Cringe: Stevie & Prince Story

[BigAl84]

From Peggy McCreary who engineered several albums with Prince.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KG3e7GuC80

[On Ice]

Oh my "Peggy, dance with me". :lol:

[snroxman]

OMG, that interview is hilarious! The truth has a way of coming out.

[bombaysaffires]

so when Peggy starts describing Stevie dancing around, she mimics how Stevie flings her skirts around, and then she whispers that "she didn't have any..." and the guy interrupts her. I could have killed him.:eek: So then as she continues telling the story, and how Prince hid behind Peggy to move away from Stevie, she kinda jokes he was afraid of her (Stevie's) boots, and then again kind of mimics Stevie flicking and flapping her skirts and she whispers that "her butt was hanging out".......

Andy Summers mentions that she hung in the wings of the stage at one of the Police's LA gigs......and then he kinda lets it hang there, but you know exactly what she wanted, and probably got.....;)

[aleuzzi]

Compare Peggy to Stevie and you see two women of roughly the same age who navigated their way through a male-dominated industry. One is the sober professional with no blinders on, the other a fantasist whose sense of herself is partially distorted.

Peggy’s cool and real—you can observe this in the way she talks and the things she says.

[Macfan4life]

Funny story. She said this happened in 1999 but I think she meant the 1999 tour? Prince played Texas shows in December 1982 on that tour. This makes sense because this was just post Mirage tour and into the Wild Heart sessions right before she wrote Stand Back and got married to Kim. This means she would have heard Little Red Corvette at this concert. She forgets this part of her inspiration and is probably why she freaked when the song came on the radio when she got married in early 1983. She was definitely out of control 1982-1986.

Prince was talented but probably the worst person in the world. Peggy worked for him and the most she could say is that he was cordial with her but not really friendly. Prince was a horrible person. Definitely shy and insecure from all the bullying he experienced growing up and he turned that wrath against people. What a hypocrite he was for condemning people for drug abuse yet dies of a drug overdose. Having his body guards walk on stage with him during the American Music Awards, not say anything and then give the award to the body guard to carry in front of the world. He really thought he was royalty. Sending telegrams to Night Ranger and other performers sitting near him in the audience to not look him in the eye at the ceremony. Telling off Sheryl Crow for her charity concert in New York because American Express promoted it and pulling out of the show because of it. I could go on and on. Probably the most insecure and arrogant person that ever lived.

[BigAl84]

There’s been quite a few “Oh…I have a Stevie Nicks story” moments that have come out over the past few years and they’re consistently cringeworthy.

[jbrownsjr]

This is my perception of her. (I was on to her around the time of THE DANCE.) She's the best person in the business, just ask her. She reminds me of a politician where people just follow her blindly based on being popular rather than talented or truthful. She is an expert in bloviating and riding the legendary status of what she used to be, so she can keep telling herself that she is amazing.

[HomerMcvie]

Funny story. She said this happened in 1999 but I think she meant the 1999 tour? Prince played Texas shows in December 1982 on that tour. This makes sense because this was just post Mirage tour and into the Wild Heart sessions right before she wrote Stand Back and got married to Kim. This means she would have heard Little Red Corvette at this concert. She forgets this part of her inspiration and is probably why she freaked when the song came on the radio when she got married in early 1983. She was definitely out of control 1982-1986.

Prince was talented but probably the worst person in the world. Peggy worked for him and the most she could say is that he was cordial with her but not really friendly. Prince was a horrible person. Definitely shy and insecure from all the bullying he experienced growing up and he turned that wrath against people. What a hypocrite he was for condemning people for drug abuse yet dies of a drug overdose. Having his body guards walk on stage with him during the American Music Awards, not say anything and then give the award to the body guard to carry in front of the world. He really thought he was royalty. Sending telegrams to Night Ranger and other performers sitting near him in the audience to not look him in the eye at the ceremony. Telling off Sheryl Crow for her charity concert in New York because American Express promoted it and pulling out of the show because of it. I could go on and on. Probably the most insecure and arrogant person that ever lived.
Holy crap, I never knew any of this(I'm not the world's biggest Prince fan). He sounds like a horrible person!

[jbrownsjr]

Holy crap, I never knew any of this(I'm not the world's biggest Prince fan). He sounds like a horrible person!

Sounds like they would have made a good couple.

[HomerMcvie]

Sounds like they would have made a good couple.

I'm not certain that two complete narcissists could couple. Wouldn't they cancel each other out?

