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luv4u said:

Guitarhero said:

It would not be the org without at least one or two weekly threads of Prince is done and over.

That is the norm

I find it very sad that u tolerate it, though

Dupes and trolling are against rules.

Creating one or 2 threads a week reformulating the same topic again and again without any new idea is dupe.

Making a thread for saying nothing and eliciting useless debate about a non-topic is a form of trolling (even if the OP is not purposedely trolling, I'm not saying they all are but result is the same).

"Prince is over and done" should therefore either be a permanent sticky or threads should be systematically locked. Those threads are very little but:

- Visual pollution on the board.

- People bitching about the exact same thing day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

- Fans getting into endless, purposeless fights and occasional flaming regarding whether Prince is over and done, with in that particular case the OP himself pleading for because his thread has spiralled into a thread about a fellow orger (which was quite unavoidable).

[Edited 11/11/15 11:14am]

Pentacle said:

Noodled24 said:

Prince doesn't want to celebrate the album. He's happy to play some of the songs on live. I don't see what more is needed. The album doesn't sound terrible. There aren't an awful lot of A-list Purple Rain outtakes.

It's just fans have already convinced themselves that a remaster will be full access to Prince's vaults, followed by a Revolution reunion tour where everything is played exactly as it was in 1984. Not only is it's tragic, and borderline sycophantic, it's never going to happen.

For the past 10 years every time Prince has put out a new album, fans have trumpeted that they'd rather have a PR Resmaster. If, as was suggested on twitter, he has prepared the Remaster and it's in the hands of WB. It seems like a desperate attempt to appease the fans who are still looking for the purple banana, while also potentially kickstarting his career by finally re-claiming some of the Purple Rain fame.

People who choose Prince's new 'music' over remasters and vault tracks probably have some purple banana in their ears.

Yeah, it's the people who want new music; they're the ones who're stuck in 1984.

And no I don't need a Revolution reunion, although a one-off concert would sure be nice.

We should all wear Purple Rain Bootleg Remaster T-shirts to the coming piano shows.

I think it's time you took down the Purple Rain poster and went outside.

databank said:

luv4u said:

That is the norm

"Prince is over and done" should therefore either be a permanent sticky or threads should be systematically locked. Those threads are very little but:

- Visual pollution on the board.

- People bitching about the exact same thing day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

- Fans getting into endless, purposeless fights and occasional flaming regarding whether Prince is over and done,

I agree, those threads are boring, but if the type of thread you describe bothers you so much, then don't visit it, it's that simple.