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“Once I learned that, the rest seemed to come pretty easily”
Era una persona timida, nella sostanza, fino al midollo. Lo sappiamo. Odiava parlare con gli sconosciuti. (sappiamo già anche questo) Leggendo le sue interviste,
“An enigmatic, charismatic character”
Nella vita spesso per non soccombere hai bisogno di due cose: un gran senso dell’umorismo e la capacità di guardare a distanza le cose
“A slur that comes from lack of sleep”
Siamo nel giugno del 1981. Poco dopo l’uscita di un album che stava creando sconcerto e scandalo. All’interno di un tour che stava generando
#21 Adonis and Bathsheba
(copertina di Lovesexy: presenta atmosfere simili a quelle di Adonis and Bathsheba) “Adonis and Bathsheba is about a beautiful man and woman who are in
“The man with bovine, brown eyes”
“The quiet tittle man with bovine, brown eyes and a whisper of a ’tache stares absent-mindedly out of the hotel window across London’s rainswept rooftops”
The legend starts in the refrigerator of America: Minnesota
Ed eccone un altro sedotto al primo sguardo. Dopo la visione di uno dei suoi concerti o l’ascolto del disco: Ed Ochs, che lo
“While now I won’t touch oatmeal”
A leggerlo con attenzione, questo articolo degli inizi del 1981 ci racconta molto dei trascorsi di Prince. Della sua adolescenza fatta di miserie, abbandoni
“His smile is benign, almost meek”
‘I don’t care what people expect’(…) ‘They don’t expect me to wear what I wear, they don’t expect me to say what I say, but
The first Chinese rocker
Non mancava ancora molto al momento in cui Prince avrebbe chiuso la porta in faccia ad interviste e giornalisti. Al momento in cui sarebbe stato
#20 Around The World In A Day
“Master of creativity: who else could reinvent his sound so dramatically from one album to the next? Music like no one has never heard.
“I was a very good fighter. I never lost”
L’uscita di Dirty Mind ha rappresentato una vera e propria cesura nella carriera di Prince, agli inizi degli anni Ottanta. Quasi tutti i giornalisti,
“He does everything on his records except press and sell them”
“They’re calling him the next Stevie Wonder, and perhaps with a good reason. The singer-composer known simply as Prince appears to be on his way
“We’re wild and free”
“A lot of people don’t know what to make of Prince. They don’t understand his music, they don’t understand the unusual outfits he wears and
Shyness
“His problem has always been extreme shyness: ‘I would wonder what it would be like if you were sitting here with me?’ He inquired. ‘I
Okay, you win!
Prince is a mystery man. His record company biography is a collection of information similar to a Right On! fact sheet. It simply tells his
He stops in mid thought
Few people had ever seen the kid perform. But everybody in the local music community was talking about him. “Hey, have you heard those tapes
I never considered myself as a singer
“I told her I never considered myself a singer. I saw myself as an instrumentalist who started singing out of necessity. I don’t think
“Who?” “Prince”
(…) (Chris) Moon gave the kid a call, and he accepted. After the pianist had laid down the keyboard track, he asked Moon if he
Self-possessed
“It’s a little startling, hearing this from a teenager, albeit an extraordinarily talented and self-possessed teenager. But when you begin playing piano at six,
He plays by ear
Prince plays by ear. “I’ve had about two lessons, but they didn’t help much. I think you’ll always be able to do what
#19 Joint 2 Joint
“Joint 2 Joint” è la settima traccia del secondo disco compreso all’interno del trittico di Emancipation. Un brano che – come dichiara lo
Riconoscersi
“Ma perché hai scelto di parlare proprio di Prince?” – mi hanno chiesto una volta. D’istinto ho risposto che l’ho scelto perché ho sempre amato
Epochè
“Si tratta soltanto di non dimenticare che gli Invisibili possono andarsene, lasciandoci soltanto i rapporti umani, per coprirci le spalle. Come dicevano i Greci dei
Stubborn
“I didn’t learn anything. I taught myself.” Thinking back, he laughs for a second and reveals a tiny part of his nature. “I’m
Prodigy
“If he makes it, the most atypical local star to come out of Sound 80 will be a multi-talented [18-year-old] prodigy from North Minneapolis
Leggi Universali
“Il y a des lois universelles auxquelles il faut obéir. Une fois que nous les connaissons, nous nous évitons bien des ennuis. Des gens qui
Album Commerciali
“Je sais de quoi procède un tube, je sais comment concevoir un album commercial. Pour moi, cela est relativement facile. Mais il m’importe
Workaholic
Q:“What do your friends say about you?” (Pauses to think) A:“Err… most of my friends are in this building and I can’t say
“Kiss. My. A**!”
