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Article: Michelle Obama recounts difficulty in convincing PRINCE to perform at White House Check out the article published by Consequence of Sound entitled "Michelle Obama recounts difficulty in convincing Prince to perform at White House": https://consequenceofsoun...ite-house/ | |
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Thanks for sharing that article. |
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^^And yet, some 'fans' still think that Prince wasn't 'mainstream'. Life Matters | |
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Interesting! Sounds like a good interview. I'll check it out. Thanks Latin! | |
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It also shows that he was still observant of his faith less than a year before his passing. | |
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Even the Obamas had issues dealing with Prince! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I noted that as well. I think it was mentioned that he also attended a JW service before Easter in 2016. | |
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thanks for posting this Latin! Also interesting because a lot of the private gigs he played for cash for the ultra wealthy were birthday celebrations | |
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andrewm7 said: thanks for posting this Latin! Also interesting because a lot of the private gigs he played for cash for the ultra wealthy were birthday celebrations And also other holidays (New Years Eve). It may have been a visibility thing. Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me. |
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pinkcashmere23 said:
I noted that as well. I think it was mentioned that he also attended a JW service before Easter in 2016. After his passing there was a JW service which Larry Graham spoke at and members of 3EG attended. Shelby J. as well. Shelby said on FB that she attended because she wanted to honor his faith.    Paisley Park is in your heart
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Prince was baptized? That's surprising to hear. | |
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The investigation file shows that Larry only saw P twice in the six months prior to his death. Once in March 2016 for Easter services at Kingdom Hall and the Monday before his passing at PP. | |
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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said: The investigation file shows that Larry only saw P twice in the six months prior to his death. Once in March 2016 for Easter services at Kingdom Hall and the Monday before his passing at PP. I didn’t think JW observed Easter (or Christmas). 
This from a 2012 interview with the Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribun...story.html And his eyes glisten when he recalls a few words spoken to him at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall just a few hundred yards down the road from Paisley Park, where he regularly attends Bible study. "I had missed a bunch of meetings because I was on tour, and you know how people like to gossip and talk behind your back? Well, there was none of that," he says. "When I came back, there was one older person there who came up to me. He didn't lay a guilt trip on me. He just spoke with love and compassion, and I'll never forget what he said. 'We just miss you.'" [Edited 12/13/18 23:14pm] Paisley Park is in your heart
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Prince was so large even the President and First Lady had to go out of their way to get him to the White House. Classiest musician ever - I miss his style levels when I read things like this. | |
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rogifan said: ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said: The investigation file shows that Larry only saw P twice in the six months prior to his death. Once in March 2016 for Easter services at Kingdom Hall and the Monday before his passing at PP. I didn’t think JW observed Easter (or Christmas). :-? This from a 2012 interview with the Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribun...story.html And his eyes glisten when he recalls a few words spoken to him at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall just a few hundred yards down the road from Paisley Park, where he regularly attends Bible study. "I had missed a bunch of meetings because I was on tour, and you know how people like to gossip and talk behind your back? Well, there was none of that," he says. "When I came back, there was one older person there who came up to me. He didn't lay a guilt trip on me. He just spoke with love and compassion, and I'll never forget what he said. 'We just miss you.'" [Edited 12/13/18 23:14pm] Sounds a lot like a cult to me. "Come with us, Brother Nelson, we shall not judge." | |
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To me it just sounds like the person genuinely missed him. I miss him a lot now. Who wouldn't? Prince was a very likeable person. Life Matters | |
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CherryMoon57 said:
To me it just sounds like the person genuinely missed him. I miss him a lot now. Who wouldn't? Prince was a very likeable person. I only met him once and it wasn't long enough for me to tell what kind of person he was. He seemed nice enough though. There's conflicting reports about what kind of person he was. He might have been a really great guy. Or he could have been a complete bastard. I'd guess the truth was somewhere in between. Regardless, I miss his music and I feel sorry for him. | |
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Life Matters | |
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To be honest, I don't even mind if he was a bad guy or a good guy. It doesn't change my enjoyment of his music. | |
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EmmaMcG said: rogifan said: I didn’t think JW observed Easter (or Christmas). :-? This from a 2012 interview with the Chicago Tribune: https://www.chicagotribun...story.html And his eyes glisten when he recalls a few words spoken to him at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall just a few hundred yards down the road from Paisley Park, where he regularly attends Bible study. "I had missed a bunch of meetings because I was on tour, and you know how people like to gossip and talk behind your back? Well, there was none of that," he says. "When I came back, there was one older person there who came up to me. He didn't lay a guilt trip on me. He just spoke with love and compassion, and I'll never forget what he said. 'We just miss you.'" [Edited 12/13/18 23:14pm] Sounds a lot like a cult to me. "Come with us, Brother Nelson, we shall not judge." Are you referring to JW or religion in general? Paisley Park is in your heart
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purplethunder3121 said: Even the Obamas had issues dealing with Prince!  Well he said he wanted to go . Time keeps on slipping into the future...
