“Last week, Prince announced that he was going to release his latest album 20Ten as an add-on to European newspapers and an upcoming issue of German Rolling Stone,” Daniel Kreps reports for Rolling Stone.
“In an interview promoting the release with England’s Daily Mirror, the iconic songwriter reveals his improbable motive for the choice: he hates the Internet,” Kreps reports. “‘The Internet’s completely over,’ says Prince, who will not sell his new album via iTunes or Amazon. ‘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.'”
Kreps reports, “Prince goes on to compare digital outlets to once-influential juggernauts like MTV. ‘At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated,’ he says. ‘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.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: That dude can afford to be as eccentric as he wants to be. If he wants to release his album via helium balloons, so be it. And, if he wants to try to drum up some pub this way, so be it, too.
BTW, iTunes Store pays artists who can sell tracks, not those looking for big upfront advances – *cough* Wal-Mart *cough*.
Who give a flying duck about “Prince”! He’s a has been since long ago.
Prince relies heavily on computers to create his albums, since he plays all of the part. He just being a plrincess.
I’ll pile on:
My first reaction to this was “does anyone still care about this guy”. Didn’t he jump the shark back when he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol?
Seriously, I’m pretty sure this guy’s following has been pared down to a minute number of hardcore fans who will get his music however they need to. He’s probably not giving up that many sales by refusing iTunes.
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Why does he call himself Prince? Is it some kind of boyish fetish, or some kind faggy thing?
No one would ever have heard this lunacy without the internet.
Prince who???
Prince, no longer relevant and dumb as a box of tampons.
Plus he’s a midget.
“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.”
Studies have shown that it depends completely on the numbers with which your head is filled. Or is that with which filled your head? Regardless, it can be really not good for you. Really. I mean, look a Einstein. Dead. Hawking? ALS. That dude that Russell Crowe played in that movie with that really hot brunette? Crazy.
The Artist formerly known as the Artist Formally Known as Prince can do what he wants. More power to him.
I’m weeping – WEEPING! – for him – and his many many million$ socked away.
Apple could slam Price to high heavens and no one would react negatively except for a couple (and I mean a couple) of die-hard fans.
Perhaps Steve should send him an e-mail
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“They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.”
lol.shit this guy is on the moon.
His album title shouldn’t be 20TEN but 52&OUTDATED;. Yeah right the Internet is dead. Let me guess he will still have more releases via p2p. He basically giving his music out for free.
One more thing: just like the iTunes store does not need the Beatles, it does not need Prince, and neither artist needs iTunes.
Prince can get a big advance, make all the money back, and bring in loads of cash. However, he’s in a totally different world than 99% of musical acts. A very small percentage get big advances. There are too many that get advances that they quickly blow through and still owe the studio for recording and producing the record. The iTunes store and others like it allow those artists to get their music out without that. Granted, marketing is still a problem for them.
So great for him that he can find innovative ways to get his music out. He just is not very representative.
So isnʻt 20Ten a number?
I loved Prince and bought all his CDs through the 90’s. But I can’t support him when he rejects the Internet and iTunes so overtly. Sounds like he’s over.
What a douche calls himself prince.
Smart of you Prince, ask for an advance when the economy is bad, sales are bad, and record labels are fumbling. Being on iTunes or Amazon was one of the few smart things he could have done . . . could have. What a jackass – his message of hating the internet – gets spread . . . via the internet. The internet is a simple tool – its people’s use of, or lack of use that makes the internet what it’s good for. We have spam – because a large portion of surfers are lazy, and gullible to easy get rich, lose weight, build muscles type scams, without this market, spammers couldn’t exist – the internet isn’t inherently evil – only G**gle.
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Prince of what?
Idiot.
Did he record his latest album on analog? 8 track?
Why did he not bought Tower Records to keep it in business? People who are willing to spend money on music actually still like to browse a store.
His stance will actually hurt other artists in that it seems to make it OK to digitally pirate music since he does not seem to care what happens on the Internet.
Big whoop.
He’s about as relevant as Meatloaf – The Artist Formerly Known As Mince.
What Planet are u Living On ?
If ur Music Wont Be Available Online Legally Via iTunes, Amazon or 7 Digital, “ur Gonna get Creamed Via Torrent Sites” u Moron.
Prince’s next symbol:
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Is is amazing that whatever subject is on MDN forum 90% of the comments are ____ sucks. Got to hell _____. ____ is so history. I could care less, I hate ______. And on and on. Is there nothing that does not bring out only scorn and derision? I can’t believe people waste their time hating so.
What “the Dipshit Usually Known As Prince” and others like him keep forgetting is that their CD/DVD’s they sell fit into our computers, the songs on them end up on our iPods and sometimes floating freely on the Internet. So what next ye Purple One? A return to vinyl or worse? Geeesh. Talk about cutting off your nose in spite of your face!