“ […] People magazine, who said, ‘We’ll put you on the cover if we can have you, your wife and your
Kanga…what?!
“Kanga…what?!” “Kangarooo!” (The Cocoa Boys)
Shy
“Offstage, Prince is shy. He says he would rather listen than talk–he learns more that way. Onstage, however, he is dynamic, energetic
Truth/Lies
“There have been a lot of things said about me, and a lot of them are wrong. There have been a lot of
Darkness
“I don’t believe in darkness” (Prince, to Anthony De Curtis, Rolling Stone, Nov 1996)
“Mix Harmonies”
“I basically learned with two tape recorders, two cassette recorders. That taught me how to mix harmonies and run harmonies together, to play along with
Heels
“I don’t wear ‘em cuz I’m short, I wear ‘em cuz the women like ‘em” (Prince to Neal Karlen, ottobre 1985)
Matrimonio
“I get pretty noisy, pretty rambuctious, sometimes: Mayte makes me mellow”.(Prince, genn. 1997)
# 18 Eye Love U, but Eye Don’t Trust U Anymore
“I even like hearing him clearing his throat preparing to take us up high”. (commento di DJ su YouTube, sotto il video di questa canzone)
#17 Glam Slam
“I hated Lovesexy when it first came out in the spring of 1988. Following the tremendous Sign O the Times, I thought Lovesexy was a
#16 Dinner With Delores
“Only Prince could use ‘brontosaurus’ in a lyric line and make it sound like it belongs there!” (commento di Lifelinz, postato su YouTube) “I like
#15 The Love We Make
“Prince touches my spirit in so many of his precious songs! Love you forever, my brother in Christ! On this Sunday evening! Thank you our
#14 Endorphinmachine
“No one screams like Prince” (commento di un fan, sotto il video di questo brano presente su You Tube) Prince
#13 Still Would Stand All Time
#13 Still Would Stand All Time Nella vita di ognuno di noi (tutti noi, geni compresi, Prince compreso) capita di prendere cantonate.
#12 Positivity
In un mondo che vorrebbe ad ogni costo corrompere la nostra identità, la nostra anima, dobbiamo assolutamente resistere, rimanere noi stessi, evitare di svenderci. Questo,
#11 Eye Wish U Heaven
La parte più struggente di questo video, che parla d’amore e di cose belle, è quella Blue (Angel) Cloud (la chitarra custom di Prince) che
#10 The Last December
Se voi foste vissuti in una famiglia profondamente religiosa, con un nonno predicatore, un padre attentissimo alla morale, vi ritrovereste di sicuro – dopo una
Bussole
“Viverti in un pensiero: è la cosa più simile ad amare”
#9 Jughead
«That song [“Walk Don’t Walk”] perfectly sets up the widely recognized misfire “Jughead”, which begins, head-scratchingly, as a hymnal, before quickly morphing into a lengthy
#8 Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
“Rave is not of his best albums, but is actually a bit underrated by fans. There are definitely some good great songs on it.” (commento
#7 Do me, baby
(Live at Masonic Hall, Detroit, 1 December 1982) “This performance is just one of a kind he just brought the audience to his bedroom down
#6 Call My Name
“I am a 63 year old woman who was young when Prince was young. I was always in love with him. The sexiest man whoever
#5 Dionne
Proviamo ad immaginarlo: lì, seduto, da solo, davanti al board della sala A di registrazione, dentro Paisley Park. Il suo guscio preferito. Lui ed una
#4 Love Sign
We can make love instead of guns, oh! (now) Non sono imparziale, lo ammetto. Ho la strana convinzione che ci sia buona musica anche in
#3 Housequake
Ogni tre mesi mi creo (quasi da zero) una playlist, legata alla stagione, ma non solo. Metto su (ogni volta) circa 23-24 ore di musica,
#2 Days of Wild
«Prince in teacher mode. Showing off his students. That’s one funky recital!» (dai commenti presenti su YouTube, sotto il filmato di Days of Wild registrato
# 1 Baltimore
Per iniziare, partiamo quasi dalla fine. Da un brano che Prince ha registrato per il suo ultimo album da solista, Hitnrun Phase Two, pubblicato
Purple Pills
PURPLE PILLS “Time 2 sleep but I’m not sleepy yet. Close my eyes but dreamland’s not a sure bet. Don’t go, stay with me, tell
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