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Clark long remembered his tough interview with a quiet Prince
Dick Clark picked up the phone and cut to the chase. "What is this interview for?" said the man who was involved with too many TV projects for a reporter to keep track of. He wanted to know the subject and the media in which this interview was to be presented. When he learned it was "The American Music Awards" for a newspaper, he said to fire away and, in his answers, he proceeded to drop more expletives than Axl Rose at a Guns N' Roses concert. That interview took place in 1995. I asked one of popular music's all-time most important tastemakers to revisit his infamous 1980 interview with Prince, our local hero, on "American Bandstand." Prince was just starting out. While he was exciting when he performed, he was shy and standoffish when trying to talk. Clark asked the musician how many instruments he played. Prince answered, "Thousands."
Dick Clark picked up the phone and cut to the chase. "What is this interview for?" said the man who was involved with too many TV projects for a reporter to keep track of. He wanted to know the subject and the media in which this interview was to be presented.
When he learned it was "The American Music Awards" for a newspaper, he said to fire away and, in his answers, he proceeded to drop more expletives than Axl Rose at a Guns N' Roses concert.
That interview took place in 1995. I asked one of popular music's all-time most important tastemakers to revisit his infamous 1980 interview with Prince, our local hero, on "American Bandstand." Prince was just starting out. While he was exciting when he performed, he was shy and standoffish when trying to talk. Clark asked the musician how many instruments he played. Prince answered, "Thousands." Asked how long he'd been playing, Prince merely raised four fingers.
Clark remembered it vividly. "He didn't talk to me," the "Bandstand" host said 15 years after the fact. "I've always said that was one of the most difficult interviews I've ever conducted, and I've done 10,000 musician interviews."
Was it Prince? Was it Clark? Was it the moment? "No, that's the nature of the man," said Clark, who had since worked with Prince a few times on "The American Music Awards."
"He's an extraordinary performer and not a particularly verbose one in public conversation. Though once you're off-camera, he's like everybody else -- very normal. It's like all of the mystery people in entertainment. Michael Jackson's not a communicator in public but in the privacy of a room, he's like everybody else: He talks. And Prince is the same. ... But I don't advise him on career moves."
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". These two R&B successes were performed on January 26, 1980, on American BandstandAmerican BandstandAmerican Bandstand was a television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
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2.9.1980 @ the Opheum Theater in Minneapolis MN
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OldFriends4Sale said:
I love (!) this photo. The detail is so great, like I should be able to touch it and feel Dez's hairy chest and suede strap, Andre's plastic pants and pluck a bass string, that feathery wisp of hair at Prince ear and his shoulders.   What? | |
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2.9.1980 @ the Opheum Theater in Minneapolis MN
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Your threads are brill | |
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Guitarhero said: Your threads are brill Thx for the tread oldfriends I love ur work. plz no pics of prince raping gail's mouth on stage. Super creepy | |
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lol it's coming my friend lol it is coming we can't edit out or censor the raunch | |
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Oh, Lord.  What? | |
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nothing but Prince's tongue . till your burning up!! | |
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nyse said: Guitarhero said: Your threads are brill Thx for the tread oldfriends I love ur work. plz no pics of prince raping gail's mouth on stage. Super creepy Like the face hugger from the movie Alien. What? | |
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OldFriends4Sale said:
nothing but tongue
till your burning up!! Maybe!  What? | |
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Prince @ the Bottom Line,NYC 2.1980
2.16.1980 NYC - the Bottom Line (2nd show)
Possible set list 1. Soft And Wet
New York City, February 1980. 1.____ 2. André Cymone 3.Prince 4.Cynthia Horner, at the time editorial director for teen magazine Right On! 5.____ 6.____
Prince 1980 © Deborah Feingold Back In 1980, NYC offered two alternative weeklies for those who needed to be in the know: the Village Voice and the Soho Weekly News. I was shooting for both back then and this assignment came from SWN. The shoot was at the Bottom Line, a club in Greenwich Village famous for showcasing new artists. The subject that night was then known as… Prince. My photo editor instructed me to shoot the usual concert shots but also asked that I wrangle a backstage portrait. Usually the editors handled that part of the assignment logistics but not this time. The concert stuff was easy for me, but having to talk my way backstage … not so easy for this shy girl. . There was a lot of noise about this mysterious young musician from Minneapolis, so I showed up early and waited by his dressing room door. After fifteen minutes of light door knocking, a large man opened the door. I looked up at him as he looked down at me; neither of us spoke. Then I heard a weird, high-pitched sound come out of me, asking to take a photo of Prince. His eyes never left my face as he shook his head no and shut the door. Privately relieved that I would only have to shoot the concert, I turned away just as the door reopened and an even larger man appeared. He introduced himself as Prince’s manager and told me, with words, that Prince did not do photo shoots. “Okay, just had to ask. Thank you.” I smiled and dashed off to jockey for position. . As the lights dimmed and the opening act walked onto the stage, I felt a hand on my shoulder. Turning around, I saw Prince’s manager signaling me to follow him. When we arrived at Prince’s dressing room, he smiled and said, “You were so damn polite, c’mon in and take some pictures.” Ps. I’m not sure who was more shy that night. We shot for about a minute. I was extremely nervous as I struggled to engage him in the shoot. Not knowing what else to do, I handed him my camera and suggested that he take a picture, which he seemed happy and relieved to do!
http://deborahfeingold.wo...manners-4/
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That is the most beautiful font ever. I wish I could post like that.  What? | |
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2.15.1980 NYC - the Bottom Line (1st show) 2.16.1980 NYC - the Bottom Line (2nd show)
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1980 --- Prince backstage at The Bottom Line, New York City --- Image by © Deborah Feingold/ | |
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With You I've held your hand so many times But I still get the feeling I felt the very first time I've kissed your lips and laid with you And I cherish every moment we spend in each other's arms I guess my eyes can only see as far as you I only want to be with you We've come so far in so little time Sometimes I wonder if this is meant to be Sometimes you are so very kind That the nights you're not with me I'm scared that you're gonna leave I guess you could say that I'm just being a fool But I only want to be with you I guess you could say that I'm just being a fool But I always, always want to be with you
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Is that Susan Rogers? |
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Omg, those old photos! They make me smile and cringe at the same time, and bring back memories of a good time and era gone by. | |
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I absolutely love the grittiness and rawness of these old photos (vs today's glossy, overlyphotoshopped and "perfect" photos - and I'm not just refering to Prince's pics, it's that way in general nowadays from celebrities down to regular folks w/all their filters and such). * * These pictures capture something so special. Thanks OldFriends for this thread!! | |
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jazzz said:
Is that Susan Rogers? no...its some journalist/photographer chick.... |
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No, that is a WB employee, I can't recall her name. | |
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OldFriends4Sale said:
2.15.1980 NYC - the Bottom Line (1st show) 2.16.1980 NYC - the Bottom Line (2nd show)
Did they ever fight? What? | |
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Who?
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OldFriends4Sale said:
Who?
Yes, like who gets the girl stuff. What? | |
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What did he do to get spanked? What? | |
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iZsaZsa said: What did he do to get spanked? let the books (quoting Pepe Willie) tell it, he had skipped school |
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RJOrion said: iZsaZsa said: What did he do to get spanked? let the books (quoting Pepe Willie) tell it, he had skipped school He has beautiful penmenship; shoulda wrote a note. Lol. What? | |
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