Prince talked to the Mirror about his new album which he says will only be available on CD and not iTunes or any other digital distribution medium. The reason for this is because Prince believes the Internet is over.
He explains that he decided the album will be released in CD format only in the Mirror. There’ll be no downloads anywhere in the world because of his ongoing battles against internet abuses.
Unlike most other rock stars, he has banned YouTube and iTunes from using any of his music and has even closed down his own official website.
He says: “The internet’s completely over. 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. “The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. 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.”
Do people still wonder why Prince is no longer relevant? He’s regressing. Society is passing him by. Pretty soon he’ll only release his music on 8-tracks. That way no one can copy his work. And when that day comes, Prince will sit on his purple throne tenting his fingers and smiling to himself because using obscure technology has defeated those pirates. Also, because he makes shitty music that no one listens to.
You should read the rest of the interview and other interviews, especially the Ebony Magazine interview which is completely crazy. Lot’s of contradictions, lots of unnecessary mystery… Prince bases this view on several things: – Prince is a full on Jehovah’s Witness. Every decision he makes, creatively, personally, business is guided by “scripture”. – Every album he’s released for the last 10 years or so in essence has been a Jehovah Witness Rock/Funk/R&B album veiled with Prince stylings, nothing else. As such, he knows he can’t sell records to a mass audience with such messages and views. Record companies would… Read more »