In part 2 of our interview with former Art Director Steve Parke, we discuss the first Paisley Park Celebration in 2000, magic moments and opportunities beyond his wildest dreams, but also a parting of the ways after 13 years. Essential listening.
12/22/24 • 59 min
PART 2
2mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 2000
7mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building.
10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality...
13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW??
14mins - A very magical moment with Prince...
18mins30s - Acoustic Prince
19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium...
22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis
26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years...
34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations.
38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...?
39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle...
42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together
48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be?
50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams.
52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...'
53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...'
58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present...
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
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PART 2
2mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 2000
7mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building.
10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality...
13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW??
14mins - A very magical moment with Prince...
18mins30s - Acoustic Prince
19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium...
22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis
26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years...
34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations.
38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...?
39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle...
42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together
48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be?
50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams.
52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...'
53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...'
58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present...
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
Previous Episode
We talk to Steve Parke, who for 13 years was Prince's Art Director at Paisley Park. Fulfilling all of his boyhood dreams required tenacity, imagination and always thinking on his feet.
INTRO
2mins30secs - how do you get from being a teenager on the school bus with your friends, with dreams of rock stars, to actually being at Paisley Park working as Art Director for Prince?
7mins - Coming up with a set design in 3 hours!
9mins30s - Coming full circle with Prince's best friend at High School, Andre Cymone...
11mins30s - Lovesexy t-shirt made in a hotel room - but how to get Prince's likeness...??
14mins - Three different Princes...? '...he could be tough with the musicians...'
17mins - "He expected so much more from himself..."
18mins - Being brought out to work on The Gold Experience, and 'being thrown right into the fire'
19mins - Working 120 hours a week...and being asked to move out to Minneapolis. Then saying no!
23mins - Coping mechanisms. 'I think everyone's relationship with him was different...'
25mins - ...how Prince motivated Steve, and swapping music with your idol.
33mins30s - Next assignment - being flown to Birmingham to paint Prince's eyes, having no passport in London and Graffiti Bridge...
38mins - Re-doing the artwork and Salvador Dali ideas...
43mins - Support networks in Paisley Park...'it was like a big family...'
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
Next Episode
Sophie Roux was studying set and costume design in Nice, France, when Prince decided to film a major motion picture there. What happened next, changed her life. This is part 1 of her story...
Sophie Roux interview PART 1
INTRO
2mins - Where did Sophie's artistic journey begin...and how did she come to specialise in set and costume design?
5mins - a first sighting of Prince in Nice 1985...
6mins - Asking, and then getting to work on, Under The Cherry Moon...with local, and American crews
11mins - Designing elements for the UTCM film, including the logo, and getting to know Prince's work better.
15mins - Meeting Alan Leeds, Marie-France and other members of the band
22mins - America video shoot! A hot night in the Theatre de Verdure...
24mins - The journey to becoming Prince's personal assistant...
26mins - Sophie's birthday at the Warehouse in February 1987 in MPLS...with ping pong and cake!
28mins - Back to Paris France, via Phoenix, Arizona and Mexico...
JOIN US IN PART 2 when we talk to Sophie about living in Prince's Parisien property for 10 years, and all of the many amazing experiences she had in that time...
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
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