【转载】惺惺相惜：MJ与PRINCE——来八八那些鲜为人知，狗血汹涌的往事吧~～(1-7楼）

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【转载】惺惺相惜：MJ与PRINCE

这个资料原名Bromance：Prince，本来在ITC里发过，因为资料详实，内容精彩，特此搬出来和大家分享：
原文链接：http://lacienegasmiled.wordpress.com/category/bromance/（多谢Alex分享）

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我们能够找到的迈克尔和PRINCE在一起的唯一一张照片
1984年，迈克尔在读一段关于《紫雨》的报道：


1978:
拉托娅的自传
因为和这么多的兄弟一起长大，我把男人当作朋友，却对解读男人和女人间的暗示毫不熟练。
发行他的专辑SOFT AND WET后不久，PRINCE在一个溜冰派对上羞涩地向我自我介绍：“嗨.”
“嗨。”我不经意地回答他。
“我是PRINCE。”
“是的，我知道。”看他那大大的棕色眼睛，绒绒的小胡子，还有笔直的黑发就不会搞错。
尽管我正坐着穿我的溜冰鞋，他和我（坐着）差不多高。
“我想要你知道，我疯狂地爱着你。”他激情澎湃地低语。
“哦。”我以为这是他恭维人的方式。我根本不知道他的真正意图，直到他说：“我有你所有的照片和其他东西，我喜欢你的每一部分。”他的声音越来越小，渐至无语。
“哦，那很好。”
绝大多数女孩会就此吻他或是打他耳光，而我呢？我只是站起来，嬉笑着说：“好吧，希望你能有个愉快的夜晚。”，然后就溜冰走了。

1981:
1981年，PRINCE的专辑CONTROVERSY里有一首关于自慰的歌，叫JACK U OFF，BYRON说MICHAEL评论道：“那到底是什么意思？什么人会写关于那个的歌？我是说，那太私人了，不是吗？也许我应该写些类似的东西。”迈克尔逗他说：“你能想象吗？”BYRON说：“不能。”——BYRON MOORE，MJ以前的一位熟人，《魔力与疯狂》

1982:
BRIAN BANKS：有天晚上我们工作到很晚了，昆西来找我们。我们都知道THRILLER要达到的目标，他们想要超越VINCENT PRINCE，他们一直在这么干，但现在他想要这样的和弦序列——他说：“我的脑海里有这种声音，这个来自地下，来自一位新的艺术家的声音，没有人真正听说过他，但是他很棒，他很火辣，他写了这首伟大的歌。”然后他拿出了PRINCE的专辑《1999》。你知道那首歌开头的声音是怎样的？duh-da-da，dur-duh-duh？就是那种声音——1999开始的那种巨大的有穿透力的和弦——他想要那个，但是更宏大的声音，放在THRILL里。
来源：http://www.mjfanclub.net/home/in ... -news&Itemid=82

1983
LITTLE RED CORVETTE（由BRYAN GREENBERG导演，1983年2月发行）是首度得以在MTV循环播放的黑人艺术家作品之一。迈克尔杰克逊的BILLIE JEAN在1月份第一个打破了肤色的藩篱，而PRINCE的这首歌紧紧跟上。据称迈克尔也很是这首歌的粉丝。

11月,
JOHN LANDIS：我们（为《颤栗》办了个首映式，因为迈克尔想要一个首映式。那真是一场暴乱。我去过奥斯卡，我去过BAFTAS（英国影视艺术学院奖），我去过艾美奖，我去过金球奖，却没来没有参加过一场像这样的首映式。每个人都到了，从戴安娜罗斯、沃伦比蒂到PRINCE。这太疯狂，太惊人了……所有人起立对我们欢呼，他们叫着：“再来一遍，再来一遍！”，而我说：“再来一遍？没有他妈的再来一遍了！”
于是艾迪墨菲站起来大叫“再放一遍那该死的东西！”然后他们又坐下来再看了一遍《颤栗》。为什么不呢？它实在是令人惊奇，实在是令人惊奇……”

tBromance: Prince
February 14, 2010
As close to a picture of Mike and Prince as we’ll ever get:
1984, Michael reading a story about “Purple Rain” (“Will Prince’s Purple, Reign?”)



1978:
From Latoya’s autobio:
Having grown up surrounded by so many brothers, I liked men as friends but was totally unversed in deciphering the nonverbal cues between men and women.
Shortly after Prince released, “Soft and Wet,” he shyly introduced himself to me at a roller skating party. “Hi.”
“Hi,” I said nonchalently.
“I’m Prince.”
“Yes, I know.” There was no mistaking the large broen eyes, downy moustache, and straight black hair. Although I was sitting down to put on my my skates, he was barely my height.
“I just want you to know that I’m madly in love with you,” he whispered passionately.
“Oh.” I thought this was his way of complimenting someone. I had no idea of his real intentions until he said, “I have all your pictures and everything, and I like everything about you.” His voice trailed off as if he had run out of words.
“Oh… that’s nice.”
Most girls would have kissed him or slapped him. Me? I stood up, offered a cheery “Well, hope you have a nice time tonight!” and skated off.

1981:
“In 1981 Prince had a song about mutual masturbation on his ‘Controversy’ album called ‘Jack U Off’.” Byron goes on to say that Michael made comments and asked questions like “What does that mean, exactly? What kind of person writes a song about that? I mean, that’s so private, isn’t it? Maybe I should write a song about something like that,” Michael said, teasing him. “Can’t you just see that?” Byron said, “no.”
– Byron Moore, a former associate of Michael, The Magic and Madness

1982:
Brian Banks: It was late in the evening one night when we were working, and Quincy came to us. We all knew how Thriller was going, they were trying to get Vincent Price, they were doing all this stuff, but he wanted this huge chord sequence – he said, ‘There’s this sound that I’ve got in my head, there’s this underground, this new artist, that nobody’s ever really heard of but he’s great, he’s hot, he’s got this great song.’ And he pulled out the album and it was Prince, ’1999′. And you know the opening sound on that? Duh-da da, Dur-duh-duh? Well that was the sound – that big, bitey chord sound at the opening of ’1999′ – he wanted that, but bigger, for Thriller.”
Source

1983
“Little Red Corvette” (directed by Bryan Greenberg and released in February 1983) was one of the first music videos by a black artist to get regular airplay on MTV. Michael Jackson was the first to break the color barrier with “Billie Jean” in January, and Prince’s hit soon followed. Michael reportedly was a fan of the song.
November,
John Landis: We had a première [for Thriller]- which was a riot – because Michael wanted a première. I’ve been to the Oscars and I’ve been to the Baftas, I’ve been to the Emmys, I’ve been to the Golden Globes, and I’ve never been anywhere like this première. It was incredible. There was everyone from Diana Ross and Warren Beatty to Prince. It was nuts. Amazing… got a standing ovation and all that stuff and they’re shouting, ‘Encore, encore,’ and I said ‘Encore? There is no f—ing encore!’
Then Eddie Murphy got up and shouted, ‘Show the goddamn thing again!’ So they sat and they watched Thriller again. Why not? I was just amazing, it was just amazing…

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1984:
听过《紫雨》之后，迈克尔很快就邀请PRINCE到他家去，和珍妮以及拉托娅一起晚餐。据说PRINCE对拉托娅有过几次不成功的追求。到了结束的时候，PRINCE送给了迈克尔一件礼物——一只里面放着树叶、小树枝以及一张如同恶魔唱诵的卡带的盒子。《迈克尔杰克逊：魔力与疯狂》也有着类似的记载：“另一次与迈克尔的会面中，PRINCE给他带了一件小盒子装的礼物，里面装着一些五颜六色的金属咒语牌和一些羽毛。迈克尔一看马上关上了盒子，看了在旁边的昆西琼斯一眼。然后PRINCE就离开了。

PRINCE在洛杉矶的时候，昆西琼斯安排他和迈克尔在杰克逊恩西诺的家中共进晚餐。琼斯认为这两股如此有创造力的力量应该互相结识。“那是一次古怪的峰会。”作者QUINCY TROUPE说，“他们两个太有竞争性了，谁也不肯放弃任何东西。他们几乎只是坐在那儿互相打量着对方，很少说话。这真是两个极其强势的家伙之间一场引人入胜的僵局。
——摘自PRINCE传记DANCE MUSIC SEX ROMANCE

1985
一场秀后，PRINCE计划去参加一项比颁奖礼更加重要的活动。他和40多位歌星一起被邀请到A&M工作室去录制《四海一家》。这首歌的主创人员是昆西琼斯、莱昂内尔里奇和迈克尔杰克逊。PRINCE分到了一行歌词，而在工作室为他预留的位置正好在迈克尔杰克逊身边。但是那个晚上的某一个瞬间，他决定不去了。PRINCE后来在采访中说，在这如此众多的娱乐界名人身边会感觉不适。
PRINCE在任何环境下都需要掌控全局，让他的狡猾的竞争对手迈克尔杰克逊来主导的一段时间对他来说是不可能的。PRINCE后来同意为《四海一家》专辑贡献一首歌4 THE TEARS IN YOUR EYES.

《四海一家》，DAVID BRESKIN，《生活》杂志，1985年4月
在迈克尔杰克逊的另一边——他和保罗西蒙的中间，有一个位置标着“PRINCE”，但他从未露面。他本来提出在其中表演一段吉他，但被要求和每个人做一样的事情。（“操他的，他是谁啊？恶心的人！”——BOB GELDOF（爱尔兰著名摇滚乐手，英国合唱赈灾活动的发起人））

PRINCE传记DANCE MUSIC SEX ROMANCE，第一个十年

在SAMUEL GOLDWYN音响舞台工作时，PRINCE接到了迈克尔杰克逊的拜访。他马上要求后者一起打乒乓球，用一张放置工作室中间的桌子当球桌。“迈克尔说：‘我不会打乒乓！’”罗杰斯回忆说。“但PRINCE拿了一张球拍，给了迈克尔另一张，然后他们开始非常有礼貌地你来我往打起来。突然，PRINCE说：‘来吧，迈克尔，接招！”然后将球往迈克尔的裆部扣去。而我只能转着我的眼睛想‘哦，他会让自己难堪的。’。可迈克尔知道如何应付，也并不在意。MICHAEL开始和当时来找PRINCE的SHERILYN FENN（PRINCE当时的女友）调情。PRINCE来回踱着步，却不打算参与反调情游戏。然后他们就匆匆说再见道别了。
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在PRINCE1984年的演出中，JACKSON去过几次后台。这两个代表人物，他们各自的《颤栗》和《紫雨》定义了整个80年代，却从来没有一起合作过。80年代后期，当他们在洛杉矶同一间工作室录音时，PRINCE邀请JACKSON一起打乒乓，而MICHAEL这个从8岁起就生活在封闭环境中的明星却根本不会。
“想要我扣球吗？ PRINCE问道，”据当时在现场的工程师DAVID Z说，“迈克尔扔下他的拍子，双手护着脸以避免被球打到。当迈克尔和他的保镖离开后，PRINCE开始像一只公鸡一样趾高气扬，说“你们看到了吗，他打起球来像海伦凯勒（盲人女作家）。”

然而BLAND坚持说这两位代表人物相处得不错：“他们一起在PAISLEY公园打篮球，PRINCE的工作室和家在CHANHASSEN。我们经常从MJJ制作公司那里收到SLY STONE在欧洲的表演录像。PRINCE会将它插进录像机，我们一起看录像。

1987:
有报道说迈克尔杰克逊仍然在为《紫雨》的成功而困扰。他想要超越自己优质健康的形象，展示出自己“坏”的一面。他们的计划是在小报上发一些虚假的故事（就像许多名人所做的），说这两人之间有着激烈的竞争，然后迈克尔的经理人会在《滚石》杂志上声称那些传言都是不真实的，两人实际上是好朋友。在争论充分展开后，本世纪最令人瞩目的音乐秀就要开始了：这两个人将最终在一支名为BAD的单曲及MV上相会。
PRINCE倒是很愿意接受迈克尔的提议，然而最终结果却不能令他满意。1987年BAD的MV最后是由迈克尔独唱的，由他一个人面对当时还默默无闻的WESLEY SNIPES。
在CHRIS ROCK最近的一次采访中，PRINCE说道：“WESLEY SNIPES那个角色可不能是我（笑）。你想想那个MV吧，那首歌的第一行是“YOUR BUTT IS MINE（直译为‘你的屁股是我的’）。于是我说：“这句是谁对谁唱？因为你肯定不能对我唱这个，我也肯定不会对你唱这个。所以，当即我们就碰到了问题。”
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“迈克尔杰克逊的BAD本来计划是一首PRINCE和迈克尔一起的二重唱，但在BAD发行25周年之际，昆西说PRINCE拒绝了这个提议，因为他觉得“没有他（这首歌）也会是一首上榜单曲。”

1984:
Soon after viewing “Purple Rain”, Michael invited Prince over to his home for dinner with Janet and La Toya. Prince is said to have made a few unsuccessful passes at La Toya. At the end of the evening, Prince gave Michael a gift – a box containing leaves, twigs and a cassette of some satanic like chants. “Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness” reported a similar event. “At another encounter with Michael, Prince brought him a present in a small box. Inside there were some colorful metal charms and some feathers. Michael closed the box quickly and shot a look at Quincy Jones, who was present. Then Prince left.”
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While Prince was in Los Angeles, Quincy Jones arranged for him to meet Michael Jackson over dinner at Jackson’s Encino family home. Jones felt the two creative forces should know one another. “It was a strange summit,” according to writer Quincy Troupe. They’re so competitive with each other that neither would give anything up. They kind of sat there checking each other out, but saying very little. It was a fascinating stalemate between two very powerful dudes.”
–From Dance Music Sex Romance

