When I am enjoying the genius of Prince's music, I often wonder just how tormented he is by being a vehicle for it. How unhappy do you think he may be at times? Sometimes I worry about him so much it makes me sad.....

..u know..I'm usually a pretty decent and polite orger but its posts like this that make me wanna live up to my name... [flame snipped -Tom] i worry about U so much it makes me sad..uh..I mean mad...

Susann209 said:

Probably as tormented as you or I get sometimes. I wouldn't get too sad though. If he was that tormented I don't think he'd be touring the US at the moment.

He's not exactly digging fucking ditches for a living.

Walking home from work today I saw this fellow (he had to be at least 75) with no legs in a wheelchair struggling to push himself along in the driving rain.

Now that guy has a reason to be tormented. Pop stars who can pretty much do whatever they please do not.

Some of the replies to this thread seem to imply that money and fame are what should make one happy. Just turn to any history book or work of biographical literature and you can find that many, many artists were so tortured by their craft it drove them mad, into drugs and alcohol, lives of depression, and or suicide.

Being exceptionally "good" at a craft, i.e writing, musicianship, etc. is not necessarily a "gift". While I don't know if Prince is sometimes tormented by his particular gift, I think it is an interesting concept. There are new works (& a few old as well) that discuss the link between genius and madness.

Susann209 said:

How old are you?

I have a feeling he's much less tormented than some Orgers.

ultrraviolette said:

ITA..you don't have to be an amputee or living on skid row in order to live a tortured live.

That pic of P and Mani in the back of the limo, where his head is on her lap and he is holding the Musicology cd, makes me sad everytime I see it. You can see that he is obviously worried about something. Yeah, we all know that Prince has always been cavalier about accolades and record sales, because he has always been about doing what he wanted to do. But he is human and there has to be a part of him that gets saddened that the world doesn't appreciate his genius.
[This message was edited Wed May 26 4:22:30 2004 by PurpleCharm]

Supernova said:

PurpleCharm said:

Can you post this pic?

I used to think he was all tortured & shit but now I'm like PLEASE! His life is GREAT! He's crafted the existence he wants & give or take some strife here & there (as we all endure) he's probably very happy right about now (@ least he seems to be, hope he truly is). I hope the happiness I imagine for him is real & sustains - he deserves it.

meow85 said:

Click on this link http://www.prince.org/msg/5/87477. It's the first pic posted in the thread

PurpleCharm said:

Scandalous69 said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/5/87477 <-----click here and scroll down.

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i dont think hes more tormented than any other artist.

PurpleCharm said:

How is he "obviously" worried? It's a single moment in time - he could have very well been smiling seconds before the shot was snapped.

If he was sad about anything it's the fact that he couldn't find a way to keep that friggin flap down either! Really, you should not waste an ounce of emotion being "sad" about this pic



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[This message was edited Wed May 26 5:08:30 2004 by CalhounSq]

CalhounSq said:

Well, that's my interpretation of the shot. If you don't see it that way, then fine, but don't worry about what I do.....you're welcome

PurpleCharm said:

You people...

This is a perfect example of how we all see things differently.

It took me the longest time to actually 'see' what was in this picture. For the first dozen or so times that I saw it, it appeared to me that Prince was resting his head on a big black stuffed bear. For some reason i failed to notice Mani's face. Instead I saw the hair on either side of her face as the ears of the stuffed bear. It looked like the nose of the bear was pushed into the back of Prince's head.

No disrespect meant to Mani, this is just the way the picture looked to me when I first saw it.

CalhounSq said:

he just looks like hes having a rest and reading the back of the box to me

he's emo as hell, yo.


















































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CalhounSq said:

You're so witty.....NOT

Here you are on a fan site, lusting after a man that you will never have, like many other people on this site and you are going to have the nerve to call someone nuts.....the jokes on you...
[This message was edited Wed May 26 7:14:05 2004 by PurpleCharm]

mzflash said:

mzflash said:

Oh yeah, if you squint so that you can't make out the features of her face I can see what you're talking about.

Anyway, I don't see that he's obviously worried about anything from that pic. He may be, but that pic doesn't show it.

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousands word. Everyone will not see things the same way. Nothing more and nothing less.

PurpleCharm said:

You need reform & a sense of humor my dear

roodboi said:

it would probally make prince sad to be you..why worry about prince being sad he is way better off than you and me ...

delectable137 said:

I had no idea telling some one to get a f-ing grip was flame-worthy...I know I've read worse here...
Also, I am not worried about P, its the girl who needs to get a grip I'm worried about...