I think it was Sheila E.

RJOrion said:

Skipper

I 4got 2 elaborate.

Who do U think Prince loved writing 4 the most, besides Skipper?

Sheila.

laytonian said:

Himself. Most silongs are his own experiences. ALSO-- It's time people grow up and quit using the "Skipper" insult. He detested it. People should know that. What's the point?

Again, my bad, i meant who did Prince love to write songs for besides himself.

If you chose "Skipper", it's your own fault.

nayroo2002 said:

PsychoCowboy said:

nayroo2002 said:

Again, my bad, i meant who did Prince love to write songs for besides himself.

If you chose "Skipper", it's your own fault.

Pardon my ignorance, but what does skipper mean? The button to skip songs? On the topic, I think he also like to write for Mayte a lot. But I joined Prince only around D&P era so this what I know the most about. [Edited 8/31/23 13:17pm]

As a child, Prince's allegedly first nickname was "Skipper".

Yes, that is true about writing many songs ABOUT Maytè.

He also probably wrote a thousand songs about anyone he met!

The initial question (why do i have to word this again???) was:

Who do you think Prince loved writing/producing/arranging music for the most besides himself and Skipper?

[Edited 8/31/23 13:34pm]

FrankieCoco1 said:

God

ding ding ding!

I don't think he wrote for anyone. He wrote because he was supposed to. Was he inspired by people? Of course. Relationships, friendships, business - everything leaked into his music.

Moreover, Prince loved exercising his gift. He once said that to simply make the music was enough. Releasing it was another issue, but the gift demanded to be made or manifested through him. So, that's what he did and was prolific with it. The gift never stopped, and neither did he. Girlfriends came and went, but the gift was always there regardless. And would always find a voice.

There has always been specific inquiries in the past years, but the lot here seems to whittle it down to their own agendas, haven't they? (spoken very britishly)

laytonian said:

He flip-flopped (like he did most issues) on not wanting to be called "Prince" right before he released his first album when Chris Moon or Owen Husney or whomever convinced him it would be a badass name for a recording artist.

The "Skipper" thing is kinda cringe, like yeah, everyone in his teens/childhood called him that and he preferred to be called that in his teens/childhood, but none of the famz who persist calling him "Skipper" many years after he transitioned knew him personally in his teens/childhood. He sold you albums as "Prince". You bought albums by "Prince". You became a fan of "Prince", He released singles like "My Name Is Prince', eventually discarded the name Prince in favor of a symbol (not "Skipper"), affirmatively reclaimed the name "Prince" etc.

It just seems a step too creepily intimate. Like are there other artists out there you go around the web calling them their childhood nickname? Do MJ fans go around calling him "Smelly" colloquially?

You're not his momma, you're not his daddy, you're not his childhood bestie, all those assorted examples are wayyy beside the point.

[Edited 8/31/23 20:02pm]

But the question is, "who do you think Prince loved writing 4 the most?"

Maybe get back to that?

nayroo2002 said:

laytonian said:

Himself. Most silongs are his own experiences. ALSO-- It's time people grow up and quit using the "Skipper" insult. He detested it. People should know that. What's the point?

Again, my bad, i meant who did Prince love to write songs for besides himself.

If you chose "Skipper", it's your own fault.

I always love your humour

Susannah !

TrivialPursuit said:

But the question is, "who do you think Prince loved writing 4 the most?"

Maybe get back to that?

Maybe submit your mod resume if you're so thirsting to be resident org hall monitor?

There's like ten people here. Conversations move of their own volition and circle back. It's not the SATs.

Anyway he didn't write for anyone, he had a "feminine" voice he wanted to express at times and depending on song he considered it a "Prince" song or would give it away to his dame of the week.

All the early ones, Sheila, Vanity, Appolonia, Lisa, Wendy, Susannah, Jill Jones. You gotta be a certified Prince connoisseur on the highest level to tell these voices apart one from another. I doubt if you gave some new Prince fan with a couple 80s records the Pepsi challenge with these girls they could separate one from the other. I'm only confident I could dilineate "Lisa" because she was a lil more reserved and "Jill Jones" because she was a lil more caterwauling but otherwise....

[Edited 8/31/23 23:48pm]

TrivialPursuit said:

I don't think he wrote for anyone. He wrote because he was supposed to. Was he inspired by people? Of course. Relationships, friendships, business - everything leaked into his music.

Moreover, Prince loved exercising his gift. He once said that to simply make the music was enough. Releasing it was another issue, but the gift demanded to be made or manifested through him. So, that's what he did and was prolific with it. The gift never stopped, and neither did he. Girlfriends came and went, but the gift was always there regardless. And would always find a voice.

This.

i agree with the most

he only wrote only for himself

to try to understand that small own world around him

that he created himself,

and had the dame of the week sing it

if he wanted

and possibly changed a lyric here and there

for the next one

WhisperingDandelions said:

He flip-flopped (like he did most issues) on not wanting to be called "Prince" right before he released his first album when Chris Moon or Owen Husney or whomever convinced him it would be a badass name for a recording artist.

The "Skipper" thing is kinda cringe, like yeah, everyone in his teens/childhood called him that and he preferred to be called that in his teens/childhood, but none of the famz who persist calling him "Skipper" many years after he transitioned knew him personally in his teens/childhood. He sold you albums as "Prince". You bought albums by "Prince". You became a fan of "Prince", He released singles like "My Name Is Prince', eventually discarded the name Prince in favor of a symbol (not "Skipper"), affirmatively reclaimed the name "Prince" etc.

It just seems a step too creepily intimate. Like are there other artists out there you go around the web calling them their childhood nickname? Do MJ fans go around calling him "Smelly" colloquially?

You're not his momma, you're not his daddy, you're not his childhood bestie, all those assorted examples are wayyy beside the point.

[Edited 8/31/23 20:02pm]

^^^^^THIS
"Too creepily intimate" like the woman (with many aliases) claiming to have been his closest friend all of his life and that he always wanted her to call him "Skipper". That's the bullshit of bullshit.

The "Skipper" thing was elementary school. He didn't introduce himself to Andre or other friends with the S-word.

[Edited 9/2/23 15:27pm]

The Time. His ultimate competition.

PS I will post a brand new interview w/Morris Day in the Associates Forum.