tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post7688449542263083384..comments2024-03-18T11:43:53.754+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Prince declares internet 'over'; Google announces plans to power downSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-29306823548354249102010-07-28T18:43:49.993+00:002010-07-28T18:43:49.993+00:00@anonymous
Not entirely sure Prince is "takin...@anonymous<br />Not entirely sure Prince is "taking a stand", nor that "free illegal downloads" (bit of a contradiction in terms, surely?) are brutalizing any musicians and artists. Giving a rough ride to the labels, perhaps, but I think we know that's not the same thing, don't we?Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-24095671878369514142010-07-25T15:40:53.445+00:002010-07-25T15:40:53.445+00:00Free illegal downloads are brutalizing the existen...Free illegal downloads are brutalizing the existence of our musicians and artists. Thank you Prince for taking a stand on behalf of all musicians and artists! If nothing else, it may at least give AWARENESS to the audience who have naively lost their integrity by following suit with all the other illegal internet bootleggers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-53232347862878745942010-07-13T18:28:19.803+00:002010-07-13T18:28:19.803+00:00@themusicvoid
It's arguable that a man, who gi...@themusicvoid<br />It's arguable that a man, who gives away his records with copies of a newspaper which has managed the surprising outcome of going further downhill after Piers Morgan was thrown out of the editors chair, has got no career worth speaking of.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-1421969542615532292010-07-13T14:10:47.002+00:002010-07-13T14:10:47.002+00:00Whether Prince is right or wrong, one must acquies...Whether Prince is right or wrong, one must acquiesce in the fact that his ability to operate from without the conceptual box, free from the constraints of industry dogmatism and at times, perhaps reason, is what has kept his career alive..<br /><br />http://www.themusicvoid.com/2010/07/prince-and-the-yawn-of-digital/The Music Voidhttp://www.musicvoid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-85281390549048127652010-07-06T09:22:36.463+00:002010-07-06T09:22:36.463+00:00@Anonymous: a more likely scenario is that people ...@Anonymous: a more likely scenario is that people will listen to the new album once, say to themselves, "hang on, didn't Prince used to be good?" and go out and buy Sign O the Times. Or, you know, find a torrent for it.Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104724375635557366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-76676699377777214142010-07-06T00:14:36.767+00:002010-07-06T00:14:36.767+00:00He know's what he's doing, or at least his...He know's what he's doing, or at least his promoters do. They've just guaranteed that it will be a VERY popular torrent. More people will probably hear his album now than if he had just quietly released it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-27803895058453686882010-07-05T23:01:13.369+00:002010-07-05T23:01:13.369+00:00Just wait 'til he gets started on those new sm...Just wait 'til he gets started on those new small five-pence pieces.Jamesnoreply@blogger.com