Cool preview. Can't wait to hear the rest.

https://www.cbsnews.com/n...021-04-11/

Good story. I have it on pre-order (got it for $90 now it is $100), but I bet it will be for sale for $70 by the end of the year.


I am interested in the etching. (I think they should do several different ones: but it would be called a money grab.

To the story: it was good. Played parts of several songs. Good promotion but maybe a couple of months early.

And when the said 8000 songs and nearly 1000 albums? Maybe if the count every live and rehearsal recordings. No way he has that many studio recorded songs.

Anywhere to see the 60 Minutes segment? Missed it earlier

fernandomachado said:

Does anyone knows why it wasn't released?

Why the long gap between 20Ten and ArtOfficialAge/PlectrumElectrum?

Wasn't the rumor that Prince did his hip surgery around 2010?

born 2 die could top colonized mind for slow burner epic

Full 13-minute segment officially from CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/n...021-04-11/

MIRvmn said:

Born 2 Die sounds nice

Yes it does !Got a 70s funk sound to it

Aristotle said:

60minutes on youtube has more of the interview with Morris.

Just watched it. Not too impressed. Da album cood still be hot, but the 60 minutes show was not. Did they ever try to put Prince on when he was alive? I don't think so.

sro100 said:

Just watched it. Not too impressed. Da album cood still be hot, but the 60 minutes show was not. Did they ever try to put Prince on when he was alive? I don't think so.

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Prince demanded absurd money for the use of his music on TV. Questlove has said this several times of the years.

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At a certain point TV shows simply won't bother trying. Let's not forget that he was supposed to promote two new albums on a mornign show in 2014 and couldn't even be arsed and sent 3rd Eye Girl. That's the kind of BS that gets you "blacklisted".

OnlyNDaUsa said:

And when the said 8000 songs and nearly 1000 albums? Maybe if the count every live and rehearsal recordings. No way he has that many studio recorded songs.

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Yeah, that was some grade-A BS. That would mean he'd recorded an average of 200+ unreleased songs per year on top of his released output. Yeah, that didn't happen. Hell, almost all of his songs on GB were recycled tracks from earlier years: that's not something he'd need to do if he was recording hundreds of songs each year.

BartVanHemelen said:

Number23 said:

OperatingThetan said:

Yeah... Too much bull shit in this one. The 8000 songs thing is just silly, but there were also a couple of mentions about not performing the W2A album songs not being performed on the tour - which is wrong.

Welcome 2 America - Played numerous times throughout the tour (and no, not the Dreamer interpolation)
Same Page, Differect Book - Played during a one-off giig during W2A tour.
When She Comes - Played during a one-off giig during W2A tour (as above).

And then before/ after...

Hot Summer - Played twice during the 20TEN Tour.
Check The Record - later performed in 2013 at the Dakota Jazz Club.

These would have made some nice inclusions as bonus features to the concert.

Also this was in the intro - "It was 2010 and Prince set out on his Welcome 2 America Tour, playing sold-out venues. He divered a mix of hits and pop anthems drawn from his 39 studio albums..."

Clearly someone just wnt to wikipedia, looked at the talley and did not bother to subtract the last four albums... Or acknowledge the protege content... Or the covers...

bluegangsta said:

Yeah... Too much bull shit in this one. The 8000 songs thing is just silly, but there were also a couple of mentions about not performing the W2A album songs not being performed on the tour - which is wrong.

Welcome 2 America - Played numerous times throughout the tour (and no, not the Dreamer interpolation)
Same Page, Differect Book - Played during a one-off giig during W2A tour.
When She Comes - Played during a one-off giig during W2A tour (as above).

And then before/ after...

Hot Summer - Played twice during the 20TEN Tour.
Check The Record - later performed in 2013 at the Dakota Jazz Club.

These would have made some nice inclusions as bonus features to the concert.

Welcome 2 America was played ONCE as a full rendition (New York 2010), all other times it was played as part of Dreamer. Also, the lyrics he sung in both cases are for some reason almost completely different than the studio version.

Same Page Different Book and When She Comes were played both in small clubs, and definitely not rehearsed, and certainly they were not part of a set of songs that band members are given as "hey we're going on tour, we're playing this set of songs".

Hot Summer was just a chorus with Prince playing guitar. Check The Record was played by 3rdEyeGirl, not the NPG.

So, what they said is actually true.

bluegangsta said:

Also this was in the intro - "It was 2010 and Prince set out on his Welcome 2 America Tour, playing sold-out venues. He divered a mix of hits and pop anthems drawn from his 39 studio albums..."

Clearly someone just wnt to wikipedia, looked at the talley and did not bother to subtract the last four albums... Or acknowledge the protege content... Or the covers...

"He delivered a mix of hits and pop anthems drawn from his studio albums, of which 35 out of 39 had been released at that point, not including protege content and other ancillary material, though we should clarify that he did not draw from ALL 35 albums for this particular tour, but quite a few of them, and he played several covers..."

Yes yes much better not at all pedantic, good job A+++

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kewlschool said:

fernandomachado said:

Does anyone knows why it wasn't released?

Why the long gap between 20Ten and ArtOfficialAge/PlectrumElectrum?

Wasn't the rumor that Prince did his hip surgery around 2010?

Yes.

My guess is that he had 20TEN in the can before he did that, then came back with the Welcome 2 America tour (which started in December of 2010) after he'd finished his hip rehab.

The Welcome 2 tour stretched to September 2012. The announcement of this coincides with the 10th anniversary of the start of the LA dates of the tour (which started 4/14/11).

Number23 said:

Number23 said:

And come on, you know as well as the rest of us here how many songs P recorded in 88/89 that could have filled a triple of album of top notch new material in 1990.

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Which would be him dipping into the vault, because when you look at this list it is rather clear that 1990 wasn't exactly a great year.

Romeoblu said:

I really like the sound of Born 2 Die and Check The Record. I got a Feel Better Feel Good Feel Wonderful vibe from Check the record. Shame there weren't a few more snippets of songs.

Thank you! You know it was sounding familiar but new. I definitely never heard the other songs as "one off live performance" bootlegs.

Romeoblu said:

bluegangsta said:

Also this was in the intro - "It was 2010 and Prince set out on his Welcome 2 America Tour, playing sold-out venues. He divered a mix of hits and pop anthems drawn from his 39 studio albums..."

Clearly someone just wnt to wikipedia, looked at the talley and did not bother to subtract the last four albums... Or acknowledge the protege content... Or the covers...

The articles also keep referencing "The Vault" that is stored at Paisley Park, not mentioned that it was moved to Iron Mountain for safekeeping/digitizing.

The interviewer mentioned that we could get a new Prince album a year for the next century. I highly doubt Prince shelved 2-3x what he actually released. Once you dismiss alternate versions, etc. that number would go down considerably.