Beyonce didn't want to sing with Prince at Grammys

http://www.usatoday.com/l...ents_x.htm (Last 2 paragraphs)

This article is about the great collaborations that have been done at the Grammys.
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Ehrlich began orchestrating novel duets as creator/producer of the PBS series Soundstage, a template for MTV's Unplugged. He often asked each episode's two booked guests to perform together at the midpoint, resulting in such mid-'70s couplets as Phil Everly with Dion and Judy Collins with Leonard Cohen. "The turning point was Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea (in 1974), sitting at two pianos playing Someday My Prince Will Come," Ehrlich says. "They had both played with Miles Davis but never together. It was remarkable. I figured I was on to something."

In his early Grammy spectaculars, he focused on large ensembles of gospel and blues artists but, in recent years, gravitated to finding chemical combustion between select acts. He's been aided by sturdy relationships forged through years of TV work with musicians.

He created the MTV Movie Awards in 1992, hatched the collaborations on VH1's Divas and produced specials for Celine Dion, Eric Clapton, Faith Hill, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain, Paul Simon, The Eagles and others. He also produced the all-star 9/11 benefit staged two weeks after the terror attacks and the six-hour televised charity event for Katrina relief, as well as last fall's Superdome reopening featuring U2 and Green Day.

His glittery résumé doesn't open every door. When he proposed in 2004 that Prince and Beyoncé collaborate on a medley of the Purple One's hits, the young diva "flat-out didn't want to do it," Ehrlich says. "She said, 'Ken, why can't I just do Dangerously in Love?' I sat with her for an hour and a half explaining why she had to do it.

"She gave in, and she ended up loving it. It was one of the most amazing openings ever."

Trick..

we had a thread and discussion about this ... maybe one of the mods can post a link to that thread

lol. when they said "the young diva" i still thought they were talking
about prince. it wasn't untill they mention dangerously in love that i
realised they were talking about beyonce

It should have been the other way around. Prince should have been the one refusing to perform with a shit hopper and should never have gone through with it.

I wish she HADN'T done it.

vainandy said:

vainandy said:

vainandy said:

I'm not mad about it, are you?

Okay, it's official. . . I can't STAND that no talent beyotch! Imagine, someone needing convincing to perform with Prince. Unbelievable!

You don't need directions and you don't need cash. From your Jimmy Choos to your Ultralash. ~ Prince
And when the groove is dead and gone, you know that Love survives so we can rock FOREVER. ~ RIP MJ

Oh God I'm going to get crap for this. I rather enjoyed the performance.

M

Not true y'all...the complete story is Beyonce was too intimidated to sing with Prince..She had to be talked into doing it because she was so nervous at the thought...Not that serious folks...
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I liked the performance too... and I heard that she was excited to work with him.

"So shall it be written, so shall it be sung..."

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Prince.org is a cemetery where folks mourn Prince instead of celebrate him and his music. Last time I checked, Prince isn't dead yet.

it started a big year..

but looking back.. it sucked

Yeah, I think I read where she said she was too nervous about doing it at first. She's always loved Prince, though. I remember her on MTV talking about how she was in awe of him, yet afraid of him at the same time. She has good reason to be afraid--he would've turned her out back in the day. lol

He seems to have some type of liking for her. Must be his paternal instincts...
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yeah I suppose some clarification could help on this issue, as the statement makes it seem like she didn't think much of performing with prince, yet you'd have to imagine it was more like she just didn't think she was up to it or was too nervous about doing it.

I mean, you'd have to be pretty thick NOT to want to perform with prince really! it all worked out well in the end, I think her performance was a bit OTT but it was a fun performance nonetheless.