IstenSzek said:

anyway, i just wish he started to hate cover versions so badly that he wouldn't perform them at all

anymore.

that would leave about 1/3 of his setlists open for more of his own music

I agree.

I didnt find anything particularly insulting.

But he is a hypocrit. Some of the stuff Prince does is very petty sometimes.

Wasnt Kiss a recording he gave away then someone else remixed it and turned it better then he took it back and got the credit?

LayzieKiddZ said:

I didnt find anything particularly insulting.

But he is a hypocrit. Some of the stuff Prince does is very petty sometimes.

Wasnt Kiss a recording he gave away then someone else remixed it and turned it better then he took it back and got the credit?

My understanding was that Prince originally wrote the song for Mazarati, but then (for some reason) kept the song for himself. Mazarati did sing the backing vocals on the song.

LayzieKiddZ said:

I didnt find anything particularly insulting.

But he is a hypocrit. Some of the stuff Prince does is very petty sometimes.

Wasnt Kiss a recording he gave away then someone else remixed it and turned it better then he took it back and got the credit?

The Mazarati version isn't all that. Prince's is definitely the better of the two.

HonestMan13 said:

LayzieKiddZ said:

I didnt find anything particularly insulting.

But he is a hypocrit. Some of the stuff Prince does is very petty sometimes.

Wasnt Kiss a recording he gave away then someone else remixed it and turned it better then he took it back and got the credit?

The Mazarati version isn't all that. Prince's is definitely the better of the two.

Agreed. Mazarati's version was kind of lackluster, compared to Prince's.

purplethunder3121 said:

As to be expected, the media at large have not reacted positively to his recent interview statements.

The general concessus is that he's a hypocrite and insane.

I think he feels when someone does a cover of one of his songs it dates the song it takes away it`s cool and relevance, plus he`s not getting paid for warner bros covers and I dont think he likes someone getting famous from a song he made if he didnt do it for them himself.Remember those old guys did a cover of Purple Rain when the album was still new,he didnt have a issue with that then. I wonder is he still cool with rappers sampling him.

but Maroon Five are fucking awful and "Moves Like Jagger" is some pissy ProTools loop shite.

didn't read the interview.

Cx

psychodelicide said:

My understanding was that Prince originally wrote the song for Mazarati, but then (for some reason) kept the song for himself. Mazarati did sing the backing vocals on the song.

Listen to Prince's one and a half minute little demo.

Listen to David Z and Mazarati's finished version.

Then listen to the released version.

That's a little more input than just backing vocals.

Prince doesn't personally insult Madonna in the interview at all.

A mild criticism of Maroon 5 is implied because he didn't appreciate their cover of his song. Hardly a diss-fest.

Storm in a tea-cup.

NouveauDance said:

psychodelicide said:

My understanding was that Prince originally wrote the song for Mazarati, but then (for some reason) kept the song for himself. Mazarati did sing the backing vocals on the song.

Listen to Prince's one and a half minute little demo.

Listen to David Z and Mazarati's finished version.

Then listen to the released version.

That's a little more input than just backing vocals.

I know that Mazarati had their own version of the song (see my post above).

psychodelicide said:

MadamGoodnight said:

I love this! If looks could kill.

Prince was letting Trey Songz HAVE IT. Let 'em know, Purple Yoda!

Prince was PISSED! His facial expression says it all.

Almost as evil as the looks he threw when 'Sign 'O' The Times' lost the Album of the Year Grammy to U2's 'Joshua Tree'.

psychodelicide said:

I know that Mazarati had their own version of the song (see my post above).

Apols... your post read like you were discounting Mazarati's input into the track other than adding backing vocals.

novabrkr said:

Trickology said:

Prince is funny when he talks about covers. How many covers does Prince do that you just look at him & say "Why?" That's the problem, Prince is doing it for the quick applause just like every other artist does. And I bet he is so isolated, everyone tells him "That's sounding sick!" Oh man, the sly stone shit is just dreadful. In fact, it's worse than the Sly Stone of today's versions. Don't even get me started on the Zeppelin cover, for some reason I don't think Prince was a Zep head.

Oh, he was apparently quite into Led Zeppelin when he was younger. He mentions them in some of the early interviews.

The Sly Stone stuff comes from his Larry Graham connection, I guess. He was playing some of those songs before the two started "hanging out", but I suppose he just feels his personal history is just somehow interconnected with Sly's / Larry's stuff.

But, yeah, I remember when he did "Everyday People" when he played here live 1½ years ago - I was trying to sing along and be a good fan, but I just had to admit to myself that it really didn't work.

[Edited 1/25/13 10:22am]

Really? I just can't see Prince liking Led Zep. I've never heard him even reference a album, I guess it is possible. Did he ever play any other Led?

If you look/listen at the audience reaction, you see people respond to these by the numbers covers really well. I just chalk it up as "not music listeners" They probably bought the infomercial compilations "Do you remember the seventies/eighties? What timeless music and hits that you never thought would end"

The fact that people cheer for "Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music" gives me no hope for humanity. I bet you a lot of musicians in bars/clubs all over the USA, overdosed or put the gun to the temple,after playing that ONE too many times in the setlist. "Lay down the boogie & do it til you die" I think radio is responsible for 60 percent of the homicides in the world. Even Wild Cherry instructs you to let your murderous rampage loose in the introduction. "DO IT!"

We are all going to hell & I'm descending straight down in a flaming chariot w/ no regrets for whatever i say.

psychodelicide said:

HonestMan13 said:

The Mazarati version isn't all that. Prince's is definitely the better of the two.

