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Chuck: 10:00 STRAIGHT UP
GOOD MORNING I'M CHUCK
GAIDICA ALONG WITH TATI
AMARE WE HAVE MADE IT TO
FRIDAY THAT'S A GOOD THING
WE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US ON "LIVE IN THE D."
WE'RE GOING TO START THE
SHOW IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT
WAY TODAY TALKING ABOUT THE
SHOCKING LOSS OF THE MUSIC
ICON PRINCE.
BIG FAN.
Tati: DEFINITELY.
Chuck: EVERYBODY IT'S
TALKING -- IS TALKING ABOUT
IT.
Tati: IT'S SUCH
HIS WIFE TEXTED HIM PRINCE
DIED.
MAYBE IT'S TUMOR ORR
SOMETHING BUT IT OF COURSE
BUT IT WAS TRUE.
THERE ARE ARMGS SAYING
IT'S A HOAX RIGHT AWAY.
THEN YOU THINK NOW I DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE.
BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
WAS A.P. FOR ME BEFORE WE
GET TO THE ART AND MUSIC AND
GENIUS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WHEN YOU SEE 1958-JUST
AFFECTS ME PERSONALLY.
WHEN YOU SEE THE YEAR YOU'RE
BORN HYPHEN YOU DON'T OF GO
57.
WAY TOO SOON.
Tati: EXTREMELY YOUNG
EVERYONE HAD THIS IDEA OF
HIM BEING VERY HEALTHY AND
YOUNG.
IT'S A HONOR OF PRINCE
HIS HIT SONG "PURPLE RAIN"
FROM THE ALBUM AND THE MOVIE
THAT WAS RELEASED BACK IN
1984.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ICONIC
IMAGES WE ARE GETTING
GLIMPSES.
KIND OF LIKE YOU PEEK OPEN
YOU LOOK INSIDE THE CURTAIN
FOR A MINUTE.
THAT'S THE STUFF WE'RE
SEEING.
HE LOOKS SO MUCH YOUNGER IN
SOME OF THE VIDEO.
LIKE EVEN TODAY'S SHOW WAS
LIKE 94.
Tati: THIS WAS PRINCE'S
SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE RELATE TO
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BACK
FROM 1984.
AND THE MOVIE "PURPLE RAIN"
WAS LOOSELY BASED ON HIS
LIFE EXPERIENCE.
RIGHT NOW, PURPLE RAIN IS
THE NUMBER ONE SONG ON
iTUNES.
Chuck: WE SEE THAT HAPPEN
WHEN WE LOSE SOMEBODY LIKE
MICHAEL JACKSON ELVIS
ON I-TUNES RIGHT NOW ARE
PRINCE ALBUMS.
SO TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN COMING
FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE
REMEMBERING PRINCE FOR HIS
MUSIC AND HIS STYLE.
AND HE HAD RECENTLY
PERFORMED IN ATLANTA TO RAVE
REVIEWS.
Chuck: PEOPLE WHO WERE
WILL SAID THEY'RE SHOCKED
BECAUSE HE APPEARED TO BE
HEALTHY.
HE SOME KIND OF HEALTH
SCARE.
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY WHERE
HIS PLANE WAS DIVERTED
SOMETHING WAS GO ON THERE.
BUT ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS
THAT TRANSCENDED GENERATIONS
OBVIOUSLY AN AMAZING SINGER,
MUSICIAN, PERFORMER THERE
ARE STILL LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
HE PLAYED ALL OF A SUDDEN OF
HIS INSTRUMENTS, HE WROTE
SONGS FOR PEOPLE FROM ALICIA
KEYES TO SHACKA HE
GRAMMY AWARDS AND EARNED 30
NOMINATIONS.
PRINCE'S LAST PERFORMANCE IN
DETROIT WAS APRIL LAST YEAR
AT THE FOX.
Chuck: YOU KNOW HERE'S
THE THING, SO I READ TOWARD
THE HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR
LIKE THREE DAYS.
HE WAS SENT HOME AND THEN
WHEN HE GOT TO ATLANTA HE
WAS GETTING CHEERS THAT HE
INTERPRETED AS WE'RE GLAD
YOU'RE WELL.
IN AN EERIE WAY HE SAID TO
THE CROWD DON'T START
PRAYING FOR ME YET.
MEANING I'M NOT GONE, I'M
OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT
AND THAT KIND OF THING.
THEN OF COURSE WE GET THIS
NEWS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF STRANGE.
