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Reply #180 posted 07/25/16 9:29am

LBrent

So what?

So what if anyone he worked with had a PhD in every instrument, could sing better, could dance better, could make better pancakes.

They were EMPLOYED BY HIM and if he wanted them to sit for the entire time they were EMPLOYED BY HIM and never play a note...guess what? That was the JOB.

Wanna showcase what YOU feel is a better example of YOUR talent? Leave and start YOUR OWN THING. Some did. Mazeltov. But of the ones who did, which ones were able to replicate P's level of success?
[Edited 7/25/16 10:03am]
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Reply #181 posted 07/25/16 11:00am

PurpleMusic07

LBrent said:

So what?

So what if anyone he worked with had a PhD in every instrument, could sing better, could dance better, could make better pancakes.

They were EMPLOYED BY HIM and if he wanted them to sit for the entire time they were EMPLOYED BY HIM and never play a note...guess what? That was the JOB.

Wanna showcase what YOU feel is a better example of YOUR talent? Leave and start YOUR OWN THING. Some did. Mazeltov. But of the ones who did, which ones were able to replicate P's level of success?
[Edited 7/25/16 10:03am]


Ya know...Prince wasnt the best about seperating business and pleasure (unless it benefitted him). SO yeah youre right tthey technically worked for him and he technically owned the rights, but he's still fucked up for it. Not wrong, not technically but its not cool.

You build a group around your gf/fiance ( that youre rabidly cheating on ) and you build a group around a childhood friend ( supposedly in exchange for song credit ), and when you decide that youre done with those people and youre done with those projects you keep them from moving fwd with it on their own. Yeah it's legal, but it's not ok.
"Where you are now is in a place that does not require time." - Rest In Power, PRINCE
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Reply #182 posted 07/25/16 11:19am

LBrent

Those projects, whether he abandoned them or not, were his to abandon.

They weren't theirs to move forward with.

They walked away with knowledge, experience and business contacts..Oh...and their talent.

If their argument was that they wanted to express their own personal talent, they were free to do so...the names shouldn't have mattered if they were as talented as they thought they were. Heck, they could've used their own birth names...like P did...

If people wanted to see MD perform, billing himself as Morris Day would've fulfilled that.

Same with anyone else who left.

P's fight against WB involved them preventing his free use not only of his creations, but the associated use of his BIRTH NAME. Not a made up band name. His birth name. Or as he put it in an interview, the "name my mother gave me at birth".

P never prevented MD or anyone else from using their BIRTH NAME. He didn't allow them to use the name HE CREATED and allowed them to use when they were EMPLOYED by him. Not the same thing.

What's uncool about that? Because after they left without the name he created nobody was checking for them?

Funny. Terry and Jimmy, Wendy and Lisa, Mark Brown, Matt Finke, Bobby Rivkin, Dez Dickerson and others did just fine...Oh. Wait...Were they using names P created or their own?

Hmmm...
[Edited 7/25/16 11:42am]
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Reply #183 posted 07/25/16 11:48am

OldFriends4Sal
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PurpleMusic07 said:

LBrent said:
So what? So what if anyone he worked with had a PhD in every instrument, could sing better, could dance better, could make better pancakes. They were EMPLOYED BY HIM and if he wanted them to sit for the entire time they were EMPLOYED BY HIM and never play a note...guess what? That was the JOB. Wanna showcase what YOU feel is a better example of YOUR talent? Leave and start YOUR OWN THING. Some did. Mazeltov. But of the ones who did, which ones were able to replicate P's level of success? [Edited 7/25/16 10:03am]
Ya know...Prince wasnt the best about seperating business and pleasure (unless it benefitted him). SO yeah youre right tthey technically worked for him and he technically owned the rights, but he's still fucked up for it. Not wrong, not technically but its not cool. You build a group around your gf/fiance ( that youre rabidly cheating on ) and you build a group around a childhood friend ( supposedly in exchange for song credit ), and when you decide that youre done with those people and youre done with those projects you keep them from moving fwd with it on their own. Yeah it's legal, but it's not ok.

