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Miles Davis & Prince What exactly was the relationship between Miles Davis and Prince.
Did they just met one or two times and nothing more??? Or were they friends or was it more like a father son relationship-I mean Miles was old enough to have been princes father-or was he a mentor for him-or were the two just of the same spirit etc? Did they met very often? Has their friendship influenced their work -music? Is there a Miles tune inspired by Prince? Is there a Prince tune inspired by Miles? Did they work togehter in the studio? Did they record a song that is maybe in the Vault? Prince often talks about his influence and that he likes Stevie Wonder, Hendrix Sly etc. but I´ve never heard him talking about that he loves Miles Davis music in interviews? How come? Did he like his music? And what about Miles what was he thinking about Princes work did he say something back in the day??? I wonder how the relationship was I mean Prince has a big ego but Miles ego is legendary PS. To the moderator-maybe move the thread to the Prince section? I think so. [Edited 9/5/09 20:45pm] | |
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PPKING said: What exactly was the relationship between Miles Davis and Prince.
Did they just met one or two times and nothing more??? Or were they friends or was it more like a father son relationship-I mean Miles was old enough to have been princes father-or was he a mentor for him-or were the two just of the same spirit etc? Did they met very often? Has their friendship influenced their work -music? Is there a Miles tune inspired by Prince? Is there a Prince tune inspired by Miles? Did they work togehter in the studio? Did they record a song that is maybe in the Vault? Prince often talks about his influence and that he likes Stevie Wonder, Hendrix Sly etc. but I´ve never heard him talking about that he loves Miles Davis music in interviews? How come? Did he like his music? And what about Miles what was he thinking about Princes work did he say something back in the day??? I wonder how the relationship was I mean Prince has a big ego but Miles ego is legendary PS. To the moderator-maybe move the thread to the Prince section? I think so. [Edited 9/5/09 20:45pm] ive read miles his bio , and they did meet one another. i remember reading that some alen something said that prince was the bigger ego and control freak . they both have big egos but prince was worse acording to that biographer | |
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the biographers name is alen leeds , he also speaks about diner at prince his house
http://www.thelastmiles.c...-leeds.php i hope this gives you insight. miles also said on arsenio hall he digs prince , and in the biography i read he said he liked mj and prince but prince has more the overall package . and didnt prince wrote a poem called a letter 4 miles that was read on miles funeral? | |
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motownlover said: the biographers name is alen leeds , he also speaks about diner at prince his house
http://www.thelastmiles.c...-leeds.php i hope this gives you insight. miles also said on arsenio hall he digs prince , and in the biography i read he said he liked mj and prince but prince has more the overall package . and didnt prince wrote a poem called a letter 4 miles that was read on miles funeral? Thank you for the link !!! This is extraordinary stuff !!! "open your heart, open your mind
A train is leaving all day..." | |
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yankem said: motownlover said: the biographers name is alen leeds , he also speaks about diner at prince his house
http://www.thelastmiles.c...-leeds.php i hope this gives you insight. miles also said on arsenio hall he digs prince , and in the biography i read he said he liked mj and prince but prince has more the overall package . and didnt prince wrote a poem called a letter 4 miles that was read on miles funeral? Thank you for the link !!! This is extraordinary stuff !!! I´m sorry to say but prince is totally out of his freaking mind?? He has professional filmed the 87 New Year´s eve Concert and is not releasing it with rehearsal bonus material and everthing.That would be so awesome to release it official in great quality instead he releases the awful Reave and One Nite Alone-is the guy totally out of his mind or just plain stupid?? TLM: But Miles and Prince DID perform on-stage at the famous 1987 New Year's Eve concert. AL: It was a benefit that Prince had decided to do for homeless people in Minnesota. It was a very expensive ticket that was marketed to the corporate world. It coincided with the fact that Paisley Park had only opened in late summer so would be the first major event on the soundstage. It was a great event. At some point, it crossed Prince's mind that we should invite Miles. Miles flew in from Europe with Gordon and Foley. They attended the dinner and he was delightful - sociable, charming. He met my parents - they thought he was the nicest guy in the world! My mum's now 94 and afterwards she read the stories in Miles's autobiography and said "He didn't seem like that sort of guy to me!" He met my son Tristan and Miles signed him an autograph and drew a picture. He pointed at my wife Gwen and at me and then pointed at my son and said "You did this! You did this! That's good work sister!" He was a delight to have. Of course it was arranged that Miles would sit in. The upshot of this was, that like James Brown, Prince has a set of elaborate cues for his band that cue certain breakdowns and changes of tempo and so on that he will spontaneously signal. Now he might be doing a vamp and let's say Eric is doing a tenor solo, Prince would just spontaneously feel he wants to break down and so if Eric hears that signal, he'll know what to expect, so if there's a change in key or tempo in the middle of a solo, he can follow it. Of course Miles had no way of knowing all this and so didn't know what to expect. So after the performance Miles comes off-stage and says "That little motherfucker tried to set me up!" Miles From The Park bootleg TLM: Why wasn't it ever officially released? The concert and video have turned up on the bootleg "Miles From The Park" and as you say, it's a great event. AL: It was professionally shot with more than one camera. In fact, Prince would videotape almost every performance - we'd set-up a video camera next to the soundboard - we even used to video all the rehearsals. So there's a ton of video Prince has got in-store. He would take the tapes home and we would never see it again. There might even have been a video running when Miles was at the rehearsals [in 1987]. That was a concert that could have been issued on home video and probably should have been done. I think Prince would have seen it as redundant because it was basically the same show that we done a home video on that summer. What was known as the Sign of The Times tour was released through Warner Home Video and was a reasonably well produced video of that tour. The only thing unique about the New Year's Eve concert was Miles's appearance. | |
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PPKING said: What exactly was the relationship between Miles Davis and Prince.
Did they just met one or two times and nothing more??? Or were they friends or was it more like a father son relationship-I mean Miles was old enough to have been princes father-or was he a mentor for him-or were the two just of the same spirit etc? Did they met very often? Has their friendship influenced their work -music? Is there a Miles tune inspired by Prince? Is there a Prince tune inspired by Miles? Did they work togehter in the studio? Did they record a song that is maybe in the Vault? Prince often talks about his influence and that he likes Stevie Wonder, Hendrix Sly etc. but I´ve never heard him talking about that he loves Miles Davis music in interviews? How come? Did he like his music? And what about Miles what was he thinking about Princes work did he say something back in the day??? I wonder how the relationship was I mean Prince has a big ego but Miles ego is legendary PS. To the moderator-maybe move the thread to the Prince section? I think so. [Edited 9/5/09 20:45pm] May I suggest U get Miles autobiography 2 get the words straight from the horses mouth. http://www.amazon.com/Mil...1-1#reader |
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