A Current Affair sat down back in the day to chat with John Nelson and Sharon Nelson. It is so rare to find videos of his dad talking about him. https://youtu.be/Byr-TaMi0gA

Yes, it has already been posted here:

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

Misslink provided it for us...

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sorry! I did a google search on here with different phrases to see if it had been posted and all I got back was no results found...mods can delete it this if they want.

justAmeda said:

sorry! I did a google search on here with different phrases to see if it had been posted and all I got back was no results found...mods can delete it this if they want.

It's really just tied into another thread, it doesn't have it's own.

Ah, yes--A Current Affair... I remember that trashy show well. I've never seen this though. It's interesting to see and hear the father and sister speak. That's the first time I saw Sharon. Definitely some envy there. But some insight into his childhood influences as well. And, damn, everybody looks so young!

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

That was horrible and very disrespectful to do to Prince. One thing that is clear, Prince was born with his talent cuz his father does not sound a bit like him. Both his father and sister appeared jealous of Prince. His sister was guessing on the answers to those questions.
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justAmeda said:

A Current Affair sat down back in the day to chat with John Nelson and Sharon Nelson. It is so rare to find videos of his dad talking about him. https://youtu.be/Byr-TaMi0gA

Prince of darkness???? GTFO

TrivialPursuit said:

justAmeda said:

A Current Affair sat down back in the day to chat with John Nelson and Sharon Nelson. It is so rare to find videos of his dad talking about him. https://youtu.be/Byr-TaMi0gA

Prince of darkness???? GTFO

TrivialPursuit said:

justAmeda said:

A Current Affair sat down back in the day to chat with John Nelson and Sharon Nelson. It is so rare to find videos of his dad talking about him. https://youtu.be/Byr-TaMi0gA

Prince of darkness???? GTFO

justAmeda said:

A Current Affair sat down back in the day to chat with John Nelson and Sharon Nelson. It is so rare to find videos of his dad talking about him. https://youtu.be/Byr-TaMi0gA

thanks, that's one of the ones i never got to see and supposedly the one which left John on the outs with Prince.

I actually felt for Prince's father--- the interviewer was so disrespectful, throwing shade because he's played for burlesque girls - which the interviewer kept calling strippers and acting like it was some shitty gig. I think the father was very respectful about the dancers. Now I see why Prince didn't like to talk and didn't want his family talking. They try to make things into something they're not.

Mumio said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Prince of darkness???? GTFO

Pretty sure Ozzy Osbourne is referred to as "Prince of Darkness". Those two aren't even comparable!

ksl1974 said:

Mumio said:

Pretty sure Ozzy Osbourne is referred to as "Prince of Darkness". Those two aren't even comparable!

ksl1974 said:

Mumio said:

Pretty sure Ozzy Osbourne is referred to as "Prince of Darkness". Those two aren't even comparable!

once my father got upset that I was watching some Prince video and he said "Isn't he called the Prince of Darkness?" I said "No that's Ozzy, they call Prince 'His Royal Badness.'" And he was all "That's just as bad." (I was 15)

sonshine said:

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

That was horrible and very disrespectful to do to Prince. One thing that is clear, Prince was born with his talent cuz his father does not sound a bit like him. Both his father and sister appeared jealous of Prince. His sister was guessing on the answers to those questions.
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I wish Prince hadn't felt it necessary to maintain a relationship with his father. He seems downright toxic. Poor Prince. But the son-father bond is such a strong need. I understand what it must have meant to him to have his fathers love, support, and approval so he wasnt going to banish his father from his life. And his "siblings" are just ick. Most of them anyway seem icky. Just the vibe i get.

I wonder if this was the one I thought I dreamed? I had just had surgery and all I remember was it was one of these shows and that over the credits someone was singing a version of "Purple Rain." But that would have been in 88 or 89...not 91... hummm

Have to save, this and check out later

Astasheiks said:

Have to save, this and check out later

Dude, honestly - have a drink first. Remember, this was the late 80s (post-Lovesexy), or early 90s. I don't remember right off, but it's a gossip TV show (hosted by Bill O'Reilly at some point). It's a white-knuckle shitshow.

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Astasheiks said:

Have to save, this and check out later

Dude, honestly - have a drink first. Remember, this was the late 80s (post-Lovesexy), or early 90s. I don't remember right off, but it's a gossip TV show (hosted by Bill O'Reilly at some point). It's a white-knuckle shitshow.

this was 1990s right after Graffiti Bridge was released

and Prince was in full cloistered in Paisley Park mode.

paulludvig said:

Interesting to see and hear John Nelson. Him sitting by the piano talking makes me think of the scene in UTCM where Christopher Tracy sits by the piano in Mrs Wellingtons house.

I had the same thought!

I'm glad I found this because John L talks about his playing-for-stripper days. That's important to Prince's history. FUck what Sharon' saying

AnnaSantana said:

I'm glad I found this because John L talks about his playing-for-stripper days. That's important to Prince's history. FUck what Sharon' saying

Yup. I wish a REAL reporter had interviewed John. I would like to hear him speak more about his own music, what it meant to him and his life, and how that influenced Prince. A big bleh to Sharon.

TrivialPursuit said:

justAmeda said:

A Current Affair sat down back in the day to chat with John Nelson and Sharon Nelson. It is so rare to find videos of his dad talking about him. https://youtu.be/Byr-TaMi0gA

Prince of darkness???? GTFO

I can't totally see that dark/darkness thing. She obviously speak about privacy for which Prince always craved... i mean, he sings:

'All I ever wanted, to b left alone

See my beds made up at night

Cuz in my dreams I roam'

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stpaisios said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Prince of darkness???? GTFO

I can't totally see that dark/darkness thing. She obviously speak about privacy for which Prince always craved... i mean, he sings:

'All I ever wanted, to b left alone

See my beds made up at night

Cuz in my dreams I roam'

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Oh pulease! Those lyrics were recent and that interview was from the 80s. It's obvious that Sharon wanted to denigrate Prince during the waspish reporter's questioning.

Am I hearing things or did Sharon Nelson, the lady some people believe the song "Sister" was about, just say in that video that Prince had a "nice little body"? Awkward.

I really hope these interview sound bites are taken a bit out of context. She called him short, perverted, spoiled, the prince of darkness...Geez. I read somewhere that Sharon did eventually apologize to P. She damn well should have. At best, she was being irresponsible and careless with her words in an attempt to be funny or get attention (much more so than a vague song by Prince ever was). At worst, she was being cruel and overly vindictive..

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