For the vast majority of Prince's life, he lived it in the studio, on stage, via videos and concerts

There was no way he could seperate the business & pleasure. And the thing that made the 1980-1987 period so great was the business & pleasure, business & family aspect. He in 1998 called that period a Community. And it was clear that that was more than just business back then. Not to mention everyone had numbers of friends and family in the camp.

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Reply #184 posted 07/25/16 11:52am

PurpleMusic07

LBrent said:

Those projects, whether he abandoned them or not, were his to abandon. They weren't theirs to move forward with. They walked away with knowledge, experience and business contacts..Oh...and their talent. If their argument was that they wanted to express their own personal talent, they were free to do so...the names shouldn't have mattered if they were as talented as they thought they were. Heck, they could've used their own birth names...like P did... If people wanted to see MD perform, billing himself as Morris Day would've fulfilled that. Same with anyone else who left. P's fight against WB involved them preventing his free use not only of his creations, but the associated use of his BIRTH NAME. Not a made up band name. His birth name. Or as he put it in an interview, the "name my mother gave me at birth". P never prevented MD or anyone else from using their BIRTH NAME. He didn't allow them to use the name HE CREATED and allowed them to use when they were EMPLOYED by him. Not the same thing. What's uncool about that? Because after they left without the name he created nobody was checking for them? Funny. Terry and Jimmy, Wendy and Lisa, Mark Brown, Matt Finke, Bobby Rivkin, Dez Dickerson and others did just fine...Oh. Wait...Were they using names P created or their own? Hmmm... [Edited 7/25/16 11:42am]

I go back to what I said, Prince was never good about seperating busness and pleasure and this is a prime example of how and why those two things should be clearly defined when working with people that you are VERY close to.

A note on branding: yes they could have absolutely continued on without him, but as is often the case with BRANDING - business people and the public alike connect w/ the brand, not necessariily the individual(s) behind it. Maybe labels didn't want Morris Day, maybe they wanted The Time. Perhaps it was difficult getting meaningful promotion (pre-internet and on a tight budget) without the name. the NAME is what they were made as and it is the name that everyone associated with. Folks aren't great at trying new things. And yes when it's all said and done, Prince had the musical magic. The Time as an group is very talented, but Prince's production was the star. The public doesn't want new Morris Day music, they want new music frmo The Time, they want that familiar sound. Everyone has their purpose and talents. It is what it is. Morris and co. are talented folks regardless. Talent and success are not mutually exclusive. Prince is VERY VERY lucky.

The best thing Wendy and Lisa did was get behind the scenes workin on film and TV scores. Why? Because those areas do not require a strong brand, they require a simple ability to do the work. They're not being hired as "wendy and lisa" former members of the Revolution.

As I originally said, he wasn't technically wrong, and it was all legal. But you don't do your friends that way.

"Where you are now is in a place that does not require time." - Rest In Power, PRINCE
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Reply #185 posted 07/25/16 11:53am

PurpleMusic07

OldFriends4Sale said:

PurpleMusic07 said:

LBrent said: Ya know...Prince wasnt the best about seperating business and pleasure (unless it benefitted him). SO yeah youre right tthey technically worked for him and he technically owned the rights, but he's still fucked up for it. Not wrong, not technically but its not cool. You build a group around your gf/fiance ( that youre rabidly cheating on ) and you build a group around a childhood friend ( supposedly in exchange for song credit ), and when you decide that youre done with those people and youre done with those projects you keep them from moving fwd with it on their own. Yeah it's legal, but it's not ok.

For the vast majority of Prince's life, he lived it in the studio, on stage, via videos and concerts

There was no way he could seperate the business & pleasure. And the thing that made the 1980-1987 period so great was the business & pleasure, business & family aspect. He in 1998 called that period a Community. And it was clear that that was more than just business back then. Not to mention everyone had numbers of friends and family in the camp.

Oh absolutely. I know and understand that. You are absolutely spot on. And an unfortunate side effect of that community is that when Prince decided he was done w/ it a lot of folks suffered.

I would like to see more of this community acknowledged to be honest because while yes Princes name was the biggest one it has always been said that the ideas and outcomes were often collaborative in some manner, whether highly significant or not.

