From the latest edition of "Popbitch" a gossip-e-rag:

Even from beyond the grave,
Prince continues to delight
us with tales of his weird
behaviour.

Apparently when he was staying
at the Four Seasons, alongside
all the usual rock star stuff
(like booking out whole floors
for band members and security)
Prince's people also made one
very unique request.

They insisted that Prince be
allowed to bring in his own
bathwater.

ufoclub said:

So, What's wrong with that? Must be how he stayed so beautiful.

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

So, What's wrong with that? Must be how he stayed so beautiful.

Are you sure it wasn't bathing in the blood of virgins? (reference to a bad horror flick--just joking, of course).

laytonian said:

ufoclub said:

From the latest edition of "Popbitch" a gossip-e-rag:

Even from beyond the grave,
Prince continues to delight
us with tales of his weird
behaviour.

Apparently when he was staying
at the Four Seasons, alongside
all the usual rock star stuff
(like booking out whole floors
for band members and security)
Prince's people also made one
very unique request.

They insisted that Prince be
allowed to bring in his own
bathwater.

. When? Which Four Seasons? Got a link? . I've read his tour riders. They were straightforward with no outlandish requests. . He basically wanted clean stage floors and lots of clean towels. . .

I don't think they display past issues on their site, but just look up popbitch. It's an email subscription. I've gotten it since 2001 or so I think. I don't really look at it much anymore, but this caught my eye.

sonshine said:

I would be disappointed if he didn't include something a bit eccentric now and then

I would too.

morningsong said:

sonshine said:

I would be disappointed if he didn't include something a bit eccentric now and then

I would too.

Me3

mirrorrorrimage said:

Imported purified bath water from Lake Minnetonka...😂

Love it!!!!

A friend worked at a local furniture store back in 82-83 and swears Prince and Vanity came in looking at mattresses for the hotel in which they were staying. Evidently, Prince would not sleep on a hotel mattress, having been previously used. I have no reason to doubt my friend, but it does sound pretty eccentric. Has anyone heard similar stories?

sulls said:

A friend worked at a local furniture store back in 82-83 and swears Prince and Vanity came in looking at mattresses for the hotel in which they were staying. Evidently, Prince would not sleep on a hotel mattress, having been previously used. I have no reason to doubt my friend, but it does sound pretty eccentric. Has anyone heard similar stories?

That's right up there with Patti LaBelle travelling with her own pots, pans, dishes, and silverware. Actually, Prince bringing his own mattress makes more sense, now that I think about it...

sulls said:

The friend says that Prince bought a new mattress for use at each hotel. That is what is so hard for me to believe.

Prince actually said in the Musician interview that he was "scared" of hotel bathtubs. I'm unsure of the actual date of the interview, but it seems to be around the time of the release of Dirty Mind, which was October 1980.

MUSICIAN: So what will be the first thing you do when you get back to Minneapolis?

PRINCE: Probably take a long bath. I haven ’t had one in a long time. I’m scared of hotel bathtubs.

Well, at least he wasn't as bad as Howie Mandel.

sulls said:

A friend worked at a local furniture store back in 82-83 and swears Prince and Vanity came in looking at mattresses for the hotel in which they were staying. Evidently, Prince would not sleep on a hotel mattress, having been previously used. I have no reason to doubt my friend, but it does sound pretty eccentric. Has anyone heard similar stories?

He always brought his own things, from paintings to pianos to furniture. Carpets and lights.

In his Paris apartment he removed all the furniture that was there and had the glass door replaced with massive wood.

Is this turning into fan-fiction stuff? Yeah, I've had more than my fill of that. Outta here.

It comes out of a tap. How the hell would they warm his own water up? I'd presume he bathed every day. How would that even be possible or practical?

Marrk said:

laurarichardson said:

lemoncrush19 said:

laurarichardson said:

-Bottled water at room temperature. Water would not be cold or hot. It is obvious he was a neat freak and a germ a phobe but it does not appear to have been off the rails.

never heard prince was germ-phobic ... maybe u mixed that up with someone else
and IF they would rather be in the bathtub than in the water ...

laurarichardson said:

lemoncrush19 said:

never heard prince was germ-phobic ... maybe u mixed that up with someone else
and IF they would rather be in the bathtub than in the water ...

On one of his concert riders he wanted his plates and utensils Saran Wrapped. The chefs at Paisley Park said he was cool to work for but was adamant that they keep the kitchen clean and walked behind her to make sure the glasses had no spots. He also followed behind the one of the guys who cleaned up at Paisley Park. There are plenty more going back to Andre Cymone talking about his room at the Anderson home being immaculate. I do not think he was mental about it just think he lined order and may have been worried about being ill.

FlyOnTheWall said:

Prince actually said in the Musician interview that he was "scared" of hotel bathtubs. I'm unsure of the actual date of the interview, but it seems to be around the time of the release of Dirty Mind, which was October 1980.

MUSICIAN: So what will be the first thing you do when you get back to Minneapolis?

PRINCE: Probably take a long bath. I haven ’t had one in a long time. I’m scared of hotel bathtubs.

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I hate bathtubs. You soak in your own dirt and then have to shower to get it all off LOL

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But it really sounds like he was joking. A good joke means they'll remember that and not some other stuff.

It's deflection.

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laurarichardson said:

Marrk said:

It comes out of a tap. How the hell would they warm his own water up? I'd presume he bathed every day. How would that even be possible or practical?

-Bottled water at room temperature. Water would not be cold or hot. It is obvious he was a neat freak and a germ a phobe but it does not appear to have been off the rails.

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Room temperature water (70-75 degrees) would feel cold to the human body (98.6 degrees internal temperature).

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This really sounds like fan fiction.

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laurarichardson said:

lemoncrush19 said:

never heard prince was germ-phobic ... maybe u mixed that up with someone else and IF they would rather be in the bathtub than in the water ...

On one of his concert riders he wanted his plates and utensils Saran Wrapped. The chefs at Paisley Park said he was cool to work for but was adamant that they keep the kitchen clean and walked behind her to make sure the glasses had no spots. He also followed behind the one of the guys who cleaned up at Paisley Park. There are plenty more going back to Andre Cymone talking about his room at the Anderson home being immaculate. I do not think he was mental about it just think he lined order and may have been worried about being ill.

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But then again, Owen Husney talks about P's first apartment with "a kitchen full of garbage".

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laurarichardson said:

lemoncrush19 said:

never heard prince was germ-phobic ... maybe u mixed that up with someone else and IF they would rather be in the bathtub than in the water ...

On one of his concert riders he wanted his plates and utensils Saran Wrapped. The chefs at Paisley Park said he was cool to work for but was adamant that they keep the kitchen clean and walked behind her to make sure the glasses had no spots. He also followed behind the one of the guys who cleaned up at Paisley Park. There are plenty more going back to Andre Cymone talking about his room at the Anderson home being immaculate. I do not think he was mental about it just think he lined order and may have been worried about being ill.

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It's true about the "unopened" food in the tour rider.

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But that means he'd know that no one else had been poking around in it. It was also interesting to read that his food was identical to much served to the rest of the crew, obvbiously so that no one could single his out. The only real difference was meats for the crew. But all packages had to be unopened, even the boxes of tea...and everyone was served the same two kinds.

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