I finally came across the audio of Prince talking abut Vanity on his Piano tour.

Loved hearing this story. I never saw this posted here on the the org so i thought i would <3

Starts at around 20 seconds in.

" she knew she was the finest woman in the world " ^_^

This was so beautiful/funny/cute.

What a show these must have been.

Yeah...especially that time Jill and Vanity were at each other's throats and Brenda Bennett had to pull them apart.

Sorry but I couldn´t understand the last part...She told him he could not throw her in the pool but why?

Telecaster5 said:

Of all the terrible things about Prince's passing, one of the worst is that we'll never hear his stories and his perspective about so much of his life and career. He was a terrific raconteur and all of that is gone.

Thanks bsprout and Boydie!

[Edited 5/1/17 14:10pm]

luvgirl said:

I loved his tribute to her. I must have heard it ten times already... Here is an article about it from the Herald Sun, for those who couldn't understand everything he was saying. (curtesy, Goddess4Real) Secrets behind Prince’s last Australian tour, a year on from his death http://www.heraldsun.com....037e73cbaa Hours before his first Australian gig, Prince learnt his ex-girlfriend Vanity (real name Denise Matthews) had died in the US, aged 57, due to renal failure. The pair had met in 1980, with Prince bestowing the stage name of Vanity as he felt looking at her was like looking at the female version of himself. She’d go on to inspire some of his biggest early hits, including Little Red Corvette. He also created a band around her, Vanity 6, for which he wrote songs and produced. Vanity was originally cast as the female lead in Prince’s star-making film Purple Rain in 1984, but when the pair split shortly before filming started, she was replaced by Apollonia — another singer Prince had renamed. After splitting with Prince, Vanity dated Adam Ant and Billy Idol. Motley Crue rocker Nikki Sixx wrote in his memoirs about going on crack cocaine binges with her in 1987. After a 1994 overdose, Vanity reverted back to Denise and became a born-again Christian. By the time she died in a California hospital, Matthews had long needed to undergo an hour of dialysis each day. The news of her passing shattered Prince. He lingered in his hotel room, getting to the first show a little later than planned — even operating on Princetime, he was usually a very punctual performer. “He literally found out a few hours before he was due on stage,” Dainty reveals. “One of the guys around him said, ‘Oh, we’ve got a problem’. It was breaking news in the afternoon, our time. “We were all a little bit concerned — his bodyguard and his assistant. That was a very unfortunate day. You wouldn’t have been surprised if you’d got the call saying he needs to postpone the show for 24 hours, he’s too much in grief. But he went on. He was very emotional on stage.” Within moments of walking on stage that night, Prince stated: “I just found out someone dear to us has passed away, I’m gonna dedicated this song to her.” He then launched into Little Red Corvette, with a touch of Dirty Mind. He also changed the name “Electra” in The Ladder to “Vanity” and tweaked the lyrics to state: “He had a subject named Vanity, he loved her with a passion uncontested, one day her smile went away.” After the encore, Prince told the audience: “I am new to this playing alone. I thank you all for being patient. I’m trying to stay focused, it’s a little heavy for me tonight ... she knows about this one.” He then played Purple Rain’s The Beautiful Ones (ending the song whispering “Denise, Denise”), before veering off script. “Can I tell you a story about Vanity? Or should I tell you a story about Denise? Her and I used to love each other deeply. She loved me for the artist I was, I loved her for the artist she was trying to be. “As much as we loved we used to fight, she was very headstrong because she knew she was the finest woman in the world. She never missed the opportunity to tell you that as well.” He shared a tale of a fight where he had threatened to throw her in a pool. “Back then I used to have a best friend security guard, his name was Chick (Huntsberry). Chick was six foot six and all muscle, except for his stomach, where he kept an assortment of fried foods. “One day Vanity and I got into a fight, I told her that if she didn’t stop I’d throw her in the pool. She said ‘You can’t throw me in that pool you’re too little’. So I said ‘Chick, throw her in the pool’. I probably shouldn’t be telling you that story but I’m sure she’d want us to celebrate her life.” Morgan says the show was unlike any Prince had ever done. “He never really talks about people in his past,” Morgan says. “He was a very private person. A lot of the songs he played that night were about her. I’d never seen him that open and full of emotion. “In hindsight it felt like he was winding something up. With the talk of him writing a memoir, which is something you never thought he’d do, he’d toned down his clothing. He wore the same outfit for every show on that tour. That is weird for Prince. He was doing his own hair and make-up. He was talking about his father. He was getting older. He wasn’t as agile on stage. “But I didn’t realise he was going to die a few months later.” After that first show, some fans complained that Prince played for only 80 minutes, not two hours. “I didn’t pay $400 to hear Prince being sad,” one not-so-sympathetic fan was overheard saying in the foyer. Vanity’s death also curtailed Prince’s usual afterparties — in the past he’d perform a whole other show after his ‘public’ concert. “He was grieving in Melbourne,” Dainty explains. “He turned up, he did the shows, he went back to the hotel. The second night in Melbourne he went to a club, but he didn’t perform. He danced a bit until 3am, then left. Otherwise he was at the venue 30 minutes before showtime, that was it. We had the dressing room set up beautifully for him. I think he maybe sat in it for 10 minutes.”

