laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

"Mayday" is a global call for help. That's what I mean about her having some visions of grandeur. Also, she says that she interviewed Vanity about Prince. She says nothing about talking to Vanity about LRC, in particular. She is very crafty and careful with her words. BTW, has TC ever spoken publicly on this subject? If so, please refer me to the article/interview.

Mayday was her nickname and it does not make sense in the song to yell out mayday when he is the one talking about doing something to her " that she will never forget"

I also supsect that Prince told various women songs were about them. Like "Elixer" which he wrote for Mani and put on Bria's album.

Telling Mayte "TMBGITW" was about her and telling Carmen the same thing. Carmen even has a short note from hiim to prove it.

I listened very carefully to her interview and I suggest that others do likewise. What she actually said is that Mae was her nickname. She also said that she had 3-4 other nicknames. I'm going to try to listen to it again later this evening.

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

"Mayday" is a global call for help. That's what I mean about her having some visions of grandeur. Also, she says that she interviewed Vanity about Prince. She says nothing about talking to Vanity about LRC, in particular. She is very crafty and careful with her words. BTW, has TC ever spoken publicly on this subject? If so, please refer me to the article/interview.

What do you think she spoke to Vanity about since she is writing a book about LRC? I will check out T.C 's Facebook as he has posted a few things in reference to Prince.

I think she spoke to Vanity about Prince and Minneapolis. Period. At the time, from what I can gather in this interview, she had decided to write a book about the Minneapolis Sound, i. e., Prince. I would bet good money that the subject of LRC did not come up during her interview with Vanity. But, she conveniently leaves that impression in this interview.

Frankly, I'm waiting for the time when she is subjected to pointed questions and follow-up questions in an interview. Unlike this one, where Michael Dean seemed fixated on trying to imagine what her, well, assets looked like back in the day.

[Edited 10/3/17 12:02pm]

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

Mayday was her nickname and it does not make sense in the song to yell out mayday when he is the one talking about doing something to her " that she will never forget"

I also supsect that Prince told various women songs were about them. Like "Elixer" which he wrote for Mani and put on Bria's album.

Telling Mayte "TMBGITW" was about her and telling Carmen the same thing. Carmen even has a short note from hiim to prove it.

I listened very carefully to her interview and I suggest that others do likewise. What she actually said is that Mae was her nickname. She also said that she had 3-4 other nicknames. I'm going to try to listen to it again later this evening.

She said her nickname was May and she thougt he had put that in to reference her. I do not know if this is true but the phrase never may any sense in the song and Prince did communicate with his music.

LRC is not song about a nice girl and he obviously was not too happy with her running off with the boxer. I am sure she has notes to back up her inteviews with Vanity.

This is the first Prince Podcast that I had to turn off in the middle. I wanted to hear about Prince but It was mainly her bragging about guys being obsessed with her. How she was so gorgeous that Prince lost his mind, random guys running into poles as they were stunned by her looks. All the songs that Prince wrote to communicate with her after she left him. Ehhhhh.....not sure about all that... Dates of events all over the place and lots of name dropping. I was interested in the book but if it's not mainly about Prince then I just can't.

PurpleGlitter said:

This is the first Prince Podcast that I had to turn off in the middle. I wanted to hear about Prince but It was mainly her bragging about guys being obsessed with her. How she was so gorgeous that Prince lost his mind, random guys running into poles as they were stunned by her looks. All the songs that Prince wrote to communicate with her after she left him. Ehhhhh.....not sure about all that... Dates of events all over the place and lots of name dropping. I was interested in the book but if it's not mainly about Prince then I just can't.

Thank you!!!!! This was not Michael Dean's finest hour. I was beginning to think it was just me. She strikes me as a shameless opportunist.

[Edited 10/3/17 17:20pm]

PurpleGlitter said:

laurarichardson said:

PurpleGlitter said:

This is the first Prince Podcast that I had to turn off in the middle. I wanted to hear about Prince but It was mainly her bragging about guys being obsessed with her. How she was so gorgeous that Prince lost his mind, random guys running into poles as they were stunned by her looks. All the songs that Prince wrote to communicate with her after she left him. Ehhhhh.....not sure about all that... Dates of events all over the place and lots of name dropping. I was interested in the book but if it's not mainly about Prince then I just can't.

