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Category: Weirdness
Posted on: November 17, 2008 4:44 PM, by PZ Myers
Not to mention "Come" and "Pussy Control"…I knew that Prince had been getting weird, but the tale of his descent into Jehovah's Witlessness and his newfound contempt for homosexuals is really depressing. It's true. Religion poisons everything.
I've still got a hard disk stuffed full of lubricious silkiness from before his brain rot, at least.
Comments
Posted by: Michelle | November 17, 2008 5:00 PM
Mention these songs to him and he'll go "yea but that was because I had not seen the light."
They always tell that they were evil back before they found the J man.
Posted by: dwarf zebu | November 17, 2008 5:00 PM
*sob*
Posted by: Geoff Rogers | November 17, 2008 5:01 PM
Meh. He always was a little less than entirely sane.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | November 17, 2008 5:01 PM
So upsetting.
'Raspberry Beret' is still one of my favourite songs to karaoke.
Posted by: Matt7895 | November 17, 2008 5:03 PM
Prince has to be the one pop star I was certain was gay.
This just confirms it.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 5:03 PM
This is probably true for many cities around the world. In Chicago, there is a nightclub that has been around for years, Berlin. One of the regular themes was Prince Night. You can guess the spectrum of sexuality and gender that was on display.
Wendy?
Yes Lisa
Is the water warm enough?
Yes Lisa
Shall we begin?
Yes Lisa
I'm not a woman
I'm not a man
I am something that you'll never understand.
If I was your girlfriend
I miss that artist.
Posted by: Moses | November 17, 2008 5:05 PM
That's okay. Never liked him anyway. Give me The Clash any day of the week. Not some goofy Top-40 Radio pop singer.
Posted by: Ka | November 17, 2008 5:06 PM
Prince is now claiming that he was misquoted in the interview:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/prince-talks-religious-co_n_144338.html
Posted by: Raynfala | November 17, 2008 5:07 PM
I always found Prince irritating.
Now... even more so.
Posted by: Brian X | November 17, 2008 5:08 PM
Prince has been severly reality-challenged for the vast bulk of the last quarter century. A talented musician, yes, but he's always been absurdly pretentious. I've always considered him and Michael Jackson to be two peas in a pod, though MJ, despite being a lot of things (creepy, deeply mentally ill, massively egotistical), really isn't pretentious at all.
I think he's also had a distinct problem separating his sensual side from his spiritual; I don't know that much about his upbringing, but to someone as willfully isolated as he is, I'm not surprised the Godbotherer in him won out.
Posted by: Moses | November 17, 2008 5:08 PM
Uh, Elton John? George Michael? Boy George?
Posted by: Alex | November 17, 2008 5:09 PM
"lubricious"?!?
Wurd skilz - u haz dem.
Posted by: Nick Gotts | November 17, 2008 5:10 PM
Boy George gay???? Say it ain't so! you'll be telling me next Liberace was gay!
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 5:11 PM
Moses, count me as one who loved both Prince and The Clash. Correct me if I am wrong but did not The Clash have a couple of Top 40 hits, say Train In Vain and Rock The Cashbah?
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 17, 2008 5:12 PM
Sigh. It's always sad when this sort of thing happens. I remember being appalled when I found out his former offsider Robia LaMorte ('Pearl'), who played the awesome Jenny Calendar in Buffy, was a screaming godbot.
Posted by: Glen Davidson | November 17, 2008 5:13 PM
Well, I don't know that he wouldn't be into something equally stupid if religion didn't exist.
Michael Jackson didn't noticeably improve by leaving the JWs, though it's one of the few good things I'd say about him.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: jj | November 17, 2008 5:14 PM
@Moses @ #7
I second that!
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 5:15 PM
Posted by: Brian X | November 17, 2008
...though MJ, despite being a lot of things (creepy, deeply mentally ill, massively egotistical), really isn't pretentious at all.
