Cool. Thanks!

Geez...this review has me looking up plane tickets to London

I don't trust anything said by people who get in free to a damn near one on one show with someone of Prince's starpower, back catalog and musicianship. There is just no chance, that the reviewer is going to be objective. At that proximity EVERYTHING Prince and Co. does blows you away. I know for sure. Had some really amazing seats myself back in the day. Kirky J was on drums. It was pure magic.

funksterr said:

I don't trust anything said by people who get in free to a damn near one on one show with someone of Prince's starpower, back catalog and musicianship. There is just no chance, that the reviewer is going to be objective. At that proximity EVERYTHING Prince and Co. does blows you away. I know for sure. Had some really amazing seats myself back in the day. Kirky J was on drums. It was pure magic.

Do you think paying $10 to get in would have effected their perception? lol

I'm quite suprised by this news. I'm a regular Mojo reader, and very rarely do they put an American soul-funk artist on the cover. They always go on and on about British musicians, which is good for me, since I love British music, but it's certainly excessive, even a bit chauvinistic. Anyway, good news!

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About fecking time, although i must admit stopped buying music mags yrs ago, as it was mostly industry sponsored rubbish in them.

I suspect (or maybe it's just hope) a Prince-themed CD giveaway will accompany this....

hw3004 said:

I suspect (or maybe it's just hope) a Prince-themed CD giveaway will accompany this....

I hadn't thought about it! Mojo always gives a CD related to the cover artist, so I guess they'll do it now too.

Javi said:

hw3004 said:

I suspect (or maybe it's just hope) a Prince-themed CD giveaway will accompany this....

I hadn't thought about it! Mojo always gives a CD related to the cover artist, so I guess they'll do it now too.

The Mojo website does say "Stay alert for a special and exclusive Prince-related treat in the next issue of MOJO magazine, on sale February 25.".....which, I suppose, might just be the interview but let's be optimistic!

Right - I'm off to buy this month's issue with the Small Faces CD - looks interesting!

hw3004 said:

Javi said:

I hadn't thought about it! Mojo always gives a CD related to the cover artist, so I guess they'll do it now too.

The Mojo website does say "Stay alert for a special and exclusive Prince-related treat in the next issue of MOJO magazine, on sale February 25.".....which, I suppose, might just be the interview but let's be optimistic!

Right - I'm off to buy this month's issue with the Small Faces CD - looks interesting!

Yes, Mojo is a great magazine. And if you happen to be a fan of the artist on the cover, or if you just want to learn about him/her, then you're a lucky lad, since you'll have a 15-20 page article and a CD with music related to the artist. Let's hope this happens with Prince next month. I'm willing to read the interview, which will probably be published together with some kind of article, but I'm even more curious to see if there's actually a CD with Prince related music, which, knowing Mojo's habits, could be a CD with musicians that have influenced him. Anyway, this is good news. I've been buying this magazine since 2008 and there's never been a single article about Prince, only some months ago one about the last months of The Revolution. But that was then; this is... now!

that was a nice read. But someone needs to send dude the Space maxi single, like YESTERDAY then DARE him to listen to Pheromone with fresh ears. I was like dude, really...nothing on Come!?

Javi said:

I'm quite suprised by this news. I'm a regular Mojo reader, and very rarely do they put an American soul-funk artist on the cover. They always go on and on about British musicians, which is good for me, since I love British music, but it's certainly excessive, even a bit chauvinistic. Anyway, good news!

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It's a British magazine. Jeez. That's like saying Sports Illustrated is chauvinistic because it reports on American Football and basketball (none of which matters outside of America).

Cool, I still buy Mojo, only music mag worth reading any more. :old:

filthyrichyuppie said:

skywalker said:

filthyrichyuppie said:

It's a British magazine. Jeez. That's like saying Sports Illustrated is chauvinistic because it reports on American Football and basketball (none of which matters outside of America).

I would argue that music has less boundaries than sports...teams are tied to and specific regions of the world. Music doesn't have borders. Especially in this internet age. [Edited 2/11/14 12:43pm]

That's not an argument. That's a statement. What's your point?

skywalker said:

filthyrichyuppie said:

It's a British magazine. Jeez. That's like saying Sports Illustrated is chauvinistic because it reports on American Football and basketball (none of which matters outside of America).

I would argue that music has less boundaries than sports...teams are tied to and specific regions of the world. Music doesn't have borders. Especially in this internet age. [Edited 2/11/14 12:43pm]

Besides, music is as culturally specific as sports. The Beatles, as we knew them, could never have sprung from the US...just like Prince could never have been a product of the UK. The fact that music has no boundaries is besides the point....sport does too...soccer is played all over the World.

hey, whichever of u are Brits, send him that Space maxi, for realla! I don't have it or else I would!

filthyrichyuppie said:

skywalker said:

filthyrichyuppie said: I would argue that music has less boundaries than sports...teams are tied to and specific regions of the world. Music doesn't have borders. Especially in this internet age. [Edited 2/11/14 12:43pm]

That's not an argument. That's a statement. What's your point?

Hypothetically, if I were to argue with you, I would take this path. Your sports/sports illustrated analogy is kinda weak. That's all.

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Also, mojo typically doesn't cover people of color other than Jimi Hendrix. Is that because it's a UK based mag? Why doesn't the magazine delve into R&B/soul music more often?

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skywalker said:

filthyrichyuppie said:

That's not an argument. That's a statement. What's your point?

Hypothetically, if I were to argue with you, I would take this path. Your sports/sports illustrated analogy is kinda weak. That's all.

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Also, mojo typically doesn't cover people of color other than Jimi Hendrix. Is that because it's a UK based mag? Why doesn't the magazine delve into R&B/soul music more often?

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You still haven't said WHY you think the analogy is weak??? Even after I provided you with further back-up (which you conveniently ignored). Just saying you think the "analogy is weak" strikes me as feeble minded. Why are you bothering to engage?

As for why the magazine doesn't delve further into people of color. I guess you'd have to ask them. My hunch is that it's simple logistics. The magazine's remit is for folk, rock, and AOR music - not genres that the Peabro Bryson's of the world tend to gravitate to. If it was called "R&B Soul", then you might have an argument. Is it me, or am I on another planet here?

Can I just remind you lot that Word magazine (now defunkt) once published all of its covers in an anniversary issue and revealed the two worst selling ones were Dido and Prince. By a large margin, BTW.

That's why P isn't on covers: NO ONE CARES.

BartVanHemelen said:

Can I just remind you lot that Word magazine (now defunkt) once published all of its covers in an anniversary issue and revealed the two worst selling ones were Dido and Prince. By a large margin, BTW.

That's why P isn't on covers: NO ONE CARES.

Utter bollocks.

The Prince special issue of Billboard magazine last year sold out in a matter of days.

The Prince special issue of Wax Poetics magazine sold out in a matter of days and became an instant collectors edition, with copies of it going on ebay for over $100.

So quit your bullshit.

Word magazine sucked donkey balls anyway.

Militant said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Can I just remind you lot that Word magazine (now defunkt) once published all of its covers in an anniversary issue and revealed the two worst selling ones were Dido and Prince. By a large margin, BTW.

That's why P isn't on covers: NO ONE CARES.

Utter bollocks.

The Prince special issue of Billboard magazine last year sold out in a matter of days.

The Prince special issue of Wax Poetics magazine sold out in a matter of days and became an instant collectors edition, with copies of it going on ebay for over $100.

So quit your bullshit.

Word magazine sucked donkey balls anyway.

Neither of those mags is a UK publication.

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Here's an idea: go look up when Prince was on the cover of a UK magazine. Count those instances -- and then ask yourself this question: if mags with him on the cover sell so well, how come it is usually once and never more when it comes to being on the cover? There's your answer.

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Billboard and wax Poetics? Bwahahaha. Neither of these are a real magazine anyway.

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As for the quality of (The) Word magazine? They won numerous industry awards. Must have been doing something right, I guess.

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You know nothing about the music industry if Billboard is "not a real magazine".

How's life under your cloud?

Also, you didn't specify "UK Magazines" in your original post, so don't try and move the goalposts now.

The UK has shit music taste anyway. Everyone knows that. Every time I go into a shop there seems to be a magazine with Oasis on the cover, who everyone knows are one of the shittest bands of all time. So there's your answer. UK music journos are snobs and elitists for the most part.

filthyrichyuppie said:

skywalker said:

filthyrichyuppie said:

You still haven't said WHY you think the analogy is weak??? Even after I provided you with further back-up (which you conveniently ignored). Just saying you think the "analogy is weak" strikes me as feeble minded. Why are you bothering to engage?

As for why the magazine doesn't delve further into people of color. I guess you'd have to ask them. My hunch is that it's simple logistics. The magazine's remit is for folk, rock, and AOR music - not genres that the Peabro Bryson's of the world tend to gravitate to. If it was called "R&B Soul", then you might have an argument. Is it me, or am I on another planet here?

First of all, what's with the insults? "Feeble minded", etc. Your analogy with sports is weak because sports are, by in large, national/regional interests. Music is less so especially in the internet age. Your comment about The Beatles actually is good evidence for my claim. - You are not on another planet, but there are plenty of "people of color" that play folk, rock, and AOR. Your Peabo Bryson comment suggests a wicked sense of humor and a completely misguided sense of R&B/Soul. Talk like that likely makes James Brown spin in his grave. [Edited 2/15/14 19:53pm]

I'll just have to repeat myself: Yes, sport is, by and large a national/regional interest. But there is also World Cup soccer (which is a global sport). The Beatles could never come out of anywhere but England but is known the world over. See the similarity? Far from weak, the analogy could not be more perfect.

I'm not talking about R&B per se. I'm aware that plenty "people of color" (your quotes not mine) play folk and the rest of it. I merely mention the logistics of a magazine that focuses on a certain kind of music which, rightly or wrongly, has more practitioners of one race over another.

Are you actually reading what I write, or just making stuff up?