Relevant to who ??? Perhaps you, I'm going to disagree with you on that one ...

PurpleLove7 said:

people kill me with that word relevant now and thats a shame people call alot of artist relevant and they dont sell out stadiums worldwide like prince do nore do they get the respect he do so relevance is in the eye of the stupid?

90% of my favorite songs Prince recorded in the 80s, so his new music is not relevant for me, too.
but his best songs are immortal and will be relevant forever because it is a classic.
By the way, he is a legend, the legend will always be relevant, at least because of back catalog

Prince's influence over people that have come up after him is massive. Does that make him relevant?

Yesterday I was working with an artist who said "can you use some Prince drums on my track?"

that says a lot

I was sure KidMelody posted this...I was wrong.

Prince has a 35 year professional recording career. Most recording artists' musical trajectory is on the incline for 5 years. After 5 decades in the business ('70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s, 2010 to present) it's unrealistic to think he's going to be burning up the Billboard Hot 100 and top 40 alongside Lil Wayne, Drake, Taylor Swift etc. Prince can forge a better relationship with fans and the industry but his relevance in pop music is nothing that should be lamented like its a travesty.

Im starting to agree. His behavior has shifted and not for the best. I think Ill cool off for a while from this site and all Prince things related.

No longer relevant in relation to what? It's all relative, man...

I actually agrees with Bell, the Orig Poster.

The new upcoming album have to be A LOT better than the recent music released via 3EG,

Because those songs are soooooooo boring...


Prince used to be incredible, now he is flying under the radar, to me and I am sure to most people, fans whatever.....

skywalker said:

Relevant: a grossly overused and misused word.Bell, Please enlighten us, which artist/musician do you consider "relevant"?

that's a tough one, I agree.

I can't come up with any.

I am mainly listening to older music from the 1970-80's:

Prince,
Pink Floyd,
Supertramp,
Mike Oldfield,
Depeche Mode,
ELO,
Billy Joel,
Elton John,
Queen,
Kate Bush,
Donna Summer,

etc, etc...

So.... shoot me now, haha, cuz I am stucked in the past.

Prince is a legend..he will always be relevant...I never cared about hits that is not what makes a legend in my book a legend is the musician who took a shift in the game and influenced with innovation and good material the music industry around and after him /or her...

BELL6983 said:

Prince is very talented but is no longer relevant and that's a shame. Good luck on your New album.

Very good BELL: u've created this week's "Prince is over and done thread of the week". We've had these for years and usually they're word for word what u've written, so I think we know it by now. Thanks for reahashing the same bullshit one more time, now how about u try saying something new or go post BS on another forum?

Peace

thebanishedone said:

PurpleLove7 said:

Relevant to who ??? Perhaps you, I'm going to disagree with you on that one ...

Yeah this relevant to who He is relevant enough to fill every stadium in the world [Edited 7/27/13 11:55am]

I highly doubt that!

skywalker said:

What Prince did 20-30 years ago, moved me SO much and was so important to me it became a huge part of my life. Now that he's moved on and into a different direction musically, I feel that Prince abandoned me. I asked, How could you do this to me Prince? How could you make me feel old like this?

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It's me who is irrelevant!

BELL6983 said:

skywalker said:

Relevant: a grossly overused and misused word.Bell, Please enlighten us, which artist/musician do you consider "relevant"? [Edited 7/27/13 17:47pm]

relevant is define as Having a significant's in the matter at hand or issue. When u release a record and that record is played all over the world that record is relevant. Not a topic of discussion. Prince may sellout tours but that don't make you relevant. James Brown soldout tours but he wasn't relevant to the mainstream. I love Prince but he's an artist with a following but that's not relevance.

Ok, so according to that definition, as a live performer Prince is relevant, as he sells a "significant" amount of tickets and is still hailed as a great live performer. As a musical influence, Prince is still relevant. Musicians continue to talk about how much of an influence he was and is to them and an inspiration in doing what they do. I agree that in terms of popular culture his current music is not relevant in terms of sales and influence. I would say that Prince the person, the live performer, the musician is totally relevant. His recent music is not.

Prince is absolutely revelent today.


Dozens of musical acts credit him as their greatest influence. Goytse won a grammy and stated that it was Prince who got him into music. There are dozens of websites that are set up to study and praise him. In every way, shape, and form, Prince is relevant and his influence only continues to grow.




However, he's obviously no longer talented.
You have it backwards you see.

Good lord, you all know DAMN well what the OP means. Basically, The masses won't check for newly released material from Prince in 2013. In the digital age of music, relevance is determined by video clicks/plays. He bucked the system for so long and now that he has a Youtube channel, he's getting a rather modest welcome.

Of course, "The masses know nothing" and "Prince does what he wants" blah, blah, blah. I get it, all of you sexy little musical elitists. But it's pretty clear to see that Prince was even ahead of himself in the 80s. At the end of the day, It will take an outright psychopath/savant-via-lightning to match Prince's run from For You to Musicology.

[Edited 7/29/13 1:50am]

Thanks for letting us know.

BELL6983 said:

Prince is very talented but is no longer relevant and that's a shame. Good luck on your New album.

Lol.............what does this mean?

Who is relevant?

[Edited 7/29/13 6:12am]

TraSoul82 said:

Good lord, you all know DAMN well what the OP means. Basically, The masses won't check for newly released material from Prince in 2013. In the digital age of music, relevance is determined by video clicks/plays. He bucked the system for so long and now that he has a Youtube channel, he's getting a rather modest welcome.

Of course, "The masses know nothing" and "Prince does what he wants" blah, blah, blah. I get it, all of you sexy little musical elitists. But it's pretty clear to see that Prince was even ahead of himself in the 80s. At the end of the day, It will take an outright psychopath/savant-via-lightning to match Prince's run from For You to Musicology.

[Edited 7/29/13 1:50am]

The masses will check for new stuff if P gets on a major lable It is radio airplay and promotion that makes people check for something. We heard the same thing when he did his Musicology Tour in 2004. Many people on this board said the entire project would bomb. Prince can have a top selling record and successful tour if he gets in line and follows the program. The ball is really in his court and I think we are going to see something from him soon as almost artist want to go out on top.

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This thread is no longer relevant. Bye!

BELL6983 said: