Where is the interview??

I can't find it...

i think the best interview with anyone ever is carrie fisher's interview with madonna in rolling stone, YEARS ago...i think around '88 or '89? it was a two-parter. one of the funniest pieces of writing i've ever read.

Anx said:

Carrie Fisher on Dinner w/ Five is always a treat...Love love love her explaining how Princes Lea, Laverne (Penny Marshall), Dan Akroyd and John Belushi got high on masculeen (sic..what is that anyway?) and riding the rollercoasters at Knotts Berry Farm freaking out all the guests.

Anx said:

I think it had just happened, and that's why I always give Mayte more credit that other people want to give her. Say what you want about that woman, but she was strong as hell to go on a press junket and act like nothing was wrong, when a child she had carried for nine months had just died.

They did an interview with Gumbel where she almost broke face, but she kept it together.

I think it had just happened, and that's why I always give Mayte more credit that other people want to give her. Say what you want about that woman, but she was strong as hell to go on a press junket and act like nothing was wrong, when a child she had carried for nine months had just died.

They did an interview with Gumbel where she almost broke face, but she kept it together

RE OPRAH or really crazy or maybe even experiencing too much shock to deal with it. think about all those people for months after the 9/11 bombing. some things are too heavy to take on board all at once. i think losing your first born child in such a way qualifies.

RE GUMBLEshe looked to me like she wanted to scream " no we lost our baby and it's killing me!" very painful to watch and gives a great deal of insight into how much reality prince can and cannot handle. as i write this i'm recalling all that stuff in Possessed that anna garcia had said about him wanting to live in a prentend world where nothing was ever wrong . ..

RUHip2TheJive said:

I posted a clickable direct link to the transcript only 3 posts up from your post.

wavesofbliss said:

That's some deep stuff. Crazy but deep.

WillyWonka said:

Oh... I thought I was supposed to be looking for a clip of the interview...?

This is hard - The internet is too big...

i think the oprah interview was really awkward. i think it was intended to show off prince's newfound prosperity as a husband and father, and it was also supposed to promote his first album as a "free" artist, "emancipation", a/k/a "the album he was born to make".

by the time of the actual interview, all of that appeared to have blown up in his face, and it appears they were left with the task of quickly putting together some damage control for the sake of salvaging some publicity for the album.

in my opinion, that episode is very sad, and more than a little awkward in places. i think it's a very insightful interview, perhaps not in ways prince or oprah might have intended. it shows a really sad, introspective side of prince.

DownTheNeedleDownTheSpoon said:

i think that was the most awkward part of it. the death had JUST happened, hadn't it? i mean, the man was trying to keep it together for the interview, but he and mayte had to be right in the thick of their mourning process.

I'm a mom and can only wonder what Prince and Mayte were going through at the that time... it is basically irrelevant but 3121 is the first piece of music where I feel that Prince is really enjoying himself at music since that time, this I know is pure speculation but to me it comes across that he is happy with himself at last. I don't think he was in any way ready for what happened with baby Gregory, no one on this earth could be, but if he has found his funk again I am just more than happy for it.

Anx said:

.....no....the child had transitioned (died) B4 the interview, that was disturbing 2 B... have the Oprah 1 on VHS...all media stuff 4 that time occured after that dear soul came & went~they spoke as if it hadn't happened = always felt Prince, his fans & all who care were excluded from sharing loving concern on that event...the word has remained never say/ask anything 2 Prince about the baby...from some lyrics B wonders if the Truth surrounding "Baby Gregory" was ever 'accepted' by the ONE with the most 2 learn from it.....

B

...no...that's what i was saying...the baby had just died before the taping of the paisley park interview, which makes it really painful to watch. you can see the truth in his eyes when he says "it's all good". it's really sad. he did keep the public far away from his grief and his loss, though i do remember when i saw him on the jam of the year tour at jones beach, he went into a little speech about loss, and about things not turning out the way you want them to. he was very vague as to what he was talking about, but i think we all knew.

Anx said:

I want to see it!

I´ve just seen it and loved it! He´s sooooo sweet! And he looks hot! I don´t understand why some of you don´t like it.