Quote from the artist formerly known as Prince (now known as Prince); “The Internet’s completely over, I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won’t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can’t get it.”Story at Mashable.com. He's also shut down his official site and effectively withdrawn from the web.
I guess we'll all just have to turn off our computers and start from scratch then. The Internet, a fad? Somehow I doubt it.
Its the same with a lot of these old "stars", they cant fathom what the Internet is, cant stand not having control of what people say about them so they refuse to acknowledge it. Ill be honest, i had totally forgotten the guy existed, when was the last time he released anything that wasnt pants poor?
Kevin Smith is the only person that I have ever heard talk about this guy. I know he's some old musician that is nucking futs that likes to ride around on giraffes or something, but that's about it. Never heard any of his music before.
I hate bands and artists that don't put their stuff on the internet. They only lose out because of it. I have a hypothetical story that proves it... It's an entirely hypothetical scenario... It most definitely isn't true story that happened to me... 100% hypothetical... Honest...
It's 2008. AC/DC release a new album "Black Ice". A completely hypothetical AC/DC fan wants to listen to this new album, so he logs onto itunes to purchase the album. He discovers iTunes do not have the album. Upon investigation, he discovers that AC/DC hate the internet and do not allow their music on iTunes or any similar websites. This hypothetical dude is lazy, so he doesn't want to walk to a store to buy the album. And he wants to listen to it now, so he doesn't want to order it on Amazon and wait several days for it to arrive. So he proceeds to a torrent website, downloads the CD illegally and AC/DC receive no money as a result. He does not feel morally responsible for this as he intended to purchase it, but the band made it hard for him to do so.
True story. I mean hypothetical story... COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL!!!!!
So now how is the next version of "two girls and one cup" going to come out? How are celebrity sex tapes going to be viewed? How else am I going to chat with someone and watch them jerk it at the same time?
lolololo and he won't sell his music on the itunes store cuz it's digital and numbers are bad to fill your mind with apparently
but he's okay with still selling cd's...which store analog data i guess???? sorry prince, those cds are flled with even numbers as well :( even prince cannot escape the grasp of discontinuous data
Zombie internet. More violent, more girls and can only be killed by removing the head. WE MUST PROTECT THE HEAD. "
Jesus God! I've only got a baseball bat, a doughnut, and a half full can of diet Pepsi! It can't be time for the zombie Internet invasion! It just can't!
@MattyFTM: I don't hate prince because he hates the internet- I hate prince because he makes terrible music. You don't actually hate AC/DC now because their mediocre comeback album isn't on iTunes- do you? They may have lost some sales because of people like our hypothecital lazy AC/DC fan here, but other hypothetical AC/DC fans bought the 2008 album thirteen million times... Sure, AC/DC are sellouts to WalMart, but I almost respect them for making their fans go out of their way to get their music. It's almost like a final farewell to the old ways of doing things- they won't be around for too much longer.
@MarkWahlberg: I encourage you (or anyone who liked his story) to check out the An Evening With Kevin Smith series of DVDs (there's 3 of them). He has some awesome stories to tell. The Prince story and the Die Hard 4 story are my personal favorites.
In the UK he has given his last two albums (well the second is soon) away "free" with a right wing Sunday Tabloid and a low rent tits and ass tabloid. Is newspapers the future Prince?
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