She won't be having rendezvous with anyone but me.
Phunkdaddy has spoken.

She won't be having rendezvous with anyone but me.
Phunkdaddy has spoken.

Here it is:



http://prince.org/msg/8/2...ince-Forum

He doesn't too highly of some of us.

So, in other words you're a liar?

I can't help but feel Van Hunt has shot himself in the foot in terms of his career. It is complete nonsense to say that Prince never cared about being a good songwriter. The difference between Prince and Van Hunt is that Prince realised early on that to have a long-term career in music and gain a decent sized fanbase you need to have a hit song to your name. I fear it may already be too late for Van (which is a shame because I feel he is really talented) but if another label DOES pick him up, he needs to get over himself and write a hit. Otherwise he won't have a career to speak of.

These may be harsh words, but they are true. Van Hunt is probably the most talented cat to emerge since the beginning of the 00's... but if he continues to take himself too seriously he'll suffer the consequences.
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I can't help but feel Van Hunt has shot himself in the foot in terms of his career. It is complete nonsense to say that Prince never cared about being a good songwriter. The difference between Prince and Van Hunt is that Prince realised early on that to have a long-term career in music and gain a decent sized fanbase you need to have a hit song to your name. I fear it may already be too late for Van (which is a shame because I feel he is really talented) but if another label DOES pick him up, he needs to get over himself and write a hit. Otherwise he won't have a career to speak of.

These may be harsh words, but they are true. Van Hunt is probably the most talented cat to emerge since the beginning of the 00's... but if he continues to take himself too seriously he'll suffer the consequences.
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How so?

In the way that you LIED about him calling HIS fans a "bunch of losers".

LOL. Well to be fair, he DID say we could kiss his ass while we were figuring out if we WANTED to be fans.

Feel better now?

Last night I was on the
computer with my son. He likes to look up biographical information on the 43 presidents. (And to think, at 5 years old, all I wanted to do was the 'robot'). After he'd his fill he asked if I would google "Van Hunt's Son." I pondered his reasoning and the potential for damage that I was ignoring. I was reluctant when I said, ". . .o. . .k..."
I pressed enter. and right there, at the top of the page was a heading, "Van Hunt is Prince's Son." This time it was Prince.org. "Oh, Jesus" I whispered. I had to have it.

Double Click.

I read the first line, "there aint sh*t about Van Hunt that's genius." Or something to that effect. My son reads almost as fast as i do. But, I caught him before he got to the curse words. I said "go play." He started to challenge the order. I put on my transformer face. He found a toy.
I read on.
Of course, everyone on the thread was a Prince fan. But, to my surprise, this time I emerged from the comments without any long-term scarring. Some people didn't know enough about me to form an opinion. Some people knew enough to be enthusiastically supportive and encouraging of my work. Some were, obviously, musically inclined on top of being Prince fans. Some didn't give a damn.
The debate seemed to be fueled by the bodyguarding of Prince's legacy and about the question of whether or not I was a good musician. They mentioned other musicians who would supposedly wipe the floor with me (even 10 year old musicians).

What they don't realize is that I've played guitar with, for and beside most of their heroes. And, I doubt that any of those musicians would say that I couldn't hold my own. What they don't know is that guitar isn't even my first instrument. Piano is. What they don't know is I never set out to make improvisational solo records. I fast forward through Prince's guitar solos. As a matter of fact I would be more likely to listen to Thelonious Monk play one of his tinkly excursions than I would Art Tatum. Charlie Parker could MAKE you hear modal scales in fourths-using major minor 11ths and do it before you notice that Mccoy Tyner or Oscar Peterson didn't even have his hands on the keys. but, i put my money on Johnny Hodges. slow notes by the most beautiful horn tone in the business. Ask me who's the better singer, Sam Cooke or Muddy Waters, and I'll say, obviously, Sam Cooke. But, ask me who I prefer to listen to and, well... Muddy is my man! And, if u listened to Sly's 'there's a riot goin on' you would not walk away from that record claiming that George Benson or Herbie Hancock need be worried about claims on their Godliness. But, it's MY favorite record.

What they don't know is that 'their man', while he is an incredible talent and entertainer, he willed his biggest hits into being. Because he HAD to be a star. He no longer writes great songs because being a great songwriter was never his goal. Being relevant was/is. What they don't know is that Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington...THOSE are great songwriters. They wrote hundreds of them- consistently. Nary a dud in their entire career. What they don't know is that Michelangelo was an artist. Marlon Brando was an artiste (emphasis on the 'iste'). Each more naturally skillful than any of the people I've mentioned. Ayn Rand, Tennessee Williams... craftsmen. Read 'Fountainhead' or watch 'Night of The Iguana'. the work is more fine tuned and sharp and sophisticated than any of the people I've mentioned. They don't know that these are the benchmarks for me. Not their obsolete little argument over who has the best album of the last 20 years that was played on the now invisible and inaudible "black radio."

What they can't comprehend is the lengths I have gone to create what is my highest ideal...for their world to sneer at...and that it is quietly reaching critical immunity because of the dues that i have paid.

So, kiss my a** while you decide if i'm worth your respect. it shouldn't matter to me; and, i am glad to say that it doesn't anymore. and, i will tell my child the same thing the next time he asks me to google Van Hunt's son: it's none of your business what people say about you

details on my future coming tuesday.
V H .

I can't help but feel Van Hunt has shot himself in the foot in terms of his career. It is complete nonsense to say that Prince never cared about being a good songwriter. The difference between Prince and Van Hunt is that Prince realised early on that to have a long-term career in music and gain a decent sized fanbase you need to have a hit song to your name. I fear it may already be too late for Van (which is a shame because I feel he is really talented) but if another label DOES pick him up, he needs to get over himself and write a hit. Otherwise he won't have a career to speak of.

These may be harsh words, but they are true. Van Hunt is probably the most talented cat to emerge since the beginning of the 00's... but if he continues to take himself too seriously he'll suffer the consequences.
[Edited 4/14/09 0:46am]