1985
After a show Prince was scheduled to participate in an event that threatened to overshadow the awards itself. He along with more than forty other music stars had been invited to A&M Studios to record…”We Are The World.” The main creative forces behind the song was Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson. A line had been written for Prince to sing and a space in the studio blocked out for him to stand next to Michael Jackson. But at some point during the course of the evening, he decided not to show up. Prince later said in interviews that he would have felt uncomfortable around so many entertainment luminaries.
Prince in any situation needed to feel in control, something that would have been impossible as a session dominated by his arch rival Michael Jackson. Prince agreed to contribute a song to the We Are The World album, “4 The Tears In Your Eyes.”
We Are The World, David Breskin, Life Magazine, April 1985
On the other side of Michael Jackson – between him and Paul Simon – is a space marked ‘Prince’. He never shows. He’d offered to play a steaming guitar part, but was asked to do the same as everybody else. (“f**k him. What is he? A creep” – Bob Geldof.)
Dance Music Sex Romance: Prince: The First Decade



Jackson showed up backstage at a couple Prince shows in 1984. The two icons, whose “Thriller” and “Purple Rain” defined the 1980s, never did work together. Later that decade, when both were recording at the same Los Angeles studio, Prince invited Jackson to play ping-pong. Michael, a star since age 8 who had lived a sheltered life, didn’t know how.
“You want me to slam it?” Prince asked, according to engineer David Z, who was there. “Michael drops his paddle and holds his hands up in front of his face so the ball won’t hit him. Michael walks out with his bodyguard, and Prince starts strutting around like a rooster. ‘Did you see that? He played like Helen Keller.’”
But Bland insists the two icons got along fine: “They’d shoot hoops at Paisley Park,” Prince’s studio/home in Chanhassen. “We used to get packages from MJJ Productions [with] footage of Sly Stone performing in Europe. Prince would pop it in the VCR, and we’d watch it.”

1987:
Reports said that Michael Jackson was still bugged by the success of “Purple Rain”. He wanted more than just his goody, wholesome image. He wanted to show a “badder” side. The plan was to plant false stories in the tabloids (as many celebreties do) that there was a heated rivalry between the two. The plan would continue by having Michael’s manger making a statement in Rolling Stone magazine claiming that the rumors were untrue and that the two were actually good friends. With the controversy in full swing, the musical showdown of the century would begin. The two would finally meet on the single and video of “Bad”. Prince was actually willing to listen to Michael’s offer. But as it turned out, Prince was not satisfied. The “Bad” video ended up with Michael singing alone, facing off against a then little known Wesley Snipes in 1987. In a recent interview by Chris Rock, Prince said, “Well, that Wesley Snipes character, that would’ve been me (laughs). You run that video in your mind. The first line of that song is ‘Your butt is mine’. Now I said ‘Who gonna sing that to who? Cause you sure ain’t singin’ it to me. And I sure ain’t singin’ it to you’. So right there we got, y’know, right there we got a problem.”
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“Michael Jackson – Bad” was originally supposed to be a duet with Prince and Michael, but Quincy says on the 25th Anniversary Release of Bad that Prince turned it down because he “felt it was a hit without him.”

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昆西琼斯，Q杂志采访，1987年11月
迈克尔对PRINCE和他的成功有多少了解？
“在《颤栗》的鼎盛时期，PRINCE发起了最有力的冲击，迈克尔还是赢了，而且赢得不可控制，在某一时刻，你都可以感觉得到它以一种可怕的方式冲破了藩篱。在那以后，我想所有的这些欢呼喧闹开始让公众焦虑。这时候突然出现了PRINCE和《紫雨》，在我看来，当反弹开始时，他们利用PRINCE来抽打迈克尔：现在是你下台的时候了，PRINCE正要上台。
（琼斯证实，这两位超级巨星确实碰过一次面。“一次社交拜访。”没人会说这两个人相处得很融洽，（他们的会面）看起来就像两个素食主义者在礼貌交谈。）

……
“他来过几次。”他说起杰克逊，“他是个腼腆的家伙，不会直视你的眼睛，但我想他会给人签名，比PRINCE给人签得多。如果人们知道PRINCE是怎样对待他的歌迷的，他就不会那么受欢迎了。迈克尔经常会签上各种各样的日期。现在他签的是1998年，我也不知道那是什么意思。也许他认为那是世界末日到来的一年吧。”

BRUCE SWEDIAN的说法：
Aaron……
媒体竟然都不能完整地说出整个故事，可怕吧？
有几次PRINCE和迈克尔的会面我也在现场，昆西和其他人都在。我个人认为，在与迈克尔、昆西、Fredy DeMann和他的团队会面后，PRINCE意识到他无法赢得与迈克尔的这场对决，无论是在艺术上还是在其它方面……于是他抽身了……或者说，他离开了那栋大楼。
就我而言，我想说我喜欢PRINCE的音乐……
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起初本来打算是由MARVA KING和迈克尔一起唱IJCSLY的，后来换成了SIEDAH GARRETT，但她的声音仍然保留在背景里。1997-1999年，她又跟随PRINCE进行巡回演出。
来源：http://www.soulexpress.net/marvaking.htm

1988,
在一次短暂的休息期间，昆西琼斯和迈克尔开了一个有效的玩笑。他将一张普林斯的照片放在他（迈克尔）旁边的椅子上。迈克尔看了点点头，好像在说：“没门儿！”
——1988年格莱美录像期间，Tatiana Thumbtzen自传

BAD巡演，迈克尔的吉他手Jennifer Batten
我们认识的人想要问你，你是否见过PRINCE？
是的，我并没有正式会见过他。在杰克逊的一场BAD巡演中，他来到后台，带着SHELIA E和CAT一起。演出中，我的几个朋友正好坐在他后面，他们说当我在弹奏BEAT IT的那段SOLO时，他都快疯了！（笑）但是我个人从来没有正式见过他。

1989
1989年，迈克尔一边仍然沉浸在BAD的成功中，一边又发行了他的名为《太空步》的录像带。在里面，一群孩子重演了他的BAD录像，WESLEY SNIPES的角色由THE BOYS组合中的一位成员扮演。在演出的末尾，小迈克尔被一个勇敢的小成员从地铁里的“坏人”中护送出来，小迈克尔询问起猩猩泡泡，问他穿着什么。别人告诉他，“他穿着一件PRINCET恤和红运动鞋。” 小迈克尔问道，“PRINCET恤？”
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3月29日
BAD小子（BAD manchild）和紫色的那个人（the Purple One）的下一场战争会发生在屏幕上，而不是流行乐榜单上吗？
另一有有意思的巧合是，PRINCE合作的新法律公司是ZIFFREN，BRITTENHAM和BRANCA。JOHN BRANCA是杰克逊的律师，而且据说在这位超级巨星物色新的经理人期间负责管理他的事务。

Quincy Jones, Q Magazine, November 1987
How aware was Michael of Prince, and of his rise to prominence?
“Prince was making the biggest thrust right at the peak of Thriller, and Michael’s success had gotten so far out of control, at one point you could just feel it breaking that barrier, in almost a scary fashion. And right after that I think the public freaked out because all the hoopla was going on and here comes Prince with Purple Rain and in my opinion when the backlash started they  used Prince to whip Michael with: it’s time for you to get pulled down and Prince is gonna be the one to do it.”
(Jones confirms that the two superstars did meet on one occasion: “a social call.” Nobody is claiming that the pair got along famously. There was, it seems, some polite conversation about vegetarianism.)
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“He’s been in here a few times,” he says of Jackson. “He won’t look you straight in the eye. He’s a shy guy, I guess, but he will sign autographs, which is more than Prince does. If people knew how Prince treated his fans, he wouldn’t be so popular. Michael used to sign with whatever date it was. Now he signs 1998, I don’t know what means. Maybe it’s when he thinks the world is going to end or something.”

