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IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE
MINNESOTA MUSIC LEGEND PRINCE
DIED.
LET'S GO CRAZY, THE GRAMMY
SOLUTE TO PRINCE.
I SPOKE TO SHEILA E. SHE'S ONE
OF THE MUSIC DIRECTORS, ABOUT
THE SHOW.
SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE SOME OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE
ORIGINALS.
MAYBE THEY WANTED TO STICK TO
EXACTLY WHAT THE SONG WAS.
I ASKED HER WHAT SHE THINKS
PRINCE SONGS WILL LOVE MOST.
NO ONE'S TRYING TO BE
PRINCE.
WE CAME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY
TO SHARE WITH THE NEXT
GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
NOT EVEN KNOW WHO PRINCE IS AND
CELEBRATE HIS LEGACY AND
EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AS A
FAMILY AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE.
ALLEN CIPHER PAISLEY PARKS
DIRECTOR WAS ALSO AT THE
TRIBUTE.
WE GOT THIS SOME BEHIND THE
SCENES INCITE AND TO FIND OUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AT PAISLEY
PARK.
GOOD MORNING, TODAY.
I KNOW THIS SPECIAL WAS TAPED
THREE MONTHS AGO, BUT IT WAS A
SPECIAL NIGHT.
TAKE US BACK TO THAT EVENING.
SURE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
IT WAS A REALLY AMAZING SHOW.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A REALLY
HARD DAY FOR ALL OF US.
LOSING PRINCE WAS REALLY LOSING
A GENIUS AND THE AMAZING THING
WAS THAT NIGHT, IT WAS JUST A
GREAT SHOW.
IT WAS JUST AMAZING ARTISTS AND
I REALLY FELT LIKE THE SHOW
KIND OF BROUGHT BACK THAT
ESSENCE OF PRINCE.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE
TONIGHT IS JUST GREAT MUSIC
AND, MAN, PEOPLE DON'T TRY TO
IMITATE PRINCE, BUT REALLY TRY
TO HONOR HIM AND I THINK IT'S
JUST AN AMAZING SHOW.
THAT'S THE KEY RIGHT,
ALLEN, A LOT OF US WHO ARE HUGE
PRINCE FANS, IF IF YOU SEE
SOMEBODY TRYING TO CHANNEL
PRINCE IN AN IMITATIVE KIND OF
WAY, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.
BUT PRINCE WAS ABLE TO BEND
FROM GENRE TO GENRE AND ARTIST
TO ARTIST AND YOU GET A SENSE
OF THAT IN THE LINEUP TONIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU HAVE EVERYONE FROM THE FOO
FIGHTERS TO CHRIS MARTIN.
TO HER.
AND WE'VE GOT THESE AMAZING
CLASSIC ARTISTS LIKE MORRIS
SEA, EARTH WIND AND FIRE.
IT REALLY JUST KIND OF SHOWS
THE DEPTSZ DEPTH OF PRINCE AND
I MUST SAY IT WAS A VERY
MAGICAL NIGHT AND I THINK WHEN
PEOPLE WATCH IT TONIGHT, I
THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE
AMAZING.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY JUST
GOING TO FEEL THE POWER AND
INSPIRATION OF PRINCE'S MUSIC
AND ALSO JUST A REALLY GREAT
SHOW.
ALLEN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT
PAISLEY PARK RIGHT NOW WHEN ALL
OF US ARE STAYING HOME.
SURE.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A
TEMPORARY CLOSURE.
WE'RE BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE OF
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING NOW
IS GETTING READY, GETTING READY
FOR WHEN WE CAN OPEN UP.
WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING
ARTIFACTS.
OUR TEAM IS BUSY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE -- WE'VE
DISCOVERED SOME AMAZING ITEMS,
SOME AMAZING FASHION PIECES.
SO ONCE WE RE-OPEN, WE'VE BEEN
WORKING HARD TO GET THOSE
SPECIAL ARTIFACTS READY.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF
REALLY FUN KIND OF CHALLENGES
ONLINE WHERE WE REALLY KIND OF
ENCOURAGE FANS TO SING LIKE
PRINCE -- NOT SING LIKE HIM BUT
JUST SING THEIR FAVORITE SONG.
SO WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE TO KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED
AND ALSO TO KEEP IT FRESH.
AND, THEN, LASTLY, WE'VE DONE
SOME LIVE CONCERTS AND WE HAVE
A COUPLE MORE COMING UP.
WE'RE VERY MUCH ALIVE AND READY
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE BRING THE MAGIC OF
PRINCE THROUGH AS MANY PEOPLE
AS POSSIBLE.
EXACTLY.
WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
KEEP THE --
BRINGING THAT MAGIC TO
PRINCE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE.
LOSING HIM RIGHT NOW.
.
ALLEN, THANK YOU.