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New Tony M Interview!!!!

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Reply #1 posted 11/04/16 6:49am

Dibblekins

Loved it - thanks so much for sharing!

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Reply #2 posted 11/04/16 6:52am

dodger

Great interview. He comes across well and had some great little stories. Funny the way he called P Blackula!
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I told Captain, as a fellow Tony M fan, to get him on his podcast a while ago so glad it came off wink
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Reply #3 posted 11/04/16 7:14am

Nightcrawler

That was interesing and great fun. Made me appreciate Tony M. a lot more.

See the man with the blue guitar, maybe one day he`ll be a star...
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Reply #4 posted 11/04/16 7:51am

dodger

I was willing Captain to tell him about his infamous Jim Crow conversation with P in 2010, good work!
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But there was a missed opportunity to settle a prince.org urban myth... Did P find out he was tapping Carmen's ass and fire him, and then write I Hate U. Or maybe he's saving that for his own captain says podcast wink
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Reply #5 posted 11/04/16 8:21am

Noodled24

Really looking forward to this. Tony has taken so much heat from P fans over the years. Wondering if that will come up...

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Reply #6 posted 11/04/16 8:28am

bonatoc

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Brave, clever, not bitter at all.
Great guy, you can tell.

I always liked Tony. It's great to know Tony is the cop on the balcony in "Purple Rain" the movie.
Shuts definitely all the nonsenses about Prince going after the rap trend.
He incorporated it because he wanted Minneapolis friends around him.
Prince had done rap since the "1999" album. It just turned mainstream.
He just wanted a band of friends again. A new "Prince & Friends" if you will.
With, as always, the ambition of covering every pop sub-genre (rap, jazz, heavy metal...).
As Captain said, the NPG is an extraordinary band, and it's made
of guys who hanged out together in high school, not west-coast session semi-gods,
Prince could have had the best drummers fill willingly the spot.
But no, Michael B. That makes me smile.
Prince was so confident in his choices that he may have looked like
perpetually giving the finger to the rest of the business.
But it was really about being surrounded by friends.
In L.A. or New York, I'm quite sure he felt the vultures circling.
By the end of the eighties, Ingrid Chavez was a spiritual catalyzer,
but so were Mavis Staples and George Clinton.
He must have swore to himself to keep fun as the core priority,
over expected business decisions, or expected musical styles.
Of course this "I will do as I please" attitude may seem self-centered,
but look around at what was going on at the time.
Ain't no way Prince was going to hang with Bobby Brown.
It does not matter if Prince had enough knowledge in rap.
"Jughead" makes me want to "get stoopid", so there must be something
that poor song nailed. It's fun, it gets blamed because Prince THE Genius,
understand, he's too good for that.
Become a musician first, stare at a blank music sheet for weeks,
and you'll suddenly find the esssential quality in "Jughead": fun.


As Paisley Park was slowly building a new identity and work processes,
the Revolution days had to be replaced with the delicate balance
of selling mainstream to finance "underground" projects.
Which sums Prince in the 90s in a way.
A pharaonic budget like Carmen Electra makes me think of Howard Hughes:
money is a detail. Faith is the driver.

I was the first surprised to learn that Prince hit the 100 million records bar, a few years ago.
Here's a guy who "sinked" to a cult status on one side, and kept mainstream admiration and respect intact.
Never sold his butt to anyone.
Yeah, he needed Tony for "My Name Is Prince".
No matter what year, it's always mostly about Prince "and the Band".
No one goes to war alone.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #7 posted 11/04/16 9:29am

nelcp777

I really enjoyed this interview. Thank you very much. I never had a problem with the rap stuff. This interview gave me insight on this phase. I respect Tony M for just packing up and doing his "normal" thing. Thanks again.

