gorgbrowneyes said:

Hi everyone, so I just recently bought Mayte's book about her life with Prince, and it's good so far, but I realized that I need a book more about his music and his creativity, rather than his personal life. There are a few books out there but I am not sure which book to pick first. Do any of you have recommendations of books that really goes into his music and genius mind?

search function. but dmsr, by per nilsen, poplife by dave hill are the best, possessed has some later info but is mainly a hackjob by a disgruntled author. he also has a new book out posthumously about p but i haven't seen it in stores. I saw the mayte book but I really ain't interested for the same reason iwasn't interested in Priscilla presley's book on elvis, the women these guys pick don't necessarily have anything interesting to say.

The Rise of Prince 1958-1988 by Alex Hahn & Laura Tiebert. You can get it on Amazon.

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There is a book thread on this book, maybe it might help you decide if you are interested in it, before you buy it.

http://prince.org/msg/7/441586

I am halfway through "Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Making of Purple Rain" by Alan Light and its really good so far

ForceofNature said:

I am halfway through "Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Making of Purple Rain" by Alan Light and its really good so far

it is, very good, although, like the period it represents, very strongly focussed on one project.

gorgbrowneyes said:

NorthC said:

But are those two books easy to get? As far as I know, there out of print. If you can't find them, Matt Thorne's book is a good alternative and it's the only one that goes right up to the 3EyeGirl era.

dmsr should be, poplife might be hard but i haven't looked. I did see that the john bream book i had was being sold for about 300 or 400, whether that was what people were paying or what the person was asking i don't know. steven ivory had an ok book too, thefirst one i read about prince and inspite of his being a writer for a teen mag, it was a great bio. probably the earliest one with that kind of detailed info.

PeteSilas said:

laurarichardson said:

PeteSilas said:

dmsr should be, poplife might be hard but i haven't looked. I did see that the john bream book i had was being sold for about 300 or 400, whether that was what people were paying or what the person was asking i don't know. steven ivory had an ok book too, thefirst one i read about prince and inspite of his being a writer for a teen mag, it was a great bio. probably the earliest one with that kind of detailed info.

--I have the Jon Brean book and it is good but it is not worth 300.00. Maybe I can sit down and put on here what is in it.

It is good, i'm not saying what people think it's worth, that's just the price i saw online. supposedly it's long out of print, prince had bought the rights or something. It was revelatory back in 85 or whenever it was released, the pics of young prince in his middle school pics with the same type of clothes I used to wear in mine was quite something as well as the birth certificate. I think it had his first interview and a pic from his high school newspaper, he was probably ashamed of that shit in 85 when he was the hottest thing in the world.

laurarichardson said:

PeteSilas said:

dmsr should be, poplife might be hard but i haven't looked. I did see that the john bream book i had was being sold for about 300 or 400, whether that was what people were paying or what the person was asking i don't know. steven ivory had an ok book too, thefirst one i read about prince and inspite of his being a writer for a teen mag, it was a great bio. probably the earliest one with that kind of detailed info.

--I have the Jon Brean book and it is good but it is not worth 300.00. Maybe I can sit down and put on here what is in it.

I don´t own a copy but have read it a while ago and I was a bit underwhelmed. Expected a bit more but then again, my expectations were probably too high. I guess the reason why it´s so expensive is probably because it´s out of print and Prince bought the rights.

It´s a decent book but nothing special in this day and age.

I agree with you regarding the other books. Pop Life is still a great and informative read albeit a bit dated. But definitely a must-have Prince bio. If I recall correctly it was one of the few biographies that Prince liked, too. I´ve read somewhere that he sent Dave Hill a Christmas card and flowers.

So, is the Jim Walsh book out yet? I think that one´s going to be really good.

gorgbrowneyes said:

KoolEaze said:

laurarichardson said:

Prince- A life in music. Matthew Carcieri

From the PP archives:

Prince: Inside The Purple Reign by Jon Bream (Purple Chrome edition)

Prince: Inside The Purple Reign by Jon Bream (Book Club edition #0001)

Prince: Rock's Purple Reign by Jon Bream

luvgirl said:

laurarichardson said:

Jim Walsh book is out I have been thinking about getting it and starting a book club about it.

You should do that LauraRicharson. I'd definitely join you. It'll motivate me to get back to reading. I've been slacking off lately..

laurarichardson said:

Jim Walsh book is out I have been thinking about getting it and starting a book club about it.

Now that's an original idea.

I think someone is a little jelly.

PennyPurple said:

laurarichardson said:

PennyPurple said:

Now that's an original idea.

I think someone is a little jelly.

No I am actually thinking about moving this somewhere else. Or making via org notes to many people on this board not interested in what people who knew him had to say but in some fantasy non-sense.

What a joke. Have a little jelly with your

PennyPurple said:

Ive never cared about princes personal life in terms of family,lovers,etc. His music comes from his experiences sure but thats his personal life. Love released a personal journal of Cobain,money hungry cunt she is. I dont want to read that shit

Laydown said:

Ive never cared about princes personal life in terms of family,lovers,etc. His music comes from his experiences sure but thats his personal life. Love released a personal journal of Cobain,money hungry cunt she is. I dont want to read that shit

Some things should remain personal.No matter how obsessed i am about prince music,his personal affairs were his and they should remain personal out of respect for him and for what he gave us from those experiences he had.

gorgbrowneyes said: