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Prince Says Internet Is Over
the_arrow writes "According to the artist currently known as Prince, 'The internet's completely over.' At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror. Quoting Prince: 'The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.'"
...and suddenly he became outdated.
Now get off Prince's lawn, ya young whippersnappers with yer noisy electronic doo-hickeys!!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Not that anyone ever should have taken prince seriously, but if anyone still can they need to go watch an evening with Kevin Smith lol.
can't be good
I was wondering what he felt. I wonder if he has any ideas on how to stop the Gulf Oil Disaster?
the days of rockstars selling $20 cd's and people paying attention to monotonous radio stations that only play a short playlist of over-publicized artists is over. he'll never make the millions he used to, and to be successful (wealth-accumulating) in the post internet world one needs to get off their ass and tour, actually PERFORMING music like the minstrels of yore.
Remember kids, if you're not paying for the service, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT THAT IS BEING SOLD.
and has been for a while !
Are you sure this was in the Mirror? I don't see what it has to do with the royal family...
Chalk it to me being young, but I thought he was long gone. Guess he's only 52, but still - my generation and the one coming after me don't care what you think! :)
Those two should have a love child to carry their Luddite faith into the new age.
Is to be renamed Prince.
And the artist formerly known as Prince will be renamed ColecoVision.
I am utterly speechless. It's not like our nation's infrastructure runs on the Internet or anything. Let's give Prince the benefit of the doubt and think about what he said. People are addicted to the connectivity. The Internet and all the "gadgets" will not go away anytime soon.
Where has reason in the world gone? Have we abandoned it in favor of power and politics?
The internet says Prince is over.
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for featuring something someone with an IQ of 23 said in a "newspaper" for people with IQ of 11. I hope this wasn't posted here for /. users to laugh at. Because it's not nice to laugh at the mentally retarded!
The person who approved this clearly has a sick sense of humor and should me immediately fired.
They want their has-been hack from Minnesota back.
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THANK GOD!!!
Always remember that this guy is responsible for this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3354flS1KJs
Prince...Prince! Prince!! Whaddaya doing?? Damn. That's a shame. I mean, I know he was odd, but I had no idea he was addle-minded. In response though to the "get off your ass and tour" comment. I saw him working his butt off a couple years ago at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL ($300 tickets - the cheap seats were $200) and he performs regularly at his club in Vegas. So I don't think he's hurting for cash.
There was a time when Prince was an amazing musician, making some spectacular music. Purple Rain remains one of the better albums ever created. But. Prince has jumped the shark. He is so utterly out of touch with reality that the mind simply boggles. And he hasn't made any great music in a very long time. Well, that may not be true - he may have made a ton of spectacular music but it's all stored away in his vault, protected from pirates and music execs and, well, fans.
The man truly is insane.
At one time Prince was hip and suddenly he became outdated...
The Internet says Prince is over.
Who's right?
But did he confirm it with Netcraft?
You can't handle the truth.
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(Sorry, I've mixed up the Mirror and the Express. It's the Express that's still obsessed with Diana.)
This truly is absurd. Prince, of all people, declares the internet is over. How did he come to this assessment? The internet is now like a utility. Can he make the claim that electricity, gas, and water are over? More likely that his music career is over and he can't figure out how to use the internet.
Prince = Twat. That is all.
I won't believe it until Netcraft confirms it!
Butt-head: Uhhhh... I'm, like, angry at numbers.
Beavis: Yeah, there's like, too many of them and stuff.
Either way I am glad that stupid fad is over. Can't wait to start going to the library and taking hours to do what can be done in milliseconds now.
They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.
Right, because the last thing this country needs is a populace with a better command of math.
I'm afraid to ask him his opinion on the state of math education.
....1 billion people can be wrong (http://techcrunch.com/2009/01/23/comscore-internet-population-passes-one-billion-top-15-countries/).
Let's wait and see.
Damn, it was pancakes, not waffles. Still, gay 80's style.
If the Internet is like MTV, then I WANT MY MTV.... well, you sure can get some chicks for free out on the Internet.
They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.
Just like changing your name into an unprintable, unpronounceable symbol can't be good for your career.
The man knows from experience. Make sure your head isn't full of [expletive deleted].
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The man has simply lost touch with reality. Not surprising considering how rich and famous he is. It's great to have a specific instance to point to.
To misquote Kevin Smith talking about his experience with Prince, "Price lives in Prince world. Sometimes we have trouble explaining why we can't get him a camel at 2 in the morning in Minneapolis in the middle of winter."
Go watch An Evening with Kevin Smith for the full story.
I find being offended by me offensive.
He has no standing
On the Internet, he's cold (so cold)
He's not going to stop piracy, he's being too demanding
Maybe he's being too bold
Maybe he's never satisfied (never satisfied)
But we shouldn't scream at each other
That's what it sounds like
When a short 50 year old purple has been Jehovah's Witness
Makes trolls cry
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
FIIIIIIIGHT!!!!
He means the porn land formerly known as the Internet.
It puts the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again.
We will be back to CB radio in no time Prince, don't worry.
Phase 1: Say something to the press completely outrageous i.e. "the internet is over"
Phase 2: Let people on the internet comment and argue about what you said
Phase 3: ?????
Phase 4: Profit!
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Prisencolinensinainciusol. Ol Rait!
But tonight I'm going to Party like its 1999!!!
That's funny. According to the Internet, "Prince is completely over."
Math is HARD!!
... the artist formerly known as someone people once gave a shit about
Quick! Send that link to Tim Berners-Lee! Oh wait, send a printout through snail mail instead because THE INTERNET JUST DYEDED!
There was a time when books were cool, but now they only fill your head with words. No good. Free spirits don't need information.
All those numbers can't be good for you. Math is hard. Let's go shopping.
Prince is a saddo.
"...Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
"And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect."
he can't type his name on a computer. He's jealous of the numbers.
I actually kinda get his point. It's been a long time since anything really interesting happened on the Internet, via the Internet, or Thanks to the Internet. Nowadays, it seems more a of time waster for the socially needy, who NEED to know within 10s if Michael Jackson has died or not, Facebook their holiday photos, and twit their lunch menu.
All that time spent in social reinforcement (how much of that can we possibly need ?) and media consumption is time not spent actually doing, learning, achieving anything...
I'll get back to reading another forum now ^^
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Whats the internet? Wait, who is Prince?
I wouldn't know what Prince thought about the internet, if I hadn't just read about it over the internet. And increasingly large numbers of young people will have to google Prince to find out who he was.
Nice job publicising that he's got a new album out. How else would we have heard?
Then again, if it's only available on CD, I guess nobody here is going to buy it, so that'll be a target market FAIL for lil' Princey there.
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Prince says the 'tubes are over. This from a guy who keeps partying like it's 1999.
It's not over, but I do agree it's changing society for the worse.
I wonder if he changed his name just to fight piracy in the first place. I bet he's been fighting Internet for a long time.
"They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
Better numbers than dumb cryptic symbols.
In other news,
Prince just became batshiat senile crazy.
I dont know but i think Prince has gotten the internet all backwards. The internet is the network connecting stuff. Much stuff will disappear into history but i seriously doubt the internet itself going anywhere soon.
HTTP/1.1 400
Price knows what it is to be a huge fad. Not in a bad way, either. There's serious quality in his art. And having it dressed up all trendy was part of the art. But trends end.
Too much of the press is trying too hard to pretend everything Internet is still cool. When every single square TV show tries to establish its cool with the hep cats by inviting you to tweet, at some point the true vanguard - if there is such a population any more (if you think you're it, you're probably not) - can see that the Internet brand has faded.
Me, I'll keep listening to Prince and keep visiting /. But am I cool for having these in my life? It's not that something can't be cool just because it's broadly popular; the Beatles were cool even at No. 1. But it needs to be fresh to be cool. The Beatles stayed fresh, then broke up before it was too late. Other coolest rock stars conveniently died. The Stones are no longer cool. Prince is no longer cool. The Internet is a huge mass of mostly luke-warm. It's on Main Street, it is Main Street. And it's no exile.
"with their freedom lost all virtue lose" - Milton
I think he's mistaking the internet for the number station recordings on archive.org. Listening to that stuff for a few years REALLY can't be good.
I'm pretty sure that only Al Gore is authorized to terminate the internet...
I remember when I used to use the internet all the time - shopping on Amazon, reading the news, doing research, etc.
Now I don't bother and nor does anyone else. People are now into Facebook and Twitter, iPhones and iTunes.
Prince is right - The internet could've been massive, but it's now just full of ads.
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One of my favorite composers - Charles Ives - worked in the insurance industry for most of his life, and that's how he made his living. He kept his career and music quite separate and that didn't stop him from being a fairly prolific composer for his time at all.
It's actually thought that the opposite was true: when he retired from insurance, he also stopped composing.
The Internet is ignoring you...for now.
And that fool's opinion matters how?
If you post as an AC, don't expect me to spend a mod point on you.
Well, I guess that's that then.
Can whoever is last out turn off the lights as they leave?
Why did we not listen to Prince?
The internet is one of those stupid modern "conveniences" like the telephone or the automobile or antibiotics -- really just bound to annoy the shit out of us until we stop using it.
I'm assuming that having established his tard cred, Prince will now run for governor of Minnesota on the GOP ticket.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
He is correct if you replace every time he said "internet" with the word "prince."
or else!
The internet is over in the same way that MTV is over: they both exist in a gentrified form. And maybe if you stay up late, you'll actually catch them both staying true to their roots. :V
Libertarians somehow believe that private businesses should be stronger than governments but weaker than individuals.
Prince had the #1 song, album and movie when I was born. I would say he was over a long time ago.
The game.
I do hope the internet becomes less hip. It means only people who know what they are doing will be on it = no morons ISPs will need to make better deals to keep customers = cheaper. Somehow though, logic says he is right, but many years to early.
A half-ass rocker that would otherwise be obscure at best, still grabbing headlines and getting us to talk about him. Seriously, can you name any of his last 5 albums?
Snopes has confirmed this....
If he wasn't a crossdressing penis-tasting faggot freak, I might take his opinion seriously.
... will be using the symbol ¥ from now on. After 7 years or so, we'll switch back to calling it "Internet" because, quite frankly, using a symbol is a bit silly.
"I love my job, but I hate talking to people like you" (Freddie Mercury)
I had no idea Prince had a new album...but after reading the eye-catching headline, now I do. Imagine the free press he's getting now by saying something so off-the-wall that some people can't help but stop and read the article. He couldn't get advertising like this if he paid for it.
Internet says Prince is over...
. . . oh, never mind, go make your own jokes . . . maybe he needs a meeting with that "Internet Tubes" guy from Alaska . . .
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The Internet was "over" quite some time ago. Which is to say, it's no longer hip and cool in and of itself any more than you'd want to say, "hey, check it out, I have a television in my house!" Sure, there's still plenty of good stuff on the Internet, and people will find new uses for it for decades to come, but the Internet itself is now taken for granted. And that's a good thing: in technology, as in all engineering disciplines, good design is whatever gets the job done without calling attention to itself.
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How can (80) he say (114) that being (105) on computers or the (110) Internet fills your head (99) with numbers (101)? After all (32), I'm online quite a lot (99) during the day (97) and night (110) and my head's (32) not filled up (98) with numbers (105). I think (116) I'd notice (101) such a (32) thing (109). It's quite (121) silly when (32) you think of it. What (115) would computers (104) be doing (105) filling our heads (110) with numbers (121) anyway (32)? It's not (109) like they try (101) to insert (116) subliminal (97) messages (108) into comments (32) that we type (97) out on online (115) forums (115) or anything (33).
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When Prince cries?
"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted." -Groucho Marx
se.
MTV used to be hip (or cool, or whatever) because it actually used to be a channel of music television. It would play music videos and have interviews with artists about upcoming albums or tours or music news.
Now its full of crap shows where parents set their kids up on dates with strangers because they don't like the people their kids are dating followed by shows about pregnant 16 year olds showcasing how stupid these kids really are.
Reading the article, Prince believes the internet is over for his album release (it will be on cd only) and none of his music will be available on itunes or youtube and he shut down his own official website, because he believes in finding new ways to distribute music (his new album will be given away in cd form to subscribers of the Mirror).
