npr: Prince is everything. Yes, I’m using a meme-ably meaningless phrase to describe the most
npr: Prince is everything. Yes, I’m using a meme-ably meaningless phrase to describe the most fascinating artist to reign during my lifetime, but it’s nearly factual for the Purple One: the intense reconsideration so many listeners have given his work since his death in April 2016 continues to reveal new facets of his genius and his work’s cultural importance. And yes, I’m using the present tense, because though we will never be again blessed with the dynamism of his physical presence, Prince left behind riches that at this point seem bottomless. With Prince, as with only a few popular artists, offerings from the vault – even demos of well-known tracks, or rehearsal material – illuminate and excite. That’s because Prince’s music is all about process: the absorption of so many elements into his signature sounds, and the fleshing out of his music’s central themes of joy in the body and the soul’s loneliness.The song “17 Days” perfectly expresses the eternal expansiveness of Prince’s audio-vision. Now, fans can hear it in one of its earliest forms, with just Prince and his piano setting down the blueprint for what would become an epic tender jam. This cut is from a new album to be released Sep. 21 by the Prince estate and Warner Bros. Records. Piano & A Microphone 1983 is just what the title says: a 35-minute home studio recording of the Great One at his keyboard, playing songs including “Purple Rain,” “International Lover,” Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You,” the version of the gospel chestnut “Mary Don’t You Weep” that recently was featured in Spike Lee’s BlacKKKlansman – and this widely acknowledged yet still relatively unknown classic.Hear Prince’s Intimate Home Recording Of The Song ‘17 Days’Photo: Allen Beaulieu/The Prince Estate -- source link
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