Prince will NOT stop making music, I can't believe we're getting in a flap here! Making music is part of Prince's blood, it's the air he breathes! Surely we all know this by now!

A period of coolness is all this is. Who knows what Prince is upto. It's good for us too. Many of us are rather too addicted/obsessed with Prince and his music; this period might help us to calm down a bit.

Prince will be coming back with more music!

if i were prince and i read all of these comments pro and con i would definately start to grow weary.. thousands of fans, fams, whatever critiquing me all the time is boring! and intrusive to a degree! he produces great music at times and sometimes he misses.. but one miss to some is a hit to another... just because prince is a performer and a musician does not negate the fact that he "has" to do anything.. he is a mere man with musical talent. that is the problem with society! they look up to people as god's when they are just mere humans. especially musicians. being a musician myself i "even in my ebryonic stage's" face this from my "small" fan base. people wondering what cd is next.. when will it come out.. what will it be about.. this, that, the other.. when there are far more important things going on in the world. it is just music.. sorry.. some may not like to hear that but it is true.. i think it is great that he is married and if they are expecting.. god bless them. i think it downright scary to be overly obsessed with "anyone" or "anybody".. that obsession at times can lead to anger.. "in some".. that is why u have premature death of great musician's like john lennon, biggie, tupac... etc. just my humble opinion.

I don't have specific facts and details, so U may not believe me...but a couple weeks ago I hear on Mpls radio that the DJ saw Prince at a recent public event (may have been a Timberwolves game?). So, I believe he is still in the Mpls area (at least some of the time)...and they also didn't say anything about a pregnant "wife."

I also find it hard to believe that if this "party" at PP really happened on 3/8 that NOBODY in this group heard anyhting about it until a couple days ago.

All that being said...considering it's Prince...I would bet that Mani IS pregnant...and we may not hear from him for a while until the baby is born and they know it is healthy. And if that's the case...then that's what he should do...spend time with his wife and child...the music will always be there waiting.

even if the "rumors" are true...a tour is in the works (based on my personal
resolution).

I don't tend to believe things unless it comes from the horse's mouth, but..if the rumors are true, then it's been a great ride. Some of my favorite music has been made by people who didn't last five years in the business so I feel what Prince has given to us is a lifetime. I am satisfied.

LaVisHh said:

Ah the good old days.

LaVisHh said:

As long as he keeps pumpin out the cuts, I'm happy.

i'd be very happy 4 him..
Change is good.. Especially now.

Hope he moves on and leaves his bodyguards behind.
Raise some kids and melt back into society.

He has made enough music and composed a mighty large library in his lifetime for any music lover to be happy.

Savannah said:

I hope Prince doesnot retire. Seeing him live and going to PP and his music is like nothing else. I would be very sad.

I would blame it on the religion, nothing else.

But this will never be told. It will most likely be blamed on the fans or something ,if anything.

I don't think it has anything to do with Mani being pregnant. How long has this woman been pregnant?

They were probably told to wait until the new system to have a baby.

For some reason the JWs think that you have to give up so much and be misserable to be saved.

But the fans will go on with their lives.

But Prince will probably continue to make music without communicating with the fans. remember we arenot JWs.

But he can continue to do his 'job' like he has been advised. Poor, Prince he will be the loser in the end.

The fans have stuck by him through thick and thin and one day when it is too late. he may realize what a true friend is.

lovebird said:

Okay how does your theory fit with the fact that Larry Graham, a Witness himself who is apparently a mentor of sorts to Prince, has been performing and interacting with "fans" throughout his entire career?

lovebird said:

See Lovebird, I can practice restraint I got NOTHIN





quelling the urge...

lovebird said:

If you consider yourself to be a 'true friend' to Prince, then why are you not allowing him to simply be himself? Doesn't everyone, including Prince, have the right to believe in what they most relate to? If anything, Lovebird, you are being just as, if not more, judgemental than the philosophy you think Prince is adhering to.

aslong as he keeps makin kickassmusic
he can do whatever he wants.
oh,& one more thing:











TOURAUSTRALIAUPURPLEFUCKINGMIDGET!

PurpleLove7 said:

um...nah i save fuckloads of $$$ & download it for free.

Anji said:

Agreed. Another hole in Lovebird's theory is that JW are "told to wait" to have children. Nonsense. Plenty of JWs are having families right now, and nothing in their Dogma indicates that they are suppossed to be miserable. I disagree with a whole lot of JW doctrine, but let's not make unfounded suppositions without knowing the facts. Even with Prince belonging to the JWs, we know he always has his own spin on things, so his motivations remain a mystery unless he chooses to come out and clarify them.

mo cash in my pockets

What Lovebird writes is pure hysteria and speculation.

