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Entertainment Weekly article There's a nice three page article about Prince in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.
[On Josh] "I don't need to be any more famous. I want you to write about Josh, so that one day when he's producing Beyonce's next record you can say, "I was on that"
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Well ... When p had wb he could afford a great band, great collaborators .. Great tours .. A great movie .. There was distribution .. Promotion .. And the all important QUALITY CONTROL ... Without wb, for you would have bombed and p would be working at mcdonalds .. Nor would he be in any position to release the rubbish he currently releases sans wb .. So that might qualify as the need for a label | |
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Interviews with Prince get less and less interesting. | |
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Ahhh...there it is He wants Josh to be a super producer and producing Beyoncé Now this Tidal deal makes more sense minor keys and drugs don't make a rollerskate jam | |
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Enjoyed the last bit of the story when Prince rides his bicycle into the sunset. | |
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TrevorAyer said: Well ... When p had wb he could afford a great band, great collaborators .. Great tours .. A great movie .. There was distribution .. Promotion .. And the all important QUALITY CONTROL ... Without wb, for you would have bombed and p would be working at mcdonalds .. Nor would he be in any position to release the rubbish he currently releases sans wb .. So that might qualify as the need for a label Whoa Silver, while I agree with 99% of your post, I don't think anyone would believe P working at McD's. He probably would have gotten another deal, joined a band, became a producer like Cymone, or ended up a session player. | |
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It really sounds great, that image in my head put a smile uopn my face. I really mean it. | |
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You are absolutely correct.Prince keeps dissing big record companies,but he forgets all of the good things that Warners did for him.They promoted him aggressively in the 80s,helping him expand his audience,get MTV exposure,etc.They spoiled him,invested in his own record company and some of his 'flop' protege acts.They invested in 'UTCM' and 'Graffiti Bridge' Prince would not have been able to do any of these things without Warner Bros.' help and money.Imagine if Prince had entered the music business in 1978 as an "independent artist" with no record deal from a major company.He would still be in Minneapolis,doing weekly shows at First Avenue....lol | |
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He mentions Beyonce in this interview.He should ask himself...would she be as 'big' as she is without the help of a major record company? | |
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Is this interview online? |
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SoulAlive said: He mentions Beyonce in this interview.He should ask himself...would she be as 'big' as she is without the help of a major record company? Why are some of you so invested in supporting big multinational record companies? | |
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It's cool that Prince actually admits here that he changes his mind (like we didn't know ).
He even seems a little red-faced about his comments on the internet.
Good to see he's able to admit his own foibles. Makes him more human and relatable. | |
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I think he's right about record labels being a dinosaur from another age. The music industry is still flummoxed by the tech industry. | |
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I'm just saying that,big record companies do alot for many of these superstar artists.Do you think that Beyonce and Taylor Swift would be as popular as they are without the help of these big companies? I don't think so.
Being an "independent artist" sounds good in theory,but even Prince utilizes these big record companies for help with distribution and marketing. | |
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but that is a silly reason to not want to be recorded. he said it or he did not say it... once it is in print he said it. So he changed his mind or the situation changed. I would say the internet is still NOT quiet there in terms of music. One issue is illegal stuff and the other is it is still a little wonkey on the legal stuff. Same with movies and other entertainment. "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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This is pretty much what I thought the situation was, he doesn't need to be famous, he's happy guiding new talent, he doesn't think his legacy needs maintenance and approval from older crusty obsessed fans.
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Didn't we get Jughead when he was at WB? And all that Tony M shit? RIP | |
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Rita Ora is ordinary, pure, corporate shit Prince. | |
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that was in that time when CDs were becoming the standard and as they held 70 t0 80 minutes of music and many acts felt obligated to fill that space. So now they had to make nearly twice as much material as before so it there was filler... and with acts that had 30 mins of filler on a 40 min album were really in trouble... so even for prince there was space to fill. So we got Jughead and the segues and other filler. "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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I've not listened to D&P all the way through since 1992. I did spend a year listening in heavy rotation and loved it at the time but i couldn't face doing it again. I'm not sure i truly love a single track on it now.
There's not a song on it that would make my top 20 Prince songs anyway. | |
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some of that is due to being able to skip songs. that too is part of how music is changing.
"Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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Who are you calling crusty? No More Haters on the Internet. | |
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He's getting good press from and for this album so yea [Edited 9/5/15 18:57pm] No More Haters on the Internet. | |
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Prince will kill Josh's career too! "dearly beloved, we are gathered he today..to remember the careers I have killed!
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Aside from Chaka Khan, did any of those people really have lucrative careers before Prince? So I don't know how much promise was there anyway. | |
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