- Maybe it's my artschool background, cause for me it's different. Prince's "soulful, emotional (and musical)" output, like you say, also does touch me very deeply. But Bowie (amongst others like David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and classical Bach Brahms, etc) touches me even more - but different. It has something to do with the way of interests, education, and personal feel of course. - My example. Abstract art really can touch me very deep, which is different with more digestible, easier and clearly understandable art. As if listening to Beyoncé or Gaga (can I compare this? lol), I love it, don't get me wrong, but it sounds easy to me, and does not touch my heart that much. And I like some good old pumping pop tunes too. I try to avoid elitarism though, but my heart lies with the 'difficult', not the 'easy'. - To me Prince's music is the deepest, the meaningful soul, the outrageous funk, the blackness of it, the afro-american chilli-sauce that he conjures, is something I have the utmost love and respect for, and it is exactly that what attracks me so much in his captivating, and astoninishingly originality. Prince is my heavy secret, my guilty pleasure, and happiness. But I can't put it up next to the other art I love. Actually there's no need to comparre it/them. As simple as that. - Just like Prince, Bowie got drifted away from the scene for a while - going for mainstream and popular high end results, of wich he often spoke in later interviews as side steps, miss steps, etc. He was capable of looking within, and weigh his creations and projects in quality from his lesser results. I wish Prince had a longer life to live, to be able to do exactly the same. And I believe he was right up to do that. I did see this HBO documentary on Prince's last year of his life. It answered a lot of questions for me. He started to look back, out of fear (maybe). Having problems with his (unknown) addiction, feeling the end could be near, running out of creative ideas... (we'll never know exactly). That biography he was about to write was something exactly at the right time. But his heart stopped before he knew it. -
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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- Just bought it. About to start this weekend. - "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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"Prince is my heavy secret, my guilty pleasure, and happiness.
But I can't put it up next to the other art I love. Actually there's no need to comparre it/them. As simple as that. " So you enjoy prince but dont consider it art? Possibly because it is too enjoyable? Why is joy always placed so low in our idea of what constitutes art? What's the name of the HBO film btw? [Edited 11/13/20 9:15am] | |
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- No no. That's what not what I said. I said : "the other art" - HBO documentary : https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Prince+HBO+documentary&docid=607993410459010386&mid=3928A8E2A09F2B80586A3928A8E2A09F2B80586A&view=detail&FORM=VIRE -
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- True. But I believe in hope, and i'm a positive person... maybe that's what in the way of my purple realness. lol - "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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Alan Leeds said (in a recent podcast interview) that not only were P's hips shot, but the rest of his joints were bad too. He had pain in his fingers, hands and legs. His balance and coordination was off and couldn't grab or grip like he used to. He said that bothered P because he wasn't sure if he was going to be able to play the guitar or piano proficiently (or at all) down the road. I can't even begin to think or imagine what kind of pain he was in. | |
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..oh yes, these are things that Alan HEARD about P from associates close to him. Not direct quotes from Alan himself. | |
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I don't remember Alan saying all of that. Prince had pain in his hands after piano shows because he banged hard on the keys. I don't recall A saying P couldn't grab or grip. I remember him saying his finger coordination may have been in question and would have affected his playing. Prince's hips were not shot. He had surgery on one of them in 2010. If his hips were shot, he would have been limping or favoring or using a walker/cane in the video the day before his death. The video is online 4/20/16. He was walking fast. He was ill though. | |
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I used to hope he would pull back the veil a bit but have been disappointed too much and have become less hopeful. | |
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Miles Davis' son Erin on Prince and PR: https://www.youtube.com/w...yFVdBTmqAc . Since when is running a business (making money) 'white'? Prince liked all kinds of music, 'For You' kicks off with A capella and culminates with the rocker 'I'm Yours'. Bambi rocks my socks off... Prince didn't have a babysitter, and played any music he pleased.
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Thank you, Margot.
Good morning children...take a look out your window, the world is falling... | |
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It's hard to pinpoint someone whose image was always in flux and shifting, most people settle and then abruptly do some wild and crazy thing. That was just called Tuesday in P world. I'd settle on The Truth where the mysteries of Controversy got blatantly answered. Time keeps on slipping into the future...
This moment is all there is... | |
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I agree emancipation period. | |
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MoodyBlumes said:
Miles Davis' son Erin on Prince and PR: https://www.youtube.com/w...yFVdBTmqAc . Since when is running a business (making money) 'white'? Prince liked all kinds of music, 'For You' kicks off with A capella and culminates with the rocker 'I'm Yours'. Bambi rocks my socks off... Prince didn't have a babysitter, and played any music he pleased.
[Edited 11/18/20 1:08am] Not sure where you inferred where anyone said running a business is white but each to their own. I think tone might be lost in these threads. | |
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