NorthC said:

I don't see that much negativity her. Even Bart says something nice about Prince every once in a great while. But if Aerogram or anybody else wants to know the reason for this "negativity", try this: P announces a Purple Rain remaster and then doesn't release it. P releases two new albums and does something close 2 nothing in the way of promotion. P announces a new tour and only plays two cities in two months. P announces a new song about Baltimore and days later, it's still not out there. I think fans have every right to be critical about this.

not forgetting the cryptic bullshit of a gig in the no show toronto

That's interesting, should be to hear .

he missed the boat again, baltimore is already yesterdays news.

so this is prince's michael jackson's katrina song now?

iirc prince actually did have a song out that time and it

was quite a cool tune.

He was talking about putting this on Tidal?!

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If his goal was to generate awareness (vs. generating revenue), he should have put it on YouTube (as suggested earlier in this thread) where everyone could see/hear it.

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But yeah, looking like ol' MJ's Katrina single...BTW I'd forgotten about that until it was brought up here!

funksterr said:

Hold up... the funniest thing to come out of this latest Prince interview is that Prince is drinking alkaline water? That's almost as comical as his chemtrails argument.

One thing about Prince the last 20 years or so: if there is an ignorant idea, or a bullshit cause he will find it and stick to it like glue. Trayvon Martion was an actual tragedy. The two situations, referenced in the Prince song, not so much.

Honestly, my heart goes out to the good people of Baltimore who are victimized first by the Freddie Grays in their community, then by the ignorant kids who revel in lawlessness, and then finally by the media narcissists and celebrity opportunists. The 1%-ers who put on t-shirts, sing songs and wave for the cameras, because this is a 'I-was-there-when moment'. At the end of the day, they hop private jets and return to their mansions, Bentleys, and privileged upper-class lifestyles. The poor in Baltimore will still be broke, busted and disgusted when the dust settles, the sun comes up and they've burned down what little they had. The dopeman will CONTINUE find refuge in their communities, pimp their daughters and terrorize their daily lives.

They can burn Baltimore back to the stone-age, but poverty isn't going away anytime soon. If anything, it's spreading. Jesus said the poor will be with you ALWAYS. And Baltimore is just the latest example of a Black society, deifying a thug and community cancer (Tupac, anyone?). Fix whatever you want with law enforcement but nothing will change becaue the reality is that there isn't enough personal accountability in black communities. Impoverished is one thing. Impoverished and violent is an American-Black thing. Until that changes we ain't ever getting ahead.

Anyway, like many things Prince, 80's Prince did it better. "A Place In Heaven" has the best line for Baltimore, and it's a mindset that you know Prince himself truly believes. When I was a poor black child living just enough for the city, lol, these Prince lyrics regularly popped into my head when I went to school: "Life's what you make it, stop whining baby(stop whining baby)/It's all up to me and you". Prince ain't gonna tell Baltimore that, because he knows they don't want to hear it. In fact that's what all successful African-Americans do. We bounce up out the hood because we know the people there don't WANT to be successful, and will take out dreams DOWN with them if we let them. So... Prince can pretend to give a shit, but reality is he really don't and... you kind of know which of his women is feeding him this garbage. Can we move on, Prince? You can tell already the song is bad, but it's always entertaining when Prince summons the press.

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Well said.

Clockinthejizzz86 said:

he missed the boat again, baltimore is already yesterdays news.

Unfortunately, this ain't the first riot...and it won't be the last.

TheGreatness said:

I don't have press agents nor millions of fans...for that matter I don't even have any money, but I can write songs.

This is my humble offering in relation to whats going on these days.

https://thegreatness.bandcamp.com/

[Edited 5/4/15 10:39am]

Heyyyy.....I like that so much I just purchased it!

Great song.

https://www.facebook.com/...59983890:0

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...."After a few moments of groovy funk bass playing, he stepped to the microphone and sang to the crowd: "U pictured a rainbow, but Eye held it in my hands. U had flashes, but Eye saw the whole plan…”

What followed was an unexpected and improvised version of the Waterboys hit, “The Whole of The Moon”.

Following a lively call and response period with the crowd, at Prince's behest a young woman walked to the front of the stage and began singing her heart out.

That woman was Detroit-born, Chicago-based Eryn Allen Kane, a singer who was invited to Paisley Park to record vocals on the new song “Baltimore.”

Contrary to reports that it was completed last week, Prince is taking time with the song to make it very special.

Fittingly, the live set ended with Prince inviting the audience into a communal chant of “Baltimore… Peace 4 ever more.”

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https://www.facebook.com/erynallenkane

https://twitter.com/ErynAllenKane

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Remember when Eryn got some praise through @3rdeyegirl on Twitter?

Sounds like she got the call to sing on "Baltimore"...

