I just watched the Leno show in UK, and i have 2 say it was HOT, H...O...T, prince really showed us he still has it, and hes new single is a pretty nice track, nice and funky/jazzy.

But wot im here 2 ask is this, Is this PRINCE's final year?

Leno said sumthing like:

Leno: so is this really the end?

Prince: well, i've been writing music for 20years now, so i think i gotta let sum1 else new in.
(this from top of my head, could remember wot hes words were)

I cant let PRINCE leave me, he's music means soo much 2 me, and him leaving the music industry is just the worse that could happen, as i have just really over the last few years, got 2 be a HUGE HUGE fan, please tell me its not true.

andykeen said:

not quite...jay asked if prince was really retiring the old songs and he answered by saying that he nees to make room for the new songs. but he'll miss purple rain the most.

It's not true... It's not true.

Memo to Prince... you've been writing music for over 25 years!.... Silly Man

I hope your saw, i was really emotional when he said that, but i must of miss heard them, im glad he's not, but still im gonna miss the golden oldies.

Wise up! It's a marketting gimick to sell concert tickets...

MattyJam said:

that, just might be true.

In the Tavis Smiley show, didn't Prince say that he wanted to write new stuff and experiment in new directions? I don't think its the end of Prince writing music; maybe he just meant the end of performing his hits. Prince said on the Tonight Show that he feels like a kid who is just beginning

He said in this article: "We'll be performing {the hits} in a big way for the last time, at least for a while, to allow room for new music." So he's not saying, "Never again."

I'm only 15, and i aint been 2 1 prince concert, it aint fair, i want 2 experience wot it is like, i've been 2 other concerts where i've listed 2 them, liked them live, but hated cd, so if i see prince live, then i know it will b brill, but i doubt i will eva get the chance.

If this is the end, well, its better to go out with a bang than with a whimper, although i dont know if he has quite done that, but, i really want 2 go 2 a show.

freakebear said:

Nice... and wise...

Don't sweat any of this for real, remember in '85 when he said he wouldn't be touring for something like 7 years because he was going to look for the ladder? He found that shit quick 'cause he was on tour a year later.

P is playing the masses like the fools they be.....


Stormbringer

I Don't Think PRINCE is RETIRINg. He's Too Young for that . WShat he meant was he was going to Concentrate on NEW Music in the Future. This is a Good thing. I wanna hear New Stuff. Don't You?

If he retires his hits, it could possibly be the end of his career, cuz this new music ain't gonna sell shit.

thebige said:

heheh...word Stormbringer, i remember that too. You had me crackin up...that shit was funny as hell...