The King Of Pop? The giant statue of himself based on a statue of Stalin that was dragged through Europe and Asia. Not pretentious? HA!
Posted by: Rev Matt | November 17, 2008 5:18 PM
As a long time Prince fan, I can only say: I love his music. Outside of that the man is and always has been a bit of a nutjob. Worse since he converted to Jehovah's Witness.
Also: among his many sexually tinged lyrics are such lines as "Grab someone for a quick dance, boy or girl, don't matter, I'm hot!"
Posted by: Pimientita | November 17, 2008 5:18 PM
That news just made me really sad...
You're right. Religion does poison everything.
Posted by: Owen | November 17, 2008 5:20 PM
Kevin Smith had an interesting experience with Prince...
Posted by: spyderkl | November 17, 2008 5:20 PM
I always thought Prince claimed to be bi. Huh.
This one quote struck me in the article:
I don't know if "relationship" would be the right word, exactly...
Posted by: Yutz | November 17, 2008 5:24 PM
Mental illness has no upside. Ain't that a bitch.
Posted by: MoxieHart | November 17, 2008 5:26 PM
Robia LaMorte is a godbot!? Say it ain't so!
Posted by: jj | November 17, 2008 5:27 PM
@14,
You are correct, the clash had multiple top 40 hits
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gifqxqw5ldte~T51B
Posted by: Somnolent Aphid | November 17, 2008 5:33 PM
What's with all these music posts? Prince? Chumbawamba? Is this what happens when commondescent gets all dull and boring?
Prince has always been, and still is, controversial. Just not in the way that I happen to enjoy at the moment. We bought his 311 album when it came out, and we listen to it from time to time although on the whole it is tepid at best. We had 3rd row seats at his last tour and he sweated on us. We were not healed. But he put on a good show. Too bad he's going to use his money and influence to help the dark side. Maybe he'll turn again. Maybe he just needs to listen to Chumbawamba.
Posted by: fmitchell | November 17, 2008 5:34 PM
"Robia LaMorte is a godbot!? Say it ain't so!"
I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave.
http://www.robialamorte.com/store/index.html
Apparently Joss Whedon was planning to kill off Seth Green's character, until (so the rumor goes) Robia LaMorte got on his nerves.
Posted by: Lago | November 17, 2008 5:35 PM
10 things I care less about than Prince:
1. How many tampons Barbara Streisand has used in her lifetime.
2. If I look good in red suede shoes
3. What Howler Monkeys think of Metallica
4. If Rush Limbaugh is getting enough roughage in his diet
5. If Rocky Mountain Oyster go better with Coke, or Diet Sprite
6. Is Elvis really still alive
7. If George W. Bush is feeling a bit rejected about now
8. If I will ever hit that high F in Minnie Riperton's, "Loving You"
9. If Breakin' Two Electric Boogaloo will ever be released in Swahili
10. Texas
Posted by: ggab | November 17, 2008 5:42 PM
Prince denies the whole thing.
I choose to believe him for now.
Purple Rain came out at the same time that my first girlfriend dumped me for a friend of mine.
PURPLE RAIN PURPLE RAIN
PURPLE RAIN PURPLE RAIN
It can't be true. It just can't.
Posted by: Danny Haszard | November 17, 2008 5:43 PM
The big difference between Jehovah's Witnesses and Christians is that the Watchtower Society's central core creed proclaims Jesus second coming in October 1914.
They sometimes try to obscure this failed prophecy,and say that he came 'invisibly'.Yes,all other Christains are awaiting Jesus return,the JW say he ALREADY came back in 1914 and is only working through their Watchtower society.
Danny Haszard
Posted by: ennui | November 17, 2008 5:46 PM
I don't understand... after Vanity, Madonna, and Kim B., Jeebus seems like thin gruel/weak tea.
Actually, even without those 3.
Posted by: Bart Mitchell | November 17, 2008 5:47 PM
Id pay good money to see a religious debate between the artist formerly known as Prince, and the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.