Of course, Prince is a jehovah's witness, so I don't take anything he says seriously, and am willing to bet any amount of money that within 24 hours of release, his new album will be available on the internet (I just won't be able to purchase it legally)
Or should I say the Scam Artist Formerly Known As Prince or the Plaintiff (RIAA Sockpuppoet) Formerly Known as Prince?
He tried to sue the Internet and his fans that didn't seem to go too well for him, so now he says the Internet is dead.
Maybe Prince is just mad that Internet killed the Video Star or something? :)
Maybe Prince is mad That Dave Chappelle made fun of him and it is all over the Internet? :)
The analogy is all wrong he is comparing two unlike things.
If he used Cable TV and the Internet it would be a better analogy... However Cable TV is still around and not showing any signs of dyeing. Heck it has expanded to host the internet too.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Prince Who?
and Over what?
Does that mean the fielders move around, and someone else gets a chance to bowl at the other end of the pitch?
All these instruments and singers are no good. They just fill your head with melodies and that can't be good for you.
"they just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you"
NExt we will be hearing how all the ones and zeros are after him.
He's still incredibly wrong. He's right, neither Apple, nor Amazon nor Rhapsody will pay you an upfront for your album.
That's not how the business model works for Apple, Amazon or Rhapsody.
Clearly, I'd say on one hand, he's a spoiled brat attached to an old way of making money off of records.
On the other hand, when you're an artist, you really shouldn't have to worry about the numbers in terms of sales. That's what your manager, your accountant and your other business entourage are for.
His album probably will still chart within the top 5 after being released like his last 4 fucking albums did. If he's guaranteed that kind of success, he should really be working with his label, rather than bitching about Apple and Amazon.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
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Kudos on the genuine LULZ
...like its 1899
An article ever called for a GNAA troll, this would be the one...
internet 1,480,000,000 (view)
Total Pages Searched: 1,781,000,000
GoogleBattle winner is internet
All your base are belong to Google.
See you all on the next hype.
Signing off.
What will it be on, kazaa? I can't see there being enough fans to make torrenting work efficiently.
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
Poor Prince... he must not have discovered internet porn yet.
As someone with a degree in math, all I can say is... he's right! Numbers are like... ikcy! And there's so many of them! Why waste our time? Get the plastic out so we can order the complete "Twilight" on DVD. (Read?! As if!!)
Still, I'm glad I have these math books. If the power ever goes out, I'll need something to keep me warm besides the thought of Prince singing "Batdance".
Eating fills your stomach with food, and that can't be good for you.
Laughing my ass off. Should I bite?
The internet fills your head with numbers? hehe yeah fills your head with ideas.
Prince just finished a gig at Roskilde Festival in Denmark this Sunday. 2 Million Dollars his way.
Prince(or whatever name you use tomorrow):
Stick to creating and playing music and creating emotions.
But you are but what you are. Let the rest of us do our job, so you can get your 2 million dollars to create emotions, and create jobs for your entourage.
Just make sure you share, otherwise you don't shine.
Now let us do it our way.
Power to the people, and they who can make ideas flourish!
.... like it's 1999.
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I have spent some significant stretches of my life without a phone or a car or antibiotics, and found that my time without them was much less stressful than my time with them. I wouldn't want to live in a world completely without modern 'conveniences', but I think it might be nice if they were used a lot less.
... prince knows when something is over, look at how much time he's had to ponder it since his career ended.
Shadus
Shut up retard.
Well Prince would know when something is over.
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I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
My name is Prince, and I am funky...
When comes to the Internet, I disapprove...
Music and math are related... So, filling your head with music is bad for you?
Now that the Internet is over, where will I illicitly obtain my copies of Purple Rain and the 1989 Batman movie soundtrack?
It's 56 degrees at 8:40 this morning and this is the 4th story I've read after I got up around 7am and have had 2 cups of coffee. Damned numbers are everywhere....
And I thought that he just didn't know anything about singing ;-)
the intertubes will continue without price.
Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
If it takes a "has-been" to know one, then he is ultimately qualified to make this assessment.
This has nothing to do with technology. Prince is a 52 year-old vegan (supposedly) devout Jehovah's Witness with narcissistic personality disorder. I am surprised that anyone following any sort of religion would allow such a flagrant waste of money as his home seems to be but then I never professed to understand this (or really any other) religion and perhaps he donates generously to someone, somewhere.
