last night i shared a post by Princes former manager, Alan Leeds, because it echoed my thoughts on the SNL appearance. im guessing Leeds post was private because nobody can see it on my wall. anyway, its all over the internet now, so ill copy/paste here. i like what he has to say... Alan Leeds: Prince on SNL - I fully realize Im opening up a can of worms here, will probably regret saying this tomorrow, but Im so disappointed by someone who has so much more to offer than mixed agendas that get in the way of his usually brilliant music. I love his lifelong devotion to promoting women in rock but the appearance on SNL proved only that a girl band can play clichés, the talented Lianne La Havas can be under-utilized and Prince is no Alice Smith. In trivializing Smiths song has Prince embraced Alices right to cover one of HIS songs? File this appearance under trying to do too much and ending up not doing much at all. Many, many years ago Prince asked me why he wasnt taken more seriously as a musician and I suggested he leave the bells and whistles home and tour in jeans and turtleneck, placing all the focus on the music. He sarcastically replied, what? And look like you?. Back then he was probably right and I was naïve. BUT two decades later and two decades older, I would suggest the same thing. Leave the costumes and cartoon logos to the kids and give the music the mature respect it deserves. A shame..........a master lowering the bar is never fun to watch.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:32:14 +0000
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