EvilWhiteMale said:

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[This message was edited Mon May 3 3:32:22 2004 by Mistadobalina]

No album can do that well if there is no single to promote it being played on the radio, and without the single played no one is going to play the video for the single. Without those things, you need at least to make some live appearances on tv - Prince has done none of that of course because he is in the middle of a busy tour.

So the decision to pull the single seems even more bizarre. If Beyonce released an album without any videos, singles or appearances I don' t think that would do so well either.

EvilWhiteMale said:

You're the one teaching all that they should state their opinions and not considered them as the Truth... Are you the kinda guy who says do as I say , not as I do?

EvilWhiteMale said:

Oh, Evil.... can't you see? If Tammy Faye had said "You wear too much mascara"... If MJ said "Whatever you do, stay yourself!"... If Simon Cowell had said "Please lay off the sarcasms!"... well, then maybe your admonition to "learn to ignore what you don't like" wouldn't be so goddam funny.

klaatu said:

What are you referring to?

Aerogram said:

No, because that piece of advice was just for him. It's not a general law that I'm proposing.

I know you want those points, but ya just can't have 'em.

luv2u143 said:

I was thinking about it myself...if the album didn't have those 2 tracks above...it would have been better!! I tend to skip those tracks myself!!

Mazerati said:

Monkey can clap too.

purplecam said:

I don't give a f***, what others think about his music . I rather like Prince as a "cult" figure.

Well, Sony may have spent lots on advertising the product, but their press department are still really crap. I work for a publishers and press departments are supposed to supply us with images, press releases, etc and Sony have very often let us down. I tried to get a Prince feature in our magazine and they couldn't be arsed to help at all. In PR, even the most unreliable folk usualy reply to e-mails and get things done, but with Sony these days it's just banging your head against a brick wall.

erm i'm still waiting on a single release. not surprised its going down the charts.

d12 realeases one song..album goes to number one...thats hows its done man

although i win eamon didn't follow this rule. what is it with that damn song

funkyblues said:

It'll be number 33 next week, then it'll be sleeping with the fishes.

EvilWhiteMale said:

At least, I can console myself in knowing Tammy, Michael and Simon would laugh at their blatant "do as I say not as I do".

daned said:

Or the problem could be that the album sucks.

msserendipity said:

It's catchy. Prince should give it a good listen.

metalorange said:

whatyoutalkinboutwillis...?

the song is getting played on radio and tv.

daned said:

bollocks. i'm sorry i work in press. the girl that does this project is great. you are letting your generally bad relationship with them cloud your opinion.

Musicology has easily had some of the best and thorough reviews than ANY of his previous. and these guys got the product to service the media with just a couple of weeks pre-release. this is usually an early death to getting reviews and mag like to keep the reviews up to date and fresh. not review ablums that have been in the shops for a couple of weeks.

Prince has had cover features in supplements, multiple page features in many magazines and papers ALL WITHOUT GETTING A SINGLE INTERVIEW. again. a very very hard job.

princes PR has been exceptional.

enough with the flaming, already. - anx

LOVE GOD

Flame stuff snipped. - Anx

LOVE SATAN

As long as he's in the top 10, I think that's really good. Even w/o the album giveaways, he still would've been on the top ten also. I was browsing through the billboard charts & didn't see the 'Musicology' single anywhere. Where is it and how's it doing???

NME said:

i was in hmv yesterday in glasgow 3 girls about 14/16 waiting to pay for the album , and last week i saw a boy about 16 in the line waiting to buy it too !, this is really weird as u rarely even c peeps checkin out the bloody p section !

lezenith said:

Open letter 2 anx, the moderator.
Dear anx, non fare la testa di cazzo, perchè io devo veder censurato il mio post scritto in italiano (non conteneva nessuna offesa), e quello stronzo di evil può scrivere liberamente love satan?
Se proprio non hai niente da fare e devi censurare qualcosa per forza, censura le blasfemità di Evil. E' lo stesso consiglio che ti darebbe Prince.
Rispetta la libertà e contrasta la blasfemità. Fa' meglio il tuo lavoro!!! LOVE GOD

Starmist7 said:

The single is not getting much play at radio, and the video's seemed to drop off MTV and VH1 as far as I can tell. It makes sense, because it really is out of line with everything they play. But the album should continue to do well thanks to this brillant (if morally complicated!) strategy with the giveaways (which I'll continue to call them, thank you very much).

The more I think about it, What Do You Want Me 2 Do should really be the next single.

lezenith said:

Because while I was discussing the topic, you were flaming me. You're the one who started the shit. And if you find my views on Satan offensive, then that's your problem. Go hide in a monastery if you can't deal with it.


HAIL SATAN!