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.

As someone who is 19 (Prince's first website debuted 16 months before I was born) and only got into Prince after his passing, I can attest to this being a very real phenomenon.

My mother has always enjoyed Prince's music, but never owned any of his albums. Prince's music was not readily available on the everyday Internet (I'm thinking YouTube for the most part), and wasn't really featured in maintstream things, or things I would have watched/noticed. Living in St. Paul/Minneapolis at the time of his passing is what really brought him into my life.

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.

Totally agree with you. I was shocked to find that most of my daughter's friends did not know Prince. At all. I was wondering how this is possible and yes, that's it. No videos online, nothing. The amazing footage that is out there now, especially live stuff, its mindblowing.

Kara said:

PliablyPurple said:

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

All the takedowns on YouTube and whatnot are strangely comforting to me.

Yeah, I guess Prince STILL pissing off his fans even from the great beyond is the only way it could be.

What's the point. The estate wouldn't make any money off it anyway. Ridiculous.

1Sasha said:

I'm just gonna come right out here and say it: this site not only reminded me of how much I hated those individual websites, but also reinforced my understanding of why Prince got bored and moved on.

Let's be honest: everyone here hated almost every one of those sites, and with good reason. I was thinking I would list some of the threads here, but when I went and looked, there were so damn many that this post would take multiple pages in this thread.

Setting aside the issue of whether the subscriber-based sites (e.g., lotusflow3r.com, npgmusicclub.com, etc.) delivered on what was promised for their hefty membership fees (no, they did not), the user interface on almost everyone one of these just BITES.

I had forgotten how much I hated all of them until I tried -- foolishly -- a few days ago to find the LotuwFlow3r lyric booklet on that site. WTF is that? A miniature TV, about 3% of my total browser area, with lilliputian, diagonal versions of old Prince videos? A fake boombox that plays the same damn clip of a song, over and over again, no matter what you do to the controls?

Why anyone would ever want to create a showcase of those miserable things is beyond me. It's really an embarrassment to Prince. Fact is, he was sharp enough to get out ahead of the curve when he did (hell, I didn't even have a CD-ROM drive on my PC when he released Interactive), but on this like many other things, he just picked the wrong people to execute.

EnDoRpHn said:

GhostChick said:

KingSausage said:

EnDoRpHn said:

I'm just gonna come right out here and say it: this site not only reminded me of how much I hated those individual websites, but also reinforced my understanding of why Prince got bored and moved on.

Let's be honest: everyone here hated almost every one of those sites, and with good reason. I was thinking I would list some of the threads here, but when I went and looked, there were so damn many that this post would take multiple pages in this thread.

Setting aside the issue of whether the subscriber-based sites (e.g., lotusflow3r.com, npgmusicclub.com, etc.) delivered on what was promised for their hefty membership fees (no, they did not), the user interface on almost everyone one of these just BITES.

I had forgotten how much I hated all of them until I tried -- foolishly -- a few days ago to find the LotuwFlow3r lyric booklet on that site. WTF is that? A miniature TV, about 3% of my total browser area, with lilliputian, diagonal versions of old Prince videos? A fake boombox that plays the same damn clip of a song, over and over again, no matter what you do to the controls?

Why anyone would ever want to create a showcase of those miserable things is beyond me. It's really an embarrassment to Prince. Fact is, he was sharp enough to get out ahead of the curve when he did (hell, I didn't even have a CD-ROM drive on my PC when he released Interactive), but on this like many other things, he just picked the wrong people to execute.

He executed people? Daaaaayum

KingSausage said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

pandaleka said:

PurpleSpirit319 said:

bookwomen said:

Se7en said:

roxy831 said:

KingSausage said:

EnDoRpHn said:

I'm just gonna come right out here and say it: this site not only reminded me of how much I hated those individual websites, but also reinforced my understanding of why Prince got bored and moved on.

Let's be honest: everyone here hated almost every one of those sites, and with good reason. I was thinking I would list some of the threads here, but when I went and looked, there were so damn many that this post would take multiple pages in this thread.

Setting aside the issue of whether the subscriber-based sites (e.g., lotusflow3r.com, npgmusicclub.com, etc.) delivered on what was promised for their hefty membership fees (no, they did not), the user interface on almost everyone one of these just BITES.

I had forgotten how much I hated all of them until I tried -- foolishly -- a few days ago to find the LotuwFlow3r lyric booklet on that site. WTF is that? A miniature TV, about 3% of my total browser area, with lilliputian, diagonal versions of old Prince videos? A fake boombox that plays the same damn clip of a song, over and over again, no matter what you do to the controls?

Why anyone would ever want to create a showcase of those miserable things is beyond me. It's really an embarrassment to Prince. Fact is, he was sharp enough to get out ahead of the curve when he did (hell, I didn't even have a CD-ROM drive on my PC when he released Interactive), but on this like many other things, he just picked the wrong people to execute.

He executed people? Daaaaayum

Well there were those rumors...no let me stop.

