I've got no aversion to them at all. If Prince has good boots, by all means set them free. but to think that the biggest collector is the biggest fan is ridiculous.

Besides, what's so good about being a "true fan" anyway? It's much more fun to be disloyal and to clown Prince's 1992 hairstyle, etc.

AsylumUtopia said:

I’m not too subtle indeed ... I’m no politician
I like to express myself in extremeties on a discussion-forum to keep the forum alive
What’s with a subtle forum ... Should get boring after a while

But you know what I mean do you??
Just owning a best-of-compilation hardly gives a ground for discussion ...

To be completely honest ... I haven’t bought any legal stuff since 1998

only a few

i wish i had more

only have one (on cd) cuz i can't find any
got a few on the pc tho

MashedPotatoKid said:

Which boot have ya got? ...i'm curious.

its a 2disc one with a paisley show from new years '87 i think. its called ' Miles To Nowhere'
from what i remember miles davis (of course) features on it.
there is a bonus studio track called 'Miles aint dead', recorded by P the day after he died.
it's nice but not my kinda taste. too much jazz
i didn't buy it, my dad got it from camden market. i, with my good taste, would have picked up a gold experience tour show i NEED one of them!

MashedPotatoKid said:

That's meant to be a great show...I haven't got hold of any boots from the
SOTT period yet.

r1ghteousone said:

just curious...what have U got
[This message was edited Wed Jan 21 8:53:48 PST 2004 by MashedPotatoKid]

MashedPotatoKid said:

Not alot...

The Work Vol. 1
His Royal Badness - controversy tour
Parade: Stockholm - live '86
A Better Place 2 Die - couple of unreleased tracks
Intimate Moments - Piano rehearsals

...oh and copies of Xpectation and High on cd.

r1ghteousone said:

the work
the tracklist is enough to get me drooling

MashedPotatoKid said:

I know.

r1ghteousone said:

my fave boot track at the mo. is witness 4 the prosecution. the guitar is 2 hot in that

MashedPotatoKid said:

=

r1ghteousone said:

and i really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really REALLY wanna hear
Rebirth of The Flesh
&
All My Dreams
[This message was edited Wed Jan 21 9:17:47 PST 2004 by MashedPotatoKid]

MashedPotatoKid said:

really?

r1ghteousone said:

really!

Not I Just never ran across em

Not one! And i know i don't believe in them but i feel like i have missed out on so much good music. especially the concerts over seas. i have heard them but don't have any in my possession.

I threw all my bootlegs away!!!

skywalker said:

Good question! I'd say my legs were more goat-like than straight-down boot-like.

No on both counts. No need.

but the "boots" will always stay! I feel sexy in them

I said "feel" not "look"

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

co-sign

no

rdhull said:

Well, it takes a nation of millions (MILLIONS) to hold me back.

rdhull said:

I downloaded Vanity 6's Sex Shooter and Vibrator. Does that count?

LaCoyta said:

Vanity 6 did a version of Sex Shooter?

AsylumUtopia said:

AsylumUtopia...so i understand your feelings regarding the 'your not a REAL fan if you don't own...' implication. So you are right, technically... obviously you don't have to own any bootlegs to be a fan. But what i think ThatAintFunky was trying to point out was this...

If 'fan A' has listened only to some of Prince's official releases...

and 'fan B' has listened to Princes official releases AND the zillions of boots out there...

which one of these two fans (and again I'm agreeing that BOTH of them are valid fans)...but which one of these do you think will have a more complete idea of Princes abilities capability's musically speaking and be able to speak more comprehensivley on them as a whole?

Again...not saying that 'fan A''s opinion on what he/she has heard is any less valid than what 'fan b's opinion would be on those same records...but it's a matter of perspective really. The fact is that 'Fan B' has experienced a bigger picture and has more data to compose a more comprehensive opinion on the whole. Not a 'better' or 'more valid' opinion on the same records, but rather a more comprehensive opinion on the artist as a whole. You see what i mean?

for instance if a 'person A' has only heard a selection of Miles Davis records from very early in his carreer that 'person A' would absolutely have valid opinions of those records without a doubt...and could speak to that early perspective with knowledge of that experience. But they would be confined to that. Whereas if another person, 'person B', has heard the early Miles stuff AS WELL as the LATER genre breaking Miles stuff, this second person would indeed have a larger pool of data to experience and could probably speak on the artist as a whole with a more complete perspective.

I think thats what AintThatFunky was trying to say. (AintThatFunky, if thats not what you were trying to say, my appologies)
But it is waht I'm trying to say...

so...at the risk of being sued...I'll fess up...i am a 'fan b'...i have pretty much every official release some duplicates and in multiple formats... and I also have a respectable collection of unofficial stuff too...a few purchased used, some were traded for and others were even just given to me by fellow music fans.(thanks..you know who you are!). The fact is in the past 10 years or so if i had NOT had access to any of the unofficial stuff i probably would not be on this site talking about Prince. Why? Because, with some exceptions, much of the offical releases in the past 10 years have not inspired me NEARLY as much as the unofficial stuff that I've come across. (Again there are exceptions to this of course...I really thought Rainbow Children was his best record in a long long time)...but on the whole...if i had only heard the official stuff in the last decade there just wouldn't be as much good stuff to talk about.

and for me its not about some 'elitist snobbish club' or anything like that at all...like i said, as a 'Fan B' I can't call myself a 'better' fan than the 'fan A' who has 7 official prince records in their collection. A 'better' fan? heck no. I don't even know what a 'better fan' means. As far as I am concerned if 'fan A'is satisfied with the quality of the official releases they have collected...cool. If 'fan A' doesn't care to listen to the unofficial stuff to hear what they might be missing...thats their choice... and thats perfectly cool too. If they are happy and inspired with the official output...more power to them. But being a 'fan B' myself, I DO know what i would be missing had i not been fortunate enough to come across some of the unofficial stuff. I would have missed a LOT. Subjective opinon of course, but for me, pound for pound the unoffical stuff simply blows the official stuff away. Its as simple and to the point as that.

And I'm one of the folks who would GLADLY pay Prince for OFFICIAL releases of the UNOFFICIAL stuff that i have in my collection. I'd replace it all with official releases if he made it available. But for whatever reason he hasn't...and my guess is he probably wont. I'm impressed that some folks can wait on the hope that these currently unofficial gems will one day be officially released...more power to you and i really do hope that happens (let me know when it does, too!)...

I'll admit it...I am a junkie...a good music junkie...i live off of it...i love it...i must have it...i can't help myself...he could make a zillion off of us if he'd put some of this stuff out officially...if he fed the musical need...if he released clear versions of this stuff that we love so much...but honestly i just don't think he ever will...

maybe he'll prove me wrong one day...i hope he does...I would have like been in the front of the line...but i really doubt it will ever happen...

and my need, my love for good inpired music just wont let me wait...