Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0823077497 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Prince's early days are recounted as a frenzy of musical education, with influences ranging from the funky dexterity of Sly Stone, to the tight perfectionism of James Brown, to the spiritual yearning of Stevie Wonder. In this detailed biography by journalist and attorney Hahn, anecdotes of a personal nature mix with close readings of Prince's musical output, producing few big secrets but plenty of insight. (Hahn also names a less obvious influence in Joni Mitchell, whose lyrics Prince apparently purloined sometimes whole cloth.) The young Prince also absor
. Alex Hahn, a resident of Boston, has written for the Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle. Also an attorney, Hahn defended Uptown, the leading Prince fanzine, in a suit brought by the artist himself
Rave Un2 the "Enigma" Fantastic The epitomy of the classic "rock star", Prince has seemingly taken an inspired career and turned it into a sort of ironic mysteryauthor Alex Hahn presents this theory using an amazing access to personal subjects and un-released music to destroy the mystique and bring Prince into the general public's eye for all to scrutinize. What we find is a sort of mini-demagogue who remains brilliant musically, but suffers from many years of petulant behavior to systematically reduce his faithful following and, unfortunately, become nothing more than a cult figure.Back in 1985, ho. Interesting T. Johnson Not too bad.Now it all makes sense about Prince to me.You give someone enough power and reign, don't think that they will give it up so easily. (I'm talking about the music making)He did it ALL, and wanted ALL the credit and control.Even though I'm sure his former band*Slaves contribute in assisting with the new music,but he didn't give credit were I believe credit was due to them.Good-not great book. But it answered some unanswered questions, and I believe they were the most accurate taking account from those who worked and dealt with Prince and both a professional a. Why did he write this book if he doesn't even like the guy? It seems to me that the author is actually in the "destroy Prince" camp - he doesn't seem to understand much about the social surroundings of the 1980's, and takes the weaknesses of that era as Prince's personal faults. We belong to our places and are molded by our times. Prince as a voice of the people, as one who speaks for those who cannot - this did not come across at all in the book. All we see is what contracts were signed and who was mad at who. Although the book does have a lot of information, it doesn't have a soul.
The book also draws upon the hundreds of interviews given by Prince over his career. The book contain 30 high-quality photographs of Prince and his associates from all points of his career. Author Alex Hahn, a journalist who has written for The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle, taps key sources - such as friends, employees, and industry insiders - to place readers at the scene of some of the artist's most important recording and song writing sessions; relate how his compulsive sexual behavior led to revolving-door romances with Kim Basinger, Carmen Elektra, Vanity, and others; reveal that Prince on many occasions plagiarized band members' musical ideas; and explain why he has become such a paranoid, vindictive, and isolated figure. Possessed: The Rise and Fall of Prince is the definitive biography of one of the most talented and enigmatic musicians of our time, a figure who has seized international attention for decades and will continue to do so, both for his artistic talent and his bizarre behavior. Drawing on sources unavailable to other authors, it is the first book to fully analyze the creative legacy and unveil the psychology of this tortured, messianic artist whose ceaseless reinventions have at times rendered him a profoundly original artist and at other threatened to make a mockery of himself and his music. While a handful of quasi-biographical efforts have been undertaken on Pri