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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Ebook version : |
Named Person: | Prince.; Prince. |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ben Greenman; Questlove |
ISBN: | 9780571333264 0571333265 |
OCLC Number: | 985601816 |
Description: | xiii, 286 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Foreword / Questlove -- Introduction: The end -- Section one: Man, music (1. Life can be so nice: his life and its beginnings ; 2. Baby I'm a star: his music and iots beginnings ; 3. Brand new groove: his music and its properties ; 4. Musicology: his music and its imitators) -- Section two: Meaning (5. Girls and boys: sex in his music ; 6. Walk by the mirror: self in his music ; 7. What time is it?: others in his music ; 8. I wish U Heaven: virtue and sin in his music ; 9. America: race and politics in his music) Section three: Method, madness (10. What's my name: whu he changed his name and what that wrought ; 11. MPLS: how his hometown made him, and how he, in turn, made it ; 12. Call the law: how he grew frustrated with fans and the Internet ; 13. It's gonna be a beautiful night: when he was onstage ; 14. The work: how he produced so much for so long) -- Section four: Memory (15. Suchj a shame our friendship had to end) -- Appendix: Let's work: annotated discography and song index. |
Other Titles: | Funk, sex, God and genius in the music of Prince |
Responsibility: | Ben Greenman ; foreword by Questlove. |
Abstract:
A year after Prince's death at the age of 57, acclaimed writer brilliantly anatomizes the star's dramatic career and an aesthetic that at times seemed otherworldly. In thematically structured chapters that blend critical consideration of Prince's art with the author's personal connection to the music.
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