GhostChick said:

1Sasha said:

That was going to be my project this weekend. Sorry to say, but in the spirit of the Estate yanking it off-line, this is why teenagers don't know Prince's music. For over 20 years he fought what he thought was a righteous battle, but most younger, social media-savvy kids never learned about him. If the Estate wants to make money in the future, it better open up the social media doors ASAP.

That's not exactly true. Plenty of people over the age of 30 know music from earlier decades because they heard it on the radio (radio app), parents/family members played it around them and other people played the music, and watch music videos.

Cable and general TV was a BIG part of that because back in the 80's, 90's and early part of the 00's, you could see Music Videos of artists on stations. I remember when MTV and BET played mostly music videos and MUSIC related shows. But now, if I'm 15-21, I'm watching some reality show or Teen Wolf on MTV/VH-1.

Generation X didn't have the Internet or "Social Media" and we knew of alot of music from the 70's, 60's and before that.

And a lot more Younger people knew of Prince more than you think. Remember, alot of Younger (under 25) played and brought Prince's newer music.

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

1Sasha said:

GhostChick said:

That's not exactly true. Plenty of people over the age of 30 know music from earlier decades because they heard it on the radio (radio app), parents/family members played it around them and other people played the music, and watch music videos.

Cable and general TV was a BIG part of that because back in the 80's, 90's and early part of the 00's, you could see Music Videos of artists on stations. I remember when MTV and BET played mostly music videos and MUSIC related shows. But now, if I'm 15-21, I'm watching some reality show or Teen Wolf on MTV/VH-1.

Generation X didn't have the Internet or "Social Media" and we knew of alot of music from the 70's, 60's and before that.

And a lot more Younger people knew of Prince more than you think. Remember, alot of Younger (under 25) played and brought Prince's newer music.

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

PurpleSpirit319 said:

An explanation from The Prince Online Museum on their Facebook page!!

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The simple answer should have been, 'NO'.

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I'm glad it's gone. It was too soon.

1Sasha said:

GhostChick said:

That's not exactly true. Plenty of people over the age of 30 know music from earlier decades because they heard it on the radio (radio app), parents/family members played it around them and other people played the music, and watch music videos.

Cable and general TV was a BIG part of that because back in the 80's, 90's and early part of the 00's, you could see Music Videos of artists on stations. I remember when MTV and BET played mostly music videos and MUSIC related shows. But now, if I'm 15-21, I'm watching some reality show or Teen Wolf on MTV/VH-1.

Generation X didn't have the Internet or "Social Media" and we knew of alot of music from the 70's, 60's and before that.

And a lot more Younger people knew of Prince more than you think. Remember, alot of Younger (under 25) played and brought Prince's newer music.

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

Exactly

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Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

I'm glad it's gone. It was too soon.

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Rubbish! Too soon for what.

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Some of those websites have been around for years!

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It'll be like saying throw away your CDs, you've had them 5 years.

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It will be interesting to see if 'The Estate' do the same with the Google archive.

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Obviously Google would go tell them to screw themselves!.

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

PliablyPurple said:

Well at least that answers the question on millions of people's minds: Is there internet in heaven?

He up there like ! "ok I fix ya'll!" Ya'll think ya just gonna play me like that?' "Here's ya go!" "Blouses 1 Org 0"

destinyc1 said:

1Sasha said:

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

Exactly right.I think many here think the world feels how we feel and sadly it doesn't seem to be the case.

I was driving into work today, playing some XM station as background (wasn't really paying attention, but I think it was Sia), and I thought to myself "Life Goes On".

They hardly play Prince at all on XM now, and he was everywhere for a few weeks after he died.

Oh well, I guess its back to reflection using the Wayback Machine!!!

I'm very surprised because who would put the site up without clearing it with the estate first? If they didn't, that's pretty dumb.

I hope he resolves the problem because it really was impressive work.

1Sasha said:

Man this is bs! I hardly had a chance to explore. My bad, but did not think it would shut down.

I guess I just assumed permission was handled before launching. I pray comes back!

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

1Sasha said:

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

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You had to say things like "that guy who sang at the Superbowl in the rain"

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This is an awesome project and I hope it comes back soon. I wondered about all the wonderful videos and photos. What it shows is the potential to carry his legacy is accomplished in a variety of ways.

Any idea how many visitors there were in the short time it was available?

Butterscotch got that on lock from heaven...my hero

Like somebody said it was "too soon." Prince hasnt been dead 3 months and folks already categorizing shit

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

I'm glad it's gone. It was too soon.

agreed

Bugger - I enjoyed that!!!

Too soon for some - not early enough for me...

