Prince had great respect for his father, paid homage to him and respected his craftsmanship tremendously. The press will use whom ever to get a story. And some family members are the worse! It totally bothered the press and entertainment industry that he was extremely private. RIP Prince & John Nelson two musical geniuses 💜

@tubucoco

8 ай бұрын

Yes, you're right because he wouldn't do interviews when he first became a star and it drove them the media that is, crazy. They hated that he was so private, I remember that American Bandstand show where Dick Clark was trying to talk to him after he performed and he striggled to speak to Dick Clark in that interview he was so extremely shy. Dick Clark said it was his worse and most painful interview.😆 But I get a kick out of his father. I think he's funny, he would have made a nice jazz musician, his Pops, because that's all the type of music he seemed to play.

@theodoremcclendon8468

4 ай бұрын

Prince' Dad was a great musician.

Sharon please. Prince of Darkness is Ozzy Osbourne.

@groofoot

11 ай бұрын

.... Sharon is the gal 'Sister' was written about, right?

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@groofootNope. It was song written for shock value.

@groofoot

9 ай бұрын

That may be true, but a lot of sources have said that it's a true story .... about something which happened when Prince visited New York at age 16 .....@@stephaniemeals4983 ....

@jovanreid6782

8 ай бұрын

​@@groofoot This is correct.

@xavierbroadus

8 ай бұрын

Prince of darkness is satan

I’m a huge Prince fan. I have never heard him called the Prince if darkness. Maybe I missed something.

@zoeelauren4649

8 ай бұрын

Me neither... I don't think this is true😮

@jovanreid6782

8 ай бұрын

He has never been called that, by anybody, anywhere, ever.

@PeaceforLisa

8 ай бұрын

It’s so untrue that I laughed. 😂

@eveie210

8 ай бұрын

Same here. I thought they called Ozzy Osborne “the prince of darkness”.

@kikieaddy2576

8 ай бұрын

@@eveie210True.

I don't appreciate the tone of this interview or the interviewer... His sister & dad should have honored his wishes smh.

@therealog989

8 ай бұрын

I agree. The interviewer was an azz.

@DevaJones03

4 ай бұрын

I was wondering when somebody would say something about that

@theodoremcclendon8468

4 ай бұрын

Yep, that tone was condescending, like most colonizer interview tones.

@CallMeCharlie09

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for pointing that out. I was looking to see if I was the only one who felt some kinda way about the tone of the interviewer. I found it condescending and demeaning.

@musician375

4 ай бұрын

Good point, never thought of it like that

Miss me some Prince! Rest in your music and love! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Prince of Darkness? That’s Ozzy Osbourne. Our Prince is far from dark. I don’t trust his sister or his father.

@koollee

5 ай бұрын

Lol

@bethlewis8731

5 ай бұрын

Wow your so lost 😢 prince sold his soul for fame and fortune just like all the rest !!!! Wake up people we are not this lost come on now 💔🙏 listen to the words of his music then understand Lucifer was created by God with musical instruments made into his being he was head over all music in heaven !!!!!!!!!!! Our Bible says so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prince of darkness is exactly who he worshipped 😢💔🙏

@Jamie.Starr1958

5 ай бұрын

@@bethlewis8731 And I’ll bet you only know half of the lyrics to Purple Rain. Quick - what are the lyrics to The Cross? How about The Ladder? Don’t know, huh? You know who the real devils are? Judgmental people who cannot think for themselves. People like that typically follow televangelists and predatory-preachers who brainwash them into thinking everything outside of their “blessed” prayer cloths and anointing oil are sinful. Why? Because they want to line their pockets with your hard earned money and push their own agenda. As for the musical instruments you mentioned, the Bible is loaded with references to praising God with instruments - cymbals, bells, harps, trumpets, flutes, drums, etc. God made those instruments, not satan. Beth, stop listening to Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, and Paula White and think for yourself. Develop your own relationship with God, The Great Creator, or whomever you claim to follow.

@honeycombz34

2 ай бұрын

Exactly!

THEY SHOULD HAVE HONORED HIS WISHES... HE KNOWS THE INDUSTRY....

@kimsimpson5744

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree.

@superiorvessel8496

5 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@themagicians1122

4 ай бұрын

Exactly

May Prince live through his music, and rest in love! 💜💜💜💜💜💜

This is the problem with fame. Even your own family can stab you in the back and and sell you out for some cash.

@LuvScorpio

9 ай бұрын

How did they stab him in the back??? They spoke lovingly about him. There were so many rumors about Prince during this time, I'm glad they did this interview to normalize Prince💜

@arabiasantigo4870

9 ай бұрын

😢Facts .

@lovelysosweet8386

9 ай бұрын

No not only the famous it’s the norm

@fionam3735

9 ай бұрын

Not just when your famous

@misspudding12

9 ай бұрын

Amen...family keep your mouth shut.😢

Great to see his dad and realize his influence. Now let's see his mom!!!😊

This is presented as bad but it actually shows him in a good light

I see the resemblance in his father. Prince looked just like him.

@garysmith8073

9 ай бұрын

I would like to see pictures of John Nelson when he was younger.

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@garysmith8073I've seen them. He was a handsome man. It's where Prince got his swag from.

@021881mt

8 ай бұрын

Prince has his mother's eyes, smile, and most of her looks.. he clearly inherited his father's mouth and lips plus his mannerisms which surprised me.

It probably wasn’t about him being worried about what they said about him. It was the fact that they knew he was a private man and no one, including him, would appreciate family members talking to the press about their famous family member! The press loves to twist and turn facts for their own pleasure and ratings! RIP oh Purple One 💜🖤🎤🎹🎸🖤💜

@JayBelafonte

9 ай бұрын

This was respectful and they spoke highly of him

His father is really good at piano

@Pirrelli8

8 ай бұрын

It sounded like something God would say play something for me on piano..........it made me cringe it was so beautiful. Now I know why Prince was so talented, he is a prodigy of his own father........

@timragland1858

4 ай бұрын

Sorry but his dad is rambling on the piano !!! Prince actually made music Just being honest

@themagicians1122

4 ай бұрын

​@@timragland1858exactly

@theodoremcclendon8468

4 ай бұрын

Someone doesn't understand Mr. Nelson. The guy could play and Prince picked up where he left off.@@timragland1858

@bosco0172

3 ай бұрын

Strong accurate fingers tho.

This why he don’t fuck with them people lol 😂 anything for a dollar

Sister is someone you grew up with. Some people have father’s who left the family and started over and half siblings barely know one another. Tyka is Prince’s sister. And Prince has said himself that his father was not even in the house so IDK about him learning everything from John. John left Prince’s mother and Prince taught himself on the piano he left behind.

@derouen1234

9 ай бұрын

That doesn't make sense.

@trevorthetherapist4200

9 ай бұрын

@@derouen1234 which part? John was not in the home to teach Prince everything he knows about music or Prince’s half sister does not know him as well as she says because Prince was not raised with his half sister, just Tyka?

@tubucoco

8 ай бұрын

@@trevorthetherapist4200 you're right because the half sister making a lot of this stuff up about him. If she really knew him she would know that Vanity aka Denise Mathews was his true love interest. Also, Appollonia said that she was never involved with him romantically, that it was just business because when she made Purple Rain with him she was dating David Roth of Van Halen. So, a lot lies here in this interview.

@trevorthetherapist4200

8 ай бұрын

@@tubucoco That was my take. A lot of what she was saying seemed like pure speculation, but she is acting like he confided in her? Yeah right.

@joiisler8986

8 ай бұрын

Sharon was one of PRINCE’S Father’s children by a previous wife. DELLA SHAW was a bit younger than her husband, who had been married and had children before (and after) their marriage. I would love to know more about his Mom, and her twin sister, MATTIE.

I think Prince was so private and business minded, that is why he didn’t approve! He knew his mystique was part of his success. Prince’s father definitely molded Prince can tell by the way he speaks and plays!

I'm so glad to finally get to see his father. I never thought I'd ever be able to see and hear him play his music. I really appreciate his family for filling in the blanks. It explains a lot. I love the way his sister and father spoke so well of him. This was really beautiful. Thanks for posting. His Dads music 🎶 🎵 ❤. Thanks again.

@erflingnot

9 ай бұрын

Yes, the music just flowed from his dad all the time the way he talks, moves and plays….. a genius in his on right

@soulsurvivor4499

8 ай бұрын

Exactly it takes nothing away from him. I like what they had to say about him. I'm also glad that I'm not tall.

@kirlygirl7863

7 ай бұрын

I dunno. It sounded to me like they were speaking well of themselves and their influence on Prince's work. His father, though talented didn't have his son's wherewithal to make it work on a massive scale. Influential, absolutely, but it was Prince himself that took some of their basic snippets that he observed and made his own masterpiece. In a way, it's almost as if his tremendous success was a bit of an F.U to his family for their abandonment at such a young age, but like all abused or abandoned children, they keep longing for acceptance from the very parent/s who abandoned them. Thus upon gaining fortune, which the family seemed to enjoy, it seems he made a choice. Love or hate. Doing that can be a tough decision and take some interesting soul searching. It would appear he chose love. But what do I know?

@soulsurvivor4499

7 ай бұрын

@@kirlygirl7863 good words.

@erflingnot

7 ай бұрын

@@kirlygirl7863 I can appreciate your POV So what do you know ☝🏻you know what you know 🫂

Prince was and still is a pure legend - Always. He made his impact on the world and a beautiful one at that.

To the folks in the comments insisting that Prince was biracial or even adopted and that he and his parents looked caucasian; they were not. They were African Americans and proud of it. If Prince hadn't been a famous entertainer, a lot of you would've considered him just another "you-know-what". But he's famous, so to you he can't be Black smh.They were Black and they looked black, get over it.

@opensprings

9 ай бұрын

Your argument does not hold water because there are a lot of dark-skinned black entertainers and no one questions their blackness. Prince genuinely looked bi-racial. Yes, I said that. He obviously comes from a Creole background--having Louisiana roots and all.

@jdfodio

9 ай бұрын

​@@opensprings Nope.

@opensprings

9 ай бұрын

@@jdfodio All four of Prince's grandparents were born in Louisiana.

@CourtTV.

9 ай бұрын

African American is a misnomer.and black means dead in law according to the black law dictionary. Most so called black Americans are indigenous

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

They were insisting cuz he put that narrative out there back then. At that time, many of us wanted to be biracial and ran away from being black. We wasn't so proud then.

Current Affair , what a time to be alive

Prince's dad looking like a straight narcissistic patriarch

@lauraveney1412

9 ай бұрын

He was

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@lauraveney1412Once again you talkin shit again!

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

How do you know, did you know him?!🤨

How very opportunistic of them. If you knew he was a private person, which we all did, and you also knew that that he did not want you to go on the show to talk about him, why would you?

I don't think I'm pretty enough... what a smart way to turn a cheeky question into something positive.

@AmoniC.

9 ай бұрын

Prince and Sheila E both have Louisiana Creole heritage

IM A HUGE PRINCE FAN SINCE I WAS 7 YRS OLD. I MISS HIM SOO MUCH. AND MY FAVORITE COLOR PURPLE💜💜💜

He plays like his father. Period.

@timragland1858

4 ай бұрын

Not at all !!! Prince made music but his dad is just rambling on the piano

@wandamanning9198

4 күн бұрын

​@@timragland1858 I thought it was just me. Dad sounds terrible to me.

@souldreamer702

3 күн бұрын

Yeah , his dad is definitely playing random gibberish

The prince of darkness? Wtf

@Shelly-op1kx

9 ай бұрын

I know, that was lame of her to say that lol.

@horrorpowerfilms9481

9 ай бұрын

Metallica fans said the same thing about "Prince's The Black album"

@nakahn9106

9 ай бұрын

Lol Ozzy Osbourne is the prince of darkness, no?

@horrorpowerfilms9481

9 ай бұрын

@@nakahn9106 Ozzy wasn't called that before the 90s. Prince was called first The Prince of Darkness and his 1988 unreleased album with no name, was called The Black album before Metallica's Black album with no name. Facts.

@coconutssunshineandjazz3334

9 ай бұрын

@@horrorpowerfilms9481That's not true. The moniker The Prince of Darkness was put on Ozzy Osbourne in 1970, shortly after Black Sabbath's 1st album came out (It was released on Friday the 13th, February, 1970). That name has stuck to him ever since, and he's done many interviews about it, stating that he doesn't mind being called that. THOSE are the facts, not yours. Facts.

It was a complicated relationship w his father and mother but he loved and miss them both now they are reunited in heaven singing and playing for Jesus God bless Prince and his Parents soul Rest in Peace🕊💜💜💜

@dollhouseq1530

9 ай бұрын

JW believe in a paradise on Earth

@Nevillecharlesultd

9 ай бұрын

Neither of them are in heaven, they are in their graves until Jesus returns

@silke9479

9 ай бұрын

Toxic!

@LovelyLonewolf-qk9eg

9 ай бұрын

You can't serve two masters,he didn't for God,when he was living.

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@NevillecharlesultdWhatever. 👎

This reporter was a little disrespectful at times. Kind of mocking his father.

@leonrhodes2119

4 ай бұрын

I noticed that too. If that's Tucker Carlson then that explains the disrespect.

Wow. He looks a lot like his dad.

This certainly was a MONEY 💰🤑 MOVE ❤❤❤❤❤

Prince's father was not the saint people thought he was, sadly. After Prince’s parents divorced when he was about 10 years old or so, his Dad moved out. His mother remarried, but Prince didn’t like his new stepfather, so at age 12, he moved in with his dad, who in that same year, kicked him out because he caught Prince in bed with a girl. Prince pleaded with his father to let him stay and his dad said “no.” Prince said told Rolling Stone in a 1985 interview “I sat crying at the phone booth for two hours. That’s the last time I cried.” Prince then moved around constantly between homes of friends and relatives and developed an on-again/off-again relationship with his dad, up until his dad’s passing in 2001. I remember him saying in an interview once that when he was a teenager he would stand outside of a McDonalds and just smell the food, because he didn't have any money to buy anything to eat. What kind of father kicks their 12-year-old son out on the street like that, without any money and no place to sleep at night?? Thankfully, he had friends whose parents would let him stay with them and feed him. Just sayin....

@Pirrelli8

8 ай бұрын

He was preparing him for fame,

@joiisler8986

8 ай бұрын

@@Pirrelli8 Bull! At 12 years old, he should have been preparing him for Puberty (and how to control his prepubescent sexual impulses).🙄

@slurpee4203

8 ай бұрын

@@Pirrelli8 He was 12…A child, not even a teenager yet. His father should’ve been making sure he was home, fed, and had his homework finished and ready for school the next day. That’s just irresponsible and abusive.

@newwave80skid

7 ай бұрын

Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

@joiisler8986

7 ай бұрын

@@newwave80skid Not necessarily. It just doesn’t Kill You. (At least not right away.)

The music greats, particularly men, are always married to their music, and a wife will always be Number 2.

This just sheds light upon PRINCE ROOTS FAMILY CONNECTIONS PRINCE AND HIS FATHER FOR SOME SEEM TO THINK HIS FATHER WAS NOT GOOD FOR HIM WHEN ACTUALLY I SEE THE LOVE THAT FATHER WAS PROUD OF AND FOR ME THAT'S ALL GOOD TOO I HOPE THAT THEY WERE PAID WELL FOR THE INTERVIEW I ENJOYED THE INTERVIEW 👍🏽👏🏽

@lauraveney1412

9 ай бұрын

He literally had a big falling out with his dad and half sister over this interview.

@reginafris6822

9 ай бұрын

Really? I see nothing but jealousy.

@reginafris6822

9 ай бұрын

@@lauraveney1412 Thank you. It obvious why Prince would dislike what they both said.

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@reginafris6822Really, I see that you're not his family and never will be!

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@reginafris6822And it's obvious you're not his family!

Imagine being so jealous of your brother, that you're willing to throw him under a bus. I'm glad Prince never spoke to her again.

The step up to this whole clip is really annoying. They repeatedly hype it up to be some sort of hit piece where you're going to learn a whole bunch of shocking personal details about Prince's life, and instead his sister talks about Prince liking his room dark and wishing he were taller. Nothing his father says is really negative ether. It's all much ado about nothing.

@000_x9

9 ай бұрын

Right but I think this sheds a whole bunch of light where prince got his musicality from and style and why. That's what I learned anyway.

To me it's improv jazz and it's fabulous. Thelonius monk like? It's fusion jazz cuz I hear so many styles. I can't believe he wasn't taken seriously by other jazz musicians. Well now we know how Prince was who he was.

@Pirrelli8

8 ай бұрын

Exactly, those notes and rhythms timing, it sounds “heavenly.........”

Sharon was his half sister. only Tyka is his full sister…. Prince wrote his first song, "Funk Machine", on his father's piano when he was seven years old. His parents divorced when he was 10. His mother remarried to Hayward Baker, with whom she had a son named Omarr; Prince had a fraught relationship with Omarr, to the extent that it caused him to repeatedly switch homes, sometimes living with his father and sometimes with his mother and stepfather.Baker took Prince to see James Brown in concert, and Prince credited Baker with improving the family's finances. After a brief period of living with his father, who bought him his first guitar, Prince moved into the basement of his neighbors, the Anderson family, after his father threw him out

Man oh man. Now I see where Prince got his influence. Just like Ellis Marsalis with Wynton and Branford, John Nelson totally shaped Prince's musical genius. So amazing to see Mr. Nelson being interviewed. The piano playing is incredible!

Why did they did they speak to the media? Did they get paid for this? It’s a bit distasteful. I can understand why Prince was annoyed. That’s families for you.

@druscillalee2183

10 ай бұрын

I found nothing distasteful with the interview nothing at all except for his sister saying "PRINCE OF DARKNESS" FOR THERE WAS NOTHING DARK ABOUT PRINCE PRINCE SAID HIMSELF THAT HE ONLY GOT ABOUT 3-4 HOURS OF SLEEP SO FOR HIS SLEEP ROUTINE SUNLIGHT WOULD HAVE STOLEN HIS RHYTHM 🤷🏽 UMMMPH 🤔

@drewbranch7700

10 ай бұрын

💰 💰💰

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

They can talk if they want to! It didn't do shit to Prince's reputation or career!

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​@@druscillalee2183Some people might get offended by this, but so what. That part of him wanting to be in dark spaces was probably because he didn't want to be exposed to sunlight to stay lightskinned. I believe that was a factor of what got him ahead and I think he thought so too.

@druscillalee2183

9 ай бұрын

@@stephaniemeals4983 huhhhh what's up with that comment 🤷🏽👎🏾

Amazing. Thank U 🙏🏾

People never realize that when you throw dirt you loose ground, some families of celebs want to cash in on the fame. Usually daughters are dad’s girl and dads are jealous of sons.

@0mega.mechan1c.

9 ай бұрын

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@coconutssunshineandjazz3334

9 ай бұрын

Nobody's jealous of that little clown, stop.

@d.d.sarason8749

9 ай бұрын

Dads are not jealous of there sons.women are jealous of daughters. I think Prince may have been resentful of his father. A lot of sons resent their fathers. I think that maybe they should have been closer but I don't know them maybe they were closer than the public knew.

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​​@@0mega.mechan1c.👎👎👎👎👎

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

You're not his family at the end of the day.

He looked just like his dad

this is jazz and country when it comes to purple rain how his father plays...so its true Prince did all of his works due to his father roots and his is influenced by his controversy male and female in one.... its prodiguous and is genious

@mrmiggedy123

9 ай бұрын

not just his dad but everyone around him as he grew up he picked up eveything from them.

@robertjones8771

9 ай бұрын

🙏🏾🤔YES‼️

@Pirrelli8

8 ай бұрын

Would also say, Wendy and Lisa were like his musical sisters.They made some real gems for the earth to enjoy.

@mrmiggedy123

8 ай бұрын

@@Pirrelli8 agreed 100%

Prince had more ladies then the ones mentioned.. A LOT

The guy doing the interview was trying so hard to make the father look like he was a nobody, he was rude, dismissive, and he thought he was doing a great job but he wasnt, Prince's father was a great pianist and you here him in all of his fathers music

This was a great interview that gave insight into Prince’s beginnings. They were respectful and smoke highly of him. Wish he would have given us more of his family.

@reginafris6822

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, pretending you know about your half brother's love relationships (eye roll), who you weren't even raised with, and the backstabber pretending he wrote his son's most famous song is SOOOOOO respectful. The dude can't sing, and he sure didn't play the guitar, base and drums. Prince kept them all at an arm's distance for good reason. It amazes me some people on this thread can't read between the lines. Prince was raised from the age of 12 on by Bernadette Anderson, Andre Cymone's mom. His dad left when he was 7, and Prince taught himself piano on the instrument John abandoned when he deserted them. His mom remarried a man, Hayward, who did not like Prince, and was never a fan. The only person A Current Affair should have been interviewing and paying was Bernadette, who encouraged and supported his dreams, and whom Prince remained close to until her death. She's even in the lyrics of "The Sacrifice of Victor": Education got important so important to Victor A little more important than ripple and weed Bernadette's a lady and she told me (What she say?) "Whatever you do son A little discipline is what you need Is what you need, you need to sacrifice" We sacrifice. " Prince should have written a song about his own family called "The Dysfunctional Ones-They'll Hurt You Every Time."

@thedarksideoftheforce6658

9 ай бұрын

Naa the person interviewing him was being disrespectful and condescending the whole time.

@ziggyflame6988

9 ай бұрын

@@reginafris6822exactly!! Very disrespectful. I know people hate mayte but it seems like she was right about that part of her book about him having some problems with his father about his music. He should be proud of prince for writing purple rain,plus didn’t Wendy came up with that one cool guitar riff in purple rain? So why didn’t he gave his son credit and as well as Wendy and everyone else in the band. It seems like he only cared to say that prince got his talent from him and maybe he did inherited that from his father but prince did teach himself how to play many instruments. What I don’t understand is how his family did that to him? I mean he treated his dad right and bought him a house and helped them out,so why do him like that and not respect his privacy. Specially with his sister saying that prince didn’t wanted her to do this interview. They abused his boundaries and took advantage of a few minutes of fame by saying yes to an interview. No wonder why he preferred to stay with Andre and his family. Seeing this interview makes me sad and curious as to how his family actually treated him or did they became envious of him once he became rich and popular. It makes me sad because his family acted so nice about prince when he died but yet a lot of weird things were said by his biological sister about how she was already prepared for him to pass away. So strange,but hey in his book he seems to have good memories towards his father. Hopefully him and his father were able to fix things before his father died.

Wow! You've got a treasure here! I didn't know about this and it's fascinating to see! Thank you.

@ClevelandLiveMusic

8 ай бұрын

Happy to share

Im shocked his dad wasn't more famous because he was great at the piano wow

We be acting like the FBI over some Prince 😆

@andrethompson6857

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@iamnadia8030

5 ай бұрын

#facts always looking for anything to feel closer to him 💜

Hey boss: THANK YOU for posting this. Funny ending, too😂🖤

This guy interviewing is too snarky.

🙏🏾Prayers for the Prince FAMILY ‼️💯💜🟪

" Don't ever get married " - R.I.P. Clarence Williams III .

@sunflowerpwr.8821

4 ай бұрын

But he got married to Gloria Foster until her untimely passing.

They ain't said nothing that we don't know already. Hope they got paid.

John Lewis Nelson (June 29, 1916 - August 25, 2001), also known as his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the father of musicians Prince and Tyka Nelson and a credited co-writer on some of his son's songs. Source Wiki

@user-eb5wy4uz9y

8 ай бұрын

Computer Blue

@AH-yk4eb

8 ай бұрын

Scandalous

Playing for strippers and creating improvised music…the penny has dropped and it’s now clear where Prince got his unique , completely unique style of piano playing. So many tracks with fantastic piano solos…condition of the heart….sexy dancer….still would stand all time ….and so many more….RIP FUNK COMMANDER🎸🎹🎼🎤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Pirrelli8

8 ай бұрын

Dearly beloved.........nice selection,

Prince picked up on his father's burlesque/stripper music scene and fused it with his image and the girls he worked with while using that sound and style for his sexy music such as International Lover, Computer Blue, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Cream, etc...

This was not a tellall tale , dirty laundry, scathing interview….. you can see the ❤️

@AmoniC.

9 ай бұрын

Prince Dad and his Mom are from North Louisiana and migrated to Minnesota

I SAW THIS WHEN IT 1ST AIRED!! VERY INTERESTING!!

Prince's father treated him horrible. I think he was jealous of Prince's talent

Daddy is not a singer.

@cryptozoomauler5505

9 ай бұрын

His mom was the singer.

@JayBelafonte

9 ай бұрын

Daddy was a musician

As far as I knew, The Prince of Darkness was Ozzy Osbourne, I thought Prince father left the family home and re-married, and then Prince wasnt allowed to play the Piano that was left behind. No doubt something in the genetics, but I truly believe Prince was self taugh. For instance how many instruments did he play? too many to mention, all self taught, his father had no part in his talents, and his ground breaking ability to master and conquer the electric guitar.

@joiisler8986

8 ай бұрын

I agree. But you have to admit, his musical genius was probably Somewhat inherited from both his parents, who were entertainers. He just Perfected it.💜🕊️

@cinnamongirl4896

8 ай бұрын

@@joiisler8986 hell yeah he had the right genetics thats for sure!!! I think the father could have done more than just play in strip clubs also.

Pretty sure it was Ozzy Osborne that was the Prince of Darkness. I don't know that she knew him quite as well as they said she did.

Complete betrayal 😢 so sad, 🙏🏽 if a person talks about things that they know you didn't approve them to talk about while you were Living, there's No Loyalty and Respect Once they do it after you transition 🤔💬 R.I.P Prince 👑❤️ ✌🏽🕊️🕊️🕊️

@mspinkytee

9 ай бұрын

Oh pLEASE, as a parent I have a right to tell my story about my child. Glad they gave insight to how he was influenced early on. What is the point in trying to cover this up.

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

Have SEVERAL seats!

@MK-hh1vo

8 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree @sherrylee5625 This is a disgusting display of selfish greed!

@MK-hh1vo

8 ай бұрын

​@mspinkytee As a parent, you have a duty to respect your adult child's request to keep your stories *about him* to yourself.

Finally, Prince's POP. Exactly how I imagined him, except funnier. Thanks!!

John Nelson seems like a cool guy

@druscillalee2183

10 ай бұрын

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 INDEED 😎NOW ONE CAN SEE WHERE PRINCE GOT IT ALL

@truthbetold6011

9 ай бұрын

He was something else.🤨

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

​​@@truthbetold6011How do you know, did you know him notruthnotbetold?! 🤨

@lazorisbriggs3468

9 ай бұрын

You can definitely see and hear that’s his DAD

@druscillalee2183

8 ай бұрын

PRINCE dad wanted the best for his son what he did by putting him out for having sex in the house just proved tough love for not following the rules kinda harsh maybe but that's tough love ❤ one thing that is certain PRINCE SPOKE LOVINGLY ABOUT HIS FATHER'S STERN APPROACH RELATIVE TO SEE HIS SON MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF HIS ABILITY WITH NO INTERFERENCE 🎶🎶🎶 IT WAS ABOUT THE MUSIC AND BEING BETTER THAN HIMSELF CREAM OF THE CROP👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤷🏽

Dad kicked him out at 15. Yall should be shame. His dad not not play all the instruments Prince did. Perfect case of failed wannabe living through the child they not totally rear. And reporters must report the salacious points. I dont blame PRince.

Explains a lot💜

Scandalous is my Favorite from Prince❤

@oholm09

9 ай бұрын

I hope pay his father some royalties

Prince's father reminds me of Joe Jackson. Both narcissists. Both of them were so hard on their famous sons. RIP Prince and Michael Jackson.

@ULTIMATEPATCHES

22 күн бұрын

And Marvin Gaye's father as well. Sad.

Genius subject. Moronic reporter.

I feel like he told us in purple rain, what his father was basically getting at. He definitely put a bit of his personal life into that movie. Also in Graffiti Bridge, when they talked about his music being horrible and him trying to master his own sound. He definitely has his father's witt and charisma.

Thank you for the video 😊

The puns were overkill. lol! “Monarch, Princesses, royal, etc.” I think A Current Affair punched it up to make it controversial for ratings.

@ClevelandLiveMusic

8 ай бұрын

Agree 100%

His father was very intelligent and handled the interviews well. It's obvious that his father's influence was positive. His sister helped break everything down. Now we saw how we came to have the Prince we knew and loved.

His family seemed very proud of him. He may not have liked them talking about him because he was private and his sister, like many of our siblings, may have said some things he didn't want her to say, but the only people in this interview that were mean, were the people who put this interview together. There are certain people in the media who get really angry, malicious and jealous when certain entertainers are great at what they do. They want everyone to feel the way they do about the entertainer and hope they can destroy their career. For some reason they get obsessed with their personal relationships and throw out mean comments about them. That's really weird to me. The interviewer really tried to put his father down, but his father came from a generation who knows how to handle people like him. Prince's talent and people's admiration of him was too much to handle for the interviewer not the family.

His father was a *classic* don’t do as I do ,do as I say.He drank but didn’t want to drink ,smoked but didn’t want Prince to drink etc…

The tone of this piece is petty. Its trying to plant seeds of negativity about Prince to the audience with the seemingly jealous sister supposedly exposing Prince. For what!?, Putting foil on his windows? Then the reporter uses the word "strip joint" to make it sound low down and disgusting, while Prince's Dad let it be known that it was fancy rather than raunchy. Dad seemed proud to inspire his son while Sis, who apparently didn't swim in their talent pool wanted to make a name for herself by tarnishing her Brother's. It's subtle but subtle and harsh are no different if your intent is to harm, taint, or deflate.

I see why he didn't have a will, he knew how his family is and how they disrespectful they are, rest in heaven Prince ❤💯🙏🏽

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

He still should've had a will for something to go to somebody if not his family. He shouldn't have been preaching about ownership when he didn't have his shit together.

@Alkelly-hh6rv

7 ай бұрын

With all the lawyers friends prince had , it made no sense him not having a will. Prince estate paid lawyers $38 million dollars. For just one round of legal fees. Stupid and a waste of money.

Sharon she must be a sister from the fathers side. I never see his mother she must have passed early on.

@joiisler8986

8 ай бұрын

She passed in February, 2002. Six months after his Father.

@julielynnerose

2 ай бұрын

His mom was a social worker

I don't blame Prince for being angry for this interview. Current Affair is so obsessed with the fact that Princes father played in a strip club geeeesh a lot of black musicians were relegated to gigs like that they couldn't play in the more established venues. This interview could've focused on The relationship of Prince and his father without having to constantly hark upon that cheap shit .

No one ever cared what the ridiculous half-sister had to say, so her trying to gain unwarranted notoriety back then flopped as she remained irrelevant.

@stephaniemeals4983

9 ай бұрын

It don't matter, it's his sister at the day. If anybody is irrelevant it's you! Are you over or even a part of the Prince estate? No, she is!

I feel this is a bitter man who's career was OK never made it, and is jealous of his son.

The these two were totally *disgusting* for not honoring his wishes. How the heck does *the sister* decide that "at this stage in the game it's okay to speak to the press"??? Hopefully, he never had anything to do with them again after this. I hope their 15 *seconds* of fame was worth this betrayal. 🧐

Wow. He does not want her to speak & she knows it. What a 🐖🐽

Ain't nobody stabbed Prince in the back! Prince couldn't control everybody and if he didn't want to talk and his family did, so damn what! They didn't really even say anything. And to this day Prince has never been in a scandal and has never been canceled.

@horrorpowerfilms9481

9 ай бұрын

I saw the original broadcast and tough "there was nothing controversial about this"

@rochelleduell5874

9 ай бұрын

o SHUT UP!!!! HE DIDNT WANT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE, IT WASNT HER PLACE GOOD OR BAD TO SPEAK ON HIM!!!! AND PRINCE OF DARKNESS?? REALLY!!!!

@coconutssunshineandjazz3334

9 ай бұрын

@@rochelleduell5874 But people can say what they want though, like you just did. Nobody has to shut up, and Prince couldn't shut anybody up. He wasn't powerful, although he tried to pretend as if he was.🤷🏽

his father's a classy guy...

@bossteamentertainment6836

5 ай бұрын

💜Very & Absolutely💯💜

It's embarrassing and creepy.. Poor Prince. His own family didn't have his back.

@JayBelafonte

9 ай бұрын

That’s not what this interview just displayed

@reginafris6822

9 ай бұрын

@JayBelafonte I agree with the other commenters: Prince was private. They did not respect his privacy.

@JayBelafonte

9 ай бұрын

@@reginafris6822 they have lives too, Prince can’t control everyone. That’s narcissistic type of behavior. A lot of people have no clue Princes father was a musician and that he was heavily influenced by him.

@reginafris6822

9 ай бұрын

@@JayBelafonte The narcissists are the two who are blabbing to the gossip channel for money, and for a spotlight they never earned. Most fans know that Prince's dad did not teach him to play. He taught himself when his dad left the piano behind after leaving Prince's mom. Sharon was his half sister, who put him up for one summer while he was looking for a record deal in NYC for a few months, and didn't get what he wanted, so he left, and then signed with WB, with the help Owen Husney. Sharon was was not raised with him. She is the child of John's first wife, not Mattie Shaw. If my brother told a TV journalist I had "a nice little body" I would never speak to him again. It is utterly creepy. John Nelson also had no part in the composition of Purple Rain, and probably little to do with either Computer Blue or Scandalous. Prince gave him writing credits so he'd have some money, and let him live in the original Purple House. I will never buy into the myth that his family was supportive of Prince; it was the other way around. Sharon admits she deliberately went against his wishes to dish on mostly inaccurate information. What a wench. Another loser sibling was Lorna, Sharon's full sister, who sued Prince for some phony copyright claim and LOST. I wish he'd written a will that disinherited that whole clan of users. Talk about dysfunctional.