According to Bruce Swedian:
Aaron……
Isn’t it terrible how the press just can’t tell the whole story???
I was there for a couple of the meetings with Prince and Michael, Quincy and all. Personaly I think that after meeting with Michael, Quincy, Fredy DeMann and his team, Prince realized that he couldn’t win this duet/duel with MJ, artistically or other wise… And pulled out… He left the building, so to speak…
As far as I am concerned. I want to say that I love Prince’s music…
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Marva King was initially going to sing duet with Michael in IJCSLY, but was replaced by Sie Garrett, however her vocals remain in the background. She then performed on tour with Prince from 1997-1999.
Source

1988,
During a short break, Quincy Jones played a practical joke on Michael. He placed a photo of Prince on the seat next to him. Michael nodded his head as to say, “No Way!”
- During taping of the 1988 Grammy’s, Tatiana Thumbtzen’s bio
Bad Tour, Mike’s guitarist Jennifer Batten,
Somebody we know wanted us to ask you if you have ever met Prince.
Yeah, I didn’t actually officially meet him. He came backstage at one of the Jackson shows on the Bad tour, he had Shelia E and Cat with him. I had some friends who were sitting behind him at the show, they said he went nuts when I did my solo on Beat It! [chuckles] But I never met him personally.

1989
In 1989, while still enjoying the success of his “Bad” album, Michael released a home video called “Moonwalker”. In it, a group of kids reenact his “Bad” video, with the Wesley Snipes character played by a member of the group The Boys. At the end of the act, the little Michael is escorted off of the “Bad” subway set by a little entourage member. Little Michael asks about Bubbles the chimp, then asks what he is wearing. “He’s wearing a Prince t-shirt and red sneakers,” he is told. “PRINCE t-shirt?” little Michael asks.
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29th March
Will the next big battle between the “Bad” manchild and the Purple One be on the big screen instead of the pop charts?
Another interesting coincidence is the fact that Prince’s new law firm is Ziffren, Brittenham and Branca. John Branca is Jackson’s attorney and is said to be handling the superstar while he searches for a new manager.

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1990:
“Once More With Feeling,” Tatiana Thumbtzen自述
TATIANA又说，她是在她的生日派对上遇见PRINCE的。他本人是如此的美丽，比在镜头上更美，她被打动了。她邀请他跳舞，俱乐部里的每个人都停下来看着他们。派对结束时，PRINCE邀请她一起坐上他的豪华轿车。他们兜了几个小时风，听着他的新音乐样带。他邀请她去自己住的酒店，她去了。聊天中，PRINCE突然伸出手拉下了她的上衣。她震惊地说：“我以为你很害羞！”他指着我的胸说，“它们太美了！”
接着，他把我带到他宽敞的步入式衣帽间，他有几百套各色套装。已经是凌晨4点了，他邀请我留下，答应早上送我回家。我同意了。他给我一套丝绸睡衣，然后自己穿上了一件黑色莱卡的猫服。我们亲吻，抚摸，直至渐渐睡去。
第一次约会后，PRINCE和我又出去了几次。有一次，他让他兄弟DWAIN开着劳斯莱斯来接我。我给他带了一件生日礼物，一条上面拼着GEMINI（双子座）的皮带。因为我知道他不喜欢被人递上礼物，DWAIN答应一会儿将礼物给他。后来的几个月里，我和PRINCE共渡过一些更浪漫的时光。我们有激情时刻，但他并没有走得太远（他们没有做爱）。我们共同拥有的亲密，却比性爱更加重要。
我们总是谈啊谈，没有什么事情我们没谈到过，然后我们就会歇斯底里地大笑。
PRINCE是个很棒的人，但也很古怪。光辉的一面背后，也有喜怒无常的一面，我见到过他化身博士的双面。在片刻间他的情绪就会转变，前一分钟还很好，后一分钟就会变得黑暗、夸张和沉默寡言。
大约有4年，PRINCE和我失去联系。一天晚上，我们在一家俱乐部偶然相遇，谈起在迈克尔杰克逊和未成年男孩的丑闻期间，我接受STAR小报的一次采访。PRINCE对于我向小报爆料很生气；他指责我的评论，而且对于我说的迈克尔永远不会结婚这句话尤其在意。他对我大叫道：“你那么想要钱吗？你那么穷，那么烂，竟然将你的故事出卖给小报吗？”

1991
然而，PRINCE不会冒任何风险。他近来宣布雇佣了一个新的商务顾问：FRANK DILEO——迈克尔杰克逊的两张成功专辑THRILLER和BAD背后的管理力量。

1992
LORI WERNER1992年是PRINCE的DIAMONDS AND PEARLS中的一名伴舞，后来在1996年迈克尔的文莱演唱会以及1996/1997年历史巡演期间，又担任了TWYMMF的伴舞。

1992年10月13日：
Prince releases the album “Love Symbol” which includes the song “My Name Is Prince” and the lyric: “You got to be a Prince befo’ yo’ King anyway” a likely reference to Michael’s “King of Pop” status.
PRINCE发行了一张专辑LOVE SYMBOL，其中的一首歌“我的名字叫PRINCE”中有句歌词：“You got to be a Prince befo’ yo’ King anyway（你要成为国王，就得先成为王子）”貌似是影射迈克尔的KING OF POP（流行音乐之王）地位。

1994:
BLACK&WHITE : BOB JONES告诉我们刚才PRINCE来过，怎么回事？！
Bruce Swedien :这是真的，PRINCE到录音室来了。他正好路过进来看看，还想见见迈克尔……他待了一会儿，还听了几首歌……
BLACK&WHITE : 他喜欢吗？
Bruce Swedien : 他说不错。
– “Black & White” Magazine《黑与白》杂志

在GEARSLTUZ上ROB HOFFMAN的说法：
无论怎样，在HISTORY期间，MJ和PRINCE的确有过一次会面。但我们都被踢出门外了（这是PRINCE的要求，不是MJ的），说了什么我也不知道。

1995:
1995年也是《四海一家》的十周年纪念，在另一个电视播出的颁奖项目上，昆西琼斯召集了一批艺术家和他一起上台唱这首歌。昆西的好友迈克尔当晚没有出现，但他的另一个朋友PRINCE却在那里。在PRINCE的段落中，他口里始终含着一根棒棒糖。和其他艺术家一样，PRINCE上台是去与昆西一起唱《四海一家》的，却并没有开口。他的嘴太忙于吃棒棒糖了。昆西将一支麦克风伸到PRINCE的嘴前，让他唱，但PRINCE只是开玩笑地将他的棒棒糖伸到昆西嘴前。昆西装作要吃掉它。

1998，PRINCE发行THE TRUTH专辑
FASICINATION这首歌中有这样一句歌词：“So called King gives birth to so called Prince.（所谓的国王生了个所谓的王子。）”迈克尔将他的儿子取名为PRINCE。（这是随孩子的祖父的名字，但是PRINCE肯定看懂了其中的讽刺意味）。


1990:
“Once More With Feeling,” Tatiana Thumbtzen
Tatiana adds, she met Prince at her birthday party. She was taken at how beautiful he was in person, even more so than on camera. She asked him to dance, everyone in the club stopped to watch. When the party ended, Prince invited her for a ride in his limo. They rode around for a couple of hours, listening to demos of his new music. He asked her to go to his hotel, she did. At one point, while they were talking, Prince reached over and pulled her top down. She was shocked and said, “I thought you were shy!” Referring to my breasts, he said, “They’re so beautiful!”
Next he led me to his big walk-in closet. He had hundreds of suits in every color. It was 4.a.m in the morning; he invited me to stay, promising to take me home in the morning. I agreed and he gave me a pair of silk pajamas and he put on a black Lycra cat suit. We kissed and cuddled as we drifted off to sleep. After that first date, Prince and I went out a few more times. One time, he sent his brother, Dwain in a Rolls Royce to pick me up. I brought him a birthday gift, a belt that spelled out Gemini. Since I knew he didn’t like to be handed gifts, Dwain promised to give it to him later. During the next several months, I shared a few more romantic interludes with Prince. There were moments of passion but he never went too far(they never had sex). The closeness we had, however, was more important than sex.
We talked and talked, there was nothing we didn’t talk about, And we would laugh hysterically.
Prince is wonderful but he is also eccentric. Along with the brilliance, there is a temperamental side and I’ve seen both his Dr. Jekyll and his Mr. Hyde. His mood could change at the drop of a hat. He’d be fine one minute, then dark, dramatic and withdrawn the next.
Prince and I lost touch for about four years. We met by chance one night at a club and started talking about an interview I had given to the Star tabloid during the scandal involving Michael Jackson and the underage boy. Prince was upset that I had spoken to the tabloid; he attacked me for my comments and he was especially bothered by a line that quoted me as saying that Michael would never get married. He shouted, “Did you need the money that bad? Are you that poor – that broke, that you sell your story to the tabloids?”

1991
But Prince isn’t taking any chances: He recently announced that he has hired a new business consultant: Frank Dileo, the management muscle behind Michael Jackson’s successful Thriller and Bad albums.

1992
Lori Werner was a dancer on Prince’s “Diamonds and Pearls,” in 1992 and then was later a TWYMMF dancer for Michael during the 1996 Brunei concert and the 1996/7 History tour.

October 13, 1992:
Prince releases the album “Love Symbol” which includes the song “My Name Is Prince” and the lyric: “You got to be a Prince befo’ yo’ King anyway” a likely reference to Michael’s “King of Pop” status.

1994:
BLACK&WHITE : Bob Jones told us Prince stopped by awhile ago, what’s up with that?!?
Bruce Swedien : This is true, Prince came to the studio. He was passing by, stopped in and wanted to see Michael…he hung around and heard a few songs…
BLACK&WHITE : Did he like them?
Bruce Swedien : He said they were good.
– “Black & White” Magazine
According to Rob Hoffman on Gearsltuz:
For what it’s worth, MJ and Prince did have a meeting during HIStory as well. We were all kicked out of the room however (Prince’s wishes, not MJ’s), so I don’t know what was said.

1995:
1995 was also the ten year anniversary of “We Are The World”. At another televised awards program, Quincy Jones had a group of artists join him up on stage to help sing it. Quincy’s good friend Michael was not there that evening, but his other friend Prince was. It was during Prince’s phaze of always being seen with a lollipop in his mouth. Prince joined Quincy as well as various other artists on stage to sing “We Are The World”. Prince, however was not singing. His mouth was too busy with his lollipop. Quincy placed a microphone towards Prince’s mouth so he would sing. But Prince just playfully placed his lollipop towards Quincy’s mouth. Quincy pretended like he was about to eat it.

Prince releases “The Truth” in 1998
The song “Fascination” includes the lyrics: “So called King gives birth to so called Prince.” Michael named his son Prince (after his grandfather, but I’m sure Prince got the irony).

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2000
PRINCE的访谈：链接http://www.arizonabeats.com/foru ... 964&postcount=7
PRINCE在里面谈起他和MJ掰手腕谁会赢，他说，“迈克尔是个情人不是个斗士（Michael’s a lover not a fighter，THE GIRL IS MINE的一句对白）。另外他告诉人们在迈克尔的事情上要冷静下来，“我们并不清楚在他身上发生的事情，我们应该冷静下来。”

2000年左右
2000年初，PRINCE接受采访（好像是广播），采访者跟他玩了个游戏。他说他会拿出几张上面写有名字的卡片，而PRINCE需要说出他脑子里的第一反应。采访者拿出来一张写着“迈克尔杰克逊”的卡片，PRINCE的反应是“天才”。后来，采访者又举起了一张写着“珍妮杰克逊”的卡片，PRINCE的反应则是“天才的妹妹”。

迈克尔杰克逊，2001年INVINCIBLE专辑，10月30日
在INVINCIBLE这首歌里，迈克尔唱道：“He’s buying diamonds and pearls, but he can’t do it like me.”（他给你买钻石与珍珠，但他不会像我这样。）而PRINCE1991年发行的专辑正叫《钻石与珍珠》。

2000-2005
迈克尔，KIIS FM电台，2003年9月10日
Rick:迈克尔，我是RICK DEES！
Michael: RICK你好。
Rick:你好。
Michael:你怎么样？
Rick:不能再好了，先生。你现在在多伦多吗？
Michael:是，我在多伦多。我决定到这儿来写写歌。
Rick:你知道谁现在也住在多伦多吗？PRINCE。PRINCE决定从明尼阿波利斯搬到多伦多了。
Michael:唱歌的那个？
Rick:正是，唱歌的那个PRINCE。
Michael:你开玩笑！
Rick:他还有他老婆（都在）…其实，是JIMMY JAM告诉我他们住在那儿的。
Michael: JIMMY JAM真好人。
Rick:他是最好的人了，对吧？
Michael:是啊……

2004
在他2004年的专辑MUSICOLOGY中，PRINCE写了这么一句歌词：“我的声音越来越高/而且我没有做过鼻子/那是另外一个家伙。”
同时有传言说专辑中的另外一首歌和MJ的一位前女友有关。