Although they are both snack sized people, so maybe they could have teamed up against the world. :p

[Macfan4life]

Here is the interview from Stern that talks about what Prince did to the performers who were seated near him at the American Music Awards. Really incredible. You can also find the Sheryl Crow interview on Stern when Prince freaked out on her for her 1999 charity concert in Central Park because of American Express sponsoring it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuVitlHRiG4


Here is the body guard that Weird Al speaks about coming on stage to carry the award. Like he said, who was going to mess with Prince at the awards show? The host Lionel Richie's expression after Prince leaves the stage is priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ZQTKlO3kY&t=129s


He was one of the most arrogant people in the music business. Lets not forget he changed his name to a symbol because Warner Brothers put out a greatest hits package.
The Wild Heart was partially recorded or engineered in Texas. So Stevie was already in the Lone Star State when Prince came to town in late 1982.

[michelej1]

I still love Prince and miss him a great deal.

Also, I am rather happy he was mean to Sheryl Crow.

[jbrownsjr]

I still love Prince and miss him a great deal.

Also, I am rather happy he was mean to Sheryl Crow.

Haha! I didn't lose tears over that either.

[Macfan4life]

I once read that Stevie herself had a very odd request when doing radio promos or interviews. Her people insisted that no food be allowed in the studio. Some radio DJs have a breakfast sandwich next to them or maybe a bottle of OJ. One DJ said it was the strangest request in all his years interviewing rock stars.

[HomerMcvie]

I once read that Stevie herself had a very odd request when doing radio promos or interviews. Her people insisted that no food be allowed in the studio. Some radio DJs have a breakfast sandwich next to them or maybe a bottle of OJ. One DJ said it was the strangest request in all his years interviewing rock stars.

She probably didn't want them making jokes about her climbing over the mixer, to scarf down their Egg McMuffin!:wavey::lol::wavey::lol::wavey:

[BombaySapphire3]

She probably didn't want them making jokes about her climbing over the mixer, to scarf down their Egg McMuffin!:wavey::lol::wavey::lol::wavey:

You joke but this is not probably too far from the truth .I can't forget about that story from The Wild Heart tour backstage when she eyed a huge chocolate cream pie for awhile and then devoured it in it's entirety ..ewwww.

[HomerMcvie]

You joke but this is not probably too far from the truth .I can't forget about that story from The Wild Heart tour backstage when she eyed a huge chocolate cream pie for awhile and then devoured it in it's entirety ..ewwww.

Well, she's always been a model of self control.


:lol::lol::lol:

[bombaysaffires]

so funny I just saw an article about this last week, it was a link in another article... Dee Snider was a presenter at the AMAs that year and he described the whole Prince thing:

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/twisted_sister_frontman_recalls_insensitive_prince__security_disrespecting_music_legend_they_told_st evie_wonder_to_not_look_at_him.html

Here's the particular bit:

"But cut to the thing - we're doing the rehearsal, and now Prince is on that, and Prince is so powerful that he had them bring a trailer into the backstage area painted purple.

"So this is the 'Purple Rain' era, so he and The Revolution would be within. But they had their own space.

"Now, I'm backstage with Ray Davies from The Kinks, Stevie Wonder, it's just all the presenters and the staff.

"And now Prince has to come out the soundcheck, there's this craziness around the trailer, this phalanx of security.

"If you remember he had that guy that looked like a pro wrestler, he had the two-tone beard going on, walking out in front.

"And they surround the band, they're so big you can't see anybody, you just see this mass of people moving towards the stage. And the guy out front, the two-toned beard, is pointing people saying, 'Avert your eyes! Look away! Don't look at him!'

"A) Can't see him.
B) Don't care.
They told Stevie Wonder to not look at him! Talking about insensitivity...

"I just walked out, I didn't say around with the soundcheck, who wants this... Anyway, but yeah, that was my close brush with Prince."

[HomerMcvie]

so funny I just saw an article about this last week, it was a link in another article... Dee Snider was a presenter at the AMAs that year and he described the whole Prince thing:

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/twisted_sister_frontman_recalls_insensitive_prince__security_disrespecting_music_legend_they_told_st evie_wonder_to_not_look_at_him.html

Here's the particular bit:

"But cut to the thing - we're doing the rehearsal, and now Prince is on that, and Prince is so powerful that he had them bring a trailer into the backstage area painted purple.

"So this is the 'Purple Rain' era, so he and The Revolution would be within. But they had their own space.

"Now, I'm backstage with Ray Davies from The Kinks, Stevie Wonder, it's just all the presenters and the staff.

"And now Prince has to come out the soundcheck, there's this craziness around the trailer, this phalanx of security.

"If you remember he had that guy that looked like a pro wrestler, he had the two-tone beard going on, walking out in front.

"And they surround the band, they're so big you can't see anybody, you just see this mass of people moving towards the stage. And the guy out front, the two-toned beard, is pointing people saying, 'Avert your eyes! Look away! Don't look at him!'

"A) Can't see him.
B) Don't care.
They told Stevie Wonder to not look at him! Talking about insensitivity...

