serpan99 said:

A rejuvenated Prince looks forward again

• Article by: JON BREAM
• Updated: May 14, 2013 - 11:28 PM

http://www.startribune.co...78531.html

DENVER – Prince pounded his rhinestone-encrusted cane into the floor to make a point. “I don’t have time for old people,” he insisted. “I want to work with young people.”

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As he prepares to turn 55 on June 7, the Minnesota music legend is turning a new page — looking forward, not backward.

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During a rare and far-ranging, two-hour-plus interview late, late on Monday night, Prince pointed across the room at his 22-year-old manager and the members of his new female backup band, 3rdEyeGirl, featuring a 24-year-old drummer he discovered on the Internet.

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“I have my legacy,” he said. “It’s time for their legacy. They’re a Minneapolis band, too.”

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer touched on assorted topics as he unwound after two sold-out shows at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, performances in which he seemed refreshed and buoyed by his young and hungry bandmates doing both old favorites and new jams.

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He talked about a new album with 3rdEyeGirl; other new younger musicians in his royal court; the preponderance of lip-syncing among today’s pop stars, the lack of songwriting craft today; his mentor Larry Graham of Sly & the Family Stone; and his highly lucrative, stripped-down club tour that comes home to the Myth in Maplewood on May 25.

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What he didn’t discuss were some things Minnesotan. He dodged questions about the state’s new marriage-equality law, the influence of Minnesota on his music and the impact that Bob Dylan had on him.

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“Dylan didn’t cross over,” he said, referring to artists from his childhood who were successful with both white and black audiences. “Sly Stone crossed, Jimi Hendrix crossed.”

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He’s not oblivious to what’s going on in his home state or elsewhere. (After the Boston Marathon bombings, he dedicated a cover of a song by the Boston-based Cars at his shows.) But he is focused on the task at hand.

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“They don’t care about the world,” he said of 3rdEyeGirl. “They care about music.”

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Of course, Prince is shrewd about the business, too. He got cagey when asked about the steep price of $259 to see him at the Myth. With a capacity of 3,200, it is certainly not as intimate as the 300-seat Dakota Jazz Club, where he commanded $250 in January for 3rdEyeGirl’s debut.

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“I’m paying my band more than I’ve ever paid,” he said at a Denver cabaret, picking at a piece of pizza with a fork. And he’s making more money than usual on the road. That’s partly because he travels with a much smaller entourage and less elaborate production.

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While his musicians danced onstage to the music of James Brown and Sly Stone at a private post-concert party, Prince — decked out in turquoise turtleneck and slacks — played the role of salesman.

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Like a proud father

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He wants the world to hear 3rdEyeGirl: powerhouse drummer Hannah Ford Welton from Louisville, guitar monster Donna Grantis from Toronto and funky bassist Ida Nielsen from Denmark, who started playing with his larger NPG group in 2010.

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He’s recorded enough material with 3rdEyeGirl to issue an album later this year via Kobalt Music Group, a relatively new, artist-friendly worldwide music service. One new song, “Plectum Electrum,” was written by Grantis and rearranged by Prince, who wrote the other material. The group has released three singles via 3rdeyegirl.com, including the playful, poppy but rocking “Screwdriver,” which the group performed on both “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

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Before arriving at the party, Prince finished editing a video for his next single, “Fix Ur Life Up.” He insisted that his manager, Julia Ramadan, who was a college student when they met during his Los Angeles concert run last year, show the video to everyone at the party.

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Lyrics were decipherable and Ford’s backup vocals were prominent, which hadn’t been the case earlier during a rip-roaring rendition at the Ogden. After everyone reacted enthusiastically to the video, Prince smiled. “They are like my kids,” he said. “And I’m learning from them. Young people have the new ideas.”

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PART 2 coming sunday...

[Edited 5/15/13 1:03am]

hmmmmmm

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"He’s recorded enough material with 3rdEyeGirl to issue an album later this year via Kobalt Music Group"

I.o.w.: Q3 2013 at the soonest, more likely Q4.

The full "interview" has been posted here:

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http://prince.org/msg/7/397560

MadamGoodnight said:

mask said:

I'm sure they will save you a good seat at the next Akon show.

I can't stand Akon, but it's not surprising that your punk a^# would make those assumptions. I see why you get ripped a new one on here.

Isn't it something because I don't like this barnyard sounding artist (Dylan), you have to make some stereotypical guess about what I do like. Now what if I made a stereotypical guess about you and said, I bet you can't even clap on beat? See how that works?

You are SO far off, it's not even funny. I like artists with vocal talent, and Akon is clearly not one of those people.

With that said, I still don't like Dylan, now it's SATURDAY, and I still don't GAF. And?

Then I'm sure they will save you a good seat at the next Beyonce show where you will be clapping perfectly on beat.

mask said:

MadamGoodnight said:

I can't stand Akon, but it's not surprising that your punk a^# would make those assumptions. I see why you get ripped a new one on here.

Isn't it something because I don't like this barnyard sounding artist (Dylan), you have to make some stereotypical guess about what I do like. Now what if I made a stereotypical guess about you and said, I bet you can't even clap on beat? See how that works?