Posted by: notthedroids | November 17, 2008 5:52 PM
Perez Hilton is reporting that a Prince spokesman says he was misquoted:
http://perezhilton.com/2008-11-17-prince-was-misquoted-the-singers-camp-claims
So yes, Prince is a loony guy, but not a homophobic one, apparently.
Posted by: Moses | November 17, 2008 5:56 PM
Yes. But there's a bit of misconception. Having "Top-40 sales" didn't necessarily mean you got "Top-40" air play on a "Top-40" station.
There is cross-over in the concept and execution, but having a "Top-40" song is much more heavily weighted to "air-time" within a specific "pop-rock" niche than sales in a broad-based or different category. Especially back in the '70s and '80s before the mass consolidation of radio in the '90s.
And while, admittedly, there was some cross-over, you really didn't hear The Clash, The Ramones, DEVO or any other punk/post-punk/goth-punk bands on Top-40 radio which is more along the lines of "pop-rock." Even Blondie (alternative rock) didn't get that much Top-40 air play, besides Heart of Glass, off the Parallel Lines album despite their music being very successful from a commercial standpoint.
Now, Barry Manilow... Rod Stewart... I used to work in a store that had a Top-40 radio station feed... Suffice it to say I have a deep and abiding hatred of Barry Manilow and Rod Stewart...
Posted by: The Chemist | November 17, 2008 5:59 PM
Don't worry, you'll get there.
Posted by: Lago | November 17, 2008 6:01 PM
I like Rod Stewart, as well as Barry Manilow.
Blondie and the Clash? Now they sucked donkey ass...
Posted by: davidst | November 17, 2008 6:03 PM
Maybe I've misjudged them, but I didn't think anyone could become a JW without being nearly brain-dead (excepting folks who were born into it and brainwashed while growing up of course).
Posted by: Gregory Kusnick | November 17, 2008 6:04 PM
Moderated by Bob Dylan.
Posted by: hje | November 17, 2008 6:06 PM
Weird Al's satire had it right: "Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699."
Posted by: Tulse | November 17, 2008 6:10 PM
I too was hugely disappointed when some friends saw Robia at a con a few years ago, and reported back that she was a religious whackaloon. I've just rewatched Seasons 1 and 2 of Buffy, and she is still breathtakingly beautiful and deliciously cheeky, which makes it all the more depressing.
Now that is funny.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 17, 2008 6:10 PM
That is a shame.
Prince put out some seriously funky shit in his time.
Posted by: rmp | November 17, 2008 6:12 PM
My wife and I eloped (with a small group of friends as the wedding party). After the service, we went to watch the movie Purple Rain. This is really going to effect my sentiments when our anniversary comes around.
Posted by: rudi | November 17, 2008 6:14 PM
And I've literally JUST bought his greatest hits.
"My name is Prince...and I am flaky"
Posted by: Jello | November 17, 2008 6:15 PM
An excentric celebrity saying stupid shit? Shock of shocks! This, of course, is why I despise the cult of celebrity that grips the US. People in entertainment live in an ultra-high stress environment that demands constant competition and performance. This stress leaves them vulnerable to all sorts of pits falls, be they drugs or fad religions. This should serve as a reminder to all of us that while celebrity voices are handy to have when there on your side they are notoriously inconsistant.
Posted by: Dahan | November 17, 2008 6:16 PM
Funny. my wife and I were just last night were making a list of the pop albums that we thought really shook the music nation and ushered in new movements. "Thriller" was on the top of both our lists.
He's still a freak though, even more obviously so now.
Posted by: Dahan | November 17, 2008 6:18 PM
Oops! left out the fact that "Purple Rain" was supposed to be listed ahead of "Thriller" there... running late for class and posting... bad idea.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 6:18 PM
Moses, speaking as someone who was involved in college radio in the mid to late eighties, it was amazing how even those DJs who avoided Top 40 liked Prince.