His view on the Internet and gadgets are only related to his inability to extract cash from this venue for his music. Sadly, it appears like has far too much money and spends it poorly. His wishful thinking that this Internet thing and these computer gadgets should all just go away to simplify his cash delivery model is not going to amount to nothing more than 5 minutes of ridicule on the very medium he claims is dead.
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He's right that MTV is lame and passe (and has been since I became old enough to watch it in the 1990s), but that's hardly a good simile for the Internet. If you want to say that something is passe the way MTV is passe, then you talk about a specific production object on the medium: a website, or a service.
So, perhaps Napster is over. Or perhaps Slashdot is over. Or perhaps Bittorrent is over. But saying the Internet is over is like saying Television is over. That's still a retarded thing to say, though, so maybe Prince would agree with that.
The real question is....... Who is Prince?
"What is this, a library for ants"?!
If the Internet is over, then Prince is under.
Internet Says Prince Is Over
So is Prince's computer too old to translate binary into ASCII??
Prince is over.
This is a blatant misquote by the media. Prince was merely saying that IPv4 is over. Prince recently dropped all IPv4 support in his home network, and is excited to be making the switch from unhealthy decimal "numbers" (actually he said "octets") to long 128bit hexadecimal strings. WTF is wrong with the media.
The Internets are not deadz.
that an artist who doesn't embrace the tech will deny it
no matter how good it is, it is human nature always wants to make things better
And here I thought music was highly mathematical.
Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.
That is the quote right there. Shows exactly where Prince's mindset is.
I wonder if the guy could even balance a simple checkbook if he had to.
Really, I know what I'm doing...Ohhhh, look at the shiny buttons!
MTV is to TV as slashdot.org is to the internet. So saying the internet is like MTV is like saying TV is like slashdot.org.
Media have nothing in common with the data they display and don't usually become outdated if there isn't a more technologically advanced alternative. At this point in time there isn't an advanced alternative to the internet, but there are plenty of things to replace MTV.
Is to be renamed Prince.
And the artist formerly known as Prince will be renamed ColecoVision.
Mixed feelings about this, because ColecoVision today, even in 2010, is still awesome. So is Prince when he's on stage. When he's not performing, not so much.
Internet: Prince is over.
And that is no good...
Dude totally predicted that 1999 was going to be the last year to party.
2000 was the year of the crash, and the internet has been going downhill ever since.
Soon you'll be prompted by a popup to enter your email address for free information on anti-virus scams every time you type a character into your /. edit box.
And your tweets will be taxed.
...from a guy with a purple velvet frock coat and arseless trousers. What would the-artist-formerly-known-as-LoveSquiggle know about reality? He hasn't lived there for years...
This just in..
The internet says that Prince is over
It's not that he doesn't understand - he *can't* understand. Because he's crazy.
Let Kevin Smith tell you all about it. You should see follow up links for part 2 and 3 in the sidebar if you're interested.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
What freakier chicks? You mean the ones with two vaginas, supernumary nipples, or herpes?
Only the abominations that that they built post 82. (There was no 83 model year, only early 84s). The 82 (particularly the Collector's Edition) was the last Corvette that actually looked like a Corvette. It still had the high crown fenders and drop hood. Even the new Corvettes look just like every other sports car on the market. The newest ones (C6) do look marginally better than the overpriced junk from the late 80s and 90s, but the Corvette from the early 80s and late 70s are still way cool...
Doomed to Obscurity already made fun of this yesterday. Cold coffee today.
Take out the word "Prince" and it's just a troll comment.
Plus, who still buys his stuff? I don't know anyone that has bought a Prince album since the 1990s. I never understood how a guy that wears that much purple and looks like a woman with a mustache is consider by some (I have no clue who) to be a sex symbol.
rant
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Comments such as yours infuriate me to no end: you have no right or ability to speak for all 'gay guys.' Sure it was probably intended to be funny but clearly there are some moderators who don't get it and have modded you 'Informative.' Nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone who claims to speak on behalf of any group they identify with is as likely as not speaking only for themselves and thus adding little to a global discussion. Your point of view is important and useful but don't claim to speak for more than you have any right to.
