Prince deserves his own thread........so here

luke1733
luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
edited September 2015 in R&B & Alternatives
Prince is like a modern day, ? it ain’t nobody like that ? . I think he’s the baddest musician (not singer) I’ve ever heard.
Here’s to knowing waaaaaay to much about a guy, nohomo.
? I know that you ain’t gonna find on wikipedia
First off there was a dude who he does sing exactly like and I have to let y’all know his name is Sylvester (You are my friend, cry me a river, ).
I can’t give my usual titangraph dissertations on this cause I want to read what you all think. ? it, I'm doing my Titangraph.

Whole thread is dedicated to Prince ? you care to add.

post interesting knows on your favorite songs on the artist, why it’s your favorite, what you got from it that you wonder if other people hear in it.
I’m always longwinded, but for the sake of actually being read I’m a try and keep it short.


His influences to me that I hear the most in him in this order are: Sly and the Family Stone, Sylvester the unknown artist, James Brown, Carlos Santana, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix.
-He’s released I think around 40 cd’s
-Reason he changed his name to the symbol was because he was trying to get out of a record contract. It didn’t work in court. He thought if he became legally someone without a name then he would be free from Warner Brothers and could then set out to do his own business and collect money as an independent. Unfortunately, he had to keep that no name (which was a male and female symbol together) for a while for legal reasons.
-He was born with some syndrome he describes on Tavis Smiley that gave him constant seizures as a child and one day he walked to his mother and said he wouldn’t have them anymore because ? said so.
-Regardless of his androgynous appearance and singing effeminate he fired band members Wendy or Lisa for being homosexual. Stating that was a lifestyle he did not agree with. However on Oprah, he stated when asked about his sexuality that he would classify himself as a Lesbian. Then following it up saying he feels like a woman is inside him.
That alter ego is known as Camille.
-On one of his earliest interviews he said he sang falsetto because it hurt growing up to sing with his real voice. He said falsetto came more natural to him and his range was greater.
-He said he primarily grew up listening to female recording artists.
-As a kid he was ? by his sister. He made a song leaving out the ? aspect called Sister where it does speak on ? .
-His mother used to have porno magazines and as a kid he would read the stories and do other things.
-He was raised Seventh Day Adventist. Moved out his mom’s house sometime in high school and was basically homeless.
-He was a genius in High School and had mastered over 20 instruments. He was a well-known musical prodigy throughout all of Minneapolis. In high school his musical teachers were coming to him for lessons.
-He moved in and out of aunts houses and was kicked out of their houses because he wouldn’t stop playing the drums in high school.
-His dad wouldn’t let him touch his piano growing up and that’s what drew his attention to music. Every day when his dad would go to work, Prince would try to hurry and teach himself how to play music by ear before his father got back home.
-As Purple Rain showed, his Dad was abusive to the entire family.
-Prince is black and says his mother was black and mixed with something else and his father was all black.
-It’s claimed Prince plays over 2,000 instruments and has over 200,000 fully recorded songs in a vault that have never been released.
-He sued youtube and that’s why it’s hard to find a lot of Prince stuff on youtube or almost anywhere where he doesn’t receive an immediate profit.
-He reclaimed ownership of all his songs from Warner Brothers

-He said he wears high heels because the ladies love them.
-He named his son Michael and Michael Jackson named his son Prince.
-Michael Jackson constantly tried to ask Prince to do a song with him and even personally told Prince I want you to sing a new song called “Bad” with me. Prince told this story to Chris Rock. Prince read the first line “your butt is mine,” and said we can’t do it. “Who’s saying this line, cause you’re not saying it to me and I’m definitely not saying it to you.” The duet never happened.
-Prince states that he was never picked on for his height. He said his musical talent always caused his peers to admire him and he believes that is why he escaped it.
-He played on the High School basketball team
-Late in his life he became a Jehovvah's Witness and even showed up to strangers doorsteps to tell them of Jehovvah, but had to stop because it caused too much attention.
-Prince is 5’1 or 5’2.
-He was engaged to Sheila E. She came to meet him one day and he told her he had been following her and her father's music for years. He wanted her to join the band. Afterwards, he was rumored to stay with her and her family for months. Her family hated him b/c of the message in his music.
-Nancy Reagan tried to have his music banned
-He’s infamous for inviting people to his parties and then when they show up D-inviting them.
Take 6 the gospel group (cousins of mine) told the story to me that he called them up and invited them to Paisley Park. They got to the gate on the day they were supposed to arrive and the dude at the gate called Prince to let him know they were there and he said something like “send them home.”
-According to Nas, Prince wanted Alexander O’ Neal to be Morris Day, but Alexander was into ? .
-His songs majority cover sex and the relationship trials of conversations or ways to think about sex in a relationship (Thieves in The Temple, Eye Hate U, Adore). The rest of his songs are political (Avalanche, When will we be paid), religious (I would die for u, self analyzing (Question of U, Anna Stesia, Joy in Repetition, When Doves Cry)
-He ventures from funk, to gospel, classical, jazz, rock n’ roll, heavy metal, r&b, rap, psychedelic, opera,
-He’s a vegetarian and doesn’t drink
-He’s known in Hollywood to once been a drinker

Comments

  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    It's hard finding youtube music stuff on dude so this about it:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHgFhkm_eY
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2015
    Unusual song writer:
    Ten Toes goin' up.
    Ten toes goin down.

