I pretty much had been growing out of Frank Zappa's brand of cynicism about American culture for quite a while when I attended a concert in the Chicago area.

He did this audience participation thing where he kept repeatedly exhorting us to, "show me your thumb, show me your thumb, show me your thumb."

And of course we were all holding up our thumbs, "just like at a big rock concert"(line used often by FZ to describe how kids act at shows).

So we're all pressing towards the stage holding our thumbs up and Frank finishes the song with a cold ending- the music suddenly stops and Frank says, "show me your thumb if you are dumb" turns his back towards us and lights a cigarette.

That was the last straw.

I stopped buying Janet's albums, (since All For You) basically coz they're shit. I refuse to buy crap music- but once upon a time, I was a massive fan of her stuff and even collected her old vinyls. Now, I never would.
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I can't really say that I've made a conscious effort to completely boycott an artist. Well, there is this one artist, but I still kinda have love for her. She went on to my Myspace page and personally dissed me. (She was a cool friend and I always came to see her perform) But for some reason I can't stay too mad at her. Whatever issue she may have with me is her own fucking problem. But at some point in the future I would like to have a nice long chat with her and sort this out.

Otherwise, it would take me a great deal for me to completely ostracize an artist. They would have to do the meanest, cruelest, sickest shit for that to happen. And even though I've seen some go off the deep end (Adam Ant, MJ, etc.) I can always go back to their music and reminisce of a better time when they were sane. Cuz at that point, they have to be out to fucking lunch. And I would only just pray for them by then. Even with Prince. If I find that his music isn't as good today (and this is for any artist), I'll just respect what he's doing now but worship his older material.

I know a lot of orgers have given up on their former purple hero for whatever reason (youtube video boycott, NPGMC shutdown, "Planet Earth" ), but I can pardon him for that because he's human. And humans sometimes don't make the greatest of decisions. But Prince has been too important to just give up on. Maybe he isn't making the amazing stuff he did in the 80's, but so what? He's still an amazing artist who can still rock your world. It'll take a whole lot for me to hate an artist. They would have to personally do something to me that can cause me some harm like beat me up or sexually abuse me or a loved one or maliciously throw eggs at my window. But the ultimate sin would be if they went on record and said some offensive shit about me personally, like "NWF IS A STUPID N**GER WHO SUCKS COCK!!!!"

And by that point I would just find their address and probably do something like bomb their house after having gone insane and distraught from those shocking sentiments. You just don't do things like that. You just don't.

I was nearly quitting Prince when I realised how neurotic he is. I dislike that "no pictures, no videos allowed" thing...

I think about MJ, but unlike many radio stations I guess, even if he would have had to go to jail, I'd still listen to his good songs, I mean,his old stuff is good no matter what he says or does.

Madonna & Janet. Great in the 80's early 90's, shit now.

Boy George. I used to love him in the 80's in Culture Club. But drugs and smoking have completely destroyed his voice. He doesn't sound the same at all.
Plus, I got sick of his endlessly nasty attacks on other artists, not to mention his endless arrests including one for kidnapping a prostitute.
Not to mention that he used to be so beautiful, now he's fat and ugly. And he's not released any new material in a long time.

yea mariah

I used to support Color Me Badd until I realized they were useless.

Morrissey: Liked him in my teens and early twenties, but came to realize that his music glorified depression and that he was entirely full of shit. Was pleasantly surprised by "That's How People Grow Up", but otherwise can't stand the guy.

Springsteen: Haven't stopped supporting him, but Magic was the first release of his that I didn't buy. Too many cryptic lyrics and I hate Brendan O'Brien.

Tom Waits: Was a hardcore fan until he asked the musical question, "Why are we arming the Israeli army?". Gee, Tom - could it have anything to do with the fact that the country's constantly under siege just for existing and that this includes terrorist attacks against civilians? Kiss my ass, dude.

I have stopped supporting various singers (not Prince, but others), only because I lost interest in their music. It had nothing to do with what they did or did not do.

728huey said:

Im the opposite on the Mariah thing, for some reason she has lost Sex Appeal with this record, which is strange because she could have gained it. To me her "sexiness" was on fire during the MIMI promotion and Tour, than she did some crazy diet and lost it all. Musically i feel she just doesnt have that "IT" album in year at all. As for REM and Pearl Jam, well REM just made their best record in about 15 years, though i have always felt they are the strongest album artists of the last 20 years. As for Pearl Jam, i actually dig them more now than their early days, maybe because grunge and that hysteria died

I'VE STOPPED SUPPORTING ABOUT 90% OF ENTERTAINERS YEARS AGO. I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH STANK, DIVA, I HAVE MONEY AND YOU DON'T ATTITUDES. I WORK TO HARD FOR MY MONEY TO BE PUTTING IT IN THERE POCKETS. AND THAT HORNY TOAD LIL PRINCE PUT THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN. DON'T GET ME WRONG I STILL LOVE THOSE "90%ERS" BUT THEY'LL NEVER GET A DIME OUT OF ME.

the dixie chicks: used to love them, can't even listen to their old stuff anymore, let alone buy their new material. prince could learn a thing or two about insulting your fans from these skanks

kev1n said:

Ace said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Co-sign.

I support good music. If someone is still delivering the goods artistically then I support that. I support the art, not so much the person.

i stopped supporting mainstream hip hop music. the last hip hop cd I bought was that of an indie artist only known in the New York city area.

I also stopped buying janet and madonna which i used to buy alot.

right now I buy a lot of indie r&b and jazz cd's here and there and prince ofcourse.
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FuNkeNsteiN said:

New meaning to the "One dimensional" expression

theodore said:

I'll see your and raise it with a

Yeah, R Kelly. You can't make me support a pedophile.

I won't support the r. until he goes back to his old classy music--uhuh.

harlepolis is funny as hell

they say r was thanking god repetedly.Now WHY IS HE PUTTING GOD IN THIS?

I need to add Usher into this. I was a fan until Confessions came out. He seemed so cool in the 90's and early 2000's but once Confessions dropped and he got arrogant and was publicy dissing Chili from one of my favorite groups, TLC, I could not support him and I still haven't. He's fake and his music has gotten worse.

I love Mariah but I fell off the wagon with her with Rainbow but then came back with Mimi. E-MC2 was boring and if the next release is more of the same then I'll be done with her again.

spacedolphin said:

I don't know if that was meant to be a joke or not, but it was funny. CMB was a BIG group in the early 90s. They just kind of fell off...especially when they went to Sony Music.

yes. his name is prince.

RipHer2Shreds said:

"we don't need your money, we never needed you to buy our albums and tickets... if you like our music you probably live in a trailer cause you're too stupid to buy a real house. Don't you know we were just using that fiddle and bluegrass-sound for some instant fame and cash, we're cross-over rock-stars now and you can go to hell ... now please buy our album"

really? i think not!

couldn't care less what they said about bush, it's what they said about their fans and their music that did it!

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kev1n said:

What the hell is that?

chewwsey said:

Thanx,,,I guess

fine, as a matter of fact i just bought reba's #1's, no money for you skanks! smaller following you want, smaller following you got!



what a coïncidence, when i looked at the stage, i didn't see artists... I saw sellouts!

they used their freedom of speech, i choose to use Mine by not listening to their crap anymore!
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kev1n said:

They're specifically taking about the assholes that threatened them and stopped supporting them after the bush comment. If you were that kind of fan, fuck off. I completely agree with the chicks