"I just walked out, I didn't say around with the soundcheck, who wants this... Anyway, but yeah, that was my close brush with Prince."

What a douche nozzle.

[Macfan4life]

What a douche nozzle.
They should have all turned and yelled "EVERYBODY STARE" and they should have all looked wide eyed and stared at him non stop.

I agree. Total douche bag.

One thing I got from the video on this thread is how Stevie never mentioned about going to Prince concerts and hearing Little Corvette before her marriage date in January 1983. She forgets?? I always thought her story about writing Stand Back was odd. You hear a new song on the radio on your wedding day and instruct your husband to pull over so you can write a song about it. This video puts that story much more in perspective, no? She was a Prince fan, she attend his concerts, met him back stage, tried to dance with him, and then a few months later Little Red Corvette is released as a single and she gets excited because it brings back a flood of memories about Prince?


BTW, Stevie stared at the stairs and we find out it should have been Prince all along.

[snroxman]

re MacMan4Life: One thing I got from the video on this thread is how Stevie never mentioned about going to Prince concerts and hearing Little Corvette before her marriage date in January 1983. She forgets??

Yep, it sure puts things in perspective. Maybe some experiences are just PR.

re: HomerMcVie What a douche nozzle.
Ha! True. I may just have to borrow "The Douche Nozzle" as a title of a playlist.

[bombaysaffires]

They should have all turned and yelled "EVERYBODY STARE" and they should have all looked wide eyed and stared at him non stop.

I agree. Total douche bag.

One thing I got from the video on this thread is how Stevie never mentioned about going to Prince concerts and hearing Little Corvette before her marriage date in January 1983. She forgets?? I always thought her story about writing Stand Back was odd. You hear a new song on the radio on your wedding day and instruct your husband to pull over so you can write a song about it. This video puts that story much more in perspective, no? She was a Prince fan, she attend his concerts, met him back stage, tried to dance with him, and then a few months later Little Red Corvette is released as a single and she gets excited because it brings back a flood of memories about Prince?


oh she was trying to do more than "dance" with him...

[jbrownsjr]

oh she was trying to do more than "dance" with him...

The body language of Peggy when they mention Stevie Nicks' name is worth the entire video.

[bombaysaffires]

lifting her skirts to show him the merchandise as she fluttered around him....:distress:

[Macfan4life]

re MacMan4Life: One thing I got from the video on this thread is how Stevie never mentioned about going to Prince concerts and hearing Little Corvette before her marriage date in January 1983. She forgets??

Yep, it sure puts things in perspective. Maybe some experiences are just PR.

re: HomerMcVie What a douche nozzle.
Ha! True. I may just have to borrow "The Douche Nozzle" as a title of a playlist.
I was always suspicious of that story because it just did not seem logical. You just got married and your husband is driving the car and a new song comes on the radio that you never heard and instruct him to pull over so you can write a song. How are you into a song so much that you never heard before. I believe she got married Jan 29, 1983. Little Red Corvette was officially released as the second single in early Feb. 1983. Timing is perfect.
Now I understand her "excitement." She had been to Prince shows and heard the song. The song in the car triggered the memories of the concert and maybe trying to dance with Prince. I think we all sort have been there before where we like a song, maybe go to a concert but the song is not played on the radio (yet). When you hear it the first time on the radio, it is exciting (even though you have heard it before). Its more than the song that inspired Stevie. It was all the hanging out with Prince at concerts and backstage parties. No wonder she wanted him to play on the song.

Gee, it gives the song a new perspective with Prince trying to ignore her "maybe your attention was more than you could do" I see a long line of people wanting to get to see Prince and get close to him. Maybe this is where the line "its alright to be standing in a line" comes from. Maybe when Prince saw her pull up her dress he said "Stand Back" I'm getting visions of her bending over and pulling up her dress saying "like a willow, I can bend."
:lol:

[michelej1]

re MacMan4Life: One thing I got from the video on this thread is how Stevie never mentioned about going to Prince concerts and hearing Little Corvette before her marriage date in January 1983. She forgets??

Yep, it sure puts things in perspective. Maybe some experiences are just PR.

re: HomerMcVie What a douche nozzle.
Ha! True. I may just have to borrow "The Douche Nozzle" as a title of a playlist.

It’s funny because I remember Lindsey saying that Prince came to a few of THEIR concerts, though he didn’t interact with him.

[David]

One wonders just what Stevie Mary Pickford Nicks thought of the song’s lyrics.

I guess I should’ve closed my eyes
When you drove me to the place where your horses run free
’Cause I felt a little ill when I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me

[BigAl84]

The body language of Peggy when they mention Stevie Nicks' name is worth the entire video.

RIGHT? it screams of "Uh don't get me started about that idiot"