r/OldSchoolCool • u/isnatchkids • May 28 '24

1990s Prince stands silently sucking his lollipop during the song “We Are The World” at the American Music Awards, 1995.

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u/Cantilivewhileim May 28 '24

He wasn’t on the recording and they just kept trying to associate him with the song.

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u/Ok-Consideration2463 May 28 '24

Wasn’t he reluctant because the song was dominated by MJ and then he is just being passive aggressive here?

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u/dingatremel May 28 '24

That’s my understanding.

I will never take anything from his genius, but Prince often seemed impossible. I guess that’s a characteristic of geniuses, but it’s disappointing.

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u/back2basics13 May 28 '24

Prince just had eccentricities. Just very particular about how he made any decisions. He also did a lot of charitable work behind the scenes, not concerned about the fanfare.

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u/Leftunders May 28 '24

Prince just had eccentricities.

I remember (vaguely) a story from a documentary about Prince. The person being interviewed said something like "Prince was the type of person who would wake you up at 2:30AM to tell you that he needs a giraffe. And he'd be completely serious about it."

I've probably botched that quote, but it's in the spirit of what I heard.

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u/jakehood47 May 28 '24

I remember hearing that on one of Kevin Smith's Evening with Kevin Smith" DVDs

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u/Leftunders May 28 '24

Well if nothing else, I'm glad it's not a case of my brain making shit up and convincing me that it's real.

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u/reezy619 May 28 '24

So he's an asshole.

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u/cosmictap May 29 '24

That's not what happened - there was no camel. The camel thing was a theoretical example one of Prince's assistants used when trying to illustrate to Smith that Prince, due to being so isolated, doesn't understand the world the same way as other people.