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