prince

[bezs brain cell]

Is it just me or is any body else not bothered if prince plays and brings purple bloody rain.my missus will be made up if he plays but it means i will have to just go and miss some madness somewhere else on site.selfish me eh.

[eFestivals]

Is it just me or is any body else not bothered if prince plays

Not bothered in the slightest. I might check him out dependent what else is on, but it's definitely not a 'must see'.

Perhaps part of that is driven by the fact that it was mainly people with little musical taste that liked Prince in the 80s which causes me to want to swerve him.

(think that's wrong TonyB? Then just look at the other artists who were big in 1985 like Prince, and feel free to point out those who are worthy of mention ... not a lot, not a lot at all!! There's a reason why! Music in the 80s was shite and that included Prince ... it's only popular now cos music now is even worse).

Edited February 5, 2014 by eFestivals

[bezs brain cell]

No reason just plain LAZY !!!!!

[eFestivals]

Any reason you started a new thread for this and didn't just post it in one of the existing Prince threads?

Perhaps because he felt the need to express his dislike of Prince without those stupidly loved up on the basis of what they've been told to like by musically inept middle aged men shouting him down?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Music in the 80s was shite and that included Prince ..

[eFestivals]

Aren't you forgetting that Dolly Parton gave us 9 - 5 in the early 80's? Have you lost your mind?

As I said, music in the 80s was shit.

[eFestivals]

This thread is for those who aren't loved up on Prince on the basis of what they've been told not to like by reggae loving middle aged forum moderators.

not enough schooling?

You need to learn the difference between telling people what to like and saying what you like.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

As I said, music in the 80s was shit.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Perhaps because he felt the need to express his dislike of Prince without those stupidly loved up on the basis of what they've been told to like by musically inept middle aged men shouting him down?

[eFestivals]

Actually, I've just had a look at a list of the top ten hits throughout the 80's and you are absolutely right. It really was chronic.

have you checked out the list of 1985 ('the Prince year') that i linked to from the Prince news story?

It really is chronic.

[eFestivals]

To assume everybody who listens to certain act only does so because the press tells them too is very cynical indeed.

nowhere have I said "everybody".

If you want to take a shot, can i suggest you firstly load the gun?

[eFestivals]

PS: care to tell me how you heard of Prince?

You lie.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

PS: care to tell me how you heard of Prince?

Edited February 5, 2014 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[The Nal]

I'm not particularly bothered no. Ill go see him if there isn't anything on elsewhere. A few of his tunes will go down an absolute storm though. Seems he puts on a great show.

[Spindles]

From the bbc:

I asked him about Glastonbury and he has heard of it. "Do you want me to play there tomorrow?" he joked before insisting he was "concentrating on these shows in London, I don't know what's happening after". To which I asked "That's not a no though?", to which he said, "No!"

[FloorFiller]

From the bbc:

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

i know i shouldn't cling on to things like this, but i couldn't help but feel a bit of glee after reading that quote. if he wasn't playing then surely he would've just put the rumours to rest now to avoid any further questions on the matter. very ambiguous

[Vanderlyle]

To be fair I think people are sold on Prince for his reportedly great live shows, and for the hype he's built up over the years about him.

As for his music... generally shit (Neil completely right that virtually nobody with any taste was into him in his 80s pomp) but with enough really stand-out pop classics over his 30+ year recording career that there's easily enough quality material to keep people going. Plus he throws in some excellent covers.

Basically I'd still definitely go and see him.

[Trebor]

Being ambiguous (or a total c**t depending on who you ask) has always been Prince's thing though. I wouldn't read too much into it either way.

[eFestivals]

To be fair I think people are sold on Prince ....

No.

Those people have been "sold Prince", not "sold on Prince".

They have to be told he's fantastic to start to go anywhere further.

Edited February 5, 2014 by eFestivals

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Course you can read something into that!

[FloorFiller]

Being ambiguous (or a total c**t depending on who you ask) has always been Prince's thing though. I wouldn't read too much into it either way.

[Trebor]

But he's expressed a dislike in the past about the festival due to his idiotic belief they were using his name to sell tickets. Can't see him being evasive about this one.

[Wooderson]

I'll be there with bells on. Think it'll be a classic. Punters on here thought Stevie was gonna be shite aswell.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

No.

Those people have been "sold Prince", not "sold on Prince".

They have to be told he's fantastic to start to go anywhere further.