I’m pretty sure Prince didn’t sleep between 1978 and 1990. I’m not even sure that he sleeps now. Eighties radio was dominated by the unholy alliance of Michael, Bruce, Madonna, and the Minneapolis Genius, but of that gang of four nobody made more hay during the decade than Prince.
That guy was everywhere. Not only did he have his own thing going on, but Chaka Khan, Sinead O’Connor, and The Bangles had hits with Prince songs, too. That’s not even close to a complete list, either. He remade “Morning Train” Sheena Easton into that sexy “Sugar Walls” lady, to name another.
And then there were the related acts: The Time, Vanity 6, Appolonia 6, The Family, Jesse Johnson’s Revue. When did the guy find time to buy new blouses and crawl through rose petals to his claw foot bathtub?
But that’s all hit record stuff. You might not like the hits (I don’t like most of them, honestly), but Prince remains one of the most ridiculously talented musicians ever to put on a pair of curtains and dance like James Brown. And as a musician, the guy couldn’t or wouldn’t be constrained to a single genre.
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Huh! I like Prince. And the side projects that I know about are fun. But shockingly (not at all) I hadn’t heard of this. I’m NOT deep. Anyway, that cover has it all – Sexy lady with a gun, cute dog who seems to have a special relationship with the sexy lady, and a sort of Bonnie & Clyde vibe, with a place for at least one team member to relieve himself!
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You’re like a musical encyclopedia! This was new to me and now I am going to have to check it out.
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Interesting article. There were actually 4 Madhouse Albums recorded (and I’ve heard supposedly, there may be a 5th one somewhere in the vault). The 3rd and 4th albums were both called, “24”. One of them was recorded in 1988 with a planned release for 1989; The other one, which was an NPG version of Madhouse, was recorded in 1993, with a planned 1994 release. Both are unreleased, but they leaked out. Prince played drums on the first album, Sheila on the second, Prince again on the 3rd, and Michael Bland on the 4th. There was also more music recorded, which ended up as Eric Leeds’ TIME SQUARED album. I still rock these albums today, and there was also an unreleased video filmed for “6”.
SOURCES:
1)http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_24_(1989);
2)http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_24_(1994);
3)Maneca Lightner interview on Prince Podcast, where she talks about the unreleased video for “6”, among other things: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGs-b72r7s;
4)http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Album:_Times_Squared;
5)Eric Leeds Interview (actually in 4 parts) starting here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S11NjgzEmRI ;
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