--That is not what she is saying at all. She is discussing being ogled by men sometimes older men ( remember Prince met her when she was 16 at the party) and how uncomfortable it made her as a young girl she also hinted at abuse. As far as name dropping these are people she knew growing up and being in the party/music scence in Black Minneapolis. I also think it is good that the whole book is not about Prince. This women has an education, jobs, and a family unlike a lot of Prince's lady friends so I think it will interesting and she is taking her time with it when she could have put this out right after he died or on the anniversary of his death like another opportunist. [Edited 10/4/17 2:39am] [Edited 10/4/17 2:42am] [Edited 10/4/17 3:15am]

That's another thing I didn't like. If Prince didn't abuse her, as she clearly states, then why is that a focus of her discussion. And, to be clear, Prince was only 18 when he met her. At the time, she had sneaked into a nightclub as a 16-year-old. So if she was being ogled by grown men, it's not good, but that's what happens in nightclubs. After that meeting, if I understand correctly, she didn't even see P for another two years when their paths sort of inadvertently crossed. At no point does it sound like he was pursuing her. It also seems like they weren't really in contact that much.

And, I agree with PurpleGlitter: She sounded VERY arrogant and braggadocio. Full of herself, even. I am amazed that her husband is here for this book and tour...but I guess all the money to be made has made him swallow his pride.

laurarichardson said:

PurpleGlitter said:

This is the first Prince Podcast that I had to turn off in the middle. I wanted to hear about Prince but It was mainly her bragging about guys being obsessed with her. How she was so gorgeous that Prince lost his mind, random guys running into poles as they were stunned by her looks. All the songs that Prince wrote to communicate with her after she left him. Ehhhhh.....not sure about all that... Dates of events all over the place and lots of name dropping. I was interested in the book but if it's not mainly about Prince then I just can't.

--That is not what she is saying at all. She is discussing being ogled by men sometimes older men ( remember Prince met her when she was 16 at the party) and how uncomfortable it made her as a young girl she also hinted at abuse. As far as name dropping these are people she knew growing up and being in the party/music scence in Black Minneapolis. I also think it is good that the whole book is not about Prince. This women has an education, jobs, and a family unlike a lot of Prince's lady friends so I think it will interesting and she is taking her time with it when she could have put this out right after he died or on the anniversary of his death like another opportunist. [Edited 10/4/17 2:39am] [Edited 10/4/17 2:42am] [Edited 10/4/17 3:15am]

That's another thing I didn't like. If Prince didn't abuse her, as she clearly states, then why is that a focus of her discussion. And, to be clear, Prince was only 18 when he met her. At the time, she had sneaked into a nightclub as a 16-year-old. So if she was being ogled by grown men, it's not good, but that's what happens in nightclubs. After that meeting, if I understand correctly, she didn't even see P for another two years when their paths sort of inadvertently crossed. At no point does it sound like he was pursuing her. It also seems like they weren't really in contact that much.

And, I agree with PurpleGlitter: She sounded VERY arrogant and braggadocio. Full of herself, even. I am amazed that her husband is here for this book and tour...but I guess all the money to be made has made him swallow his pride.

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

PurpleGlitter said: --That is not what she is saying at all. She is discussing being ogled by men sometimes older men ( remember Prince met her when she was 16 at the party) and how uncomfortable it made her as a young girl she also hinted at abuse. As far as name dropping these are people she knew growing up and being in the party/music scence in Black Minneapolis. I also think it is good that the whole book is not about Prince. This women has an education, jobs, and a family unlike a lot of Prince's lady friends so I think it will interesting and she is taking her time with it when she could have put this out right after he died or on the anniversary of his death like another opportunist. [Edited 10/4/17 2:39am] [Edited 10/4/17 2:42am] [Edited 10/4/17 3:15am]

That's another thing I didn't like. If Prince didn't abuse her, as she clearly states, then why is that a focus of her discussion. And, to be clear, Prince was only 18 when he met her. At the time, she had sneaked into a nightclub as a 16-year-old. So if she was being ogled by grown men, it's not good, but that's what happens in nightclubs. After that meeting, if I understand correctly, she didn't even see P for another two years when their paths sort of inadvertently crossed. At no point does it sound like he was pursuing her. It also seems like they weren't really in contact that much.

