Prince: 12 things we've learned since his death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39632898

NOt a bad list. Of course, I am not crazy about how they excluded prince's quiet charitable and philantropic tendencies (which is indeed a new discovery) but included his 'vicious streak" with the gun microphone story (which isn't a new discovery at all).

The rest of the ancedotes are fun though.

mattj said:

Prince: 12 things we've learned since his death

By Mark Savage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39632898

I'm of the understanding Prince's charity work was never secret and that it was all common knowledge.

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For example he toured for carity, he set up his own charity, he funded a school, he released a charity single SST, etc etc.

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So I never saw his chairty work as being secret or unrecognised.

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I am so happy to finally have an explanation for that horrendous Raspberry Beret hairdo.

I'm mildly surprised that he had never heard While My Guitar Gently Weeps until very close to the RnRHOF performance but it's not that much of a stretch I guess, his influences were predominantly other genres of music despite his knack for a Beatles-esque pop song from Purple Rain onwards.

Come Together from Abbey Road was obviously a fave too later on, but would he really never have even given The Beatles (white) album a listen?

KeithyT said:

I'm mildly surprised that he had never heard While My Guitar Gently Weeps until very close to the RnRHOF performance but it's not that much of a stretch I guess, his influences were predominantly other genres of music despite his knack for a Beatles-esque pop song from Purple Rain onwards.

Come Together from Abbey Road was obviously a fave too later on, but would he really never have even given The Beatles (white) album a listen?

Prince could sometimes tell fibs to exaggerate his genius.

TheEnglishGent said:

KeithyT said:

I'm mildly surprised that he had never heard While My Guitar Gently Weeps until very close to the RnRHOF performance but it's not that much of a stretch I guess, his influences were predominantly other genres of music despite his knack for a Beatles-esque pop song from Purple Rain onwards.

Come Together from Abbey Road was obviously a fave too later on, but would he really never have even given The Beatles (white) album a listen?

Prince could sometimes tell fibs to exaggerate his genius.

No, I won't have it