I hope this returns. It is fascinating. The stories, the background and the music and photos...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prince-online-museum-brings-the-purple-ones-many-magical-websites-2-u-4-free_us_57852bd9e4b0ed2111d7ba88

For Prince, the internet was more than just a platform. The web mirrored so many of Prince’s ideologies and ways of being ― the constant change, the abolition of hierarchies and structures, the privileging of the weird, the imaginative and the unbound. “Like the internet, Prince changed his mind often and would continually be evolving his thinking,” said Jennings. “He wanted to keep experimenting and trying new paradigms, in a similar fashion as the internet’s constant shifting to the latest app model. Freedom of choice is all he ever wanted.”

EnDoRpHn said:

I'm just gonna come right out here and say it: this site not only reminded me of how much I hated those individual websites, but also reinforced my understanding of why Prince got bored and moved on.

Let's be honest: everyone here hated almost every one of those sites, and with good reason. I was thinking I would list some of the threads here, but when I went and looked, there were so damn many that this post would take multiple pages in this thread.

Setting aside the issue of whether the subscriber-based sites (e.g., lotusflow3r.com, npgmusicclub.com, etc.) delivered on what was promised for their hefty membership fees (no, they did not), the user interface on almost everyone one of these just BITES.

I had forgotten how much I hated all of them until I tried -- foolishly -- a few days ago to find the LotuwFlow3r lyric booklet on that site. WTF is that? A miniature TV, about 3% of my total browser area, with lilliputian, diagonal versions of old Prince videos? A fake boombox that plays the same damn clip of a song, over and over again, no matter what you do to the controls?

Why anyone would ever want to create a showcase of those miserable things is beyond me. It's really an embarrassment to Prince. Fact is, he was sharp enough to get out ahead of the curve when he did (hell, I didn't even have a CD-ROM drive on my PC when he released Interactive), but on this like many other things, he just picked the wrong people to execute.

agreed...hated them then and still do

luvgirl 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.

At work yesterday, we somehow got on the subject of music and I told my 21 year old co-workers that I listened to Prince all day everyday and he replied "Oh, you like that classic music" I wanted to...

You all have the wool pulled over your eyes if you don't understand that Prince was blacklisted by the music industry. The reason that "kids" don't know his music is that the industry blackballed him from radio play after TMBGITW.

I never got to look at the Prince Online Museum. What exactly was in there? Can anybody tell me?

twinnies said:

I never got to look at the Prince Online Museum. What exactly was in there? Can anybody tell me?

Several different official Prince websites dating back to the 1990s. Most of them were shortlived in their original format, largely because they sucked.

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UGH. I'm not surprised by this at all. I was actually surprised that Sam was able to launch this and promote it so publicly, before and after the launch, and not raise the eyebrow of the estate. I figured this would happen and for that reason I'm SUPER pissed at myself for not taking the time to sit down and just plow through it all in one go. What I'm hoping is that when and if they reach an agreement that the museum returns as is,with no edits and no censorship.

PurpleMusic07 said:

UGH. I'm not surprised by this at all. I was actually surprised that Sam was able to launch this and promote it so publicly, before and after the launch, and not raise the eyebrow of the estate. I figured this would happen and for that reason I'm SUPER pissed at myself for not taking the time to sit down and just plow through it all in one go. What I'm hoping is that when and if they reach an agreement that the museum returns as is,with no edits and no censorship.

Be ready for a migraine if and whenever those infernal things return.

Gross mentality being touted:

"As to the age 15-21 bracket, if they're Not spoonfed for Free in the comfort of their low-rise briefs at their (co-dependent) Mom's house, then this-split-second-attention-span-Yay-Bernie-bracket is wholly unable to intelligently access (or pay a mere pittance) for something such as Prince."

Ya'll have raised a lazy, hawt mess if that's the case. (You have, ... we know.)

All those sorts of folks are Unworthy of access anyway.

Quality, not quantity.

The End.

"hefty membership fee(s)?"

Ok, lol.

"picked the wrong people to execute?"

Yes he did, in virtually All things.

But he did that purposefully, clearly.

EnDoRpHn said:

I'm just gonna come right out here and say it: this site not only reminded me of how much I hated those individual websites, but also reinforced my understanding of why Prince got bored and moved on.

Let's be honest: everyone here hated almost every one of those sites, and with good reason. I was thinking I would list some of the threads here, but when I went and looked, there were so damn many that this post would take multiple pages in this thread.

Setting aside the issue of whether the subscriber-based sites (e.g., lotusflow3r.com, npgmusicclub.com, etc.) delivered on what was promised for their hefty membership fees (no, they did not), the user interface on almost everyone one of these just BITES.

I had forgotten how much I hated all of them until I tried -- foolishly -- a few days ago to find the LotuwFlow3r lyric booklet on that site. WTF is that? A miniature TV, about 3% of my total browser area, with lilliputian, diagonal versions of old Prince videos? A fake boombox that plays the same damn clip of a song, over and over again, no matter what you do to the controls?

Why anyone would ever want to create a showcase of those miserable things is beyond me. It's really an embarrassment to Prince. Fact is, he was sharp enough to get out ahead of the curve when he did (hell, I didn't even have a CD-ROM drive on my PC when he released Interactive), but on this like many other things, he just picked the wrong people to execute.

What was on this site? Was there anything legitimately infringing such as music? If it was just commentary, that is bogus, and an infringment of freedom of speech. I'd like to know more about this, and how it is legitimately in the interest of the estate.

AlexHahn said: