I vote for PRINCE.

vanity's is supposed to be coming out but i keep hearing something about how she's only taking special orders from people who will pay $100 for early copies or something crazy like that. i know vanity's gotta eat, but come on.

If it was Prince being honest, videotaped preferably, I vote Prince no doubt. I wouldn't even buy anything from Vanity.

Given Prince's track record on telling the truth...I would go with Vanity

motherfunka said:

Good call. I agree he changes his story like he does religion which is every 1-2 years( maybe more if Im not mistaken)

I can barely tolerate reading a lyric sheet in Princebonics, much less an entire book.

Unless Prince's book is also going to be translated and published in the King's English, I'll go with Vanity's (partly for my frustration with Princebonics and partly for Prince's lack of ability to be direct in his writings and interviews).

Anxiety said:

Do you get anything special for your $100 or just the book? I mean, she could at least throw in a swatch of fabric from the camisole she wore at the Homecoming gig. Or even a souvenir from "The Last Dragon". Something. Work with me here, Vanity.
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PicassoFace said:

there doesn't appear to be anything about it on her site, other than an apology that the book isn't ready yet.

Neither one. Why should anyone tell it all?

Definitely Prince'z.

Vanity

I'd rather Prince to keep us guessing

vanity

I would rather not read any.

Vanity can read and write?

None.. I think Prince's version would be fabricated... and I would not buy anything off Vanity.

I've read some excerpts from Vanity's book and there's no way I'm gonna buy that overpriced thing Overly religious people are scary and Vanity's writing is bizarre.I wouldn't read a tell-all book by Prince,either.

chillichocaholic said:

the cover of Vanity's book is very nice...

www.blameitonvanity.com

I would read both, of course.

Vanity I love Prince, but I'd rather hear someone's else's version of the events

Good lord. I just skimmed through the excerpt on her web site, and even the first sentence is laughably bad.

"...what I had thus spoke from my vile tongue spewed forth from my juvenile breast of disdain." This is the stuff of adolescent Goth poetry. Actually, I think I wrote better prose than this while in my adolescent Goth phase.

And what's up with the inconsistent (and incorrect) use of uppercase and lowercase "i"s.

The book's cover has changed since I last checked out her site. It is a very nice photo, but it's very ironic in the sense that the cover of a book written by a woman who has renounced her former "vanity" is dripping with, dare I say, vanity.
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Anxiety said:

I heard it was Dez who was doing that. Vanity, too?

Vanity! I would buy he book because I don't know much about her, personally. She is still an enigma to me. I have seen the vids she has done and the interviews, but I can tell they were all staged. I want to know the truth about her relationship with Prince and why she left Purple Rain. I want to know about how she chose her style and who influenced her. I know that she was influenced by Morticia and Theda Bara and Greta Garbo....but I want to know why she chose to wear the cape and thigh boots for Vanity 6? I want to know why she created the laced dress with the gorilla fur? I have many questions. I want to know if she loved Vampires like I do! I think of Vanity everyday and that has been my obsession for 10 years. She is a unique creature that I have never seen before or since.

avanti said:

Check out the excerpt on her Website. You might just change your mind. My god, it's some awful writing!

Vanity is an enigma?

Genesia said:

i think dez released a special edition of his book that came with a couple of CDs or something. i don't remember it being $100, but i could be wrong...

Anxiety said:

Dez wrote a book about his early days in the musical scene, being with Prince.

Vanity wrote a book about her former self, being a naughty model-singer which Prince made famous.

Prince 'wrote' a book about..... his own narcisism!

Prince doesn't give a damn about the past, he's permanently focused on the here and now and the yet-to-come.
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Neither.

Certainly Prince.