2005-2009 (具体时间不详)
CRAVE在线采访Will.I.Am
Will.i.am: I don’t know but I know that one time I was in Vegas and [Michael Jackson's] like, “Oh, I heard you’re in Vegas.” 我不知道，但我确实知道的是有次我在拉斯维加斯，MJ说：“哦，我听说你在拉斯维加斯。”
我貌似说，“是的，我们今晚有个表演，你来吗？”
“你们几点上台？”
我们9点钟演出。他说：“哦，扯淡（rats）！”——向上帝发誓，我听见他说扯淡——“哦，扯淡，我不能去。我得照顾孩子们睡觉。”
“好吧。我们和黑眼豆豆演出之后，还要和PRINCE演出。你应该来看看，PRINCE邀请我和他一起在棕榈酒店演出。你也许能来看我和PRINCE的演出。
于是迈克尔说：“哦，真的？我很乐意。问问PRINCE行不行。”我给PRINCE的助理打电话，她给了肯定的答复。于是我说：“嘿，迈克，太棒了！”
说真的，伙计，这听来不像真的，但它确实发生了。这挺起来像个很烂的谎言吧？我给PRINCE打电话，让后又把迈克尔杰克逊带来了，这真是再真实不过的事了。结果，我迟到了，我迟到了。我坐在出租车里，天哪，这次迟到可是太操蛋了。我总是迟到，我竟然在迈克尔杰克逊去看我和PRINCE演出的时候也迟到！
我跳下出租车，在拉斯维加斯狂奔。我一边跑着，旁边的人们都说“Wyclef!”(不明，原文I’m running and people are like, “Wyclef!”)
我像在胡扯吧？我跑到了演出地点，和PRINCE一起表演，然后我走下台，迈克尔在哪儿。
他说：“棒极了！我不知道你还会说唱。”我说：“什么？你不知道我说唱？我是黑眼豆豆的成员。”
“我不知道你就是那个说唱者，还以为是另外那个家伙。”
我说：“不，那是我，伙计。”
“你棒极了，演出也棒极了。我们下次也得在我的唱片里这样合作，你说唱，我唱歌。”是啊，让迈克来看我和PRINCE在台上演出真是太棒了！这太疯狂了，太伟大了，太酷了！

2000
Link to an interiew (it won’t embed!) where Prince talks about who would win in an arm wrestling match (“Michael’s a lover not a fighter”) and where he tells people to chill out on Michael, “because we don’t really know what’s going on with him and we need to chill on that.”

Around 2000,
During the early 2000s, Prince was being interviewed (radio, I think) and the interviewer played a game with him. He said that he would hold up cards with names on them and Prince had to say the first thing that came to mind. The interviewer held up a card that said ‘Michael Jackson’ and Prince responded ‘Genius’. Later on, the interviewer held up a card that said ‘Janet Jackson’ and Prince responded ‘The genuis’ sister.”

Michael Jackson “Invincible” October 30, 2001
On the song “Invincible” Michael sings, “He’s buying diamonds and pearls, but he can’t do it like me.” Prince released the album, “Diamonds and Pearls” back in 1991.

2000-2005
Michael, KIIS FM Radio, September 10, 2003
Rick: Michael, it’s Rick Dees!
Michael: Rick, how are you?
Rick: How are you?
Michael: How’ve you been doin’?
Rick: Couldn’t be better, sir. And you’re in Toronto now?
Michael: Yes, I’m in Toronto. I just decided to come up here and write music.
Rick: You know who else is living in Toronto now? Prince. Prince decided to move from Minneapolis to Toronto.
Michael: The singer?
Rick: Yes, Prince the singer.
Michael: You’re kidding!
Rick: And he and his wife…in fact, Jimmy Jam told me they’re living there now.
Michael: Jimmy Jam is so nice.
Rick: Isn’t he the best?
Michael: Yeah…

2004
On his 2004 album Musicology, Prince had a lyric that went, “My voice is getting higher/And Eye ain’t never had my nose done/That’s the other guy.”
There is also rumoured to be another song on his album relating to an ex-girlfriend of Michael’s…

2005-2009 (anyone know the date?)
Crave online Interview With Will.I.Am:
Will.i.am: I don’t know but I know that one time I was in Vegas and [Michael Jackson's] like, “Oh, I heard you’re in Vegas.”
I was like, “Yeah, we have a show tonight. Can you come?”
“What time you guys go on?”
We go on at 9 o’clock. I swear to God, “Oh, rats.” He said rats. “Oh, rats, I can’t. I’ve got to put the kids to sleep.”
All right, well after we perform with the Peas, I’m performing with Prince. You should come to the show. So Prince invited me to perform with him at the Palms. Maybe you can come see me perform with Prince.
So Michael Jackson says, “Oh really? I’d love to. Call Prince and see if it’s cool.” I call Prince’s assistant. She’s like sure. So I’m like, “Yo, Mike, it’s great.”
Come on, dude. This sh*t ain’t real. To me, that that happened, it sounds like a big ass lie, right? Yeah, I’ll just call Prince and then bring Michael Jackson but it’s the realest sh*t. So, I’m late. I’m late. I’m in the cab, like aw, man, what a time to be f*ckin’ late. I’m always late and I’m late for Michael Jackson to see me perform with Prince.
So I hop off the cab and I’m running in Las Vegas. I’m running and people are like, “Wyclef!”
I’m like f*ck you, right? Then I run and I get to the place and I perform for Prince and I walk off stage and Michael’s there.
He’s like, “That was awesome. I didn’t know you rapped.” I was like, “What? You don’t know I rap? I’m in the Black Eyed Peas.”
“I didn’t think it was you that was the rapper. I thought it was the other guy.”
I was like, “No, that’s me, dude.”
“You’re awesome, that was awesome. We need to do something like that on my record where you rap and I sing.” Yeah, but that was a great experience to have Mike see me perform with Prince. It was nuts. That’s great, cool.

