Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!scooper From: scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper ) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: ANYONE ELSE HATE PRINCE... [net.music] Message-ID: <8691@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 22:28:38 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8691 Posted: Tue Feb 26 22:28:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 02:45:18 EST References: <702@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper (CTAB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 22 Summary: >> "Hate" Prince? Isn't that like hating kleenex? Alan, why don't you tell >> us what kind of music you're "into" so that we can step on it and make >> you cry. >Do you mind explaining what that means? If you are comparing >Prince to kleenex, I don't see the connection. What does >kleenex mean to you? To me, kleenex is something I use when I'm >sick and don't even think about any other time. Hate him or >love him, I don't see how Prince could fit into that category. >If you are saying kleenex is such an everyday item that it is >not possible to hate it, then I say bullsh*t. If it's an >accessory, hating it doesn't make much sense. It's there when >you need it, it isn't being forced down your throat by some >cretinous DJ (or VJ) day in and day out for an entire summer. >If it's a pop artist, it makes perfect sense to hate it. > >Besides, I'm not too fond of Prince myself, but then I probably >wouldn't be fond of anything I was forced to hear twice a day >for three months (the person who drove me to work had to listen >to WILD-AM in boston to and from work). > No one FORCES you to listen.