Agreed. Mazarati's version was kind of lackluster, compared to Prince's.

right, but Mazarati's version is the backbone of Prince's released version. if he hadn't given it to them (for David Z to produce), Prince's version of Kiss, as we know it, wouldn't exist.

psychodelicide said:

MadamGoodnight said:

I love this! If looks could kill.

Prince was letting Trey Songz HAVE IT. Let 'em know, Purple Yoda!

Prince was PISSED! His facial expression says it all.

i was pissed for him . trey songz didn't invent sex, but that's about the only song he should sing . then that violin chick and janelle's annoying ass . princey . oh, alicia kinda killed it though . she and her baby could'a died

PurpleJedi said:

psychodelicide said:

Prince was PISSED! His facial expression says it all.

Almost as evil as the looks he threw when 'Sign 'O' The Times' lost the Album of the Year Grammy to U2's 'Joshua Tree'.

missed that one . i bite p's expressions all the time whenever i see hot chicks, i get to touching my face and shit

Prince disses Madonna, Maroon Five in 'Billboard' interview

'Purple Rain' singer criticizes Adam Levine for not paying royalties on song 'Kiss,' accuses Madonna of stealing the spotlight at their former record label

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BY MARGARET EBY / NEW YORK DAILY NEW

They may have dated back in 1985, but now there’s no love lost between Prince and Madonna.

In a new interview with ‘Billboard,’ Prince blames the material girl in part for his decision to end his 20-year relationship with his record label Warner Bros.

According to him,Madonna was getting all the promotion.even as he was doing all the work.

“She was getting paid, but at the same time we were selling more records and selling out concerts on multiple nights,” Prince said.

Prince also had choice words for Maroon 5, who covered the singer’s hit song “Kiss” on their album “Overexposed.”

“I do pay performance royalties on others’ song I perform live, but I’m not recording these songs and putting them up for sale,” he said.

“Why do we need to hear another cover of a song someone else did?”

“Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what’s already there.”

As for a new Prince record on the making? Don’t count on it.

“I don’t do albums anymore,” the famously enigmatic singer said.

“I do songs.”

purplepolitician said:

PurpleJedi said:

Almost as evil as the looks he threw when 'Sign 'O' The Times' lost the Album of the Year Grammy to U2's 'Joshua Tree'.

missed that one . i bite p's expressions all the time whenever i see hot chicks, i get to touching my face and shit

I think that after losing to U2 he stayed away from award shows for a LONG time.

...and yeah I'm showing my age.

Somebody really needs to tell Mr. Nelson to go sit down somewhere. He complains about Maroon 5 doing a cover on record, and he conveniently forgets his own recorded covers? Right. He literally gives zero thought to what comes out of his mouth.

OperatingThetan said:

fantasticjoy said:

There clearly is no diss towards Madonna, but leave it up to the media to act like some gossiping hags.

You see, this is what happens when you refuse to allow a reporter to use pencil, pen, or a tape recorder in an interview.

rdhull said:

fantasticjoy said:

There clearly is no diss towards Madonna, but leave it up to the media to act like some gossiping hags.

You see, this is what happens when you refuse to allow a reporter to use pencil, pen, or a tape recorder in an interview.

Actually all of these media outlets who can't get an interview with Prince read the Billboard interview and took snippets and called it news. They're spinning this "feud" to get internet clicks and hopefully stir up some celebrity drama. Billboard isn't hyping this alleged drama at all.

SoulAlive said:

Prince disses Madonna, Maroon Five in 'Billboard' interview

'Purple Rain' singer criticizes Adam Levine for not paying royalties on song 'Kiss,' accuses Madonna of stealing the spotlight at their former record label

According to him,Madonna was getting all the promotion.even as he was doing all the work.

“She was getting paid, but at the same time we were selling more records and selling out concerts on multiple nights,” Prince said.

Prince also had choice words for Maroon 5, who covered the singer’s hit song “Kiss” on their album “Overexposed.”

“I do pay performance royalties on others’ song I perform live, but I’m not recording these songs and putting them up for sale,” he said.

“Why do we need to hear another cover of a song someone else did?”

“Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what’s already there.”

Dude should really stop doing interviews. If he is not shooting himself in the foot, someone else is glad to do it. He didn't say anything bad about Madonna, and he didn't accuse Maroon V of not paying royalties

errant said:

psychodelicide said:

Agreed. Mazarati's version was kind of lackluster, compared to Prince's.

right, but Mazarati's version is the backbone of Prince's released version. if he hadn't given it to them (for David Z to produce), Prince's version of Kiss, as we know it, wouldn't exist.

True, but if Prince had not taken it back, the world would have been left with a horrible version of the song.

Prince's vocal and the guitar bring the song to life.

At the very end, his pique at a peak, Prince declared that language was so confining that 'I might just stop talking again and not do interviews'. Everything, it seemed, had come full circle - back to his announcement in 1983 that he'd never talk to the press again.

Sunday February 19, 2006
The Observer

OldFriends4Sale said:

At the very end, his pique at a peak, Prince declared that language was so confining that 'I might just stop talking again and not do interviews'. Everything, it seemed, had come full circle - back to his announcement in 1983 that he'd never talk to the press again.

Sunday February 19, 2006
The Observer

He just needs to stick to this because when he does interviews, they make him out to be a real pompous ass.

Timmy84 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

At the very end, his pique at a peak, Prince declared that language was so confining that 'I might just stop talking again and not do interviews'. Everything, it seemed, had come full circle - back to his announcement in 1983 that he'd never talk to the press again.

Sunday February 19, 2006
The Observer

He just needs to stick to this because when he does interviews, they make him out to be a real pompous ass.

His interviews are becoming more like his acting...

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