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Will.I.Am在德国的采访
SP：你和PRINCE合作过？这个人在英国将他的新CD和报纸一起免费赠送，震惊了整个唱片产业。
Will.i.am：一个有远见的人。我和他一起演出过。几个月前，我和黑眼豆豆在拉斯维加斯，PRINCE打电话给我，他正在赌场里玩，问我：“你今晚想和我一起演出吗？”肯定，我说，当然！第二天他的助理打电话给我说：“PRINCE想知道你今天晚上是否也想来？”想来？还有什么比跟PRINCE一起表演更酷的事情？哦对，就是连续两天都和他一起表演！几分钟过后，我又接到一个电话：“嗨，我是迈克，你在干什么？”迈克“迈克尔杰克逊”哇哦！他当时已经换了录音室，从爱尔兰搬到拉斯维加斯。我说：“嘿，我今晚要和PRINCE一起演出。”
“PRINCE?那很棒！”
“你也应该来！”
“真的吗？那会挺酷的！”
“那会太酷了！”
“好吧，我会来。”想想吧：我和PRINCE一起表演，而迈克尔杰克逊在观众席里看！老天，十分钟内接到一个PRINCE的电话，一个迈克尔杰克逊的电话，这能有多大的几率？
Sp：几率为零。
Will.i.am：对。好吧，我那晚早早地赶去音乐会，结果竟然遇上交通堵塞！我自己想，@#$%，这简直是最糟糕的一次被堵！于是我跳下车，开始跑。最后一秒种我终于赶到了俱乐部。一切都进行得很顺利，3分钟后，我从台上下来，PRINCE仍然则麦克风里喊着：“为Will.i.am鼓掌欢呼吧！”我溜进大厅，坐在迈克尔杰克逊的桌前。他真的来了！
“你觉得我怎么样？”我问他。
他回答：“我不知道你还会说唱。”
你说说看，这个人为了拍几张照片让我飞到该死的爱尔兰，而他甚至不知道我除了是个制作人，还是个说唱歌手！
我说：“你从来没听过我的音乐，或者看过我的MV吗？ @#$#%，我是黑眼豆豆的主说唱手！”不管怎样，迈克尔杰克逊旁边坐着演员克里斯塔克，然后PRINCE从台上下来走到我们面前。
Sp：…然后看见迈克尔杰克逊和你在同一桌？
Will.i.am：嘿，他还背着他的贝司，停在我们桌前。我们坐着：迈克尔杰克逊、克里斯塔克和我，PRINCE径直站在迈克尔杰克逊面前，开始即兴演奏着贝司：他是在拍打！他什么都没干——什么也没说，就只是演奏。这是怎样的景象！当PRINCE再度回到台上去后，迈克尔杰克逊跟我说：“PRINCE正对着我的脸中央弹他的贝司！那是什么意思？”于是我说：“你终于在这儿成功隐身了！想想吧，PRINCE本来也许会说：‘顺便说声，迈克尔杰克逊也坐在这儿。’人们本来就已经为PRINCE够兴奋的了，更不用说要是知道你在这儿（会怎样）了！”
Sp：而当你说起这个故事的时候，没人相信你。
Will.i.am：我自己都无法相信！但我不得不说：这是真的，每个字都是。第二天早上我和迈克尔杰克逊共进早餐，我们在一块儿做了会歌——那也是我最后一次见到他。

2007
7月23日
前榜单竞争对手PRINCE建议迈克尔杰克逊怎样挽救他的职业
据报道，这位古怪的明星找到PRINCE，他在80年代争夺流行王位的对手，寻求回归帮助。
《紫雨》的演唱者据说告诉迈克尔，要他在拉斯维加斯表演原声秀，以向世界证明他依然有惊人的天赋。
有消息来源告诉纽约邮报：“PRINCE建议迈克尔在拉斯维加斯做一组不插电音乐会——只有迈克尔和麦克风。不要机关，不要换服装，不要烟火或是镜子，只要他的声音。
看来PRINCE对他昔日的竞争者改变了态度。
今年早些时候，这位迷你的明星拒绝了迈克尔举办联合巡演以帮助他重回世界舞台的提议。
据说PRINCE是担心迈克尔归来所带来的媒体狂潮会盖过音乐会本身，他可不打算成为唱BEAT IT那个人的支持力量。

迈克尔，《乌檀》杂志，2007年12月
（搬用Keen的译文http://www.mjjasia.com/show.aspx?id=1353&cid=20）当《比莉•琼》出来时，他们说，“我们才不会播呢。”但当他们开始播出后，它就创下了历史记录。然后他们向我要求我们所拥有的一切。他们都快把我们的门敲掉了。然后，王子（Prince）也上了MTV，这给王子和所有黑人艺术家都打开了大门。
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2009
迈克尔的舞蹈指导肯尼奥特加对于迈克尔的失眠症表示关心，因为他知道他需要充沛的体力来完成即将到来的02音乐会。显然迈克尔告诉过他，自己会在半夜醒来，“从上苍那里”接收到新的音乐灵感，而不得不把他们写下了。奥特加想知道迈克尔是否能和他的“上苍”达成协议，在别的时间接收灵感（而不是在半夜）。迈克尔回应到：“不，我不能不理睬这些想法，否则他会将它们给PRINCE的。”

German interview with Will.I.Am:
Sp: You’ve also worked with Prince? The man has shocked the recording industry, by giving away his new CD in Great Britain for free with a newspaper.
Will.i.am: A visionaire. I performed with him. A few months ago,I was with the Black Eyed Peas in Las Vegas. Prince calls me, he played in a Casino and asks, “You want to perform with me tonight?” Sure, I say, of course! The next day his assistant called me and said: “Prince would like to know if you want to come along this evening too.” Want to? What’s more cool than to play with Prince? Right, to play with him two days in a row! A few minutes later I get a further call: “Hey, it’s Mike, wat are you doing?” Mike? Michael Jackson? Wow! He had changed studios at that time, from Ireland to Las Vegas. I say: “Hey, I’m playing with Prince here tonight.”
“Prince? That is great!”
“You should come!”
“Really? That would be cool!”
“That would be really cool!”
“Okay, I’ll come.” Imagine that: I’m playing with Prince, and Michael Jackson sits in the audience! Holy ish! What chance is there to get a call from Prince and then one from Michael Jackson within ten minutes?
Sp: that chance is zero.
Will.i.am: Right. Okay, I head for the concert in the early evening and – get stuck in traffic! I think by myself, @#$%, this is the worst time to be stuck ! So I jump out of the car and start to run. I make it at the last second into the club. Everything goes smoothly, after three minutes I ‘m back from the stage, Prince still yells in the microphone “Give it up for Will.i.am!” I creep into the hall and sit down to the table of – Michael Jackson. So he really came!
“What did you think of me?”, I ask him.
He answers: “I did not know you rapped.”
Now I ask you? The man lets me fly to bloody Ireland for a few photographs, and he doesn’t even know that I am not only a producer, but also a rapper!
I say: “Have you never heard my music, or looked at my videos? I @#$#%’ am the main rapper of the Black Eyed Peas!” Anyways. Besides Michael Jackson sits the actor Chris Tucker, and then Prince comes down from the stage to us…
Sp: … and sees Michael Jackson sitting at the table with you?
Will.i.am: Yo. He had his bass still strapped on and stops at our table. So there we sit : Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and I. Prince stands directly before Michael Jackson and improvises on the bass: Slap! He does nothing- nothing! – and says nothing! Simply plays . What a scene! When Prince is again back on stage, Michael Jackson says to me: “Prince played his bass in the middle of my face! What’s up with that?” Now now, I say: “you are finally incognito here! Imagine that Prince would have said: ‘and by the way Michael Jackson is sitting here.’ The people are already excited because of Prince, let alone knowing you’re also here!” Yep, that was it then, the craziest night of my life.
Sp: And when you tell this story, nobody believes you.
Will.i.am: I would not even believe it! But I have to say: It is true. Each word. The next morning I had breakfast with Michael Jackson, we worked a bit on songs together – and that was the last time that I saw him.

