.....Uderwelming , this release........

KingSausage said:

poppys said:

Wriggling squirrel meat. Now let's nail down the details on someone who is TRULY indescribable.

AND deserved the respect of releasing what he saw fit. Fans my azz.

Enjoy the pleasure of your critiques.

I would have told Prince to his face that I enjoyed some of his unreleased songs. I can’t help it if I think that music is some of the greatest ever. I don’t regret listening to any boots ever. I really don’t know why you’re getting so emotional about this.

What you would have told Prince doesn't really matter. This is not about you - get it?


Here's the reason I'm getting emotional (which is not a negative by the way). The guy, in his own words, said 4 months before his death that he did not like people stealing music from him. It never stopped pissing him off, probably wore away at him for decades. I am really starting to understand by reading, even this thread alone, how far some of his fans were/are removed from caring about that. I also understand why he did not leave a will. My guess is that was on purpose - when I'm done, you're done.


"There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn’t lost to the world. I’m trying to figure out if that’s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that’s your purpose? You better find something to do. That’s scary."

Prince - Ebony 12/23/15

poppys said:

I'm just curious why some so-called fans are rooting so hard for failure. That says 100% more about the person than Prince. Prince had his awards in life, internal and external. And his killjoys have theirs. RodSerling, Bart - they all revel in the negativity.

The rest of us? We're just enjoying the music and celebrating the life.

poppys said:

KingSausage said:

poppys said: I would have told Prince to his face that I enjoyed some of his unreleased songs. I can’t help it if I think that music is some of the greatest ever. I don’t regret listening to any boots ever. I really don’t know why you’re getting so emotional about this.

What you would have told Prince doesn't really matter. This is not about you - get it?


Here's the reason I'm getting emotional (which is not a negative by the way). The guy, in his own words, said 4 months before his death that he did not like people stealing music from him. It never stopped pissing him off, probably wore away at him for decades. I am really starting to understand by reading, even this thread alone, how far some of his fans were/are removed from caring about that. I also understand why he did not leave a will. My guess is that was on purpose - when I'm done, you're done.


"There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn’t lost to the world. I’m trying to figure out if that’s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that’s your purpose? You better find something to do. That’s scary."

Prince - Ebony 12/23/15

If he had left a will, he could have prevented us from hearing any unreleased material. He did not. That was his choice.

KingSausage said:

poppys said:

What you would have told Prince doesn't really matter. This is not about you - get it?


Here's the reason I'm getting emotional (which is not a negative by the way). The guy, in his own words, said 4 months before his death that he did not like people stealing music from him. It never stopped pissing him off, probably wore away at him for decades. I am really starting to understand by reading, even this thread alone, how far some of his fans were/are removed from caring about that. I also understand why he did not leave a will. My guess is that was on purpose - when I'm done, you're done.


"There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn’t lost to the world. I’m trying to figure out if that’s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that’s your purpose? You better find something to do. That’s scary."

Prince - Ebony 12/23/15

Am I supposed to care that he didn’t want me to listen to bootlegs? Good lord. I couldn’t care less. He said and did many things I don’t agree with. I was his fan, not a loyal servant. And I’m “done”? Ha. Nope. I’ll be enjoying all these awesome bootlegs for years to come. I’m sorry you’ll never have a chance to hear this music. It’s really good!

We're being trolled. I laughed when Prince asked us to send him our bootlegs and I'm laughing at this attempt at a guilt trip. I'm not going to stop listening to them because it triggers somebody on the org.

poppys said:

KingSausage said:

poppys said: I would have told Prince to his face that I enjoyed some of his unreleased songs. I can’t help it if I think that music is some of the greatest ever. I don’t regret listening to any boots ever. I really don’t know why you’re getting so emotional about this.

What you would have told Prince doesn't really matter. This is not about you - get it?


Here's the reason I'm getting emotional (which is not a negative by the way). The guy, in his own words, said 4 months before his death that he did not like people stealing music from him. It never stopped pissing him off, probably wore away at him for decades. I am really starting to understand by reading, even this thread alone, how far some of his fans were/are removed from caring about that. I also understand why he did not leave a will. My guess is that was on purpose - when I'm done, you're done.


"There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn’t lost to the world. I’m trying to figure out if that’s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that’s your purpose? You better find something to do. That’s scary."

Prince - Ebony 12/23/15

Oh please if Prince was really sooooooo concerned about "people stealing music from him",he would not have been so careless with his music in the first place.It's well-known that he routinely handed out tapes of unreleased songs to friends and associates.He even admitted that he understands a fan's desire to hear bootlegs,because as a teen,he was the same way with James Brown bootlegs.

poppys said:

KingSausage said:

poppys said: I would have told Prince to his face that I enjoyed some of his unreleased songs. I can’t help it if I think that music is some of the greatest ever. I don’t regret listening to any boots ever. I really don’t know why you’re getting so emotional about this.

What you would have told Prince doesn't really matter. This is not about you - get it?


Here's the reason I'm getting emotional (which is not a negative by the way). The guy, in his own words, said 4 months before his death that he did not like people stealing music from him. It never stopped pissing him off, probably wore away at him for decades. I am really starting to understand by reading, even this thread alone, how far some of his fans were/are removed from caring about that. I also understand why he did not leave a will. My guess is that was on purpose - when I'm done, you're done.


"There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn’t lost to the world. I’m trying to figure out if that’s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that’s your purpose? You better find something to do. That’s scary."

