panpac777 said:

I don't know if this has been talked about.

I am not on this site often enough to keep up.

Just that busy.

but I ask this as sincerely as I can.

Does anyone know why other than "anything for money"

Prince and other celebrities perform for evil rich russian olegarks?

I am just looking for a sensible anwer to understand why a man I

respected all my life would sell his soul (When he is JW) to someone like that?

I don't get it. It's apparently past my relm of understanding.

His last new years eve gig in St Barts for this guy Roman Abramovich.

And then he is gone in April right before it all happens.

"Communism is just a word. But if the Government turn over,

it'll be the

only word that's heard!"

Why did the gates of hell open up after his death?

At least for this country anyway?

It's just weird how it all started. The timing.

Something in the water does not compute.

I dunno, life's a bitch!

Anyway.....

its past my head.

I guess money is money. Especially when its your last bow. The night is over.

masquerade is getting older. last curtain call.

It didn't matter yesterday.

So why did it matter on his last new years eve?

I don't know. I just have not figured this one out yet.

I am not putting judge on Prince. I am just trying to understand.

I get the need for money. But when it puts you in danger.....russians and Bannon/Sessions (KKK) vs

Black Lives Matter (Baltimore) conflict.

Just trying way too much to figure it all out.

He performed for these rich billionaires back in the 90's with the NPG and

I just never really thought about who he was doing private gigs for.

Read like lyrics 2 a unreleased song called "Roman Abramovich"

rdhull said:

So now it was the Russians who killed him.

If you believe OliviaCamron and the nutjob theory that Abramovich took out his anger from Chelsea having a bad premier league season on a musician who just happened to play on his boat for his and others' entertainment. Then yes.

But remember there were others on that boat too around new year... and if Paul McCartney had been nabbed instead he would have been a bigger fish, commercially and financially. Makes no sense then... unless one is mental

lemoncrush19 said:

well ... let's assume the worst case and roman abramovich really is a bad guy (which, I guess, no one of us knows and isn't our place to judge) ... then in that worst case scenario prince took 5 million of his dirty $ for playing a gig he would have been playing anyway (cuz he always did somewhere on new years eve but chances are he wouldn't have earned that much) and eventually gave it to one of his charities (cuz that's what he actually did with all that extra cash he got as we know) ... not the worst thing in the world, isn't it?

No it is not if you are a right thinking person.

It all balances out.

Charge a billionaire a million dollars for a show, charge your real fans £10 to see you in London!

(Yep.....that's how much I paid to see Prince play Shepherd's Bush Empire in 2014!!!! I've paid more than that for a sandwich!)

This place is getting worse that the National Enquirer.

double post

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laurarichardson said:

lemoncrush19 said:

well ... let's assume the worst case and roman abramovich really is a bad guy (which, I guess, no one of us knows and isn't our place to judge) ... then in that worst case scenario prince took 5 million of his dirty $ for playing a gig he would have been playing anyway (cuz he always did somewhere on new years eve but chances are he wouldn't have earned that much) and eventually gave it to one of his charities (cuz that's what he actually did with all that extra cash he got as we know) ... not the worst thing in the world, isn't it?

No it is not if you are a right thinking person.

oh c'mon gimme a break laurarichardson ... u think u have the right answer to pretty much everything, no?
guess what? u don't (like anybody else btw). u just have an opinion. well it's not always the most educated one but it's yours and that'ts fine (I wish u would always state it like that but that's just my opinion).

laytonian said:

lemoncrush19 said:

laurarichardson said:

No it is not if you are a right thinking person.

oh c'mon gimme a break laurarichardson ... u think u have the right answer to pretty much everything, no?
guess what? u don't (like anybody else btw). u just have an opinion. well it's not always the most educated one but it's yours and that'ts fine (I wish u would always state it like that but that's just my opinion).

If I have to announce that things I type on this board are my opinon what does that say about the person reading my comments.

Also I have links for somethings I post so those are not my opinion. Carry on with your foolishness.

It's not about the money. It is a fact that after seeing a Prince concert one is unable to concentrate on their job for several months afterwards. Rather than focusing on the job at hand, all one wants to do is talk about how great the funk was. We've all been there.

Prince did us all a favour. Last season Chelsea were shit and the world rejoiced. Mourinho was sacked and no one was particularly saddened by that. What really happened was the players saw Prince and the day job was secondary for the rest of the season.

