Prince Read online

Nicks, Stevie ref1, ref2

  Nilsen, Per (Dancemusicsexromance) ref1

  ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  ‘Now’s the Time’ (Charlie Parker) ref1

  NPG (band) see New Power Generation (band)

  NPG (imprint) ref1, ref2

  O’Connor, Sinéad ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  O’Neal, Alexander ref1

  On the Corner album (Miles Davis) ref1

  ‘Orgasm’ (song) ref1

  Paisley Park studios ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  artists ref1, ref2, ref3

  imprint ref1, ref2

  recordings ref1, ref2

  ‘Paisley Park’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Palmer, Robert (music journalist) ref1, ref2

  Pandemonium album (The Time) ref1

  ‘Papa’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Parade (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  tour ref1

  Parental censorship ref1, ref2

  Paris, Mica ref1

  Parker, Charlie ref1

  Parton, Dolly ref1, ref2

  ‘Partyman’ (song/video) ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Partyup’ (song) ref1

  ‘Peach’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Peterson, Paul ref1

  ‘Pheromone’ (song) ref1

  Phoenix (band) ref1

  Pianomagic (Bobby Lyle) ref1

  ‘Pink Cashmere’ (song) ref1, ref2

  ‘Play in the Sunshine’ (song) ref1

  ‘Pop Life’ (song) ref1, ref2

  ‘Positivity’ (song) ref1

  ‘Power Fantastic’ (song) ref1

  Power, Robin ref1

  Presley, Elvis ref1

  Prince (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Prince

  alcohol and drugs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  as businessman ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  contracts ref1, ref2 see also Warner Brothers

  finances ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  see also Paisley Park studios

  as composer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  bass lines ref1, ref2, ref3

  harmonies ref1, ref2, ref3

  horns ref1, ref2, ref3

  as dancer ref1, ref2

  as engineer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  as graphic/symbol artist ref1, ref2, ref3

  as instrumentalist ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  as live performer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  as film maker ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  as movie star ref1, ref2, ref3

  as producer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  as singer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  as songwriter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  for other singers ref1, ref2, ref3

  biracial music ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  black/white dichotomy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  chart ratings ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  childhood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  abused ref1, ref2

  Christ complex ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Christianity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  dress ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Egyptology ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  epilepsy ref1, ref2

  eroticism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  fantasies/fabrications ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  fatherhood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  friendships/isolation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  generosity ref1, ref2, ref3

  gigs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  see also Prince/tours

  guitar smashing ref1

  pelted ref1

  pre-concert prayers ref1

  hard worker ref1, ref2, ref3

  height ref1, ref2, ref3

  interviews ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Jehovah’s Witness ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  mansion Lake Minnetonka ref1, ref2

  marriage ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  second ref1

  musical influence ref1

  musical influences ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  hip hop ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  names ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  aliases ref1 (see also under those names)

  nicknames ref1, ref2

  Oedipal complex ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  paranoia ref1, ref2, ref3

  personas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  politics ref1, ref2, ref3

  public relations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  reincarnation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  relations with father ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  relations with men ref1, ref2

  relations with women ref1, ref2

  band members ref1, ref2, ref3

  feminist ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Lesbians ref1, ref2

  white girls ref1

  religious beliefs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  retire/decline ref1, ref2, ref3

  rude boy icon ref1, ref2

  sales ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  sex, love and God ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  sexual ambiguity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  slave motif ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  tours ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  ‘Nude’ ref1, ref2, ref3

  Rick James ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Rolling Stones ref1, ref2

  album tours see under album titles

  see also Prince/gigs

  Prince Rogers Trio ref1

  Prince: A Pop Life ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Private Joy’ (song) ref1

  PRN ref1

  Purple Rain (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  autobiographical ref1, ref2, ref3

  film ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  tour ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  ‘Purple Rain’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  ‘Question of U, The’ (song) ref1, ref2

  ‘Race’ (song) ref1

  racism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  radio stations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Rainbow Children, The (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  rap ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  ‘Raspberry Beret’ (song/video) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  ‘Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic’ (song) ref1

  Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (album) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Red Shoes, The album (Kate Bush) ref1

  ‘Release It’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Revolution (band) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  disbanded ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Richards, Keith ref1

  Rivkin, Bobby (Bobby Z) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Rivkin, David ref1, ref2, ref3

  Rivkin, Steve ref1, ref2

  ‘Rock Hard in a Funky Place’ (song) ref1

  Rogers, Susan (engineer) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Rolling Stones ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Ronnie, Talk to Russia’ (song) ref1

