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Oh, Prince. You make my heart heavy with sadness.
I’m a lifelong fan — not only have I cheered on your tiny purple-clad butt in concert, but I’ve made an ass out of myself for you. Yes, during my Music Appreciation class in college, we were asked to name our favorite song. And while others lied through their teeth with answers such as “Bach’s Organ Concerto in D” and “Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture,” I spoke the truth: “‘Kiss’ by Prince,” I proudly declared.
The professor never called on me again.
But I never harbored any regrets about my bold stance. Not even when I was punished with a B+ in the class. A B+ — for ME, the viola nerd! Until…
What is THIS I hear, Prince…? You are no longer the Prince of Awesome Guitar Licks, but rather the King of Douchebags?
Holden Lenz, 18 months old, is the pajama-clad star of a 29-second home movie [in which he dances to "Let's Go Crazy"] shot by his mother in the family’s rural Pennsylvania kitchen and posted last February on the popular video site YouTube.
Twenty eight people, mostly friends and family, had viewed the YouTube video by June, when mom Stephanie Lenz said she received an e-mail from YouTube informing her that her video had been removed from the site at the request of Universal Music Publishing Group, the recording industry’s largest label, and warning her that future copyright infringements on her part could force the Web site to cancel her account.
For it’s part, Universal said it was simply acting at the behest of one of its top artists.
A well-placed source directly involved in the situation confirmed to ABC News that Prince was directly involved in seeking the takedown of Lenz’s video.
“This guy scours the Internet,” the source said of the legendary artist, who once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and wrote the word “Slave’” on his cheek until he won back the rights to his music from another publishing company.
“He’s really intense about this stuff,” the source said, adding that Lenz’s video “happened to be one of many” that artist apparently located online and demanded be taken down.
Wow, way to take a stand against these money-stealing babies, Prince! Almost as impressive as my bold Music Appreciation stance. Hell, might as well sue the smug diapered one, while you’re at it. You know how these babies are — he probably has a closet full of fake Prada bags, a bootleg version of Shrek and an illegally downloaded copy of Barney’s Greatest Hits on his crib’s MP3 player, too.
The baby must PAY!
I like his music, have NEVER liked him. If this is true, my dislike now turns to disgust.
Get down with yer bad self, Holden!
October 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm - Replydoesn’t prince have better things to do with his time than search youtube all day for baby vidoes? he’s lucky any babies even want to dance to his music anymore!
October 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm - ReplyThat baby is damn cute and prince’s song is barely recognizable.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:30 pm - ReplyHe’s just mad because the baby’s taller than he is.
October 26th, 2007 at 9:56 pm - ReplyWay to go “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.”
He should look at it as a blessing, opening the little one’s ears to his music. What a prick.
October 26th, 2007 at 11:19 pm - ReplyWhat everyone else said - a jerk
October 27th, 2007 at 5:11 am - ReplyI’m still laughing at what Raspberry said.
October 27th, 2007 at 10:08 am - Reply