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Reply #8 posted 11/04/16 10:37am

wavesofbliss

nice interview. i see tony in a different light now. much more positive. thanks. cool

Prince #MUSICIANICONLEGEND
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Reply #9 posted 11/04/16 10:37am

ladygirl99

I will listen to the interview. Tony M wasn't that bad as a rapper. Geez. And Prince surely love 'em fem guys lol. smile

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Reply #10 posted 11/04/16 4:44pm

FlyOnTheWall

This was a REALLY, REALLY good interview. I loved the hang-gliding story, and when he tried to get P out of the limo at the beach in Rio. Great stuff!! Thanks for sharing.

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Reply #11 posted 11/04/16 4:48pm

NinaB

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cool
"We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15
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Reply #12 posted 11/04/16 6:53pm

babynoz

Good stuff, thanks. That was my first time hearing the P&B. Was that toesy asking the questions?

I never got why Tony gets so much flak. He had a voice like satin and his delivery was very smooth on his spoken word tracks. Maybe it was the tracks of him trying to sound gangsta that got him into trouble.

That goes for Prince too. I love his spoken word but when he tried to sound all hard, not so much.

LOL @ Blacula. lol Overall I think Tony's presence was good for Prince at the time and I was happy to hear they were on good terms in recent years.

I was looking forward to hearing more questions about Exodus and Goldnigga, I mean, hey.....it's TonyM, so I thought that would be a big part of the conversation. eek

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #13 posted 11/04/16 9:03pm

justAmeda

love the interview! I been waiting to hear Tony M speak up since P passed! He tweeted and followed

me this morning after he saw that I had shared the podcast on my twitter page and said....

Tony Mosley@TonyMosley8

thanks for the shot out. We are having discussions about some additional shows and new NPG material, there seems to be interest

eek biggrin so sounds like we need to be on the look out for new stuff from the NPG and some upcoming shows too

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Reply #14 posted 11/05/16 6:45am

RaspBerryGirlF
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Thanks for this fellas, don't think I've ever seen Tony M talk at length about his time with Prince so curious to get his perspective on things.

Heavenly wine and roses seems to whisper to me when you smile...
Always cry for love, never cry for pain...
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Reply #15 posted 11/05/16 8:35am

anangellooksdo
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Thank you for this. It did have great insight. I especially loved hearing about the different generations of the NPG at the Tribute and many other parts of this interview.
Although I love Prince's early and later work, I can get really caught up in listening to tracks and watching videos from the original NPG days.
So much interesting stuff throughout the years to follow and learn about.
I do marvel at the fact sometimes though, that almost all of Prince's life was lived "in a bubble". I think it had to be.
I understand why he wanted to bring people in.
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Reply #16 posted 11/05/16 9:57am

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Had a listen now, a really interesting interview, Tony seems like a super nice and very reasonable guy who is able to look back with no bitterness. I think that you were right Captain about some of the fan disdain for Tony is based more on their deflecting of the "blame" of Prince's incorporation of Hip-Hop into his music. Like with people blaming Larry Graham for Prince's decision to convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses it seems to be fans taking out their frustration by blaming the individual whom they find most emblematic of these sudden changes in Prince's musical direction/beliefs, even though at the end of the day we know that Prince was a very headstrong guy and that ultimately these decisions would have come from him. I'm still not really a fan of much of the music from this period but I feel that it's Prince's musical decisions that make this so and not Tony.

Incidentally regarding Tony's tweet I'd actually be quite interested to hear new music from the NPG, obviously it wouldn't be the same without Prince but I do enjoy the NPG albums from that period and was always kinda disappointed that we never got a "true" sequel to Exodus and Goldnigga (not counting NPS here given that that was mostly a solo effort and largely abandoned that more organic 70s funk live band feel for more of the "plastic" production that Prince was doing in the late 90s.)

Heavenly wine and roses seems to whisper to me when you smile...
Always cry for love, never cry for pain...
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Reply #17 posted 11/05/16 10:57am

MendesCity

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Aw, dude seems super cool and down to earth.
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Reply #18 posted 11/05/16 7:13pm

jjam

I never got why people seemed to dislike Tony M. He seems like a cool guy!

