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I'd never heard that P played tennis... | |
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Great read. Thanks for sharing. | |
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the tennis court is still visible on the Galpin property if you look at satellite view. The house is gone, of course. Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me. |
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He had a tennis court on his property but he never played tennis. Then somebody would say, “Oh, I want to play you.” So Prince would send for his tennis gloves, was completely insane on the court and would beat whoever he was playing. What are tennis gloves?  Paisley Park is in your heart
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Well he liked Table Tennis (ping pong) so it comes as no surprise to me that he was good at normal tennis | |
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It's just the same thing but scaled down, right?
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rogifan said: He had a tennis court on his property but he never played tennis. Then somebody would say, “Oh, I want to play you.” So Prince would send for his tennis gloves, was completely insane on the court and would beat whoever he was playing. What are tennis gloves? You wear them if you don't want blisters on your hands, especially if your hands ate valuable for other reasons.  Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me. |
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Lol
I'd never heard of tennis gloves but when I read that all I could think was that it figures that if such a thing existed P would have them.
He was so very alot.
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laytonian said: rogifan said: What are tennis gloves? You wear them if you don't want blisters on your hands, especially if your hands ate valuable for other reasons. Ah ok. I follow professional tennis and have never seen a tennis player wearing gloves before hence my confusion. Paisley Park is in your heart
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As a big tennis fan, I have an observation and a question. First up, I don't really think there is such a thing as tennis gloves. I sometimes wear gloves if I play in the cold, but while they stop my fingers snapping while I warm up, there is no way anyone would wear them to improve their game. So if he was good in gloves, I assume he'd be an even better player without. Probably true on guitar and keys, right? Second, I often wondered what brand and model of racket he played with. This can tell you a lot about what kind of player someone is. I would looooove it if he played with a Prince racket ("Prince" being an actual, well respected producer of quality tennis stuff). Anyone ever get a look at his axe on court? |
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Excellent article, thank you. Bono singing 'The Cross' - I can only imagine how great that sounded in a club. Fafu: working with Prince 'was like Jedi mind training' - ha!! | |
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Fantastic read, thx for the link!    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Yes fantastic behind the scenes stuff, Thanks LBrent. Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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I read this before, I enjoyed reading it again. | |
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Prince could rock some tennis gloves! Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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Everybody probably knows this already but why was the house torn down? Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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purplepoppy said:
Everybody probably knows this already but why was the house torn down? P never talked about it. But like when he tore down the purple house after his dad died, it was probably more of a privacy issue. In this case, it probably involved the m2 divorce, his move to LA, maintenance costs, and him not wanting people creeping around the house. Then there's the rumor that m2 wanted that house, so he tore it down and had it loaded into trucks and shipped to her. That's one of the delicious rumours. LOL Welcome to "the org", laytonian… come bathe with me. |
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Thanks, Laytonian Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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laytonian said: purplepoppy said:
Everybody probably knows this already but why was the house torn down? P never talked about it. But like when he tore down the purple house after his dad died, it was probably more of a privacy issue. In this case, it probably involved the m2 divorce, his move to LA, maintenance costs, and him not wanting people creeping around the house. Then there's the rumor that m2 wanted that house, so he tore it down and had it loaded into trucks and shipped to her. That's one of the delicious rumours. LOL Did Prince ever explain why he moved to LA in the mid 2000s? All I remember is sometime back in 2009 local media reporting that he was back in Minnesota. Paisley Park is in your heart
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