I think he was the first to perform live wearing bikini briefs and black leggings, grey overcoat, and red neckerchief

I think he was the first to perform live wearing bikini briefs and black leggings, grey overcoat, and red neckerchief

Sued his own fans.

Oh yeah was it not Prince that aslo came up with 4 U eye 2 the 9s and so on ...does this language if it is a language have a name?

• Change his name to an unpronounceable symbol, then create a guitar shaped like that symbol, and perform on a stage shaped like that symbol

The band Freur was formed in the early 1980s in Cardiff, Wales by Hyde, Smith and Alfie Thomas. It originally had only a graphic 'squiggle' for a name. In 1983, after recruiting John Warwicker and drummer Bryn Burrows (formerly of the Fabulous Poodles), they got a recording contract with, CBS Records, and met the label's insistence on a pronounceable name, with the compromise that the squiggle was pronounced Freur.

KeithyT said:

Pretty sure there's a Billy Idol video out there where he's wearing something just like this, either before Prince or at the exact time of Dirty Mind.

Se7en said:

Could be, and it's a loose argument. It's like saying "Who was the first musician to go shirtless on stage?" It's just a costume or outfit. If anyone was the first and trendsetting in costume apparel on stage, it was Bowie. One of the first, anyway. Even Prince's face makeup in Graffiti Bridge (Elephants and Flowers), and his outlandish outfits on the Purple Rain tour were very reminiscent of Ziggy Stardust.

Se7en said:

That's incorrect. Prince was not the first to have a symbol for a name.



It's also stands to note that the lower half of his symbol, when during upside down, is the symbol for Soapstone.
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ernestsewell said:

That's the bands name. Prince changed his government name.

Oh yeah was it not Prince that aslo came up with 4 U eye 2 the 9s and so on ...does this language if it is a language have a name?

bizzybeze said:

Either way, that is interesting about that other band.

I did know that his "emblem" is the symbol for soapstone, but I always thought of it as male+female+music horn of some sort. It works

Long before Prince became the artist known by a symbol, English poets signed their work with a symbol. In fact, only two Old English poets are known by name, Cynewulf and Caedmon.

Old English differed greatly from the English of today, it basically resembled modern German. In the 7th Century, an unlearned cowherd, Caedmon wrote some of the first English poems, of which only 9 lines survived. The second known poet Cynewulf, of the 8th century, also signed his work with a symbol. Cynewulf used a kind of cypher, or anagram, made up of ancient figures called runes, an alphabet used by early Germanic tribes preceding the use of the Roman alphabet in England.

The artist previously known as Prince was born Prince Rogers Nelson on 7 June 1958 in Minneapolis. On his 35th birthday, he 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. In May 2000, he announced that he is again to be known as "Prince."

ernestsewell said:

Oh blummin' eck it was just a light hearted comment. I. was. joking.

first and last, the ass pants

21 Nights O2 London
Hologram CD single Diamonds and Pearls
CD in Sunday Newspaper Planet Earth
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Organise - and cancel - a concert a Blenheim Palace?