Lately some of y'all have reminded me of this post from the past so I'm bringing it back just for the hell of it - I remember being SO hyped for the next celebration when I wrote it but there was no "next" & I never got to experience it Sometimes this starving artist shit just ain't cool - I couldn't afford it when it was going down And there sure won't be anymore now that he's so major again Oh well, I'll have to live it vicariously through those of you who attended...


Here's all my wasted hype: http://www.prince.org/msg/7/37284?sub=1


I liked it when he was "ours" I know that's goofy but damn - the intimacy seems gone for at least a LONG while

Any feelings either way about the exposure he's getting again? I feel vindicated & invaded all @ once


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[This message was edited Tue May 25 5:18:57 2004 by CalhounSq]

I guess he thinks that he spoiled enough his american fans

Meh...if only he didn't have to keep pushing his JW beliefs on those celebrations I wouldn't mind...but no thank you...so I don't miss it...

I am Reading something I Do Not Like In the May 15 issue about Childbirth making a woman Unclean or even Menstration and what about Me's Semen and then The sacrifice of Birds. This sounds Sick to me. This is all Guilt and it's NONSENSE. Sacrificing Birds? I Don't think so. No One should Sacrifice Anything.. Killing is Wrong plain and simple. It also Seems Very Much like HASSIDIm to me.. It is Wayyy To Strict a Religion and I would much Rather Buddism. I Cannot follow such a STRICT GUILT RIDDEN PROBLEMATIC TYPE of RELIGION..What I Have Read here is Really GUILT Ridden and Quite Disgusting. Sacrificing Animals. Plus it's like based in FEAR.. If ya Gotta Fear why Live? It's a Bit EXTREME. Nope I cannot Follow it..

I'm Too Much a HEDONIST to COWER and Change DRASTICALLY. I Enjoy PLEASURE. ANd I FEEL NO GUILT...

zelaira, what does that have to do with the celebrations ?

dawntreader said:

Someone's lost it or high or both!!!

rainbowchild said:

i am worried for her.

Just telling you that I am Not LIKING what These Watchtower Magazines say in regards to Women and Animals and well it Seems Rather Sexist. I have the May 15th issue. How Can PRINCE belong to this Organization that to me is FEAR BASED? It would CONTROL Ya. How can HE ALLOW anyone to CONTROL HIM...??? Anyway, I am going into Buddism. They were talking bout The CELEBRATIONS at PAISLEY not being Anymore and saying they didn't wanna hear him Preach Jehovah. Well, I don;t Like the iNDICATION that ANYONE OF US is DIRTY and DEFILED for LIKING SEX or His OLD songs or Whatever. And anybody Trying to Give Me or any Fan a GUILT TRIP is an ASSHOLE! PLAIN and SIMPLE.. There is No GUILT in ENJOYING LIFE!!! Any Religion Gonna tell me How I gotta dress in order to Worship well ya are a Bunch of SNOBS I DON'T WANNA KNOW! These People are Not BETTER or More HOLY than The JEWISH or The Catholics or the pROTESTANTS OR The Buddists Or Anything. I Find the whole Booklet OFFENSIVE to WOMEN and MEN and ANIMALS... It's RATHER DUSGUSTING>>>

I Don't take Drugs my friend. I received a copy of the WATCHTOWER and I am VERY DISPLEASED with What I am READING in the MAY 15th issue. It's DISGUSTING and OFFENSIVE to WOMEN like they are MISOGYNISTS! NOBODY in SHOWBUISNESS would EVER JOIN this RELIGION talking bout Women who Had Children being UNCLEAN.. LET all the HOLLYWOOD MOMS FLAG them. What do they HATE WOMEN? I guess they are saying we Gotta be Cleansed from Sin or something but I don't like all the way they say it.
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Zelaira said:

seem to hear that a lot lately

CalhounSq said:

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Zelaira said:

sweetie, don't you listen to that nonsense. the watchtower is man-made propaganda, pure and simple.

CalhounSq said:

Hey CalhounSq, don't be sad, anything can happen when it comes to Prince. And imo, any time spent with Prince is a Celebration!! If U plan to see him on tour, be ready for an afterparty. Prince is the original partyman and he may not be totally ready to renounce those impromptu jams. He likes to be close to his fans so never rule out that late nite intimacy.

Sure he's getting lots of exposure now, but in the future he may choose to tone it down and do what he's proven to love in the past. It never felt like Prince wanted the fame for it's own sake. Rather, like a higher purpose, he can use fame as a conduit for many to come together and realize true love4oneanother. Some are just starting to comprehend the message in his music, never knowing what we've seen all along.

