Prince: "The Internet's completely over,"

Post by astrodust » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 2:32 PM UTC

chunkyslink wrote: post #9

jeb wrote: post #6

Perhaps it makes sense. Artists will soon make their money via concerts. Prince has a series of concerts coming up. He has a huge old-school fan base, so does not need to get his songs out there (people already know him). His new songs then are more 'rare' among his core demographic (not teens) -> driving more people to his concerts, where he makes the money. Remember that prince, back in 2001 ALREADY jumped on the i…

There is some truth in this however a few things bother me 1. Of all the newspapers he is associating his brand with a cheap tabloid. Under no circumstances would I ever give money to a newspaper like this so he has lost my me already. As there are no other ways of getting this legally - I am only left with the pirating option 2. 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead was profitable for the group (and they have somethings in com…

Post by lurkinggrue » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 6:57 PM UTC

tfh wrote: post #14

The Internet: "Prince is completely over,"

Post by openfly » Thu, Jul 08, 2010, 1:56 PM UTC

blueben wrote: post #24

openfly wrote: post #20

Honestly, prince is pretty much cooler than anyone on the internets. I think we would do well to heed his advice.

What advice? To shutter the 30+ year old global information network upon which entire economies now depend and that at least a third of our species participates in because Prince doesn't like it anymore?