....comes in and sits by nursev to keep here company

funkmunki said:

you ainta kindin....where is everyone? I visited my girlfriend in Florida. She said when they go maried 49 years ago, Prince stood at the back of the church & watched the ceremony. She said he was a cute kid.

mzsadii said:

nursev said:

Let's bring some of you Minnie folks n here and let's discuss the city of Minneapolis and their relationship with Prince. Is he loved? Hated? Or really just not thought about a lot? Are there avenues and schools named after him? have any of you folks ever seen him on the mean streets of Minnie

I'd go with that. No avenues or schools named after him, as far as I know. Back in the 90s when they were doing the free (or minimal charge) shows at Paisley Park, they could barely get a full crowd. KMOJ is the only radio station that I know that plays him regularly. He skipped Minneapolis during the Act I tour in 1993, because he felt Minneapolis didn't appreciate him enough. I still think he has/had a pretty good following. He sold out 3 shows for the Musicology Tour in St. Paul in 2004. Hard to say now, since he hasn't been doing much here.

Hope more ppl from "Minnie" will voice there thoughts/stories. Kinda think this is intresting. Although when I went there for a visit there wasnt any large Prince appreciation I could see/tell by.

& someone once mentioned he can comfortably walk around there. Dont know if thats all true.

nursev said:

Let's bring some of you Minnie folks n here and let's discuss the city of Minneapolis and their relationship with Prince. Is he loved? Hated? Or really just not thought about a lot? Are there avenues and schools named after him? have any of you folks ever seen him on the mean streets of Minnie

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

Meaning, people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

[Edited 2/26/12 17:01pm]

skywalker said:

nursev said:

Let's bring some of you Minnie folks n here and let's discuss the city of Minneapolis and their relationship with Prince. Is he loved? Hated? Or really just not thought about a lot? Are there avenues and schools named after him? have any of you folks ever seen him on the mean streets of Minnie

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

Meaning, people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

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http://burlesquedesign.com/node/876

skywalker said:

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

1), people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. 2)He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, 3)the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

[Edited 2/26/12 17:01pm]

#1 Thank U for confirming this, not sure if your the orginal poster, who stated this about a year ago.

#2 I visited in 09 so I didnt get to see all the drama/news sorrounding this

#3 Thats is possibly the coolest thing Ive ever heard about honoring Prince, and a neat fact.

Question: How many times have they given him the key to the City???

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

skywalker said:

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

1), people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. 2)He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, 3)the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

[Edited 2/26/12 17:01pm]

#3 Thats is possibly the coolest thing Ive ever heard about honoring Prince, and a neat fact.

Question: How many times have they given him the key to the City???

It's my understanding that that particular symbol-shaped version of the key to the city was designed specifically to be presented to First Avenue (obvious as to why/the connection between Prince and that venue) and the official 'key to the city' of Minneapolis is NOT a big purple gaudy symbol-shaped key.

RubyButterfly said:

ItsGonnaBLonely said:

#3 Thats is possibly the coolest thing Ive ever heard about honoring Prince, and a neat fact.

Question: How many times have they given him the key to the City???

It's my understanding that that particular symbol-shaped version of the key to the city was designed specifically to be presented to First Avenue (obvious as to why/the connection between Prince and that venue) and the official 'key to the city' of Minneapolis is NOT a big purple gaudy symbol-shaped key.

To be fair, have you ever seen a key to a city that wasn't big and gaudy?

mzsadii said:

you ainta kindin....where is everyone? I visited my girlfriend in Florida. She said when they go maried 49 years ago, Prince stood at the back of the church & watched the ceremony. She said he was a cute kid.

how did your girlfriend know that little boy was Prince when he wasn't famous when he was 4 years old. Did she know his family?

skywalker said:

RubyButterfly said:

It's my understanding that that particular symbol-shaped version of the key to the city was designed specifically to be presented to First Avenue (obvious as to why/the connection between Prince and that venue) and the official 'key to the city' of Minneapolis is NOT a big purple gaudy symbol-shaped key.

To be fair, have you ever seen a key to a city that wasn't big and gaudy?

Some keys ARE rather big and gaudy, no doubt...but go to Google images and type in "key to the city". Many photos of relatively small, quite elegant keys to the city pictured there, also it seems that often the keys are presented mounted on a plaque.

Examples:

[img:$uid]http://www.tbwindustries.com/images/keytocity2.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2009/11/30/1130_eve_hartman_480x360.jpg[/img:$uid]

I'm going to continue searching to be sure, but again - I'm pretty confident that the official key to the city for Mpls isn't purple or symbol shaped; that one given to First Ave was specially designed FOR First Avenue.

babyjubilation said:

mzsadii said:

you ainta kindin....where is everyone? I visited my girlfriend in Florida. She said when they go maried 49 years ago, Prince stood at the back of the church & watched the ceremony. She said he was a cute kid.

how did your girlfriend know that little boy was Prince when he wasn't famous when he was 4 years old. Did she know his family?

they were friends of the auntie where prince stayed over alot Once they had kis, they all went on pincic and other church eventd together

skywalker said:

nursev said:

Let's bring some of you Minnie folks n here and let's discuss the city of Minneapolis and their relationship with Prince. Is he loved? Hated? Or really just not thought about a lot? Are there avenues and schools named after him? have any of you folks ever seen him on the mean streets of Minnie

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

Meaning, people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

[Edited 2/26/12 17:01pm]

Isn't there a statue of Mary Tyler Moore there? I could just see a statue of Prince next to hers making her look like a big tall amazon Wonder Woman.

vainandy said:

skywalker said:

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

Meaning, people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

[Edited 2/26/12 17:01pm]

Isn't there a statue of Mary Tyler Moore there? I could just see a statue of Prince next to hers making her look like a big tall amazon Wonder Woman.

theonly4ever said:

skywalker said:

Prince is very respected and loved here, but not treated like a typical celebrity or worshipped.

Meaning, people see him out and about and kinda let him be. His shows always sell out and he has to book multiple nights when performing at our sports arenas. If he plays at a smaller club tickets re harder to come by. He played at 1st Ave in '07 and it was THE event/news story of the weekend. I spent damn near 8 hours in a line that winded trhough the blocks of downtown MPLS.

Bottom line: the city loves him, but being low key MPLS, we don't have giant statues in his honor or anything. Um, the key to the city is shaped like his symbol. No joke.

[Edited 2/26/12 17:01pm]

http://burlesquedesign.com/node/876

nice link-thank you

Skywalker pretty much summed it up. I'll add a couple of things.

After you spend enough time being a Prince fan and living in Minneapolis (Brrr...) you meet people who always seem to have a Prince story of some sort, some of the stories are true and some of them are not.

"I saw Prince at the grocery store" (not likely) or "Prince stood next to me at Bunker's last Monday night, you should have been there" (very likely). "My friend dated Prince back in the 80's" (could be likely). "Last weekend they closed the Chanhassen Arboretum so that Prince could have a photo shoot of him and his purple Dodge Prowler with the fall colors of the leaves" (true, Steven Parke's pictures are beautiful). "Mayte bought a hot tub from my Dad's store last week" (true, I saw the check from PRN Productions). "My friend was Prince's personal assistant for a while during the era of the unreleased "Celebration" Kevin Smith directed documentary" (true, if you've ever seen "An Evening with Kevin Smith" you know what I'm talking about. Kevin mentions the PA and her name.) Other stories are from those who have been involved in Prince projects like the "Ryde Devine" concert filming or the "Loose" video filming and how long they had to sit around and do nothing in between shots. Or "my uncle used to work for Ricky Peterson and musically transcribe Prince's newly recorded music from last night's midnight recording session at Paisley Park" (could be true).

Or sometimes if you wait long enough you get your own Prince story, "Mayte came in to the sports store I worked at and bought a pair of purple goggles and Vikings jacket that Prince wore in the "Rock n' Roll is Alive and it Lives in Minneapolis" video (true, I was there and saw it).

And another point to mention is how MPLS musicians feel about Prince. Some local MPLS musicians either do or don't like Prince personally but always respect him for his accomplishments and music ability and contributions. There are a lot of local shows I've been to where the musician will be up on stage and bad mouth Prince for screwing them over on a gig, job or recording session but yet cover his song in their gig and be truly happy to perform the cover because they love the song so much.

Just thought I'd add my two cents to the topic, take it or leave it.

MyComputr50 said:

Skywalker pretty much summed it up. I'll add a couple of things.

After you spend enough time being a Prince fan and living in Minneapolis (Brrr...) you meet people who always seem to have a Prince story of some sort, some of the stories are true and some of them are not.

"I saw Prince at the grocery store" (not likely) or "Prince stood next to me at Bunker's last Monday night, you should have been there" (very likely). "My friend dated Prince back in the 80's" (could be likely). "Last weekend they closed the Chanhassen Arboretum so that Prince could have a photo shoot of him and his purple Dodge Prowler with the fall colors of the leaves" (true, Steven Parke's pictures are beautiful). "Mayte bought a hot tub from my Dad's store last week" (true, I saw the check from PRN Productions). "My friend was Prince's personal assistant for a while during the era of the unreleased "Celebration" Kevin Smith directed documentary" (true, if you've ever seen "An Evening with Kevin Smith" you know what I'm talking about. Kevin mentions the PA and her name.) Other stories are from those who have been involved in Prince projects like the "Ryde Devine" concert filming or the "Loose" video filming and how long they had to sit around and do nothing in between shots. Or "my uncle used to work for Ricky Peterson and musically transcribe Prince's newly recorded music from last night's midnight recording session at Paisley Park" (could be true).

Or sometimes if you wait long enough you get your own Prince story, "Mayte came in to the sports store I worked at and bought a pair of purple goggles and Vikings jacket that Prince wore in the "Rock n' Roll is Alive and it Lives in Minneapolis" video (true, I was there and saw it).

And another point to mention is how MPLS musicians feel about Prince. Some local MPLS musicians either do or don't like Prince personally but always respect him for his accomplishments and music ability and contributions. There are a lot of local shows I've been to where the musician will be up on stage and bad mouth Prince for screwing them over on a gig, job or recording session but yet cover his song in their gig and be truly happy to perform the cover because they love the song so much.

Just thought I'd add my two cents to the topic, take it or leave it.

I've experienced this (although I'm not from your neck of the woods).

... cool thread

motherfunka said:

nursev said:

Let's bring some of you Minnie folks n here and let's discuss the city of Minneapolis and their relationship with Prince. Is he loved? Hated? Or really just not thought about a lot? Are there avenues and schools named after him? have any of you folks ever seen him on the mean streets of Minnie

I'd go with that. No avenues or schools named after him, as far as I know. Back in the 90s when they were doing the free (or minimal charge) shows at Paisley Park, they could barely get a full crowd. KMOJ is the only radio station that I know that plays him regularly. He skipped Minneapolis during the Act I tour in 1993, because he felt Minneapolis didn't appreciate him enough. I still think he has/had a pretty good following. He sold out 3 shows for the Musicology Tour in St. Paul in 2004. Hard to say now, since he hasn't been doing much here.

Today he might have a problem filling Paisley but back in the 90's almost all those shows were full, and I was there for 90% of them, starting in 1992. And going out to Chanhassen from the downtown clubs wasn't easy. Between '92 and '96 - between Paisley Park and Glam Slam - I saw him easily over 30 times. And every show was brilliant. That said, there are no schools or avenues named after him - but that normally happens after someone passes away. Kirby Puckett, Hubert H Humphrey, Paul Wellstone, etc.

Mpls has mostly been accepting of Prince - while being a bit estranged at times. I guess you could say it's a love/hate/indifferent relationship. Most ppl I know have heard a lot of his music, some fans, most not, but they all respect his talent. But my favorite part is the number of people who went to "high school with him" and "used to be good friends". Really? Cuz you know he loved high school and was huge 'people person' back then.

I think it's great he's come back to MPLS, but he's been way too quiet. The last Paisley show was in 2009 and - to my knowledge - hasn't played since. I'm not holding my breath for the Paisley 90's but I hope he plays more than one show every 3 years. The last concert was a $40 ticket benefit and winter coat donation. It felt good to help out and see a great show in the process.

Alright...gotta get shit done ! byeeee!

XNY said:

motherfunka said:

I'd go with that. No avenues or schools named after him, as far as I know. Back in the 90s when they were doing the free (or minimal charge) shows at Paisley Park, they could barely get a full crowd. KMOJ is the only radio station that I know that plays him regularly. He skipped Minneapolis during the Act I tour in 1993, because he felt Minneapolis didn't appreciate him enough. I still think he has/had a pretty good following. He sold out 3 shows for the Musicology Tour in St. Paul in 2004. Hard to say now, since he hasn't been doing much here.

Today he might have a problem filling Paisley but back in the 90's almost all those shows were full, and I was there for 90% of them, starting in 1992. And going out to Chanhassen from the downtown clubs wasn't easy. Between '92 and '96 - between Paisley Park and Glam Slam - I saw him easily over 30 times. And every show was brilliant. That said, there are no schools or avenues named after him - but that normally happens after someone passes away. Kirby Puckett, Hubert H Humphrey, Paul Wellstone, etc.

Mpls has mostly been accepting of Prince - while being a bit estranged at times. I guess you could say it's a love/hate/indifferent relationship. Most ppl I know have heard a lot of his music, some fans, most not, but they all respect his talent. But my favorite part is the number of people who went to "high school with him" and "used to be good friends". Really? Cuz you know he loved high school and was huge 'people person' back then.

I think it's great he's come back to MPLS, but he's been way too quiet. The last Paisley show was in 2009 and - to my knowledge - hasn't played since. I'm not holding my breath for the Paisley 90's but I hope he plays more than one show every 3 years. The last concert was a $40 ticket benefit and winter coat donation. It felt good to help out and see a great show in the process.

Alright...gotta get shit done ! byeeee!

Anyone remember the Prince: A Celebration(s)? Minneapolis was full on about Prince 24/7 during those long weekend runs. No matter what you hear, people always pack Paisley Park to the brim when word gets out Prince is doing a show.

MyComputr50 said:

Skywalker pretty much summed it up. I'll add a couple of things.

After you spend enough time being a Prince fan and living in Minneapolis (Brrr...) you meet people who always seem to have a Prince story of some sort, some of the stories are true and some of them are not.

"I saw Prince at the grocery store" (not likely) or "Prince stood next to me at Bunker's last Monday night, you should have been there" (very likely). "My friend dated Prince back in the 80's" (could be likely). "Last weekend they closed the Chanhassen Arboretum so that Prince could have a photo shoot of him and his purple Dodge Prowler with the fall colors of the leaves" (true, Steven Parke's pictures are beautiful). "Mayte bought a hot tub from my Dad's store last week" (true, I saw the check from PRN Productions). "My friend was Prince's personal assistant for a while during the era of the unreleased "Celebration" Kevin Smith directed documentary" (true, if you've ever seen "An Evening with Kevin Smith" you know what I'm talking about. Kevin mentions the PA and her name.) Other stories are from those who have been involved in Prince projects like the "Ryde Devine" concert filming or the "Loose" video filming and how long they had to sit around and do nothing in between shots. Or "my uncle used to work for Ricky Peterson and musically transcribe Prince's newly recorded music from last night's midnight recording session at Paisley Park" (could be true).

Or sometimes if you wait long enough you get your own Prince story, "Mayte came in to the sports store I worked at and bought a pair of purple goggles and Vikings jacket that Prince wore in the "Rock n' Roll is Alive and it Lives in Minneapolis" video (true, I was there and saw it).

And another point to mention is how MPLS musicians feel about Prince. Some local MPLS musicians either do or don't like Prince personally but always respect him for his accomplishments and music ability and contributions. There are a lot of local shows I've been to where the musician will be up on stage and bad mouth Prince for screwing them over on a gig, job or recording session but yet cover his song in their gig and be truly happy to perform the cover because they love the song so much.

Just thought I'd add my two cents to the topic, take it or leave it.

This is a great post.

