tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post9060819660156385524..comments2023-11-09T23:04:10.285-08:00Comments on Dyes Got the Answers 2 Ur ?s: Miss Understood: An In-Depth Interview with Susannah MelvoinK Nicola Dyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11470665347094419495noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-57473935433048815372023-03-02T20:53:28.142-08:002023-03-02T20:53:28.142-08:00Prince was dating practically EVERYONE during the ...Prince was dating practically EVERYONE during the time that she thought they were engaged. He was also writing and playing so much music, that the very idea that he was about to settle down and be married is laughable. He dated Vanity, Sheila E, on and off with Susan from Vanity 6, had a crush on Anna Fantastic, (though it was only a crush), etc. The list is way too long to even keep track of. He was a young man, living the dream life of a young man. A different woman when he wanted, and the ability to express himself in music. I think many of his songs were about different women in his life. Jill Jones have even stated as much, and she was also around for a little bit during that time, but I think Susannah is over-stating how much was about her. As she mentioned, she got tired of waiting at home for him, which easily says that he was always out doing something or someone. My young girlfriends left for the very same reasons. They simply got tired of waiting on me to commit when I didn't even really know who I was myself. It took me getting to my 40s to ever understand how to love someone back the right way and get over my own selfishness. I was no different. It would be easier to just call it a Gemini thing, and I think that has a little something to do with it, but many of us men just don't get the power of our words at times.Derek880https://www.blogger.com/profile/11753525946839394082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-84351152486952099482022-03-14T02:56:30.438-07:002022-03-14T02:56:30.438-07:00Dating for everyone is here: ❤❤❤ Link 1 ❤❤❤
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"Prince told me himself that...(WONDERFUL ASS)<br /><br />"Prince told me himself that that was written for Vanity."—Susan Rogers<br /><br />Regarding Strange Relationship, I heard the first version of the song before Prince re-worked it in 86, the lyrics are the same. Only the music is slightly different. It's cool if Susannah later thought the song was about her but those lyrics were initially meant for vanity. I won't get into it here, but there is even a story behind how Prince came to write Strange Relationship about his relationship with vanity and then gifted it to her, told by Vanity herself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350027670919076031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-3749614880758016562018-03-07T09:20:22.317-08:002018-03-07T09:20:22.317-08:00Jeff Stone - the origination of Strange Relationsh...Jeff Stone - the origination of Strange Relationship was prior to starting his relationship with Susannah; however, Prince re-worked/re-recorded the song along with Wendy and Lisa in 1986. He then included the song on SOTT, and played it regularly on that tour, and occasionally in later years. Same with Wonderful Ass - started prior to Susannah, but re-worked by Prince and Lisa. I'm sure the initial inspiration was Vanity; however, Lisa stated in an interview that Wendy and Susannah were known at the time for their "nice asses", and she and Prince had fun singing about it together. I do agree that the inspiration for Strange Relationship began with Vanity, but it was taken further while with Susannah. <br /><br />K Nicola - Great interview. I agree - Strange Relationship probably can apply to most of the relationships with Prince, because he was complicated. I just think he applied it more to his relationship with SusannahKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915931007962292582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-80841001441733895742018-03-03T22:31:01.274-08:002018-03-03T22:31:01.274-08:00You do realize that:
a) this interview was writte...You do realize that:<br /><br />a) this interview was written in 2013.<br /><br />b) The songs mentioned by Susannah in this interview were songs SHE thought Prince wrote about her. And, in my opinion, even though it was originally written for Vanity, it is not impossible that the lyrics could apply to several relationships he had with myriad women. Also, what she said was conjecture, not fact.<br /><br />c) I am quite familiar with Duane's book, which was just released last fall, he quoted several interviews from my blog in his work.K Nicola Dyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470665347094419495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-50105030443350551092018-03-03T19:05:39.795-08:002018-03-03T19:05:39.795-08:00I guess you guys have't seen the latest confir...I guess you guys have't seen the latest confirmation that Strange Relationship was indeed about Vanity. As per the well researched new book, Complete Studio Sessions, and Jill Jones. Prince even gifted the song along with Wonderful Ass to Vanity. Not to mention that the song was before Susannah's time with Prince. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350027670919076031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-47234857625081499322018-02-15T23:46:29.735-08:002018-02-15T23:46:29.735-08:00Besides his affairs,,, Prince. Was in love with hi...Besides his affairs,,, Prince. Was in love with his work and rarely around. She said she left because she got tired of waiting and being alone. I don't know all the reasons some guys are like that, but the love of my life was that way and after a while I couldn't take it anymore. I'm not going to analyze Prince's reasons, I just know I experienced that and so have other girlfriends of mine and it's painfully lonely.<br />jandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285406336500022222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-7546078460690264542018-02-07T11:20:31.604-08:002018-02-07T11:20:31.604-08:00Right - although I do think some of his deepest lo...Right - although I do think some of his deepest love songs were about her (Forever In My Life, which he stated on an AOL online interview was for Susannah - and Adore). I don't think the song is necessarily a cold song. I think it just accurately describes the very difficult and often disfuntional relationship they had. Seems he had a hard time being consistently happy in a relationship. Interestingly, there is a video of Prince singing this song live in Japan in 2002. He introduced the song by saying "we're gonna go way back - 1986 back", and he changed the lyrics to "you took my sex and my money, took all the self respect I ever had" - instead of him being the one taking those things from her. Thought that was very interesting. KShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915931007962292582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-14129902626634665742018-01-10T00:43:45.003-08:002018-01-10T00:43:45.003-08:00I have to agree "Strange Relationship" i...I have to agree "Strange Relationship" is about Susannah. I've heard that from many places as well as the recording dates. Also,if Susannah says it was, I believe her. Why would she lie about that? I'm sure he told her it was. The other reason being, that song isn't a sweet love song, it's pretty cold. I wouldn't want to admit Prince wrote a cold song about me, so for her to say/admit it was, I do believe her. It's not like she's claiming his deepest love song is about her. Jmo but it makes sense.CozySoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129065276133603469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-35757631707849577522017-08-27T13:23:52.585-07:002017-08-27T13:23:52.585-07:00Willy, I agree with you - he was not a good boyfri...Willy, I agree with you - he was not a good boyfriend/husband, probably because he had no example of a respectful, healthy relationship during his childhood. However, of all the women in his life throughout his time here, I do think she had the strongest impact on him, and his feelings went much deeper for her. He did write many songs about and for her. Regarding Strange Relationship - he re-worked and finished that song with The Revolution, during his time with Susannah. They were off and on for a long time. From what I have read, his feelings for her started way back in 82, after Lisa joined the band, and he was staying with Wendy, Lisa, and Susannah in their LA house while recording there. He developed a friendship with her before becoming romantically involved. Regarding Susan Rogers, I think her interpretation is very credible. She was with Prince from 83-89, spending most of her time with him and the band. They were all very close. She is an intelligent person, and would have had the ability to observe and understand the nature of his relationship ship with Susannah. You are 100% right - he did not treat women well in relationships. However, of all the women he had relationships with I think he had the deepest feelings for her. Yes, he wrote songs for or about other women including Mayte, but they did not have the same depth of feeling or lyrical intensity. Listen to Sign Of The Times again - Afore, Forever In My Life, If I was Your Girlfriend, It - all inspired by Susannah. She was the one he wanted to be with; however, with his inability to resist flings with other women, and I'm sure his ever-changing moods - of course she would inevitably leave. All this being said, I think it is funny that out of all the women he was with she got the least amount of media attention, which is exactly the way Prince would have wanted it - and Susannah too, I'm sure. He did not want his true feelings out there. He wanted the mystery. These are only my opinions of course, based on what I've read and the lyrics to many of his songs. Again, I could be off track but I don't think so :)KJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228752978258475255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-45327981435772179882017-08-10T05:00:42.564-07:002017-08-10T05:00:42.564-07:00The