NouveauDance said:

1. Stop telling people what they need to do in order to be a "real" Prince fan.

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2. Learn what a paragraph is.

It's funny cuz it's true.

The only significant purpose this site serves now is the rare update on what's going on with Prince and his associated artists. Most threads aren't valid just people ranting about what they want from Prince or declaring him over for the millionth time.

anthonyspeaks said:

One thing that is really annoying me a great deal is all the criticism and nostalgic longings alot of people on the org have for Prince and his music. If you're a true fan you should've already figured out about 34 years ago that Prince grows and changes; nothing is static. People seem to get stuck in a certain period and want Prince to continuously repeat that period and use that particular band. Don't get wrong, i still dig the SOTT/Madhouse period as well as the RC/NEWS period but what i love most is the journey and the subsequent growth and changes. I actually compare Prince's journey to Miles Davis'. Miles was always moving forward and his music took people to alot of different places. Both the listener and the artist grow from this type artistic journey. The criticism of the bands is also extremely nerve wracking. Every band paints a different musical picture and serves a different purpose. People may dig certain bands over others but need to realize that ultimately Prince has the best idea for who performs his music at any given point in time. I'm sure his insights concerning various musicians are far deeper than any of his fans. Also, i think people need to ask themselves, realistically, could certain bands do what other bands do. For example, could the Revolution really pull off TRC or even SOTT? Also, the criticism of Cora and Josh was pretty mean and kinda suggests that people didn't listen very closely to Bria Valente's album or the Lotus Flower album or some of their live performances. The criticism/comparison of 3rdeyegirl with SonnyT/Michael B is also unnecessary. Both configurations are powerful, but are also different and equally strong. Also, i kinda think that maybe Prince digs the challenge of creating new band configurations and completely exhausting every possibility of that particular configuration. I think evey band has served a particular purpose and fulfilled a particular need for a particular point in time and place of musical maturity for Prince. Again, people criticize Kirk Johnson, for not being that great of a drummer, but fail to realize Prince was really into his programming abilities and he played drums and percussion and his live presentation of his programs was tight. There are plenty of other examples for the musicians Prince utilizes as well as the music he makes but my main point is for people to stop being so critical and presumptuous about what Prince should do; sit back and enjoy the musical journey and appreciate the forward movement of it because that's what being a true Prince fan is all about.

the Revolution (era) Dream Factory is SOTT, so no doubt they could and would. Parade music is probably one of his albums with very complex music, and they executed it perfectly live

Criticism and nostalgic longings in itself is not bad.

Negative is something different

That's Prince's fault not ours. You can change your sound. When you can kick Andre3000's ass then call me.

Most of the new songs are good--but not good compared to Mountains good or Girl good or Pussy Control good. We shouldn't even talk Erotic City--you hear that and hang your head when Fixurlifeup comes on.