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Duff McKagan recommended 1999 by Prince in Music (curated)

 
1999 by Prince
1999 by Prince
1990 | Rock
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I was turned on to Prince sometime around 1980. I really love For You and Prince and Controversy and Dirty Mind, but there was something about 1999. A lot of heroin was going through Seattle, and while I wasn't using, a lot of people were getting strung out: my friends, my roommate, my girlfriend, my band. We had just signed to Jello Biafra's record label and were going to be the next big thing, but a couple of the guys got strung out and it was the end of the band. It was 10 Minute Warning, who were a precursor to Soundgarden and Green River and all of that. I was heartbroken, man, seeing all this stuff going on around me, and I knew I had to make a decision. Then 1999 came out in 1982, and I just dove into the record. I loved Little Red Corvette. It may be the most perfect three-chord song ever written. But it was the deeper tracks that I loved most. I would get off work and come home and just play the record and it was my escape. Everybody has that record that 'saved their life', and 1999 gave me the courage to stand on my own two feet. It gave me the courage to leave. I knew my car wouldn't make it to New York, but I knew it could get me to LA. Somehow it encouraged me to do that on my own, and it was scary, but I knew music was going to be my thing."

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LissaBeth21 (6 KP) rated Scrappy Little Nobody in Books

Jan 6, 2018  
Scrappy Little Nobody
Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick | 2016 | Biography
8
8.0 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
I absolutely loved this book. I laughed so much and I was so touched. Many times I felt like Anna was talking about me instead of her. I have many of the same quirks and thoughts about myself, especially while I was growing up. This book made me think, man we could be friends! Except for the freedom of potty mouth, which everyone who knows me knows sounds really dumb when I try to use cool curse words. I enjoy her acting, and now I am really impressed with what a down to earth person she is. And yeah, I hope maybe someday we'll meet, even for a moment, and I'll have the courage to be cool and say I loved this book to her face.