Haystack said:

If you have the gumption, pay the star tribune entry fee, or ask if anybody has "Prince: an Oral history" here at the org.

Melvoin's most recent — and perhaps strangest — encounter with Prince came in February of this year. She and her twin sister Susannah (Prince's ex-girlfriend and co-lead singer of his 1986 side project, the Family) wanted to see his post-Grammys concert at the House of Blues nightclub in West Hollywood.

“I had to call his guitar tech to let Prince know that the Revolution wants to be there,'' she said. “We got this phone call to [drummer] Bobby Z, saying ‘Everybody can go, Bobby can go for free, but everybody else has to pay.' What the hell is this? So we get there; none of us have to pay, but it was incredibly difficult to get in there. There's Steven Tyler and Beck walking by us and all those other people. It was an odd place to be in. We finally got shuffled off to this room where there wasn't a seat for us and we all just had to stand there.

“He played the show. He called a whole bunch of people onstage, but he didn't call any of us. I thought, ‘Well, that's it.' His wife came up to me and introduced herself, and I told her to thank him for the tickets and goodbye.

“Then the next day, I get this call from [the guitar tech] saying, ‘Prince would like you to come down to the recording studio and rehearse with him on acoustic guitar for a benefit he's doing for the Tavis Smiley Show . I'm like, ‘What the hell?' I haven't talked to him since the [Revolution] reunion tour we tried to put together in 2000, and he declined doing it because of me and my homosexuality and I'm half Jewish. It came back: ‘Go have a press conference denouncing your homosexuality and that you're converting to Jehovah.' I was like: ‘I guess we'll never hear from him again.' And I had to kind of mourn him. And I've got to be honest with you: It was devastating to think we've kind of lost him.

“Then he called out of the blue, and the curiosity got the best of me. I'm irreverent and resilient emotionally. I went down, and he was remarkably kind and open and gave me huge hug. He had me sit in with his band while they were rehearsing. I just hung with him for two hours, learned the song he wanted to do, got the information about the show. I got there the next day and met him on the set. It was just him and me, and he was gorgeous. He was the guy I knew when I first met him. He was the guy who spent the night at my and Lisa's house on our pullout bed. It was beautiful to see him. I held on to him and kept kissing him and hugging him and telling him I loved him. I don't know what to think of it. He knows we all love him; we're all his loyal friends.''

I guess we'll never hear from him again.' And I had to kind of mourn him. And I've got to be honest with you: It was devastating to think we've kind of lost him.

“Then he called out of the blue, and the curiosity got the best of me. I'm irreverent and resilient emotionally. I went down, and he was remarkably kind and open and gave me huge hug. He had me sit in with his band while they were rehearsing. I just hung with him for two hours, learned the song he wanted to do, got the information about the show. I got there the next day and met him on the set. It was just him and me, and he was gorgeous. He was the guy I knew when I first met him. He was the guy who spent the night at my and Lisa's house on our pullout bed. It was beautiful to see him. I held on to him and kept kissing him and hugging him and telling him I loved him. I don't know what to think of it. He knows we all love him; we're all his loyal friends."

What do U think. The only reason he say this is because his old friend is a Witness too, and HE claims that they condem gays. After all the songs about freedon of spirit and being true, do U think there's any truth behing this. Let's not get heated here, it's just a question, not a statement!

thetardis said:

Homophobic is a stupid term. You can disagree with homosexuality or be of the opinion that it's morally/biologically wrong without being afraid of it.

If he is....or if he is NOT, how is that important?

Graycap23 said:

Are you saying that Homophobia doesn't matter?

JudasLChrist said:

Did u READ my question?

Graycap23 said:

Are you saying that Homophobia doesn't matter?

thetardis said:

Homophobic is a stupid term. You can disagree with homosexuality or be of the opinion that it's morally/biologically wrong without being afraid of it.

Any Prince fan who is homophobic or bigoted against gays cracks me the hell up.

Stymie said:

It's funny how if you say anything even vaguely negative about gays you're a bigot, but make a completely ridiculous generalisation like "Aren't gays, like, SO GREAT?" and you're open-minded.

The left can be bigots too. Trouble is, they're allowed to be.

And BTW, gays are great.

Anyone who questions my mere right to exist, or the ethics of my existing, over something as petty as sexual orientation IS a bigoted asshole. End of story.

Found the source. Cleveland Free Times interview with Wendy Melvoin, she said it was her sexuality AND religion (she's half Jewish) which P had issues with. She said he wanted her to publically denounce her sexuality and convert to a JW.

http://www.freetimes.com/story/2261

So,he had problems with the fact that she was not only a lesbian,but half-Jewish too??

SoulAlive said:

Half-Jewish my arse. When was the last time you heard somebody describe themselves as "half Catholic"? You either follow a certain ideology or you don't.

So,you're calling Wendy a liar?

SoulAlive said:

No - I just think saying you're "Half Jewish" is a bit naff. How many "Half Buddhists" do you know?

I would not say that prince is homophobic,not that their is anything wrong with that.

thepope2the9s said:

there is indeed something wrong with being homophobic. How in the hell can any Prince fan be homophobic, bigoted or anything else about gay people when the man himself is effeminate, wears high heels and makeup?