George Benson and Larry Graham are both Jehovah's Witnesses and both of these appear very amiable and 'fan-friendly'. None of these have 'retired' lately either. Larry Graham became a JW around 1974 before he released some of his funkiest material. Just because Jehovah's Witnesses prioritise spiritual matters does not mean that they cannot and do not work. The vast majority of those in my congregation are employed in full-time secular employment, where (SHOCK! HORROR!) they work alongside people who are not Jehovah's Witnesses.

There have been about 10 new babies born in my Kingdom Hall in the past year. Nothing about waiting for 'the new system'. That is pure nonsense.

Everyone in my Kingdom Hall looks very happy, including myself.

Meeting Biblical requirements and standards is not done grudgingly, but willingly and freely.

hey, I can close my eyes and see him 70 years old and still playing his guitar in front of thousands if people, the way BB king did; don't forget that he's old school, he's not one of those young singers whose name we are going to forget in 1 year!
I only think that now he found the right woman, and he wants to try to live a normal life.. but don't worry, this won't last a long, he only needs the rest he deserves.

while i'll miss his contributions, i will only ever hope for the best in Prince's future endeavors.

maybe he's found the ladder...

booyah said:

There's plenty of artists that release as much or maybe more than Prince. You might not know them, but they are out there.

Doozer said:

It's ridiculously overrated.

Doozer said:

It wasn't much of an album, and I didn't ask for it. And the songs were crap (hell, they're barely songs -- they're barely ideas for songs!). Plus: I've heard many complaints about people not getting it at all.

Doozer said:

BS. It was badly planned, it had no real direction (except that pretentious "real music" bull, or the preaching) and it was far more about solving cash flow problems than anything else. If he was so eager to show people true musicianship, why did he demand such a huge fee for concerts that tickets were priced ridiculously?

Doozer said:

BS. That album was finished before they even thought of the European tour. Then they held it back because they realised it would be a far easier way to fill the NPGMC requirement, and because they were looking for a distributor to get it in actual record stores. And it wasn't even a good document of the US leg. If he wanted to do that, he should have done what Pearl Jam did (and continue to do), or Phish: release ALL the concerts, UNEDITED.

Doozer said:

As per usual with NPGMC, it was a mess. And wow, we got five downloads (six, actually). He could have easily put EVERYTHING for sale, instead we get a handful of edited downloads (whereas Japan radio got part of a concert, and earlier in the year US radio DJs got an EP).

Doozer said:

The only reason we got that is because they were getting a lot of heat from the BBB and because it was clear lots of NPGMC subscribers felt robbed because 3/4 of their subscription was a baloney live album that was also released to shops.

"ALL SHE DID WAS WONDER IF THA RUMORS WERE TRUE , I SAID NO I AIN'T DEAD YET, WHAT ABOUT YOU" as the lyrics from "My Computer" go...

There is always a negative conitation in EVERY SINGLE THREAD.

It's really getting old. "Oh, is my Prince gonna leave me? Is this going to be the end of Prince? What am I going to do?!??!?!?!?"

Get over it.

LaVisHh said:

Thanx, LaVisHh.

Remember The Rainbow Children. The untrained mind ain't gonna be fooled, as it goes, so The Truth will out, imho

Anji said:

Well that's a lot of Red Bull!

Anji said:

so we bleat like sheep while the wolf pulls the wool off our backs?
obnoxious? why, for stating the obvious?
Does XXcepshunal know CJ? They have said nearly the same things, at two different times.
:LOL:
I know somebody just thought, XXcepshunal probably IS CJ!

pejman said:

Well, that cinches it then! Prince ain't jumped off a piano since The Jam of the Year Tour.
Ain't sat on one, let alone lay on it, and didn't use the PURPLE-BEAUTIFUL ONE-PIANO
that he freaked on, and everybody freaked over, on One Nite Alone at all.

Don't lovers usually need One Nite Alone to say, (purple 4bid) Goodbye???
Maybe it would hurt Prince just as much to offically say goodbye.
Just walk away with everybody happy, just walk away and don't look back.

Prince?

JediMaster said:

Hmmm...
and then again, what better place than Toronto for Prince to 'cocoon' himself.
possibly emerging in and with a 'New Form'

Being in a 'new' environment could stimulate him into the quintessence of creation, a stimulation to 'challenge' Prince himself, since he, in the past, is his only competition?

A deeper Prince, a newborn Prince, a wiser Prince, who would produce the music of a King!
Like Sting did...
We may not recognize the returning Prince, but no doubt he would be welcomed, with Xpectation?