Is Your Prince Feeling Gone?

As for him shutting down sites, cease and desist, the youtube thing, being an asshole

Has no bearing how i feel for his music

I will always have love for the old stuff and some outakes, bootlegs

but musically as of 2006 and up there is little to get excited about

I think if he released a new album every year my intrest would still be there

but now a days i dont really care as much

FragileUndertow said:

Is Your Prince Feeling Gone?

As for him shutting down sites, cease and desist, the youtube thing, being an asshole

Has no bearing how i feel for his music

^ Normal.

Everybody take note.

FragileUndertow said:

Is Your Prince Feeling Gone?

As for him shutting down sites, cease and desist, the youtube thing, being an asshole

Has no bearing how i feel for his music

I will always have love for the old stuff and some outakes, bootlegs

but musically as of 2006 and up there is little to get excited about

I think if he released a new album every year my intrest would still be there

but now a days i dont really care as much

Yeah, that's the sad part because Prince doesn't care either.

nursev said:

I mean do you feel it's a wrap for Prince? Has he gone as far as he can go as an artist? Do you still like his music? It's bothering me, but I think I'm over the purpleness I mean the music doesn't excite me anymore- I think I'm done.

Omey said:

Never be done for me, because almost anything he releases is better than all the other crap out there. I mean even if for example 'Rock & Roll Love Affair' is no 'Little Red Corvette' it's still better than anything Bieber or Britney is going to put out. Also I was incredibly impressed with 2009's Lotusflo3er/MPLSound. Granted 20Ten wasn't the best, but we know he punches out music every year so we are bound to get some perfection and just some of what he wants to release just because.

Bieber or Britney? Their is the problem right there. Prince was a groundbreaker in his day and your making the suggestion that - ah well it's still going to be better than Bieber or Britney!!

For fuck sakes.

As to the original question. More or less yeh. I still spin some of the classics every now and then, but I can't hold out any enthusiasm for the next record, whenever it arrives.

The last one was such a dissapointment ( Planet Earth?) . See, I can't even remember the last album!

maplesyrupnjam said:

As to the original question. More or less yeh. I still spin some of the classics every now and then, but I can't hold out any enthusiasm for the next record, whenever it arrives.

The last one was such a dissapointment ( Planet Earth?) . See, I can't even remember the last album!

Oh Christ! It was 20ten...

I'm off to gather my thoughts.

But there are many other artists in various other music genre that are good musicians & entertainers, everyone out there isn't a Justin B or a Rihanna

I don't personally think Prince is the best thing out there, he's just my favorite, Im big into the jazz scene and there are groups/individuals that put out music regularly that I buy all their music and its good and I continue to listen to them

Music makes people respond, if it does that 4 u then go with it, I love a good feel good song no matter what genre

I tend to get excited when it seems like Prince is opening up, he needs to do more recording and performing with a wide range of people from his past camp and mix with the new. That for me would keep the spark going

XxAxX said:

nursev said:

I mean do you feel it's a wrap for Prince? Has he gone as far as he can go as an artist? Do you still like his music? It's bothering me, but I think I'm over the purpleness I mean the music doesn't excite me anymore- I think I'm done.

please allow me a different point of view. i think (at least in part) the reason that some of us no longer feel that 'thrill' is on us, the fans. we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

when we were in our 20s, the world seemed like an opening door and our lives stretched out before us like a red carpet. we'd party till we saw the dawn and go about our busines with that extra little lift in our hearts after a sweet night of dancing to prince tunes.

we're older now. no longer carefree. we have mortgages to pay, kids to raise, and decisions to make against the backrop of an uncertain and bleak economy. music that used to serve as our quick fix and lift us up no longer does so, not because it is not uplifting, but because we have become too heavy to uplift in this fashion.

we used to turn to prince to cheer us up and we still do, but now we can see far enough to know that it's not that simple anymore. the world is complicated, and our lives are short. we're impatient now and place the blame on prince for not quite transporting us back to the mindset we enjoyed during the golden years of back in the day.

we blame prince for changing without even seeing that we have been changing too.

we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

I hear u, and that could be true for some people, but everyone is still an individual

Im the type of person that can watch a movie over and over and still feel the chill fear or excitement I did almost like when I first saw it. That's how I tend to by my dvds

Im similar with music, I would say in my life I'm warmer and less burdened than when I was a teen, because I'm free to do what I want. And I secure and comfortable in my own skin vs when I was younger.

I still party till the dawn whether its a house gathering a bar a dance club or some lounge chill spot because I know its a good thing to do,

I don't think paying bills and having kids means a person is 'burdened and not carefree' , even though some people use it as an excuse...

I mean that is a bleak picture uv painted there my fellow orger

"...to heavy to lift up" ? wow, again that depends on the individual, man I know teens more burdened than adults.

a few years ago my brothers cousins and myself along with spouses, went to an amusement park and we got on a ride that flips up upside down round and round. We yelled and kicked and laughed like 10yr olds (most of us were in our 30s at the time) When we go off the ride conductor said "Thanks guys you made my day, because these kids get on and act like they don't feel anything" and I waited a bit for the next crew of people who were mostly teens to get on and understood what he meant. They seemed numb to what was happening. While my family 30something and myself ran on to the next thrill

Music still makes me feel good like it always has

I was extremely excited with what was happening with Sheila E & then the Family connection.

Sheila's shows had that spark that reminded me of 1984-1986

For me I get excited when new Prince happenings take place, but I think its the follow thru that feels like the air was let out of the balloon.

OldFriends4Sale said:

XxAxX said:

please allow me a different point of view. i think (at least in part) the reason that some of us no longer feel that 'thrill' is on us, the fans. we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

when we were in our 20s, the world seemed like an opening door and our lives stretched out before us like a red carpet. we'd party till we saw the dawn and go about our busines with that extra little lift in our hearts after a sweet night of dancing to prince tunes.

we're older now. no longer carefree. we have mortgages to pay, kids to raise, and decisions to make against the backrop of an uncertain and bleak economy. music that used to serve as our quick fix and lift us up no longer does so, not because it is not uplifting, but because we have become too heavy to uplift in this fashion.

we used to turn to prince to cheer us up and we still do, but now we can see far enough to know that it's not that simple anymore. the world is complicated, and our lives are short. we're impatient now and place the blame on prince for not quite transporting us back to the mindset we enjoyed during the golden years of back in the day.

we blame prince for changing without even seeing that we have been changing too.

we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

I hear u, and that could be true for some people, but everyone is still an individual

Im the type of person that can watch a movie over and over and still feel the chill fear or excitement I did almost like when I first saw it. That's how I tend to by my dvds

Im similar with music, I would say in my life I'm warmer and less burdened than when I was a teen, because I'm free to do what I want. And I secure and comfortable in my own skin vs when I was younger.

I still party till the dawn whether its a house gathering a bar a dance club or some lounge chill spot because I know its a good thing to do,

I don't think paying bills and having kids means a person is 'burdened and not carefree' , even though some people use it as an excuse...

I mean that is a bleak picture uv painted there my fellow orger

"...to heavy to lift up" ? wow, again that depends on the individual, man I know teens more burdened than adults.

a few years ago my brothers cousins and myself along with spouses, went to an amusement park and we got on a ride that flips up upside down round and round. We yelled and kicked and laughed like 10yr olds (most of us were in our 30s at the time) When we go off the ride conductor said "Thanks guys you made my day, because these kids get on and act like they don't feel anything" and I waited a bit for the next crew of people who were mostly teens to get on and understood what he meant. They seemed numb to what was happening. While my family 30something and myself ran on to the next thrill

Music still makes me feel good like it always has

I was extremely excited with what was happening with Sheila E & then the Family connection.

Sheila's shows had that spark that reminded me of 1984-1986

For me I get excited when new Prince happenings take place, but I think its the follow thru that feels like the air was let out of the balloon.

^ mind you, i did say 'at least in part'

TheEnglishGent said:

I'm happy and looking forward to whatever he releases. I don't need it to be groundbreaking. He's old, I'm old. Let the kids to do the new stuff that I don't get because I'm old.

I feel this way too. I'm 49 and I still enjoy Prince's music. It doesn't have to be grounbreaking.

Also, after watching an hour of the American Music Awards last night and the absolute shit I saw and heard during that hour, I welcome anything Prince has to offer.

My Prince feeling is not gone.

I can still listen to Prince for days without a need to listen to something else.

not yet but it really is heading that way. Music was the soundtrack of my life so these memories/feelings are not easily lost. I hang around more in hope!!, IMHO he is far from the best both as a live artist and certainly on record but nothing lasts forever. I am thankful for all the amazing music, tours etc that I have enjoyed and just hope that he delivers just 1 truly great album.

Omey said:

Never be done for me, because almost anything he releases is better than all the other crap out there. I mean even if for example 'Rock & Roll Love Affair' is no 'Little Red Corvette' it's still better than anything Bieber or Britney is going to put out. Also I was incredibly impressed with 2009's Lotusflo3er/MPLSound. Granted 20Ten wasn't the best, but we know he punches out music every year so we are bound to get some perfection and just some of what he wants to release just because.

why yall folks always compare his recent shitt to recent shitt on the charts? there´s tons of good music and good musicians out there ....it´s Prince´s fault if the charts is the only place he looks at for new music or to see whats happenin right now.

and even in the charts there stuff like Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Miguel and Caleidoscope Circus, and D´Angelo and Maxwell ( they´re not prolific but they still alive and their live shows are tight..supertight!)

