Hey guys,

I mentioned a few weeks back that I wrote a double page article about Prince for Eastern Eye newspaper here in the UK.

It came out last Friday and here's the scan. Enjoy!

Click it for the full res version.

wow, so beautiful...!

Nicely done aside from the most prolific artist of all time part.

steakfinger said:

Nicely done aside from the most prolific artist of all time part.

I wrote "one of" in the version I sent them. They chopped about 200 words overall for the edit. I tend not to talk in absolutes when I write, usually. But that's what editors do, I guess

Glad you liked it!

well done, nice work

Great article!!

TGE overrated though

KingSausage said:

Awesome article. Congrats!

Thanks Sausage!

feeluupp said:

Great article!!

TGE overrated though

I very nearly switched it out with "Come", which I actually prefer. But I think TGE is probably a bit more accessible to a newer fan, which is the slant they wanted for the article. And TMBGITW was such a huge song here that it's like an anchor point for people. Even if they don't know much Prince, that's a song they know since it was a #1 here in the charts.

Militant said:

feeluupp said:

Great article!!

TGE overrated though

I very nearly switched it out with "Come", which I actually prefer. But I think TGE is probably a bit more accessible to a newer fan, which is the slant they wanted for the article. And TMBGITW was such a huge song here that it's like an anchor point for people. Even if they don't know much Prince, that's a song they know since it was a #1 here in the charts.

Hahaha, no but u r spot on, loved the article great job!!

feeluupp said:

Militant said:

I very nearly switched it out with "Come", which I actually prefer. But I think TGE is probably a bit more accessible to a newer fan, which is the slant they wanted for the article. And TMBGITW was such a huge song here that it's like an anchor point for people. Even if they don't know much Prince, that's a song they know since it was a #1 here in the charts.

Hahaha, no but u r spot on, loved the article great job!!

Thanks

nice article

I bet this looks badass in print.

Nice job Militant, gonna have a read of it later but no doubt you gave it flavour and crossed all the t's

KingSausage said:

I bet this looks badass in print.

Not the greatest photo in the world, a quick snap on Instagram, but it does look pretty good!

NouveauDance said:

Nice job Militant, gonna have a read of it later but no doubt you gave it flavour and crossed all the t's

Cheers I certainly hope so!

Militant said:

Militant said:

feeluupp said:

Great article!!

TGE overrated though

I very nearly switched it out with "Come", which I actually prefer. But I think TGE is probably a bit more accessible to a newer fan, which is the slant they wanted for the article. And TMBGITW was such a huge song here that it's like an anchor point for people. Even if they don't know much Prince, that's a song they know since it was a #1 here in the charts.

Is that the reason TGE has Come's release year of '94 instead of '95? Anyway, it's a very good article and starting point for a newbie!

NorthC said:

But what kind of a newspaper is Eastern Eye? Local paper/entertainment/something else?

It's a national newspaper aimed at the British-Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi) community.

BrotherWithoutAPurpose said:

Militant said:

I very nearly switched it out with "Come", which I actually prefer. But I think TGE is probably a bit more accessible to a newer fan, which is the slant they wanted for the article. And TMBGITW was such a huge song here that it's like an anchor point for people. Even if they don't know much Prince, that's a song they know since it was a #1 here in the charts.

Is that the reason TGE has Come's release year of '94 instead of '95? Anyway, it's a very good article and starting point for a newbie!

Good catch! Yep, that's my mistake.... oops.

Great job! But a few questions though...in the "Prince on Film" section for Sign 'O' The Times, it states "Prince never fails to disappoint in a live scenario"...if I've unraveled the semi-triple negative properly, that means he "always disappoints"--which is not what I assume is meant to be conveyed(?) (Or am I reading that incorrectly?) And the year for The Gold Experience is listed as 1994...but it's 1995, correct? (There may be other "typos"--or mis-edits, or my misunderstandings--but that's all that stood out to me after a quick read...) But a great job regardless...

stephaniebrown said:

Great job! But a few questions though...in the "Prince on Film" section for Sign 'O' The Times, it states "Prince never fails to disappoint in a live scenario"...if I've unraveled the semi-triple negative properly, that means he "always disappoints"--which is not what I assume is meant to be conveyed(?) (Or am I reading that incorrectly?) And the year for The Gold Experience is listed as 1994...but it's 1995, correct? (There may be other "typos"--or mis-edits, or my misunderstandings--but that's all that stood out to me after a quick read...) But a great job regardless...

Welp. That one slipped past! Still..... I think people will understand the intent

Or perhaps I ought to order all copies to be destroyed and have them reprint it next week.... maybe that's what Prince would do

And yeah, typo on TGE, I originally put Come there and must have forgotten to change the year.

Someone on my fb page is saying Prince posted the article on his Twitter and then deleted it a few minutes later...... hmmmmmm I see you P!

stephaniebrown said:

Militant said:

steakfinger said:

Nicely done aside from the most prolific artist of all time part.

I wrote "one of" in the version I sent them. They chopped about 200 words overall for the edit. I tend not to talk in absolutes when I write, usually. But that's what editors do, I guess

Glad you liked it!

Actually. he is the most prolific artists of all time if you factor in several parameters. Nice, Case.

[Edited 6/7/15 16:45pm]