Prince

[bimini1]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Prince's alter-ego "Camille" yet. Apparently he has an entire unreleased album recorded using this name.

Yup. He put this one down shortly after he disbanded the Revolution. Apparently he became fascinated with this sped up vocal. Well he slowed the tape down, did the vocal, then sped it up to get that "Camille" effect. It's rooted in Erotic City. He did Housequake around the same time then did a whole LP on Camille.

Unsure why he scraped it although some say he was worried about its commercial appeal. In my book at that time he could do no wrong. Dream Factory was another record he was toying around with as well as Crystal Ball, which came out much later and not as the originally envisioned project.

Now get this. Here is where is gets really interesting. It's rumored that the name Camille came from the nickname of a 19th century French hermaphrodite named Herculine Barbine. I never looked that up and he reportedly never denied it. May google that.

If there is any silver lining in this tragedy it's that we might finally hear some of the supposed thousands of tracks he had locked away in"the vault".

[sometimes_miss]

Eeeeh ... I don't know. Prince paid his dues on the starving artist scene plenty, if I recall correctly. The ladies still loved him.

THat's just the 'front man of a band' phenomenon. Any decent performers's going to have ladies interested, because he gives off the impression that he's a 'leader'. Alpha males are leaders. Appearing to be a leader makes women think you have traits of an alpha male, and makes them hot for you.

[lainey]

Beautiful Ones, Annie Christian, Diamonds & Pearls

[summerbunny]

Prince did a song with rapper and actress Eve,she's ghetto Fabulous.