Why ?

Prince didn't care so why should you.

If he did he'd leave a will.

[Edited 1/11/23 16:22pm]

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Hope you take the same attitude to releases of his unreleased music

There's no tampering of his unreleased music. I know Prince would be fuming at the thought of someone else singing his songs, especially these new popular "artists" if we can even call them that.

No thank you. In most (but not all) cases, I dislike people covering Prince.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Same way any new writer tries to get a song recorded, the estate should get his unreleased songs done up by other artists What better way to expose his music to a new audience Its not like he doesn't have the material they could work with It could be a cool way to work with the vault in a way you cant do with most artists music when they pass Just a thought

How about just releasing the tracks as is so people can hear it. Having some no-talent ruin his material is the horror most fans have after he died. Hopefully this will never happen.
It cheapens his music by having some record company puppet degrade it.

miles davis did not write pop songs.

lol @ 'tampered'

you guys might remember a certain cover of i feel for you by chaka khan in the 80s that did a lot for prince as a songwriter for other artists, or as someone who could be covered succesfully by others. and hate her if you want, but sinead o connors version for NC2U made even people who dislike prince think he was a great writer. and not a cover exactly, but a song he gave away, manic monday in the hands of the bangles was an 80s classic.

so 'tampering' is not necessarily a bad thing.

my idea is just that they do what prince himself did in the 80s, let other artists record his material. id still wanna hear his versions ofc.

Who would be the producer?

RJOrion said:

"Young artists"?....like who?...theres no one even worthy of that responsibility

You know, the usual Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, ice Spice.

*I hope you peeped the sarcasm.

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paisleyparkgirl said:

RJOrion said:

...bless her McHeart

looooool I'm dead.

paisleyparkgirl said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

RJOrion said:

if youre old and music died for you in the 90s, then i understand you might not understand lol

I appreciate the sentiment and really wish life was congruent to feel good stuff like this, but also it's a dilution of his actual sessionography and let's not pretend that this wouldn't end up another we're only in it for the money wankfest, if any of the hypothetical artists even got anything out of it spiritually themselves.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

if youre old and music died for you in the 90s, then i understand you might not understand lol

Define old. I'm in my 30's and music died in the 2010's lol.

paisleyparkgirl said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

if youre old and music died for you in the 90s, then i understand you might not understand lol

Define old. I'm in my 30's and music died in the 2010's lol.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

awwww. so sweet to see.

paisleyparkgirl said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

if youre old and music died for you in the 90s, then i understand you might not understand lol

Define old. I'm in my 30's and music died in the 2010's lol.

i guess it dies for most people at some point.

and then you just retreat into your old favourites, or old eras, or stuff that sounds like that, and thats it.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

if youre old and music died for you in the 90s, then i understand you might not understand lol

Sorry but your disrespectful idea can only be understood by people who never witnessed Prince, I guess you weren't there when it mattered.

some of the attitude from these old timers is so cringe it's unbelieveable. i mean that doesn't stop the fact that this is a dumb idea, but also the attitude from the old timers is cringe.

lustmealways said:

some of the attitude from these old timers is so cringe it's unbelieveable. i mean that doesn't stop the fact that this is a dumb idea, but also the attitude from the old timers is cringe.

People who use the word 'cringe' are embarassing enough for evryone

JorisE73 said:

People who use the word 'cringe' are embarassing enough for evryone

I don't disagree

RJOrion said:

It has nothing to do with age or "old-timers"...i actually like Phoebe Bridges, Taylor Swift and Miguel...but not enough for them to be entrusted with Prince Nelson's music...as far as music "dying in the 90s", thats a silly statement...i listen to, and love, plenty of current music...i just dont listen to alot of the cornball current mainstream music some of you nerds, geeks, and doofuses listen to...

this is maybe the most reasonable and level headed thing you have ever posted on these, the prince forums

RJOrion said: