Prince: Control, Ecstasy, Dark Funk and Fentanyl

DISGRACELAND

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Music, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Few pop artists achieved the dizzying creative and career highs that Prince did. An artist who famously stayed away from drugs and most anything that would cause him to lose control, Prince was aided in his legendary musical output by a small army of creative alter egos, who helped him maintain control and helped him reign supreme as one of the greatest pop musicians of all time, until of course, all control was lost. To view the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The stories about Prince are insane.
0:27.1	Prince is mom.
0:41.8	Prins are
0:49.6	Prince was not just another pop star.
0:52.1	Prince was a virtuoso.
0:54.1	Calling him the greatest musician of all time remarkably,
0:57.0	sounds like an understatement.
0:58.8	For Prince was much more.
1:00.5	He was an excessively talented musician,
1:02.5	yes, a great songwriter, performer, producer,
1:05.1	but above all, an artist.
1:07.1	In the truest sense of the word, he lived it, he controlled it
1:11.2	through a small squad of alter egos, multiple personalities,
1:14.7	who he would utilize to bring his art to life
1:17.0	and to consult with creatively,
1:19.1	to deploy to help control what a time seemed uncontrollable,
1:22.7	his mammoth sprawling talent.
1:25.3	Prince worked hard, he never stopped,
1:28.6	and that work took its toll on the slightly built
1:31.3	but larger than life artist.
1:33.2	And the result, ironically, would be a complete
1:36.0	and fatal lack of control.
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