@behavioristbusiness7372

3 ай бұрын

@@JayBelafonte Bullshit. Prince paraded his dad's ass around in the early 80's. . Took him to award ceremonies, gave him writing credits that Prince's engineer Susan Rogers thought weren't even legit, let him hang out with his girlfriends, gave him a house to live in, honored him in several ways even up to the end of his own life (during his piano tour, he dedicated it to his dad). When Prince did an event in the midwest to promote Under the Cherry Moon that was televised on Mtv in 1986, his dad got to talk to the Mtv press at the event and his dad said "there would be no Prince without me"...technically, true, since he is his father, but he has never complimented his talent other than to remind folks of Prince's ability to see it in him. His dad hit his mother, left the family when prince was 7, after 12, basically ignored Prince as a kid unless Prince was making music. Prince lived in numerous homes growing up. When he was 17, he had to move from Andre Cymone's house to be closer to a recording studio so he lived with a friend named Paul Mitchell for 6 months. Paul said that not once did John come to visit and they all lived in Minneapolis...it's relatively small city. But when Prince got his record contract and went to record his first album in Sausilito, CA at 19, dad tailed along. He didn't owe his dad shit. Inside Edition is a damn tabloid. It's trash. If John wanted legit attention for his music, he shouldn't have done a show like that. They were being condescending. And he didn't write Purple Rain. John was an interesting musician with perfect memory but his compositions had no structure. When Wendy M was introduced to John and heard him play she was like "what the hell is this?".... Prince was like "I know its odd but watch this" and then he asked dad to play what seemed improvised again and he played it note for note. He had a weird kind of genius for memory but it was completely inaccessible and unmarketable musical rambling. As a father, John worked hard. He was a factory worker and played nights so I think he tried but he owed child support for two families. He had a rough childhood and was socially awkward but he wasn't a great father. He had 7 kids and most of them were screwed up. he could be sweet and funny but he wasn't consistent and could be super cryptic and say some fvcked up things. Also, he was unkind to his wives sometimes (even physically). Prince had a complicated relationship with him...sometimes estranged and angry at him, sometimes warm and putting him on a pedestal. JOhn was complicated like his son... so I don't hate him. Generational Trauma will do this kind of stuff. But Prince is not the villain here. His dad lived to be in 80's. His son's trauma cost him his life at 57.

“Never let anyone know what you’re thinking outside the family!” -Vito Corleone.

Prince, Michael, Selena and countless other megastars were heavily influenced by a parent who was into music, I think that’s great……it’s like people into sports, you may not achieve your dreams but your inspiration on your babies may help them achieve it and that’s perfectly fine ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ his dad plays amazingly

She needs too shut up and his dad too

Shame on you sister and dad. Profiting off him. I don’t blame him from not speaking to them. Leaches

@user-pg7cx9wo1m

4 ай бұрын

Well, he should help his family out and they wouldn't have to do any press

I believe his Father loved, and was proud of him. His Sister didnt gel with ne at all. She didn't even go to his funeral, but sure went through the changes to get his money.

@geve8473

10 ай бұрын

She is full of it 😂

@druscillalee2183

10 ай бұрын

Everyone carry grief in their own ways and no one knows why she did not attend PRINCE FUNERAL IF THAT IS EVEN TRUE 🤷🏽DON'T BE QUICK TO JUDGE AS TO PRINCE LEFT BEHIND LEGACY IT BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF PRINCE FAMILY IS FAMILY UMMMPH IF IT IS ABOUT MONEY SO BE IT EVERY BODY SEEMS TO BE DIGGING INTO THE MONEY POT OF PRINCE 🤷🏽 UMMMPH 🤔🧐 UMMMM

@lauraveney1412

9 ай бұрын

Go read the court files that sister is the worst

@druscillalee2183

9 ай бұрын

@@lauraveney1412 I didn't know that there are open court files and really I don't have to know 😔 the ugly

@shevawn4927

9 ай бұрын

@@lauraveney1412 thanks I will!

This lady held up his estate so long her true motive was exposed.

She lyin! Nobody called him the prince of darkness. I stopped listening after that.

Prince had nobody around him he could trust,even in his family.Thats why he was so controling.

His Dad didn't give much, but his sister sure loves to talk. No respect.

Heard the term: 'The Dark Prince' but not 'The Prince of Darkness' attributed to him. This is interesting. There are many people who will tell you Prince used to go to bed around 6am typically and wake around 2pm.

She just mad cause Prince looks better than she does