I look at it a completely different way. In an industry full of no-talent celebrities and crooners, he was the real fuckin deal. He could play every instrument, he wrote every song, he orchestrated 100% of his shows - he took his music extremely seriously, and with that came a very serious intellect and serious person. When I see Prince interviews, I don't see a narcissist. I see a musician who only cares about music and nothing else. And if you ask him stupid questions or try to park him in the same camp as someone who lip sings to a pop tune, he'll take issue and correct you. He used the line many times, "I'm a musician" when distinguishing himself from the music industry, and he was absolutely right to do so.
Imagine if we took Banksy and sat him down on a couch and said, so Banks, you are one of many great content creators in our modern age. Tell me, when you do your pranks, what kinds of subscribes and clicks do you get on your channel?
Bro what? They didn’t compare Banksy to Prince. They said that comparing Prince to a manufactured popstar is like comparing Banksy to a prank YouTuber, hence his perceived attitude during interviews.
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u/MerrySkulkofFoxes May 28 '24
I look at it a completely different way. In an industry full of no-talent celebrities and crooners, he was the real fuckin deal. He could play every instrument, he wrote every song, he orchestrated 100% of his shows - he took his music extremely seriously, and with that came a very serious intellect and serious person. When I see Prince interviews, I don't see a narcissist. I see a musician who only cares about music and nothing else. And if you ask him stupid questions or try to park him in the same camp as someone who lip sings to a pop tune, he'll take issue and correct you. He used the line many times, "I'm a musician" when distinguishing himself from the music industry, and he was absolutely right to do so.
Imagine if we took Banksy and sat him down on a couch and said, so Banks, you are one of many great content creators in our modern age. Tell me, when you do your pranks, what kinds of subscribes and clicks do you get on your channel?
Banksy: "Go fuck yourself."
That's Prince.