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This thing called life : Prince's odyssey, on and off the record / Neal Karlen.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250135247 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiv, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Prince. Rock musicians > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 781.66092 Princ-K | 31681010213932 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote "3 Chains o' Gold," Prince's "rock video opera," as well as the star's last testament, which may be buried with Prince'swill underneath Prince's vast and private compound, Paisley Park. According to Prince's former fiancâee Susannah Melvoin, Karlen was "the only reporter who made Prince sound like what he really sounded like." Karlen quit writing about Prince a quarter-century before the mega-star died, but he never quit Prince, and the two remained friends for the last thirty-one years of the superstar's life. Well before they met as writer and subject, Prince and Karlen knew each other as two of the gang of kids who biked around Minneapolis's mostly-segregated Northside. (They played basketball at the Dairy Queen next door to Karlen's grandparents, two blocks from the budding musician.) He asserts that Prince can't be understood without first understanding '70s Minneapolis, and that even Prince's best friends knew only 15 percent of him: that was all he was willing and able to give, no matter how much he cared for them. Going back to Prince Rogers Nelson's roots, especially his contradictory, often tortured, and sometimes violent relationship with his father, This Thing Called Life profoundly changes what we know about Prince, and explains him as no biography has: a superstar who calls in the middle of the night to talk, who loved The Wire and could quote from every episode of The Office, who frequented libraries and jammed spontaneously for local crowds (and fed everyone pancakes afterward), who was lonely but craved being alone. Readers will drive around Minneapolis with Prince in a convertible, talk about movies and music and life, and watch as he tries not to curse, instead dishing a healthy dose of "mamma jammas.""-- - Baker & Taylor
An in-depth portrait of the iconic late music artist by his long-time friend and two-time Rolling Stone interviewer includes coverage of Princeâs childhood in 1970s Minneapolis, his private loneliness and his complicated relationship with his father. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations. - McMillan Palgrave
A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rockâs greatest talents: Prince.
Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote â3 Chains oâ Gold,â Princeâs ârock video opera,â as well as the starâs last testament, which may be buried with Princeâs will underneath Princeâs vast and private compound, Paisley Park.
According to Prince's former fiancée Susannah Melvoin, Karlen was âthe only reporter who made Prince sound like what he really sounded like.â Karlen quit writing about Prince a quarter-century before the mega-star died, but he never quit Prince, and the two remained friends for the last thirty-one years of the superstarâs life.
Well before they met as writer and subject, Prince and Karlen knew each other as two of the gang of kids who biked around Minneapolisâs mostly-segregated Northside. (They played basketball at the Dairy Queen next door to Karlenâs grandparents, two blocks from the budding musician.) He asserts that Prince canât be understood without first understanding â70s Minneapolis, and that even Princeâs best friends knew only 15 percent of him: that was all he was willing and able to give, no matter how much he cared for them.
Going back to Prince Rogers Nelson's roots, especially his contradictory, often tortured, and sometimes violent relationship with his father, This Thing Called Life profoundly changes what we know about Prince, and explains him as no biography has: a superstar who calls in the middle of the night to talk, who loved The Wire and could quote from every episode of The Office, who frequented libraries and jammed spontaneously for local crowds (and fed everyone pancakes afterward), who was lonely but craved being alone. Readers will drive around Minneapolis with Prince in a convertible, talk about movies and music and life, and watch as he tries not to curse, instead dishing a healthy dose of âmamma jammas.â
