WHAT it LOOKED LIKE when PRINCE actually PROMOTED an ALBUM? [S4E2]
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A Sky Magazine account:
A freshly pressed CD of the Diamonds And Pearls album is carried in like actual diamonds are in there. The full track listing runs: Thunder/Daddy Pop/Diamonds And Pearls/Cream/Strollin’/Willing And Able /Gett Off/Walk, Don’t Walk/Jughead/Money Don’t Matter 2night/ Push/Insatiable /Live For Love. Thunder, a screeching gospel rocker with electric sitars . slammin ’ guitars and Anna Stesia-style synthesisers, the dirty, sexy T.Rex punk funk of Cream, and Gett Off, with crunching rhythm, awkward metal chord changes lyrics like “move your big ass round this way so I can work on that zipper baby, tonight you’re the star and I’m the big dipper”. The breezy Strollin’ (video directed by Spike Lee), Walk Don’t Walk with its honking car horn melody and the persistent rap of Push.
Prince’s business partner, Gilbert Davison, will tell you that quality is the first prerequisite of a Prince album. “Sales are second here” he says and while it’s clear that Prince is going for the commercial jugular with Diamonds And Pearls (it’s the most "adult contemporary" sounding Prince album/ loads of rap and house rhythms) he’s not pulling any punches either. One song, Jughead, is a less than complimentary reference to Prince’s ex-manager Steve Fargnoli. Two songs are inspired directly by the Gulf crisis. The album cover features a record marketing first with totally unique 3-D “100° hologram” artwork. Move the cover across your field of vision and Robia appears to exhale cigarette smoke while Lori rubs Prince’s chest provocatively. Other Prince projects include a live appearance on MTV’s acoustic MTV Unplugged show, producing/ writing/co-writing tracks for Patti Labelle , Martika, Paula Abdul, Miles Davis, Ingrid Chavez, Eric Leeds and George Clinton. There’s the ballet with the New York Joffrey Ballet company and a new rock ’n’ roll comic strip of Prince and the New Power Generation by DC Comics. The story features Prince battling his evil alter ego clone [@David WIlliams] Gemini, against a dark and sinister cityscape which is designed to look like a cross between Gotham City and Minneapolis.
Five pm. The boardroom door opens. Jill Willis, Paisley Park’s executive vice-president, introduces herself. “Prince will see you now,” she says. The fresh Prince in full effect. I sit down on a sofa only a few feet from the stage and check out Prince’s arsenal of guitars standing by a monitor. I’m just checking out the “citron” coloured custom job with its solid gold pick-ups when I hear a voice say “Hi”. It’s Prince. He’s standing next to me with his hands in his pockets. I can see the hairs on his chest. I can see that he’s not wearing any underwear. For a second I don’t know what to say, then I hear Michael Bland, the drummer, hit the snare with that distinctive Paisley Park “thwok! “ sound.
"No-one else has that drum sound,” I say, trying to sound knowledgeable. “How did you discover it, was it a kind of happy accident?” He looks at me like I’m a real jerk. “No,” he says, “it was no accident. When you’re in the studio you can change the sound of all the drums electronically. That’s all we did.” There’s a long pause. Maybe I blew it already. I notice that the guy from Playboy magazine next to me has a Bible in his leather briefcase. Maybe he’s going to ask Prince to choose his favourite book from a short list of Revelations, Genesis and Corintheans. He decides on a Kitty Kelley-style teaser instead. “Prince, I wanna tell you about the guy I hired my car from at the airport. . .” he begins. I look at Prince. He has an “oh-jeez” sort of expression on his face. The Playboy man goes on. “He said that he loved your music so much that he started to dream about you every night and that his dreams started to get so wild that he had to stop listening to your music. Do you think your music and persona fulfill a fantasy role in the minds of ordinary Americans like him?” There’s another pause. Prince rolls his big eyes and grins. “ I’ll have to get back to you on that one,” he says.
"I hear yellow is your new favourite colour.”
"Yeah, what do you think? Sick, right ?”
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I am so blessed to have seen him live! I am so sad that he had so many people around him... but in the end he was alone. So many of his songs about being alone or lonely or even death... I wish someone would have paid closer attention.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT PRINCE 🤴 😢😮❤
Always appreciate all the work you put in.Loved hearing Prince the prankster.Looking forward to the next one,thank you.
Hayward Baker both criticized and spoke ill of Prince every chance that he got. But boy, I would bet my house that he never turned away any money or gifts that he received from Prince either directly or indirectly at no point during his time on earth.
Has anyone heard AbigailNoel conversation with Prince? Pull it Prince and comment.
Prince bought the house Baker lived in for his mother...while he rarely said anything nice about Prince, he sure let him provide for his wife and himself!
@@brendaweiss584 I swear....some people! 🤦🏾♀️
That's not
Hayward Baker. I was there when these calls were recorded.
@@michaelblandofficial1922 Loved your drumming with Prince! 😍
Next episode should be called "Pink Cashmere" lol. Great job as always, Sinnik.
Prince the Prankster...😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I still love multiple versions of Gett Off especially the flutestramental! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I love all princes albums they’re all dope but my favourite is diamonds and pearls 💜💜💜
prince was the man!! there will not be another like him! miss you prince
Still enjoy your shows, so much 💜 thank you, Sinnik22 for sharing these Prince stories with us 💜
There's that Sense of humor, he nailed that phone call. Awesome
Thanks for sharing. Prince and his jokes, this made me laugh. 🤣I know for a fact about Prince the Prankster, he was so hilarious!!! 👀 🙄😂🤣 😂🤣😂🤣
Killed it as usual. Man could you imagine your parent saying they hated all your work. Smh
I know that’s crazy like not even one song his Dad was beyond tough 😮
That was his stepfather. Who cares what he thought?
@@stephaniemeals4983 He is still Prince’s parent and involved with his mother. I am sure Prince cared somewhat what he thought
@@austinedwards7795 Yep and he wasn’t even Accurate with his statement
@@Lyleswl The step father caused Prince to leave home at 12 years old and live with a friend's family.
Diamonds and pearls is my top 3 favorite album
Oh yeah, what's at #1
@@condorgoldl purple rain, emancipation and diamonds and pearls
love this album
michael B interviews r always great but the recent Gilbert Davison interview was also great.
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How do you get these? 🤯You are amazing!!!
The prankster Prince. Both appeared on releases and I died laughing when I heard them then and today. Your videos are tremendously informative and well done. 👌
I appreciate you!
Damn, his stepdad was cold blooded. Said he didn't like ANYTHING Prince put out.
Did his stepdad play any instruments?
@@newhorizonsforfifty2833 Not that I know of.
His step-dad was a butt wipe!
It's no wonder that Prince left his mother & stepfather's household to move in with his father.
@@davidcoleman5498 - Indeed.
Thanks. This was awesome 😍
Damn, where’s part two to this one as it seemed to just stop so abruptly! But as always, great video with great tid bits of info!
😂😂 that prank call maaan ! Prince 🍿
Sinning, how ya doin'? EPIC work as always! Love it! Thx.
Autocorrect is a pain, LOL!
Where and how did u get those prank call recordings?!? #JediMasterSinnik22 #theGOAT
They're on the Cream maxi single cd....there's a few more on it iirc
Upload the next today I'm addicted
So GREATFUL FOR YOUR WORK
Rosie Gaines reminds me of Chaka Khan
Nice comparison! Can't wait to see CK next month. They both have distinct voices that are difficult to imitate.
@@danavixen6274 Indeed
@@kennethrussell1158 👍🏾
This was a great period at the time.
It'll be very interesting to hear your take on the contract war/symbol period. I fell for the mythology of the symbol hook, line and sinker, and you couldn't tell me nothin'. Be interesting what facts and ideas you bring to light from other people behind this period.
Do you mean the public narrative/myth for why he changed his name to a symbol or the business side of it?
Michael bland and john blackwell are my favorite drummer
Rosie Gaines...well what can I say. Dynamic pure singing voice, talented and cute.
I hope she is okay. Prince's cousin Chazz had said Rosie fell on hard times health wise and financially. She may be living with her daughter Latoya. 🙏🏾
@@danavixen6274Vixen Yeah, I heard something along those lines as well. I hope she is doing okay. I also read somewhere that she was working on a solo album under Paisley Park, but things didn't work out due to all the "confusion" that was going on.
@@danavixen6274 She is.
Rosie was a dime!
I hope Rosie is doing well, too. She is THE TRUTH!!!! I rank her up there with Aretha (R.I.P.), Mavis, Tina, Etta (R.I.P.), Gladys, and Boni Boyer (R.I.P.). She's had a couple solo albums, and I have one of them CLOSER THAN CLOSE and it is SLAMMIN'! Peace.
