speak for yourself on being "never pleased." other folks on here can vouch
that i have done my fair share of defending and praising Prince even in the
face of mounting criticism.
I was VERY pleased when he tore up SNL with "Fury," or "Musicology" on Leno,
or "The Everlasting Now" on Leno. Those three were probably three of his
best television performances.
So please with all due respect do not attempt to belittle criticism by
simply writing it off as some "fans are never happy" mess. I find it
condescending, patronizing, and simply false.
On 6/2/06, Michael Byrdsong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I remember watching American Idol that night and when Prince came on
> I don't really remember listening to or watching his performance.
> What I do remember doing is talking to my friends on the phone about
> how surprised I was to see him performing and saying to myself how
> bad the band or music track sounded.
> We Prince fans are never pleased... with the exception of those that
> won the drawings in the 3121 Purple Ticket contest :-)
> Maybe we need to listen to Track 7 a few more times and maybe the
> song title will rub off on us.
>
> Michael B
>
> On Jun 2, 2006, at 2:24 PM, NuPwrSoul wrote:
>
> > "All the while I kept thinking, "Thank God he didn't stoop that low
> > to spend
> > a week on this dumb show"!!!!!"
> >
> > But here's the thing: he *DID* stoop low enough to perform on
> > their final
> > show. You may want to argue that he did it on "his" terms, but let
> > us all
> > be honest and say that had he NOT performed, no one would have been
> > the
> > wiser, the people watching the show would not have felt deprived,
> > etc. They
> > were watching the show to see who was going to be the next AI, not
> > to see
> > Prince. That he showed up was cool, but his performance was FAR from
> > mindblowing (not like SNL which blew the roof off).
> >
> > I'm not a fan of the manufactured music stars either, but you can't
> > have
> > your cake and eat it too, and that's what Prince attempted to do by
> > performing on the show. He could have gone on there and REALLY
> > showed what
> > artistry is about, but he didn't. His appearance was half hearted
> > at best,
> > and that's sad.
> >
> > On 6/2/06, GVT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm sorry but I have to agree with Robyn's comments below.
> >>
> >> I myself would have been disgusted if he kissed up to the
> >> American Idol
> >> silliness. As far as I'm concerned it's a useless show for people
> >> with no
> >> real musical taste- no offense to anyone on this list who enjoys
> >> it. I'm
> >> glad he took an opportunity to make an appearance for the "masses"
> >> but
> >> that's about it. I wouldn't have even known he was on except a
> >> friend who
> >> watches called me to turn it on. And even then, I barely paid
> >> attention, I
> >> just kept talking to my friend and saying "I can't believe he's on
> >> this
> >> show". She- as an American Idol fan- informed me there was talk
> >> all season
> >> about getting him to host a week and interact with the contestants
> >> but
> >> "scheduling conflicts" didn't allow. All the while I kept
> >> thinking, "Thank
> >> God he didn't stoop that low to spend a week on this dumb
> >> show"!!!!! Again,
> >> sorry to any AI fans on this list, but I just feel that show is
> >> testament to
> >> all that's been lost in the music industry over the last 10
> >> years. just my
> >> opinion:)
> >>
> >>
> >> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:07:42 +0000
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: NPNY: MORE PRINCE DRAMA FROM IDOL A PPEARANCE: Cowell
> >> calls
> >> him sel fish for refusing to talk to anyone. Plus Prince nabs a
> >> Webbie.
> >>
> >> I certainly hope this is just Prince's PR machine keeping this
> >> nonsense
> >> alive. So what? Prince behaved like, well, like Prince? Give me a
> >> break.
> >> Anybody who thought he'd actually talk to Ryan or the contestants was
> >> obviously discounting 25 years worth of attitude, posturing and
> >> egotism that
> >> is, was and may always be him.
> >>
> >> Besides, who the hell is SIMON, Mr. Rude/Egotistical himself, to call
> >> Prince names?
> >>
> >> Robyn
>
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