part of me wishes prince stopped after sign of the times,
but he still had fans that wanted to hear his stuff.

he still does.

if prince wants to make music,
and he has folks that want to hear it... i mean...
that's pretty much win/ win.




and i don't know if folks are ruining their legacy
as much as music heads think.

prince released a bunch of crap,
but for the average person... he's still the guy that sings "purple rain."

he can headline the Super Bowl.
he can tour until he dies.
he's like a legacy rock act at this point.

same goes for stevie wonder.
same went for MJ, actually.

he fell off, and to say he had PR problems is an understatement...
but regular people still jam to his hits when a DJ plays them, and the sales of
the "this is it" tour showed that he could have toured whenever he felt like.


i dunno.
i see what you mean i terms of "ruining their legacy,"
but i think that we as fans overestimate how much this happens.

if you've built a legacy, you can't really undo it.
once you reach a certain point, you're in the pop cannon forever.


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>>there's a part of you that wishes they would have stopped
>>after ____ so that
>>their legacy can be flawless.
>>there's something to be said for quiting while you are
>ahead.
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>>but it's weird for your solution to that problem to be to
>ask,
>>even facetiously, for them
>>to quit creating music.
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>if they arent pleasing anyone, yes this is the solution
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