Prince FAQ
Prince FAQ
All That’s Left to Know About the Purple Reign
Arthur Lizie Guilford, Connecticut Backbeat Books An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Blvd., Ste. 200 Lanham, MD 20706 Distributed by NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK Copyright © 2020 by Arthur Lizie The FAQ series was conceived by Robert Rodriguez and developed with Stuart Shea. Book design by Snow Creative Services All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems,without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information available
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ISBN 978-1-61713-670-2 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-4930-5143-4 (e-book)
Contents
1 Cover
3 Title
5 Contents
6 Introduction: Welcome 2 the Dawn
7 1 Beginning Endlessly: 7 Heck-a-Slammin’ Ideas about Prince
8 2 Born on a Blood-Stained Table: The Pre–Warner Bros. Years
9 3 Remember When I Met U: The First Four Albums, 1978–1982
10 4 Some Ol’ Skool Company: Early 1980s Band Members
11 5 Musicology: Musical Influences
12 6 Ain’t Nobody Bad Like Me: The Time
13 7 We Need a Purple High: The Purple Rain Era, 1983–1986
14 8 At Least U Got Friends: The Revolution and Late 1980s Band
15 9 U Don’t Have 2 Watch Dynasty: TV Appearances
16 10 Be My Mirror, Be Like Me: Protégés, Part 1
17 11 Dance with the Devil: Late 1980s LPs
18 12 Don’t Wanna Stop ’til I Reach the Top: Number One Singles
19 13 Produced by the Starr* Company: Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, The Family, and Madhouse
20 14 In a Word or 2: Early 1990s LPs
21 15 We’re Gettin’ Busy Y’All: The New Power Generation
22 16 I See Myself on a Silver Screen: Prince on Film
23 17 Just a No-Name Reporter: Mid-1990s LPs
24 18 I Don’t Need U 2 Tell Me I’m in the Band: 1990s Band Members
25 19 Halfway through Her History Class: Intermission
26 20 My Only Competition Is Well in the Past: Late 1990s LPs
27 21 However Much U Want: Protégés, Part 2
28 22 Slave to the System: Record Companies, Wrecka Stows, and Digital Distribution
29 23 Reproduction of the New Breed Leader: Early 2000s LPs
30 24 If U Wanna Just Clap Yo’ Hands: Prince and the Band, 2000s
31 25 Just as Long as We’re Together: Songwriting Collaborators
32 26 Willing 2 Do the Work: 2004 LPs
33 27 Everybody Keeps Tryin’ 2 Break My Heart: Rifts, Rivals, and Lovers
34 28 Daddy Pop Is the Writer: Covers of Prince Songs
35 29 U Can Let Ur Hair Down: Mid-2000s LPs
36 30 Access Another Experience: Home Videos and TV Broadcasts
37 31 Strays of the World: Maxi-Singles
38 32