I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon
Book Details
Author(s)
Touré
Publisher
Atria Books
ISBN / ASIN
1476705496
ISBN-13
9781476705491
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Sales Rank
#327,207
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Tour investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: Prince.
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Tour investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture:
PRINCE
Drawing on new research and enlivened by Tour s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artist s life and work.
Prince s baby boomer status allowed him to play a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of generation X. Defying traditional categories of race, gender, and sexuality, he nonetheless presents a very traditional conception of religion and God in his music. He was an MTV megastar and a religious evangelist, using images of sex and profanity to invite us into a musical conversation about the healing power of God. By demystifying the man and his music, I Would Die 4 U shows us how Prince defined a generation.
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Tour investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture:
PRINCE
Drawing on new research and enlivened by Tour s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artist s life and work.
Prince s baby boomer status allowed him to play a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of generation X. Defying traditional categories of race, gender, and sexuality, he nonetheless presents a very traditional conception of religion and God in his music. He was an MTV megastar and a religious evangelist, using images of sex and profanity to invite us into a musical conversation about the healing power of God. By demystifying the man and his music, I Would Die 4 U shows us how Prince defined a generation.
