Bromance , Part 1 (other Parts will coming soon)

In a hotel during the 1984 Victory Tour, Michael reading a story about

“Purple Rain” (“Will Prince’s Purple, Reign?”)

On The Making of Thriller,1982
Brian Banks: It was late in the evening one night when we were working, and Quincy came to us. We all knew how Thriller was going, they were trying to get Vincent Price, they were doing all this stuff, but he wanted this huge chordsequence – he said, ‘There’s this sound that I’ve got in my head, there’s thisunderground, this new artist, that nobody’s ever really heard of but he’sgreat, he’s hot, he’s got this great song.’ And he pulled out the album and itwas Prince, ’1999′. And you know the opening sound on that? Duh-da da, Dur-duh-duh? Well that was the sound – that big, bitey chord sound at the openingof ’1999′ – he wanted that, but bigger, for Thriller.”


Little Red Corvette Wiki, 1983
“Little Red Corvette” (directed by Bryan Greenberg and released in February 1983)was one of the first music videos by a black artist to get regular airplayon MTV. Michael Jackson was the first to break the color barrier with “Billie Jean”in January, and Prince’s hit soon followed. Michael reportedly was a fan of the song.


Prince visits Michael, 1984
Soon after viewing “Purple Rain”, Michael invited Prince over to his home fordinner with Janet and La Toya. Prince is said to have made a few unsuccessfulpasses at La Toya. At the end of the evening, Prince gave Michael a gift – a boxcontaining leaves, twigs and a cassette of some satanic like chants. “Michael Jackson:The Magic and the Madness” reported a similar event. “At another encounter with Michael,Prince brought him a present in a small box. Inside there were some colorful metalcharms and some feathers. Michael closed the box quickly and shot a look at Quincy Jones,who was present. Then Prince left.”

Dance Music Sex Romance: Prince: The First Decade
While working at the Samuel Goldwyn Soundstage, Prince received a visitfrom Michael Jackson, whom he promptly challenged to a game of tabletennis, using a table that had been set up in the middle of the sound stageroom. “Michael said, ‘I don’t know how to play ping-pong!’” Rogersremembers. “But Prince took one pad and gave Michael the other, and theystarted very politely volleying the ball back and forth. Suddenly, Prince said,‘C’mon, Michael, get into it,’ and he slammed the ball into Michael’s crotch.I was rolling my eyes!’ ‘Oh God, he’s embarressing himself.’ But Michael knowshow to handle himself and he didn’t seem to care. Then Michael started flirtingwith Sherilyn Fenn who was visiting Prince in the studio. Prince was pacing,but he wasn’t going to get into the game of flirting back. They said their hasty goodbyes.’”

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