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Reply #19 posted 11/06/16 7:47am

bonatoc

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RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

Had a listen now, a really interesting interview, Tony seems like a super nice and very reasonable guy who is able to look back with no bitterness. I think that you were right Captain about some of the fan disdain for Tony is based more on their deflecting of the "blame" of Prince's incorporation of Hip-Hop into his music. Like with people blaming Larry Graham for Prince's decision to convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses it seems to be fans taking out their frustration by blaming the individual whom they find most emblematic of these sudden changes in Prince's musical direction/beliefs, even though at the end of the day we know that Prince was a very headstrong guy and that ultimately these decisions would have come from him. I'm still not really a fan of much of the music from this period but I feel that it's Prince's musical decisions that make this so and not Tony.

Incidentally regarding Tony's tweet I'd actually be quite interested to hear new music from the NPG, obviously it wouldn't be the same without Prince but I do enjoy the NPG albums from that period and was always kinda disappointed that we never got a "true" sequel to Exodus and Goldnigga (not counting NPS here given that that was mostly a solo effort and largely abandoned that more organic 70s funk live band feel for more of the "plastic" production that Prince was doing in the late 90s.)


Beware of idealization.
No man is an island, especially in times of need.
The more if you've chosen a childhood hero as some kind of mentor.



[Edited 11/6/16 7:48am]

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #20 posted 11/06/16 7:49am

bonatoc

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babynoz said:

Good stuff, thanks. That was my first time hearing the P&B. Was that toesy asking the questions?

I never got why Tony gets so much flak. He had a voice like satin and his delivery was very smooth on his spoken word tracks. Maybe it was the tracks of him trying to sound gangsta that got him into trouble.

That goes for Prince too. I love his spoken word but when he tried to sound all hard, not so much.

LOL @ Blacula. lol Overall I think Tony's presence was good for Prince at the time and I was happy to hear they were on good terms in recent years.

I was looking forward to hearing more questions about Exodus and Goldnigga, I mean, hey.....it's TonyM, so I thought that would be a big part of the conversation. eek


I really don't think Tony had anything to do with Exodus, did he?

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #21 posted 11/06/16 11:47am

babynoz

bonatoc said:

babynoz said:

Good stuff, thanks. That was my first time hearing the P&B. Was that toesy asking the questions?

I never got why Tony gets so much flak. He had a voice like satin and his delivery was very smooth on his spoken word tracks. Maybe it was the tracks of him trying to sound gangsta that got him into trouble.

That goes for Prince too. I love his spoken word but when he tried to sound all hard, not so much.

LOL @ Blacula. lol Overall I think Tony's presence was good for Prince at the time and I was happy to hear they were on good terms in recent years.

I was looking forward to hearing more questions about Exodus and Goldnigga, I mean, hey.....it's TonyM, so I thought that would be a big part of the conversation. eek


I really don't think Tony had anything to do with Exodus, did he?



Yup, I stand corrected.

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #22 posted 11/06/16 1:21pm

luvgirl

Ha! Leave to to Prince to have a girl on hand that he was trying to promote. I hope Robin Powers was ready for the spotlight that night. I would have never been able to just jump up on stage like that without being prepared for it.
Nice interview.
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Reply #23 posted 11/06/16 2:15pm

RaspBerryGirlF
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bonatoc said:

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

Had a listen now, a really interesting interview, Tony seems like a super nice and very reasonable guy who is able to look back with no bitterness. I think that you were right Captain about some of the fan disdain for Tony is based more on their deflecting of the "blame" of Prince's incorporation of Hip-Hop into his music. Like with people blaming Larry Graham for Prince's decision to convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses it seems to be fans taking out their frustration by blaming the individual whom they find most emblematic of these sudden changes in Prince's musical direction/beliefs, even though at the end of the day we know that Prince was a very headstrong guy and that ultimately these decisions would have come from him. I'm still not really a fan of much of the music from this period but I feel that it's Prince's musical decisions that make this so and not Tony.

Incidentally regarding Tony's tweet I'd actually be quite interested to hear new music from the NPG, obviously it wouldn't be the same without Prince but I do enjoy the NPG albums from that period and was always kinda disappointed that we never got a "true" sequel to Exodus and Goldnigga (not counting NPS here given that that was mostly a solo effort and largely abandoned that more organic 70s funk live band feel for more of the "plastic" production that Prince was doing in the late 90s.)