Now look what has happened this season - Chelsea ran away with the premiership. Why? Because Prince wasn't here to get them so funked up that the only dribbling they were capable of was the type that involved saliva.

Let us rejoice in the debacle that was Chelsea last season and thank Prince for reigning down the funk and bringing mediocrity to the Bridge. So what if Abramovich is a tool.

What about Roman Nekoboh?

is that a good man walking down the street with that money in his hands is that a good man? why do u dog him? tell me if that was your father,would u dog him? Positivity

Who writes like this?

This post clearly was written by a bitter Arsenal or Manchester United supporter. Roman's a good guy.

Now John Terry OTOH...

MiceElfAgin said:

panpac777 said:

I don't know if this has been talked about.

I am not on this site often enough to keep up.

Just that busy.

but I ask this as sincerely as I can.

Does anyone know why other than "anything for money"

Prince and other celebrities perform for evil rich russian olegarks?

I am just looking for a sensible anwer to understand why a man I

respected all my life would sell his soul (When he is JW) to someone like that?

I don't get it. It's apparently past my relm of understanding.

His last new years eve gig in St Barts for this guy Roman Abramovich.

And then he is gone in April right before it all happens.

"Communism is just a word. But if the Government turn over,

it'll be the

only word that's heard!"

Why did the gates of hell open up after his death?

At least for this country anyway?

It's just weird how it all started. The timing.

Something in the water does not compute.

I dunno, life's a bitch!

Anyway.....

its past my head.

I guess money is money. Especially when its your last bow. The night is over.

masquerade is getting older. last curtain call.

It didn't matter yesterday.

So why did it matter on his last new years eve?

I don't know. I just have not figured this one out yet.

I am not putting judge on Prince. I am just trying to understand.

I get the need for money. But when it puts you in danger.....russians and Bannon/Sessions (KKK) vs

Black Lives Matter (Baltimore) conflict.

Just trying way too much to figure it all out.

He performed for these rich billionaires back in the 90's with the NPG and

I just never really thought about who he was doing private gigs for.

.
I'm with you.

There was a thread a while ago: "what was the biggest WTF-moment for you in Prince's career?" – or something like this.

I said it then: "playing for Abramovich" and I was serious. I'm fine with the name change or anything like that. But playing for the type of guy this Abramovich is, is really something I won't understand.

.

Wow, this thread is from a while ago, but I agree; when I heard that Prince played a private party for this wealthy Russian dude in St. Barts, I was like, oh okay; cool.....but when I read more info about this guy, I was like, huh? Why would Prince even associate with these people? There is a lot of info on this guy; too much to write about here, but he's a shady character, to say the least. The story is very complicated, but this Roman guy is friends Putin. It is my understanding that Prince was supporting peace efforts in Russia, and was supporting green energy, probably pissed some Russian's off, I dunno (Russians are big into gas/oil). I say, do not piss off the Russians; they are not one's to be played with.

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[Edited 7/12/17 17:45pm]

panpac777 said:

I don't know if this has been talked about.

I am not on this site often enough to keep up.

Just that busy.

but I ask this as sincerely as I can.

Does anyone know why other than "anything for money"

Prince and other celebrities perform for evil rich russian olegarks?

I am just looking for a sensible anwer to understand why a man I

respected all my life would sell his soul (When he is JW) to someone like that?

I don't get it. It's apparently past my relm of understanding.

His last new years eve gig in St Barts for this guy Roman Abramovich.

And then he is gone in April right before it all happens.

"Communism is just a word. But if the Government turn over,

it'll be the

only word that's heard!"

Why did the gates of hell open up after his death?

At least for this country anyway?

It's just weird how it all started. The timing.

Something in the water does not compute.

I dunno, life's a bitch!

Anyway.....

its past my head.

I guess money is money. Especially when its your last bow. The night is over.

masquerade is getting older. last curtain call.

It didn't matter yesterday.

So why did it matter on his last new years eve?

I don't know. I just have not figured this one out yet.

I am not putting judge on Prince. I am just trying to understand.

I get the need for money. But when it puts you in danger.....russians and Bannon/Sessions (KKK) vs

Black Lives Matter (Baltimore) conflict.

Just trying way too much to figure it all out.

