@BBCr4today Please can @BBC@BBCBreaking reflect on how their own inaccurate tabloid reporting on this issue is feeding into this political gameplaying? Anyway, I’m off to school to crack on with educating well rounded kids!
On this day in 1984, Prince released the first single from Purple Rain, “When Doves Cry.” It would become his first No. 1 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it remained for five weeks. https://t.co/DX5qcndfdy
Recently @MOJO magazine republished an interview they conducted with Prince in 2014. In it, Prince spoke at length about working with 3RDEYEGIRL—including their song “WHITECAPS,” which he described as “like listening to a painting.” …
Poet, author, and Prince fan Nichole Perkins is honoring Prince through the @CNN podcast “The Prince Mixtape.” Writing about the endeavor, Nichole said, “When I watched Prince shimmy on MTV that first time, my life changed.” https://t.co/ahzTP9UhJ7
Do you love Prince’s iconic hits like “Purple Rain” and want to dig deeper into his prolific career? Visit @PaisleyPark June 8-11 for Celebration, four days of live performances, Q&As, DJ sets, and recordings from Prince’s legendary vault.
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35 years ago today, Prince released his 10th studio album Lovesexy. The CD version was released as one continuous, 45-minute, 7-second track. “Lovesexy was a mind trip, like a psychedelic movie,” Prince told @RollingStone in 1990.
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A 7-mile stretch of Highway 5 in Chanhassen, Minnesota will be renamed the Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway. This morning Minnesota @GovTimWalz visited @PaisleyPark to sign the bill into law. The road signs will be purple in Prince’s honor. 💜
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Just a week after hosting a “Dance Rally 4 Peace” in honor of Freddie Gray at @PaisleyPark, Prince released his powerful protest song “Baltimore” and performed a Rally 4 Peace at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD. https://t.co/w6JOA9uQvI
Prince was an expert at grabbing people’s attention within the first few moments of a song. When it comes to his lyrics, what are his best opening lines?
On this day in 2004, Prince contributed a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Red House,” renamed “Purple House,” to the compilation “Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.” Prince’s rendition features funk legend Larry Graham on bass guitar. …
On this day in 2015, Prince held a “Dance Rally 4 Peace” at @PaisleyPark and instructed attendees to “wear something gray” in honor of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody in Baltimore. Listen to Prince and 3RDEYEGIRL perform “Dreamer”: …
Speaking to the London Times in 1996, Prince said, “We all have a purpose within us. We are all put here for a reason. My talent is God-given, but the music is made by me. I make the choices that make the music.”
On April 26, 1982, Prince recorded his heartsick B-side “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?” at Sunset Sound. He only recorded two takes, the second of which was released from his vault in 2020: https://t.co/KX7w2b2SI3