>>>>>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.