5 Iconic Prince Moments His Hurried Obituaries Have Missed Out!
Legendary musician Prince was found dead on April 21st in the elevator of his Minnesota recording home/studio, aged 57. The singer was known for his almost genre-less musical style, his flamboyant, larger-than-life performances, and his overtly sexual tones. Looking back at his years, here are 5 moments that stand out.
Prince winning an Academy Award
Prince＊s 1984 track Purple Rain, was released to accompany his seemingly autobiographical movie Purple Rain, and earned Prince an Academy Award for Best Original Score. It even won him two Grammy Awards in 1985, and a place in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
When he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol
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Over the span of his career, Prince used a variety of stage names, including a symbol AKA love symbol! This he did while he was involved in a legal battle with Warner Bros.. He said, ※The first step I have taken toward the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to Warner Bros. was to change my name from Prince to the Love Symbol. Prince is the name that my mother gave me at birth. Warner Bros. took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name Prince and all related music marketed under Prince. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros...
I was born Prince and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was the Love Symbol, a symbol with no pronunciation.§
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When The Beatles＊ George Harrison was posthumously inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Prince joined Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood for a tribute to Harrison. He stole the show completely with a one-of- a-kind guitar solo to While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
2007 Superbowl Halftime show
During the 2007 Superbowl halftime show, Prince did an absolutely iconic medley of 'Let's Go Crazy' and 'Purple Rain', along with a number of covers including Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower', in a performance that really set a standard for Superbowl halftime shows. Just before he got on stage, Prince was informed that it was pouring cats and dogs. All he said was, "Can you make it rain harder?"?
When he appeared on New Girl
Prince appears on a Season 3 episode of New Girl, and mediates an argument between the lead characters played by Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson. In true style, Prince personally called Zooey Deschanel 'because he was a fan' and wanted to appear on the show.?