Tati: SHORTLY AFTER WE
HEARD ABOUT PRINCE PASSING I
HEADED OUT TO TALK TO FELLOW
DETROITERS ABOUT THEIR
MEMORIES OF THE LEGENDARY
SINGER
WE LOST A LOT OF GREATS THIS
YEAR.
BOWIE CAUGHT EVERYBODY OFF
GUARD PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HE
WAS SICK --
NO PRINCE.
YEAH.
I NEVER I JUST THOUGHT HE
WOULD ALWAYS BE AROUND.
GREW UP WITH HIM.
IT'S DEVASTATING.
BACK WHEN I WAS IN MY
TEENAGE YEARS I PLAYED ALL
THE INSTRUMENTS TO SEE
SOMEONE OF HIS CALIBER WHO'S
JUST NO LONGER WITH US IS
REAL SHOCK.
MY FRIEND IN LONDON TEXTED
ME SHE'S CRYING ABOUT THIS.
HE WAS AN AMAZING
MUSICIAN, TALENT AND A GREAT
PERSON.
IT'S REALLY SAD.
I HAD THE FORTUNATE ABILITY
WITH MY WIFE TO SEE HIM IN A
VERY SMALL CONCERT VENUE IN
SWEDDEN WHEN HEFF TESTINGNY
MUSIC ABOUT FIVE YEARS
YEARS.
HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC WAS
VERY OBVIOUS.
THIS YEAR HAS NOT BEEN GOOD
TO SOME OF OUR MOST ICONIC
MUSICIANS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I NEVER
GOT TO SEE HIM.
PRINCE TIME IN 86.
I JUST REMEMBER HIM
COMING OUT AND THE CROWD
GOING CRAZEY AND HIM
PERFORMING AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL.
I ALSO DO TOURS AT THE
RECORDING STUDIO AND PART OF
HIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED
THERE.
HE SOME CONNECTION TO
DETROIT.
THAT'S WHY YOU KNOW YOU SAW
HIM AT THE FOX HE SAID HE
LOVES COMING TO DETROIT.
BUT WHEN HE WAS DOING GRAFT
BRIDGE HE DID IT AT UNITED
SOUNDS RECORDING STUDIO.
THAT'S A GREAT PIECE OF
HISTORY.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
Tati: SO ON OUR "LIVE IN
THE D" Facebook PAGE FANS
HAVE BEEN SHARINGING THEIR
MEMORIES OF PRINCE AND SOME
OF THEIR FAVORITE SONGS.
JULIE SAYS LET'S GO CRAZY
AND SHE USED TO DANCE CRAZY
TO THE SONG IN COLLEGE.
SHE LOVED PRINCE AND
LOVES THEM NOW.
LAURA SAYS RASPBERRY BERET
THE KIND YOU FIND IN
SECONDHAND STORE.
CELIA SAYS 1999.
MARTINA SAYS CAN'T PICK
JUST ONE BUT HER FAVORITE
ALBUM IS SIGN O THE TIMES.
COMING UP NOW IS GREG
RUSSELL WHO IS HERE.
WE WILL GET TO REEL TALK IN
A MINUTE.
GOOD MORNING, WELCOME.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU.
WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT YOU'RE HERE ON A MORNING
WHERE WE NEED TO GET YOUR
INSIDE PERSPECTIVE AS
SOMEBODY WHO TOURS WITH GAGA
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE BAND
MEMBERS THAT PLAY?
YES, I WAS FRIENDS WITH
THE DRUMMER, THE BASS PLAYER,
SAXOPHONE PLAYER, FRIENDS
WITH THOSE GUYS.
Chuck: WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN TO YOU WHEN YOU SEE THE
LOSS OF A MUSIC ICON BUT
ALSO THE GENIUS?
IT'S JUST, TO ME, IT'S
JUST REALLY THURTING THINGS.
NOW WE'RE AT A POINT THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE MUSIC
AND MORE STUFF FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT REAL
INSTRUMENTS AND PRINCE
PLAYED ALL THE INSTRUMENTS
ON HIS RECORDS.
MYSELF BEING A MUSICIAN IT'S
REALLY A HURTING FEELING TO
LOSE SOMEBODY LIKE PRINCE
WHO'S SUCH AN INFLUENCE ON
MUSICIANS AROUND THE WORLD.
Tati: WHAT DO YOU THINK
THIS WILL BE ON THE BUSINESS
ITSELF?
ON THE BUSINESS ITSELF,
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
IMPACT.
IT'S SUCH A LOSS.
WE ALL NEED SOMEONE TO
FOLLOW.