[Edited 7/25/16 11:55am]

"Where you are now is in a place that does not require time." - Rest In Power, PRINCE
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Reply #186 posted 07/25/16 11:57am

PurpleMusic07

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[Edited 7/25/16 11:58am]

"Where you are now is in a place that does not require time." - Rest In Power, PRINCE
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Reply #187 posted 07/25/16 12:13pm

OldFriends4Sal
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PurpleMusic07 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

For the vast majority of Prince's life, he lived it in the studio, on stage, via videos and concerts

There was no way he could seperate the business & pleasure. And the thing that made the 1980-1987 period so great was the business & pleasure, business & family aspect. He in 1998 called that period a Community. And it was clear that that was more than just business back then. Not to mention everyone had numbers of friends and family in the camp.

Oh absolutely. I know and understand that. You are absolutely spot on. And an unfortunate side effect of that community is that when Prince decided he was done w/ it a lot of folks suffered.

I would like to see more of this community acknowledged to be honest because while yes Princes name was the biggest one it has always been said that the ideas and outcomes were often collaborative in some manner, whether highly significant or not.

[Edited 7/25/16 11:55am]

to this day you will notice all those people are still connected to each other

definately a community w/love

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Reply #188 posted 07/25/16 12:41pm

PurpleMusic07

OldFriends4Sale said:

PurpleMusic07 said:

Oh absolutely. I know and understand that. You are absolutely spot on. And an unfortunate side effect of that community is that when Prince decided he was done w/ it a lot of folks suffered.

I would like to see more of this community acknowledged to be honest because while yes Princes name was the biggest one it has always been said that the ideas and outcomes were often collaborative in some manner, whether highly significant or not.

[Edited 7/25/16 11:55am]

to this day you will notice all those people are still connected to each other

definately a community w/love

Yup. It's beautiful. That is exactly what creativity creates, at it's best and most productive. We are the sum of all our parts and IMO we are always at our best when we allow ourselves to be open to the (positive) influence of those around us.

"Where you are now is in a place that does not require time." - Rest In Power, PRINCE
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Reply #189 posted 07/25/16 12:43pm

witnessmystyle

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[Edited 7/27/16 1:32am]

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Reply #190 posted 07/25/16 1:20pm

OldFriends4Sal
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nuts

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Reply #191 posted 07/25/16 1:30pm

SoulAlive

When you say "lack of talent",specifically,who are you referring to? I assume you're not talking about the guys in The Time,because all of them are real musicians.Even Morris Day can play drums.I also don't think you're referring to Sheila E.,who is considered one of the best drummers in the business.

witnessmystyle said:

Many of his ex-employees (including ones he was sexually involved with) ACTIVELY promote and cling-on to the past because that is what/all they are known for, again due to THEIR lack of talent

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Reply #192 posted 07/25/16 1:32pm

LBrent

PurpleMusic07 said:



LBrent said:


Those projects, whether he abandoned them or not, were his to abandon. They weren't theirs to move forward with. They walked away with knowledge, experience and business contacts..Oh...and their talent. If their argument was that they wanted to express their own personal talent, they were free to do so...the names shouldn't have mattered if they were as talented as they thought they were. Heck, they could've used their own birth names...like P did... If people wanted to see MD perform, billing himself as Morris Day would've fulfilled that. Same with anyone else who left. P's fight against WB involved them preventing his free use not only of his creations, but the associated use of his BIRTH NAME. Not a made up band name. His birth name. Or as he put it in an interview, the "name my mother gave me at birth". P never prevented MD or anyone else from using their BIRTH NAME. He didn't allow them to use the name HE CREATED and allowed them to use when they were EMPLOYED by him. Not the same thing. What's uncool about that? Because after they left without the name he created nobody was checking for them? Funny. Terry and Jimmy, Wendy and Lisa, Mark Brown, Matt Finke, Bobby Rivkin, Dez Dickerson and others did just fine...Oh. Wait...Were they using names P created or their own? Hmmm... [Edited 7/25/16 11:42am]


I go back to what I said, Prince was never good about seperating busness and pleasure and this is a prime example of how and why those two things should be clearly defined when working with people that you are VERY close to.