    Here's 5 songs lyrics.
    song 1
    My name is Prince
    "In the beginning ? made the sea
    But on the 7th day he made me
    He was tryin' to rest y'all when He heard the sound
    Sound like a guitar cold gettin' down
    I tried to bust a high note, but I bust a string
    My ? was worried 'til he heard me sing
    I know from the righteous. I know from sins.
    I've got two sides and they both friends. Don't try to clock em, they're much too fast
    If you try to stop em. They'll kick that ass.
    Without a pistol. Without a gun.
    When you hear my music you'll be having fun.
    That's when I got you. That's when you mine's. To tell the truth, tell me what's my line."
    My name is Prince, I don't wanna be king
    Cuz I've seen the top and it's just a dream
    Big cars and women and fancy clothes
    Will save your face but it won't save your soul
    I'm here to tell you that there's a better way
    Would our Lord be happy if He came 2 day?
    I ain't sayin' I'm better, no better than u
    But if u want 2 play with me, u better learn the rules

    Song 2
    Love To the 9's
    U say that u love me like river
    A river u say'll never run dry
    I'd rather hear u say 4 ever
    Instead of a smile I'd rather see u cry
    Don't use the magical
    Mysterious, intoxicating, joy fantastic
    Fascinating word called love
    Unless u love me 2 the 9's
    This is the only kind of love
    That I've been dreaming of
    The kind of love that takes over your mind body and soul
    Love to the 9's
    Yo, check this out
    Would u hug me on a crowded street?
    Could u keep your cool if I washed your feet?
    U soul a bath
    What if I gave it, your body I ask
    How long would u save it?
    Could u lie down on a bed of thorns
    While I drink your ocean dry?
    And if we said we loved each other
    Instead of smilin', would u cry?
    Could u kiss 3 times with your dress upside
    Downstroked and laughin'
    Would u stay awake 4 4teen hours
    Listenin' 2 the grass grow?

    Baby, take a real good look at my face
    'Cause honey, it just might be the last time
    Maybe you should have played an ace
    Instead you played the queen
    You'd be better off cheatin' than tryin' to read my mind

    Read more: Prince - Love 2 The 9's Lyrics | MetroLyrics
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2015
    song 3
    3'Chains O' Gold
    If I don't think about the fact that she left me
    If I don't see the pearls fall from the sky
    If I don't hear the accusations of blasphemy
    If I don't feel the tears in my eyes
    This is the best day of my life
    U say u'll call me and then and then u don't
    I'll want 2 kiss u and then I won't
    We both do nothing and call it love
    Is this love?
    Is this love?

    This morning I wanted a cup of coffee
    But I didn't have any cream
    Last night I wanted some inspiration
    But I didn't have any dreams
    Coupled with the fact that u belong 2 another
    Whose name is self-righteousness
    So evil girl, if one of us has a date
    With the undertaker, which one will it be?
    U can cry 4 ever, but u'll get no sympathy
    This is the best day of my life

    Song 4
    Strange Relationship
    I guess U know me well, I don't like winter
    But I seem 2 get a kick out of doing U cold
    Oh, what the hell, U always surrender
    What's this strange relationship that we hold on 2?
    Baby I just can't stand 2 see U happy
    More than that I hate 2 see U sad
    Honey if U left me I just might do something rash
    What's this strange relationship?
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2015
    Song 5
    Eye Hate U
    It's so sad but I hate U like a day without sunshine
    It's so bad but I hate U cuz U're all that's ever on my mind
    Honey, I hate U - Now everyday would be a waste of time
    Cuz I hate U

    This court is now in session

    Would the defendant please rise?
    State your name 4 the court
    Never mind (Billy Jack ? )
    U're being charged with one 2 many counts of heartbreaking
    In the 1st degree
    I don't give a damn about the others
    My main concern is U and me

    Your honor, may I call 2 the stand my one and only witness?
    A girl that know damn well she didn't have no damn business
    I know what U did, how U did it and uh.. who U did it with
    So U might as well plead guilty cuz U sure can't plead the 5th
    Now raise your right hand
    Do U swear 2 tell the whole truth
    Not the half truth like U used 2 so help U ? ?
    Nod your head one time if U hear me
    If U don't, I'll have 2 use the rod
    Anything 2 make U see that uh.. U're gonna miss me
    Yeah, U're gonna miss me
    Uh, uh, uh, oh!