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rogifan said: EmmaMcG said: Sounds a lot like a cult to me. "Come with us, Brother Nelson, we shall not judge." Are you referring to JW or religion in general? Well, in this context, I guess I'm referring to JWs because the quote supposedly came from a JW. But most major religions are guilty of the same thing. My uncle is a priest and even he says he's not comfortable with the "culty aspects" of the Catholic Church. The use of certain phrases, the threats of punishment in the afterlife if you don't obey the rules on Earth, the whole outdated presentation and beliefs (no sex before marriage, no abortions, no gays etc). It seems a shame that someone like Prince, a man who used to celebrate freedom, sexual and otherwise, would get mixed up in such a cult. Not so much for himself, he was a grown man who really should have known better, but when his new beliefs worked themselves into his music, it was his longtime fans who suffered. They bought into this man who championed diversity in all its forms and then he became almost like a parody of those people who "find God" when he started changing his own lyrics and working in lines such as "if you want to be with me ain't no room for disagree". I do feel sorry for him because Larry Graham, as all great cult recruiters do, got to him at a turbulent time in his life. | |
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EmmaMcG said: rogifan said: Are you referring to JW or religion in general? Well, in this context, I guess I'm referring to JWs because the quote supposedly came from a JW. But most major religions are guilty of the same thing. My uncle is a priest and even he says he's not comfortable with the "culty aspects" of the Catholic Church. The use of certain phrases, the threats of punishment in the afterlife if you don't obey the rules on Earth, the whole outdated presentation and beliefs (no sex before marriage, no abortions, no gays etc). It seems a shame that someone like Prince, a man who used to celebrate freedom, sexual and otherwise, would get mixed up in such a cult. Not so much for himself, he was a grown man who really should have known better, but when his new beliefs worked themselves into his music, it was his longtime fans who suffered. They bought into this man who championed diversity in all its forms and then he became almost like a parody of those people who "find God" when he started changing his own lyrics and working in lines such as "if you want to be with me ain't no room for disagree". I do feel sorry for him because Larry Graham, as all great cult recruiters do, got to him at a turbulent time in his life. You never knew prince, people grow and mature and start having a different view point as we grow! Prince's life isn't for to fit his fans personal narrative of him |
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"The Memorial of Christ's Death."
LG also told the detective in the 20 years he had known P, P use to go to KH with him 3 times per week. However, in the last 5-6 years he did not see P often. | |
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Strawberrylova123 said: EmmaMcG said: Well, in this context, I guess I'm referring to JWs because the quote supposedly came from a JW. But most major religions are guilty of the same thing. My uncle is a priest and even he says he's not comfortable with the "culty aspects" of the Catholic Church. The use of certain phrases, the threats of punishment in the afterlife if you don't obey the rules on Earth, the whole outdated presentation and beliefs (no sex before marriage, no abortions, no gays etc). It seems a shame that someone like Prince, a man who used to celebrate freedom, sexual and otherwise, would get mixed up in such a cult. Not so much for himself, he was a grown man who really should have known better, but when his new beliefs worked themselves into his music, it was his longtime fans who suffered. They bought into this man who championed diversity in all its forms and then he became almost like a parody of those people who "find God" when he started changing his own lyrics and working in lines such as "if you want to be with me ain't no room for disagree". I do feel sorry for him because Larry Graham, as all great cult recruiters do, got to him at a turbulent time in his life. You never knew prince, people grow and mature and start having a different view point as we grow! Prince's life isn't for to fit his fans personal narrative of him Yes. Bruce Springsteen just recently said he’s now a regular visitor to the Catholic Church he attended as a child. He said people get more spiritual as they get older. Paisley Park is in your heart
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Strawberrylova123 said: EmmaMcG said: Well, in this context, I guess I'm referring to JWs because the quote supposedly came from a JW. But most major religions are guilty of the same thing. My uncle is a priest and even he says he's not comfortable with the "culty aspects" of the Catholic Church. The use of certain phrases, the threats of punishment in the afterlife if you don't obey the rules on Earth, the whole outdated presentation and beliefs (no sex before marriage, no abortions, no gays etc). It seems a shame that someone like Prince, a man who used to celebrate freedom, sexual and otherwise, would get mixed up in such a cult. Not so much for himself, he was a grown man who really should have known better, but when his new beliefs worked themselves into his music, it was his longtime fans who suffered. They bought into this man who championed diversity in all its forms and then he became almost like a parody of those people who "find God" when he started changing his own lyrics and working in lines such as "if you want to be with me ain't no room for disagree". I do feel sorry for him because Larry Graham, as all great cult recruiters do, got to him at a turbulent time in his life. You never knew prince, people grow and mature and start having a different view point as we grow! Prince's life isn't for to fit his fans personal narrative of him Yeah, that's true. And personally, I only got into Prince after he joined the cult so that never really affected my own personal enjoyment of his music. I knew what I was getting into. But you only have to read a lot of comments on this site and some of his YouTube videos to see that his religion was a turn off for a lot of older fans. Nobody wants preachy rock stars. Thankfully his later work was less religion focused and his appearance on Janelle Monae's album went a long way to compensate for some of his alleged comments about gays. From the outside looking in, it seemed like he was moving away from the stricter values imposed by his religion. Or at least, he realised that in this day and age, potential customers don't like being told they're going to hell for not believing in the same things he believed. Whatever his reason was for laying off the preaching, it was very welcome. | |
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EmmaMcG said: Strawberrylova123 said: You never knew prince, people grow and mature and start having a different view point as we grow! Prince's life isn't for to fit his fans personal narrative of him Yeah, that's true. And personally, I only got into Prince after he joined the cult so that never really affected my own personal enjoyment of his music. I knew what I was getting into. But you only have to read a lot of comments on this site and some of his YouTube videos to see that his religion was a turn off for a lot of older fans. Nobody wants preachy rock stars. Thankfully his later work was less religion focused and his appearance on Janelle Monae's album went a long way to compensate for some of his alleged comments about gays. From the outside looking in, it seemed like he was moving away from the stricter values imposed by his religion. Or at least, he realised that in this day and age, potential customers don't like being told they're going to hell for not believing in the same things he believed. Whatever his reason was for laying off the preaching, it was very welcome. Again! Who cares if his fans liked his religion or not, it's not for his fans to like his personal choice or not. Also JW don't even believe in people being condemned in hell. |
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Strawberrylova123 said: EmmaMcG said: Yeah, that's true. And personally, I only got into Prince after he joined the cult so that never really affected my own personal enjoyment of his music. I knew what I was getting into. But you only have to read a lot of comments on this site and some of his YouTube videos to see that his religion was a turn off for a lot of older fans. Nobody wants preachy rock stars. Thankfully his later work was less religion focused and his appearance on Janelle Monae's album went a long way to compensate for some of his alleged comments about gays. From the outside looking in, it seemed like he was moving away from the stricter values imposed by his religion. Or at least, he realised that in this day and age, potential customers don't like being told they're going to hell for not believing in the same things he believed. Whatever his reason was for laying off the preaching, it was very welcome. Again! Who cares if his fans liked his religion or not, it's not for his fans to like his personal choice or not. Also JW don't even believe in people being condemned in hell. He seemed to mind when his sales dwindled in later years. Now, either he was beginning to lose interest in the JW faith or he seen the negative impact his preaching was having on his popularity. But on his last few albums, there was less focus on his religion. Like I said, neither scenario makes any difference to me. If he wanted to believe in fairytales, that was his problem. I still loved the majority of his music regardless. But unfortunately for him, his religion turned a lot of fans off and may or may not have contributed to his death. Or at least, that's how a lot of his fans see it. | |
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