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Y the name change? Ok i got this english speaking exam 2 do, and im doing it on prince, and i thought i best talk about him as the  but i dnt no Y he did it, and i dnt wanna stand up there and lie, so can sum 1 tell me Y did he change he's name, what were he's reason's?
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1.3 What's with the name changes?
On June 7th, 1993 (his 35th birthday), Prince announced that he would change his name to an unpronounceable symbol. The glyph incorporates the male and female signs along with the alchemy symbol for soapstone. The usual ASCII representation of the symbol is: O ( + > That's a capital "o," open parenthesis, plus sign, and greater-than sign. However, on May 16th, 2000 Prince announced that he would resume using his former name, because his final contract with Time Warner (i.e., his publishing contract with Warner-Chappel) had expired. It seems that he will continue to use the symbol as a logo, however. www.prince.org - FAQs | |
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Basically, it was a very clever way of getting out of a record deal. | |
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Basically, it was a very stupid way of getting out of a record deal. | |
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Basically, it was a very pointless way of getting out of his record deal (...cuz it didn't work)
The whole name change fiasco is not exactly straightforward (is anything when it comes to Prince?) There were several reasons for it, both commercial and spiritual, and I think the 'true' reason is a combination of them all. [Edited 10/7/04 9:49am] | |
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what boris and nouveau just said, 'cept all mixed up into one nice batch.  | |
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A good place to start with "Why the name change?" is the liner notes to
'The Gold Experience'. As personally, I think it sums up quite well the main reason Prince did it. | |
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