And, I agree with PurpleGlitter: She sounded VERY arrogant and braggadocio. Full of herself, even. I am amazed that her husband is here for this book and tour...but I guess all the money to be made has made him swallow his pride.

I beliver she may be mean sexual or physical abuse as a child and then something happend to make her leave Minneapolis all together which she is saying was hard for her to write about. I never thought she meant physical abuse from Prince. She said they had a lot in common and I think she means abuse and being picked on for being light.

She also met him at a party at a hotel. She did not sneak into a nightclub. The man that ran into the pole looking at her was when she was walking down the street with her sister.

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

That's another thing I didn't like. If Prince didn't abuse her, as she clearly states, then why is that a focus of her discussion. And, to be clear, Prince was only 18 when he met her. At the time, she had sneaked into a nightclub as a 16-year-old. So if she was being ogled by grown men, it's not good, but that's what happens in nightclubs. After that meeting, if I understand correctly, she didn't even see P for another two years when their paths sort of inadvertently crossed. At no point does it sound like he was pursuing her. It also seems like they weren't really in contact that much.

And, I agree with PurpleGlitter: She sounded VERY arrogant and braggadocio. Full of herself, even. I am amazed that her husband is here for this book and tour...but I guess all the money to be made has made him swallow his pride.

I beliver she may be mean sexual or physical abuse as a child and then something happend to make her leave Minneapolis all together which she is saying was hard for her to write about. I never thought she meant physical abuse from Prince. She said they had a lot in common and I think she means abuse and being picked on for being light.

She also met him at a party at a hotel. She did not sneak into a nightclub. The man that ran into the pole looking at her was when she was walking down the street with her sister.

I'll have to listen to it again, but she implied that she had sneaked into the party where there were older kids. I also recall her story about walking with her sister when a man/boy, so overwhelmed by her 'assets," drove into a pole.

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

I beliver she may be mean sexual or physical abuse as a child and then something happend to make her leave Minneapolis all together which she is saying was hard for her to write about. I never thought she meant physical abuse from Prince. She said they had a lot in common and I think she means abuse and being picked on for being light.

She also met him at a party at a hotel. She did not sneak into a nightclub. The man that ran into the pole looking at her was when she was walking down the street with her sister.

I'll have to listen to it again, but she implied that she had sneaked into the party where there were older kids. I also recall her story about walking with her sister when a man/boy, so overwhelmed by her 'assets," drove into a pole.

Nah she made a point of clarifying that it was a party at a hotel not a nightclub. She did sneak out of the house taking her mom's car without permission because a friend wanted to introduce her to Prince.

I would question a friend introducing her to a grown ass man more so than blaming a child.

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

I'll have to listen to it again, but she implied that she had sneaked into the party where there were older kids. I also recall her story about walking with her sister when a man/boy, so overwhelmed by her 'assets," drove into a pole.

Nah she made a point of clarifying that it was a party at a hotel not a nightclub. She did sneak out of the house taking her mom's car without permission because a friend wanted to introduce her to Prince.

I would question a friend introducing her to a grown ass man more so than blaming a child.

Prince was 18, not a "grown ass man." They were both teenagers, two years apart. This kind of interaction is not at all uncommon. To his credit, he did not bite the apple. BTW: It's too bad that this thread is now buried. It would be good to hear a wide range of opinions.

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

Nah she made a point of clarifying that it was a party at a hotel not a nightclub. She did sneak out of the house taking her mom's car without permission because a friend wanted to introduce her to Prince.

I would question a friend introducing her to a grown ass man more so than blaming a child.

Prince was 18, not a "grown ass man." They were both teenagers, two years apart. This kind of interaction is not at all uncommon. To his credit, he did not bite the apple. BTW: It's too bad that this thread is now buried. It would be good to hear a wide range of opinions.

18 is an adult in the U.S.A and 16 is under age. I am not sure why you are not aware of this.

He could have been in a lot of trouble if he was seeing her so good thing he did not. Also she said this would have been after his Capri show so this would have been in 78 so he actually would have been 2O why over the age of 18.

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

Prince was 18, not a "grown ass man." They were both teenagers, two years apart. This kind of interaction is not at all uncommon. To his credit, he did not bite the apple. BTW: It's too bad that this thread is now buried. It would be good to hear a wide range of opinions.

18 is an adult in the U.S.A and 16 is under age. I am not sure why you are not aware of this.

He could have been in a lot of trouble if he was seeing her so good thing he did not. Also she said this would have been after his Capri show so this would have been in 78 so he actually would have been 2O why over the age of 18.

Actually, she seems very fuzzy on her dates. That is a red flag for me. And, yes, I understand that 16 is underage, but it is not unusual for teens to date in this age range (16-18) to date, not that it's even relevant to Ms. Poole's interaction with Prince.

FlyOnTheWall said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

18 is an adult in the U.S.A and 16 is under age. I am not sure why you are not aware of this.

He could have been in a lot of trouble if he was seeing her so good thing he did not. Also she said this would have been after his Capri show so this would have been in 78 so he actually would have been 2O why over the age of 18.

Actually, she seems very fuzzy on her dates. That is a red flag for me. And, yes, I understand that 16 is underage, but it is not unusual for teens to date in this age range (16-18) to date, not that it's even relevant to Ms. Poole's interaction with Prince.

She said after the Capri show he would have been 20 and she said she wanted to clear up that is was a hotel not a nightclub.

Her age is relevant.

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

Actually, she seems very fuzzy on her dates. That is a red flag for me. And, yes, I understand that 16 is underage, but it is not unusual for teens to date in this age range (16-18) to date, not that it's even relevant to Ms. Poole's interaction with Prince.

She said after the Capri show he would have been 20 and she said she wanted to clear up that is was a hotel not a nightclub.

Her age is relevant.

I have to listen again. Are you saying that she said that he was 20 and she was 16? I thought she said that they were two years apart.

[Edited 10/4/17 10:59am]

My whole thing was just how delusional the part having to do with Prince sounded. I don't have a doubt she knew them all back in the day or that she was gorgeous...and I am sure she is dealing with abuse issues like she said. The conversation about secret messages in songs from Prince... her going to a concert and mysteriously getting front row seats...dancing on stage many years later. Talking with Prince recently at PP. Then something about her not signing a non disclosure and Prince asking band members not to speak with her? None of it makes sense. But awesome for her if so...I just felt like I was listening to fantasy.

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

I have to listen again. Are you saying that she said that he was 20 and she was 16? I thought she said that they were two years apart.

[Edited 10/4/17 10:59am]

She said she met him right after his Capri show. The show at the Capri theater was a test show to see if he was ready to go on the road. The show did not go well and WB excutives decided he was not ready for the road. Prince's first album came out in 1978 he was born in 1958 so he would have been 20.

And...nothing happened, right? If I'm understanding her story, she never even had any other contact with him for another two years, correct? In fact, I just got the impression that her contact with Prince was incidental...and limited.

Wow such nastiness in this thread

What happened to love4oneanother?

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

Actually, she seems very fuzzy on her dates. That is a red flag for me. And, yes, I understand that 16 is underage, but it is not unusual for teens to date in this age range (16-18) to date, not that it's even relevant to Ms. Poole's interaction with Prince.

She said after the Capri show he would have been 20 and she said she wanted to clear up that is was a hotel not a nightclub.

Her age is relevant.

I'm now listening again. She said she saw him (the second time) and Andre at the Fox Trap nightclub in 1979, two weeks after the Capri. She says she was 18 and he asked for her number, commenting that she doesn't know if he knew she was 18. I found that remark strange.

At any rate, the first time she saw him was at the party two years earlier. I'm not even sure if they even formally met that first time when he was 18 and she was 16. That's what I mean when I say that it was not that relevant to their interaction. Thus, I don't know what her sort of conspiratorial (for lack of a better word) comment, "You know he would wait until you're 18," meant. And, I know his history, but it doesn't seem fair (or accurate) to suggest that, in this instance, he was somehow waiting for her to turn 18.

