by Brian Morton
Nicks, Stevie ref1, ref2
Nilsen, Per (Dancemusicsexromance) ref1
‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Now’s the Time’ (Charlie Parker) ref1
NPG (band) see New Power Generation (band)
NPG (imprint) ref1, ref2
O’Connor, Sinéad ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
O’Neal, Alexander ref1
On the Corner album (Miles Davis) ref1
‘Orgasm’ (song) ref1
Paisley Park studios ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
artists ref1, ref2, ref3
imprint ref1, ref2
recordings ref1, ref2
‘Paisley Park’ (song) ref1, ref2
Palmer, Robert (music journalist) ref1, ref2
Pandemonium album (The Time) ref1
‘Papa’ (song) ref1, ref2
Parade (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
tour ref1
Parental censorship ref1, ref2
Paris, Mica ref1
Parker, Charlie ref1
Parton, Dolly ref1, ref2
‘Partyman’ (song/video) ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Partyup’ (song) ref1
‘Peach’ (song) ref1, ref2
Peterson, Paul ref1
‘Pheromone’ (song) ref1
Phoenix (band) ref1
Pianomagic (Bobby Lyle) ref1
‘Pink Cashmere’ (song) ref1, ref2
‘Play in the Sunshine’ (song) ref1
‘Pop Life’ (song) ref1, ref2
‘Positivity’ (song) ref1
‘Power Fantastic’ (song) ref1
Power, Robin ref1
Presley, Elvis ref1
Prince (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Prince
alcohol and drugs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
as businessman ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
contracts ref1, ref2 see also Warner Brothers
finances ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
see also Paisley Park studios
as composer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
bass lines ref1, ref2, ref3
harmonies ref1, ref2, ref3
horns ref1, ref2, ref3
as dancer ref1, ref2
as engineer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
as graphic/symbol artist ref1, ref2, ref3
as instrumentalist ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
as live performer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
as film maker ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
as movie star ref1, ref2, ref3
as producer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
as singer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
as songwriter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
for other singers ref1, ref2, ref3
biracial music ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
black/white dichotomy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
chart ratings ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
childhood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
abused ref1, ref2
Christ complex ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Christianity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
dress ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Egyptology ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
epilepsy ref1, ref2
eroticism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
fantasies/fabrications ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
fatherhood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
friendships/isolation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
generosity ref1, ref2, ref3
gigs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
see also Prince/tours
guitar smashing ref1
pelted ref1
pre-concert prayers ref1
hard worker ref1, ref2, ref3
height ref1, ref2, ref3
interviews ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Jehovah’s Witness ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
mansion Lake Minnetonka ref1, ref2
marriage ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
second ref1
musical influence ref1
musical influences ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
hip hop ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
names ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
aliases ref1 (see also under those names)
nicknames ref1, ref2
Oedipal complex ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
paranoia ref1, ref2, ref3
personas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
politics ref1, ref2, ref3
public relations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
reincarnation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
relations with father ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
relations with men ref1, ref2
relations with women ref1, ref2
band members ref1, ref2, ref3
feminist ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Lesbians ref1, ref2
white girls ref1
religious beliefs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
retire/decline ref1, ref2, ref3
rude boy icon ref1, ref2
sales ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
sex, love and God ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
sexual ambiguity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
slave motif ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
tours ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
‘Nude’ ref1, ref2, ref3
Rick James ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Rolling Stones ref1, ref2
album tours see under album titles
see also Prince/gigs
Prince Rogers Trio ref1
Prince: A Pop Life ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Private Joy’ (song) ref1
PRN ref1
Purple Rain (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
autobiographical ref1, ref2, ref3
film ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
tour ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Purple Rain’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘Question of U, The’ (song) ref1, ref2
‘Race’ (song) ref1
racism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
radio stations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Rainbow Children, The (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
rap ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘Raspberry Beret’ (song/video) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic’ (song) ref1
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (album) ref1, ref2, ref3
Red Shoes, The album (Kate Bush) ref1
‘Release It’ (song) ref1, ref2
Revolution (band) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
disbanded ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Richards, Keith ref1
Rivkin, Bobby (Bobby Z) ref1, ref2, ref3
Rivkin, David ref1, ref2, ref3
Rivkin, Steve ref1, ref2
‘Rock Hard in a Funky Place’ (song) ref1
Rogers, Susan (engineer) ref1, ref2, ref3
Rolling Stones ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Ronnie, Talk to Russia’ (song) ref1
‘Round and Round’ (song) ref1, ref2
Rushen, Patrice ref1
Sacrifice of Victor, The (book) ref1
‘Sacrifice of Victor, The’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Santana, Carlos ref1, ref2
‘Saviour’ (song) ref1
‘Scandalous’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Seacer, Levi ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
segregation, racial ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Sevelle, Taja ref1
‘Sex in the Summer’ (song) ref1
‘Sexual suicide’ (song) ref1
‘Sexy Dancer’ (song) ref1, ref2
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ref1
&nb
sp; Shaw, Mattie (Prince’s mother) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
‘She Loves Me 4 Me’ (song) ref1
‘She Loves You’ (Beatles) ref1
Sheila E ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
album contributions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Sign ‘O’ The Times (album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
sales ref1, ref2
tour ref1, ref2
Sinatra, Frank ref1
‘Sister’ (song) ref1
‘Slave’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Sleep Around’ (song) ref1
‘Slow Love’ (song) ref1
Sly Stone ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
SMiLE album (Beach Boys) ref1, ref2
Smith, Charles ref1
‘So Blue’ (song) ref1
‘So Far, So Pleased’ (song) ref1
‘Soft and Wet’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘Solo’ (song) ref1
‘Sometimes It Snows In April’ (song) ref1
‘Soul Sacrifice’ (Miles Davis) ref1
Sounds of Blackness Choir (band) ref1
‘Space’ (song) ref1, ref2
Spooky Electric (Prince alias) ref1, ref2
Springsteen, Bruce ref1, ref2
‘Stand Back’ (song) ref1, ref2
Staples, Mavis ref1, ref2
‘Starfish and Coffee’ (song) ref1, ref2
Starr, Jamie (Prince alias) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Stefani, Gwen ref1
‘Still Waiting’ (song) ref1, ref2
Stipe, Michael ref1
Stone City Band ref1
Stone, Sly see Sly Stone
Straight And Smooth (Billy Lyle) ref1
‘Strange Relationship’ (song) ref1, ref2
‘Sugar Walls’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3
Sunset Sound studio, LA ref1, ref2
‘Supercalifragifunkysexy’ (song) ref1
‘Take Me With U’ (song) ref1, ref2
‘Tambourine’ (song) ref1
Taylor, Don ref1
Teena Marie (band) ref1
‘Temptation’ (song) ref1
Testolini, Manuela ref1, ref2
‘Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)’ ref1, ref2
There’s a Riot Going On album (Sly Stone) ref1
‘Thieves in the Temple’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3
Thompson, Sonny ‘T’ ref1
Thriller (Michael Jackson) ref1, ref2, ref3
Thyret, Russ (Warners) ref1, ref2, ref3
Time, The (band) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
albums ref1, ref2, ref3
Graffiti Bridge ref1, ref2, ref3
Tony M ref1, ref2
Tora Tora (Prince alias) ref1, ref2
Tracy, Christopher (Prince alias) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Trust’ (song) ref1
Truth, The album ref1, ref2, ref3
Tutu album (Miles Davis) ref1
‘U Got The Look’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Ulysses (musical theatre) ref1, ref2, ref3
Under the Cherry Moon (movie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
‘Under the Cherry Moon’ (song) ref1, ref2
Uptown ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Uptown’ (song) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
USA For Africa album ref1
Vanity/Vanity ref1 ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
‘Venus De Milo’ (song) ref1
Vicari, Tommy ref1, ref2
Victor (Prince alias) ref1, ref2, ref3
Warhol, Andy ref1
Warner Brothers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
censorship ref1, ref2
marketing Prince ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Paisley Park imprint ref1, ref2, ref3
Prince contract ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Prince name change ref1, ref2
Waronker, Larry (Warners) ref1, ref2
‘We Can Funk’ (song) ref1
Weaver, Miko (rhythm guitarist) ref1, ref2, ref3
‘When 2 R In Love’ (song) ref1, ref2
‘When Doves Cry’ (song/video) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘When We’re Dancing Close and Slow’ (song) ref1
‘When You Were Mine’ (song) ref1
White Album (Beatles) ref1, ref2
‘White Mansion’ (song) ref1
‘Why Should I Love You?’ (song) ref1
‘Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad’ (song) ref1, ref2
Wild Heart, The album (Stevie Nicks) ref1
Willie, Pepe (Linster) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Wonder, Stevie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
You’re Under Arrest (Miles Davis) ref1
Z, Bobby ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4