Prince is dead

[FORD]

Oddly enough, it seems to be working in the US. (Odd because BBC/IPlayer content usually IS geo-blocked).

Of course if anybody else is having issues, there's always the option of using the Opera browser with the built in VPN. (set it for a UK based IP, obviously)

[Seshmeister]

This is a good documentary with lots of music, not sure if you can stream it in the US?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08m09gh

Prince and Me

Paul Sexton introduces the people that knew Prince best, including fellow artists, friends, band members, engineers and others who were part of his life and work. These are the confidants who knew the real man, and who vividly describe his upbringing, his humour, his superhuman energy, his moods and motivations.

Embellished with a soundtrack containing both classic hits, lesser-known tracks from his formidable album catalogue and rarities, 'Prince And Me' builds into a vibrant portrait of a remarkable human. Andre Cymone, who rarely speaks in detail about his childhood friend, recounts the teenage years when Prince moved in with his family and they shared bunk beds and formed their first band together. The similarly private Susannah Melvoin, from the mid-1980s group The Family - one of Prince's first signings to his Paisley Park label - talks about her personal and professional relationship with him, and the group's original version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U.'

Beverley Knight recalls the thrill of performing with Prince at the famed aftershows during his epic 21-night residency at London's 02, and the even more surreal experience of being flown by him to sing at his private Oscars party in Hollywood.

His former UK publicist Alan Edwards remembers the night he and Prince went clubbing and ended up discussing Egyptology, and Suzanne Vega reveals why the Purple One sent her a hand-written letter about one of her songs. Plus contributions from biographer Matt Thorne, New Power Generation keyboard player Tommy Barbarella and more.
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[twonabomber]

So the tracklist for the Purple Rain re-issue has been released, not really any surprises on it. The live DVD will be the PPV/VHS from Syracuse.

Here's one thing that's not on the re-issue...a 40 minute guitar workout recorded at a PR tour rehearsal.

[DONNIEP]

will staff be fired if they attend a Van Hagar reunion show? lol

Fired?? Hell, attendance should be mandatory!

[vandeleur]

It's going to be a Replacement Singer Summer! First the Revolution, and then Queen + Adam Lambert in July...will staff be fired if they attend a Van Hagar reunion show? lol

Fuck , daves dead ???

[twonabomber]

It's going to be a Replacement Singer Summer! First the Revolution, and then Queen + Adam Lambert in July...will staff be fired if they attend a Van Hagar reunion show? lol

[FORD]

Yip ,Bon Scott was a poor replacement

Considering Bon's first group The Valentines was a 60s bubblegum band and his second, Fraternity, was some weird hippie music with flutes & shit, it's a miracle that he ever got the gig at all.

[FORD]

I was glad when INXS got rid of JD Fortune. Watched the show, didn't like that guy from the get go.

Yeah, they should have gone with Ty Taylor instead. Better singer than JD by far.

[Von Halen]

This is nothing new - Queen? INXS? AC/DC?

Really?

I wouldn't know an INXS song if it came on the radio. Nor do I know anything about that band, or what they've done.

Queen? They were doing this within a year of Mercury dying?

AC/DC? You are really comparing this fraud of a tour capitalizing on an individuals (Prince) music to what AC/DC did after Bon Scott died? Really? AC/DC didn't almost immediately go back into the studio and record an album of all original material? Did AC/DC go on tour promoting and playing primarily Bon Scott era material, simply to capitalize from it?

Wow. Next you'll be telling us VH did the exact same thing too, when Dave left.

[vandeleur]

This is nothing new - Queen? INXS? AC/DC?

Yip ,Bon Scott was a poor replacement

[twonabomber]

This is nothing new - Queen? INXS? AC/DC?

I was glad when INXS got rid of JD Fortune. Watched the show, didn't like that guy from the get go.

[Seshmeister]

I'm surprised other dead singers bands aren't doing this. If it's this easy to get fools to throw their money away, why wouldn't more do it? Where's Elvis' (the real Elvis, not ours) band? Where's Whitney's band?

This is nothing new - Queen? INXS? AC/DC?

[Nitro Express]

Well the thing about that soundtrack stuff is even if you are known to do go work when the producer wants the music they want it when they want it and if you aren't available they find someone else and that's easy. In short, you are easily replaced even if you are good.

[twonabomber]

Tour might be done in time to keep up the soundtrack work. Wendy says they couldn't do the tribute show in MPLS because they were working on the music for a series.

[Nitro Express]

Maybe they hated doing the soundtrack work. Stewart Copeland did well in it but bailed later saying the whole Hollywood system sucks. Wendy and Lisa were at some seminar at USC and they really didn't seem all that enthused about what they were doing in Hollywood. Maybe they are just waxing nostalgic and want to be on the road again. Who knows. Anyways the tour schedule is there for those who give a rat's behind.