only women he ever loved? That is not love! Wh...The only women he ever loved? That is not love! Why would anyone call that love? And why would anyone wish for them to have gotten married? Prince constantly cheated on her and flaunted Sheila E, Jill Jones, and countless other women in front of her face, not even caring enough or loving her enough to hide his affairs. She only lived with him for a few months then he moved her out. He didn't even Pay her a decent amount of money to live off of when she was in the group "The Family." He paid her $275 a week! This was supposed to be the love of his life? He treated her horribly.. She's lucky she never ended up married to him. I love Prince as a musician, but I don't think he loved any of these woman. When you love someone, you don't treat them like that, sorry. Writing songs about someone doesn't equate to love. Plus, he wrote meaningful songs for many women. Vanity and Mayte being one of them. Not to mention, all these songs said to be about Susannah are all speculation from her past crony Susan Rogers, who was a part of her clique back in the day. Susan Rogers speculated that these songs were about Susannah by physcholanlizing Prince's thought process. Look at how many songs we are finding out wasn't even inspired by her now. Strange Relationship being one of them that she mentions in this article. Strange Relationship was not inspired by her, it was inspired by Vanity. Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882465596453581377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-85648033070188737112017-08-10T03:55:31.131-07:002017-08-10T03:55:31.131-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882465596453581377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-69456795310704298452017-03-18T14:10:03.406-07:002017-03-18T14:10:03.406-07:00Just my "two cents", but it seems that P...Just my "two cents", but it seems that Prince was not capable of being monogamous. I imagine he and Susannah were on and off with their relationship because of that, and probably for other reasons too. Wondering if her song Gaslight was inspired by that relationship?? Hmmmm. I think out of all the women he was with she was the only one he really loved, and considered more than a sexual thing. I think he wrote songs about her long after their relationship ended. Could be totally wrong about that - only the amazing Prince, and possibly Susannah could confirm that :)KShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00915931007962292582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-21570779309852771002016-12-20T22:33:36.927-08:002016-12-20T22:33:36.927-08:00Yes this was all good,but, my question still remai...Yes this was all good,but, my question still remains: why, Sussanah, did you not marry Prince?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146703114167143652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-15335150479729098922014-08-25T07:35:00.397-07:002014-08-25T07:35:00.397-07:00Short with long arms & legs sounds like me ht...Short with long arms & legs sounds like me http://twitter.com/wahwahpedaltormentedwaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03233011160710163349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-62511072049128500542014-05-31T23:48:57.792-07:002014-05-31T23:48:57.792-07:00she's still HOT!she's still HOT!FunkManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207143981540857135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-48516590289647455832013-11-11T20:56:35.341-08:002013-11-11T20:56:35.341-08:00Thank you for this. Glad to hear her voice!!Thank you for this. Glad to hear her voice!!Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007691587935188355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-18450722715780222612013-06-02T22:18:08.974-07:002013-06-02T22:18:08.974-07:00"i'm listening to 'symbiosis' now..."i'm listening to 'symbiosis' now"<br /><br />+1. Beautiful record.<br /><br />And another great interview!Tomás Rosadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680667360325299755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-7493465244119415742013-05-05T17:34:44.943-07:002013-05-05T17:34:44.943-07:00great piece! most in-depth interview susannah'...great piece! most in-depth interview susannah's ever done, right?<br /><br />i'm listening to "symbiosis" nowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800108025398111853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-64442077405432320992013-04-19T03:16:55.712-07:002013-04-19T03:16:55.712-07:00Amazing! :-) Amazing! :-) Merseyrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970852949446171978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193506780254658859.post-41664827810743178082013-04-18T12:52:29.148-07:002013-04-18T12:52:29.148-07:00:slowclap:
Great interview!!!:slowclap: <br /><br />Great interview!!!Nicholas M. Hattenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571432406194301783noreply@blogger.com