Don't worry peeps, Brother Maurice will be around in a minute with a
bucket filled with Squirrel meat...
You can wash it down with a little Purple Kool-Aid... then say Aah
what a relief!
I'll see you guys at the front of the line- 3 hours before the doors
open at the next Prince Concert :-)
Michael B
On May 13, 2006, at 5:37 PM, NuPwrSoul wrote:
> well to get real reductionist about it, I don't really care about any
> of this that deeply to make a dent in my day.
>
> That aside, the whole "who cares how much he sells as long as we like
> the music" is pretty short-sighted to me. His independence as an
> artist is enabled by his success. Now granted, hopefully the brother
> has diversified his financial assets such that if he never sells
> another record, he can still live comfortably and put music out. And
> with the internet he can do it with little or no support.
>
> But it's not just about facilitating his release of music... Prince
> like any artist or craftsman does his best work when engaged by
> others. Were he to lose all commercial appeal, become a recluse, etc.
> he would lose important outlets and inputs, in my opinion, that
> continue to challenge and shape his own sound. While he may not admit
> it, he doesn't create in a vacuum...
>
> So on that tip, I *am* concerned that he not have a string of
> "failures" that would put him in a vacuum... cuz then he may do
> something like move to an oil-rich nation, set up residency at
> someone's palace, and really never put anymore music out :(
>
> <Moderator: Oh My God! Zaheer is becoming me! I have been screaming
> this
> from my soap box for years and now you listen cause he tripled ticket
> Prices?! We could of avoid this years ago! BUT NOW NOBODY LISTENS
> TO ME :-P
> -Derek>
>
>
> On 5/12/06, Michael Byrdsong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hey I work in a K-5 school. the kids know who Prince is and it is not
>> because of any lessons taught my me... I think that MTV was their
>> teacher for that one.
>> Anyway, why do we all get upset because of Prince's business
>> practices? If he sells a million in a week or 20 in a week, what
>> matters is how we (as individuals) react to the songs and music. Who
>> cares about the mass population? Prince never has, why should he
>> start now?
>>
>> PS: OK I exaggerated slightly when I said that "the kids know who
>> Prince is". What I should have said is that I was surprised to see
>> that so many children who know who Prince is.
>>
>> :-)
>> Michael B
>>
>>
>> On May 12, 2006, at 10:43 AM, NuPwrSoul wrote:
>>
>> > Brilliant... to get publicity? But what good has that publicity
>> > done? It's
>> > not like "3121" is flying off the shelves.
>> >
>> > If anything it has only warped his sense of reality and
>> > affordability even
>> > more.
>> >
>> > On 5/12/06, Michael Byrdsong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I think that Prince's courtship with celebrities and other
>> peeps that
>> >> know which fork to use, is brilliant. What better way to get media
>> >> publicity... the paparazzi are always around to catch a pic of
>> the
>> >> latest celeb at a party. How many paparazzi did you see at Paisley
>> >> Park during the celebrations?
>> >>
>> >> PS: Don't mind Derek you guys... he is a cool guy and he loves
>> Prince
>> >> as much as the rest of us does, don't you believe anything
>> else :-)
>> >>
>> >> Michael B
>> >>
>> >> <Moderator: Prince's music maybe. All the other crap nah! -Derek>
>> >>
>> >> On May 9, 2006, at 6:34 PM, NuPwrSoul wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> Well I'll had my 3 dollars and a dime to your 2 cents to get
>> 3.12 :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Like I said, Prince is going for folks who "know which fork to
>> use,
>> >>> but could not dance"... eventually all he'll be left with is a
>> bunch
>> >>> of unfunky people who have no interest in his new creations 'cuz
>> >>> they
>> >>> too busy fiending for yesterday's leftovers.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 5/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>>> I wouldn't take a salary that pushed away my ardent supporters,
>> >>>> especially
>> >>> if their support has enabled me to thrive--not just survive---
>> for
>> >>> 25 years.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It's called cutting off your nose to spite your face. Or more
>> >>>> precisely,
>> >>> short-term thinking. "Let me grab the big bucks NOW and hope the
>> >>> future
>> >>> takes care of itself--- if I have any fans left."
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Just my 2cents.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Rob
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