>>>>I still like his music - some of it but the fact is,
>>Prince
>>>>is living off of his legacy these days.
>>>
>>>so?
>>>
>>>>
>>>>While I certainly look forward to new music from him, I
>>>don't
>>>>think he'll be releasing anything that makes me yearn to
>>>hear
>>>>it.
>>>
>>>ok
>>>
>>>
>>>>His last hit was in 1993... things dried up for the guy
>>very
>>>>soon after the name change.
>>>
>>>2004 Rolling Stone magazine named Prince as the
>>>highest-earning musician in the world, with an annual
>income
>>>of $56.5 million.
>>>
>>>
>>>3121 gave Prince his first No.1 debut on the Billboard 200
>>>with the album
>>>
>>>broke records in London tour
>>>
>>>lflower No.2 on the Billboard 200
>>>
>>>won some grammy awards
>>>
>>>
>>>yeah, that's really dried up
>>
>>
>>Listen man - I'm a major Prince fan as well but these stats
>>that you've pulled out here need to be looked at in more
>>detail.
>>
>>Sure Prince had a number 1 record with 3121 but did the
>record
>>have any songs that really captured the attention of the
>music
>>buying public that he was attempting to capture? How long
>>after selling a 168,000 copies of the record in its first
>week
>>or so did the record fall off the charts?
>
>
>Sounds like the norm for most artist during that time period.
>Fact: It was a #1.
>
>>
>>The Grammy award wins don't say much considering he was
>>shunned by them during his artistic and commercial peak - a
>>run of records that will forever be remembered and idiolized.
>
>>The Grammy's are no longer a legitimate artistic board -
>it's
>>a corporate party for corporate artists and executives.
>
>
>A win is a win.
>
>
>>While I'm happy to see that Prince continues to play arenas,
>I
>>saw him three times on the Welcome 2 Canada tour and all I
>can
>>say is that my wife and I both agreed that he looked like he
>>was bored. It was neat to see him play the venue but the
>>Lovesexy era or Gold era Prince would wipe the floor with
>this
>>guy.
>
>
>Yet you know Prince was bored because he told you that?
>
>
>
>>Now, Prince in a tiny club (2500 people) in Montreal is
>>another story!
>
>Again, far from "dried up."
>
>>
>>But enough with the little stats - us fans going out and
>>buying a record in its first week and getting a number one
>is
>>hardly a success. Had the sales continued over a longer
>>amount of time as a result of having a legitimate song on
>>radio that captured the people's attention, well then you'd
>>have a leg to stand on but right now, this argument is weak.
>
>
>Far from "dried up."
>
>Every other artist can live off a legacy, but the minute
>Prince does it, he is "dried up"
>lost his touch, etc, yet you same dried up posters will be in
>chicago dressing like the lost member of The Time screaming
>like a bitch when you hear the intro chords to Purple Rain, or
>even tour as a prince cover band, yet Prince is dried up.
>
>Prince is doing what he wants to do, the same Prince you old
>folks grew up on. He just doing things you don't like or
>disagree with later in his life, but yet you old fuckers
>complain complain, yet you are still drawn in by anything he
>records.
>
>still buying the albums, still debating everything, still
>showing up @ his shows, still wishing to be a member of his
>band, still checking for his new stuff, and still wanting
>
>yet he is "dried up, or lost his touch"


These are the things fans do - however, I'm getting the impression you don't know what it was like to discover She's Always In My Hair or to hear the screams of La la la He He Hee after finding them on the b-side of an album track.

Prince was far more clever and sonically interesting back during his golden era which in my opinion lasted from 78 - 95. He was the baddest rockstar and songwriter for a very long time.

However, I still look foward to new music from Prince. I also applaud his need to continue searching for new sounds. The guy is still so much bigger than today's artists. He just appears to lack the motivation to do something big.