidden agendas. Prince is rich but the music corporations made far more off of him than he ever made. Wealth changes people and creates out-of-touch delusional sociopaths, but, he does seem to be a bit more reality based than most of them. Yet, after thinking about his clothing and sunglass choices maybe I need to rethink that.

[Edited 9/19/12 22:18pm]

Prince really has done a lot of charity, more than most people realize because he generally doesn't announce and flaunt his charity work for good publicity. Since 1982 Prince has quietly donated thousands to Marva Collins' Westside Preparatory School in Chicago, Illinois. Marva Collins' Westside Preparatory School is a school that welcomes students who had been rejected by other schools and labeled disruptive and "unteachable." Prince became the cofounder and honorary chairman of Marva Collins's National Teacher Training Institute, created so Marva Collins could retrain teachers using her methodology. During the 1999 tour on December 10th, 1982, Prince sponsored a $50 a person benefit concert with proceeds donated to Marva Collins' Westside Preparatory School and raised over $10,000.

These scans are from the out of print Prince - A Documentary (1993) by Per Nilsen:
Throughout the Purple Rain tour, special blocks of "Purple Circle" tickets were sold to benefit Marva Collins' training program, as part of Prince's goal to contribute $50,000 or more to Marva Collins' Westside Preparatory School.

While in Washington D.C., Prince attended a charity ball for Marva Collins and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America and performed a surprise, one-hour show for 2500 deaf and handicapped students at Gallaudet College. While Prince performed, eight purple-clad interpreters translated his lyrics into sign language ("We rehearsed a long time for this," said one, Bernardette Coughlin). In return, the students flashed one sign back: "I love you."

In July 26th, 1983, Prince sponsored a benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theater company and raised $23,000.

Prince made food drives a standard feature of the Purple Rain tour. Almost 200,000 pounds of nonperishable food was donated to local food banks serving the needy across America.

A number of free tickets were given to some underprivileged area youth across America. Prince gave free concerts during the Purple Rain tour for disabled, handicapped children in Los Angeles, New York City, Houston and Washington, D.C. In each case the children were bused to the matinee without being told who they were about to see. To his publicists' chagrin, the arrangements were hush-hush, said his press agent, Dorene Lauer, because "His motive was not publicity and he did not want it publicized."
Prince donated his song "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" for the USA For Africa album with proceeds going to the USA for Africa Foundation, for the relief of famine and disease in Africa, specifically to famine in Ethiopia.
Prince sent a $13,200 contribution to the Hands Across America fund-raiser to combat hunger, said David Fulton, a spokesman for the event.

http://www.startribune.co...d=11488591
In August 2nd and 3rd, 1986, two Madison Square Garden shows by Prince were benefits for the National Youth Movement, lead by Al Sharpton.

Prince donated $85,000 to Martin Luther King Junior's son, Dexter, for a video to promote a song titled "King Holiday" to benefit the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Change in Atlanta. "He saved the day," King said.
http://www.startribune.co...d=11488591
Prince gave his father songwriting credit on many of Prince's own songs that his father actually didn't write. It was a way to help his father financially.
on December 31st, 1987/January 1st, 1988, at midnight, Prince performed a New Years concert, $200 per-person with a crowd of 400 people at Paisley Park Studios, to benefit the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless.

In 1988 Prince signed George Clinton to Paisley Park Records with an advance from the deal to pay off the $150,000 George Clinton owed in tax debt.

On October 20th, 1988, Prince played a benefit concert at Citi, a Boston club, attended by 1,000 people, with proceeds (more than $30,000) going to a scholarship set up in the name of Frederick Weber, a Berklee College freshmen who was hit by a car and killed while waiting in line to purchase tickets to Prince's concert at the Worcester Centrum in Boston.

On April 30th, 1990, Prince played a benefit concert at Rupert's nightclub in Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 650 tickets that were sold at $100 for the widow of Prince former bodyguard Charlies Huntsberry, who died of heart failure without any life insurance to pay for his funeral costs.

http://princetext.tripod...._1990.html
On July 19th, 1991, Prince played at the Special Olympics benefit at the Metrodiome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In 1992 the profits for Prince's "Money Don’t Matter 2 Night" single were donated to the United Negro College Fund.
On March, 27th, 1993, Prince performed at the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, for a specially invited audience of under-privileged children’s groups from the local community.

http://edition.cnn.com/19...rince.bio/

Prince created his own charity organization called Love 4 One Another charity in 1996, proceeds for his concerts benefit the Love 4 One Another charity to support children and those in need of medical care. High school students from across America were selected to attend free Christmas concerts at Paisley Park Studios in Minnesota after sending copies of their school report cards to radio stations in their home states.

