anangellooksdown said:

During an interview around the late 90s Prince was already philosophica and right about certain things, I see now. Anyway, he was talking about how we should all take a day or even a week where the TV goes off. He then says: "Any time you place your life outside of yourself, you're going to suffer grave consequences." Other than the media/TV issue he was specifically talking about, what else might he have meant? "Anytime you place your life outside of yourself, you're going to suffer grave consequences." Get as deep as or stray from the tv issue as far as you want.

I don't claim to know what he meant. In interviews, often times what he said was very "coded" or subject to interpretation. He certainly wasn't a straight talker. So my interpretation of "Any time you place your life outside of yourself, you're going to suffer grave consequences," is that it has a similar meaning to the statement, "If you don't own your masters, the master owns you." Basically, if you are not in control of your life/art/property, then bad things will happen to you. LEt's face it, for better or for worse, Prince was a control-freak. I think that the statement "Any time..." reflects his motivation behind being in control of as much as he possibly could when it came to his life, art, property, and so forth.

perfume said:

Relative to the TV issue, I did a 40 day tv fast for Lent a few years ago. There was a radical change in my thinking - fewer inane random thoughts floating around. I was also more productive. I essentially stopped watching it. The only time it goes on is when my mom visits.

perfume said:

Relative to the TV issue, I did a 40 day tv fast for Lent a few years ago. There was a radical change in my thinking - fewer inane random thoughts floating around. I was also more productive. I essentially stopped watching it. The only time it goes on is when my mom visits.

kapo74 said:

perfume said:

Relative to the TV issue, I did a 40 day tv fast for Lent a few years ago. There was a radical change in my thinking - fewer inane random thoughts floating around. I was also more productive. I essentially stopped watching it. The only time it goes on is when my mom visits.

Hmmm, let's see what's on the hellavision.

This is very interesting. With all the bad news lately, I considered doing the same. I watch the news and all kinds of stuff, just to be able to be in the know and for small talk at the coffee machine at work. But is small talk really worth it? I think I will follow your lead and see what happens.

sonshine said:

perfume said:

Relative to the TV issue, I did a 40 day tv fast for Lent a few years ago. There was a radical change in my thinking - fewer inane random thoughts floating around. I was also more productive. I essentially stopped watching it. The only time it goes on is when my mom visits.

I don't watch TV either, altho I was a television junkie at one time. I take his comments as being true to oneself; not letting anyone else control your destiny; not putting yourself into someone else's hands.

I go without TV often.

TV has a lot of good to it, good programs:PBS, Documentaries, good movies/series ie Acting ie Art

It is when you live vicariously through tv that is when you die

When Prince did Talk Shows / Interviews / Award Shows / Performances... he obviously hoped people would watch TV to see him, right? like when he did SNL when he did other shows, movies when he talked about a 2nd chance @ acting etc

Listening 2 too much music can B bad 4 U too, especially music with a lot of words... that like TV is still other peoples ideas and opinions getting into your head...

OldFriends4Sale said:

I go without TV often.

TV has a lot of good to it, good programs:PBS, Documentaries, good movies/series ie Acting ie Art

It is when you live vicariously through tv that is when you die

When Prince did Talk Shows / Interviews / Award Shows / Performances... he obviously hoped people would watch TV to see him, right? like when he did SNL when he did other shows, movies when he talked about a 2nd chance @ acting etc

Listening 2 too much music can B bad 4 U too, especially music with a lot of words... that like TV is still other peoples ideas and opinions getting into your head...

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He was very sly about New Girl, wasn't he? He knew it would be on right after the SuperBowl (and 25 MILLION people watched it).

I really don't believe it was his favorite show. He was calculating and crafty, that boy.

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anangellooksdown said:

anangellooksdown said:

During an interview around the late 90s Prince was already philosophica and right about certain things, I see now. Anyway, he was talking about how we should all take a day or even a week where the TV goes off. He then says: "Any time you place your life outside of yourself, you're going to suffer grave consequences." Other than the media/TV issue he was specifically talking about, what else might he have meant? "Anytime you place your life outside of yourself, you're going to suffer grave consequences." Get as deep as or stray from the tv issue as far as you want.

Hi,

I differ with many of Prince’s “philosophical” ideas, especially toward the end his life (not that I think he was a fool by any means). This, however, strikes me as one of his more profound insights. As I interpret it, he’s suggesting that whenever we sacrifice our own desire and creativity to forces outside of ourself (social imperatives, a sense of obligation to those around us, some pre-established moral philosophy or other, the multitude of meaningless distractions that bombard us etc), we risk estranging and limiting our proper “self”. Regardless of the criticisms that can be levelled at Prince, he was an individual in the truest sense of the word, and I think that this kind of extreme “selfishness” and focus is characteristic of many true artists, poets and thinkers. The work and the internal creative drive must take precedence over all else (even if that makes us monstrous in some circumstances). Similar sentiments regarding individuality, freedom and the things that limit them can be found in the work of Nietzsche and Sartre among others. Take a look at Sartre’s concept of “Bad Faith” for example. That's how I read it anyway. All the best :

https://en.wikipedia.org/..._Bad_faith

laytonian said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I go without TV often.

TV has a lot of good to it, good programs:PBS, Documentaries, good movies/series ie Acting ie Art

It is when you live vicariously through tv that is when you die

When Prince did Talk Shows / Interviews / Award Shows / Performances... he obviously hoped people would watch TV to see him, right? like when he did SNL when he did other shows, movies when he talked about a 2nd chance @ acting etc

Listening 2 too much music can B bad 4 U too, especially music with a lot of words... that like TV is still other peoples ideas and opinions getting into your head...

.

He was very sly about New Girl, wasn't he? He knew it would be on right after the SuperBowl (and 25 MILLION people watched it).

I really don't believe it was his favorite show. He was calculating and crafty, that boy.

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I don't think he was shy about it at all. He went for it. If he didn't like it I don't think he would have been on it.

perfume said:

Relative to the TV issue, I did a 40 day tv fast for Lent a few years ago. There was a radical change in my thinking - fewer inane random thoughts floating around. I was also more productive. I essentially stopped watching it. The only time it goes on is when my mom visits.

yeah cool! relative and complimentary i think the idea of being dependent/addicted to something outside yourself is they key here. for him, in the 90s TV was a threat, Now its the intenet. Imagine going on an internet fast. That would really change world view. that includes all smart fons and apps.

I think he was referencing how if we look around we can all get "addicted" to something. There is internet addiction, TV addiction, the list is endless of the various types of addictions that are out there. I think he was saying we need to set one day that we remove ourselves from those addictions and focus on being more personable to those around us and also take some down time for ourselves to just withdraw from the world and let not just our bodies, but our enitre beings just rest.

That is a loaded stated by Prince. Do you happen to have the full article?

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I do too believe we all watch too much TV, news and on YT and internet way too much.

I am guilty of this and I love this post because I have been trying to come up with a detox plan for the internet. I am weaning myself off of TV but my "addiction" switched to internet, which is still putting my time outside of myself.

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Now when it comes to music that is a tough one for me. I sometimes go to sleep listening to music.

Someone here said too much music could be an addiction. Music for me does something different than going on-line or watching TV, it evokes an emotion and takes me to a surreal happy place. Especially Prince right now, it's my therapy.