A note on branding: yes they could have absolutely continued on without him, but as is often the case with BRANDING - business people and the public alike connect w/ the brand, not necessariily the individual(s) behind it. Maybe labels didn't want Morris Day, maybe they wanted The Time. Perhaps it was difficult getting meaningful promotion (pre-internet and on a tight budget) without the name. the NAME is what they were made as and it is the name that everyone associated with. Folks aren't great at trying new things. And yes when it's all said and done, Prince had the musical magic. The Time as an group is very talented, but Prince's production was the star. The public doesn't want new Morris Day music, they want new music frmo The Time, they want that familiar sound. Everyone has their purpose and talents. It is what it is. Morris and co. are talented folks regardless. Talent and success are not mutually exclusive. Prince is VERY VERY lucky.



The best thing Wendy and Lisa did was get behind the scenes workin on film and TV scores. Why? Because those areas do not require a strong brand, they require a simple ability to do the work. They're not being hired as "wendy and lisa" former members of the Revolution.



As I originally said, he wasn't technically wrong, and it was all legal. But you don't do your friends that way.



Exactly!

You say P was "lucky"?

I agree that he created his own luck...
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Reply #193 posted 07/25/16 1:37pm

LBrent

SoulAlive said:

When you say "lack of talent",specifically,who are you referring to? I assume you're not talking about the guys in The Time,because all of them are real musicians.Even Morris Day can play drums.I also don't think you're referring to Sheila E.,who is considered one of the best drummers in the business.





witnessmystyle said:


Many of his ex-employees (including ones he was sexually involved with) ACTIVELY promote and cling-on to the past because that is what/all they are known for, again due to THEIR lack of talent




SheilaE has always stood on her OWN merits. I've never seen her bill herself in terms of her connection to performing with P.

She doesn't need to.
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Reply #194 posted 07/25/16 1:45pm

ksgemini63

Below is right Time W & L Sheila very talented. Seems like people are saying Prince just owned these employees. For an anti contrAct anti "slavery" guy he new how to work the legalism to screw over many people.. Then talking about God. Ha!


LBrent said:

SoulAlive said:

When you say "lack of talent",specifically,who are you referring to? I assume you're not talking about the guys in The Time,because all of them are real musicians.Even Morris Day can play drums.I also don't think you're referring to Sheila E.,who is considered one of the best drummers in the business.





witnessmystyle said:


Many of his ex-employees (including ones he was sexually involved with) ACTIVELY promote and cling-on to the past because that is what/all they are known for, again due to THEIR lack of talent




SheilaE has always stood on her OWN merits. I've never seen her bill herself in terms of her connection to performing with P.

She doesn't need to.
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Reply #195 posted 07/25/16 1:56pm

LBrent

ksgemini63 said:

Below is right Time W & L Sheila very talented. Seems like people are saying Prince just owned these employees. For an anti contrAct anti "slavery" guy he new how to work the legalism to screw over many people.. Then talking about God. Ha!


LBrent said:



SheilaE has always stood on her OWN merits. I've never seen her bill herself in terms of her connection to performing with P.

She doesn't need to.


Seriously?

There are none so blind as those who will not see...

[sigh]
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Reply #196 posted 07/25/16 2:21pm

OldFriends4Sal
e

LBrent said:

SoulAlive said:

When you say "lack of talent",specifically,who are you referring to? I assume you're not talking about the guys in The Time,because all of them are real musicians.Even Morris Day can play drums.I also don't think you're referring to Sheila E.,who is considered one of the best drummers in the business.

SheilaE has always stood on her OWN merits. I've never seen her bill herself in terms of her connection to performing with P. She doesn't need to.

Yes she has. She enjoys it.

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Reply #197 posted 07/25/16 2:29pm

ksgemini63

Yes seriously my ex's cousin was a dancer in Cream vid. He did not treat people right and dared to preach about religion. I know I am a sinner and hypocrite sometimes but Prince had an air of superiority that was plain as day. Yeah I like much of The Time and Wendy and Lisa's stuff more than anything Prince did after 1990



LBrent said:

ksgemini63 said:

Below is right Time W & L Sheila very talented. Seems like people are saying Prince just owned these employees. For an anti contrAct anti "slavery" guy he new how to work the legalism to screw over many people.. Then talking about God. Ha!




Seriously?

There are none so blind as those who will not see...

[sigh]
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Reply #198 posted 07/25/16 3:00pm

LBrent

ksgemini63 said:

Yes seriously my ex's cousin was a dancer in Cream vid. He did not treat people right and dared to preach about religion. I know I am a sinner and hypocrite sometimes but Prince had an air of superiority that was plain as day. Yeah I like much of The Time and Wendy and Lisa's stuff more than anything Prince did after 1990 LBrent said:
Seriously? There are none so blind as those who will not see... [sigh]

Um.

My ex's cousin's hamster says, "You win the Internet."

Congratulations. rolleyes

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Reply #199 posted 07/25/16 3:29pm

jdcxc

LBrent said:

Those projects, whether he abandoned them or not, were his to abandon.

They weren't theirs to move forward with.

They walked away with knowledge, experience and business contacts..Oh...and their talent.

If their argument was that they wanted to express their own personal talent, they were free to do so...the names shouldn't have mattered if they were as talented as they thought they were. Heck, they could've used their own birth names...like P did...

If people wanted to see MD perform, billing himself as Morris Day would've fulfilled that.

Same with anyone else who left.

P's fight against WB involved them preventing his free use not only of his creations, but the associated use of his BIRTH NAME. Not a made up band name. His birth name. Or as he put it in an interview, the "name my mother gave me at birth".

P never prevented MD or anyone else from using their BIRTH NAME. He didn't allow them to use the name HE CREATED and allowed them to use when they were EMPLOYED by him. Not the same thing.

What's uncool about that? Because after they left without the name he created nobody was checking for them?

Funny. Terry and Jimmy, Wendy and Lisa, Mark Brown, Matt Finke, Bobby Rivkin, Dez Dickerson and others did just fine...Oh. Wait...Were they using names P created or their own?

Hmmm...
[Edited 7/25/16 11:42am]


Excellent points. And this discussion without Prince's perspective is meaningless. A one-sided interview does not sway me.
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Reply #200 posted 07/25/16 3:53pm

ksgemini63

jdcxc said:

LBrent said:

Those projects, whether he abandoned them or not, were his to abandon.

So it wasn't Prince it was everyone else that had problems. Right... At least they didn't contract with the order for fame.

They weren't theirs to move forward with.

They walked away with knowledge, experience and business contacts..Oh...and their talent.

If their argument was that they wanted to express their own personal talent, they were free to do so...the names shouldn't have mattered if they were as talented as they thought they were. Heck, they could've used their own birth names...like P did...

If people wanted to see MD perform, billing himself as Morris Day would've fulfilled that.

Same with anyone else who left.

P's fight against WB involved them preventing his free use not only of his creations, but the associated use of his BIRTH NAME. Not a made up band name. His birth name. Or as he put it in an interview, the "name my mother gave me at birth".

P never prevented MD or anyone else from using their BIRTH NAME. He didn't allow them to use the name HE CREATED and allowed them to use when they were EMPLOYED by him. Not the same thing.

What's uncool about that? Because after they left without the name he created nobody was checking for them?

Funny. Terry and Jimmy, Wendy and Lisa, Mark Brown, Matt Finke, Bobby Rivkin, Dez Dickerson and others did just fine...Oh. Wait...Were they using names P created or their own?

Hmmm...
[Edited 7/25/16 11:42am]


Excellent points. And this discussion without Prince's perspective is meaningless. A one-sided interview does not sway me.
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Reply #201 posted 07/25/16 4:57pm

LBrent

jdcxc said:

LBrent said:

Those projects, whether he abandoned them or not, were his to abandon.

They weren't theirs to move forward with.

They walked away with knowledge, experience and business contacts..Oh...and their talent.

If their argument was that they wanted to express their own personal talent, they were free to do so...the names shouldn't have mattered if they were as talented as they thought they were. Heck, they could've used their own birth names...like P did...

If people wanted to see MD perform, billing himself as Morris Day would've fulfilled that.

Same with anyone else who left.

P's fight against WB involved them preventing his free use not only of his creations, but the associated use of his BIRTH NAME. Not a made up band name. His birth name. Or as he put it in an interview, the "name my mother gave me at birth".

P never prevented MD or anyone else from using their BIRTH NAME. He didn't allow them to use the name HE CREATED and allowed them to use when they were EMPLOYED by him. Not the same thing.

What's uncool about that? Because after they left without the name he created nobody was checking for them?

Funny. Terry and Jimmy, Wendy and Lisa, Mark Brown, Matt Finke, Bobby Rivkin, Dez Dickerson and others did just fine...Oh. Wait...Were they using names P created or their own?

Hmmm...
[Edited 7/25/16 11:42am]


Excellent points. And this discussion without Prince's perspective is meaningless. A one-sided interview does not sway me.




Is that what you think I'm after? Swaying you?

Aww. You're so pretty.
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Reply #202 posted 07/25/16 5:08pm

ksgemini63

Thank u I won the Internet. It's over go home people... It ended right here.



LBrent said:



ksgemini63 said:


Yes seriously my ex's cousin was a dancer in Cream vid. He did not treat people right and dared to preach about religion. I know I am a sinner and hypocrite sometimes but Prince had an air of superiority that was plain as day. Yeah I like much of The Time and Wendy and Lisa's stuff more than anything Prince did after 1990 LBrent said:
Seriously? There are none so blind as those who will not see... [sigh]




Um.



My ex's cousin's hamster says, "You win the Internet."



Congratulations. rolleyes





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Reply #203 posted 07/25/16 5:10pm

NorthC

U might say, What U mad about?
But I still got my band names
Pleased 2 meet U, Mr. Peterson
U can call me St. Paul... Can I play?
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Reply #204 posted 07/25/16 5:14pm

ksgemini63

Agreed. He was the lowest of the low. I don't care that he worshipped evil. He can worship... A hamster for all I care but the fact he believed he sold his soul and treated people like garbage is well known


MPurpleMusic07 said:

LBrent said:

So what?

So what if anyone he worked with had a PhD in every instrument, could sing better, could dance better, could make better pancakes.

They were EMPLOYED BY HIM and if he wanted them to sit for the entire time they were EMPLOYED BY HIM and never play a note...guess what? That was the JOB.

Wanna showcase what YOU feel is a better example of YOUR talent? Leave and start YOUR OWN THING. Some did. Mazeltov. But of the ones who did, which ones were able to replicate P's level of success?
[Edited 7/25/16 10:03am]


Ya know...Prince wasnt the best about seperating business and pleasure (unless it benefitted him). SO yeah youre right tthey technically worked for him and he technically owned the rights, but he's still fucked up for it. Not wrong, not technically but its not cool.

You build a group around your gf/fiance ( that youre rabidly cheating on ) and you build a group around a childhood friend ( supposedly in exchange for song credit ), and when you decide that youre done with those people and youre done with those projects you keep them from moving fwd with it on their own. Yeah it's legal, but it's not ok.
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Reply #205 posted 07/25/16 5:51pm

LBrent

ksgemini63 said:

Agreed. He was the lowest of the low. I don't care that he worshipped evil. He can worship... A hamster for all I care but the fact he believed he sold his soul and treated people like garbage is well known


MPurpleMusic07 said:



Ya know...Prince wasnt the best about seperating business and pleasure (unless it benefitted him). SO yeah youre right tthey technically worked for him and he technically owned the rights, but he's still fucked up for it. Not wrong, not technically but its not cool.

You build a group around your gf/fiance ( that youre rabidly cheating on ) and you build a group around a childhood friend ( supposedly in exchange for song credit ), and when you decide that youre done with those people and youre done with those projects you keep them from moving fwd with it on their own. Yeah it's legal, but it's not ok.


And yet, here you are...on a message board dedicated to him.

Must really rankles to think so little of, see how adored he still is even in death, yet your extraordinary moral compass has you here...

Crazy how life works, huh? If things were different and say, you had millions of people from around the world who adored you...you could maybe possibly have a fraction of the life P had...

Peace&BWyld
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Reply #206 posted 07/25/16 6:12pm

ksgemini63

Ok u win the Internet but I don't want a bisexual voodoo chile life like Prince. Rather b dead


LBrent said:

ksgemini63 said:

Agreed. He was the lowest of the low. I don't care that he worshipped evil. He can worship... A hamster for all I care but the fact he believed he sold his soul and treated people like garbage is well known




And yet, here you are...on a message board dedicated to him.

Must really rankles to think so little of, see how adored he still is even in death, yet your extraordinary moral compass has you here...

Crazy how life works, huh? If things were different and say, you had millions of people from around the world who adored you...you could maybe possibly have a fraction of the life P had...

Peace&BWyld
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Reply #207 posted 07/25/16 6:35pm

jdcxc

LBrent said:

jdcxc said:



Excellent points. And this discussion without Prince's perspective is meaningless. A one-sided interview does not sway me.




Is that what you think I'm after? Swaying you?

Aww. You're so pretty.


Huh? I was referring to the Susannah/St. Paul interview.
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Reply #208 posted 07/25/16 10:04pm

mltijchr

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(this topic of "The Time" keeps coming up in different ways, so I('ll) keep commenting on them.)

.

both The Time & The Family should have been allowed to use their original names..
when
it was - or IS - all of the original members (of both groups involved).
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this current "touring group" of "Morris Day & The Time" - with Torry, Freeze & the rest - they SHOULD be called "Morris Day & The Time" for just that reason - it's NOT the original version of that group.
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when Morris, Jesse, Terry, Monte, Jimmy Jam & Jellybean reunited for "Condensate".. they
SHOULD HAVE
been allowed to use the name THE TIME because IT WAS all of the original members.
whatever Prince's involvement in this project - or lack thereof - "Condensate" WAS a
"Time" album. all the members of this group contributed to the music recorded.
at this time, Prince was just flexin' his muscle/being insecure/being a JERK.
when Morris et al promoted this album, I'm sure they talked about - even emphasized? - Prince's lack of involvement. however "Condensate" did, it was not going to increase or diminish Prince's own legacy 1 bit.
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but, no. Prince couldn't be "cool" about it. he had to remind everyone - including the very musicians who brought this excellent music to life - that Prince was "the mastermind" behind The Time.
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that fortuitous "Atlanta snowstorm" gave Prince an opportune moment & excuse to fire 2 of the main components of this "monster" he had created. the ONLY group Prince admitted - & RIGHTFULLY SO - he was "afraid of". Prince was so threatened by The Time, he would have found some other reason to break up this group: Morris danced with Vanity 1 time too many, Jesse "stole" some of Dez' guitar picks. Prince was going to break up this group, 1 way or another.
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I saw THE TIME on the Controversy & 1999 tours in Richmond, VA. almost everyone said how great Prince was.. but EVERYONE was talking about how BAD The Time was. about how TIGHT The Time was. about how THEY put on the better show. even I was a "bigger Prince fan" back then.. but I can admit & understand why everyone was raving about The Time. THEY WERE THAT GOOD.
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as for The Family - as talented as they were.. they literally had 17 minutes of "fame" (with their talent they should have had more success..)
per the story that Susannah gave - "Paul going for the money" - who wouldn't have done that? again, Prince wanted to make the point - working these musicians to exhaustion & underpaying them, just to remind them "who was in charge"..
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after a certain period of time, EVERYONE knew that it was PRINCE who formulated & created most/all the music for these groups. created their images, their sound, chose the members of each group, etc. no 1 was ever going to say something like "oh, really.. are you sure it was Prince who recorded 98% of the music on The Time's 1st 3 albums??"
or
"gee, that St Paul sure sounds like.. AL GREEN on the Family album. who really did all this music??"
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whatever anyone in either of these 2 bands did or didn't do, they should not have had to "grovel & beg" to be known as the entities they actually were when they were "created". most "reasonable people" would say - maybe even begrudingly - "ok, yes I did do everything in this project, but you carried it out, etc.. so go ahead & use the name"..
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for better or worse, however: most "reasonable people" are not Prince.

I'll see you tonight..
in ALL MY DREAMS..
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Reply #209 posted 07/26/16 1:33am

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I don't think Prince was being an asshole in this case. I can see why people might see it that way. But one thing is a known. When he was involved with something he was 100% committed, or not at all. He controlled nearly all aspects; which was such a turn off for a lot of people. I mean Prince really was the puppet master behind those groups. Most people know this, right? So I really don't think it was about tootin' his own horn. I feel like he was making sure he wasn't associated with them anymore. Seems like more of a control thing, and trying to protect his creative-self/image. Honestly if I were those artists I would want complete autonomy from P too. Like they say, u can't have your cake and eat it too.
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