Guitar by Prince
“The record company and Prince fell out. Prince did his own thing, so the lawyers told him he no longer owned his name, Prince, anymore. This annoyed him (as it is actually his real name), so he called himself "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" - more lawyers. Not allowed to use Prince at all. Ferk it, he thought, and went with a symbol. He also lost the rights to his face & had to do interviews behind scarves, veils and masks! He could only make money from gigs (as symbol). He gave Planet Earth away via a UK newspaper to publicise his record breaking series of gigs in London. While Prince was fighting the fight, George Michael simply stopped recording and gigging altogether. Yeah, lawyers and rights are good for music.”
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The record company and Prince fell out. Prince did his own thing, so the lawyers told him he no longer owned his name, Prince, anymore. This annoyed him (as it is actually his real name), so he called himself "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince" - more lawyers. Not allowed to use Prince at all. Ferk it, he thought, and went with a symbol. He also lost the rights to his face & had to do interviews behind scarves, veils and masks! He could only make money from gigs (as symbol). He gave Planet Earth away via a UK newspaper to publicise his record breaking series of gigs in London. While Prince was fighting the fight, George Michael simply stopped recording and gigging altogether. Yeah, lawyers and rights are good for music.
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‘Guitar by Prince’. Ear worm caught somewhere between here and Wilmslow.
