Prince
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Prince

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Prince

About this book

Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights at the O2 in 2007) and while recent releases have been modestly successful at best, his influence on urban music, and R'n'B in particular, has never been more evident. The Minneapolis Sound can now be heard everywhere.

Matt Thorne's Prince, through years of research and interviews with ex-Revolution members such as Wendy and Lisa, is an account of a pop maverick whose experiments with rock, funk, techno and jazz revolutionised pop. With reference to every song, released and unreleased, over 35 years of recording, Prince will stand for years to come as the go-to book on the Great Man.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780571273263
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Pop Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. LandingPage
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. PROLOGUE: COME 2 MY HOUSE (PART 1)
  8. 1: JUSTIFICATIONS FROM A MAMMA-JAMMA
  9. 2: THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
  10. 3: WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO LOVE ME?
  11. 4: STILL WAITING
  12. 5: CREATING UPTOWN
  13. 6: GIGOLOS GET LONELY TOO (PART 1)
  14. 7: ROYAL JEWELS
  15. 8: NIKKI’S CASTLE
  16. 9: THERE AREN’T ANY RULES
  17. 10: NEW POSITION
  18. 11: ROADHOUSE GARDEN AND SONGS FOR SUSANNAH
  19. 12: THE STORY OF A MAN I AM NOT
  20. 13: REBIRTH OF THE FLESH
  21. 14: CRYSTAL BALL…
  22. 15: … OR SIGN O’ THE TIMES?
  23. 16: FOR THOSE OF U ON VALIUM …
  24. 17: SPOOKY AND ALL THAT HE CRAWLS FOR …
  25. 18: CROSS THE LINE
  26. 19: DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
  27. 20: WHAT’S WRONG WITH GRAFFITI BRIDGE?
  28. 21: GIGOLOS GET LONELY TOO (PART 2)
  29. 22: PLAYING STRIP POOL WITH VANESSA
  30. 23: THE CHAINS OF TURIN
  31. 24: PART 1: INTRODUCING THE FRICTION YEARS
  32. 25: PART 2: ‘IT WAS JUST ABOUT NEEDING TO GET IT DONE …’
  33. 26: PART 3: ‘ALL I GOTTA DO IS SELL A MILLION AND I CAN QUIT …’
  34. 27: WASTED KISSES …
  35. 28: … AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
  36. 29: JOIN MY CLUB
  37. 30: NEW DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC
  38. 31: TRUE FUNK SOLDIER
  39. 32: COME 2 MY HOUSE (PART 2)
  40. 33: 21 NIGHTS IN LONDON: A FAN’S NOTES
  41. 34: GIGOLOS GET LONELY TOO (PART 3)
  42. 35: AN ENTIRELY NEW GALAXY AWAITS …
  43. 36: ENDING ENDLESSLY
  44. PlatePage
  45. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  46. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  47. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
  48. GENERAL INDEX
  49. INDEX OF WORKS BY PRINCE
  50. About the Author
  51. Copyright

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