2007
July 23rd
Michael Jackson is being advised on how to save his career by former chart rival Prince.
The eccentric star has reportedly turned to Prince, who he battled for pop supremacy in the 80s, for help with his comeback.
The ‘Purple Rain’ singer is said to have told Michael to play a series of acoustic shows in Las Vegas to prove to the world he is still an amazing talent.
A source told the New York Post newspaper: “Prince has been suggesting that Michael play a sequence of unplugged concerts in Las Vegas – just Michael and the microphone. No gimmicks, no costume changes, no smoke or mirrors, just his voice.”
It seems Prince has had a change of heart towards his one-time rival.
Earlier this year, the diminutive star snubbed Michael’s offer of a joint tour to help him re-launch himself on the world stage.
Prince was said to be concerned that the hype surrounding Michael’s comeback would over-shadow the concerts, and he wasn’t prepared to be the ‘Beat It’ singer’s support act.

Michael, Ebony, December 2007
“Billie Jean, you know, they said, we don’t – we won’t play it. And when they played it, it set the all-time record. And they were asking for everything we had. They were knocking our door down because it brought the audience. Then they – then Prince came, it opened a door for Prince and all the other black artists.”

2009
Michael’s choreographer Kenny Ortega was concerned about Michael’s insomnia because he knew he’d need a lot of stamina for the upcoming O2 concerts. Apparently Michael told Kenny that he’d wake up in the middle of the night with song ideas that were being given to him “from a higher power” and that he just had to write them down. Ortega wondered if Michael couldn’t make a deal with his “higher power” to give him these ideas at another time (instead of in the middle of the night). Michael responded, “no, I can’t ignore the ideas. Because then He might give them to Prince.”

stroller

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6月27日
PRINCE和迈克尔杰克逊是友好的竞争对手？说真的？据《紫雨》演唱者的前乐队队友说，是真的！

Startribune上的一篇报道：BOBBY Z，PRINCE的REVOLUTION时期的鼓手，回忆和PRINCE一起看迈克尔横扫1984年格莱美奖的情景。
“当时我们正在看《紫雨》的粗剪带，我们知道那就是明年PRINCE想要站的地方。”Z周二说道。

迈克尔杰克逊甚至出现在两场《紫雨》演出的后台。几年后，尽管迈克尔杰克逊想要和PRINCE合作，但因为歌词上的分歧，PRINCE拒绝了。

MICHAEL BLAND坚持认为他们相处得不错：：“他们一起在PAISLEY公园玩投篮，PRINCE的工作室和家在CHANHASSEN。我们经常从MJJ制作公司那里收到SLY STONE在欧洲的表演录像。PRINCE会将它插进录像机，我们一起看录像。

PRINCE在2000年甚至在一个新闻发布会上为迈克尔辩护，他的话如下：“我们并不清楚在他身上发生的事情，我们应该冷静下来。”

个人来说，我见过迈克尔杰克逊2006年和黑眼豆豆的Wil I Am以及克里斯塔克一起出席了PRINCE在拉斯维加斯3121的演出。但迈克尔并没有按照计划在秀后和迈克尔乔丹一起露面。

最近，PRINCE正在他的演出中表演迈克尔杰克逊的几首歌“Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”以及JACKSON5的“Dancing Machine”。

知道我最爱的艺术家PRINCE和迈克尔之间有着不为人知的有趣关系真是太好了。（PRINCE？）肯定在投篮上击败他。——Dr. FB

2009年10月15日
Q：在GRAND PALAIS的演唱会上，你表演了一首JACKSON5的歌SHAKE YOUR BODY DOWN TO THE GROUND，那是一次致敬吗？
A：我的歌手ELISA有着和迈克尔年轻时候相似的音色。况且一首好歌就是一首好歌。
Q：你对迈克尔杰克逊的去世有什么感觉？
A：（PRINCE显然有些勉强，不愿去细想这个话题）失去所爱总是令人悲伤。

（全文完）

June 27th,
Prince and Michael Jackson were friendly rivals? Seriously? According to former band members of the Purple One, it’s true.
A report in the Startribune, Bobby Z., Prince’s drummer for the Revolution, remembers watching the 1984 Grammys with Prince as Michael Jackson swept the Grammys.
“We were watching rough cuts of [the movie] ‘Purple Rain,’ and we knew that’s where Prince wanted to be the next year,” Z said Thursday.
Michael Jackson even showed up to 2 Purple Rain shows backstage. Although Michael Jackson did want to work with Prince a few years later, Prince declined due to lyrical differences.
Michael Bland insisted they got along fine. “They’d shoot hoops at Paisley Park,” Prince’s studio/home in Chanhassen. “We used to get packages from MJJ Productions [with] footage of Sly Stone performing in Europe. Prince would pop it in the VCR, and we’d watch it.”
Prince even defended Michael at a press conference in 2000 where he said something along the lines of “we don’t really know what is going on with him and maybe we need to chill on that.” (I can’t find the original transcript so paraphrasing people.)
Personally speaking, I did see Michael Jackson attend one of Prince’s shows at 3121 Las Vegas in 2006 with Wil I Am of the Black Eyed Peas and Chris Tucker. Michael did not make the after show as planned where he was to be seated with Michael Jordan.
Recently, Prince has been performing Michael Jackson songs in his sets, “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” and recently “Dancing Machine” by the Jackson 5
It’s nice to know my favorite artist Prince had an interesting connection with Michael that many of us did not know, beating him in hoops I am sure. -Dr.FB

15th October, 2009
At your concert at the Grand Palais, you’ve performed a song the Jackson 5 Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground). Was it a tribute?
My singer Elisa has the same timbre as Michael when he was young. And a good song is a good song.

How did you feel at the death of Michael Jackson?
(Prince, obviously reluctant, does not want to dwell on the subject.) It is always sad to lose someone you loved.

（THE END）

stroller

今天发现，PRINCE2001年的时候改信了耶和华见证会，而且也会上门去布道。

当年MJ因为艺术形式与宗教信仰有违，不得不退出了JW，很好奇PRINCE是怎么处理这个问题的。一直觉得虽然PRINCE在音乐上较MJ更黑暗，怪诞，但在融入主流社会这一点上做得比MJ圆滑多了。
当然网上也有评论说现在JW的领袖一心延揽名人入会以扩大影响，因此作出的折衷与妥协并不少见。

from WIKI:

Prince became one of Jehovah's Witnesses in 2001 following a two-year-long debate with friend and fellow Jehovah's Witness, musician Larry Graham. Prince said he didn't consider it a conversion, but a "realization"; "It's like Morpheus and Neo in The Matrix", he explained. He attends meetings at a local Kingdom Hall and occasionally knocks on people's doors to discuss his new faith

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还有发现哦，PRINCE2007年出了一张随报纸免费赠送的新专辑，叫PLANET EARTH......

小野_SF

站够楼了？呵呵等你发完哦

AMY92363

谢谢你的分享！

Pure

有这么多猛料吖？坐等。。

莱茵统帅

顶。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。貌似我没看过

草鸡

赶紧更新啊

Liberian33

不错的资料，谢谢分享！

软绵绵

如果拉托亚接受了PRINCE的追求，那该多么狗血啊~~