Thanks "luvgirl"...a lot! Prince said Big Chick was "6 foot 6 and all muscle except for his stomach where he kept an assortment of fried foods."

That shit is fucking hilarious. I can't stop laughing! God, Prince was hilarious. I miss him.

BreakfastCanWaitXXX said:

The fan who had the nerve to say "I didn't pay $400 to hear Prince being sad" is a straight up dohchebag! That makes me angry. No respect at all. I felt bad for P after reading this. I wish I could have been there for him to give him a hug and hold him poor baby. Thank you for sharing this story with us. Rest in peace beautiful one 💜💜💜

Its kind of understandable as many folks are casual fans. I remember when in 2009 Prince sang for the first time in public Large Room No Light at that triple threat mini tour at L.A. Live. Some of us lost our minds and were discussing it and other songs he performed that were rare after the show. One who was with us stated he was miffed that he did not sing any of the hits etc. We had to explain to him the meaning of what he did choose to play but he still wasnt felin it.

rdhull said:

BreakfastCanWaitXXX said:

The fan who had the nerve to say "I didn't pay $400 to hear Prince being sad" is a straight up dohchebag! That makes me angry. No respect at all. I felt bad for P after reading this. I wish I could have been there for him to give him a hug and hold him poor baby. Thank you for sharing this story with us. Rest in peace beautiful one 💜💜💜

Its kind of understandable as many folks are casual fans. I remember when in 2009 Prince sang for the first time in public Large Room No Light at that triple threat mini tour at L.A. Live. Some of us lost our minds and were discussing it and other songs he performed that were rare after the show. One who was with us stated he was miffed that he did not sing any of the hits etc. We had to explain to him the meaning of what he did choose to play but he still wasnt felin it.

Agree. When you've seen him play many times and on one of the shows he decides to play songs than don't usually get to be played live you go nuts, but for the casual fan, to which that's probably the first or second concert of his they go to, it's boring. I have a friend who only bought the D&P album and used to make fun of Prince's appearance all the time, who then went to one single concert and didn't like it so much because according to him Prince played too much guitar. I mean... too much???? Pearls to swines...

disch said:

Of all the terrible things about Prince's passing, one of the worst is that we'll never hear his stories and his perspective about so much of his life and career. He was a terrific raconteur and all of that is gone.

I know

I could listen to his stories all day.

He was just hilarious.

Boydie said:

She said "you can't throw me in the pool, you're too little" P: "Chick, throw her in the pool" Lovely story

So was Extraloveable about her?

paisleypark4 said:

MMJas said:

rdhull said:

Its kind of understandable as many folks are casual fans. I remember when in 2009 Prince sang for the first time in public Large Room No Light at that triple threat mini tour at L.A. Live. Some of us lost our minds and were discussing it and other songs he performed that were rare after the show. One who was with us stated he was miffed that he did not sing any of the hits etc. We had to explain to him the meaning of what he did choose to play but he still wasnt felin it.

Agree. When you've seen him play many times and on one of the shows he decides to play songs than don't usually get to be played live you go nuts, but for the casual fan, to which that's probably the first or second concert of his they go to, it's boring. I have a friend who only bought the D&P album and used to make fun of Prince's appearance all the time, who then went to one single concert and didn't like it so much because according to him Prince played too much guitar. I mean... too much???? Pearls to swines...

Bittersweet.

I was at the first show of the second night in melbourne for the piano and microphone tour.Strange Relationship was written about Denise and then he played the song for us

Laydown said:

I was at the first show of the second night in melbourne for the piano and microphone tour.Strange Relationship was written about Denise and then he played the song for us

whatever u read about him playing little red corvette and dedicating it to her is bullshit. I would know,I was there.Prince told us he wrote Strange Relationship about Denise. Before that night I always thought the song was about Suzannah.