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This Thing Called Life
- Prince's Odyssey, On and Off the Record
- By: Neal Karlen
- Narrated by: Neal Karlen
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 166
Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for more than a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote “3 Chains o’ Gold”, Prince’s “rock video opera”, as well as the star’s last testament. According to Prince's former fiancée, Susannah Melvoin, Karlen was “the only reporter who made Prince sound like what he really sounded like”.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Betrayal by any Name is still Betrayal
- By Stan H on 12-14-20
- This Thing Called Life
- Prince's Odyssey, On and Off the Record
- By: Neal Karlen
- Narrated by: Neal Karlen
If you’re more interested in the life of Prince over a deep musical study, this is the title for you
Reviewed: 05-07-21
Quite a bit of repetition in regards to certain stories or references throughout parts of the book, but nonetheless a very fascinating and somewhat bittersweet look into the life of Prince by someone who had direct access and could even be considered a friend.
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