Now get some new shit released!

Imma need Prez to take some IT classes and get with the cease and desist letters

nursev said:

Like somebody said it was "too soon." Prince hasnt been dead 3 months and folks already categorizing shit

I disagree

luv4u said:

nursev said:

Like somebody said it was "too soon." Prince hasnt been dead 3 months and folks already categorizing shit

I disagree

I disagree too. Even though it brought some tears the first time I logged on it also brought back some wondreful memories. I loved being able to revisit. I miss it already.

There must be something deeper we are not understanding, because as far as I'm concerned, the Prince Museum would have been a PERFECT stepping-stone to releasing music, videos, etc. via this medium. Unless there is someone (maybe TIDAL) fighting against this, the online museum was perfect for whomever would be named the permanent heir(s) to Prince's estate...

luv4u said:

nursev said:

Like somebody said it was "too soon." Prince hasnt been dead 3 months and folks already categorizing shit

I disagree

Its cool...some of us think its too soon for any of this, but I can see where some would like the site

bookwomen said:

luv4u said:

I disagree

I disagree too. Even though it brought some tears the first time I logged on it also brought back some wondreful memories. I loved being able to revisit. I miss it already.

Like Prince said "they can keep the memories" I looked at it one time and never went back

nursev said:

bookwomen said:

I disagree too. Even though it brought some tears the first time I logged on it also brought back some wondreful memories. I loved being able to revisit. I miss it already.

Like Prince said "they can keep the memories" I looked at it one time and never went back

On this one, I have to be the one on the other side, nursev. Prince was open to the vault being open to the public after he was gone. Retrieved from: http://www.twincities.com...right-now/

"In the future, you could put all the best stuff from one particular time period together and then you can release it. It’d just be like if we found a Sly and the Family Stone album and they saved their best stuff.”

There was another interview where he said he thought his unreleased songs would be released after he was gone, but this was the quickest quote I could find for this discussion.

Doozer said:

Let's hope reasonable minds come to the table. This was a project of joy and respect, not something that capitalized in any way on Prince's name and likeness.

PliablyPurple said:

1Sasha said:

GhostChick said:

That's not exactly true. Plenty of people over the age of 30 know music from earlier decades because they heard it on the radio (radio app), parents/family members played it around them and other people played the music, and watch music videos.

Cable and general TV was a BIG part of that because back in the 80's, 90's and early part of the 00's, you could see Music Videos of artists on stations. I remember when MTV and BET played mostly music videos and MUSIC related shows. But now, if I'm 15-21, I'm watching some reality show or Teen Wolf on MTV/VH-1.

Generation X didn't have the Internet or "Social Media" and we knew of alot of music from the 70's, 60's and before that.

And a lot more Younger people knew of Prince more than you think. Remember, alot of Younger (under 25) played and brought Prince's newer music.

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

Perhaps. Perhaps it could be the people you asked. Perhaps it could be the culture, race, the country, the State they are from, anything. I bet they getting familiar with it now.

But I know that plenty of us in Generation X know who Prince is AND it was the 30 and under crowd who announced the news and was getting upset at my job.

And lots of people know Prince from his big 80's hits. So what? To many people, in 2004 he made a comeback. So what?

He's gone and NOW the rest of the world is feeling his loss.

1Sasha said:

GhostChick said:

That's not exactly true. Plenty of people over the age of 30 know music from earlier decades because they heard it on the radio (radio app), parents/family members played it around them and other people played the music, and watch music videos.

Cable and general TV was a BIG part of that because back in the 80's, 90's and early part of the 00's, you could see Music Videos of artists on stations. I remember when MTV and BET played mostly music videos and MUSIC related shows. But now, if I'm 15-21, I'm watching some reality show or Teen Wolf on MTV/VH-1.

Generation X didn't have the Internet or "Social Media" and we knew of alot of music from the 70's, 60's and before that.

And a lot more Younger people knew of Prince more than you think. Remember, alot of Younger (under 25) played and brought Prince's newer music.

Well then, it must be only me, because from 14-49, I spoke with a number of people after he died, and they either weren't familiar with his music or only knew the hits from the 80s. Hip hop, rap ... that they knew. But Prince? No, not really.

Perhaps. Perhaps it could be the people you asked. Perhaps it could be the culture, race, the country, the State they are from, anything. I bet they getting familiar with it now.

But I know that plenty of us in Generation X know who Prince is AND it was the 30 and under crowd who announced the news and was getting upset at my job.

And lots of people know Prince from his big 80's hits. So what? To many people, in 2004 he made a comeback. So what?

He's gone and NOW the rest of the world is feeling his loss.