{"id":11970,"date":"2010-07-06T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=11970"},"modified":"2010-07-06T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T19:43:15","slug":"prince-becomes-that-bitter-old-guy-declares-%e2%80%9cthe-internet-is-over%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/prince-becomes-that-bitter-old-guy-declares-%e2%80%9cthe-internet-is-over%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Becomes \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThat Bitter Old Guy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Declares: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Internet Is Over\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/07\/06\/prince-the-internet-is-over\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">The Internet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s completely over<\/a>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/celebs\/news\/2010\/07\/05\/prince-world-exclusive-interview-peter-willis-goes-inside-the-star-s-secret-world-115875-22382552\/\" class=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/princeisunhinged-e1278414189437.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Now we know why he&#039;s always sticking his tongue out at his audience.\" width=\"550\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11976\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Prince, we miss the time when <strong>you <\/strong>were the trendsetting musical genius that you truly are. By our reckoning <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_%28musician%29#Discography\" class=\"external external_icon\">that&#8217;s 1978 &#8211; 1992<\/a>.   We now look to the Internet to find people making glorious new art. The Internet is where we find people making music like you once did. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Internet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like MTV,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the star said to the Mirror\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s correspondent. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153At one time, MTV was hip, and suddenly it became outdated.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Suddenly,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a.k.a. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/07\/06\/prince-the-internet-is-over\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">around the time the Internet started taking off<\/a>, perhaps?<\/p>\n<p>Not only is Prince down on the web; he also is decidedly not a fan of consumer electronics. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be good for you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_and_mathematics\" class=\"external external_icon\">Numbers<\/a>. Those crazy numbers. Because we all know <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_and_mathematics\" class=\"external external_icon\">math <\/a>has not a bit to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_and_mathematics\" class=\"external external_icon\">music<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_music\" class=\"external external_icon\">Music and computers<\/a>? That&#8217;s obviously crazy talk.*<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/07\/06\/prince-the-internet-is-over\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">mashable<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Remember: our links are your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Internet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s completely over,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pay me an advance for it, and then they get angry when they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Prince, we miss the time when you were the trendsetting musical genius that you truly are. 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