Bunsterdk said:

Sam Jennings on Facebook:

"As I remember it, this list was generated for the first "Prince: A Celebration" in 2000 at Paisley Park. This was printed out and put on a music stand to be displayed in the atrium as people did the daily tours. I might be fuzzy on the details, it was 16 years ago The list was revised, names were added, Alan Leeds was added back."

benni said:

bashraka said:

jcurley said:

When was this written

Read above.

jcurley said:

When was this written

Don't read the thread or anything.

Going to see one of these on Sunday supporting the stone roses.

Can't wait

TrivialPursuit said:

From Alan Leeds, "Hey folks....don't read into this. I think I had been included by mistake - there are NO management on this list whatsoever, from any era, these are all artists or celebs of some sort."

Where did you find this comment?

tish9311 said:

OperatingThetan said:

tish9311 said:

Anybody know why Alan Leeds is crossed out?

He's been highly critical of Prince for over a decade. He's altered his tone since Prince's passing to one of barely veiled resentment. Now other, wiser choices have been made regarding Prince's estate he'll likely crawl back up D'Angelo's anus and resume being a bitch.

https://youtu.be/LlTwe9LxZ8w?t=2929

[Edited 6/17/16 9:07am]

I saw this list on another website on Facebook . IT DID NOT COME FROM PRINCE!

Bunsterdk said:

Sam Jennings on Facebook: "As I remember it, this list was generated for the first "Prince: A Celebration" in 2000 at Paisley Park. This was printed out and put on a music stand to be displayed in the atrium as people did the daily tours. I might be fuzzy on the details, it was 16 years ago The list was revised, names were added, Alan Leeds was added back."

If Sam is going to inject himself into the fray the why doesn't he provide some proof of this alleged "revised" list?

I notice he left himself some wiggle room by saying he's fuzzy on the details.

TrivialPursuit said:

That Alan Leeds bit is pretty funny.

It's clearly just his associates and a few of his most obvious influences. No other big surprises there than maybe The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron. Maybe they were an influence on him around the time when he was working on TRC. Or maybe listening to them was just "trendy" at the time, because I remember listening to them during those days too (and I'm a white guy from Finland).

MrNelson7 said:

No Joni Mitchell.

Yes, but it has Tony M. Clearly auto-correct error. Joni M -- you must mean Tony M!

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

I saw this list on another website on Facebook . IT DID NOT COME FROM PRINCE!

There are websites on the Facebook website?

RiotPaisley said:

NouveauDance said:

It's got Eve, Ani DiFranco, even Sam Jennings on too, so clearly it's from 1999/2000-ish. No offense to them, but I doubt they would've featured on such list years later.

I think Prince followed Ani quite closely for many years as she built quite the music empire herself and was never signed to a major label. They are quite similar in music making work ethic, philanthropy, touring, etc. they definitely inspired each other immensely. They are both about the same height as I recall. I don't know the story of how they met up or started working together but Providence is one of my favorite songs. http://www.righteousbabe....s/about-us

It's pretty much solved now when this was from, but regarding Ani, Prince invited her at PP after she played in Mpls in June 99. P had a strong interest in indie artists and Ani was notable for building a whole career by herself, without the help of any label, so that's likely how he spotted her. It is possible though that they had met before but IDK. Maceo was in her band at the time and therefore invited as well. It is likely he and Prince had met before that was the first time they worked together and the first step in him eventually joining the NPG. That day Ani and Mace recorded their parts on their respective tracks on Rave. In return Prince would play on both their respective next albums (that was also the deal with Gwen Stefani).

tish9311 said:

Anybody know why Alan Leeds is crossed out?

Probably because he wasn't a musician/artist

Bunsterdk said:

No Joni Mitchell either on the list, unless I'm missing her name. It is obviously neither complete, nor to be taken as evidence of a serious rift between him and those not mentioned. Just a list he made at that point in time. Nice.

I was thinking the same thing, it's not a complete list. He's always right up till last year talked about Joni Mitchell. He also did not mention his father

OldFriends4Sale said:

Bunsterdk said:

No Joni Mitchell either on the list, unless I'm missing her name. It is obviously neither complete, nor to be taken as evidence of a serious rift between him and those not mentioned. Just a list he made at that point in time. Nice.

I was thinking the same thing, it's not a complete list. He's always right up till last year talked about Joni Mitchell. He also did not mention his father

His father is mentioned at the bottom of the second row. One of the last CDs he purchased was Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" on April 16th, i.e. Record Store Day.

derrick31 said:

No MJ, TTD, or D'Angelo

I seriously doubt TTD or D'Angelo inspired Prince, as both were/are copycats.
That's like Led Zeppelin coming out and saying that they are musically inspired by Lenny Kravitz

databank said:

NouveauDance said:

Silverball said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I was thinking the same thing, it's not a complete list. He's always right up till last year talked about Joni Mitchell. He also did not mention his father

His father is mentioned at the bottom of the second row. One of the last CDs he purchased was Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" on April 16th, i.e. Record Store Day.

Oh ok.
Yep, he also had the Hejira lp in Christophers room in Under the Cherry Moon.

He expressed sorrow over Joni's health condition last year.

novabrkr said:

That Alan Leeds bit is pretty funny.

Jill posted this on her FB page, and someone asked "Why is Alan Leeds crossed out"? She replied "Who cares?". LOL

RiotPaisley said:

databank said:

I didn't realize he was on Stefani's CD. I'll have to look that up. Thanks. I guess I had heard how they met and just forgot.

No Doubt's CD to be exact.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Silverball said:

His father is mentioned at the bottom of the second row. One of the last CDs he purchased was Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" on April 16th, i.e. Record Store Day.

Oh ok.
Yep, he also had the Hejira lp in Christophers room in Under the Cherry Moon.

He expressed sorrow over Joni's health condition last year.

rebel rebel in NYC mentioned Prince came in there to buy a joni mitchell album