Monday, 6. August 2007
Topic: MUSIK - on August 6, 2007 at 10:02:00 AM CEST
Nothing compares 2 Prince
You could accuse Prince of many things - hubris, say, or self-indulgence - but you could never accuse him of being stingy. He makes his contemporaries look like pusillanimous amateurs. He gives his albums away with gig tickets or newspapers. His recorded output is practically unquantifiable, given all his aliases, unreleased tracks and bootlegs. On the first night of his run of 21 gigs at London's O2 Arena - from which he has banned all photographers - he clocks on at 8.30pm with the opening guitar notes of his most famous song, 'Purple Rain'. Everyone is instantly putty in his hands. He finally clocks off just before 3am, when he flings the salmon pink jacket he's been waving like a lasso up into the air, crowning a brass instrumental of 'Down by the Riverside'.
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