I get the impression that Morris does just enough to retain a comfortable lifestyle. He lives in a beautiful, sunny area, he still performs, wrote a book without too much effort (IMO), and probably did not want the 'stress' of being in a movie which requires long hours.

This is not criticism.

PeggyO said:

I get the impression that Morris does just enough to retain a comfortable lifestyle. He lives in a beautiful, sunny area, he still performs, wrote a book without too much effort (IMO), and probably did not want the 'stress' of being in a movie which requires long hours.

This is not criticism.

I agree Peggy, just enough to get by.

Morris seems to be a likeable guy. Glad I read the book.

PennyPurple said:

PeggyO said:

I get the impression that Morris does just enough to retain a comfortable lifestyle. He lives in a beautiful, sunny area, he still performs, wrote a book without too much effort (IMO), and probably did not want the 'stress' of being in a movie which requires long hours.

This is not criticism.

I agree Peggy, just enough to get by.

Morris seems to be a likeable guy. Glad I read the book.

I wonder if Prince admired those qualties in him. He is likeable to me as well.

ThatWhiteDude said:

It's finally here

Yay! Happy Reading.

PennyPurple said:

ThatWhiteDude said:

PennyPurple said:

Yay! Happy Reading.

Thanks!

Are you done yet?

PennyPurple said:

Lawdy Amazon...by book is still touring with Morris.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Lawdy Amazon...by book is still touring with Morris.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Lawdy Amazon...by book is still touring with Morris.

Sheesh, I would've thought they would have it figured out by now.

EugeneKnight said:

EugeneKnight said:

As a fan this is a disappointing book which merely confirms Morris Day as a figment of Prince's imagination. There is so little insight, so little of his own story shared from his perspective rather than viewed through the Prince's narrow prism.

After the release of Pandemonium why did the band disintegrate? No idea because he's straight onto talking about Prince competing with Michael Jackson.

Why did The Original 7ven grind to a halt? It isn't addressed because he is fixated on his standing relation to Prince.

The tacky and cheap looking cover exactly mirrors the content. Perhaps Morris figured the only way to get the book released was to ride on Prince's coat tails, but when you're a bit part player in your own autobigraphy you know you done f%$ked up. Very poor.

I agree with you 100%. Glad I "listened" to the book on audible, but I have so many more questions like yours above. He glossed over so may segments that (to me) were important nuggets to the story. I know a lot of his opinions were covered in the O7 DVD that was in the deluxe edition, but I wanted all of that documented in the book.

It is definitely a story that he could have delved deeper into. I would like to know more about Morris outside of music. Does he play golf? Does he take his kids to the fair? Does he go to Disney World with his kids? I would like more of this kind of stuff. Not necessarliy because I care, but to paint him as a person and not as some fictional character from a movie.

I also don't know if it was his editors/co-writer or what that made the final decisions. I do know that David Ritz is really thorough in his writing. His book on Aretha Franklin (Respect...not the autobiography he cowrote with her) and Marvin Gaye are supurb. I know he would be willing to go deeper, but not sure if it was editing that made the book this way.

[Edited 10/16/19 12:01pm]

daPrettyman said:

violetcrush said:

I always thought his intention was to specifically chronicle his time with Prince, and not his life outside of that. The “princely life in funk” part of the title seems to hint to that.

If you'd read the book, you'd see he talked about his life before, during and after Prince, not just his time with Prince.

PennyPurple said:

violetcrush said:

I always thought his intention was to specifically chronicle his time with Prince, and not his life outside of that. The “princely life in funk” part of the title seems to hint to that.

If you'd read the book, you'd see he talked about his life before, during and after Prince, not just his time with Prince.

LOL

It arrived today. Yeah Amazon. Only a week or more late.

My book has stopped touring, and said it is extremely tired from traveling around the USA.

The book asked me to allow it to rest for a bit before I start reading.

https://www.dailynews.com...r-on-time/

I really enjoyed this book. If for anything, it shed some light on some things I always wondered about (for example, where the hell that name "Eugene Knight" came from) and some things I didn't expect.

Kind of wild to see him fall from grace the way he did. Enjoyed the family pictures and bits about his life we wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. And as always, a side of Prince you don't always get from the people who seem to be "officially" speaking for/about him in the press posthumously. I really liked knowing what kind of music he (and Prince reportedly) were into.

https://v1019.com/2019/10...rple-rain/

https://www.youtube.com/w...fUENT9OE78

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

The part about Prince kicking him out of his house was pretty jarring for some reason. The part about Prince sharing and not wanting to share women with him was funny, but still jarring.

I never knew Morris was on drugs. So, that's weird to me. It was interesting to see that Prince was pimping it with the multiple women. I always thought he would but I had never had any indication, from an article or whatever women that slept with him that he was into orgies or whatever.(I never did take Zannalee to heart. No woman had ever confirmed it.)

Interesting book so far. I'm almost half done!

https://www.yourtango.com...od-complex

williamb610 said:

The part about Prince kicking him out of his house was pretty jarring for some reason. The part about Prince sharing and not wanting to share women with him was funny, but still jarring.

I never knew Morris was on drugs. So, that's weird to me. It was interesting to see that Prince was pimping it with the multiple women. I always thought he would but I had never had any indication, from an article or whatever women that slept with him that he was into orgies or whatever.(I never did take Zannalee to heart. No woman had ever confirmed it.)

Interesting book so far. I'm almost half done!

Zannalee was not about an orgy - just a "three-way" between him, his girlfriend and her sister. "She had a sister named "Fendi"....if you know the history it's not too hard to convert the names "Zannalee" and "Fendi" Of course, it could have been completely fabricated by Prince just to keep people questioning or guessing.