Matt thorne prince biography books

First of all, this book is worth owning just for that beautiful cover.

This book - like the David Bowie Book I read before it, was billed (by a quote from Alexis Hot Chip on the back) as a Revolution In The Head for Prince.

I was excited by this, but also a bit sceptical. Prince has released so many records, has so much unreleased music, and has also spent twenty years making records you're not sure you want to hear, let alone hear a detailed track by track breakdown of.

Like a lot of Prince fans, I stopped bothering to buy his records after he changed his name to Symbol and got into his five year barney with Warner Brothers over ownership of his music (a year after he'd signed a massive deal giving them ownership of his music.)

It wasn't that I was bothered about him turning up at ceremonies with slave written on his face.

It wasn't the rich arab decor in the soft porn videos. It wasn't the bouffant sex-twin dancers. It wasn't the