PurpleGlitter said:

My whole thing was just how delusional the part having to do with Prince sounded. I don't have a doubt she knew them all back in the day or that she was gorgeous...and I am sure she is dealing with abuse issues like she said. The conversation about secret messages in songs from Prince... her going to a concert and mysteriously getting front row seats...dancing on stage many years later. Talking with Prince recently at PP. Then something about her not signing a non disclosure and Prince asking band members not to speak with her? None of it makes sense. But awesome for her if so...I just felt like I was listening to fantasy.

I felt similarly listening to her story. Like the part (at about the 50:00 mark) when she says he played LRC for the first time when she (and her husband) was there at the concert in the early 2000s. (She's not sure of the exact year.)

She says, during one song, sometime after she and her husband held up a sign asking if he remembered her, with her name and that she was from St. Paul, he pointed to her and said, "This is for you." I don't know if this was purportedly before he played LRC or "Shhh," when she said he was "running around the stage like a little rooster" and shredded his guitar. "It was very emotional," she says. "He couldn't look at [her], so "he put his back to [her]," but "[her] memory," she says, is that "he turned around one time and, he said something when he turned around, but of course, that film is missing. They can't find it at Paisley, and he got very emotional. So, you know, whatever. It is what it is. So, you know, there was not a dry eye in the house, including me. It was a very emotional song."

She said he also "came to the front of the stage where [she] was and sang some words from some other songs, which [she'll] save for the book," to the point that her husband said, "Whoa! What was that?"

She says that she thinks "he even gave [her] some more information because that's how Prince does things." At that point during the interview, I was like, "Okay???"

Also, she says that she wrote two articles about this concert, but, at that time, she didn't mention that she dated him because it wasn't professional. Instead, she just said, "he was a friend."

FlyOnTheWall said:

laurarichardson said:

She said after the Capri show he would have been 20 and she said she wanted to clear up that is was a hotel not a nightclub.

Her age is relevant.

I'm now listening again. She said she saw him (the second time) and Andre at the Fox Trap nightclub in 1979, two weeks after the Capri. She says she was 18 and he asked for her number, commenting that she doesn't know if he knew she was 18. I found that remark strange.

At any rate, the first time she saw him was at the party two years earlier. I'm not even sure if they even formally met that first time when he was 18 and she was 16. That's what I mean when I say that it was not that relevant to their interaction. Thus, I don't know what her sort of conspiratorial (for lack of a better word) comment, "You know he would wait until you're 18," meant. And, I know his history, but it doesn't seem fair (or accurate) to suggest that, in this instance, he was somehow waiting for her to turn 18.

Oh I do not think he was trying to do anything when she was 16. I think it is weird that she was introduced to him by a women at that age. I wonder who is "Lady Genesis" because that does not sound like the name of a highschool classmate.

According to Andre Cymone his brother Eddie was a pimp and Mi Ling mentions hanging around Lake Calhoun and all the pimps that use to hang out there. I think these were young people growing up in a wild enviroment and that informed a lot of what Prince did the rest of his life.

Many times he met women thru other women. In addtion, to the whole sister wife nonsense.

FlyOnTheWall said:

PurpleGlitter said:

My whole thing was just how delusional the part having to do with Prince sounded. I don't have a doubt she knew them all back in the day or that she was gorgeous...and I am sure she is dealing with abuse issues like she said. The conversation about secret messages in songs from Prince... her going to a concert and mysteriously getting front row seats...dancing on stage many years later. Talking with Prince recently at PP. Then something about her not signing a non disclosure and Prince asking band members not to speak with her? None of it makes sense. But awesome for her if so...I just felt like I was listening to fantasy.

I felt similarly listening to her story. Like the part (at about the 50:00 mark) when she says he played LRC for the first time when she (and her husband) was there at the concert in the early 2000s. (She's not sure of the exact year.)

She says, during one song, sometime after she and her husband held up a sign asking if he remembered her, with her name and that she was from St. Paul, he pointed to her and said, "This is for you." I don't know if this was purportedly before he played LRC or "Shhh," when she said he was "running around the stage like a little rooster" and shredded his guitar. "It was very emotional," she says. "He couldn't look at [her], so "he put his back to [her]," but "[her] memory," she says, is that "he turned around one time and, he said something when he turned around, but of course, that film is missing. They can't find it at Paisley, and he got very emotional. So, you know, whatever. It is what it is. So, you know, there was not a dry eye in the house, including me. It was a very emotional song."

