Had to do a double take to truly take in and ‘get the look’ that Prince is going for. After checking out his ensemble I am sooo intrigued and fascinated at the attention to detail… platform flipflops, snow white hose, prisonesque striped shirt, black spandex petite size yoga pants, white Be Be Trench, and diva shades. What a fashionista!
In other Prince related news:
Fifty artists who recorded Prince covers in honor of His Purpleness’ 50th birthday this past June 7th have been hit with a lawsuit by him. His attorneys want all copies of the tribute to be destroyed. Shockadelica had reached No. 8 on Norway’s album charts and was well received by Norway’s critics.
It’s perfectly legal to record and sell cover songs of someone else’s material, just as long as one pays the compulsory licensing fee which is about 10 cents per song. To sell their five-disc set of 81 Prince cover songs, they would have to give back around $8 per unit sold to Prince, under a compulsory mechanical license.
5,000 of the box sets were distributed by Norway’s C+C Records plus digital versions, and they are saying that that no one made any money from the project. So…they didn’t think they owe Prince anything… except… maybe a free copy.
C+C Records owner and Prince fan Christer Falck got in touch with Prince’s people to try to send one to him, which is where the trouble started, this according to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet (re-reported in Daily Swarm).
If you want to check it out, last time I checked, all 81 songs could be previewed free on C+C Records’ website, and some are also available on MySpace in streamable medley form.
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