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Showing posts with label Prince. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prince. Show all posts
Friday, June 12, 2020
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
You Don't Have to Be Beautiful
You don’t want to miss Levonia’s tribute to the Purple One. Get tickets HERE.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Song of the Day: 'Manic Monday' by the Bangles
NPR has a great interview with Susanna Hoffs about the Bangles' experience with Prince, including his presenting them with the song "Manic Monday."
Not only did the Purple One discover the Bangles' early music, he sought out the performers themselves. It happened one night at one of the band's shows in Hollywood.
"Suddenly, word gets to us Bangles backstage that Prince had come to see us," Hoffs remembers. But he wasn't just there to see them. He was there to perform the new band's single, "Hero Takes a Fall," with them onstage. Hoffs calls the experience "magnificent on so many levels." "It was truly mind-blowing," Hoffs says of playing alongside Prince.
"I'd never seen anybody play a guitar like that. It was almost like his guitar was just part of his body; There was no disconnect."When Prince presented the band with a cassette of "Manic Monday," she said they were "smitten" with the song. Still, she goes on to explain that the band was adamant about "Bangle-fying" the song, although this just-released demo shows it remained pretty darn close to the original. (It doesn't even sound like they re-recorded the music!)
The classic Bangles version ...
The Prince demo featuring Apollonia 6
Friday, April 26, 2019
Song of the Day: 'Manic Monday' by Prince and Apollonia 6
As many of you know, Prince wrote some of the biggest hits for other artists of the 1980s. Now his estate is putting out a collection of his take on 15 of those songs -- with these being the ones I'm most excited about:
"Sex Shooter" by Apollonia 6
"Jungle Love" by the Time
"Manic Monday" by the Bangles
"The Glamorous Life" by Sheila E.
"Make-Up" by Vanity 6
"Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor
Full lineup HERE.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Page 1 Roundup (04/19)
The Daily News: The jury got it right, but we'll still never know what made this nanny do something so truly evil
Boy Culture: Stormy Daniels covers Penthouse
The Washington Post: Republicans fear political risk in Senate races as House moves to extend tax cuts
The Wall Street Journal: Why do parents cheat at family board games? To lose as fast as possible
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Song of the Day: 'Take Me With U' by Susanna Hoffs
It's no secret that Prince had a thing for Susanna Hoffs -- and this tribute to the late music legend makes it clear she had one for him, too.
Thursday, June 02, 2016
Prince Died of Painkiller Overdose, Autopsy Finds
So it was exactly as expected, not AIDS. Not sure I want to live in a world where the Santa Monica Observer isn't a reliable source of news!
Monday, May 30, 2016
BET I Didn't See This One Coming
Social media is the worst thing to happen to Madonna since Guy Ritchie. But when the woman is on, she's spot-on! There were a lot of things to criticize about Madonna's tribute to Prince on the Billboard Music Awards. Her race was not one of them. Furthermore ...
From HERE.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Magazine Rack
Here's what you're missing by not subscribing to magazines anymore:
Men's Journal writes that Kyle Chandler is having the "last laugh."
His Netflix series, "Bloodline," returns for a second season on May 27.
Vanity Fair asks if Amy Schumer can really keep her edge now that she's rich, famous and in love. Read HERE.(Her Comedy Central show hasn't lost its edge.)
Town & Country coverman Matt Damon is fighting for clean water around the world. Read HERE.
Rolling Stone uses a familiar photo to say goodbye to Prince, who died in an all-too-familiar way. Read HERE.
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Page 1 Roundup (05/05)
Janet Jackson is pregnant at 49? Good for her -- at least she didn't screw her fans over for nothing.
Sad about Prince. This prescription opiate problem really does cross all racial and socioeconomic boundaries.
Ally McBeal had it right all along.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Song of the Day: 'A Case of You' by Prince
Download HERE.
Hard to believe Prince would go before Joni Mitchell, to whom he paid his respects on a 2007 tribute album.
Friday, April 22, 2016
Prince Died of AIDS Related Complications -- Report
Read HERE.
The Santa Monica Observer is reporting that two days before Prince died, a confidential source told the paper that the pop star was dying of AIDS, having stopped taking his meds for the virus he supposedly contracted sometime in the 1990s. The paper alleges he wound up off his meds -- presumably somewhat recently -- because of the influence of fellow Jehovah's Witnesses, who are "known to forego modern medicine in favor of prayer." (Prince converted in 2001.) People magazine then reported that he was grappling with a "serious and ongoing" illness at the time of his death that "weakened his immune system." But no sooner did People's report lend credence to SMO's, the magazine then contradicted itself and said the treatment for whatever he had was what led to his having a compromised immune system -- not that he was being treated for a compromised immune system -- which sounds more like someone who is undergoing chemo or is on steroids (or the like), which can cause one's defenses to diminish. Putting another hole in the theory is that Damian then reminded me that it is Christian Scientists who won't take medication, not Jehovah's Witnesses. (Followers have some unique ideas about medicine, but mostly they just have rules against blood transfusions.) And if he were some kind of follower who eschews medicine, then why would we be hearing that he needed a Narcan shot on April 15 after overdosing on Percocet prescribed for hip and ankle pain? He'd take Percocet but not HIV meds? (Preliminary autopsy results released Friday ruled out suicide but do not reveal a cause of death yet,) If SMO is correct and he did die of AIDS related causes, I can already hear the "What about his privacy?" and "What difference does it make?" comments flowing in, I tend to err on the side of transparency when it comes to matters such as this, and autopsies of public figures are matters of public record anyway. (How do you think we know how Marilyn Monroe died? And I can still vividly recall my jaw dropping on the 101 in downtown L.A. car-pooling home from work when a radio announcer came on and rattled off that Robert Reed's "cause of death was colorectal cancer complicated by HIV.") Just as with Charlie Sheen, though, if it's true that Prince chose to go off his HIV meds and then couldn't right the ship when his health went off course, whose story would be better than his to spread the word about the importance of proper treatment of HIV/AIDS? Science and medicine are real, religion is faith. Sadly, faith does not combat HIV, no matter how rich and famous you are.
Chevrolet Pays Tribute to Prince
Sometimes these product tie-ins backfire on companies, but I think General Motors rolled this one out just right.
Page 1 Roundup (04/22)
You know you're a superstar when your death is mentioned full-on, Page 1, above the fold on every paper in America, including The Wall Street Journal.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Purple Prose
One day millennials will understand how we feel today ... like maybe when John Mayer dies. (Giggle.)
Pop Icon Prince Is Dead at 57
Very sad to hear that Prince Rogers Nelson has joined Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston in the '80s Music Superstars Who Died Too Soon category, leaving Madonna as the last (wo)man standing. Say hi to Vanity, Little Purple Man.
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