According to reports, Prince will do a Michael Jackson tribute performance at World Music Awards, with Janet accepting an award for MJ. Here's a link


http://www.examiner.com/x...ard-for-MJ
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I will take the article with a grain of salt, Tabloid trash.

the source is the examiner
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Already discussed in Prince and no he wont.

That would be tacky.

Anyone who believes that needs their head examined.

Already discussed here :

http://prince.org/msg/7/315772

i think that thread was "locked" - which leads to my other discussion ... why lock threads all the time ... just because they are discussed elsewhere? a thread about WMAs - which i agree is kinda mindless etc ... but just cus it turns onto a MJ vs Prince discussion ? why lock it ? that particular thread was 4 "pages " long - and people were passionate about whether or not Prince should or NOT do it ...

i think Prince's past appearance on the WMAs were ugh . He lip synced . ugh . would hate to see him do that again ...

Oh hell na! This is BS!

ColAngus said:

Because it isn't happening, it was just a rumor. Read the locked thread.

it was published . as a rumor . why not be able to discuss it . i think Dr Funkenberry or whatever his name is - publishes alot of interesting stuff and ... just because the discussion veered off course ... the fact that now - a few days later there is another "rumor" lets be clear - at this point it is still just a rumor right ??? (prince never changes his mind )

I do not believe this story at all, but if Prince were to do a tribute to MJ on some award show in the future, I hope he does not attempt to sing any of Michael's songs. The most he should do is play guitar or piano and lead his band in performing powerful instrumental renditions of MJ's hits (like Santana has done). Or, it should be similar to his tribute to Chaka Khan with other singers, and with Prince not doing any lead vocals.

Some people around here may think Prince can sing anything from Michael's catalog. Well, I certainly do not, especially not MJ's popular hits.

aint happenin'

WaterInYourBath said:

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Some of Mike's songs suck musically and lyrically. Mike had a great voice but I wish you Mike Jackson fans would live in the land of reality as far as the quality of his songwriting

laurarichardson said:

YESS! YESS! YESS!! You're so right!!!!!

If he didn't do it for James Brown he isn't doing it for Jackson.

I see no relation between MJ and Prince whatsoever.

LIYAH!!

laurarichardson said:

Alright, and I can name them: "Just Good Friends," "Keep The Faith," and "2000 Watts." But what's your point? I did not post anything about song writing or lyrics. I'm talking about singing ability. Prince would sound awkward trying to sing even Michael's best compositions. Imagine him singing lead for "Beat It," or "Workin' Day And Night" for example, which are "musically and lyrically" superb. It still would not sound right, even with his falsetto.

The funny part is, Prince can't prove me wrong since he's not going to do this performance anyway. And there's no need to turn this around and say that Michael couldn't have performed the vocals for Prince's hit songs either, because I am aware of that.

laurarichardson said:

lol I think it's fair to say that Prince has released much more shitty music than MJ

dont shoot me

LightOfArt said:

midiscover said:

I dont agree....

you just dont know his lyrics like his fans do.

LightOfArt said:

Yeah,Prince has his share of whack songs too.Every artist does.But let's not turn this into another Prince vs.MJ thread,lol.

LightOfArt said:

You don't deserve to be shot , what you said is the truth, some of prince fans must be living under rocks, Prince doesn't have a perfect body of work, he was responsible of throwing mediocre shitty albums every year, more prolific = more quantity = more mediocrity, however, Mj was a man of quality, yeah, he may have some bad songs but if you look at his catalogue as a whole ,its nearly perfect, Prince is just the contrary

I’m not questioning prince’s songwriting abilities,thats another subject, Prince is a genius songwriter but for some fans to dismiss Michael’s songwriting abilities is ridiculous.

Both are great.

seeingvoices12 said:

That's right.

LightOfArt said:

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Yes, I am going to have to shoot you.

Prince is a better songwriter and while he has had is dud songs the wide diversity of musical styles he crosses is always going to leave which ones are duds up to the personel taste of the listener.

Some people only like one style of music and P never sticks with one style.
This in itself makes him a better artist than Mike as he stuck his neck out and took a lot of risk.

I think Mike started to screw up his music when started trying to write all of the lyrics. Songs like "Childhood" just suck ass and in some cases the songs are not in touch with reality.

I will take anything off of Sign Of The Times over any of Mike's lyrics.

just because people talk about masturbation and incest in their songs, doesn't automatically make them the greatest songwriters on earth, people should understand that.

every person interprets the lyrics differently.

in my opinion, Prince has made a lot of shit, and I mean A LOT of shit over the years.

Some of the shit wouldn't even be classed as reject material, yet he still put them on his "albums".

It might be artistic, but for a lot of fans, its shittistic!

i know Prince has always been about artistic license and his right to do what he wants.
but sometimes he needs to stop and take a listen before putting his shit stuff out so quickly. It really takes away from the good stuff on the albums. If he filtered more of the crappy songs out, it wouldn't be such an issue, but he obviously doesn't give a fuck,lol!

filtering out the shit from the good stuff is a messy thing!

fucks sake!
takes me ages to find the decent songs from the 90s material!
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POOK said:

Bad pook actually get a bannana for that wise-assed-ness. Cheeky monkey

dirtyman2005 said:

i agree totally one of the big differences between prince and mj is the amount of filler on a prince album he has ten times more filler tracks then michael,michael with quincy jones 3 albums had none,and any mj imitator on youtube would do a better job singing a mj song then prince.prince is a genius yes but he still isnt in m.j.s league.when michael was on the ed sullivan show in 1969-1970 prince was reading his moms smut magazines,while prince was singing about having sex with his sister,michael was rocking the world with the off the wall album,an album after 35 years of releasing albums prince hasnt come close to.in fact michael jackson in 1979 had more talent then a 2009 prince....michael was the greatest artist that ever lived,and he took that title to the grave,everyone else now until the end of time will be battling for number 2 3 4....berry gordy said it best.when he said these words.which need to be carved on michaels gravestone. MICHAEL JACKSON DOESNT COME ALONG ONCE IN A LIFETIME,HE COMES ALONG ONCE.....AMEN.

riverdean7 said:

and Prince has released 30+ albums in the past 30 years whereas Michael has released 6.

taste have ever is subjective

dirtyman2005 said:

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Speak for yourself their is nothing in MJ catalogue that beats these 4 CDS.
Sign of the Times, Purple Rain, Dirty Mind, and 1999. These cd continuely show up on critics list and you can still hear their influence in today's music.

I find the Rainbow Children to more musically interesting than anything Mike could do. MJ sold a lot of CDs because he did straight pop music with no variation which is what you have to do to sell that volume of music.

MJ simpley never had the musical albility that had Prince and in the long run P will never sell as many cd's as Mike but his strategy has kept him productive,
financially sound, and viable in today's marketplace.

The last 8 years of MJ life was a fucking disater. The last 8 years have been incredible comeback for Prince. Sadly, I think we know who won the competition.

In addtion, wasn't "BAD" one of the worst CDs of the 80's. Good god you could have only enjoyed this CD if you were under the age of 10.
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