Prince is one guy I never had much use for. People push his skills with a guitar at me, I counter that it doesn't matter how well one plays crap. And that's really what I thought of his stuff. I just didn't like it. And on my campus back in Bloomington, it isn't as if I wasn't
hearing it. You couldn't go to a party without hearing
1999 or
Little Red Corvette. He's an artist I wouldn't have to worry about coming after me, because "stealing" from him wouldn't be worth my bandwidth.
That's all been fine until now - after all, I can't like
everybody and it's not always
their fault - but now he's gone and made an asshole of himself. An
electable asshole. In fact, he is the
American Asshole for October, 2007!
Are you certain your name shouldn't be "Princess"?
He soundly thrashed the competition for this distinction by picking on our own
Eden. It came out that it was His Daintyness himself that found her video - 29 seconds of her young son bopping around the kitchen while a Prince song played on the radio in the background - and had it removed for "copyright violations." He obviously feels that if people hear 29 seconds of one of his songs on the internet, they won't buy the CD.
Guess what, fool. I never needed the 29 seconds to arrive at that particular purchasing decision.
When his last CD was sold in the Sunday issue of a newspaper,he offended retailers. Now, he's trolling for fans to abuse. Evidently, he figures that anyone who would actually pay for his music must be the enemy. That's a pretty assholey position for an artist to take. What happens if you protect your copyright so much that no one wants to buy the product anymore?
Soon, I will control all the music of the world! BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HAAAA!!!
So, not only did the video go back up, but he's contributing to Eden's 15 minutes of fame and looking like a petty shitsack in many news items. He's also gotten his company sued in the process. This whiny little move of his is starting to look like a backfire in process.
But don't worry, Prince. Even though I wouldn't even bother stealing your sophomoric tripe, you'll still have some fame no matter what happens. That's because you'll always be one of our
American Assholes. 