Also, when you disparage Rod Stewart, you have to be careful. The Faces were rather glorious. The last thirty five years, he has been musical evil. Part of the reason I hate him so much, once upon a time, he was great. Such a betrayal of his talents.
Posted by: Lago | November 17, 2008 6:19 PM
Robia LaMorte never could act her way out of a paper bag. It was always sad to see the brilliant acting of the rest of the Buffy cast and then see Robia show up. I personally think they killed her because her acting was so damn bad,,
If you doubt me on this, I dare you to go back and watch the episodes with her in them again.
Dare ya!
Posted by: Bart Mitchell | November 17, 2008 6:20 PM
Gregory, Bob Dylan joined a religion too?
Man, Im glad I could care less about the lives of pop stars. I just learned, here, that Michael Jackson became a JW, then an apostate from them? Wow, these people are seriously wacked. I just can't imagine what must go on in the head of someone who changes their entire faith.
I grew up in a godless household. We never even talked about the existence of god/gods. In high school, I just called myself an agnostic, since I didn't know that much about religion. After so many people telling me to accept christ, or go to hell, I decided to read the Bible. Still can't understand why its called the 'good' book. I can kind of wrap my head around the idea of coming to reality through rational thought, but it still must be a weird day for someone when they realize they no longer believe in something that seems so foundational to a personality.
But this bouncing back and forth between faiths, going from one to the other like your trying out a new fashion statement. It really just blows my mind that a person can so quickly, and so often, change how they feel about reality.
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 17, 2008 6:27 PM
She was hot, and in hot schoolteacher hot. I didn't say she was good.
The acting in Buffy wasn't always brilliant. In the first season David Boreanaz was more wooden than the furniture - though I will admit he got a lot better, esp. when he was Angelus.
Posted by: Lago | November 17, 2008 6:27 PM
"'I'd pay good money to see a religious debate between the artist formerly known as Prince, and the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens....Moderated by Bob Dylan.""
Dylan: Eaheha ahhe whah ahee?
Yusuf: Um, what?
"Prince": Who?
Dylan: Eaheha ahhe whah ahee HEE?
Yusuf: ??
"Prince": ?
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 17, 2008 6:30 PM
Sorry, what i should have written in #50 was:
She was hot, as in hot schoolteacher hot. I didn't say she was good.
Apologies if it didn't make sense.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 6:38 PM
Wowbagger, David Boreanaz was literally a person that was pulled from the street. An agent saw David walking and asked if he would like to act. He was supposed to last through the first seven episodes. Now he is in the middle of his third series.
Yeah, he was a lot of fun as Angelus. As Joss said, David was able to bring out the bastard. But it was the episode I Only Have Eyes For You that convinced him that David could carry a series.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 6:40 PM
...saw David Boreanaz walking his dog.
I wish I could edit my statements.
Posted by: Matty Smith | November 17, 2008 6:41 PM
*sigh* And there I just bought a copy of Lovesexy for my civil union partner.
:P
Posted by: The 502 | November 17, 2008 6:46 PM
Owen (post #21) - That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this post. Good call!
Posted by: Rey Fox | November 17, 2008 6:48 PM
"10 things I care less about than Prince:"
Wouldn't "things I care MORE about" make your point better?
Posted by: arachnophilia | November 17, 2008 6:49 PM
*obligatory kevin smith referense*
Posted by: Steverino | November 17, 2008 6:54 PM
Fuck Prince!!!...Oh, wait...
Posted by: Brian's A Wild Downer | November 17, 2008 7:01 PM
Warren Zevon's cover of Raspberry Beret was better anyway. Don't know anything about his beliefs though.
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 17, 2008 7:06 PM
And Robia LaMorte was a dancer, not an actor. My point was that not everyone in Buffy was always a good actor. She might have improved just as DB did if they hadn't killed her character off - though her recently (at the time) acquired love of Jebus probably would have put paid to her being in a show about vampires and witchcraft anyway.
Posted by: Rick R | November 17, 2008 7:14 PM
"Yeah, he was a lot of fun as Angelus. As Joss said, David was able to bring out the bastard. But it was the episode I Only Have Eyes For You that convinced him that David could carry a series."
And my heart. *sigh*
Posted by: John C. Randolph | November 17, 2008 7:15 PM
Isn't Michael Jackson a Jehovah's Witness, too?
I wish I could remember who the comedian was who had a routine about his mother becoming Jehovah's Key Witness and leaning on her family to turn Jehovah's State's Evidence.
-jcr
Posted by: spgreenlaw | November 17, 2008 7:17 PM
Moses @7,
Say what you will about Prince, but he is an extremely talented musician who has serious guitar chops. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7sT1HRV2qU
Posted by: jj | November 17, 2008 7:17 PM
Moses@34
Eh, I'd chalk Blondie up as Punk/New Wave, alt rock is more of a late 80's early 90's shin-dig.
And Jane @ 47-
Yeah, let's not give solo artists credit after they break up,Rod Stewart Sucks, Faces is awesome, just like Sting is a jerk but the police rock. There are many more examples...
Posted by: John C. Randolph | November 17, 2008 7:21 PM
#10 BrianX,
I wouldn't describe MJ's behavior as egotistical. I don't think you could find a clearer case of massive insecurity. The polysurgery addiction, the publicity stunts, uncontrollable spending, the way he controls the rest of his family through the pursestrings, sure doesn't paint a picture of egotism as far as I can tell.
-jcr
Posted by: Matt7895 | November 17, 2008 7:22 PM
Woah, never knew Jenny Calendar from Buffy had turned into a fundie. She was so gorgeous too.
As for Boreanaz, it doesn't matter if he was just pulled off the street. He really could act. See 'Angel', particularly the first couple of seasons.
Posted by: IST | November 17, 2008 7:23 PM
#39> I had a student when I still taught two subjects, one of them being history, who walked up to me and sung in a German accent "Tonight we're going to party like it's 1939." Coming from a blonde, blue eyed teenager, I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cringe.
Posted by: randy | November 17, 2008 7:27 PM
come on PZ, Prince has been out of it for way more than 7 years. One may want to argue that it took brain rot for him to become religious, but I don't think one can argue (in the case of prince) that religion caused brain rot.
Posted by: Lago | November 17, 2008 7:30 PM
"Say what you will about Prince, but he is an extremely talented musician who has serious guitar chops."
Reeeally not impressed. I play better than that and I am a nobody...
Posted by: Mariana | November 17, 2008 7:31 PM
Aw, man...Not the guy who gave us "Kiss" (considered by many as one of the best pop songs ever written - and I agree). Also, "Sexy M.F.", just wonderfully funky-jazzy. And I never tire of listening to him and Stevie Wonder in that live performance of "Maybe Your Baby".
I could go on and on...
*sigh*
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 17, 2008 7:35 PM
So, if Prince moves house to become religious does it means he's joined a Jehovah's Witness Relocation Program?
/bad joke>
Posted by: James F | November 17, 2008 7:35 PM
So this is what it sounds like...when doves cry!
Posted by: spgreenlaw | November 17, 2008 7:40 PM
Lago,
There are people who play faster, but that doesn't mean they play better. If it did, Dragonforce would rule the world.
Posted by: jj | November 17, 2008 7:50 PM
Lago @ #36
Oh bad music taste... Ya' can't beat the clash. To each their own, though. I just can't stand by while someone disgraces good old Joe Strummer (RIP). One of the coolest musicians ever - rock, pop, punk, funk, reggae, ska, even hip-hop - and it all rocked (with the exception of the aptly named "cut the Crap" album).
Posted by: Lago | November 17, 2008 7:52 PM
"There are people who play faster, but that doesn't mean they play better. If it did, Dragonforce would rule the world."
