Jul 7, 2010
Prince Says the Internet is Dead
Posted by Ariel Cherie
Prince is set to release a new album, 20Ten but instead of putting it on iTunes, which seems to be the way to go nowadays, there will be free giveaways of his album in newspaper, yes, newspapers, around Europe, he explained in an interview with London’s Daily Mirror .
“The Internet’s completely over,” Prince told the Mirror. “[It's] like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.”
Umm, I’m not sure if he knows this, but newspaper sales are down all over the world. I’m a Prince fan, but the last time I physically picked up a newspaper was, uhh… See my point?
Not only does he say the ‘Net is dead, but he says that it has absolutely no intellectual value.
“All these computers and digital gadgets are no good,” said the singer, who also shut down his official website. “They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.” (What numbers is he talking about? I think he should lay off the creamy crack and go natural because there is no way that his relaxer can be good for him after all these years.)
“I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else,” he told the paper. ”They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it.”
Prince just received a Lifetime Achievement award at the BET awards last week. In his speech, he made a comment saying the future belongs to the young people and it is their time now. How do you think they got here. Souljah Boy ALONE created his career from YouTube. Come on, Prince, with the contractidictions.
I hope he “gives away” many albums and people actually listen.
I might have bout one.
Prince is the consumate Gemini. One minute he’s this and one minute he’s that. His eccentricity comes with the territory. As far as his comment about the future of music….I think he was just being gratuitous and PC.