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Reply #30 posted 06/10/03 10:22pm

madhouseman

bottom line is that DMSR is the best book about Prince (A Pop Life is a pale comparison) and Days of Wild is the overall best book that chronicles his purple adventures.

Ain't no one going to top that!
The expanded version of my book PRINCE and The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 was released in November 2018. (www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538114623/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) or www.facebook.com/groups/1...104195943/
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Reply #31 posted 06/11/03 3:55am

Aerogram

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2freaky4church1 said:

Nah, Hahn got his sources from interviews at mostly from Per Nilson, who I trust to a fault.

Dansa, admit it, your lover man is a bastard..lol


I'm presently reading a biography on Truman Capote, a man whose career took a commercial and artistic dive. There's a lot of unflattering stuff in the book, but it does not feel like Hahn's bio of Prince simply because the authoractually gets into his subject in depth. Hahn doesn't. He is very superficial even when Prince's flaws are unmistakable. Copte's flaws were just as obvious, but they are not recounted to say "look what a bastard he is." They are told to illuminate the subject's personality, alongside other stories that don't all go in the same direction.
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Reply #32 posted 06/11/03 4:31am

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Dansa is dating Prince, everybody!!! nana

like hell! if he were, dont'cha know me n'him woulda eloped 2 get outta larry's evil clutches or whatever?! that, and somebody here in mpls woulda made a report of a princespotting™:

i was at calhoun square today, and guess who i saw?? i saw prince!!!he was at jimmy john's and he was with some geeky lookin sista (omg, not mani?!!!) and he was actually eating a sammich! omg could this mean a chance for a celly this month???





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toast italian night club sammich edit
[This message was edited Tue Jun 10 17:11:33 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

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Reply #33 posted 06/11/03 9:25am

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i bought the book on amazon and have been trying to read it. i think the writing style is a bit draining. he introduces everyone as though we forgot who they were from chapter 1, 2 & 3. It's a little frustrating.

i think i'm still on page 50 and i've had the book now for about 2 weeks. that shows you how impressed i am.
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Reply #34 posted 06/11/03 9:55am

lilJ

PRINCE SPOTTED WITH DANSA!!! KISSING AND HOLDING HANDS AND ALL wink




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Reply #35 posted 06/11/03 10:49am

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PRINCE SPOTTED WITH DANSA!!! KISSING AND HOLDING HANDS AND ALL wink

...i kissed 'im?? u mean like actual mouth-2-mouth contact with the cat???



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Reply #36 posted 06/11/03 11:06am

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madhouseman said:

bottom line is that DMSR is the best book about Prince (A Pop Life is a pale comparison) and Days of Wild is the overall best book that chronicles his purple adventures.

Ain't no one going to top that!


Well, I still say "A Pop Life" is better.

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Reply #37 posted 06/11/03 2:07pm

lilJ

LMAO!!!
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Reply #38 posted 06/11/03 7:09pm

madhouseman

namepeace said:[quote]

madhouseman said:

bottom line is that DMSR is the best book about Prince (A Pop Life is a pale comparison) and Days of Wild is the overall best book that chronicles his purple adventures.

Ain't no one going to top that!


Well, I still say "A Pop Life" is better.



and you'd be wrong. DMSR is much better when it comes to research, details, and depth. Look at the last part of DMSR to see when songs were recorded. Dave Hill has nothing that even comes close to that. Bottom line... POP LIFE is good, PURPLE REIGN is good, POSSESSED is OK, but DMSR and DOW rule supreme. Nuff said.
The expanded version of my book PRINCE and The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 was released in November 2018. (www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538114623/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) or www.facebook.com/groups/1...104195943/
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