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Speculation - The coming Prince mega-biography... You know it's coming. I want the writer to be someone not interested in scandal and titilation but someone who thirsts for the Truth of Who Prince Was and What Motivated Him. I would hope that the hundreds of close associates, friends, and band mates who worked with him would participate.
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IMHO, the best way to go is to follow the Rolling Stone's NPG article. Told entirely in quotes from those who were there. A writer is hired, interviews everyone and structures the whole thing, but not a word is actually theirs. This, I'm sure, with the right people involved, would be the definitive book on Prince. I'm not sure how common this approach is in a full length book, but it worked wonders in Brad Dukes's Reflections - the definitive work on Twin Peaks, told entirely in the words of the cast and crew. |
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some of the people who would do this the most justice are not writers...but maybe they could work with a writer. for the writer i would rather see an experienced biographer rather than a music writer..maybe someone who has done historical biographies and could have some objectivity "If u love somebody, your life won't be in vain
And there's always a rainbow, at the end of every rain."--peace and love, dear prince..... | |
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This sounds crazy...But I also love VH..and recently read a very well done biography.
I don't think the author was a 'writer' as a first profession. I think a historian. Would definitely be written without the drama and one sided-ness. I thought of writing to him to ask...lol
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I like the term "mega-biography". That comes across to me as a compilation, written by multiple authors, based on the varied aspects of contributions from the vastly diverse people that orbited in Prince's universe. I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Purple Reign by Mick Wall (available June) | |
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