Prince - Ebony 12/23/15

You're quoting from an interview which was pulled from publication because apparently he had problems with its representation of him--you're not to supposed to have read it, at least according to Prince. So--either his opinion matters to you, or it doesn't. But if it does, don't bring this interview into it.

djThunderfunk said:

KingSausage said:

poppys said: Am I supposed to care that he didn’t want me to listen to bootlegs? Good lord. I couldn’t care less. He said and did many things I don’t agree with. I was his fan, not a loyal servant. And I’m “done”? Ha. Nope. I’ll be enjoying all these awesome bootlegs for years to come. I’m sorry you’ll never have a chance to hear this music. It’s really good!

We're being trolled. I laughed when Prince asked us to send him our bootlegs and I'm laughing at this attempt at a guilt trip. I'm not going to stop listening to them because it triggers somebody on the org.

I always suspected that he might do a Zappa Beat the Boots thing with whatever anyone sent to him anyway. Even if he had perfect recordings for a show, he'd just release the boots officially (as some are claiming the estate is doing now)--so "good fans" would buy them.

love2thenines2003 said:

I really hope that new things will b leaked soon to forget this crappy release that WBR and Estate are ready to release!

no doubt you will have the inside scoop on what's coming, before long.


wait, too soon?

No one said stop listening to his music. That is just where this is getting taken in order to justify doing what he didn't want people to do. Get his art without him being paid for it. He didn't like it.

If you don't like the article I quoted from there are many many more of those comments from him in plenty of other press.

You're not done taking whatever you can Sausage, I understand.

NorthC said:

Now that we are on the subject of "stealing" music anyway, does anyone else feel that WB are somewhat "stealing" the "Piano & Microphone" title for this project?

Yep.

Listening to Mary Don't You Weep for the first time today and it is brilliant! The Gospel-style vocals with the bluesy/jazzy piano is amazing. I love it!

thx185 said:

I'm good with this and look forward to having it! I think the choice makes perfect sense as a ramp-up for an upcoming Piano & A Microphone 2016 release. This is the kind of stuff I want to see released from the vault - cohesive collections that show Prince's genius. While I'd generally prefer full band recordings to solo piano, I prefer this cohesive release to a random selection of unreleased songs.

This is the kind of stuff I want to see released from the vault - cohesive collections that show Prince's genius.

https://www.gigwise.com/n...e-music%27

http://prince.org/msg/7/405009

djThunderfunk said:

I laughed when Prince asked us to send him our bootlegs ,............

Yeah I remember that email from back in the day

206Michelle said:

KingSausage said:

206Michelle said:

This is the kind of stuff I want to see released from the vault - cohesive collections that show Prince's genius.

This shows Prince’s talent and perhaps glimpses of genius, but I think it’s a real stretch to call it either “cohesive” or “a collection” in any true sense.

Guess we can call it a boot then

EddieC said:

poppys said:

What you would have told Prince doesn't really matter. This is not about you - get it?


Here's the reason I'm getting emotional (which is not a negative by the way). The guy, in his own words, said 4 months before his death that he did not like people stealing music from him. It never stopped pissing him off, probably wore away at him for decades. I am really starting to understand by reading, even this thread alone, how far some of his fans were/are removed from caring about that. I also understand why he did not leave a will. My guess is that was on purpose - when I'm done, you're done.


"There was one engineer who said that their sole purpose in life was to get the stuff out of the vault, and get it copied so it wasn’t lost to the world. I’m trying to figure out if that’s illegal. Should I fear for my safety that you might need some medical attention? You want to come up in my vault and you feel like that belongs to you and that’s your purpose? You better find something to do. That’s scary."

Prince - Ebony 12/23/15

You're quoting from an interview which was pulled from publication because apparently he had problems with its representation of him--you're not to supposed to have read it, at least according to Prince. So--either his opinion matters to you, or it doesn't. But if it does, don't bring this interview into it.

djThunderfunk said:

I laughed when Prince asked us to send him our bootlegs and I'm laughing at this attempt at a guilt trip.

On a lark, I sent Paisley Park a copy of my High album boot on CD-r, and got an official Prince graphic tee in the mail weeks later, which I lost when I moved. True story.

djThunderfunk said:

I laughed when Prince asked us to send him our bootlegs

My first thought was "but you have the original". LOL

TrivialPursuit said:

We're just enjoying the music and celebrating the life.

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If you read more closely:

I am pointing out the lack of 'new' music we are going to hear for quite a while now.

Celebrating someone's life here is proportional to these releases.

Having thought about it, this is nothing to worry about. This is only been two years since his passing. There are many more years where all kinds of material will be released (regardless of how any previous release did sales wise etc.). Some future releases will be raved about, some will be criticized. It's important to note that they shouldnt release huge compilations of unheard music at once that some are expecting, but spread out throughtut the next decade(s).

Personally, I’m quite encouraged by this release. It may be somewhat underwhelming from our perspective (as die-hards/collectors), but it illustrates that they're willing to put out less mainstream releases if it serves to showcase his pure musicality. This is the kind of thing that I assumed would be languishing in the vault for years, and releasing it to a broader audience is a good thing.

I’m not sure that I understand the cynicism regarding their motivations.

Graycap23 said:

KingSausage said:

luv4u said: I’ll reply to your edited post too. I’m CRAZY thankful for all the free boots I’ve received over the years. I regret paying for boots in the late 90s. I would gladly have given that money to Prince for official versions of that music.

It would have been cheaper. Boots were expensive back in the day.

I would take fortnightly pilgrimages to Camden in the 90s (pre widespread internet). I’d visit Prince’s shop for the symbol shaped candles and other tat, pay my respects and catch up on the latest news, but I’d head to the market for the music. The contrast was quite stark, unless you wanted endless copies of the Goldnigga cd.

fen said:

Hasnt ever real collector had these tracks for decades? I hate the bulsshit way they are trickling shit out over months. WHy not make a compilation that is substantial and accessible to everyone. Even some hardcore fans cant keep up with chicken shit marketing tactics like let one track out every 3-6 months.

KingSausage said: