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PrintableThe photo of Prince and Richard Nixon in the Oval Office! (this is a no brainer) slakk | |
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I'd prefer to see an exhibit of his heels as they evolved from the late 1970s all the way through the 2010s If a man is considered guilty
For what goes on in his mind Then give me the electric chair For all my future crimes" | |
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HatrinaHaterwitz said: There are already several Prince items enshrined in the Smithsonian. Stephen Colbert showed the display on his Comedy Central show a few years ago. And I thank you for that. Made my night a little better.  Surprise, surprise.
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The master tapes from purple rain. | |
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As someone else posted above, and as the Colbert video shows, Prince's Yellow Cloud guitar is already in the Smithsonian. I went to law school near Washington, D.C., and was up there when the Yellow Cloud went into the Smithsonian in the mid-1990s. I made several trips to the museum for the sole purpose of seeing that guitar and was always amazed by how beautiful its details were. I would leave the museum and then dream about that guitar for days.
When I saw it, the guitar was behind a glass display case with shelves along with other items from American music history (not like the full display with other items in the Colbert video). I remember being really pissed off that the museum had Prince's iconic guitar but yet couldn't really find a proper way to display it. It was lying on the bottom shelf of the display with no special attention paid to it.
The cool thing was that I got to study the guitar during my time up there and was separated from it by only the thickness of the glass in the display case. Until I saw it in person I never realized that the fret markers were actually the O+> symbol. An amazing and beautiful piece of music history. | |
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The cloud guitar is iconic and beautiful. Also quite classy. It speaks to Prince at his peak. At his most creative.
The symbol guitar is more of a post peak symbol. It kinda speaks of Prince at a time when he was past his prime and needed gimmicky tacky symbols. Literally. As a post music-as-serious-art and more of as a derivative spectacle for the derivative music he was releasing. They all make perfect pieces to differentiate the different Prince's. Like the sparkly Vegas Elvis jumpsuits signal a different Elvis. Each serve as placeholders. •The Hohner- Young raw Prince. •The Cloud- Sexy Prince at his peak. •The Symbol- Vegas Elvis Prince. [Edited 5/14/16 1:11am] | |
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His modified LM1, still in Paisley Park?
'Somewhere in Uptown' | |
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'Somewhere in Uptown' | |
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I'd say the Blue Angel guitar, frequently used during the Lovesexy Tour. 'Liberate My Mind' | |
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Ooh yes, and mine! Life Matters | |
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