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Thread started 01/13/12 5:16pm

nursev

Let's Discuss Prince n Andre Cymone

The relationship between these two men is interesting hmmm I mean their history as teens/living situation and their friendship. I saw an interview where AC said it was planned for him to be in the band then to leave eek are they still friends? Let's discuss: feel free to post any history about them, pics, etc. While I listen to Kelly's Eyes music
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Reply #1 posted 01/13/12 6:37pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

nursev said:

The relationship between these two men is interesting hmmm I mean their history as teens/living situation and their friendship. I saw an interview where AC said it was planned for him to be in the band then to leave eek are they still friends? Let's discuss: feel free to post any history about them, pics, etc. While I listen to Kelly's Eyes music

Prince mentioned him on The Tavis Smiley show a few years ago so there still friends.

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #2 posted 01/13/12 6:44pm

nursev

KCOOLMUZIQ said:



nursev said:


The relationship between these two men is interesting hmmm I mean their history as teens/living situation and their friendship. I saw an interview where AC said it was planned for him to be in the band then to leave eek are they still friends? Let's discuss: feel free to post any history about them, pics, etc. While I listen to Kelly's Eyes music

Prince mentioned him on The Tavis Smiley show a few years ago so there still friends.



Yes I remember that interview-wonder why they haven't worked together again after all these years hmmm
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Reply #3 posted 01/13/12 10:17pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

nursev said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Prince mentioned him on The Tavis Smiley show a few years ago so there still friends.

Yes I remember that interview-wonder why they haven't worked together again after all these years hmmm

U never know with Prince. He will slip in the studio with someone and U won't find out 4 years. I'm sure they may still jam together. Prince mentioned him again in a print interview recently.

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #4 posted 01/13/12 10:18pm

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André clearly was very important in Prince's life

especially

after he left home (got "kicked out??) when he was a teenager.

with Cymone's (Mother's) home..

Prince had a "safe environment" in which he could do his thing musically

alone

& with André & the other bands/musicians that they played with.

also

as André was basically Prince's "musical equal"

Prince knew he had to keep practicing/playing/perfecting his musicianship

& his style.

coming out of Minneapolis

it probably wasn't going to happen that

TWO

very talented multi-instrumentalists

would "make it"..

for better or for worse

Prince

"made it" - sooner & better.

André did too - but later.

as SOLID as André is/was..

I'm inclined to think

the "right one" made the bigger impact

I'll see you tonight..
in ALL MY DREAMS..
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Reply #5 posted 01/14/12 7:16am

OldFriends4Sal
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Possessed: the Rise & Fall of Prince

Chapter 1 HOME

p 10-11

Prince's friend and surrogate brother, Andre Anderson, was also musically inclined, and the 2 began to jam together regularly in his mother's basement.

Upstairs, Prince shared a bedroom with Anderson. Despite being good friends, they were poor roommates; Anderson's side of the room was cluttered and disorganized, while Prince's was as meticulously ordered as a Marine barrack. Although he no longer lived with his father, Nelson's disciplined approach to life remained a significant influence on Prince, who sought greater order and privacy by moving into the basement...

Downstairs, he had much easier access to his instruments; already, Prince had started blending the distinction between home and musical workplace. Moreover, the basement became something of a private universe - a small slice of the world where he was in total control. A dark space with little natural light, it was nonetheless where he felt most comfortable, and it provided a prototype for the cloistered recording studios where he would spend the majority of his waking hours over the next thirty-plus years.

...

The Anderson basement - Prince's bedroom and rehearsal space - also represented his first attempt to create an alternative community based around music and, perhaps, sex. Years later in interviews, Prince would recall it as a hedonistic wonderland where he and Anderson engaged in carnal acts with a variety of girlfriends.

...

"My impression is that there were a lot of girls in that basement," said Howard Bloom, Prince's press agent during the 1980s. "He had grown up in the 1960's and the message was make love, not war. In the basement, he was going for liberation and entitlement to any sort of sexuality, pleasure, and enjoyment."

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Reply #6 posted 01/14/12 7:17am

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Reply #8 posted 01/14/12 7:50am

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Prince's style of playing bass is how Andre plays and Andre style of guitar is Prince's. I recall both of them saying this of each other. They couldn't help but learn from each other. It would be hot if they collaborated again to put out some fresh funk, the way they know how.

[Edited 1/14/12 7:51am]

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Reply #9 posted 01/14/12 10:04am

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I would love for them to get back together and record/tour again.

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Reply #10 posted 01/14/12 10:36am

treehouse

I've always wondered what Andre's lifestyle is like these days. He's such a part of the Prince folklore, and Prince fans can be .... nuts. I know he produced some minor hits, but he's probably living middle class, and well, accesible. That, and he's like Prince's musical brother, only taller and more masculine. How strange must that be? He must live this normal, hopefully happy life never knowing when some Prince related craziness is going to come up.

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Reply #11 posted 01/14/12 10:56am

KCOOLMUZIQ

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I've always wondered what Andre's lifestyle is like these days. He's such a part of the Prince folklore, and Prince fans can be .... nuts. I know he produced some minor hits, but he's probably living middle class, and well, accesible. That, and he's like Prince's musical brother, only taller and more masculine. How strange must that be? He must live this normal, hopefully happy life never knowing when some Prince related craziness is going to come up.

I kind of think Prince has taken good care of him. Kind of like Oprah takes care of Gayle. Andre hasn't spoken anything about Prince or himself in decades. Which is enough proof for me....

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #12 posted 01/14/12 1:41pm

nursev

mltijchr said:

André clearly was very important in Prince's life


especially


after he left home (got "kicked out??) when he was a teenager.



with Cymone's (Mother's) home..


Prince had a "safe environment" in which he could do his thing musically



alone


& with André & the other bands/musicians that they played with.



also


as André was basically Prince's "musical equal"


Prince knew he had to keep practicing/playing/perfecting his musicianship


& his style.



coming out of Minneapolis


it probably wasn't going to happen that


TWO


very talented multi-instrumentalists


would "make it"..



for better or for worse


Prince


"made it" - sooner & better.


André did too - but later.



as SOLID as André is/was..


I'm inclined to think


the "right one" made the bigger impact




I agree-though Andre is very talented I think it was inevitable that Prince was gonna be a star, but I do believe he owes a lot to Andre and his mom.
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Reply #13 posted 01/14/12 1:45pm

nursev

OldFriends4Sale said:

Possessed: the Rise & Fall of Prince


Chapter 1 HOME



p 10-11



Prince's friend and surrogate brother, Andre Anderson, was also musically inclined, and the 2 began to jam together regularly in his mother's basement.



Upstairs, Prince shared a bedroom with Anderson. Despite being good friends, they were poor roommates; Anderson's side of the room was cluttered and disorganized, while Prince's was as meticulously ordered as a Marine barrack. Although he no longer lived with his father, Nelson's disciplined approach to life remained a significant influence on Prince, who sought greater order and privacy by moving into the basement...



Downstairs, he had much easier access to his instruments; already, Prince had started blending the distinction between home and musical workplace. Moreover, the basement became something of a private universe - a small slice of the world where he was in total control. A dark space with little natural light, it was nonetheless where he felt most comfortable, and it provided a prototype for the cloistered recording studios where he would spend the majority of his waking hours over the next thirty-plus years.



...



The Anderson basement - Prince's bedroom and rehearsal space - also represented his first attempt to create an alternative community based around music and, perhaps, sex. Years later in interviews, Prince would recall it as a hedonistic wonderland where he and Anderson engaged in carnal acts with a variety of girlfriends.



...


"My impression is that there were a lot of girls in that basement," said Howard Bloom, Prince's press agent during the 1980s. "He had grown up in the 1960's and the message was make love, not war. In the basement, he was going for liberation and entitlement to any sort of sexuality, pleasure, and enjoyment."






This is great especially the part about the way they kept their areas in their room lol kinda gives you alittle insight into their personalities. Thanks for the pics too OldFriends.
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Reply #14 posted 01/14/12 1:47pm

nursev

joyinrepetition said:

Prince's style of playing bass is how Andre plays and Andre style of guitar is Prince's. I recall both of them saying this of each other. They couldn't help but learn from each other. It would be hot if they collaborated again to put out some fresh funk, the way they know how.

[Edited 1/14/12 7:51am]



nod just two great talents who learned from each other.
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Reply #15 posted 01/14/12 1:48pm

nursev

rialb said:

I would love for them to get back together and record/tour again.



Me too-this would be great to see.
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Reply #16 posted 01/14/12 1:53pm

nursev

KCOOLMUZIQ said:



treehouse said:


I've always wondered what Andre's lifestyle is like these days. He's such a part of the Prince folklore, and Prince fans can be .... nuts. I know he produced some minor hits, but he's probably living middle class, and well, accesible. That, and he's like Prince's musical brother, only taller and more masculine. How strange must that be? He must live this normal, hopefully happy life never knowing when some Prince related craziness is going to come up.



I kind of think Prince has taken good care of him. Kind of like Oprah takes care of Gayle. Andre hasn't spoken anything about Prince or himself in decades. Which is enough proof for me....




