Prince is getting national air time from only a step outside of the oval office.

It's time to step on the gas, Estate. If you want to make some money, now is the time to start dropping some music. The VP seems able AND willing to GUSH about it!

Prince convo starts at ~ 3:03, but the whole discussion is a pretty interesting "get to know the candidates" type piece.

Sorry, I don't know how to make the link active... https://youtu.be/WkwZ_A49...KpjAqu--WV

Kamala is a Prince stan. The estate needs to capitalize on that !

If the estate makes any effort to capitalize on this at all, it won't be through releasing music. It'll be some kind of Kamala/Walz related Prince merchandise, cheaply made and overpriced, like everything else in their online store.

With Walz being from Minnesota and knowing Prince-mania first hand, and Vice President Harris professing her love of Prince's music, I would think the Estate would have a good chance of getting the candidates to have some function(s) AT Paisley Park. They both even joked about it -- it'll just take someone to flesh out the details and pitch it properly. As well, the Estate should be offering some of Prince's music to be used on the campaign trail. I should definitely hear some hits getting airtime at the Dem convention and at rallies.

gross

7souls said:

I got to know enough about the candidate on Pink Book Lessons YouTube channel.

'got to know enough' through a Pink Book Lessons huh... XD

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Anyways, anyone here think they can (legally) play songs like 'America' or 'Housequake' or '1999' on one of the rallies?

And for sure, a visit by Kamal to PP with e VP next to her would 'Make Prince Great Again.'

That would/could be fun.

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MakeMillions, are you listening? Wanna get richer?

Don't fuck this (oportunity) up now boy.

Start with memes on the socials. Be that smart(ass) now.

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And no purple bedsheets with prints on the cushions of Kamala's & Prince's faces, owkay?!

The last thing they should do is embrace a candidate and ostracize half the country. So, that's exactly what they'll probably do.

Don't mix art/music and politics. Thanks.

olb99 said:

FrankieCoco1 said:

olb99 said:

Don't mix art/music and politics. Thanks.

Prince did, e.g. Ronnie Talk To Russia. Plenty of musicians and artists do. Picasso’s Guernica springs to mind.

I was about to say, we're on the message boards of a man who made songs like "America", "Sign O The Times". and "Baltimore". If you're looking for art without politics, you're in the wrong place

lustmealways said:

Prince had such surface level and banal political views that it would be silly to promote any party with his image/work. "2 party system illusion of choice" lol - 10th grader essay type stuff. No offense, just something he didn't do well.

exactly

Donnie, Talk 2 Russia

BTW, i just posted, but it says 12PM.

Where is this site actually located???

the clock on the wall says 9PM

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A lot of MAGA supporters around here.

bozojones said:

FrankieCoco1 said:

olb99 said: Prince did, e.g. Ronnie Talk To Russia. Plenty of musicians and artists do. Picasso’s Guernica springs to mind.

I was about to say, we're on the message boards of a man who made songs like "America", "Sign O The Times". and "Baltimore". If you're looking for art without politics, you're in the wrong place

I'm not saying it's not possible to do it, just that it's a bad idea. And, yes, Prince did it and usually not particularly well.

For the people claiming Prince wrote a few political themed songs, and so it's okay. Prince was never an advocate for neoliberalism nor oligarchy, period. Not one song will you ever find him preaching that nonsense, no intereviews, nothing. The complete opposite actually, songs like PartyUp, Dreamer, The War, etc...

Harris/Walz are neoliberals who are funded and work in the service of oligarchs.

Vannormal said:

looks in... yeah... Backs out homer simpson style...

djThunderfunk said:

The last thing they should do is embrace a candidate and ostracize half the country. So, that's exactly what they'll probably do.

Paisley's IG comments proved this...it's a shieet show of "Prince didn't want..."

Ronnie Talk To Russia, America, Baltimore, Partyup, Dreamer, The War, Dear Mr. Man, Sign O The Times, Welcome 2 America...NONE of which pick a side or ostracise half the country. There's a difference between being political and being partisan.

djThunderfunk said:

Ronnie Talk To Russia, America, Baltimore, Partyup, Dreamer, The War, Dear Mr. Man, Sign O The Times, Welcome 2 America...NONE of which pick a side or ostracise half the country. There's a difference between being political and being partisan.

There's a big difference between exposing naive views about the world ("Imagine there's no countries") or denouncing societal problems ("America", "Lovesign", "Welcome 2 America", etc.) and implementing concrete politics which impact human beings existence.

The mere suggestion The Estate should jump the bandwagon of the current Democrats hysteria ("Taylor Swift at the DNC! Beyonce!") shows how low US politics have fallen.

All surface, very little substance except a "we're better than the alternative" narrative. For the rest, expect plutocracy as usual. Americans are in love with their navel and will continue to extract and consume resources like maniacs, 200 times more than the average African: now this is concrete stuff, and it was never approached by Prince, maybe for the better.

I agree, don't mix them. Entertainment is not politics. The opposite, alas, is no longer true since Reagan, and it only got worse since then.

I wouldn't mind if the American Way of "Life" was only toxic to itself, but its impact is litteraly killing us all, for their parasitic mindset has been forced down the throat of every single country.

Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for my daily microplastics intake.
I think I'll have some PFAs on the side.

paisleyparkgirl said:

A lot of MAGA supporters around here.

scares indeed the shit out of me

djThunderfunk said:

Ronnie Talk To Russia, America, Baltimore, Partyup, Dreamer, The War, Dear Mr. Man, Sign O The Times, Welcome 2 America...NONE of which pick a side or ostracise half the country. There's a difference between being political and being partisan.

and we can add more songs with shorter mesages in them

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John Legend will perform at the DNC tonight and there will be some kind of Prince tribute,CNN is reporting

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