BillieBalloon said:

He made some snide remark about Sheila E and the Symbol/Butterfly shirts a month or two ago. Really bitchy.

rogifan said:

BillieBalloon said:

He might be talking about Sheila, but Sheila had a 30 plus year friendship with him. Did this guy even meet Prince?

HAHAHA Uhhh, yes, he knew Prince, and was friends with him. He 'leaked' a lot of Prince 411 over recent years, which came directly from Prince.

Regarding the Sheila comment: He comes across as kind of bitchy and a know-it-all. I do share the sentiment of Sheila and the butterfly symbol. She seems to think she's the de facto tribute payer, and only she can do this or that, and she has the right to plaster his name and symbol etc all over the place and make some money from it. She comes across like she's the only one grieving or something. And I love Sheila, but post April 21, she's really taken it all to a new level of ....whatever it is.

Funkenberry might be feeling left out after Prince died. I don't know how close he was with others, or who has included him in anything, but I suppose anyone that was also around Prince can choose to stay friendly with whoever they wish or not. Someone's gonna get pissy somewhere, at some point. Some might have seen Funkenberry as an interloper or a hanger-on, whereas maybe he saw others that way. It's all relative, really. I mean, if he's going to call someone out, just do it. Don't go posting blind items, because the rumor mill in the purple kingdom runs 24/7 anyway. Don't fuel it.

TrivialPursuit said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

anangellooksdown said:

FlyOnTheWall said:

ROFL! Ok. This made me laugh. FlyOnTheWall, you really do your name justice. And TOTALLY unashamedly. smh. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! GREAT belly laugh. [Edited 12/16/16 13:17pm]

Thanks, angel!! I think we need more laughter on the org. BTW: I am having WAY too much fun with the emoticons.

FlyOnTheWall said:

anangellooksdown said:

rogifan said:

who knows, many people have been throwing that accusation around and everyone is trying to say they were closer to him than so and so. How would we know? And how would some of them know? the revolution was saying they were pissed that people were claiming to be close to him in a recent interview but none of the Revolution members were involved in his life in the last 2-3 decades. They wouldn't know. Prince burned a lot of bridges, almost everyone he ever came across had problems with him, Sheila said a few years ago she'd never work with him again so I think there was definitely some friction there and she did write that book. She said prince proposed to her but who knows in what context he said that in, I know I've proposed to strippers before and it was anything but serious.

PeteSilas said:

who knows, many people have been throwing that accusation around and everyone is trying to say they were closer to him than so and so. How would we know? And how would some of them know? the revolution was saying they were pissed that people were claiming to be close to him in a recent interview but none of the Revolution members were involved in his life in the last 2-3 decades. They wouldn't know. Prince burned a lot of bridges, almost everyone he ever came across had problems with him, Sheila said a few years ago she'd never work with him again so I think there was definitely some friction there and she did write that book. She said prince proposed to her but who knows in what context he said that in, I know I've proposed to strippers before and it was anything but serious.

PeteSilas said:

anangellooksdown said:

Two decades ago, she spent or got 100,000 dollars worth of crap and assumed it was free. If it were costumes and meals on the road, maybe she was right to be resentful. But if it was parties etc, than she has an awful sense of entitlement. He might have figured she was taking advantage of him.

anangellooksdown said:

PeteSilas said:

who knows, many people have been throwing that accusation around and everyone is trying to say they were closer to him than so and so. How would we know? And how would some of them know? the revolution was saying they were pissed that people were claiming to be close to him in a recent interview but none of the Revolution members were involved in his life in the last 2-3 decades. They wouldn't know. Prince burned a lot of bridges, almost everyone he ever came across had problems with him, Sheila said a few years ago she'd never work with him again so I think there was definitely some friction there and she did write that book. She said prince proposed to her but who knows in what context he said that in, I know I've proposed to strippers before and it was anything but serious.

Sheila held a resentment against him for decades because she was charged almost $100,000 at the end of a tour with him for things she thought were being offered for free while on the road. When she got the bill she was mad. Last year in an interview she offered the suggestion that other musicians ask questions so they know if things are actually free. So really she took things because she wanted them and didn't ask questions and that led her to be mad at herself and Prince. Now, would it have been nice if Prince clarified to her that things weren't free? I don't know if he knew everything she was accepting, or maybe he did - and decided to let her learn on her own. Don't know the particulars, I just know that she held onto that anger for a long time. Of course things like that stopped mattering on April 21. We have all grown a lot this year.

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anangellooksdown said:

Sheila held a resentment against him for decades because she was charged almost $100,000 at the end of a tour with him for things she thought were being offered for free while on the road. When she got the bill she was mad

That was 30+ years ago.

purplerabbithole said:

klick2me said:

anangellooksdown said:

anangellooksdown said:

klick2me said:

Are u ppl on drugs? DrFunkenberry knew Prince well. You all should listen to his podcasts and u will find a plethora of P info. Prince paid DrFunkenberrys medical bills when he fell ill as well as his rent because he got behind as a result of his illness. After that, Prince always had a seat reserved for him whenever the Doc would attend one of his shows. Prince would ask him each time he saw him how he was doing or feeling. I qualify that a true friendship. As far as the topic goes and who the Doc was talking about, beats me.

That all sounds true. BUT - did they actually talk? Face to face and in person? Or on the phone? Or on email? A direct one-on-one communication? Are you sure about this? I have just always wondered is all.

she says that she spoke to him a few months before he passes. as far as her resentments, it's par for the course, everyone in the music business gets taken at some point, and we're talking legends too. I am listening to the audio version of Springsteens book and he describes how he would have signed anything when he was broke even knowing he'd someday have to fight like hell to get out of the contracts if it meant getting somewhere. Same Idea prince sang of in Avalanche. Sheila admits she was a diva in her younger years so i could see her spending tons of money for the star treatment and just basically fucking herself. Prince could have been a better friend and warned her about it if he knew but maybe he didn't even know himself. he'd gotten taken pretty good too, does anyone remember he was reportedly broke around 89 or so? Prince had the fan base, the work ethic and resources to recover, most artists don't. Springsteen says he had a bout 20,000 to his name many several years into his recording career. It's the american way, lots of people do all the work and get fucked by the gatekeepers.

purplerabbithole said:

anangellooksdown said:

klick2me said:

Are u ppl on drugs? DrFunkenberry knew Prince well. You all should listen to his podcasts and u will find a plethora of P info. Prince paid DrFunkenberrys medical bills when he fell ill as well as his rent because he got behind as a result of his illness. After that, Prince always had a seat reserved for him whenever the Doc would attend one of his shows. Prince would ask him each time he saw him how he was doing or feeling. I qualify that a true friendship. As far as the topic goes and who the Doc was talking about, beats me.

That all sounds true. BUT - did they actually talk? Face to face and in person? Or on the phone? Or on email? A direct one-on-one communication? Are you sure about this? I have just always wondered is all.

Yes, I'm sure. I read an interview in the last couple of years (will have to go back and see which publication it was) and Prince mentioned Funkenberry and acknowledged him as he was at Paisley Park at the time. They have definitely met, talked and corresponded over the years.