It aint always about Britney and the Justins.

There´s tons of good music out there.....just gotta look for it

and it´s better than Prince´s recent shitt

XxAxX said:

nursev said:

I mean do you feel it's a wrap for Prince? Has he gone as far as he can go as an artist? Do you still like his music? It's bothering me, but I think I'm over the purpleness I mean the music doesn't excite me anymore- I think I'm done.

please allow me a different point of view. i think (at least in part) the reason that some of us no longer feel that 'thrill' is on us, the fans. we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

when we were in our 20s, the world seemed like an opening door and our lives stretched out before us like a red carpet. we'd party till we saw the dawn and go about our busines with that extra little lift in our hearts after a sweet night of dancing to prince tunes.

we're older now. no longer carefree. we have mortgages to pay, kids to raise, and decisions to make against the backrop of an uncertain and bleak economy. music that used to serve as our quick fix and lift us up no longer does so, not because it is not uplifting, but because we have become too heavy to uplift in this fashion.

we used to turn to prince to cheer us up and we still do, but now we can see far enough to know that it's not that simple anymore. the world is complicated, and our lives are short. we're impatient now and place the blame on prince for not quite transporting us back to the mindset we enjoyed during the golden years of back in the day.

we blame prince for changing without even seeing that we have been changing too.

Bra.Vo.

XxAxX said:

nursev said:

I mean do you feel it's a wrap for Prince? Has he gone as far as he can go as an artist? Do you still like his music? It's bothering me, but I think I'm over the purpleness I mean the music doesn't excite me anymore- I think I'm done.

please allow me a different point of view. i think (at least in part) the reason that some of us no longer feel that 'thrill' is on us, the fans. we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

when we were in our 20s, the world seemed like an opening door and our lives stretched out before us like a red carpet. we'd party till we saw the dawn and go about our busines with that extra little lift in our hearts after a sweet night of dancing to prince tunes.

we're older now. no longer carefree. we have mortgages to pay, kids to raise, and decisions to make against the backrop of an uncertain and bleak economy. music that used to serve as our quick fix and lift us up no longer does so, not because it is not uplifting, but because we have become too heavy to uplift in this fashion.

we used to turn to prince to cheer us up and we still do, but now we can see far enough to know that it's not that simple anymore. the world is complicated, and our lives are short. we're impatient now and place the blame on prince for not quite transporting us back to the mindset we enjoyed during the golden years of back in the day.

we blame prince for changing without even seeing that we have been changing too.

Amen!!!

not at all. not too crazy about all his recent stuff, but that's . it's mostly at least rather listenable. i'm still excited by the older stuff, honestly. power fantastic has been on repeat for about a week or so . he has too much awesome music (older and newer) that i love already for me to really be "over" him. still a freaking genius, in my opinion

i still enjoy listening to a lot of his music, but his newer cd's don't excite me as much. and even his older music that used to excite me to listen to, doesn't in the same way anymore. but i'm thinking this is because i am not a teenager anymore, like i was when i first became a fan of his. and he's not a young man anymore either. it's fine, it happens.

Is yours? I mean, you are the one starting threads at his #1 fansite. wtf?

excited said:

yeah i feel the same, i'm no longer crushing on him.. i'm on the verge of changing my username, the purple dimension is VERY dull at the mo, what with predictable concerts, andy allo, r&r affair, those yellow trousers & now the petit prince.. prince is officially a boring old codger, unfunky & unsexy

you nailed it.

the religion killed it for me. jw is NOT HOT. sorry, i'm shallow like that. lololol

I lost the purple feeling for 4 or 5 years. Gotta go back to basics, and put on The Hits 1 & 2/b-sides package and be reminded how incredible this guy is, and why you got into him in the first place. It worked a treat for me;-)

XxAxX said:

nursev said:

I mean do you feel it's a wrap for Prince? Has he gone as far as he can go as an artist? Do you still like his music? It's bothering me, but I think I'm over the purpleness I mean the music doesn't excite me anymore- I think I'm done.

please allow me a different point of view. i think (at least in part) the reason that some of us no longer feel that 'thrill' is on us, the fans. we're older, colder and more burdened than we were back in the day.

when we were in our 20s, the world seemed like an opening door and our lives stretched out before us like a red carpet. we'd party till we saw the dawn and go about our busines with that extra little lift in our hearts after a sweet night of dancing to prince tunes.