I never mentioned speed. There is far more to playing than speed. Princes playing in that clip was un-clever, and mundane...
Posted by: spgreenlaw | November 17, 2008 7:59 PM
Sigh, Lago. To each their own, I guess. Though how you can dismiss Prince and the Clash, and actually enjoy Barry Manilow, I will never understand.
Posted by: shonny | November 17, 2008 8:01 PM
What the hell is 'Prince'?
Something that makes all this new-fandangling noises called 'music' by misinformed youth? Noises that mostly wreck hearing so next time they perform it even loader?
Yes, I am getting old, thankfully, and Ludwig is more to my liking. Not that anyone really gives a shit about what I like, but I want to show off my superior taste anyway :^)
Posted by: The Swiss | November 17, 2008 8:04 PM
best comment #32:
I'd give a kidney to see that!
Posted by: Brownian, OM | November 17, 2008 8:08 PM
Oh, is that what you were doing?
I think those darn kids are on your lawn again.
Posted by: mayhempix | November 17, 2008 8:15 PM
Now we know "When Doves Cry".
Two of Prince's biggest influences were Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix. Little Richard was/is gay even though he became a preacher and tried to run away from it. Hendrix recorded Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". So I guess there is some sort of weird symmetry to the whole sad story.
@Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker
Rod Stewart's best work was with Jeff Beck on "Truth" and "Beck-Ola". Amazing blues rock. The band included Ron Wood on bass before he and Stewart left to form Faces.
Posted by: MoxieHart | November 17, 2008 8:21 PM
Well, if Jenny Calender's death saved Oz, then I'm totally ok with it.
She wasn't a great actress but I loved her and Giles as a couple.
Now watching David B. season one was just painful, although I loved watching him bring the kill on as Angelus. Him, Spike and Dru were some of my fave villains. I'm just glad he took a few acting lessons between then and Bones.
Posted by: Andrew | November 17, 2008 8:22 PM
Was he misinterpreted as is people are claiming? Well the easy thing for him to do is make a public statement in favour of gay rights, that should clear that up.
Posted by: mayhempix | November 17, 2008 8:22 PM
Posted by: Brian's A Wild Downer | November 17, 2008 7:01 PM
Warren Zevon's cover of Raspberry Beret was better anyway. Don't know anything about his beliefs though.
Warren Zevon was an unrepentant atheist all the way up to his death from lung cancer.
Dirty Little Religion
(Warren Zevon)
I like to think I've earned my reputation
For rushing in where angels fear to tread
I'll take you home to meet the congregation
We'll all get together in my tent
I make a dirty little religion out of lovin'
I'll make a dirty little convert out of you
I make a dirty little religion out of lovin'
I'll make a dirty little convert out of you
They treat you like a red-headed stepchild
And try to keep you nailed to the floor
Join us for the countdown to the Rapture
We never turned a sinner from our door
I make a dirty little religion out of lovin'
I'll make a dirty little convert out of you
I make a dirty little religion out of lovin'
It's a dirty little religion, hallelujah
Dirty little acolyte
Dirty little one
Learn the fundamentals of desire
Can I get a witness
To my testament?
Can I get an amen from the choir?
I like to think I've earned my reputation
For trying to take the bull by the horns
I'll show you where I get my inspiration
Where we plow and where we plant the corn
I make a dirty little religion out of lovin'
I'll make a dirty little convert out of you
I make a dirty little religion out of lovin'
It's a dirty little religion, hallelujah
Dirty little acolyte
Dirty little one
You'll learn the fundamentals of desire
Can I get a witness
To my testament?
Can I get an amen from the choir
Posted by: allison | November 17, 2008 8:29 PM
I've always thought Prince sucked out the ass.
Posted by: Djur | November 17, 2008 8:34 PM
Funny, he likes you.
Seriously, folks. This is Prince. He kept funk alive through the '80s. The inheritor of the keys to the Mothership. Just because he's gone nutty religious doesn't change the basic dictates of good taste, which indicate that Prince is, in fact, awesome.
Posted by: RichVR | November 17, 2008 8:35 PM
"Jehovah's Witlessness" heh. My girlfriend is an ex-JW. That's what we call it too.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 8:37 PM
Mayhempix, you just touched my very geeky side. Stewart and Wood did not form The Faces. The joined The Small Faces after Steve Marriott left the band. It was decided that they were no longer The Small Faces because Stewart and Wood are on the taller side. The members of The Small Faces were all short.
Does it get more geeky then that?
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 17, 2008 8:44 PM
Shit. The Faces are anything but geeky. That's Old School bar rock and Roll. Good stuff.
Posted by: Feynmaniac | November 17, 2008 8:46 PM
First Prince, now the hot techno-wiccan?
Posted by: Danio | November 17, 2008 8:53 PM
Noooo! Another mainstay of my adolescence jumps the shark. I just found out last week that Anne Rice had reverted to devout Catholicism and now writes good Jesusy books (and oh, man, did anyone ever read the 'Beauty' trilogy she wrote under the 'nym A.N. Roquelaure? HAWT!!) And now this. Shit. Guess he isn't singing "Erotic City" much these days.
Posted by: Screechy Monkey | November 17, 2008 8:59 PM
"Warren Zevon's cover of Raspberry Beret was better anyway."
Quoted for truth.
Posted by: Dark Matter | November 17, 2008 8:59 PM
Damn right, Warren Zevon's cover of "Raspberry Beret" was better. He performed it with the Hindu Love Gods, and THEY were a side project of members of REM. They couldn't avoid making a better version. I miss Warren, though. I grew up on "Sentimental Hygiene."
And now I'm glad I don't listen to much Prince; I always got some weird vibes from him and there are better artists in his genre. But I was SURE he was bi. Damn!
Posted by: Dale Husband | November 17, 2008 8:59 PM
I never liked Prince. I thought he was a musical genius, but the sexual overtones of his songs bothered me, along with the way he was said to have objectified women in real life. His trying to adopt a symbol as his legal name only added to his insane appearance, and now as a Jehovah's Witness, he's gotten even worse.
BTW, Most of the Jackson family, including ultra-loon Michael, were raised Jehovah's Witnesses.
Posted by: Wowbagger | November 17, 2008 9:01 PM
I think it's time someone compiled a list of entertainers who we're really disappointed to hear are woo-addled.
Evangeline Lilly, who plays Kate in Lost is another.
Posted by: Not Aaron Sorkin | November 17, 2008 9:02 PM
"Natalie, what do you think of Daniel Rydell?"
"Are you referring to yourself in the third person?"
"No."
"'Cause it's awfully annoying."
"I know it is."
"Also when you change the pronunciation of their name midstream. Don't call me Tony DORsett, call me Tony Dor-SETT...."
"I know this is..."
"And like getting the world to call Prince by pretentious name in a lifetime wasn't enough, I've gotta learn to draw the symbol for moron!"
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT, OM | November 17, 2008 9:11 PM
I hear Jello Biafra is a die hard thumping Southern Baptist.
Posted by: papa zita | November 17, 2008 9:11 PM
Ron Wood and Rod Stewart didn't leave Jeff Beck Group to form the Faces. What happened was The Small Faces (of Itchykoo Park fame) picked up Ron and Rod and became the Faces. Truth was one of my favorite '60s albums, and not just because it's got both Jimmy Page and Keith Moon on it. Beck was brilliant but could never hold a band together for long. Probably still is brilliant, but I haven't heard any of his work for about 5 years.
Posted by: Janine ID AKA The Lone Drinker | November 17, 2008 9:12 PM
Chimpy, I said I was geeky. Not The Faces. Five Guys Walk Into A Bar is one of the best box sets eve