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virtue signalling today tends to be about people posting online. i dont know if recording a song is quite as easy as writing a tweet. i dont deny there was vanity and self interest involved, but few good deeds are entirely altruistic. and lionel, MJ, quincy etc, might say that their public status helped spread the word, even if it made them look publicity-hungry. in spite of that self interest, they still raised that money for a good cause ultimately. im personally ok with prince just donating a song (and i like how he kept his charity work undercover), but i also know how these things look, and can be made to look. | |
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Would have MJ accepted to sing in a Prince charity song after the AMA or Grammys around 1984/1985? I m not so sure. After all, he refused Wouldn't U Love 2 Love Me. For the record, Eddy Murphy didn't do WATW neither. | |
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"Todo está bien chévere" Stevie | |
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Prince made a fool of himself here. Prince the asshole. Prine the prick. Prince "the wrong place wrong joke".
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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Exactly ! But, he "was ruled out after he demanded a guitar solo to be recorded in a separate room." - Maybe not enough time to organise that. All was done so fast. The writing, the organising, the recording. And Prince's demands - we all know this - are mostly only doable within his entourage, those who know his iinstant whims and thrills. No one could deal outside of Prince's camp with his fast demands, i'm sure. [Edited 1/24/24 1:33am] "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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At that point of his career, that's who he was. | |
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Tom Jones gets the joke... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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No. Prince remained a prick here, nevertheless. @Se7en said if Prince was asked for this 10 years later, he would've joined, them... NOT. Her's the proof. He didn't sing. He could've sang, and lef this ego behind. But no, he made it again about him. Prince is a 'solo-stage-persona,' he doesn't tolerate others on stage to share a spot with, unless it is on his demands. Remember the George Harrison (sorry made a mistake here) tribute? He made it (nearly) his own, slightly out of place actually, but brilliantly performed. Luckily that save his slightly overdone show. [Edited 1/25/24 7:55am] "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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What is this you speak of??? "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" | |
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THX Yeah i see it too... Corrected! "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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Mind your P's & Q's, please. "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" | |
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The documentary isn't made for Prince fans. That this tiny tidbit was shared on Prince.org is to be expected. The people making this documentary could care less other than Prince's involvement being a footnote. | |
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I had to be more precise, it's my opinion. Indeed Prince was recognised with an award, true. That part already passed. Then during the "We Are The World" part, it was not about Prince, not about Quincy, not about the others as well. It was in my opinion, about paying respect to sing a song ALL together, written and performed for people in the world in need. That's what it ws all about. Prince also had the choice to do right (this time), that's what I think. Quincy is not a singer, but he sang. Find me wrong in what i think, that's perfectly OK. Prince, like all of us, is an ordinary human being, with flaws and absurdities. I am a big fan, but certainly don't want to condone everything he does (wrong). By the way, that Merit award '95 speech, was the most relaxed, fun and true Prince thank-you speech I ever heard from him. He was so 'normal' on stage. He thanked everyone from The Revolution members (starting with mentioning Wendy & Susanah iirc), to his then curret band. He was visually pleased and open. - True through, Prince shone as the best at that Harrison tribute. "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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Most of you made really good points, but on top of it all, ain't the song SHIT to begin with? | |
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It sure wasn't the greatest song of all, but that was not the point. The song was written in a very short time to make 'money.' Ant it succeeded in that. In a very short time, it eventually made 80milion dollar, iirc, and all that for a very good cause. That was the most important. Not the song, not the writeres, not the performers, and certainly not Prince. Again, what concernes Prince, imho of course. "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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I've used both. I've never been Rickrolled in my life. I found out about Rickrolling on some TV show like Entertainment Tonight or Extra. I still hear a couple of Rick Astley's songs on the local Top 40 oldies radio station. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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We're against hungry children Our record stands tall But there's just as much hunger here at home We'll do what we can If y'all try 2 understand A flower that has water will grow & the child misunderstood will go, "Hello" | |
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