This song is primarily about the record industry and it's a great song extremely well executed. The song puts me in mind of Prince's struggle with Warner Brothers back in 95 circa. Adversity makes great rock n' roll, intense guitar solos and cutting lyrics yet Prince didn't seem to use the most obvious skills to protest - his music. Prince wrote slave on his cheek and changed his name to a symbol when he could have been putting great music. I just feel that it was a missed opportunity.

(Why oh why do we have that video on this forum?)

In fact, I think when Prince was doing stupidities such as changing his name to a squiggle or writing 'Slave' on his face he was indeed putting out great music. Not the same now.

When i posted a post about my wish to have Akiko Yano working with Prince, it was moved to the "music : non Prince" forum.

Therefore in order to be fair, so should this post.

If not i might consider sending a cease & desist to the Org

Totally wrong forum. Has zip to do with Prince.

Do your homework - Prince's fight with WB was way before and after 1995.

NewSystem said:

This song is primarily about the record industry and it's a great song extremely well executed. The song puts me in mind of Prince's struggle with Warner Brothers back in 95 circa. Adversity makes great rock n' roll, intense guitar solos and cutting lyrics yet Prince didn't seem to use the most obvious skills to protest - his music. Prince wrote slave on his cheek and changed his name to a symbol when he could have been putting great music. I just feel that it was a missed opportunity.

As the the other poster already stated, Prince was creating high quakity inspired work during the intitial rebellion against WB but your Pink Floyd connection reminds me of their other music business diatribe, Have A Cigar, which is what I always presumed was in the mind of the execs when he presented them with ATWIAD (Or any other artists trying to follow up a massive success And yes, I'm aware of the famed listening party you anal retentive Prince fucks lol).

Come in here, Dear boy, have a cigar.
You're gonna go far,
You're gonna fly high,
You're never gonna die,
You're gonna make it, if you try;
They're gonna love you.
Well I've always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincere.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

We're just knocked out.
We heard about the sell-out.
You gotta get an album out.
You owe it to the people.
We're so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is just green,
Have you seen the chart?
It's a hell of a start,
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

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[Edited 6/6/10 10:20am]

Judging by your comments positions of topics in forums seems to be of the utmost importance yet paradoxically the comments made barely attempt to put worthwhile comments into the substance of the topic. (with perhaps one exception)

The subject is Prince and his music and how he could have did something brilliant in his then circumstances. Welcome to the Machine is a perfect example that I appropriately supplied.

Look out for Susannah Melvion singing in the video.

NewSystem said:

Judging by your comments positions of topics in forums seems to be of the utmost importance yet paradoxically the comments made barely attempt to put worthwhile comments into the substance of the topic.

Pay that blowhard no mind.

xlr8r said:

Prince was creating high quakity inspired work during the intitial rebellion against WB

What the duck!?!

langebleu said:

xlr8r said:

Prince was creating high quakity inspired work during the intitial rebellion against WB

What the duck!?!

what a typo

I'm a david gilmour fan myself.....Walters can go suck a cock!!

Anyways, I would love to let prince do something Floyd'y....Or even a Floyd cover album

ernestsewell said:

Do your homework - Prince's fight with WB was way before and after 1995.

Maybe so but the but it was manifested more so then with slave writing symbol naming.