You know those moments of growing up when either you, your sibling, or your child said "That's so stupid" when you didn't understand it? Well Prince this is way after 1999 and lets not forget you signed Ke$ha which says a lot about what you know now.
I'm a long time Prince fanatic. I *LOVE* Prince's music but the stuff he says when not performing music, not so much. I'll admit that in many areas, Prince is a nut. Aren't most of us?
Anyway... I think his point about the Internet is that, generally speaking, there aren't a whole lot of artists making money off of their works by distributing them over the Internet. There are a few monopoly sites / services who are getting the Lion's share of the money. Yes, there are a number of free music systems, or donation music sites where you can donate or pay what you want, but not really what Prince is looking for.
As many of you already know, Prince was an early Internet pioneer... creating several music clubs online to distribute his music. I think his main reason for stopping those is that people have very little control / discipline when it comes to pirating his music. With a later iteration of his online music club DRM was added but what a major pain that was for the end user (speaking for myself). Music without DRM gets pirated too much, and music with it is painful.
While I believe media piracy acts as a superior form of marketing, I'm guessing it would be hard to convince Prince of that.
So, from one aspect... online media content distribution has become just as corrupted as the pre-online... with only a handful of players making most of the money and to a certain extent, dictating the terms... and I think that is what Prince is talking about... and I agree with him... although I am encouraged by many of the free/donation type sites. I think Prince should be one of the first major artists to distribute content via some of our preferred services that are primarily independent music... to see how it goes before he calls it quits. I mean, giving away your CD in a UK newspaper is going to help your sales (compared to non-DRM Internet-based, easily pirated delivery) how?
I think if Prince gave his fans a chance, they'd be happy to donate... and just maybe he'd do as well or better as those efforts from Radio Head and Nine Inch Nails.
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Media focuses cameras and klieglights.
Sudden infusion of relevance.
Profit$
Some days it's just not worth
chewing through my restraints.
Internet says: Prince is over
Wonder if that last bit is in the 3rd edition.
Belief is the currency of delusion.
Blouses.
... Prince's about to be played off by Keyboard Cat.
Prince is making his money through his touring.
He recognizes that the music industry is a rip, and he can't see how to monetize with the Internet.
Common problem, though some musicians solve it--on a small scale only.
2010: "The Internet is dead"
The Artist Formerly Known as Prince
2040: "Prince is dead".
The Network Formerly Known as The Internet
I just checked the Internets, and they said that "Prince is over!"
Seems prince did not follow the dev process before putting this into production.
Shows the necessity of a thorough independent code review and unit testing before releasing such comments.
The unpronounceable glyph now known as Prince may be a musical genius, (which might be a separate discussion) but he's not a technologist.
His analogy is faulty, as is so common with people who don't understand technology. MTV is a cable channel that used to provide music content. The Internet is not like MTV, it's more like the cable itself. The Internet is not a content provider. It's a transport mechanism. It'll be significant until a newer, better mechanism comes along.
In other words, this is yet another entertainer blowing smoke, and only getting air time at all because of his status as an entertainer. Who's surprised?
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
Prince is right--sort of. A steady diet of instant gratification is bad for you. Make fun of his religion, sexuality, and eccentricities, but he has a body of work to show for his efforts and is successful by any measure. Most of us internet dweebs troll comments and dispense our own pious judgements from our own corners of Loservania but here's a guy with some credibility making a somewhat valid comment about social media--eccentric as it might be.
I think the internet is making us stupid if not just plain lazy. If you think about it, all the time we spend engaged with a glowing screen is kind of ridiculous when there are so many other life-enriching things we could be doing instead.
That doesn't make the internet or gadgets bad--it just spotlights our own weird constant need to escape "real life" by stimulating our brain's addictive center with a steady stream of mostly meaningless information.
Think about that every time you text, check Facebook status changes, click refresh on your e-mail client, reload news sites, or troll slashdot comments, and/or look at your smartphone (again) when you could be paying attention to your friends and family with real face-time.
It's got to be a weird if even Prince thinks it's kind of creepy, right?
Just sayin' (ironic as it is here on /.).
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
How about: "The passing fad formerly known as the internet"
Be gone from my sight or prepare to feel my flaming wraith!
