[Wildcat!]

LOL! Whatever Annie! Still

[microscope]

Originally posted by Brekkie

And as a result of The X Factor it's jumped back into the Top 50 from absolutely nowhere - not that The Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince shows any gratitude.

Thats not unusual.

Once upon a time you would need to sell an awful amount of singles to enter the top 50. But nowadays it is mainly downloads and what cd singles do sell is in no way near the amount that used to. It's the sign of the times.

But for Prince showing gratitude. Well maybe he does, but he hasn't announced it publicly. Who knows?

Like I said already, there is no proof that Prince himself has caused the removal of Ruth's rendition of his song from Youtube.com. Nor would there ever be proof.

Let's be fair though - anything Ruth sung against Girlband was going to look better - and it wasn't that great a performance and isn't that great a song.

Purple Rain wasn't a great song. In my opinion it was a bad choice. I would have chosen a slow Gloria Estefan number myself. Something which can really show her true colours.

I think Girlband were/are very poor singers, I'm glad they are out. They should have been out the week previous if it were not for Louis bad choice of song for Bad Lashes. He has only himself to blame for that one. Now he is left with one group. Luckily it's the great JLS.

[Annie]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
LOL! Whatever Annie! Still

Awww shhhh *kisses*

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
BTW,here's Prince doing Purple Rain at the super bowl!
My favorite performance of all time!

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v389304XGYhx25k

Thanks for that .Prince is a legend in music as far as I'm concerned.He's a really underrated guitraist too.

[Ruth]

I think Prince is amazing. I mean, really really talented. Sorry, but that girls' performance of Purple Rain was nowhere near the brilliance of the original. Not that it's her fault - anyone given that song to perform has big boots to fill.

[Ruth]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
If, like us, you were glued to this Saturday's X Factor (heatworld watched it three times this weekend – hello, repeats) you were no doubt in massive awe of Ruth Lorenzo's version of Purple Rain. Ruth found herself in the bottom two this week, and as her second song, she did her own rendition of Prince's famous song, which was, quite frankly, amazing. So amazing, that by yesterday, her version had had 100,000 hits on YouTube – and Prince's people took it down! Someone a bit jealous, are they? Luckily, it's back up now – so check it out while you can right here. Oh, and the official Prince version re-entered the top 50 yesterday, so really, we think Ruth's done him a favour, don't you?


Source = Heatoworld


However sorry YouTube have taken it down AGAIN!

She did Prince a favour That's one of the funniest things I have read for a while.

er....who wrote the song in the first place?

Mind you, that's exactly the kind of rubbish which I would expect Heatworld to spout.

[GiRTh]

Its his song. He wrote it. If he's not happpy with a certain version then that's his prerogative.

Prince has always been fussy. Rumour has it that he's written hundreds of songs that he's never recorded and never will record. one of those was Nothing compares 2 U made famous by Sinead O'Connor. Prince is a true music legend.

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by Ruth

She did Prince a favour That's one of the funniest things I have read for a while.

er....who wrote the song in the first place?

Mind you, that's exactly the kind of rubbish which I would expect Heatworld to spout.

she kind of has done him a favour (in a weird way).

Because there is so much talk and annoyance over the fact she nearly went on Saturday after a cracking performance of 'Purple Rain', the sales for 'Purple Rain' on downloads has increased so much that it will be in the Top 50 this week, it looks as though it may even eneter the Top 40.

Not many records do that on downloads alone, and that song has not been in the chart for many years, so she has just made him a little extra money (not that he needs it).

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by ukturtle
she kind of has done him a favour (in a weird way).

Because there is so much talk and annoyance over the fact she nearly went on Saturday after a cracking performance of 'Purple Rain', the sales for 'Purple Rain' on downloads has increased so much that it will be in the Top 50 this week, it looks as though it may even eneter the Top 40.

Not many records do that on downloads alone, and that song has not been in the chart for many years, so she has just made him a little extra money (not that he needs it).

He won't see it like that. He doesn’t need the money, he doesn’t want the money and he's never been motivated by money.

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by GiRTh

He won't see it like that. He doesn’t need the money, he doesn’t want the money and he's never been motivated by money.

I know he won't see it like that, but she has boosted his awareness in the public eye again, which cannot be a bad thing.

[Ruth]

I thought her performance was mediocre at best. She could probably do other songs brilliantly - but not that one.

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by Ruth
I thought her performance was mediocre at best. She could probably do other songs brilliantly - but not that one.

But given she had throat problems and had been throwing up all morning, that was a class performance to pull off in that condition.

[Z]

It can't be argued that Ruth's performance single handedly brought that song back into the mainstream!? That's no reflection on how good/bad her performance was, it's just based on the amount of publicity that it's received.

Prince has always been an anti-everything type of guy, I'm sure he has a legal team who do all the work for him, but I'm sure I've heard that he's requested all his music to be taken down from YouTube before?

[SexualHeroics]

Oh my word. This is one of the most stupid, misinformed articles I've ever had the misfortune to stumble across. Who reads this s***?

First off, hardly any of Prince's videos can be found on youtube, his people get them taken off immediately, it's been that way for years. To suggest Prince even knows about this nonsense is totally far fetched and at worst (and most likely) a complete lie!

Then there's the line about Prince being done a favour. Jesus wept. The ignorance is astounding. We're talking about a man who has sacrificed millions of dollars in record contracts to gain his freedom and creative control. To suggest he cares the slightest bit enough about chart positions and record sales enough to consider this a favour.......well......it's probably about as idiotically ignorant a comment a human being can make on popular music.

I won't even get into the insignificance of each and every X factor performance.

This article is a disservice to everyone who reads it.