He performed for these rich billionaires back in the 90's with the NPG and

I just never really thought about who he was doing private gigs for.

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I thought these were lyrics to some other bootleg.

Militant said:

laytonian said:

. Prince played many private concerts for the uber-wealthy and so do other top stars. . I'd be happy to take that money. So was he. $5 million or more for one concert? He was a businessman. He wasn't endorsing him. . If you're going to think like that, maybe you should investigate everyone who bought tickets to his concerts. . Don't forget that P was part of the .01% himself. Prince worked harder than almost anyone else to achieve his own great wealth. He ended up as wealthy as Mitt Romney, who started with a big trust fund. . .

Agree with this.

I'm not sure why anyone has an issue with this. And no, he didn't sell his soul, he was paid well to perform and did so.

jdcxc said:

Militant said:

It all balances out.

Charge a billionaire a million dollars for a show, charge your real fans £10 to see you in London!

(Yep.....that's how much I paid to see Prince play Shepherd's Bush Empire in 2014!!!! I've paid more than that for a sandwich!)

Great point! And in the end, the greatest musician of our generation, the definition of an independant artist- died with a SMALL FRACTION of the net worth of Kim Kardashian.

Where did u come up with this info? KK's net worth (including beauty and cat) is not worth as much as P's!

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a10288300/kim-kardashian-net-worth/

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/dl/kim-kardashian/

pricetag said:

cloveringold85 said:

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Why would Prince even associate with these people? There is a lot of info on this guy; too much to write about here, but he's a shady character, to say the least.

[Edited 7/12/17 17:45pm]

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In your research, you missed the names of other famous people who attend Abromavich parties.

REMEMBER: when you play one of those (and it was strictly business), you are playing for other potential customers.

Did you really expect P to hire private investigators against everyone he did business with?
Nah

Astasheiks said:

jdcxc said:

Militant said: Great point! And in the end, the greatest musician of our generation, the definition of an independant artist- died with a SMALL FRACTION of the net worth of Kim Kardashian.

Where did u come up with this info? KK's net worth (including beauty and cat) is not worth as much as P's!

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a10288300/kim-kardashian-net-worth/

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/dl/kim-kardashian/

^^^^^THIS

ALSO, think about this:

---Mitt Romney started with a multi-million dollar trust from his wealthy father and then used it to buy/gut businesses and cause thousands of job losses. His estimated net worth is $215 million (give or take 10%).

---Prince started with nothing. He was living in Bernadette's basement, mattress on the floor. His business was giving musical pleasure to millions. His estate is estimated at $200-$300 million.

Romney's one of the USA's oligarchs.

Prince is one of our best.

$10 million to do a gig in Israel?

wow,..that's an amazing amount of money

..

how much did he get for Abramovich's party?

laurarichardson said:

MiceElfAgin said:

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You obviously don't know much about Abramovich...

--I am not so much concerned about him but the idea that everybody that is super rich has horns growing out of their head. My guess is this guy was a fan and Prince probaly knew little about his private life or activities. I do remember someone who worked for him it might have been Van Jones who said that Prince had turned down 10 million to do a gig in Israel so he had a limit.

panpac777 said:

pricetag said:

From the opening sentences l thought, 'when is he going to bring the KKK into this'? I wasn't disappointed. [Edited 7/13/17 11:30am]

He? Jeff Sessions Black lives matter

I picked up a male vibe. I know I'm not wrong.

panpac777 said:

pricetag said:

From the opening sentences l thought, 'when is he going to bring the KKK into this'? I wasn't disappointed. [Edited 7/13/17 11:30am]

He? Jeff Sessions Black lives matter

.

You're being trolled. The first mention was KK (Kardashian). The troll changes it to "KKK" and no one noticed.

.

.

laytonian said:

panpac777 said:

pricetag said: He? Jeff Sessions Black lives matter

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You're being trolled. The first mention was KK (Kardashian). The troll changes it to "KKK" and no one noticed.

.

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You read Kardashian amongst all that verbiage? This goes waaaaaaay deeper than I tought. Smart. Fcuk Da Police. JFK amd MLK.

SquirrelMeat said:

This place is getting worse that the National Enquirer.

))

I especially like these guys are judging someone they claimed thay love (especially when he is on the wrong sie of the grass)