PurpleLove7 said:

... cool thread

Yes it turned out to be nice thanks to some cool orgers and their Prince info/stories

XNY said:

motherfunka said:

I'd go with that. No avenues or schools named after him, as far as I know. Back in the 90s when they were doing the free (or minimal charge) shows at Paisley Park, they could barely get a full crowd. KMOJ is the only radio station that I know that plays him regularly. He skipped Minneapolis during the Act I tour in 1993, because he felt Minneapolis didn't appreciate him enough. I still think he has/had a pretty good following. He sold out 3 shows for the Musicology Tour in St. Paul in 2004. Hard to say now, since he hasn't been doing much here.

Today he might have a problem filling Paisley but back in the 90's almost all those shows were full, and I was there for 90% of them, starting in 1992. And going out to Chanhassen from the downtown clubs wasn't easy. Between '92 and '96 - between Paisley Park and Glam Slam - I saw him easily over 30 times. And every show was brilliant. That said, there are no schools or avenues named after him - but that normally happens after someone passes away. Kirby Puckett, Hubert H Humphrey, Paul Wellstone, etc.

Mpls has mostly been accepting of Prince - while being a bit estranged at times. I guess you could say it's a love/hate/indifferent relationship. Most ppl I know have heard a lot of his music, some fans, most not, but they all respect his talent. But my favorite part is the number of people who went to "high school with him" and "used to be good friends". Really? Cuz you know he loved high school and was huge 'people person' back then.

I think it's great he's come back to MPLS, but he's been way too quiet. The last Paisley show was in 2009 and - to my knowledge - hasn't played since. I'm not holding my breath for the Paisley 90's but I hope he plays more than one show every 3 years. The last concert was a $40 ticket benefit and winter coat donation. It felt good to help out and see a great show in the process.

Alright...gotta get shit done ! byeeee!

I went to all the shows too, agree that they were brilliant. I guess I just don't remember the soundstage area being full for the later shows (95-96). I probably know you! I remember doing a 360 on highway 5 in a snowstorm coming from Glam Slam to Paisley Park.

Has Prince ever given an autograph to one of you Minnie orgers way back in the day when he actually gave autographs-I'd love to hear about it

nursev said:

Has Prince ever given an autograph to one of you Minnie orgers way back in the day when he actually gave autographs-I'd love to hear about it

I never asked for one. I think it was kind of an unwritten rule of one of the things not to do if you wanted to be on the inside, if you know what I mean. You kind of had to act like you weren't that impressed by seeing him face to face, otherwise if you freaked out and made an ass of yourself you'd be banished. I'm speaking of the days that I was around hardcore, from about late 1991 to late 1996.

motherfunka said:

nursev said:

Has Prince ever given an autograph to one of you Minnie orgers way back in the day when he actually gave autographs-I'd love to hear about it

I never asked for one. I think it was kind of an unwritten rule of one of the things not to do if you wanted to be on the inside, if you know what I mean. You kind of had to act like you weren't that impressed by seeing him face to face, otherwise if you freaked out and made an ass of yourself you'd be banished. I'm speaking of the days that I was around hardcore, from about late 1991 to late 1996.

yeah I know the Prince fan rule to not act like a fam so as not to freak Prince out and never, ever say Prince I love you will get you thrown out on your ass I know you wanted to play it cool

nursev said:

motherfunka said:

I never asked for one. I think it was kind of an unwritten rule of one of the things not to do if you wanted to be on the inside, if you know what I mean. You kind of had to act like you weren't that impressed by seeing him face to face, otherwise if you freaked out and made an ass of yourself you'd be banished. I'm speaking of the days that I was around hardcore, from about late 1991 to late 1996.

yeah I know the Prince fan rule to not act like a fam so as not to freak Prince out and never, ever say Prince I love you will get you thrown out on your ass I know you wanted to play it cool

I was always amazed at the people who didn't get that. Prince had 2 reserved tables at Glam Slam and most people would just get it that you don't go up to his table, but then there were the people who would attempt to go right up to his table (sometimes with camera in hand) and needless to say they were swept right out the door. Then there were the people who would hang out at the entrance of Paisley Park all while the party was going on, they must have done something crazy!