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Prince: A Secret Biography - A Rare Biography Of A Musical Legend - Purple Rain Music Icon
Although controversial pop stars were not a first at the time when Prince was achieving fame, he was certainly the first artist to encompass so many qualities. Journalist Nik Cohn described him as "rock's greatest ever natural talent”. And rightly he was at the same time a music prodigy (a skilled multi-instrumentalist with an incredible wide voice range), a showman and also a completely new kind of sex symbol; he became so not by exaggerating, but by defying the norms of gender and racial signifiers. His androgynous look and sensual stage presence added to a flamboyant style that was mainly dominated by flashy costumes and, in the words of the LA Times, ubiquitous purple. A lot of Prince's songs were just as provocative as his stage presence. One of his songs in particular, Darling Nikki, prompted a group of people to start a censorship organization called, Parents Music Resource Center (P.M.R.C.). The track was using description of grinding ludicrous acts such as masturbating, which made many listeners uncomfortable (to say the least). Prince however, knowing that every kind of publicity is good publicity, continued to release various other singles with the same themes. Some of these most memorable releases Around The World In A Day, Parade, Love Sexy, and Batman.
Little is known about Prince’s personal life. Contrary to his hedonistic stage presence, he was a rather reserved person, preferring to spend his time at his compound in Paisley Park, avoiding the lights of publicity. We do know however that he was involved in romantic relationships with celebrities as Kim Basinger, Vanity, Sheila E (with whom he worked together on two of her albums), Carmen Electra, Susanna Hoffs, Anna Fantastic, Sherilyn Fenn, Susan Moonsie of Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6. Prince was engaged to the singer-songwriter Susannah Melvoin in 1985. In 1996, in the age of 37, he married Mayte Garcia, a 22-year-old backup singer and dancer. Soon after they had a son, Boy Gregory; however, the baby boy was born with Pfeiffer Syndrome and died just a week later. Mayte later revealed that the couple lost another baby.
Little is known about Prince’s personal life. Contrary to his hedonistic stage presence, he was a rather reserved person, preferring to spend his time at his compound in Paisley Park, avoiding the lights of publicity. We do know however that he was involved in romantic relationships with celebrities as Kim Basinger, Vanity, Sheila E (with whom he worked together on two of her albums), Carmen Electra, Susanna Hoffs, Anna Fantastic, Sherilyn Fenn, Susan Moonsie of Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6. Prince was engaged to the singer-songwriter Susannah Melvoin in 1985. In 1996, in the age of 37, he married Mayte Garcia, a 22-year-old backup singer and dancer. Soon after they had a son, Boy Gregory; however, the baby boy was born with Pfeiffer Syndrome and died just a week later. Mayte later revealed that the couple lost another baby.
29 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 28, 2016
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February 4, 2017
Lol! Are you kidding me! A magazine article is longer than this book! I doubt it was even 29 pages as it states. The words were soooo big. It was pratically a paragraph a page. This should have been free. This author was only screaming for a bad reviews with this sell. The Information is info anyone can find online. The reason why I even deemed to give it 2 stars is because the author seemed like a real Prince fan and nothing bad was said about Prince. Also the fact that it was only 29 pages helped make my quota on books read this year. Thanks for that at least. I guess if you know absolutely nothing about Prince and you don't feel like searching the Internet, this is info ( albeit sparse) gathered in one place for a quick read.
Prince 4ever!!! Will love that man always! RIP my idol.
Prince 4ever!!! Will love that man always! RIP my idol.
May 30, 2016
PRINCE
Great book ! Highly recommend for all Prince fans! Easy and fun to read. Wonderful bonus material! Great price...a must have read!
Great book ! Highly recommend for all Prince fans! Easy and fun to read. Wonderful bonus material! Great price...a must have read!
July 25, 2016
Prince
What I liked about this book was the fact that it told it like it was. I like straight and to the point.
What I liked about this book was the fact that it told it like it was. I like straight and to the point.
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