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KITSAPSUN «Friday, April 22, 2016 «9A Prince: 1958-2016 RIPPRINce: 10 Minnesotanativeaninventive, soNgstoPlay IN HIsHoNoR influentialmusicianand singer By JaleesaM.Jones USATODAY NETWORK On Thursday,the worldbid farewell to By Hillel Italie, Nekesa Mumbi Winfreytweeted:“Prince the theHighPriestofPop. Moodyand JeffBaenen dovesreallyare crying now. Prince,aprovocative musician whose Associated Press Listeningtoyourmusic.Re- inimitable styleand effortless, chamele- membering you.” onic interstitialsbetween popand funk CHANHASSEN,Minn. — Prince Even PresidentBarack cemented him as an icon,diedatage 57 at couldplayguitarlikeCarlos Obama—for whom Prince hisPaisley Park compound in thesouth- SantanaorJimiHendrix,sing wasaWhite Houseguest west suburb of ChanhasseninMinneap- like JamesBrown, turn out last year —released astate- olis,Minn. In thewakeofhis death, we popmelodiesworthyofMo- ment, saying he andhis wife remembersomeofthe earworms from his townorlay down thedeepest “joinedmillionsoffansfrom GrammyAward-winningbastion of hits, groovesthissideofSly and around theworld”inmourn- from IWannaBeYourLover to Purple Rain theFamilyStone.But no one ingPrince’s sudden death. (innoparticularorder). Fans canalsore- couldmistake hissound for “Few artistshaveinflu- experience Prince’s entire discographyon anyone butPrince. encedthe soundand trajec- TIDAL. Thedazzlinglytalentedand tory of popularmusic more charismaticsinger, songwrit- distinctly,ortouched quite 1. IWanna Be Your Lover Though Prince mayhave been described as “shy” in person, he er,arrangerand instrumental- so many people with theirtal- didn’t mince wordsinhis art and with this snappydisco track —his istwho died Thursday at his ent,”Obama said.“‘Astrong first commercially successful single —Prince gave his romantic interest the hardsell, all in alonging falsetto. home drew upon thehistory spirit transcends rules,’Prince From the 1979 album, Prince. of modern popularmusic and once said —and nobody’s createdagender- andgenre- spirit wasstronger, bolder,or 2. eLectrIc Intercourse defyingblend of rock,funk more creative.” While never officially released, this Purple Armyfavorite wasevoca- tiveofPrince’s signaturesexy sound, laying The Purple One’s sultry andsoul. With hits includ- Prince wasfiercely pro- vocals overaspellbinding electric piano and crashing drums. ing“1999,” ‘’PurpleRain” and tectiveofhis independence, “LittleRed Corvette,” Prince’s battlinghis record company 3. LIttLe red corvette Prince’s first Top10hit, this track wasthe consummate blend of rock recordssold more than 100 over controlofhis material and funk, racing through erotic metaphors faster than aCorvette million copies andearned andevenhis name.Anxious could ever hope to. him Grammys andanAcad- to getout of hiscontract with From the 1982 album, 1999. emyAward. Warner Bros., he identified 4. 1999 TheMinneapolis native himself by akey-likesymbol If ever therewas proof that Prince wasaman ahead of his time, it’s stoodjust5feet, 2inches, yet with an unpronounceable this funky,futuristic track, which turned anxiety overthe antici- pated apocalypse into an excuse to party unapologetically. made apowerful visual im- name.(Journalistscalled From the 1982 album, 1999. pact at thedawnofthe MTV him “TAFKAP,”orThe Artist era, provingtobethe Little Formerly KnownasPrince). 