    If it please the court
    I'd like 2 have the defendant place her hands behind her back
    So I can tie her up tight and get into the act
    The act of showing her how good it used 2 be
    I want it 2 be so good she falls back in love with me

    Close your eyes
    I'm gonna cover your ass with this sheet
    And I want U 2 pump your hips like U used 2
    And, baby, U better stay on the beat
    Did U do 2 your other man the same things that U did 2 me?
    Right now I hate U so much I wanna make love until U see
    That it's killin' me, baby, 2 be without U
    Cuz all I ever wanted 2 do was 2 be with U ... ow!

    I hate U (I hate U)
    Because I love U (Because I love U)
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Alright, I work the night shift now so I had extra time. That's all I'm posting on Prince.
  • Preach2Teach
    Preach2Teach Members Posts: 3,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sometimes sing could you be the most beautiful girl in the world to my daughter but that's about it, post a track and I will give it a try.
  • king hassan
    king hassan Members Posts: 22,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Michael Jackson constantly tried to ask Prince to do a song with him and even personally told Prince I want you to sing a new song called “Bad” with me. Prince told this story to Chris Rock. Prince read the first line “your butt is mine,” and said we can’t do it. “Who’s saying this line, cause you’re not saying it to me and I’m definitely not saying it to you.” The duet never happened.


    The bolded put tears in my eyes lmao
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Got this from the internet:
    Prince was able to get his sister, Tyka, a record deal but she ruined it.
    that she killed. She was jealous and bitter that her brother was so successful in his own career and that she was unable to become successful in her recording days, so she turned to drugs – especially ? – and she was unable to overcome that. She also used to make money by selling her body, and her brother has decided that he does not want to be associated with that kind of negativity. So while he’s living it up, she’s doing whatever she can to support her addictions.
    Kinda makes sense, considering she did sorta ? him in their childhood
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    I sometimes sing could you be the most beautiful girl in the world to my daughter but that's about it, post a track and I will give it a try.

    never thought about that. Can see how it's appropriate
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2015
    Woman talks about this magazine she worked for and her encounters with Prince and Michael jackson.
    Said Prince used to call her office twice a day begging for them to put him in their magazine. Said he convinced her to come to her office to listen to him play a ton of instruments to prove he had talent.
    The hustle was real
    Said when Michael Jackson first saw Prince he was like "who's that?"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOAXGankQVE
  • dwade206
    dwade206 Members Posts: 11,558 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sign of the Times, the concert video, is probably the best concert I've seen. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" still gets played. ? is a top 3 R&B song on my playlist.
  • LordZuko
    LordZuko Members Posts: 2,473 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Michael Jackson constantly tried to ask Prince to do a song with him and even personally told Prince I want you to sing a new song called “Bad” with me. Prince told this story to Chris Rock. Prince read the first line “your butt is mine,” and said we can’t do it. “Who’s saying this line, cause you’re not saying it to me and I’m definitely not saying it to you.” The duet never happened.


    The bolded put tears in my eyes lmao

    iDied imagine the scenario , I can't even get that ? out.

  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2015
    Is Omega Conflict a troll??? How are you gonna flag my thread on real info on a pop-icon? Feelings granted, but we need a emoticon for flagging ? flaggers.
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Damn. It's over. A piece of me died yesterday. Thanks Prince for sharing your life.
  • Maximus Rex
    Maximus Rex Members Posts: 6,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2016
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    TonyDubbz wrote: »
    I'd somebody put a gun to my head and told me to name 5 prince songs i'd be a dead man right now. Michael Jackson on the other hand, different story

    You must be a cac, or from Nepal or some ? like that, because I'm willing to bet that most people on this forum can name at least15 to 20 songs by Prince. Most people on this on this forum can name at least at two songs off of the Controversy album, two (possibly three songs from 1999, three songs from Around the World in a Day, and Parade album, and damn near every song off of the Purple Rain album.

    I was listening to Charlie Murphy the other day and he said that Dave Chappelle Prince basketball skit was true. Prince was highly competive in a pickup game of basketball, he was also on his high school's j.v. baseball team. In addition, he was highly supportive of Minneapolis sports teams. He'd go to the games, he did a song for the Vikings, and when the Lynx won the championship, he invited the entire organization to Paisley Park for a 3 hour concert.

    Prince throws 3-hour concert/party for champion Lynx at Paisley Park

    http://www.startribune.com/prince-throws-3-hour-concert-party-for-champion-lynx-at-paisley-park/333016441/


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    Last week, Twitter and the Internet lit up when Prince serenaded Madonna at Paisley Park after her Xcel Energy Center concert. Much ado was made about two superstars in the same room even though Madonna left after five songs and Prince played on for a few dozen people.