LIKE AS A KID LOOKED UP TO
PEOPLE LIKE JIMI HENDRIX AND
JAMES BROWN.
SO THIS GENERATION OF
CHILDREN NEED SOMEBODY AS
WELL TO LOOK UP TO KIND OF
PAT THEMSELVES OUT AND
PRINCE WAS A GREAT
INSPIRATION BECAUSE HE'S
SUCH A TALENTED MUSICIAN,
SINGER SONGWRITER FASHION
ICON.
WE HAVE LOST A TRUE LEGEND.
Chuck: DID YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA HE WAS A BIT OF A
CONTROLLING GUY, FROM WHAT I
READ, RIGHT.
HE WANTED TO CONTROL HIS
WORLD.
DID HE OWN HIS OWN CATALOGUE
OF MUSIC?
LIKE WE HEARD ABOUT MICHAEL
JACKSON SELLING STUFF OFF TO
SONY.
DID PRINCE AND CONTROL WHAT
WE WILL NOW COME TO FIND AS
HIS CATALOGUE GOING FORWARD?
YES.
Chuck: HE DID.
HE OWNED HIS CATALOGUE AS
WELL AS ITEMS LIKE I
RECENTLY VISITED THE ARE
ROCK AND -- ROCK 'N' ROLL
HALL OF FAME THEY DIDN'T
HAVE A LOT OF PRINCE STUFF
BUT A FEW ITEMS.
HE KEPT CLOSE CONTROL OF NOT
JUST THE MUSIC BUT ALL
MERCHANDISING AND INDUSTRY
AS WELL.
Tati: IT WAS A FIGHT FOR
HIM TO GET TO THAT POINT.
HE SET THE TRAIL HE WAS A
TRAIL BLAZERS IN THAT SENSE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
PASSING OF BOWIE NOW PRINCE
IN ONE YEAR, NOW WE'VE GOT
ARTISTS LIKE GAGA DO YOU SEE
PEOPLE KIND OF PICKING UP
THE MANTLE AND MOVING
FORWARD.
YES, THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT
OUT AND TAKE THE BALL AND
TAKE IT TO NEXT GENERATION.
PEOPLE LIKE GAGA AND JUSTIN
TIMBERLAKE AND OTHER ARTISTS
USHER HAVE TO TAKE THAT
BALL.
WE LEARNED FROM THOSE PEOPLE
WE HAVE TO NOW SET THE
EXAMPLE FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION.
Chuck: HAVE YOU SOME
FRIENDS WHO --
WHO WORKED WITH PRINCE
THEY WERE HIS ROAD MANAGERS.
ALSO GUYS WHO WORKED IN
STUDIO PRODUCING DIFFERENT
THINGS.
JUST LIKE THE ONE GENTLEMAN
YOU HAD ON TALKING ABOUT HIM
RECORDING OVER AT UNITED
SOUND.
HE RECORDED NEITHER DETROIT.
AND OF COURSE HE LOVED
MILLIONS, THAT'S WHERE HE
WAS, FROM HE LIVED THERE.
BUT HE WAS NEVER SHY ABOUT
SAYING DETROIT WAS HIS
FAVORITE CITY.
WHEN HE FIRST STARTED OUT HE
WOULD COME HERE TO DO
CONCERTS AND JUST THE
AUDIENCES HERE EMBRACED HIM.
JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM.
THERE WAS A D.J. THE
ELECTRIFYING MOJO BACK IN
THE DAY WHO WOULD PROMOTE
HIS STAFF AND PRINCE WOULD
ALWAYS BE ON THE RADIO WITH
HIM EVERY TIME HE CAME TO
TOWN.
SO THIS WAS HIS SECOND HOME.
IN FACT, WHEN HE STARTED OUT
WHEN HE HAD THE PURPLE RAIN
TOUR, HE MADE SURE IT
STARTED HERE IN DETROIT.
MOST OF HIS CONCERTS ALWAYS
STARTED IN DRINK THE.
AVERY CHUCK --
Chuck: VERY COOL STUFF.
WHEN WE SEE GAGA WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THIS OFF AIR
YOU ALREADY SEE HER PIVOTING
IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS PURPLE
RAIN THE MOVIE GAGA IS NOW
MOVING INTO DIFFERENT
VENUES.
YOU THINK THAT'S PORN FOR
STARS?
YES, DEFINITELY MUSIC,
FASHION AND FILM IS ALL KIND
OF ONE.
SO YOU KNOW ONCE YOU BECOME
A BIG ARTIST IT'S GREAT TO
MOVE INTO FASHION AND OTHER