She said he also "came to the front of the stage where [she] was and sang some words from some other songs, which [she'll] save for the book," to the point that her husband said, "Whoa! What was that?"

She says that she thinks "he even gave [her] some more information because that's how Prince does things." At that point during the interview, I was like, "Okay???"

Also, she says that she wrote two articles about this concert, but, at that time, she didn't mention that she dated him because it wasn't professional. Instead, she just said, "he was a friend."

The actual concert were he pointed at her was on her Facebook page last year but I believe she got a take down notice because she mentioned something about being forced to take it down and how she did get a chance to get out to Paisley Park via Jermone Benton.

Who mentions Ming on his Fecebook page in reference to LRC.

laurarichardson said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

I felt similarly listening to her story. Like the part (at about the 50:00 mark) when she says he played LRC for the first time when she (and her husband) was there at the concert in the early 2000s. (She's not sure of the exact year.)

She says, during one song, sometime after she and her husband held up a sign asking if he remembered her, with her name and that she was from St. Paul, he pointed to her and said, "This is for you." I don't know if this was purportedly before he played LRC or "Shhh," when she said he was "running around the stage like a little rooster" and shredded his guitar. "It was very emotional," she says. "He couldn't look at [her], so "he put his back to [her]," but "[her] memory," she says, is that "he turned around one time and, he said something when he turned around, but of course, that film is missing. They can't find it at Paisley, and he got very emotional. So, you know, whatever. It is what it is. So, you know, there was not a dry eye in the house, including me. It was a very emotional song."

She said he also "came to the front of the stage where [she] was and sang some words from some other songs, which [she'll] save for the book," to the point that her husband said, "Whoa! What was that?"

She says that she thinks "he even gave [her] some more information because that's how Prince does things." At that point during the interview, I was like, "Okay???"

Also, she says that she wrote two articles about this concert, but, at that time, she didn't mention that she dated him because it wasn't professional. Instead, she just said, "he was a friend."

The actual concert were he pointed at her was on her Facebook page last year but I believe she got a take down notice because she mentioned something about being forced to take it down and how she did get a chance to get out to Paisley Park via Jermone Benton.

Who mentions Ming on his Fecebook page in reference to LRC.

She was actually pictured in this concert video that was taken down? I mean, you could see her in the audience as Prince pointed to her and did the things she claims? Also, Jerome Benton has confirmed on his Facebook that Ms. Poole inspired LRC? Do you know if there is there any way to read that?

[Edited 10/5/17 5:09am]

luv4u said:

here is jerome shouting out to May

https://www.facebook.com/Mstonepoole/videos/10214372700135799/

I love Michaels interviews but i thought she did a better interview with this guy , she was less nervous and more relaxed.

Mi-Ling Stone Poole

Strawberrylova123 said:

I love Michaels interviews but i thought she did a better interview with this guy , she was less nervous and more relaxed.

Mi-Ling Stone Poole

I agree. I think this was a much better interview. Michael Dean's interview, IMHO, was not a good one for her. Very importantly, to me, there was no mention of abuse in this one...or about older, "grown ass men" preying on her. That focus in Michael's podcast, which was about her and Prince, sort of suggests that her interaction with Prince somehow fit that category. I find that troublesome. And, I know that abuse might be a part of her story, and perhaps that's her way of explaining why she was "fast," but it would be great if she were to draw a clear line between her personal story, separate from Prince, and the story of her and Prince. Do you know what I mean?

I like that the first interview made it clear that they were just two young kids hanging out. She did, however, once again make that comment about him "waiting until you were legal," I guess as an explanation for why nothing happened between them after their first meeting in 1976. I wonder why she feels the necessity to throw that into these discussions.

Lastly, there is no mention of her looks in this interview. I think that makes her much more likable (and credible), as opposed to all the stories about her "assets" and how fine she was in Michael Dean's interview. In my estimation, that is a given since Prince supposedly wrote LRC about her. To borrow the LRC equestrian metaphor, going on and on about it is beating a dead horse.