[QUOTE] If I paid a grand to meet Prince, best believe I'm ROBBIN' his ass! It'll be cloud guitars for sale in the parking lot like a MF! Habibi 'll be in the pawn shop and I'll make that little Charlene Friend chick look like newbie with MY ebay auctions!

Well, if I'm under his car; you'll have to pay me off. I got dibs on his walking cane; if he is using it that night. I'll just pretend that I didn't see anything.

estelle1981 said:

you got me crackin up!!!

estelle1981 said:

Shit, I almost forgot about the cars!...S'aight, where dis fool keep the jeweleriez?

£50

XXX said:

But I better have at least a couple hours alone with him.

BlaqueKnight said:

wouldn't want to meet him like that

I guess it all depends on what he's planning on cooking me for dinner.

I'd pay to jam w/ him and hang for a couple days while he was recording, but not just to chit chat a bit.

When I was much younger I probably would've paid just about any amount of money for an opportunity to meet Prince and have any sort of interaction with him.

Now that I'm older and have lived through more, both in terms of life in general and of being a Prince fan, I don't see him as some sort of object or museum exhibit (or deity) that I'd want to pay a fee for so as to be allowed to stand before him or "meet" him. Paying money for that sort of interaction with him - to me - now seems bizarre, and would totally take away any bit of meaningfulness or human-ness that I'd hope would be a facet of any interaction I'd ever have with him.

Someone on another thread here compared the whole idea of paying to meet him to prostitution. I agree with the basic essence of that comparison...imo, meeting him under circumstances such as that would reduce the dynamic to that of going to a prostitute: I pay him to "get off" on meeting someone I admire, and he performs his "job" of acting like he has any interest in speaking to me or like he cares one way or another that I'm even there, and the whole time I'm aware of that whole 'hi I'm a customer' dynamic. Just seems like a hollow experience and I'd choose not to have a meeting with him be based on that. If I ever meet him or speak to him, I'd rather it happen because, for whatever reason, he actually had an interest in or reason for speaking to me past me paying him to do so.

Maybe I'll never meet him, maybe one day I will. I'll leave it up to fate or destiny or whatever to decide. And if I ever do, it will be a more meaningful experience to me if no money had to exchange hands to make it happen.

However, I don't see the problem if someone has the cash, doesn't mind coughing up the $1000, and wants the one time thrill of seeing him up close. If Prince is willing to turn himself into a zoo exhibit for one night and there are people willing to take him up on it, seems like everybody's happy. Not hurting me any.
[This message was edited Thu Sep 25 18:10:30 PDT 2003 by SnowQueen]

SnowQueen said:

"Zoo exhibit". . . You know, I think that's a really good way to look at it. If I were on either end of that equation, I'd be embarassed, but hey. If P and his fams are happy, peaches.

only at a soundcheck or aftershow/[party of the Celly.

besides these conditions...i wouldnt pay.

its ludacris.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

(PS: The Hohner is yours)

nuttin

that's what i'd pay

it's hard enough for me to like his music as it is...i'm afraid meeting him would ruin any of the magic that's left for me...

bananacologne said:

Prince is a little wanker for this. period.

lets get things into perspective here.
I was quite hapy to spend £65 to see the ONA tour in London staying overnight in a local hotel and making a weekend out of it with my wife getting to see her brother.
Australia, normal tickets will be going for just under £40 diamond tickets going for £60-£70 which i feel for a pre show is just about acceptable. Over and above this you are being ripped off !!!
I have a family and although I support what Prince does and what he hs acheived musically in his lifetime I will not pay through the nose to watch a concert which will set be back over £100+ and last for no more than 4 hours max
I look forward to a possible world tour but who asks for this price in the uk !!!

NME said:

We will see. Ofcourse it may be rimmings all round.

I sure don't wanna diss' those 300 odd quids you've dished out for your rimmin's with Prince, but it does make me laugh. It's kinda sad to me really, but hey there ya go.

Imagine what ot must feel like, to know that people have been willing to pay 1000 bucks to meet you, AND they have NO IDEA what to expect! Prince really does have the power!

As I said, I really hope there be rimmin's all round.

Oh and me? I'd pay him the 1000. BUT, I'd make sure I ask him "ARE YOUR SHOES MADE OF LEATHER?" or somink just as witty. Don't let me down guys! You know you can get your moneys worth!

MaggotBrain said:

illimack said somewhere within

a metaquote:

who

in their right mind

would wanna do that?

Other than assasins or oil company execs? Or lame rockstars.

Well hold on, maybe you're right! The answer to that bunion concern of yours is definitely worth a grand in my books.

Wouldn't you rather go dressed up in JUST A NAPPY, with shoe-laces tied in your hair, all crouched down like a monkey. You could be sucking your thumb, and during the 'meet and greet', everytime he looks at you, you could scream out, "Googoo Gaagaa!!!" then role on the floor for a few seconds. Like, EVERYTIME he looks at you. You could pull it off as a religious belief of yours, or he may pass you as one of Gods 'special children'. Either way it would be a VERY funky 1000 bucks.

MaggotBrain said:

That would actually be worth it, just to see the look on his face. Wait, if he is really a JW now, he would probably think that I'm possessed and he would run for his life. And if I pay a grand, I'm gonna have to chase his ass.

illimack said:

sheeet...nigs gotta pay to meet MY ass

anniechristian said:

Do you have a good ass? How much for a peek?

illimack said:

the MOST $200 & thay would b a Concert with me in The Front Row & then a AfterParty with me at the Front of the Stage... if he slap'd me 5 i'd b cool with that...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

illimack said:

three fiddy

Broke college student saying: is there a student discount?
Y do we have 2 pay 4 every little thing?

I wouldn't pay anything. I'll wait for him to come to my door. It could happen...I'm in Minnesota!

I've been in close proximity to him at the Paisley Park shows a few years back,though. Even locked eyes on each other for a couple of seconds as I entered the L41A Room and he was behind the sound board. Maybe he thought I got in with a weapon under my trenchcoat or something. hehe!

I did meet some of the ol' NPG members, though (for FREE, of course). I saw Sonny at a club in Minneapolis one night. Got his autograph and stuff, and my wife was toasted and embarrassed me. I literally ran into Tommy B. in a hallway at Paisley Park another night. He was looking at some sheet music in his hand as we were heading right for each other, and I had to stop him from walking right into me.

well why doesnt he do an instore like most artists??i guess he's starting to run out of cash...Bob