I heard that once upon a time Prince was interested in LaToya. Is this true? And does anyone have a pic of them?
They'd have made such a cute couple.

i think it was michael N people just mistaken him 4 latoya.
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I heard and read that he had a crush on LaToya and was flirting with her when he had dinner with her, Michael, and Janet

Janfriend said:

Janet and LaToya at the same table, and he flirts with LaToya?

squirrelgrease said:

This was way back in the early 80's when Janet was till a little chubby. Janet was a huge fan of his too. LaToya had that "look"

Yeah, Janet was only about 17, too.

LaToya mentioned in an interview that Prince asked her out for a date in 1978,but she declined."It was around the time he had that song "Soft and Wet",she said.According to her,Prince was upset that she turned him down."Years later,he saw me and my family at a restaurant and he just walked by and didn't say anything".Still,LaToya remains a big fan.In 1984,she recorded a cover of his song "Private Joy".

*shudders at thought of Latoya's "Private Joy"* She really butchered that. LaToya has recorded some of the absolute worst music in history. You have to download these songs because they are so bad that they are hilarious: "He Is My Brother" and "Somewhere".

"He Is My Brother" is just too funny for words. It's a song about Michael, and at this one part, out of nowhere, the music from Michael's "Bad" starts playing and LaToya exclaims, "He's NOT bad!" LMAO! I'm serious! Here are the lyrics:

You may say he's electric
I will admit that he's quite different
You may say he does crazy things (OhOhOh!)
He works hard for the money that he brings



Bad and Thriller, he's still the Man in The Mirror
'Cause he's good to ME! and I know...
and I know
yes i know that he loves me so



'Cause he is my brother
Whenever he has to he's handy
'Cause he is my brother (He's my brother)
He gives me emotion in plenty

When I'm alone...
...and I need him
He's with me like lightning
'Cause he is my brother
and I love
and I love yes i love him so


He-He-He's not bad!
(He's not bad!)

Out on stage he's electric
When he dances it's just like magic
And you know when he starts to sing (OhOhOh!)
He is reaching the world with his music

Yes,LaToya has done some embarassing songs.Remember her 1984 single "Heart Don't Lie"?


"don't try to hide it
with words that just aren't true
it's showing in your eyes
and I feel it,and so do you"


And then there was her single "Hot Potato",featuring the oh-so-catchy chorus "I'm gonna drop you like a Hot,Hot Potato...if you don't stop messin' around"


And let's not even mention her 1998 collabaoration with Full Force "You're Gonna Get Rocked"

I could totally see how Prince would've been attracted to her back then. She did have that "look". Long black curly hair, exotic eyes, tan skin...yup. Just screams what Prince likes.

theVelvetRoper said:

She wrote a page or two about Prince in her autobiogrophy. Suuposedly, she and he met while roller-skating in 1978 and, as she reports, he acted weird and she acted like a virgin. She also didn't miss to mention how short he appeared to her.

LaToya's too tall.
She could carry Prince around in her top pocket.
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DavidEye said:

I loved "Heart Don't Lie." The video was cute too

DavidEye said:

Poor Full Force. So that's what happened to them? 1998? Really?

LaToya did have the look but unfortunately she messed up her nose just like MJ and now she looks scary!Go 2 Latoya Jackson direct.com ...she looks scary and fake!

theVelvetRoper said:

by the way,whatever happened to LaToya's big "comeback" CD that was supposed to come out in summer 2003?

theVelvetRoper said:

that shit is probabbly copyrighted too, LOL. not that anyone would ever want to steal something like that...

Tom said:

Lol, Latoya probably got "brainwashed" into thinking Janet wanted to steal it!

VinnyM27 said:

It was '88. I bought that shit without hearing it (don't ask!).Played it once, i still have it somewhere, lying around like a guilty secret.

I wanna hear Jermaine's song "Word to the Badd" which is also supposed to be about Michael...

DudeDrops said:

Lol! I've never heard of that one, before! I'll have to find the lyrics.

Hmm, I just looked for the lyrics, and apparently it's not about Mike. I haven't heard the song, but the lyrics aren't good, but they're not horrendous, as it was written by LA Reid, Babyface, Left Eye, and Jermaine.

"Word to the Badd"

written by L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons, Jermaine Jackson, and Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes (1991)

performed by Jermaine Jackson

What up yo, word to the badd! lmao

I gave my love
You gave your love
Thought we`d never part
Said you loved me
Then you left me
With a broken heart
You never think about who you love
You only think about number one
You forgot about where we started from
You only think about what you want
You don`t care about how it`s done
You only think about you, your throne
Be it right or be it wrong

It ain`t about your world
It ain`t about the things that you do
If you don`t care, I don`t care
`Cause you keep thinkin` about you
It ain`t about you takin` my pie
You been takin` for a long time
If you don`t care, I don`t care
If you keep
Well I ain`t thinkin` about you

Word up yo, word to the badd

Once you were made
You changed your ways
Even told me lies
Could not trust you
Still I loved you
My mind worried overtime
You know I tried to be there for you
Like a lover I cared for you
It didn`t matter you always play me off
You only care about what you want
You don`t care about how it`s done
You only think about you, your throne
Be it right or be it wrong

HOOK

Oh no no, I ain`t thinkin` about you
Oh no
What up yo, word to the badd

Thinkin` about that pie that you`ve been takin` from me
From a lover to another lover hard to believe
Lost and don`t know it yet you still show it
Givin` seems to be harder than it is to receive
The glass has gotten shady when it should have been clearer
But it`s you always starin` in the mirror
Constantly fakin` it ain`t no mistakin` it
Get a grip `cause you`re not far from breakin` it
Thinkin` about the time when we used to be close
It shouldn`t be a past tense `cause nobody knows
What the future may hold, what tomorrow might bring
It`s not guaranteed that you`ll be spreadin` your wings
And funny it seems how it used to be
Times when you needed to lean on me
Now you`re standin` on two and you wanna act now
Girl I ain`t thinkin` about you

Gone too far
Ya better turn back
I know who you are
You know where I`m at
Sad but it`s true
From me to you
Pick up the phone
Don`t be alone
Step off the throne
Come back home

Reminds me of Vanilla Ice; "Word to yo' mother!"

theVelvetRoper said:

That is about Michael. Read it again. He had an original lyric about bleaching the face and took it out

Yes,Jermaine's song "Word 2 The Bad" was about Michael.It created a little controversy.Jermaine released it in the fall of 1991,around the same time that Michael released his own single "Black Or White".Even Janet was pissed at Jermaine."I didn't like his song and I told him so",she said at the time.

The ironic thing is,Mike really should have listened to what his brother was saying in the song.It's not really a "put-down" song,he was just trying to tell Michael the truth.

Janfriend said:

that original lyric was...


"Once you were made
You changed your shade
Was your color wrong?"


OUCH!

Her version of Private Joy is easily the worst Prince cover in history.

Maybe Prince would have thrust his hips into the nastiness of LaToya's no-talented abyss, and his penis become her boa-muse to a hit!

Ooh, thanks DavidEye. Sorry, I'm not much of a Jermaine afficianado. I've never seen that Janet quote, either.
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