Insightful interview with Tavis Smiley and Sway. Not sure if it's been posted. Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVK-VYWmokU

Breaks my heart.

nonames said:

NorthC said:

Exactly,Thats why i always have to laugh when people dog one over the other.And after prince passed he took some of our childhood.Can u imagine how he felt after mj prob really depressed id imagine.

That's moving to know how much Prince was affected by MJ's passing. So sad that here we are seven years later... Prince was such a private person; he would have hated his personal life being smeared in the press. As Tavis states, "A person shouldn't be judged by some of the parts of his life but rather by the sum of his life."

i wouldn't doubt it, that's pretty much the reaction i had too.

NorthC said:

nonames said:

This is going to get locked even before I finish writing this message. There is a completely irrational rule here that says that everything related to Michael Jackson must be discussed in one thread and one thread only, regardless of whether it is a remark about his nose or about his relationship with Prince. One of the biggest artist in history (even if he wasn't my cup of tea) relegated to one thread in a forum that most people ignore.

Nothing irrational about it, nonsense threads like this need to be locked.

this is an issue I have with any site like this...what makes this topic nonsense? Your opinion? Genuinely curious as to what drives someone to call something nonsense. I personally find it interesting that we are finding things like this out that make Prince more...human than any of us could see.

if you actually watch the clip, it's actually sort of interesting. prince allegedly was deeply affected by MJ's passing

XxAxX said:

if you actually watch the clip, it's actually sort of interesting. prince allegedly was deeply affected by MJ's passing

Exactly. I figured that Mike's passing would affect him but I had no clue how deeply.

And for him to spend an entire evening with Tavis talking about nothing but Mike and his gift is stunning.

Good interview.

I wonder if he felt fated when MJ passed?

Or Vanity for that matter?

babynoz said:

Hell everybody was shocked when Mike passed so it doesnt surprise me that it bothered Prince too.

babynoz said:

XxAxX said:

if you actually watch the clip, it's actually sort of interesting. prince allegedly was deeply affected by MJ's passing

Exactly. I figured that Mike's passing would affect him but I had no clue how deeply.

And for him to spend an entire evening with Tavis talking about nothing but Mike and his gift is stunning.

Good interview.

i wonder what prince spoke about? i wonder if he was on a prescription for painkillers back then?

purplethunder3121 said:

That's moving to know how much Prince was affected by MJ's passing. So sad that here we are seven years later... Prince was such a private person; he would have hated his personal life being smeared in the press. As Tavis states, "A person shouldn't be judged by some of the parts of his life but rather by the sum of his life."

Yes, I very much liked this line, and will be appropriating it, and passing it off as my own going forward!

Prince was a human being...and whilst being unique...was not infallible to life

The fact that his life was intrinsically linked to MJ for a very important part of his life - was always going to mean he would have intense unresolved feelings if they never made peace.

Growing up - Prince knew MJ...MJ didn't know Prince

So Prince had a life-long relationship with MJ...from afar and then personally and then as contemporaries....alot of shit to carry for most of your life - particularly when their relationship was as complicated as it was.

Well they are probably now doing a rehearsal in the sky with the greatest band ever! - Prince, MJ, Bowie, Freddie, JB, Elvis, Jimi, John Lennon, Zappa, John Bonham, Jim Morrison and so it goes...

Please post on the MJ sticky in the music: non-prince forum

MJ seepage