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Reply #150 posted 05/30/04 2:01am

Rockability

This guy comes to talk to you about his book and you bad mouth him?

Does Prince come here and talk to you? Yeah, didn't think so. Prince is too busy making boring music that alienated most of his fans pre-dating 1984 and what is left is this post 1990 Prince lover org.

Some of us are here to talk about the Prince that could make music. Kind of like a 100 other artists out there that used to, but lost it. Prince isn't so unusual that way.
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Reply #151 posted 05/30/04 7:57pm

lunacoco

I still don't get the title : Possessed"....does he mean "driven"?
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Reply #152 posted 05/31/04 2:31am

Rockability

lunacoco said:

I still don't get the title : Possessed"....does he mean "driven"?


Ask Prince what Possessed means. Its the title to one of his songs, therefore that is what explains the title of the book.

A great song by the way, you should listen to it.
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Reply #153 posted 05/31/04 10:16pm

lunacoco

where would I find the song "Possessed"?
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Reply #154 posted 06/01/04 1:42am

Rockability

lunacoco said:

where would I find the song "Possessed"?


Someone else might know for sure, but I think it was a B-side in his earlier years. I could be wrong.

However, rent the video Purple Rain Live, which is a live concert. GREAT, except the sound quality sucks. I went to the concert, and I dig watching it every now and then to remembe when.

And BTW, this concert video isn't a bootleg.
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Reply #155 posted 06/01/04 11:14am

LarrytheGOD

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Rockability said:

lunacoco said:

where would I find the song "Possessed"?


Someone else might know for sure, but I think it was a B-side in his earlier years. I could be wrong.

However, rent the video Purple Rain Live, which is a live concert. GREAT, except the sound quality sucks. I went to the concert, and I dig watching it every now and then to remembe when.

And BTW, this concert video isn't a bootleg.


No B-side. Its on the Live VHS from the tour. The book gives no indication as to why he chose the title "Possessed" but I can bet its a personal joke between the two. Like "What possessed you to scare/attack Uptown, Controversy & The Prince Family" ?
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Reply #156 posted 06/01/04 11:17am

howcomeudontca
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Paperback? great, that will burn so easily. I'm just kidding, i no nothing of the book as i have never read it. lol
You do as I say
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Reply #157 posted 06/02/04 3:22am

JC

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P a p e r


B a c k

hmmm
think
about
it
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Reply #158 posted 06/02/04 5:35am

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i hope alex doesnt take the typical manically defensive words of many orgers to heart. they dont like anyone that says anything remotely negative about prince, or anything that so much as challenges what he does. i havent read the book yet, but would like to, even though the cover pic design is quite terrible. fans should know that scrutiny and critique can be good for an artist.
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Reply #159 posted 06/02/04 5:36am

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madartista said:

BinaryJustin said:

Well, I've read some excerpts now and it seems interesting...

I don't have any problem with the book's title if it encompasses the period from Purple Rain to early 2000s. It was a rise and fall. Wasn't it?


I agree. There would be no talk of a "comeback" had there not been a fall out of the mainstream. It's marketing. Big deal. I read the book, and I thought there was a lot of interesting information. I also understand there are 671 viewpoints to every story, and take that into account when reading any biography.


exactly.
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Reply #160 posted 06/02/04 5:37am

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i think its funny that people are trying to say princes 90s music or rather, his album output, was as good as the 80s stuff. not even uptown would say that. the music DID change and so did the quality. this revisionism is what i would expect over at npgmc.
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Reply #161 posted 06/20/04 12:42am

JC

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was
it
less
cryptic
then?
lips
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