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Thread started 07/08/10 5:04am

mitchturb

Yahoo! News: Pop idol Prince seeks pied a terre in France

Saw this article on the front page of Yahoo! News:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/n...8RVTx0fNdF

PARIS (Reuters Life!) – Enigmatic funk-rocker Prince, whose hits include Purple Rain, 1999 and Gett Off, is setting his sights on a place in France.

"I want to live in France," the 52-year old artist told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview published Thursday.

The prolific artist, who once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, is currently based at his Paisley Park complex in Minnesota in the U.S., but he told the paper that was more of a business base.

Prince, who will stage two concerts in France this summer, has made no secret of his love for the country, where he regularly plays to packed venues.

Just last week, he made an impromptu appearance alongside Stevie Wonder at a concert in Paris.

"If Stevie's playing and he knows I'm not far away, he always calls me up to invite me along," the singer, producer, musician and lyricist said at the Roskilde music festival in Denmark.

Prince's next album entitled '20ten', to be distributed through newspapers in Europe, will reflect a personal diary of the year, he said.

"I'm writing a lot at the moment ... I'm going through a very creative phase," Prince said.

His harmonica player also told the Paris daily that Prince loved French culture and was a big fan of actress Marion Cotillard and the film "La Vie en Rose," in which she played singer Edith Piaf.

(Reporting by Victoria Bryan; editing by John Irish and Paul Casciato)

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Reply #1 posted 07/08/10 5:09am

thedance

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mitchturb said:

"I'm writing a lot at the moment ... I'm going through a very creative phase," Prince said.

woot!

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Reply #2 posted 07/08/10 5:10am

robinhood

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no no no! France is completely over. they wont even pay him an advance!

this too shall pass
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Reply #3 posted 07/08/10 5:11am

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robinhood said:

no no no! France is completely over. they wont even pay him an advance!

lmao!

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Reply #4 posted 07/08/10 5:42am

MikeyB71

rolleyes Yeah right Prince. He has said this about many countries he has played in.

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Reply #5 posted 07/08/10 5:53am

Mayte319

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I thought Prince always wanted to live in London. But I suppose he can have a house in every country if he likes lol
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Reply #6 posted 07/08/10 6:07am

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Minnesota right now is sticky humidity and loads of biting mosquitos, so I don't blame him..lol

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #7 posted 07/08/10 6:08am

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Creative phase? Great, now we will be rewarded with a box set of crap.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #8 posted 07/08/10 6:14am

PurpleColossus

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robinhood said:

no no no! France is completely over. they wont even pay him an advance!

I agree!

Move to canada Prince.

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Reply #9 posted 07/08/10 6:15am

jdcxc

Didn't Prince buy an apartment in France during the Cherry Moon days? I think France suits him well.

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Reply #10 posted 07/08/10 6:30am

Mirabelle

My neighbour's appartment is for sale - but then in Amsterdam. razz

I love Prince and chocolate - in that order
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Reply #11 posted 07/08/10 7:00am

Onthereal

He doesn't like French food. What will eat? I guess he'll be fine since he looks like he doesn't eat much anyway.
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Reply #12 posted 07/08/10 7:03am

MikeyB71

jdcxc said:

Didn't Prince buy an apartment in France during the Cherry Moon days? I think France suits him well.

Prince moved into the Beach Regency Hotel in Nice, which is where he stayed for the duration of the shooting on Cherry Moon. He stayed in the penthouse suite which had a wraparound balcony, with views of the Mediterranean Sea to the front, and the hills of St. Paul De Vence to the rear.

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Reply #13 posted 07/08/10 7:16am

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Mayte319 said:

I thought Prince always wanted to live in London.

He wants to live whatever place he's in at the time of interview. It's like the interview equivalent of a city shoutout at a concert, get the natives on side.

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Reply #14 posted 07/08/10 7:22am

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NouveauDance said:

Mayte319 said:

I thought Prince always wanted to live in London.

He wants to live whatever place he's in at the time of interview. It's like the interview equivalent of a city shoutout at a concert, get the natives on side.