    Sorry Madge. Prince trumped that Wednesday night at Paisley Park. He performed and partied with a roomful of superstars and World Champions – the Minnesota Lynx WNBA champs -- for three hours (no doubt, one hour for each of the Lynx's championships). Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus, MVP Sylvia Fowles and others.

    The championship series went a hard-fought five games and Prince, who attended the decisive game Wednesday at Target Center, responded with one of the longest and most joyful performances at Paisley Park in years.

    Prince started the party with “Purple Rain” shortly after 12:30 a.m. even though the champs hadn’t arrived yet. Within a few hits including “Let’s Go Crazy,” he was showing his respect, congratulating the Lynx “on a job well done.” On the two video screens in the NPG Music Club, a newly made slide featured the Lynx logo and the words “2015 WNBA Champions.”

    The players arrived in time, causing the invite-only crowd of Lynx staffers and Target Center personnel to grow to maybe 150. Augustus wore an orange championship ballcap when she joined dancing machine guard Renee Montgomery onstage. Prince invited several of the players onstage to dance – and Montgomery proved to be as impressive on the dancefloor as she was on the court.

    Lynx assistant coach Jim Petersen, the former Gopher and NBA player and the tallest person in the room at 6 foot 11, camped right in front of the stage, chomping on an unlit victory cigar and blocking the view of the diminutive Prince, who did not invite any of the Lynx to play hoops with him at Paisley.

    Moore and Fowles showed their moves in a spontaneous line dance that enabled them to see around Peterson.

    Playing guitar and keyboards (and even a drum solo at one point), Prince led a band that featured his usual guitarist, Donna Grantis, but not his usual rhythm section from 3rdEyeGirl. Kirk Johnson, a former NPG drummer, was behind the kit and Mono Neon manned the bass. Backup singers Liv Warfield and Ashley Minnieweather, and keyboardist Josh Welton joined in occasionally.

    The lengthy opening set was heavy on hits including “Kiss,” “When Doves Cry,” “Sign ‘o’ the Times,” “Guitar” (with a great exchange between Grantis and Prince on guitar),“Hot Thang” (“hot thang, world champs,” he sang) and a mashup of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” and the Time’s “Cool.” At one point, Warfield and Minnieweather broke into their own funky refrain of “we are the champions.”

    There was one newer song, “1,000 X’s and O’s” from Prince’s new “HitNRun” album, which was the night’s slow dance. Prince also mixed in a gospel treatment of Bill Withers’ “Use Me” and the Allen Toussaint-penned Pointer Sisters classic “Yes We Can Can,” sung by Warfield and Minnieweather.

    After two hours of nonstop music, the Lynx were knocked out.

    “I didn’t expect this party,” Moore said.

    What did she think of the performance?

    “Unbelievable.”

    Of course, the Lynx didn’t realize it was just halftime.

    After 25 minutes of disc spinning from DJ Mike, Prince and his band returned for another set that could best be described as a loud jam. Prince started with the raucous “Shut This Down” and “X’s Face,” both from his September “HitNRun” release, and it didn’t seem to matter to him that there were only about 35 people in the audience.

    Prince admitted to the faithful that “we’re just jamming,” and he had an improvised soulful and sexy exchange with Minnieweather. But that was topped by Minnieweather and Warfield doing a slow jam treatment of Rufus’ “You Got the Love” that was super S-E-X-Y.

    Despite his jam mentality, Prince mustered a couple more actual songs, including “Alphabet Street,” which seemed like the finale as his musicians started to exit, and then “Gold Standard” with a little tease of “If I Were Your Girlfriend.”

    It was three minutes before 4 a.m. Prince, the party man in black with a black stocking cap, bowed, walked off the stage and headed into the crowd. When he got into the middle of the dancefloor, he feigned like he was going to fall over from exhaustion. He steadied himself and marched off like a champion.

  • harry knucklez
    harry knucklez Members Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now that he's gone, I see alot of his songs, music videos and performances are starting to pop up on Youtube now....
  • luke1733
    luke1733 Members Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Now that he's gone, I see alot of his songs, music videos and performances are starting to pop up on Youtube now....

    Exactly. It's not by accident though. He was one of only a few artists who actually had a company dedicated to doing nothing but finding his unlicensed material on the internet and thoroughly suing or pursuing the host. Legally everyone was terrified if their website showed any of his stuff without his consent.
    So, I can't blame others on doing what they'd been wanting to do but couldn't.
    Just wanted to explain why his stuff wasn't easy to find on the internet
  • dalyricalbandit
    dalyricalbandit Members, Moderators Posts: 67,918 Regulator
    Rip to this goat