Beware of idealization.
No man is an island, especially in times of need.
The more if you've chosen a childhood hero as some kind of mentor.



[Edited 11/6/16 7:48am]

Yeah okay sure, but I've seen people act like Larry more or less brainwashed Prince. I'm sure that Larry did have a fair degree of influence over Prince due to his status as a childhood hero but I also think that Prince was a stubborn guy and that largely overall the decision would have been his own. Hell maybe I'm wrong but since none of us really know what was going on in Prince's head at the time who's to say how his conversion came about. Anyway I'll probably stop going on about this now as it's been discussed to death over the years and I guess we're kinda veering off topic a little.

Heavenly wine and roses seems to whisper to me when you smile...
Always cry for love, never cry for pain...
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Reply #24 posted 11/06/16 4:11pm

jaawwnn

Great interview!

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Reply #25 posted 11/07/16 1:32pm

roxy831

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Appreciative! Thanks for sharing.

Welcome home class. We've come a long way. - RIP Prince
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Reply #26 posted 11/16/16 8:23am

Lordy

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bonatoc said:

Brave, clever, not bitter at all.
Great guy, you can tell.

I always liked Tony. It's great to know Tony is the cop on the balcony in "Purple Rain" the movie.
Shuts definitely all the nonsenses about Prince going after the rap trend.
He incorporated it because he wanted Minneapolis friends around him.
Prince had done rap since the "1999" album. It just turned mainstream.
He just wanted a band of friends again. A new "Prince & Friends" if you will.
With, as always, the ambition of covering every pop sub-genre (rap, jazz, heavy metal...).
As Captain said, the NPG is an extraordinary band, and it's made
of guys who hanged out together in high school, not west-coast session semi-gods,
Prince could have had the best drummers fill willingly the spot.
But no, Michael B. That makes me smile.
Prince was so confident in his choices that he may have looked like
perpetually giving the finger to the rest of the business.
But it was really about being surrounded by friends.
In L.A. or New York, I'm quite sure he felt the vultures circling.
By the end of the eighties, Ingrid Chavez was a spiritual catalyzer,
but so were Mavis Staples and George Clinton.
He must have swore to himself to keep fun as the core priority,
over expected business decisions, or expected musical styles.
Of course this "I will do as I please" attitude may seem self-centered,
but look around at what was going on at the time.
Ain't no way Prince was going to hang with Bobby Brown.
It does not matter if Prince had enough knowledge in rap.
"Jughead" makes me want to "get stoopid", so there must be something
that poor song nailed. It's fun, it gets blamed because Prince THE Genius,
understand, he's too good for that.
Become a musician first, stare at a blank music sheet for weeks,
and you'll suddenly find the esssential quality in "Jughead": fun.

.

Well said.

.

I wasn't a fan of Tony M, but thoroughly enjoyed the interview - what a top man! Loved the fresh insight he gave of Prince too.

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Reply #27 posted 11/17/16 11:25am

CoolMF

Great interview but LOL at the "...it was a great time to make a transition and step away" line. People always say that years after they were fired from a gig...

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Reply #28 posted 11/17/16 11:43am

nelcp777

CoolMF said:

Great interview but LOL at the "...it was a great time to make a transition and step away" line. People always say that years after they were fired from a gig...

I agreee with your logic, but I get a vibe Tony M is sincere in that remark. Just a vibe. After the interview, I see Tony in a different light.

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Reply #29 posted 11/17/16 7:09pm

Superconductor

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Very interesting interview! Thanks Tony M for giving us some insight into Prince's world back then! And thanks to the P&B guys for connecting with Tony M.

.

Diamonds and Pearls is one of my all time fave Prince albums and I never understood the hate against Tony M and/or the rap. As Tony M says in the interview, P started a trend where rappers played with a band and not just a DJ.

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Re "transitioning" - heard that word now used in place of passed or died sad

...every night another symphony...
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