Maybe he's just gonna move to Europe for awhile, Madge did it ? lol lol

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Reply #15 posted 07/08/10 7:27am

LeanderWapshot

2freaky4church1 said:

Creative phase? Great, now we will be rewarded with a box set of crap.

My thought exactly.

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Reply #16 posted 07/08/10 7:32am

RubyButterfly

mitchturb said:

Saw this article on the front page of Yahoo! News:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/n...8RVTx0fNdF

PARIS (Reuters Life!) – Enigmatic funk-rocker Prince, whose hits include Purple Rain, 1999 and Gett Off, is setting his sights on a place in France.

Prince's next album entitled '20ten', to be distributed through newspapers in Europe, will reflect a personal diary of the year, he said.

The year was hardly even to the halfway mark by the time Prince would've assembled and prepared this album for release -- the first few months of 2010 must have really been jam-packed with interesting experiences for him. wink lol

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Reply #17 posted 07/08/10 8:09am

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Dreamer2 said:

NouveauDance said:

He wants to live whatever place he's in at the time of interview. It's like the interview equivalent of a city shoutout at a concert, get the natives on side.

Maybe he's just gonna move to Europe for awhile, Madge did it ? lol lol

He could get his hips done on the NHS like my Granny. lol

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Reply #18 posted 07/08/10 8:22am

nursev

I miss him sad I wish he would come back to the states-We heart him too, even though some of us don't show it @ Prince.org lol

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Reply #19 posted 07/08/10 9:51am

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prince should move to Aruba lol

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Reply #20 posted 07/08/10 10:27am

jdcxc

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jdcxc said:

Didn't Prince buy an apartment in France during the Cherry Moon days? I think France suits him well.

Prince moved into the Beach Regency Hotel in Nice, which is where he stayed for the duration of the shooting on Cherry Moon. He stayed in the penthouse suite which had a wraparound balcony, with views of the Mediterranean Sea to the front, and the hills of St. Paul De Vence to the rear.

I thought he also bought an apartment in the city. He probably still owns it.

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Reply #21 posted 07/08/10 10:33am

Timmy84

robinhood said:

no no no! France is completely over. they wont even pay him an advance!

lol lol lol

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Reply #22 posted 07/08/10 10:34am

Timmy84

PurpleColossus said:

robinhood said:

no no no! France is completely over. they wont even pay him an advance!

I agree!

Move to canada Prince.

Didn't he do exactly that during the Musicology era? Now he's back full time in Minneapolis? lol

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Reply #23 posted 07/08/10 11:49am

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NouveauDance said:

Mayte319 said:

I thought Prince always wanted to live in London.

He wants to live whatever place he's in at the time of interview. It's like the interview equivalent of a city shoutout at a concert, get the natives on side.

No, as usual you have no idea what you are talking about Prince has said numerous times he would like to move to France and he use to have a house/apartment in Paris. We do not know if he will ever move to Europe but he is getting older so maybe he is looking for a retirement place.

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Reply #24 posted 07/08/10 11:59am

rbrpm

Falvor of the moment he's home now right? flavor of the moment that's all!biggrin

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Reply #25 posted 07/08/10 12:12pm

malbena

He'll always be based in Minneapolis....with a few years living here and there biggrin

Creative phase, writing a lot,... this means Bria is history.

And the beat goes on...

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Reply #26 posted 07/08/10 1:03pm

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malbena said:

He'll always be based in Minneapolis....with a few years living here and there biggrin

Creative phase, writing a lot,... this means Bria is history.

And the beat goes on...

and the beat goes oonn.. just like my looovvvve ..everlasssttiiinng whistle

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Reply #27 posted 07/08/10 1:13pm

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rolleyes

whateva'

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Reply #28 posted 07/08/10 6:39pm

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Onthereal said:

He doesn't like French food. What will eat? I guess he'll be fine since he looks like he doesn't eat much anyway.

Duh!!! Frenchbread!!!! lol

Prince did an interview with a woman at Record World. They talked about whatever, then he asked her: "Does your pubic hair go up to your navel?" At that moment, we thought maybe we shouldn't encourage him to do interviews.
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