So, I just read an article and to sum it all up and get straight to the point: Lisa said Prince came from the church and that contributed to his sound blah blah blah, the rest is irrelevant.
The church?
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This church thing is really blowing me. So, if anybody can drop their own interpretation of her words then, please do before I say mine because I feel like I'm reading it wrong. I'll quote the article below too. It's about 17 Days.
"Prince Rogers Nelson is well-known for his singing, songwriting, guitar playing and dancing, but perhaps less so for his piano skills, which make these tracks such fascinating insight into his creative process. 17 Days seems to contain hints of New Orleans jazz and classical. "He came from the church, so his gospel and soul playing was instinctive," Coleman explains. "But then he would be attracted to more harmonically complex or jazz things or things with more space, like Joni Mitchell." A cover of the folk singer-songwriter's A Case of You appears on the album along with a skeletal version of the key Prince track Strange Relationship, a song Coleman says "hung around for years" before he eventually recorded it for Sign O' the Times. "He was amazing with his output but he didn't leave a lot unfinished," Coleman says. "So he could have a song for ages and suddenly start playing it again and say, 'Let's do something with this!' He was fast but he was also careful."
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Am I missing something? Like, what exactly does she mean by the church? I know Mama Mattie was a 7th Day Adventist. Check. It's more than likely that Ms. B was a religious woman. I never looked into it but I wouldn't be shocked by that. Nonetheless, I feel like I'm missing something here. Help me, man. 😭😂
