But check out what he said in this old interview.


http://www.smartalecmusic...20HUNT.htm

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Alamine said:

What specifically are your referring to?

asking him about weny and lisa, while cool, seems so out of context within that part of the interview.

let the hate begin!!!

so he called prince a father to him, that is a bit of a contradiction, picses can be some complicated ppl

You mean young Van Hunt.

sosgemini said:

I always wondered what you looked like...kinda Terrance and Philip

Alamine said:

Still waiting to know what you are wanting people to respond to. You said check out "what he said" in this old interview. What part or what about "what he said" are you trying to point to? Just curious. I only assumed you meant something specific or otherwise I would think you would have just said "Check out this old interview" (which has been discussed on here before, but I digress).

i dont get it.. he didnt want us to associate him with prince when he's accepting the association in this interview and calls himself the son of prince..

Slave2daGroove said:

TrueFunkSoldier2 said:

When did he say he didn't want people to associate him with Prince? He doesn't want people crediting Prince for his work. That's understandable for any artist. A lot of Prince fans take being "inspired" by Prince for more than what it is. As we have seen in the past, admission of Prince's inspiration gets taken to another level on the org. That immediately gets an artist labeled as a copycat or wanna-be. Warner Brothers worked hard along with Prince to try to make his name synonymous with creativity. Anything different used to be labeled as Prince-like. In reality, I think most artists just want to be themselves but borrow concepts, musical approaches, ideas, musings, etc. from other artists to help them more forward. When Prince is involved, a lot of orgers get extra protective of him as if being inspired by Prince is any different than being inspired by any other artist. Its not.

TrueFunkSoldier2 said:

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Maybe he was just pissed about being dropped from his label. He was spitting out some serious anger about being compared to Prince.

laurarichardson said:

nope... he was spitting some anger about over-zealous Prince fans.

bsk3601 said:

Thank you

bsk3601 said:

BINGO! He really did speak more on the "fans" than he did on Prince but some people focus in on disected phrases and build them into more than what they are. Also, anytime someone "humanizes" Prince, they get slammed on.

BlaqueKnight said:

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He was doing both. Going off on the fans which is stupid and spitting some hate at Prince because of the fans.
Some of you build any fandom on this board into more that what it is with your constant need to remind everyone that Prince is "human' as if no one has this knowledge and you have discovered that it is your job to inform.

Get over yourself. No one needs or cares to hear this stuff from Van Hunt or any of the the haters on this board.

I like what he said about Wendy & Lisa.


VAN HUNT :

Wendy is one of my favorite rhythm guitarists.

she understands tone , and placement.

Beautiful person.

and, remember : There was Prince... before Wendy & Lisa.

And, there was Prince..... "after" Wendy & Lisa.

Some would say, they were the reason for each other , actually....

I can't front ...when "The Girls" left ?

So did THAT sound !!

wait a minute this cat used to play with Miles?

laurarichardson said:

Sounds to me like no one = laurarichardson + a few others.

Meloh9 said:

Foley, the interviewer used to play with Miles.

laurarichardson said:

I do! I'll listen to anything Van has to say.

BlaqueKnight said:

ok I was about to reevaluate his age all over again.

BlaqueKnight said:

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Quite a few know P is human. Now that I have stated it you can relax and put the lecture on hold.

AlexdeParis said:

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Really why ???

laurarichardson said:

Laura, seriously - wtf do you even know about Van as an artist to be SO dismissive of him?? I mean really, did he hurt your & Prince's feelings that damn bad??

GOOFY SHIT

laurarichardson said:

Because he's earned my respect as a musician and an artist. His track record (3 great albums in 3 tries) makes me want to hear whatever he has to say.

CalhounSq said:

AlexdeParis said:

Yet another person who's heard 'Popular'....

CalhounSq said:

She flames me for not bowing down and declaring Prince the greatest everything of all time and then she insults Van Hunt like he did something to her personally. That's beyond dismissive. Dismissive would be skipping the thread clearly titled "VAN HUNT" altogether. There are many threads that I skip over because I don't like or am not interested in enough to discuss the artist.