Prince
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Not only a brand but a brand owned by a bank. It doesn’t get any worse than this ……..
I love the book. There’s an audio version with her narration too.
Prince is so fascinating because of the contradictions - a man obsessed with sex, but also holding a strong conviction that God is love and love is from God. A man who hit on so many women but was accepted for it. A man whose songs include "The Cross" and turned to his faith as a Jehovah's witness and took three years out to do a theology degree. How all these things coexist and work within one man is deeply interesting, but a mess for biographers and any halfway truthful biography will not show a nice, unified story to keep the estate happy.
And he was the first homophobic sissy!
Dig, if you will, a small slice of Ezra Edelman’s nine-hour documentary about Prince — a cursed masterpiece that the public may never be allowed to see:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/...e_code=1.vk4.NuYV.2Y16n8F1hgvT&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/...e_code=1.vk4.NuYV.2Y16n8F1hgvT&smid=url-share
Really great read, though really amps up the frustration about the shelved documentary.
Isn’t it?
Prince fans are 1999% chilled with Prince being a legend and also being a human.
This whole censorship thing is sadly just bringing attention to what they wanted to cover up while not letting people also have access to the rest of the picture, and more importantly, the music.
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He's right. I don't want to see puff pieces. Documentaries should show the truth about someone. Like most people, Prince wasn't just bad or a saint. It's a massive shame that this documentary will never see the light of day
Looks like something is coming as Super Deluxe Edition have an exclusive slip-case Atmos disc of Purple Rain due for release in April
Going back to the Purple Rain well again? I resent the idea of Prince only being the Purple Rain guy and it's one of the reasons I'm happy Madonna is doing her own curating of her legacy and starting with Bedtime Stories.
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This feels like approximately the fourth Purple Rain reissue since 2016. Nice of them to include a region free Blu Ray at least.
It's on Amazon UK too, considerably cheaper without the slipcase.
You might want to sit this year out, then.
Unfortunately I've already made my peace with how unimaginative and money hungry the heads of the Estate are but thanks for your concern.