should've done the duet with Michael Jackson

Grafitti Slidge

The NPG

Diamonds & Burps

jehova shitness, and from here on everything would've been so much different

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"Graffitti Bridge" album AND most importantly the movie.

He should have released a greatest hits to go with the Nude Tour, take some time off, and save a helluva lot of money and reputation

ShellyMcG said:

Encourage him to take better care of himself and seek help earlier. He'd still be around and releasing brand new music for most people here to hate on.

This. And it would be a very hard task.

I wish he never met Kirky J. I mean, he seems to be a nice guy. I am talking MUSICALLY only. That era (96-2000) was the most plastic of his career.

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What a shitty question!

I quess my answer is: ...never met Clive Davis!

BeauFunk said:

ShellyMcG said:

Encourage him to take better care of himself and seek help earlier. He'd still be around and releasing brand new music for most people here to hate on.

This! I spent most of my adult life looking forward to what Prince was doing next, and not just to hate on it

nayroo2002 said:

What a shitty question!

I quess my answer is: ...never met Clive Davis!

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What "never met". Dude went to Clive to shop him his album.

bizzie said:

nayroo2002 said:

What a shitty question!

I quess my answer is: ...never met Clive Davis!

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What "never met". Dude went to Clive to shop him his album.

He means, "he wishes he (Prince) never met Clive Davis..."

a shitty answer nonetheless.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

You get to go back in history and alter or erase one moment from prince history.
What do you change?
Me, i wish prince never heard the game boyz rehearsing the humpty dance during that nude tour soundcheck which led to Tony becoming the npgs in house rapper.
It would have altered the sound of those early 90s albums (though prince might have just done more rapping instead, which mightve been worse, not sure)

7souls said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

You get to go back in history and alter or erase one moment from prince history. What do you change? Me, i wish prince never heard the game boyz rehearsing the humpty dance during that nude tour soundcheck which led to Tony becoming the npgs in house rapper. It would have altered the sound of those early 90s albums (though prince might have just done more rapping instead, which mightve been worse, not sure)

I would have him reevaluate Emancipation. It just didn't live up to the "album he was born to make".

Don't you dare take Emancipation away from me!

What would have happened if Dez stayed in the band? No need for Wendy --> no Wendy and Lisa --> no Revolution as we know it.

(Credit for this question should go to Arthur Turnbull, who brought it up at a 1999 symposium.)

ItsOnlyMountains said:

What would have happened if Dez stayed in the band? No need for Wendy --> no Wendy and Lisa --> no Revolution as we know it.

(Credit for this question should go to Arthur Turnbull, who brought it up at a 1999 symposium.)

What would've happened if Dez and André STAYED in the band, WITH Wendy & Lisa, in this serious expanded Revolution as we don't know it?

Yeah but where does that leave Brownmark... throw him in as well, double bass players, Prince maybe would've loved it.

... (tall this to) Arthur Turnbull?

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

What would the mj duet have changed?

It would have made it harder for Prince to seem straight to the casual music listener that thought he was gay or bi. "Your butt is mine". MJ was a Disney movie and Prince was an arthouse film by comparison. That duet would have been like trying to combine Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Godfather. It was a ridiculous idea and Prince was right to say no.

Vannormal said:

bizzie said:

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What "never met". Dude went to Clive to shop him his album.

He means, "he wishes he (Prince) never met Clive Davis..."

I think Larry Graham is a far better person for Prince to not ever have met. He likely would've gotten his hip pain delt with surgically rather than believing that "soul is in the blood" no blood transfusion bullshit that killed Selena. He could've banked his blood leading up to the surgery OR he could've just acquired a basic understanding of reality and did what Morris Day encouraged him to do.

rockford said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

What would the mj duet have changed?

It would have made it harder for Prince to seem straight to the casual music listener that thought he was gay or bi. "Your butt is mine". MJ was a Disney movie and Prince was an arthouse film by comparison. That duet would have been like trying to combine Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Godfather. It was a ridiculous idea and Prince was right to say no.

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- I dont think Michael was ´that´ dumb, but I am glad that duet didnt happen. Ok, Prince would have one more hit and be more famous, but you are right, Prince was doing Parade, SOTT, etc at that time, which was way more interesting than one of these cheesy duets

Side note, speaking of Back To The Future.

I always thought it was weird that the MJ references were so strong in the BTTF trilogy, since Purple Rain was the more relevant pop album in 1985.

I know it was a family film, but I think Marty McFly would be more of a Prince fan than an MJ fan.

Se7en said:

Se7en said:

Side note, speaking of Back To The Future.

I always thought it was weird that the MJ references were so strong in the BTTF trilogy, since Purple Rain was the more relevant pop album in 1985.

I know it was a family film, but I think Marty McFly would be more of a Prince fan than an MJ fan.

Huh?

MJ directly referenced 'Back To The Future' at the beginning of the "Black n White" video.

Whoever wants to pay the fee gets the nod, nudge, winky-winky!

I'll go there... I wish his son would have been alright or that at least they had talked to doctors and gotten the care they needed, both during pregnancy and after, regardless of what happened. (and yes, that includes mental care)

nayroo2002 said: