You Don't have to be rich to rule my world.
I was in the D-Note at Arvada a few weeks ago and after the show was over, the sound guy threw on the new Prince Album: 3121 and I Danced my little ass off in the doorway while I waited for my man to load up all of his gear.
Add a little spanish to a little traditional prince to a little more dance grooves and you have a pretty good album (when the mood calls).
Yesterday on my lunch break, I jetted over to Best Buy on my free time and got me some new Prince.
Upon flipping through the liner notes, I noticed two things:
1. Pictures and Photgrapy done by....
2. "Most importantly, to the all and mighty: Jehovah"
Aside from my usual tendancy to edit the misspelling (grammar/editorial freak), I started to wonder... Is Prince a Jehovah's Witness?
Now, I don't really know much about Prince, save my aunt was a pair of legs in one of his videos with Leah Thompson in the 80s (it's in this mix somewhere), and I thot that "Peach" song was really sweet.
And regarding the Witnesses, I only have rememberance of them coming to our door a million times uninvited when I was growing up -- which was odd, because we were no where near residential areas...
So I did a little research:
Prince and the Jehovah's Witnesses
Prince has had an interesting career - but many may be unaware of the fact that he has recently converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses. Even fewer are probably aware of the fact that Prince's religious beliefs have begun to filter into his music, including his older music.
Rick Ross writes:
Four years ago the funkster converted reportedly to satisfy his mother’s dying wish, but since then Prince has gone so far as to add religious lyrics to his theme song “Purple Rain.” The new line in the song goes, “Say you can’t make up your mind? I think you better close it and open up the Bible.” Close your mind? Isn’t that like being “brainwashed”?
Prince may have even recast his old battles with record companies into something religious. “I can tell you who made the System,” he told Newsweek cryptically (April 12, 2004). The “System,” according to Prince apparently includes the music recording business that he says once “enslaved” him. But the word “System” has a darker connotation than slavery amongst Jehovah’s Witnesses. It encompasses everything “worldly” outside of the organization, which includes all world governments, businesses and any other religious organizations. And "who made the System” and essentially controls it today? According to the Witnesses its creator and guiding light is Satan.
Evidently, Prince proselytizes door- to-door just like other Witnesses - but unlike other Witnesses, he participates in the "System" in ways that would normally be shunned. When he does proselytize, according to Ross, he goes in a limo with four bodyguards and tailor-made suits. Pity that all Witnesses aren't given the same latitude - but they can't contribute millions to the cause like Prince can. You don't suppose that has anything to do with it, do you?
(taken from this site).
Apparently, he even fought the state of massachusettes on the matter.
But what exactly IS a Jehova's Witness???
A Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell Russell, Charles Taze, 1852–1916, founder of the movement whose followers are known as Russellites, as Bible Students, and (since 1931) as Jehovah's Witnesses , b. Pittsburgh, Pa.
There, he predicted (1872) the second coming of Christ and the millennium. In 1878 he organized his followers as an independent church, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ.
The Witnesses believe that the event has already commenced; they also believe the battle of Armageddon is imminent and that it will be followed by a millennial period when repentant sinners will have a second chance for salvation.
The Witnesses base their teaching on the Bible. They have no churches but meet in buildings that are always named Kingdom Hall. There are no official ministers because all Jehovah's Witnesses are considered ministers of the gospel.
Their views are circulated in The Watchtower, Awake!, and other publications and by house-to-house canvasing carried on by members. Since their beginning, the Witnesses have been the subject of harassment virtually everywhere that they have been active. Regarding governments as the work of Satan, the Witnesses refuse to bear arms in war or participate in the affairs of government.
Their refusal to salute the flag brought about a controversy that resulted in a decision in their favor by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1943. The Witnesses insist upon a rigid moral code and refuse blood transfusions.
Before 1931, Jehovah's Witnesses were called Russellites; abroad the movement is usually known as the International Bible Students Association. Active in almost every country in the world, the group has more than 1 million members in the United States.
Other famous Witnesses:
Ida. E. Eisenhower (Dwight's mama)
Katharine Jackson (Michael, Janet, Latoya's mom)
Michelle Rodriguez (hot girl actress)
Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle, SBTB)
Who used to be in?
Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls)
Ja Rule
The Wayans Brothers (interesting...)
Naomi Campbell (Think maybe she should have held onto her religious routes, as she's been out around town, bitch slapping everyone and their brother)
Michael Jackson (Same goes for the white-gloved wonder, but for very different, obvious reasons...)
How is this affecting Prince's way of life?
*Well, a much-needed hip surgery wont' be happening, due to dispbelief in, well... surgery.
*his album presentation.
*Singing some of his old-school tunes... not happening!
Some lying around time as, he is traveling door to door like most traditional followers (as previously mentioned).
How would you feel if the teeny, tiny 5'3" Minneapolin (word? ha) showed up on your door pushin' his new (seemingly since 2001 or so...) religion on you?
All of this aside, I'm still wondering if he's just Prince, the Artist formerlly known as prince, or that symbol showcased above his bed on the new album.
I wonder if he knows that to make your self a god-like figure is horribly against the religion?
Of course, that may just be Catholocism...
What a confusing character...
Add a little spanish to a little traditional prince to a little more dance grooves and you have a pretty good album (when the mood calls).
Yesterday on my lunch break, I jetted over to Best Buy on my free time and got me some new Prince.
Upon flipping through the liner notes, I noticed two things:
1. Pictures and Photgrapy done by....
2. "Most importantly, to the all and mighty: Jehovah"
Aside from my usual tendancy to edit the misspelling (grammar/editorial freak), I started to wonder... Is Prince a Jehovah's Witness?
Now, I don't really know much about Prince, save my aunt was a pair of legs in one of his videos with Leah Thompson in the 80s (it's in this mix somewhere), and I thot that "Peach" song was really sweet.And regarding the Witnesses, I only have rememberance of them coming to our door a million times uninvited when I was growing up -- which was odd, because we were no where near residential areas...
So I did a little research:
Prince and the Jehovah's Witnesses
Prince has had an interesting career - but many may be unaware of the fact that he has recently converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses. Even fewer are probably aware of the fact that Prince's religious beliefs have begun to filter into his music, including his older music.
Rick Ross writes:
Four years ago the funkster converted reportedly to satisfy his mother’s dying wish, but since then Prince has gone so far as to add religious lyrics to his theme song “Purple Rain.” The new line in the song goes, “Say you can’t make up your mind? I think you better close it and open up the Bible.” Close your mind? Isn’t that like being “brainwashed”?
Prince may have even recast his old battles with record companies into something religious. “I can tell you who made the System,” he told Newsweek cryptically (April 12, 2004). The “System,” according to Prince apparently includes the music recording business that he says once “enslaved” him. But the word “System” has a darker connotation than slavery amongst Jehovah’s Witnesses. It encompasses everything “worldly” outside of the organization, which includes all world governments, businesses and any other religious organizations. And "who made the System” and essentially controls it today? According to the Witnesses its creator and guiding light is Satan.
Evidently, Prince proselytizes door- to-door just like other Witnesses - but unlike other Witnesses, he participates in the "System" in ways that would normally be shunned. When he does proselytize, according to Ross, he goes in a limo with four bodyguards and tailor-made suits. Pity that all Witnesses aren't given the same latitude - but they can't contribute millions to the cause like Prince can. You don't suppose that has anything to do with it, do you?
(taken from this site).
Apparently, he even fought the state of massachusettes on the matter.
But what exactly IS a Jehova's Witness???
A Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell Russell, Charles Taze, 1852–1916, founder of the movement whose followers are known as Russellites, as Bible Students, and (since 1931) as Jehovah's Witnesses , b. Pittsburgh, Pa.
There, he predicted (1872) the second coming of Christ and the millennium. In 1878 he organized his followers as an independent church, whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ.
The Witnesses believe that the event has already commenced; they also believe the battle of Armageddon is imminent and that it will be followed by a millennial period when repentant sinners will have a second chance for salvation.
The Witnesses base their teaching on the Bible. They have no churches but meet in buildings that are always named Kingdom Hall. There are no official ministers because all Jehovah's Witnesses are considered ministers of the gospel.
Their views are circulated in The Watchtower, Awake!, and other publications and by house-to-house canvasing carried on by members. Since their beginning, the Witnesses have been the subject of harassment virtually everywhere that they have been active. Regarding governments as the work of Satan, the Witnesses refuse to bear arms in war or participate in the affairs of government.Their refusal to salute the flag brought about a controversy that resulted in a decision in their favor by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1943. The Witnesses insist upon a rigid moral code and refuse blood transfusions.
Before 1931, Jehovah's Witnesses were called Russellites; abroad the movement is usually known as the International Bible Students Association. Active in almost every country in the world, the group has more than 1 million members in the United States.
Other famous Witnesses:
Ida. E. Eisenhower (Dwight's mama)
Katharine Jackson (Michael, Janet, Latoya's mom)
Michelle Rodriguez (hot girl actress)
Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle, SBTB)
Who used to be in?
Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls)
Ja Rule
The Wayans Brothers (interesting...)
Naomi Campbell (Think maybe she should have held onto her religious routes, as she's been out around town, bitch slapping everyone and their brother)
Michael Jackson (Same goes for the white-gloved wonder, but for very different, obvious reasons...)
How is this affecting Prince's way of life?
*Well, a much-needed hip surgery wont' be happening, due to dispbelief in, well... surgery.
*his album presentation.
*Singing some of his old-school tunes... not happening!
Some lying around time as, he is traveling door to door like most traditional followers (as previously mentioned).
How would you feel if the teeny, tiny 5'3" Minneapolin (word? ha) showed up on your door pushin' his new (seemingly since 2001 or so...) religion on you?
All of this aside, I'm still wondering if he's just Prince, the Artist formerlly known as prince, or that symbol showcased above his bed on the new album.
I wonder if he knows that to make your self a god-like figure is horribly against the religion?
Of course, that may just be Catholocism...
What a confusing character...
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