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https://instagram.com/p/g8cRiotNGK/

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[Edited 5/4/15 22:48pm]

IstenSzek said:

TheGreatness said:

7roses said:

2elijah said:

7

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Be cool if he adds more words to the song in relation to what's going on in Baltimore.

Baltimore, Baltimore,

you've been struck

by the whore of Babylon

Better put down the gun

and have a little fun

going door 2 door

spreading the Word

And when the word is spread

I'm going back 2 bed

with Bobbi Jo, Vanessa or some other

Larry, play it, brother!

Uh!

[Edited 5/5/15 4:28am]

Pentacle said:

2elijah said:

7 Be cool if he adds more words to the song in relation to what's going on in Baltimore.

Baltimore, Baltimore,

you've been struck

by the whore of Babylon

Better put down the gun

and have a little fun

going door 2 door

spreading the Word

And when the word is spread

I'm going back 2 bed

with Bobbi Jo, Vanessa or some other

Larry, play it, brother!

Uh!

[Edited 5/5/15 4:28am]

That's official lyrics from the live show?

djThunderfunk said:

Wow, missed this thread till this morning, 3 days and 200 posts late, read through them all, get to the end, and.... still no release for the song?!? Really?!? WTF Prince? Are you kidding me?

How is this song going to help anything if only a couple reporters get to hear it? Unbelievable...

Haha, i've just seen it 5 days, 256 post in and still no release.

theblueangel said:

datdude said:

I HATE this f'ing org. Why do I keep coming back?!! I guess when the song is actually released the there'll be what 15 pages of shit pissing!? Geeeez. Some of u dogmatic Negatrons need to play the lottery since u know everything, then get a labotomy, or just by an island and rid us of ur ceaseless bullish*! [Edited 5/3/15 6:03am]

Well, some of us do know how to spell lobotomy, anyway. (Sorry, I couldn't resist. Misspellings drive me bonkers). And why would we be just going by an insland, when we could actually purchase one?

7roses said:

https://www.facebook.com/...59983890:0

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...."After a few moments of groovy funk bass playing, he stepped to the microphone and sang to the crowd: "U pictured a rainbow, but Eye held it in my hands. U had flashes, but Eye saw the whole plan…”

What followed was an unexpected and improvised version of the Waterboys hit, “The Whole of The Moon”.

Following a lively call and response period with the crowd, at Prince's behest a young woman walked to the front of the stage and began singing her heart out.

That woman was Detroit-born, Chicago-based Eryn Allen Kane, a singer who was invited to Paisley Park to record vocals on the new song “Baltimore.”

Contrary to reports that it was completed last week, Prince is taking time with the song to make it very special.

Fittingly, the live set ended with Prince inviting the audience into a communal chant of “Baltimore… Peace 4 ever more.”

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https://www.facebook.com/erynallenkane

https://twitter.com/ErynAllenKane

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Prince Luvvvs him some mulattas, he is generally drawn 2 his reflection

OldFriends4Sale said:

That's official lyrics from the live show?

Eh, no.

But apparently they could have been!

Pentacle said:

funksterr said:

Hold up... the funniest thing to come out of this latest Prince interview is that Prince is drinking alkaline water? That's almost as comical as his chemtrails argument.

One thing about Prince the last 20 years or so: if there is an ignorant idea, or a bullshit cause he will find it and stick to it like glue. Trayvon Martion was an actual tragedy. The two situations, referenced in the Prince song, not so much.

Honestly, my heart goes out to the good people of Baltimore who are victimized first by the Freddie Grays in their community, then by the ignorant kids who revel in lawlessness, and then finally by the media narcissists and celebrity opportunists. The 1%-ers who put on t-shirts, sing songs and wave for the cameras, because this is a 'I-was-there-when moment'. At the end of the day, they hop private jets and return to their mansions, Bentleys, and privileged upper-class lifestyles. The poor in Baltimore will still be broke, busted and disgusted when the dust settles, the sun comes up and they've burned down what little they had. The dopeman will CONTINUE find refuge in their communities, pimp their daughters and terrorize their daily lives.

They can burn Baltimore back to the stone-age, but poverty isn't going away anytime soon. If anything, it's spreading. Jesus said the poor will be with you ALWAYS. And Baltimore is just the latest example of a Black society, deifying a thug and community cancer (Tupac, anyone?). Fix whatever you want with law enforcement but nothing will change becaue the reality is that there isn't enough personal accountability in black communities. Impoverished is one thing. Impoverished and violent is an American-Black thing. Until that changes we ain't ever getting ahead.

