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Thread started 08/12/18 5:22pm

LaurenceNoonan

Prince and The Rolling Stones

Did Prince ever say that he was a fan of the Stones?

I know he did a cover of Honky Tonk Women on the Undertaker film

and he also opened for them in 81 but did he ever state he was a fan ?

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Reply #1 posted 08/12/18 5:39pm

SkipperLove

He also played "Miss You" and Satisfaction live, and sometimes played with Ron Wood. He was a fan. He called him cool once in a interview.

LaurenceNoonan said:

Did Prince ever say that he was a fan of the Stones?

I know he did a cover of Honky Tonk Women on the Undertaker film

and he also opened for them in 81 but did he ever state he was a fan ?

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Reply #2 posted 08/12/18 7:29pm

Purplegarden

I think he at least respected them. He admired Mick Jagger's showmanship and copied his strut in some ways and also how like Prince, Mick could be quite delicate and still score heavily with the girls. Plus Mick loved dance and pop music as much as the rock and blues of the stones.

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He seemed to respect Ronnie and Keef too, but I am sure Prince remained distant a bit after the 1981 debacle and the fact the stones were known for their drug use and the way they treated women which would have put Prince off, along with the drinking and blatant atheism.

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Reply #3 posted 08/13/18 1:47pm

PeteSilas

i'd say he was a fan because dez dickerson quoted him aspiring to be "the black rolling stones" and it seemed true in that era, dez was his keith for a time. Prince covered a lot of ground, was influenced by more people than any other musician i can think of.

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Reply #4 posted 08/13/18 1:50pm

RodeoSchro

Prince was a fan of music and as such, would have complimented the Rolling Stones had he been asked about them

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Reply #5 posted 08/15/18 10:08pm

recordmanben

I always wondered the same. Around the 89 era, it seemed he was really influenced by Steel Wheels. Thieves In The Temple could've easily been a Rolling Stones song.

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Reply #6 posted 08/15/18 10:23pm

rdhull

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recordmanben said:

I always wondered the same. Around the 89 era, it seemed he was really influenced by Steel Wheels. Thieves In The Temple could've easily been a Rolling Stones song.

hmmm..I thinking he was influenced by their song, Continental Drift now, regarding Theives

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #7 posted 08/16/18 9:51am

luvsexy4all

i gather u havent seen the snl 81 appearance

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Reply #8 posted 08/16/18 11:00am

mtlfan

Purplegarden said:

I think he at least respected them. He admired Mick Jagger's showmanship and copied his strut in some ways and also how like Prince, Mick could be quite delicate and still score heavily with the girls. Plus Mick loved dance and pop music as much as the rock and blues of the stones.

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He seemed to respect Ronnie and Keef too, but I am sure Prince remained distant a bit after the 1981 debacle and the fact the stones were known for their drug use and the way they treated women which would have put Prince off, along with the drinking and blatant atheism.

Mostly on point but Mick isn't an atheist.

The flip side of all this is that Mick admired Prince for at least a decade (Keith trash-talked him at one point, but Keith trash-talked everyone).

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Reply #9 posted 08/16/18 12:03pm

PeteSilas

how could we forget to mention that godawful mick jagger dancing prince did pre-82? most people would never guess how good a dancer he would become based off of that shit. Mick's dancing took some getting used to for me but I grew to appreciate it, but it ain't quite what those of us who loved the MJ's and the James' were used to.

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Reply #10 posted 08/16/18 1:37pm

thebanishedone

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Prince cover Miss You Start Me Up,Satisfaction (denver musicology tour) and there is unreleased cover of Angie
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Reply #11 posted 08/16/18 3:09pm

rdhull

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thebanishedone said:

Prince cover Miss You Start Me Up,Satisfaction (denver musicology tour) and there is unreleased cover of Angie

Start Me Up? You sure?

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #12 posted 08/17/18 9:06am

thebanishedone

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rdhull said:



thebanishedone said:


Prince cover Miss You Start Me Up,Satisfaction (denver musicology tour) and there is unreleased cover of Angie

Start Me Up? You sure?


Yes i am.he did Start me up during 2006 Vegas night club.there is a circulating audio and i have it.its not hard 2 find it
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Reply #13 posted 08/17/18 9:12am

rdhull

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thebanishedone said:

rdhull said:

Start Me Up? You sure?

Yes i am.he did Start me up during 2006 Vegas night club.there is a circulating audio and i have it.its not hard 2 find it

Cool..would like to hear it...time to search

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #14 posted 08/17/18 2:42pm

ufoclub

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Keith Richards on Prince early on: "“An overrated midget… Prince has to find out what it means to be a prince. That's the trouble with conferring a title on yourself before you've proved it. His attitude when he opened for us... was insulting to our audience. You don't try to knock off the headline like that when you're playing a Stones crowd. He's a prince who thinks he's a king already. Good luck to him."


then years and years later, "A unique talent. A true original. So sad, so sudden and, I will add, a great guitar player,” the rock juggernaut wrote on Twitter Friday. “We are all going to miss him."

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Reply #15 posted 08/17/18 2:50pm

PeteSilas

oh ya, i remember that, keith wasn't a fan, it was mick who was behind getting him the gig of opening act and it was mick who talked him into showing up again with the same dismal result and prince running off the stage, "he done hung us out to dry"-Dez who, with the rest of the band, was left to fend for themselves.

ufoclub said:

Keith Richards on Prince early on: "“An overrated midget… Prince has to find out what it means to be a prince. That's the trouble with conferring a title on yourself before you've proved it. His attitude when he opened for us... was insulting to our audience. You don't try to knock off the headline like that when you're playing a Stones crowd. He's a prince who thinks he's a king already. Good luck to him."


then years and years later, "A unique talent. A true original. So sad, so sudden and, I will add, a great guitar player,” the rock juggernaut wrote on Twitter Friday. “We are all going to miss him."

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Reply #16 posted 08/20/18 7:32am

RodeoSchro

Listening to "When The Saints Go Marching In" and when it appears Wendy doesn't know this song, Prince snidely says, "Do you know who the Rolling Stones are?"

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