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Most unlikely Prince fan? With so many 'celebrities' paying tribute to Prince and his massive contribution to music and culture in general, which person has turned out to be the most surprising fan of Prince (musician or otherwise)? For me it was Axl Rose as I thought he dissed P at Rock in Rio in the early 90s | |
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Jet Bussemaker. | |
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Bill Oddie.
William Edgar "Bill" Oddie OBE is an English writer, composer, musician, comedian, artist, ornithologist, conservationist and television presenter. He became famous as one of The Goodies. Wikipedia Just not someone you would expect. But it's very cool. [Edited 5/21/16 13:12pm] Baby, you're a star.
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Am not sure i believe some of these so called celeb fans coming out saying they are Prince fans. How come they only mention the guy when he died. I might be wrong though, am just strange.
I believe that one. I remember Bill talking about how much he loved the album Parade. He said this a few years back [Edited 5/21/16 13:15pm] | |
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I thought that David Icke was pretty out-there. | |
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Guitarhero said:
I believe that one. I remember Bill talking about how much he loved the album Parade. He said this a few years back [Edited 5/21/16 13:15pm] Bill was at the '81 Lyceum gig. He's shown P love for yrs. Bill's cool.  "We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15 | |
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yeah, what NinaB posted [Edited 5/21/16 13:22pm] | |
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TheDigitalGardener said:
Yeah, Bill was at the 1981 London Lyceum show so has been a fan since at least then. Snap!  "We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15 | |
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Thanks for the info you two. ^^ Bill is one of us. | |
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Guitarhero said:
I believe that one. I remember Bill talking about how much he loved the album Parade. He said this a few years back [Edited 5/21/16 13:15pm] Sorry, what the others said. I wonder if he's an orger. Then again let's not go down the same road we went down with prince. Lol. [Edited 5/21/16 13:24pm] Baby, you're a star.
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Ok i will just say maybe | |
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We actually talked to Bill for my "Parade" documentary I did for the 25th anniversary back in 2011. |
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Cool [Edited 5/21/16 14:01pm] | |
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I knew i heard him talk about it somewhere. Lady Gaga
She name drops Prince in the booklet of her debut The Fame, yet I don't know in what way Prince has influenced her. She mentioned him a few times in her early interviews and usually name dropped him next to Bowie which is understandable but I don't see any Prince influence on her. I know she's not a real fan but why mention him? She could've mentioned Madonna but let's not go down that road "I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more" | |
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Edit: She also tweeted about him after he passed and shared the lyric video of Sign O' The Times, I mean at least it wasn't Purple Rain like everyone else right? "I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more" | |
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I will just say The second most famous Prince album. | |
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TheDigitalGardener said:
yeah, what NinaB posted [Edited 5/21/16 13:22pm] Yep, he sat a few rows behind me at the 1st September o2 show. I had front row at the back of the stage. Another unlikely 'celeb' I spotted at one of the o2 shows was Brian Burnett of Scottish weather forecasting fame . he walked past before the show. That was on 11th August when I was had a front row auction seat with celeb fan Puff Daddy at a table right in front of me. |
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I don't think anyone is an unlikely fan. Prince always wanted his music to uplift and inspire people. His musical style transcended genre, gender, religion, or anything else. It simply was. Anyone with ears is a viable candidate to be a fan. Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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. Like some of the other here have attested, Bill has been a steadfast fan throughout the years. I saw him in the queue for one of the Roundhouse gigs in London back in 2014 - just the general public queue, no airs or graces about him. . He also wrote a mini-review for one of the O2 gigs for the Telegraph in 2007: Prince at the O2: Concert...an achieve ...and numbers SOTT as one of his 6 Best Albums: http://www.express.co.uk/...Bill-Oddie . | |
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For me it was Rob Thomas I'm a big matchbox 20 fan (distant second favorite) and I was surprised. His song of the day for 2 weeks were Prince songs until he couldn't do it anymore because if he kept song of the day as Prince he'd never have another's work to post. No matter the ©️, Paisley Park "official can never ™️  . He gave that to us verbally on Oprah in 1996. You can't take away from us, corporate. I mean O ( + > | |
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Gene Simmons of Kiss. Saw a clip where he gave much praise to Prince. | |
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I find it weird that not everyone is a Prince fan. | |
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GirlBrother said: I thought that David Icke was pretty out-there. Icke admits to not being a music lover. He loved Prince as a fellow celebrity conspiracy-theorist. Which, sadly, is what he was. Icke was interviewed on the BBC just a few days ago. He confirmed once more that he believes the Queen is a giant lizard wearing a human disguise. I wonder if other recently-outed Prince fan Helen Mirren played her with that in mind. | |
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BillieBalloon said: Guitarhero said:
I believe that one. I remember Bill talking about how much he loved the album Parade. He said this a few years back [Edited 5/21/16 13:15pm] Sorry, what the others said. I wonder if he's an orger. Then again let's not go down the same road we went down with prince. Lol. [Edited 5/21/16 13:24pm] Just look for an orger always starting threads about Prince's doves. | |
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BillieBalloon said: Bill Oddie. William Edgar "Bill" Oddie OBE is an English writer, composer, musician, comedian, artist, ornithologist, conservationist and television presenter. He became famous as one of The Goodies. Wikipedia Just not someone you would expect. But it's very cool. [Edited 5/21/16 13:12pm] What about Nick Clegg? | |
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yeah but this thread isn't for general observations, you have to nominate a celeb not just make a comment ** do something,before we're gone , and we're just a rock where a world went wrong...** | |
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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi of the Vatican, and I say that as a practising Catholic Prince fan myself. | |
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