Anyway, like many things Prince, 80's Prince did it better. "A Place In Heaven" has the best line for Baltimore, and it's a mindset that you know Prince himself truly believes. When I was a poor black child living just enough for the city, lol, these Prince lyrics regularly popped into my head when I went to school: "Life's what you make it, stop whining baby(stop whining baby)/It's all up to me and you". Prince ain't gonna tell Baltimore that, because he knows they don't want to hear it. In fact that's what all successful African-Americans do. We bounce up out the hood because we know the people there don't WANT to be successful, and will take out dreams DOWN with them if we let them. So... Prince can pretend to give a shit, but reality is he really don't and... you kind of know which of his women is feeding him this garbage. Can we move on, Prince? You can tell already the song is bad, but it's always entertaining when Prince summons the press.

Post of the year.

funksterr said:

Hold up... the funniest thing to come out of this latest Prince interview is that Prince is drinking alkaline water? That's almost as comical as his chemtrails argument.

One thing about Prince the last 20 years or so: if there is an ignorant idea, or a bullshit cause he will find it and stick to it like glue. Trayvon Martion was an actual tragedy. The two situations, referenced in the Prince song, not so much.

Honestly, my heart goes out to the good people of Baltimore who are victimized first by the Freddie Grays in their community, then by the ignorant kids who revel in lawlessness, and then finally by the media narcissists and celebrity opportunists. The 1%-ers who put on t-shirts, sing songs and wave for the cameras, because this is a 'I-was-there-when moment'. At the end of the day, they hop private jets and return to their mansions, Bentleys, and privileged upper-class lifestyles. The poor in Baltimore will still be broke, busted and disgusted when the dust settles, the sun comes up and they've burned down what little they had. The dopeman will CONTINUE find refuge in their communities, pimp their daughters and terrorize their daily lives.

They can burn Baltimore back to the stone-age, but poverty isn't going away anytime soon. If anything, it's spreading. Jesus said the poor will be with you ALWAYS. And Baltimore is just the latest example of a Black society, deifying a thug and community cancer (Tupac, anyone?). Fix whatever you want with law enforcement but nothing will change becaue the reality is that there isn't enough personal accountability in black communities. Impoverished is one thing. Impoverished and violent is an American-Black thing. Until that changes we ain't ever getting ahead.

Anyway, like many things Prince, 80's Prince did it better. "A Place In Heaven" has the best line for Baltimore, and it's a mindset that you know Prince himself truly believes. When I was a poor black child living just enough for the city, lol, these Prince lyrics regularly popped into my head when I went to school: "Life's what you make it, stop whining baby(stop whining baby)/It's all up to me and you". Prince ain't gonna tell Baltimore that, because he knows they don't want to hear it. In fact that's what all successful African-Americans do. We bounce up out the hood because we know the people there don't WANT to be successful, and will take out dreams DOWN with them if we let them. So... Prince can pretend to give a shit, but reality is he really don't and... you kind of know which of his women is feeding him this garbage. Can we move on, Prince? You can tell already the song is bad, but it's always entertaining when Prince summons the press.

Once again, creating stories claiming to know what all people are thinking and feeling.

Do you act out these make believe scenes in the dark by yourself with dialogue?

TheEnglishGent said:

theblueangel said:

Well, some of us do know how to spell lobotomy, anyway. (Sorry, I couldn't resist. Misspellings drive me bonkers). And why would we be just going by an insland, when we could actually purchase one?

Okay, touche....although, to my credit, "insland" was clearly an issue of using my stupid Droid to post rather than me believing that's how it should be spelled. That's quite different from labotomy, and certainly different from not knowing the difference between buy and by.

"Contrary to reports that it was completed last week, Prince is taking time with the song to make it very special."

If he puts it on Tidal, no one will hear it anyway.

SquirrelMeat said:

If he puts it on Tidal, no one will hear it anyway.

2elijah said:

7roses said:

https://www.facebook.com/...59983890:0

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...."After a few moments of groovy funk bass playing, he stepped to the microphone and sang to the crowd: "U pictured a rainbow, but Eye held it in my hands. U had flashes, but Eye saw the whole plan…”

What followed was an unexpected and improvised version of the Waterboys hit, “The Whole of The Moon”.

Following a lively call and response period with the crowd, at Prince's behest a young woman walked to the front of the stage and began singing her heart out.

That woman was Detroit-born, Chicago-based Eryn Allen Kane, a singer who was invited to Paisley Park to record vocals on the new song “Baltimore.”

Contrary to reports that it was completed last week, Prince is taking time with the song to make it very special.

Fittingly, the live set ended with Prince inviting the audience into a communal chant of “Baltimore… Peace 4 ever more.”

.

https://www.facebook.com/erynallenkane

https://twitter.com/ErynAllenKane

.

Be cool if he adds more words to the song in relation to what's going on in Baltimore.

.

Agreed...I'm looking forward to the song, hopefully it won't be released through Tidal though. We'll see when it's time to hear the guitar play, nice to know he wants to make it very special

SquirrelMeat said:

If he puts it on Tidal, no one will hear it anyway.

YeS! ThEy WiLl. ThIs SoNg Is HiGhLy AnTiCiPaTeD.....