You are SO far off, it's not even funny. I like artists with vocal talent, and Akon is clearly not one of those people.

With that said, I still don't like Dylan, now it's SATURDAY, and I still don't GAF. And?

Then I'm sure they will save you a good seat at the next Beyonce show where you will be clapping perfectly on beat.

Wrong, fool. Just stop while you're ahead.

I guess you missed the thread where Beyonce's Bow Down was trashed. Just move on. This thread is old news now. I'm done with your lame, miserable posts.

purple1968 said:

Empress said:

Exactly! Prince needs to pull his head out of his ass.

---------- You need to pull your head out of your ass. Prince said Bob Dylan was not a crossover artist.

This is a true statement. Bob Dylan never put a song on the RnB chart the masses of African-American back in the day could not tell you who BoB Dylan was and I doubt many can tell you today.

It does not mean Bob was not talented just means he was not appealling to all racial groups.

And who's to blame for that? Dylan? I don't think so.

By the way, I hope you do know what inspired "A Change Is Gonna Come", for instance.

purple1968 said:

ludwig said:

Except for Larry Graham. And so prince once again contradicts himself, saying he just talks with young people, but Larry is still around.

In the black community we respect our elders.

Pur-lease. You know where black musicians end up? Touring in Europe, because nobody will book them in the US. Does the phrase "what's your latest hit?" ring a bell?

rap said:

Why do so many journalists seem so overwhelmed by him, that they're reluctant (or afraid) to challenge him with real questions??

- Prince usually picks those he knows who won't be critical (at one point the requirement was that his interviewers needed to be young, black and female).

- Bream has been sucking P's dick for years now. I guess being punished for I don't know how many years had an influence.

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mask said:

MadamGoodnight said:

I wouldn't see Bob Dylan for FREE. Yeah, I said it. Sounds like a billygoat. Can't get my time back, $ for parking or gas. It's murder on my ears. The lryics, the songs, blah, blah, blah.....then let somebody else sing that shit. It sounds terrible. I'm tired of people running up on Prince about Bob Dylan. Not everyone has to like Bob Dylan. I don't. So what? He sounds awful. IDGAF, it's Friday

I'm sure they will save you a good seat at the next Akon show.

Why do we all have to like Dylan?? Or Neil Young? Or whatever 'respected' artist?

I know I don't ! Not everyone likes Prince, but I think everyone should respect his legacy!

I do respect those artists, because I know they have done great things in music,

but I found it very stupid to judge someone because he or she gets bored by Dylan's music

I love The Beatles and don't like Presley's music and I think Stevie Wonder is as great and in my world: better than Dylan!

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PurpleJedi said:

am I the only one struck by the irony of P allegedly bemoaning the "...lack of songwriting craft today..." all the while putting out a song with a chorus that reads;

"...I'm your driver, you're my screw..." ad nauseum?

No, you are not. I was stricken also.

OldFriends4Sale said:

2elijah said:

Well, actually, many Blacks knew who Bob Dylan was, because depending on where you lived at the time, there wasn't that many 'Black radio stations', so many Blacks were pretty much familiar with mainly hearing maintream music from White musicians/artists on radio stations, that played mostly music from White musicians/artists. That may be surprising to some, but many Blacks were certainly familiar with the music of the the Beatles, Janis Joplin, Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Righteous Brothers, Bob Dylan, and so many other White musicians.

Although, I agree, Dylan did not have a major crossover into the Black community, as a whole, with his music, but his name was familiar to some within the Black community, althhough, it didn't necessarily mean many Black Americans were buying Dylan's music.

I believe most Blacks in the mid 60s early 70s were more into Motown and soul ballads of Black male/female groups, but yes, I just remember Dylan as being among many, socially-conscious musicians, who sang songs in relation to social issues, like Joan Baez, Ritchie Havens, and others, that's just about it.

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Good information

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I know that people catagorize artists as Black or white, but Dylan as a Folk artist, in my opinion fell into a different catagory, there were also many 'black' folk artists that didn't or wouldn't have that 'crossover' affect either.

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Tracey Chapman is considered a Folk artist, and I doubt anyone will say she is predominately listened to by 'black' americans. She had that 1 period of 'crossover' appeal in the 1980s with her song:Fast Car.

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If we go by Dylans most active time period, Black americans should be very knowledgable about him. Many of his songs directly speak to situations events and people connected to 'Black Americans'

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He's someone who heard Dr Martin Luther Kings speach on Washington and performed there, and lives to see a African-American president and sings for him too

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Need I say more?

Look, ya'll can say what you want about Bob. I like and respect the man. I remember him from DAY 1! Him, Richie, Joan, the good old days. Yeah, I'm one of them "old people" Prince is talking about. I just got one thing fo ya, kid. YOU DON'T GET TO BE OLD BEING NO DAMN FOOL. You best hope your ass gets there with your brain intact.

Astasheiks said:

journey said:

Exactly! So many contradictions. First of all, you diss old people, but your hanging buddy is Larry Graham, and you yourself are about to turn 55 yrs old. Secondly, you are walking around with a cane.....not exactly youthful. To top it off, you have a 22 yr old as a manager, and hanging around with kids young enough to be your daughters, that you brag, "don't care about the world, only music".......really Prince? You're starting to worry me.

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Regarding the cane, its not a old man cane, its a pimp daddy/I'm bad mother shut your mouth cane!

You a damn lie! Prince frontin. You know he got them two bad hips, knees, whatever. Pimp Daddy cane my ass. Bro' man gettin old his damn self!

Shyra said:

Astasheiks said:

Regarding the cane, its not a old man cane, its a pimp daddy/I'm bad mother shut your mouth cane!

You a damn lie! Prince frontin. You know he got them two bad hips, knees, whatever. Pimp Daddy cane my ass. Bro' man gettin old his damn self!

BartVanHemelen said:

rap said:

Why do so many journalists seem so overwhelmed by him, that they're reluctant (or afraid) to challenge him with real questions??

- Prince usually picks those he knows who won't be critical (at one point the requirement was that his interviewers needed to be young, black and female).

- Bream has been sucking P's dick for years now. I guess being punished for I don't know how many years had an influence.

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I see Bart goes hard. I'm going to have to turn my volume up.

Sassey said:

BartVanHemelen said:

- Prince usually picks those he knows who won't be critical (at one point the requirement was that his interviewers needed to be young, black and female).

- Bream has been sucking P's dick for years now. I guess being punished for I don't know how many years had an influence.

I see Bart goes hard. I'm going to have to turn my volume up.

You can't fade Bart!!

serpan99 said:

dafuzz said:

serpan99 said:

Just listened 2 Jon Bream on WCCO, he kept repeating how relaxed and excited Prince is about 3rdeyegirl. Jon got an email monday at 3pm if he could show up in Denver 4 the show and 2 talk 2 the band and Prince same nite. Which he did from 4am-6:20am in a very relaxed mood they talked about various things. More coming up in part 2 of the interview sunday may 19th...

Oh...it was Julia Ramadan who picked The Myth as the venue 4 the MPLS concerts may 25th...

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U can listen 2 the interview here:

http://minnesota.cbslocal...ks-prince/

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I find all that last minute, jump on a plane now and come see me really unprofessional. Why not give the guy the courtesy of a day or 2 notice?

So do I. It seems like Prince likes to make people jump for him. They must do it because they are in media and need the story. I'd make him wait and I have made him wait.

Cinny said:

Sassey said:

I see Bart goes hard. I'm going to have to turn my volume up.

You can't fade Bart!!

I think you're right.

dafuzz said:

serpan99 said:

Just listened 2 Jon Bream on WCCO, he kept repeating how relaxed and excited Prince is about 3rdeyegirl. Jon got an email monday at 3pm if he could show up in Denver 4 the show and 2 talk 2 the band and Prince same nite. Which he did from 4am-6:20am in a very relaxed mood they talked about various things. More coming up in part 2 of the interview sunday may 19th...

Oh...it was Julia Ramadan who picked The Myth as the venue 4 the MPLS concerts may 25th...

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U can listen 2 the interview here:

http://minnesota.cbslocal...ks-prince/

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I find all that last minute, jump on a plane now and come see me really unprofessional. Why not give the guy the courtesy of a day or 2 notice?

Julia Ramadan did email Jon Bream afterwards 2 apologise 4 the quirky ways they r doing business.

serpan99 said:

dafuzz said:

serpan99 said: I find all that last minute, jump on a plane now and come see me really unprofessional. Why not give the guy the courtesy of a day or 2 notice?

Julia Ramadan did email Jon Bream afterwards 2 apologise 4 the quirky ways they r doing business.

Good job serpan99. Would this be the first time one of his "fans" is privy to knowing and being able to report to members of the org how his manager emailed an apology to someone? Was it Julia or Jon who showed you this email?

Sassey said:

BartVanHemelen said:

- Prince usually picks those he knows who won't be critical (at one point the requirement was that his interviewers needed to be young, black and female).

- Bream has been sucking P's dick for years now. I guess being punished for I don't know how many years had an influence.

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I see Bart goes hard. I'm going to have to turn my volume up.

You two were absolutely made for each other.

RodeoSchro said:

Sassey said:

I see Bart goes hard. I'm going to have to turn my volume up.

You two were absolutely made for each other.

Not how you and Serpan99 are made for each other. Saw blade and Bits. Just because you weren't chosen to report the info about Julia's email containing an apology to Jon, don't take it out on me.

Prince is a walking contradiction. Always has been, always will be.

I usually take what he says with a grain of salt.

Remember the days when all he could do was praise Maceo Parker and refer to him as the teacher. I guess he's just one of those old people now.

Next month Prince will be telling us to forget the young folks and remember those that are the true pioneers. I try not to get too upset by all the BS that comes out of his mouth.

As for Dylan, I don't care if you don't like his music or his voice, but you absolutely can't deny that he's the greatest songwriter of our time. There should be respect simply for that.

I love Prince and his music. You don't remain a fan of someone's for 30 years without getting frustated with them from time to time though.

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