we're older now. no longer carefree. we have mortgages to pay, kids to raise, and decisions to make against the backrop of an uncertain and bleak economy. music that used to serve as our quick fix and lift us up no longer does so, not because it is not uplifting, but because we have become too heavy to uplift in this fashion.

we used to turn to prince to cheer us up and we still do, but now we can see far enough to know that it's not that simple anymore. the world is complicated, and our lives are short. we're impatient now and place the blame on prince for not quite transporting us back to the mindset we enjoyed during the golden years of back in the day.

we blame prince for changing without even seeing that we have been changing too.

not for me. I'm older, I work hard, I have a kid..I enjoy all that for what it is...it's a differnt part of my life. I understand we eveolve and change. The problem for me is that Pricen has devolved imo. He no longer takes real cahnces and he has closed himslf down t collaboration and growth (IMO) Plenty of artists who still do it for me...and new ones too.
I see your point, but too many other artists put out material I dig, as well as some exciting new bands.
I saw Allen Stone recently and was blown away!

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Omey said:

Never be done for me, because almost anything he releases is better than all the other crap out there. I mean even if for example 'Rock & Roll Love Affair' is no 'Little Red Corvette' it's still better than anything Bieber or Britney is going to put out. Also I was incredibly impressed with 2009's Lotusflo3er/MPLSound. Granted 20Ten wasn't the best, but we know he punches out music every year so we are bound to get some perfection and just some of what he wants to release just because.

The argument that whatever prince puts out is better then any other artists music is starting to run pretty thin. Especially as there are other people making music then the Biebers and Britneys of this world. Maybe you won't easely find artists of his stature but there is good music out there and RnR affair is nothing to get cheery about.

Prince has the advantage of having a large history of music making that is filled with wonderfull music but lately? Planet Earth is the first album of which I don't put any song in a play list, 20TEN was even worse... The Lotus set was a short improvement and then we got Hot Summer and this new single, which doesn't make a ripple in the water.

My current feel is that we 've seen the best of Prince and since 20Ten, I've been less and less curious about his new output as nothing impressive has been emerging.

So, I still love a lot of his music but nothing of recent date and I don't expect this to change soon.

The purple light has flickered and is gone for me.Im on these boards,because he's my favorite artist and I have nothing better to do with my time.

2elijah said:

Nope. One of the things I respect about Prince, is that he never allowed anyone, regardless of any criticism from fans/media/music industry, etc., to prevent him from creating/playing music his way. He still doesn't allow anyone to pigeon-hole him into one category of music. He's still risky with his music, and doesn't try to jump on the bandwagon-of-all-artists-sounding-the-same, especially like many of the new artists today, which the industry promotes, where none so far, have revolutionized the sound of music, like Prince and other artists have done and are known for, in the past.

[Edited 11/19/12 13:25pm]

I lost the Prince feeling years ago. It is absolutely true that he always did it his way and still continues to do so to this very day. Nobody else would dare to throwdown hard ass shaking funk in today's dull shit hop infested world but Prince still does to this very day so he gets my upmost respect and admiration for that. Even though it ain't as great as the funk he used to make, it's still funk and that is unheard of in this present day and age. Hell, even Rick James had to finally give it up before he died and give Prince props for being the only one keeping funk alive so that's saying a lot right there.

But as far as the not trying to jump on the bandwagon of all artists sounding the same part, that's not true. I've seen him do it many times with songs like "Laydown", "Valentina", "Incense and Candles", "Mr. Goodnight", "Illusion, Pimp, and Circumstance", etc. And while there has been some funk on the albums along with it, the mere presence of songs like these absolutely make me taste vomit in my throat if I hear even just a small snippet of them because they are definitely sellout songs that sound influenced by today's sound. It's songs like these that make me open my eyes and face reality that Prince is not perfect no matter how much he wants people to think he is. Not being perfect would be fine with me if it were someone else because I would just be grateful that they were still making funk at a time while nobody else has the guts, good taste, coolness, and rhythm to make it. But when you're someone like Prince who has preached against the music of today and then you turn around and put even one sellout shit hop sounding song on your album, it makes you look like a fake hypocrit and that just turns me off. I can respect putting things that I normally wouldn't care for such as Clare Fischer orchestras on a record becasue that is daring and taking chances but going the shit hop route, for even one song, is not taking chances or risks and is just selling out and is a complete turnoff. It's like he still wants to hang on to the old money from the longtime fans by making funk but also wants to gain fans of today's music by also putting some sellout songs on the album and I say fuck 'em because they've got the whole radio to listen to if they want to hear that type of shit. One sellout song from Prince takes the place of where a good song could have been placed on the album, plus it spoils the whole mood of the album by it's mere presence on the album. Prince just thinks he's a perfectionist but he's not compared to me and I'm a STRICT perfectionist.