Prince is dead

[DONNIEP]

I liked Prince. I wish I could find that Mtv performance he did back in the day when he played I Would Die For You/Baby I'm A Star where he was up on top of the piano and stuff. Pretty awesome performance.

[Kristy]

And you're a cunt, a big cunt, and a super cunt. In any order you choose...

This is why social work is a loser's profession.

Sooner or later, they all lose it.

[Kristy]

And this didn't take too long

[Satan]

So Alex Jones thinks the BCE killed Merle AND Prince??

[Seshmeister]

It's a great business model talking complete shit all day in order to sell pills promising to make your audience cleverer.

The people stupid enough to watch are exactly the same kind of people who will buy snake oil.

[Seshmeister]

So Alex Jones thinks the BCE killed Merle AND Prince??

Using water vapour 30 000 feet away.

Prince believed in the Jehovahs Witness cult which is a ludicrous religion. In comparison to that the chemtrails conspiracy nonsense is an easy pill to swallow.

[cadaverdog]

First time I saw and heard Prince was the same night videos for Zep's Song Remains the Same debutted on one of those late night rock video shows that pre dated MTV. He looked like he was channeling Hendrix with his look but played funky guitar while singing falsetto. Not a great first impression IMO. He made a shitload of money but not off me. Still sorry to hear he died. RIP Purple Rain man.

[jacksmar]

It’s a real shame about Prince. He was supposed to receive a lifetime achievement award but I suppose they could give it to;


The artist formerly known as prince…..

[chefcraig]

Please, bitch.

Gene Simmons writes shit songs that center on two subjects:

1. His dick

2. His ego

Sometimes he combined the two but what's the difference?

Fixed that for ya, Kris.

[vandeleur]

Kev smith has a very interesting story about him storing up video's of unreleased songs by famous directors.
So we have years of litigation a head of us unless he sorted that out.

[vandeleur]

And I never got how he was ridiculed for the slave thing.
I get he was rich blah blah blah but an artist wanting to release stuff when he wanted and supposedly it was a case of I don't want to do the album tour cycle I want to release all this stuff " bag of albums put on the desk"
I kind of like that idea it's like he was an artist or he was creative in some way..... Just saying.

I think his flakeyness helped the industry a bit .... God forbid other people wanted to follow his idea that record companies execs weren't the creative force.

[Seshmeister]

Kev smith has a very interesting story about him storing up video's of unreleased songs by famous directors.
So we have years of litigation a head of us unless he sorted that out.

Yeah the Kevin Smith thing really gives a view behind the curtain of how eccentric Prince was.

[Satan]

Almost zero actual Prince songs on YouTube, so had to go with the cover version......

[DONNIEP]

And I never got how he was ridiculed for the slave thing.
I get he was rich blah blah blah but an artist wanting to release stuff when he wanted and supposedly it was a case of I don't want to do the album tour cycle I want to release all this stuff " bag of albums put on the desk"
I kind of like that idea it's like he was an artist or he was creative in some way..... Just saying.

The "slave thing" - god I get so sick of that crap. Slave this, slave that. Just like NBA players are "slaves". Ok, I give up - sign me up for some of that slavery right now. I'll go home and cry on a stack of money, whores, and coke lol.

Ok, in all seriousness. I dug Prince making a stand and telling other up and coming artists to not sign with the record companies. He was right about how most artists get butt fucked by the record companies. Just look at VH's original deal. Hell, it took Slappy of all people to get those guys making some real damn money. Look at all the old groups and the deals they had - they weren't making jack shit. And these were bands and guys writing their own songs and playing the instruments. So yeah, a lot of them got fuckee fuckeed.

Now I do understand that the record business has to spread the risk around so yeah you're kinda gonna get fucked no matter what. They shell out all the money and do all the promotion and basically everything and the talent just shows up. So I get that the band's can't all have sweetheart deals from day one. But they should be making more than a lot of them do and have more control over their material and schedules.

Then again, if you don't like it there's always The Walmart...

[vandeleur]

I think donnie it's different if you actually have a slave