5. raspBerrYBeret This dreamypop ballad wasalavish treat to all the hopeless roman- Richardfor the‘80s, from his Prince also once wrote“slave” tics out there—aswell as an odetothe woman with that raspberry wispymustacheand tall pom- on hisfaceinprotest of not beret. We think she got it at asecondhand store... padourtohis colorful andsug- owninghis work andfamous- From the 1985 album, Around the World In aDay. gestiveoutfits—the counter- ly fought andthendeparted 6. Let’sGocrazY GaryFriedman/Los anGeLes Times/Tns part to theopenlyerotic lyrics Warner,before returninga While Prince’s raging guitar strings and devil-may-careimperative that made him oneofthe most Prince performs at theHollywood Bowl in 1997 in Los angeles. Prince fewyears ago. to “go crazy” maycome off to the casual listener likeafoolhardy rock ballad, the track’s lyrics betray amoresomber message, one sexually daring artistsofthe died Thursday in minnesota. He was57. Musicwas in hisblood. which reflects on the fraught natureoflife and the calm of the era. Prince’s father played in a afterlife. Buthis greatest legacy 7MultIPlatINuM alBuMs jazz band in Minneapolis, From the 1984 album, Purple Rain. wasasamusician, summon- underthe name “Prince Rog- 7. KIss Prince hit his sales peak 1982’s1999 1991’sdIamonds ingoriginaland compelling ers,”and hismotherwas the Saywhat youwant about the breathless delivery but this flirty with 1984’s Purple Rain (4 times platinum) sounds at will,whetherplay- soundtrack, which sold 13 and pearLs singer.The precocious young funk production wasabeacon of hope for anyone who ever dared (2 times platinum) ingguitarinaflamboyant million copies and spent six Prince taught himself to play imagine achance with His Royal Badness. months at No. 1onthe Bill- 1985’saround the From the 1986 album, Parade. stylethatdrewonHendrix, boardalbum chart. But his WorLd 1996’s thepiano at 7, theguitarat13 switchinghis vocals from a music career reached many In adaY emancIpatIon andthe drumsat14. Buthis 8. cream nasally scream to an erotic other highs: (2 times platinum) (2 times platinum) home life wasalsotroubled. This song wasunabashed in its eroticism —both visually and lyri- cally —and it wasall the morebrilliant for it. If the mesmerizing falsetto,orturningout album Hisparents separatedwhen 1984’spurpLe raIn 1989’sBatman 2004’smusIcoLoGY bars “Cream, youwill cop /Cream, don’t youeverstop” weren’t afteralbum of stunninglyin- (13 times platinum) he was10, andPrince,who titillating enough, Prince’s sultry vocals were suretoleave listeners soundtracK (2 times platinum) with gooseflesh by the song’s end. novativematerial. Among (2 times platinum) endedupwithsix siblings and From the 1991 album, Diamonds and Pearls. hisother notablereleases: half siblings,moved backand “SignO’the Times,”‘’Graf- of Fame.“Prince made dance Minneapolis. forthbetween thehomes of 9. When doves crY From the mesmerizing Linn drum pattern to the elemental synth, fitiBridge” and“TheBlack musicthatrocked androck Mick Jagger wasamong hismotherand father. this stripped-down pop song offered apeek behind the curtain, a Album.” musicthathad abristling, numerous musicians, ac- In 1978,the year he turned deliberate crack in Prince’s veneer of cool. And the self-conscious “Herewrote therulebook, funky backbone.Fromthe be- tors andother public figures 20,Prince debutedwiththe al- subject matter, paired with Prince’s haunting vocals near the song’s end, continues to reverberate through time. forgingasynthesis of black ginning, Prince andhis music praising theartist, tweeting: bum“ForYou.” He wroteand From the 1984 album, Purple Rain. funkand white rock that were androgynous, sly, sexy “Prince’s talent waslimitless. sang thematerial, andserved served as ablueprint for andprovocative.” He wasone of theuniqueand as hisown one-manbandon 10. purpLe raIn While fans have long theorized about whether Purple Rain wasa cutting-edgemusic in the The57-year-old super- talented artistsofthe last 30 guitar,bass, drums, synthesiz- thinly-veiled religious meditation on the end of the world or simply Eighties,” readshis dedica- star passed away Thursday years.”Madonnacalledhim a ers, chimes andassortedother an address to aformer lover, one thing’s for certain: When this track tion in theRockand Roll Hall at hishomeinsuburban “truevisionary,” whileOprah instruments. comes on, everyone falls in sync. 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