It's been a long time true, but don't rule out the unexpected. Just stay ready and maybe you'll have your Celebration, even if it is a 'mini' one!!

Zelaira said:

Are you on crack or something?

JC said:

Those were my starving artist years - I was broke as fuck, couldn't even consider it. & when shit started flowing better he killed it COLD SHIT, huh?

Before you go to Buddism, read the King James Version of the Bible and pray about it. Any "religion" based on works is against what the New Testament says anyway(including Buddism).

Zelaira said:

please see my reply to this thread, and calm down before you say anything more about what you obviously don't understand. http://www.prince.org/msg/7/95694

that article was explaining the book of Leviticus. that what the Israelites did in the past. it was merely explaining it so we can better understand when we read the book, and not get crazy ideas like we are supposed to sacrifice birds. (mumbles to herself . . . i tell ya, people read half a sentence and get all excited about stuff they know nothing about . . .)

jstarr2000 said:

Isn't the King James Version of the Bible a "work" as well?

CalhounSq said:

I totally feel you on this...I don't like to share Maybe once enough people hear Musicology, Prince will descend into relative obscurity again. A girl can dream

HotThang said:

i wasn't going to say this for fear of sounding like a stalker. i'm not going to say i don't like to share Prince, but this commercialism definitely has its drawbacks. to me, being such a huge Prince fan set me apart from the norm and what everyone else was digging. i felt like i had all these rare gems of music that nobody else even knew was being made let alone buying it! now i kinda feel like everyone is just jumping on the bandwagon and haven't really shown any real loyalty to him in the past there just listening now because of all the media hype. eventually, all the hype will die down and Prince will do something the mainstream can't handle and he'll be back to giving the music to the diehards and only the diehards! I hope so.

i sure wish Prince would go back to being a naughty boy, just for 1 day. wouldn't that be a wild awesome day?

CalhounSq said:

I too have never been. Not sure if I would (is it just the super hard core?). But there are sacrafices we will have to endure if we want him to be popular again. I don't feel he has done anything special for the fans that have been there for him in the past few years...at least not lately. I also feel that the new disc panders to the masses..whereas the real gems lie in downloads only.

Zelaira said:

What is Misogynists about the Watchtower? I am not a JW but I have studied them from time to time. To my knowledge there is nothing misogynistic about what they teach. It seems like to me you have a problem with the discipline that the JW's or Christianity as a whole tries to enlighten people to. To each their own but to try and say it is misogynist is just ignorant to the scripture. I can appreciate that you don't want to study the scriptures farther than you have and I give you credit for even reading the Watchtower. But JW nor other forms of Christianity are misogynistic.
Also what you call being too strict others in faith call the ultimate in freedom from a lifestyle and lifetime of sin. This is a glorious thing to some and on the outside it looks like a drab way to live. Prince having been on both sides of the fence clearly seems to enjoy living where he is now. This is where he is now not like how he was back in the day.
No one on this site can ever call you a hater! You have defended Prince time and time again. I have also seen your views on sexuality and other topics and wondered when you might get to this crossroads. Are you still going to be able to love Prince in this new way of life he is leading? For me it is a change but I actually kind of like it. Just a question please answer back!!
Peace

Zelaira said:

Zelaria, dahling...did you not just start a different thread regarding this? Your response here has NOTHING to do with this subject. You are repeating yourself through various threads and changing the topic to suit your ramblings. Please stop. I like you, but please stop.

superspaceboy said:

Yea, this shit got WILDLY off topic

CalhounSq said:

So let's get it back on topic. I think there is a chance that there will be celebrations, or something similar, again. I think a very good chance. Prince keeps billing the Musicology Tour as the last time he will play his hits. This seems to indicate that it is his final big tour (yeah, right, but that is his party line). So, unless he plans to retire, which I think is not possible given his love of music and performing, he will likely do small shows for his dedicated fans from now on.
(Or there is the alternative argument that Prince is giving it all up for Jehovah and plans on moving to Toronto to go door to door in his JW duties, and this tour is just a last shot to make as much money as possible before he calls it a day. That would suck.)


Of course all of this is wild speculation on my part. But, you never know.
S

You don't need a Celebration; you can just read this thread!





I'd rather fuck a snow leopard!

Redayh said:

What about his newfound love for Canada? Rumors of him leaving cobwebs @ Paisley?? I know I can't listen to rumors but I feel like such a FOOL for missing out on what must have been the ultimate Prince experience!!

Don't fret Calhoun. I enjoyed the Xenophobia Celebration enough for the both of us.

Maybe after the tour, he'll put something together at the Park.