luv4u said:

The topic is Vandalism at Paisley Park. Let's not derail this thread. Stay on topic or Imma lock this puppy up!!

That's animal cruelty.
Also, I talked about the golden beard thing!

herb4 said:

Bodhitheblackdog said:

No, YOU nailed it. I never saw him speak from the stage ('do you WANT me?') or during an interview where his uncomfortable sef-consciousness wasn't on full, painful display. Let's face it, a secure man doesn't stride forth each day in full makeup, 'done' hair and high heels.

Yeah, thanks, and I'm not trying to slam the guy either.

Prince did more with what he had than anyone I can think of and worked very hard for what he got, but the unstable home life, his small stature and all that definitely takes its toll. Somehow he spun it all into a net positive. I think there's something control oriented in the romance that eventually became his first marraige too. The age difference alone speaks to that, without even factoring in "the disparity of wealth and fame" aspects of their relationship at that time.

That shit with Oprah and Amir never sat quite right with me. I'm not telling them how they should have handled that situation but it seems pretty obvious that THEY didn't handle anything. HE did. Mayte is allowed to talk about it. It was her life too and Prince aint around to bitch about it anymore. I'm not sure how that posthumously violates his trust in her. He's dead. Up there jamming with Jimi and Blackwell right now if you believe in that sort of thing. When I'm gone, it's not gonna matter what stories people tell or what secrets they divulge.

I think some people are bothered by the fact Prince was deeply flawed in many ways and was often temperamental, stubborn, arrogant, contradictory and probably an unreasonable, distant, eccentric absolute pain in the ass a lot of times. But, for some, revelations like this tarnish the pedastal they place him on and the image they've conjured of who he was - much like people freaking out about his drug usage.

Somehow, they manage to project all that onto themselves because they so strongly equate their identities with their fandom and I don't get that at all.

Some weird shit has been raised after Prince's passing and most of it nonsense. However, you always seem to be on point with regard to his unresolved issues and how he compensated them. For me personally, when P died it was like the earth had stopped spinning. [Bait snip - luv4u]