![]() I never had a run-in with any of Prince’s women.”ĭespite Prince’s classic ‘80s backing band The Revolution splintering before the release of Sign O’ The Times, Fink says his last meeting with Prince in 2014 found the musician considering “the idea of reuniting The Revolution”. I’m still very good friends with Apollonia to this day. The Vanity 6 women in general I got on well with on that tour. “I got along with all of them - I’m diplomatic! I was actually really good friends with Vanity, more than the rest of the gals, mainly because we toured with them on the 1999 tour. “Boy, that’s a great question,” Fink says. So which of Prince’s girlfriends did Dr Fink get on best with? Many of Prince’s songs during these salad days were inspired by a procession of muses, including late Vanity 6 singer Vanity, Purple Rain star Apollonia, drummer Sheila E and Susannah Melvoin, Wendy Melvoin from The Revolution’s twin sister. Meeting Prince in the late ‘70s when both musicians were still teenagers, Fink and the Minneapolis music icon shared a stage for 12 years before they went their separate ways. It is very well done, I’ve been there many times since it opened as a museum.” Prince, 1986. Apart from the paint job and the rooms where they’ve decorated it with displays, it still remains pretty much as it was. It was so new and when you go there now, now it’s a museum, they have left a lot of Prince’s touches intact. It was built from a creative place and it was a great environment. “It was an amazing facility – something you dream about, really. Officially opened a few months after the release of Sign O’ The Times, Matt Fink recalls the first time he entered the sprawling Paisley Park premises as “incredible”. Author Matt Thorne’s definitive 2012 biography Prince: The Man And His Music suggests “a large part of the legend of Prince’s Vault rests” on the flurry of creativity during this 1986/1987 era, with Prince also fitting in touring, filming his second movie Under The Cherry Moon and completing the construction of the studio complex Paisley Park. The jaw-dropping Super Deluxe Edition features a treasure trove of unreleased Dream Factory, Camille and Crystal Ball material, as well as live tracks, Sign O’ The Times outtakes and rare remixes pulled from Prince’s famous Vault. He was fun to be around.”įink is chatting with I Like Your Old Stuff as part of the promotions surrounding the incredibly comprehensive Sign O’ The Times deluxe reissues. There was another song he did with Morris Day called “Cloreen Bacon Skin” where he was dressed up in make-up, a moustache and smoking a cigarette. He was very good at being a mimic and doing impersonations, he was a myna bird. He did a few things with punchlines, but most of his jokes were goofing around with people. “Prince had characters he would do: famous people, made-up people or people from his past. “I would say so, definitely,” Fink confirms. Pitch-shifting Prince’s vocals to create an androgynous timbre, Fink suggests Prince’s female alter-ego Camille was originally created as a studio in-joke. Dabbling in both genre-bending and gender-bending, some of Sign O’ The Times’ songs, including the single "If I Was Your Girlfriend", were initially recorded for another of Prince’s shelved ‘80s albums: Camille. ![]() None of these fabled ‘80s volumes ended up being released by the contrary and prolific artist, with a number of the recordings instead ending up on 1987’s expansive double album Sign O’ The Times. In the wake of 25-million selling 1984 album Purple Rain, the joyous psychedelia of 1985’s Around The World In A Day and 1986’s elegantly crafted Parade, Prince was said to be simultaneously working on the albums Dream Factory, Roadhouse Garden and Crystal Ball. Given the extraordinary number of musical projects he was juggling between 19, it’s hard to believe Prince found the time for physical extracurricular activities. He’d encourage the band to do the same – anyone could get on the weights if they wanted to.” Prince & The Revolution play Wembley Arena, London, 1986. We’d travel with free weights and barbells backstage and he’d do weights before shows. He did a lot of weight training on the road and would always keep his physique toned up. When he wasn’t rehearsing or recording, he liked to shoot baskets, play ping pong or play pool. ![]() Prince was very athletic and was good at everything. ![]() “We’d play a round of softball with all the band and divvy up the teams by picking from a hat. “Occasionally we would take a break from rehearsing and we’d walk down to the nearby baseball field,” the keyboardist says. Prince: iconic guitarist… gifted songwriter… exceptional baseball player? According to Dr Matt Fink, Prince’s musical offsider between 19, Prince’s skills extended beyond the studio and live arena and onto the softball diamond. ![]()
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