Thus proving his own outdatedness, prince says this. I'm a huge prince fan but he sure is wrong all the time concerning matters such as these, it is more HE who its irrelevant
In a recent interview, the internet says the artist currently known as Prince is outdated. Just like MTV and changing your name to be cool.
"Computers are a lot like Air Conditioners" "They both work great until you start opening Windows"
I can assure you that the Internet is just as strong as ev@%$&^#^@NO CARRIER
lizardb0y
http://www.vintage8bit.com/
If The Queen Formerly Known as an Artist wants to have his own tubes tied, who cares? As long as he leaves the rest of us alone.
He stopped when he didn't have any more things to roll in order to make new stars.
Woah!
Prince is still making music?
I thought he was doing county fairs with Quiot Riot and The Monkees.
..he has them.
PPN
They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you
Says the guy who titled two albums by a number! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_discography
Paul Anka sayz so
Why would anyone listen to Prince. If you want to know about the status of the internet, ask Justin Bieber.
... if it weren't for the internet.
I have no problem with the IntraWebbie thing filling up my head with numbers if the overall effect is to ensure that the lyrics to crap like "Purple Rain" can never infect my wetware.
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Omnes tuae crepidines sunt nobis sunt. Ascendo tuum!
who is this 'prince' you speak of?
Internet, "Prince is over."
With his money he can buy the rights to *C'mon Tube Sock Hit Me!*
Ok this guy could be talking about several differant things Taking into account that most business's now rely on the internet for income, i give you newegg and websites that sell replacement parts for computers as an example And throwing into the mix the growing number of online games, such as Halo:Reach Warhammer40k MMO and so on, these games are yet released but i can bet a tenner saying these games will be huge Now, stepping back abit, MTV, For those that dont know, MTV used to be full of music instead of crap, now thinking that the internet is going the way of MTV is totaly nuts to begin with but lets say for example that the US government actually gets through that digital bill through congress and the house, which basicly enables the US to turn off the internet like its a kitchen light switch, then he would infact be right in his statments However taking out the fact that the US will have a kill switch for the internet, looking at how it is now, the internet is only growing, faster and faster, day by day, second by second and is infact increasing its growth world wide So, depending on your view point, this guy is eather A) completely and utterly crazy or B) knows something that others dont and is infact voicing his opinion of the future, rather then right now Its up you guys in the US to keep our internet free, i and everybody else on the planet will not tollerate failure, make it happen and then make it disappear or we will all be cast into the shadow of history Enjoy your days ladies and gentlemen
OK, so then what do we call the artists formerly known as The Tubes?
of course he's wrong and we are right. but he's right too, somebody just put it the wrong way for us.
what he wanted to point out is that the internet as a distribution channel is not suitable for his lifestyle and his way to sell his music. his model with advances and manufactured sales peaks is not compatible with concepts like itunes, single-song-sales and so forth.
it's his perception of the world that is totally different from ours, but didn't we know that already? let's see how his album will sell. maybe his world is already changing on him, too. meanwhile, i'll listen to, sing and play his music along with tunes by other groove greats. and my own. old-world, cc, free, whatever. what does my gut care? .~.
And i was having all sorts of fun ...
He is TOTALLY RIGHT !
The internet is DEAD !!
But the World Wide Web RULES !!!
Several have mentioned the video of Kevin Smith which is funny. and VERY telling. (and puts this story in absolute perfect frame of reference)
I am also reminded of a story Dennis Miller tells from his days at SNL.
Apparently the time Prince played SNL, it was back when Miller was a veteran and a minor celeb in his own right. At one point he is backstage, and so is Prince.everyone is hanging out waiting and watching. All of the sudden, a prince bodyguard moves across the room to Dennis and says " excuse me, Prince would prefer that you not look at him." Dennis said he just looked at the bodyguard, then around the bodyguard to prince and said something to the effect of "oh, come on, prince baby, give me a break!" (to prince).prince smirked and realized he wasnt gonna get by with his pompous crazy act w Miller.
I still cant hear his song "lets go crazy" without replacing the chorus words in my mind of "im batshiat crazy!" /napoleon complex? he makes Napoleon look normal.