If it ain't Chuck D or Jam Master..ya know what you.losing-Prince on Musicology
Dougie (Doug E. Fresh) gonna to be there, All gotta do is call him- Musicology
I read that he really didn't care for rap music but he knew that the musical styles were changing. And he ( I hate to say that he used it to his advantage) but I imagine that he wanted to grow musically himself.
Prince was writing rap in the early 80s. Listen to Vanity 6. What is Holly Rock? People who think he was late to the game didn't understand who he was. He was no fan of the constant sampling, lack of orginality, and nihilism. He liked Chuck D, who sampled, but Chuck was profound.
@@kendinatl Chuck D is a LEGEND and Prince had love for Ice Cube. I STRONGLY doubt if Prince hated hip hop. Most hip hop stars had love for him. Also, Call Mr. Goodnight from 2007's Planet Earth is clearly hip hop inspired.
@@danavixen6274 You doubt? He literally has a song of him dissing rap
I was at the Jack The Rapper Convention when he performed. I performed the night before with pornstar Vanessa DelRio promoting my record. Babyface and L.A. Reid also launched LaFace Records that year. Prince and the band were SMOKING !!! He let TONY do SkinTight by The Ohio Players...One of his BEST shows EVER !!
Loved the prank calls. Prince the Joker! ☮️
whos remaking these 1999 tracks? the intro song here "lady cab driver" is really well done
I think that is probably the demo for Lady Cab Driver.
PRINCE!!!
Wet, wet, wet?? 😎🥳💜
Was that prince prank call his step dad
Yep
The phone calls I loveeeeeeeee omg
I LOVE THE MICROPHONE GUN!!!
I really wished that Prince moonlighted with the other band but continued with THE REVOLUTION…
Why the SOTTs band kicked their ass
@@lauraveney1412 not commercially 🤷🏾♂️
that’s exactly why he got rid of them
the revolution was for pop/commerical/white people
Prince was and is FUNKY
he didn’t want people thinking the only reason he was successful was because of 2 white girls
their talented and did a lot but people be tripping
THE SOTT BAND WILL MOP
THE FLOOR WITH THE REVOLUTION
THEY SHOWED HOW THEY FELT WHEN THEY MADE COMMENTS ABOUT HIM BRINGING HIS BOYS ON THE PARADE TOUR
Need to know the strangle story
wait?
Prince was a caddy? 🤔
I remember on the Arsenio Hall reboot and in an interview back in the day, he said he never had a job other than play music cuz he didn't know how to do anything else.
I sincerely doubt it. 😁
LOL bowlegged Lou. What Prince do 2 Full Force?
Funny enough, Full Force's, "Old Flames Never Die" sounds like a Prince song.
ROFL ROFL ROFL Hayward Baker. Sinnik22 you are incredible and a blessing to the purple fams.
Thanks
Why you play with yo sister like she don't her big bro voice 🤣 his biggest fan.
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Why black people get noted for highly articulate and those other people can talk like country bumpkins and it is ok!?
@Willie Murphy: you pretty much answered your own question
For the same reason anything is ever noted.
Yeah that comment was so insulting and ridiculous.
because if it ain’t 🧍🏼♂️
it ain’t right
Yaaaad
I meant to say dooyah
I understand both languages🙃
@@Sinnik22 loooollls
I don't think much of people that have things to say about Prince after he's dead. It shows a certain amount of cowardice. He was here for 57 years. Why didn't you do this then?
NDA
Amen. Nothing but backstabbing most of these people, especially Morris Day and Jesse Johnson.
especially eric leeds
we only know of him because of prince and him and his brother talk cash money 💩
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What happened after she picked her up???!!!
i don't think that's p making those prank calls
It's him...several of the calls r in the cream maxi single cd
@@martirowe6362 trust me it was him! 😂🤣😅
It's not. I was there, as well as the rest of the band. That's us laughing in the background, Prince too.
You KNOW it's not. And, so do i. But, people seem to have their minds made up, here. And, it's not worth going through the drama of trying to get them to believe otherwise.
Yes, it was. His voice is very distinctive and obvious to anyone who has truly listened to him.
Ask that daughter what Jaguar wright said she knows about tevin Campbell
Gilbert nears to shut up. The stories about him are not good. He also managed Sheila E in her symbol shirt selling days
Rosie 's daughter was like, "yeah, I heard them talk about stuff--OH YEAH!!!!!"
LOL
The Arsenio Hall performance in 1991 WAS KILLER!!!!!!!!!!
So, was Gilbert P.'s Best Friend, from at least the '1999' period, or earlier -- or was he JUST a bodyguard, from shortly around that time?