This is a great post from Treehouse and you KCOOL and I would hope that Prince has taken care of both Andre and his mom if she's still living. I hope that andre has a good life. I have noticed that he hasn't said to much about Prince so they probably are still close.
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Reply #17 posted 01/14/12 2:20pm

alphastreet

I wonder if they ever had a fling, they would have made such a cute couple

He's so talented smile And I agree he and jody watley were hot together

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Reply #18 posted 01/14/12 2:56pm

nursev

alphastreet said:

I wonder if they ever had a fling, they would have made such a cute couple



He's so talented smile And I agree he and jody watley were hot together




eek shake but didn't Dre n Jody have kids together?
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Reply #19 posted 01/14/12 2:58pm

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reprinted in ROCK & SOUL * APRIL 1986

THE PRINCE INTERVIEW
Mr. Purple Discusses His Movies, His Music, His Musicians
And More, More, More.

By Michael Shore

You gave Andre Cymone the song, "Dance Electric," for his new album, and we know that you two had some kind of falling out a few years back. When and how did you patch things up?

I saw him in a discotheque one night and grabbed him by his shirt and said, [at this point, Prince reenacts the scene down to the last facial gesture], "Come on, I got this hit. You know I got this hit, don't you? "Dance Electric"? Yeah, it's great. You need it, you need it. no... Hey, come here, don't you play, hey, no, no, no you're not crazy, I'm crazy. I'm the one that's crazy, K? What chu gonna do? You gonna come by? For real? You ain't mad or nothing? So what? Yeah tomorrow. Noon. Cool."

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Reply #20 posted 01/14/12 3:03pm

nursev
^sounds like a Princely apology lol nice that they worked whatever the problem was out-nice OldFriends.
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Reply #21 posted 01/14/12 3:32pm

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nursev said:

alphastreet said:

I wonder if they ever had a fling, they would have made such a cute couple

He's so talented smile And I agree he and jody watley were hot together

eek shake but didn't Dre n Jody have kids together?

Yes, they did. I think there were 3, gorgeous kids. I used to work at the airport and would see them coming through the airport sometimes. I remember seeing Jody in an interview on Video Soul years later talking about how he was a huge cheater and that she divorced him. sad

TRUE BLUE
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Reply #22 posted 01/14/12 5:31pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Andre Simon Anderson (Andre Cymone)


He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Fred Anderson, a musician, and Bernadette, a social worker. Cymone was the youngest of six children.

The thirteen-year-old Prince ...nt's house. "I was constantly running from family to family," Prince has said. "It was nice on one hand, because I always had a new family, but I didn't like being shuffled around. I was bitter for a while, but I adjusted."

Andre -- whose father had played bass in the Prince Rogers Band -- says that although the family was poor, Prince "dug the atmosphere. It was freedom for him." There wasn't enough money to buy records,but there was a family fr... few songs. The studio they picked was called Moon Sound.

Jody Watley married Andre Cymone in 1991. The union was made public in 1995, when media outlet caught wiff of the legal separation. Jody Watley wasn't allowed to discuss their relationship and or marriage. Watley and Cymone had two...rn in 1992.



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eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #23 posted 01/18/12 12:47am

alphastreet

motherfunka said:

nursev said:

alphastreet said: eek shake but didn't Dre n Jody have kids together?

Yes, they did. I think there were 3, gorgeous kids. I used to work at the airport and would see them coming through the airport sometimes. I remember seeing Jody in an interview on Video Soul years later talking about how he was a huge cheater and that she divorced him. sad

I thought they just had two kids

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Reply #24 posted 01/18/12 1:00am

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Question, Did Prince write Kellys Eyes for Andre Cymone???

Pray Daily!!!!! RIP AMY WINEHOUSE Keep Calm, Carry on
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Reply #25 posted 01/18/12 1:41am

jaawwnn

uh... no.

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Reply #26 posted 01/18/12 9:27am

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alphastreet said:

I wonder if they ever had a fling, they would have made such a cute couple

He's so talented smile And I agree he and jody watley were hot together

What goes on in the basement, stays in the basement. evillol Hell, if he didn't get some of that fine dick when he had the chance, he was a damn fool. It would be hard to find a better dick than that one. lol

Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #27 posted 01/18/12 12:00pm

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vainandy said:

alphastreet said:

I wonder if they ever had a fling, they would have made such a cute couple

He's so talented smile And I agree he and jody watley were hot together

What goes on in the basement, stays in the basement. evillol Hell, if he didn't get some of that fine dick when he had the chance, he was a damn fool. It would be hard to find a better dick than that one. lol

I've said before that I always thought "Curious Child" was about them experimenting together...

"We've never been able to pull off a funk number"

"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons"
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Reply #28 posted 01/18/12 12:06pm

Timmy84

Prince and Andre were like brothers. nod

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Reply #29 posted 01/18/12 2:57pm

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vainandy said:

alphastreet said:

I wonder if they ever had a fling, they would have made such a cute couple

He's so talented smile And I agree he and jody watley were hot together

What goes on in the basement, stays in the basement. evillol Hell, if he didn't get some of that fine dick when he had the chance, he was a damn fool. It would be hard to find a better dick than that one. lol

lol Whose dick are you referring to? Andre's or Prince's?

TRUE BLUE
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