Vanity is a mystery to many. She had a perfect face and a body to match. This woman was able to climb the music and movie scene effortlessly with her charms and wilds. She even was portrayed in a movie by Apollonia Kotero...Purple Rain, which she helped to write. Her life was chaotic, to put it mildy, and her world was crazy...even more crazier than we all had expected. Drugs-Sex-and Rock N Roll where normal for her. Vanity ruled the 80s and 90s with her sexy lyrics and her heavy beats. Vanity was a sex godess and there wasn't anyone that could compare to her in looks or style. Vanity had an Occult style with her capes and high heeled boots and how about when she was a Pirate with the hit single "UNDER THE INFLUENCE". Her dance moves were sexy yet powerful. She could not be stopped.....Her long brown hair that she loved to fling around to her lovely golden skin that was flawless. Her lips were so very unusual in that they curved into a snarl and her large eyes seemed to hypnotize you. Her canadian accent was so attractive and polite when she would be interviewed you would forget that she was a Sex Siren. Vanity is an Enigma...we may never really know who she really is until her book is complete.
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Her book is out and you can order it from her web sites Www.Denisematthews.com or www.Blameitonvanity.com Very cool site. Very creepy. She is a deep sister. She wrote the book herself and did the graphics herself. Very talented lady.


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avanti said:

...and now she's a Christian

DISCLAIMER: I'm one of the biggest Vanity fans ever.

It's funny, because I always liked Apples better until Youtube came out.
I stumbled across the Under The Influence video there and was shocked. Honestly, she was a great performer who had that certain something. I think people lost sight of that because she was thought of/more referred to as Prince's GF.

It's a shame all that happened, but she is where she is for a purpose. Still, I can't help but watch her live stuff and videos over and over. The only track I didn't dig was 'Pretty Mess'... It just felt too schlocky. But seriously... Her best work happened after she left the Prince camp and Motown took over her career and production team.
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Vanity had so much charisma. I think Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls is the new Vanity. When she performs she reminds me of her and they both have a strong stage presence. They are really sexy and beautiful and Nicole is obviously a better singer. Vanity had a unique style and knew how to entertain people.

yes she was a natural and magnificent beauty and whether you think she could sing or not...she certainly put her all into her shows. I dunno about Nicole...she didn't do so well on her own then hooked up with PCD and got some training and guidance and now she rocks. kind of like fergie from BEP. she wasn't much of anything when she was with wild orchid and now look at her!!! vanity on the other hand did better solo. with that said...i guess she was a great performer.

i never knew vanity helped write purple rain never ever heard that be4

Damn, you make Vanity sound like Tina Turner's equal

I want you to write my biography!

She didnt help write Purple Rain Where did you get that bunch of shit?

Watch the 20th Anneversary Edition of Purple Rain with the Special features on it even Wendy and Lisa say THEY helped write it, NOT Vanity.

And no I dont think she was a great performer her voice is horrid when she sang 7th heaven in The Last Dragon It made my eardrums bleed.

She maybe desperate to sell a book of lies if it is stated in the book. Devoted Christian yeah right(if she is claiming she helped write PR)
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Like many times posted before by others, the lady had and still has a unique glow of beauty and appearance of how she expresses herself.
Her vocals on "Nasty Girl" fit the song well and i like the harmony-vocal interlude when the 3 ladies sing together :"Please!...Pleeeaaa-eeeaaa-se !".
That's a highlight in the track.

Also like her chat-raps with P in "if a Girl Answers, Don't Hang Up" + "Vibrator" and the convo with Morris in "The Walk".
She looks stunning in the "Pretty Mess"-video, though her vocals on there are okay.They sound clear but don't really move me.
I dig her recorded & Jesse Johnson-produced "Undress Me" on the Action Jackson-score a lil' more.

I enjoyed her number of Movie-appearances, with "Action Jackson" and a guest-appearance in "Tales of the Cript" as a few of my faves, where imo she did a solid acting-job.
That said, i feel that she might've grown into a solid actress if she would've continued in that area.
A few scenes from various flics made an impression on me, and she had that certain "glow" (like Taimak,lol)
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Shango said:

cosign all dat shit!!

DesireeNevermind said:

Shango said:

I once saw that episode of The Crypt (Cript-edit ) on Youtube and tried to find it again in order to create a few cool screenshots of her in the part where she has a convo with a co-actor.
That was some years ago though that i spotted it and it's deleted.

Nevertheless i found the following zine-scan online, with thanks to the fan who started the Yahoo-site for Vanity/Apollonia-fans :



I blew it up a lil'
Anyway, sometime ago i bought this zine on eBay and when i read the photo-text,
it described that the pic at the bottom-right is a screenshot from her offcial video of "Mechanical Emotion" , which at the time of the zine-article was yet about to be released.
I never ever saw that clip and wonder if it has been used merely as promotional stuff within the biz.
But ya never know, sometimes i still see clips pop-up at the tube which i never knew of before. That timecapsule never stops to amaze me.

toots said:

Oh please, give it a rest. Just who are you exactly to question her, or anyone's for that matter, religious beliefs? That's right, no one! Let's not even get on the subject of voices with you being an avid listener of W&L.

To my acknowledgment, Vanity has NEVER claimed to have a hand in writing the music for Purple Rain; but, it's full knowledge that the role -- which later went to Apollonia -- happened to be heavily influenced by whatever relationship she and Prince had together.
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NO!

She wasn't the best vocalist but I can tolerated her wayy better than Apples. It shame that Vanity went out bad with the booze and drugs. A shame.

IdentityCrisis said:

Excuse me but I never said shit about a avid listener of Wendy and Lisa tyvm. YOU said that. I happen to listen to various types of music. You should re-read the original post fromt he thread starter I was responding to them, NOT YOU.I can voice my opinion as well as you. Dont like dont respond. I was pointing out FACT that she didnt help with the writing of PR. IF YOU READ the thread staters post you should of saw it as a flaw and if the book is actually based on that lie it prolly is filled with LIES and nothing but. Dont assume ANYTHING about me if you dotn know me personaly k. I was basing my opinion on the thread starters post ALONE. Just like everyone here. But yet who are you to sit and judge me being a avid listener to anyone, You dont know me nor know what kind of music I like ty. So that accussation can stop right there.

toots said:

You are quite the loose cannon if you think I'm going to try and decipher this poorly written, lumping together of what should be two entirely, seperate paragraphs.

Take what I said, deal with it and get over it.
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And for future reference, spare yourself the time of sending intimidating messages via an orgnote, "toots."

IdentityCrisis said:

to bring up pm /orgnote into forum and nice on the insulting ( with responce of insert stupidity here bit). Another thing how can it be intimitating when I posted the EXACT SAME THING in the forum. But yet who is intimited by such facts being pointed out on the LIE of Vanity writing PR.IF you a actual fan of Prince and a long time fan YOU should of know that part was LIE. The only one starting things are you who are not seeing things being written.
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She had some great jams especially when she was with Vanity 6. As for talent, say what you want but she's got more than any of these shit hoppers, that's for damn sure.

vainandy said:

Here, here!

She was eye candy, about it. Prince coked her up and forgot about her. Sad.

i like vanity.
very crazy and out there,it seems.
from the videos and performances i have seen,she seemed like a good performer.
she teased the audience and basically put on a good show,big hair and all.

IdentityCrisis said:

Let's stay on-topic, please. Thanks!

Shango said:

I have the mechanical emotion 45 with that very pic. I loved the song and thanks for reminding me. i gotta break out all that old shit and transfer to cd. there's just something vintage bout the vinyls. Vanity is breathtakingly beautiful and she had this allure that was 1 part sex kitten and 2 parts goofball which made her lovable and not a bitch like some wannabe prince chicks

Well, she had great sex appeal. Acting was alright. But she couldn'e sing for shit.

such a pretty mess on my dress...oooh such a pretty


hey waita gat dayum minute....that song hella nasty!
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DesireeNevermind said:

Cool, that must be a rare print because i only know these release-pix :

DesireeNevermind said:

You're welcome. Yeah, vinyl has a great sound too.
And that's indeed what made Vanity's personality special in the biz, lol.

Here are 2 more finds from the Mechanical Emotion-clip, archived in the Yahoo group for Vanity fans, called : http://groups.yahoo.com/g...ityslair2/



The other group from the earlier-posted pic is : http://groups.yahoo.com/g..._Apollonia

thanks for that post Shango. makes this thread betta and betta.