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SW-User
I always preferred Prince
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@SW-User He ran rings around MJ in terms of musical talent.

SW-User
@DavidT8899 Absolutely!!
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@SW-User ESPECIALLY as a songwriter; there was no comparison.
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@DavidT8899 Now to be fair Micheal Jackson will always be more of an iconic figure in pop culture history.But that's about the only thing he had over Prince.

SW-User
@DavidT8899 You're right, he was in some ways a Messiah-like figure
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@SW-User And you'll notice Prince never got into the crazy stuff that Jackson did,although to be fair ,I don't think MJ mean any harm in some of the things he did (But that's another story)Do you want to know a little known secret about Prince?

SW-User
@DavidT8899 Sure, was he a drug addict?
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@SW-User Well,do you want to know?
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@SW-User Ha!Just the opposite.Heres the secret:you know how flamboyant Prince was on stage?On the own time,he was notorious for being the most boring person in the world!He never even went out;he just watched T.V and slept.He would have children over and they would be desperate to go home -not because Prince did anything wrong but because there was nothing to do and the kids were bored silly!
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@SW-User Here's something you also might not know:The MJ song"Bad"was originally going to be a duet between him and Prince.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@SW-User Prince definitely thought he was some kind of messiah. He never once gave Weird Al Yankovic to go ahead to parody any of his songs. Michael at least had enough of a sense of humor about his music to say yes, and it launched the career of one of the greatest musicians in the world.

SW-User
@LordShadowfire He first did Queen if i'm not correct, but yeah Prince took his music pretty seriously.
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@LordShadowfire Well,that's just two people having differing opinions.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@SW-User I think you're right. But it was Michael who made him world famous by agreeing to let him do "Eat It".
@DavidT8899 Yup.
@DavidT8899 Yup.
DarlingLinds · 41-45, F
@DavidT8899 who's kids?
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@DarlingLinds He babysat for people he knew.