independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > Prince: Music and More > A Princess Remembers Prince
« Previous topic  Next topic »
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Author

Tweet     Share

Message
Thread started 05/09/16 10:47pm

rap

A Princess Remembers Prince


A ROYAL REMEMBRANCE

from Vanity Fair
APRIL 27, 2016

BY PRINCESS GLORIA VON THURN UND TAXIS


“I was invited to have dinner after a show at five A.M. Prince opened the door of his suite wearing pink silk pajamas.”

It must have been in the mid-1980s when I met Prince’s manager Steve Fargnoli, who basically invited me to hang around and come to any show I wanted. Prince kept people at arm’s length and only spoke to the people he knew very well, but his father, John Nelson, and I got on like a house on fire. During a tour that led the band through Europe, I got to share some very private moments with Prince through John. The biggest treat for me was when I was invited to have dinner after a show at five A.M. Prince opened the door of his suite wearing pink silk pajamas. There were only the three of us, but Prince still did not talk very much. John and I had a ball, though, laughing and chatting away. Prince was pleased to see his dad have fun.

Painting by Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis.


RTead the rest of the article here: http://www.vanityfair.com...ers-prince

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #1 posted 05/09/16 10:54pm

Goddess4Real

avatar

Thanks great article smile

Keep Calm & Listen To Prince
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #2 posted 05/09/16 11:28pm

TheW00denLeg

avatar

This woman is just crazy. In Germany she´s known for talking s**t about everything she doesn´t have a clue of. She onces said AIDS was an issue because "black folks" like to f**k so much. I believe they were introduced to eachother in the 80s, the rest smells like bs.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #3 posted 05/09/16 11:38pm

ufoclub

avatar

I have only read once about the origin of the first white cloud guitar, and it was an article that said a Princess gave it to him.

so it's true?

My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
VIDEO WORK: http://sharadkantpatel.com
MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/ufoclub1977
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #4 posted 05/10/16 12:25am

Lianachan

avatar

ufoclub said:

I have only read once about the origin of the first white cloud guitar, and it was an article that said a Princess gave it to him.



so it's true?



The accepted origin story for the cloud guitars is that they're modelled after a bass guitar design Prince really liked, as per:

http://www.alternativenat...in-guitar/

The original bass appears in one of his early videos, but I can't remember which one. Maybe "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?".
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"" ~ Isaac Asimov
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #5 posted 05/10/16 1:45am

TheW00denLeg

avatar

Lianachan said:

ufoclub said:

I have only read once about the origin of the first white cloud guitar, and it was an article that said a Princess gave it to him.

so it's true?

The accepted origin story for the cloud guitars is that they're modelled after a bass guitar design Prince really liked, as per: http://www.alternativenat...in-guitar/ The original bass appears in one of his early videos, but I can't remember which one. Maybe "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?".

Yep. Even the headstock looks the same.

Carl Thompson basses looked familiar too.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #6 posted 05/10/16 10:52pm

rap

I believe the one she gave him was the Model C.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > Prince: Music and More > A Princess Remembers Prince