  ‘Round and Round’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Rushen, Patrice ref1

  Sacrifice of Victor, The (book) ref1

  ‘Sacrifice of Victor, The’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Santana, Carlos ref1, ref2

  ‘Saviour’ (song) ref1

  ‘Scandalous’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Seacer, Levi ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  segregation, racial ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Sevelle, Taja ref1

  ‘Sex in the Summer’ (song) ref1

  ‘Sexual suicide’ (song) ref1

  ‘Sexy Dancer’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ref1

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sp; Shaw, Mattie (Prince’s mother) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  ‘She Loves Me 4 Me’ (song) ref1

  ‘She Loves You’ (Beatles) ref1

  Sheila E ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  album contributions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Sign ‘O’ The Times (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  sales ref1, ref2

  tour ref1, ref2

  Sinatra, Frank ref1

  ‘Sister’ (song) ref1

  ‘Slave’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Sleep Around’ (song) ref1

  ‘Slow Love’ (song) ref1

  Sly Stone ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  SMiLE album (Beach Boys) ref1, ref2

  Smith, Charles ref1

  ‘So Blue’ (song) ref1

  ‘So Far, So Pleased’ (song) ref1

  ‘Soft and Wet’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  ‘Solo’ (song) ref1

  ‘Sometimes It Snows In April’ (song) ref1

  ‘Soul Sacrifice’ (Miles Davis) ref1

  Sounds of Blackness Choir (band) ref1

  ‘Space’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Spooky Electric (Prince alias) ref1, ref2

  Springsteen, Bruce ref1, ref2

  ‘Stand Back’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Staples, Mavis ref1, ref2

  ‘Starfish and Coffee’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Starr, Jamie (Prince alias) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Stefani, Gwen ref1

  ‘Still Waiting’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Stipe, Michael ref1

  Stone City Band ref1

  Stone, Sly see Sly Stone

  Straight And Smooth (Billy Lyle) ref1

  ‘Strange Relationship’ (song) ref1, ref2

  ‘Sugar Walls’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Sunset Sound studio, LA ref1, ref2

  ‘Supercalifragifunkysexy’ (song) ref1

  ‘Take Me With U’ (song) ref1, ref2

  ‘Tambourine’ (song) ref1

  Taylor, Don ref1

  Teena Marie (band) ref1

  ‘Temptation’ (song) ref1

  Testolini, Manuela ref1, ref2

  ‘Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)’ ref1, ref2

  There’s a Riot Going On album (Sly Stone) ref1

  ‘Thieves in the Temple’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Thompson, Sonny ‘T’ ref1

  Thriller (Michael Jackson) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Thyret, Russ (Warners) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Time, The (band) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  albums ref1, ref2, ref3

  Graffiti Bridge ref1, ref2, ref3

  Tony M ref1, ref2

  Tora Tora (Prince alias) ref1, ref2

  Tracy, Christopher (Prince alias) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  ‘Trust’ (song) ref1

  Truth, The album ref1, ref2, ref3

  Tutu album (Miles Davis) ref1

  ‘U Got The Look’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Ulysses (musical theatre) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Under the Cherry Moon (movie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  ‘Under the Cherry Moon’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Uptown ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘Uptown’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  USA For Africa album ref1

  Vanity/Vanity ref1 ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  ‘Venus De Milo’ (song) ref1

  Vicari, Tommy ref1, ref2

  Victor (Prince alias) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Warhol, Andy ref1

  Warner Brothers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  censorship ref1, ref2

  marketing Prince ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Paisley Park imprint ref1, ref2, ref3

  Prince contract ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Prince name change ref1, ref2

  Waronker, Larry (Warners) ref1, ref2

  ‘We Can Funk’ (song) ref1

  Weaver, Miko (rhythm guitarist) ref1, ref2, ref3

  ‘When 2 R In Love’ (song) ref1, ref2

  ‘When Doves Cry’ (song/video) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  ‘When We’re Dancing Close and Slow’ (song) ref1

  ‘When You Were Mine’ (song) ref1

  White Album (Beatles) ref1, ref2

  ‘White Mansion’ (song) ref1

  ‘Why Should I Love You?’ (song) ref1

  ‘Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad’ (song) ref1, ref2

  Wild Heart, The album (Stevie Nicks) ref1

  Willie, Pepe (Linster) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Wonder, Stevie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  You’re Under Arrest (Miles Davis) ref1

  Z, Bobby ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4