This scan is from Uptown #27 (Spring, 1997):

At a concert in the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Hawaii on February 16th, 1997, a section of the front had been reserved, at Prince's request, for handicapped patrons.

This scan is from Uptown #29 (Fall, 1997):

On February 25th, 1999, an announcement was made at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards at Sony Pictures, Culver City that Prince made made a sizeable donation, rumored to be $100,000, to help the Foundation.
On May 29th, 2004, Prince played at the Tiger Jam Benefit Concert, an SBC-sponsored event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The annual benefit concert, hosted by Tiger Woods, raises funds for the Tiger Woods Learning Center, an education facility in Southern California, and local charities. Tiger Woods said. "I am delighted to be working with Prince and SBC Communications Inc. to help underserved youth through the Tiger Woods Learning Center."
http://www.highbeam.com/d...76940.html
On September 2nd, 2005, Prince recorded and released two songs, SST and Brand New Orleans, about the Hurricane Catriona disaster in New Orleans, on his NPG Music Club website for download and released the two songs on CD as a single available in stores on October 25th, 2005, and donated all the proceeds from the download and the CD to the Hurricane Relief Fund.
http://www.mi2n.com/press...s_nb=82994
http://www.discogs.com/Pr...ter/218966
In 2007 Prince had his fee, and all his royalties for his song "The Song of the Heart," for the film and soundtrack Happy Feet, donated to charity.

http://www.contactmusic.c...ty_1017881

On July 7th, 2007, Prince played a free in-store concert at Macy's in Minneapolis, Minnesota and released a perfume called 3121, with proceeds from the perfume sales going to charities. The charities benefiting include the City of Hope, H.A.L.O., the Elevate Hope Foundation, Urban Farming, the Bridge, the Edith Couey Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund and the Jazz Foundation of America.

http://www.looktothestars...or-charity

On October 10th, 2008, Prince played a charity concert at The Hotel Ganvesoort in New York City, New York, with proceeds going to Love 4 One Another Charities and Urban Farming charity.
http://prince.org/msg/7/314634?pr
On February 28th, 2009, Prince played a benefit concert in the Conga Room at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles for the Tavis Smiley Foundation, with all proceeds going toward the foundation's National Youth Advisory Council.
http://mymusicmixtv.blogs...tavis.html
On May 25th, 2011, Prince played a charity concert at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, $500 per-person for his twin dancers, Maya and Nandy's mother, Maureen Moseley, who became ill and has stayed for a lengthy and expensive time at a hospital. http://healmomsheart.blogspot.com/

http://www.houseofblues.c...ntid=69343

In 2011 Prince donated $1 million of his own money to the Harlem Children’s Zone, and $250,000 each to The Uptown Dance Academy and The American Ballet Theatre, whose ballerina Misty Copeland performed with Prince during the tour. Harlem Children's Zone President and CEO Geoffrey Canada had this to say about the donation: "I want to thank Prince. I am touched and blown away by his generosity. This is unprecedented in my lifetime to see an artist come forward and invest in today's children."

Prince also donated the solid gold Fender Custom Stratocaster guitar which he has used during his Welcome 2 America tour to raise money for the Harlem Children’s Zone.
http://theurbandaily.com/...rens-zone/

http://www.paultough.com/tag/prince/

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A class act Prince is.......

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

A class act Prince is.......

Well that's it isn't it.

Prince is growing up and out of his Princely idiosyncratic World I feel ? Maybe. Even bored with the whole MegaStar deal ? Maybe...

He's a true "Back in the day" type star; and honestly I feel he's kinda sick to death of the whole thing. The world needs Prince, personally I'm getting the feeling he's wondering does he need to keep giving to 'The World'. He's been doin' this most of his life, and I believe he'll never stop playing Music, that's the life force, my opinion, but things I remember people saying 20, 30 years ago, "He gives so much, he should hold back a little" (Little Richard) - are maybe growing inside the Man.

All the campaigning for freedom of expression, actually Prince just freely expressed himself didn't he, all the Creativity, the Battles with the Big companies (WB), constantly believing in oneself, the doubts.

The guy is an Icon, no doubt. He seems so tired and empty just recently (last 3 or so years) which got me thinking in this way.

Prince dropped down to Australia earlier this year but I couldn't afford to pay what the promoters were asking, $300, $500, $700, I tried looking on a whim on the night of a concert; people asking $1400, sheesh... the tyranny of distance.

Excuse my breaking from the 'thread'. I read so many posts and realised I had to see 'The View', and did; he's trying it feels to me, just as an observation, to transcend his status as a performer to creating a more accessible person in Society.

My two cents, and my yearly post.