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He didn’t need cameras and screens to do video calls; Prince liked his 90’s era purple phone. Despite his tremendously opulent life, a closer look reveals his utilization of VHS and cassette tapes, dated TV’s and perfectly normal people stuff until the day he died. So much so that he had them as pets – Majesty and Divinity.
Photo by Tim Roney/Getty ImagesPrince’s sister Tyka explained that the two doves stopped cooing after the artist died. They only started singing again when Prince’s music was played somewhere in the area. Majesty, the male dove of the duo, has passed away since Prince’s death. It can be pretty tricky to tell the difference between Paisley Park and several 1980 commercial complexes – at least from the outside. The home was constructed with glass and metal squares and looked like something out of a Minecraft build. While the building is usually covered with bright purple lights at night, during the day, it could easily blend into any suburban office park.
In the Place Where Prince Lived
Prince, on the other hand, continued to own the land until his death in 2016. After selling his property, he eventually sold it to a real estate developer for around $16 million. Almost 20 minutes from Minneapolis, where he grew up, Paisley Park now hosts tours, concerts, and events for people from around the world. “Paisley Park is in your heart,” Prince said in an emotional moment, and we can all understand it. You described every bit of it and showed how much love people has for him even after his death. I have a friend who fell in love with him and said he’s the most sexiest man on earth ever.
Prince released the soundtrack album, Purple Rain, the same year the film was released. He wrote all of the songs on the album and every song was performed by him and his band The Revolution. Prince adamantly refused to drink alcohol or use recreational drugs throughout his entire career.
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But even as I stared out the window at a receding landscape, I had the distinct impression I’d just been handed a connection to a future self. Two Aprils ago, coupled with the shock of the news of his death I was struck by an immediate and urgent desire to hear Prince played out in the world, from car radios and open windows, to reattach his music to the streets. Prince belonged everywhere, I thought, to everyone; and most of all to Minneapolis.
Full of awards, instruments, art, motorcycles, and memorabilia Paisley Park is an opulent masterpiece epitomizing success. What shocked me was how many things throughout his home were so “normal.” In the small kitchen / TV room off the atrium was a plastic, cream-colored, flip-top trash can. Not a gold-plated wastebasket, a $4.99 trash can from Bed Bath and Beyond. The couch where we watched his favorite basketball teams still had crumbs on it and his DirecTV remote sat on the coffee table where he left it.
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Having known his home would be a museum someday, it’s clear who he created it for…his fans. Although, I’m sure he wasn’t miserable admiring his own fierceness, too. The film Purple Rain, which includes the extremely famous Prince song of the same name, was shot in 1983.
The replica of Paisley Park is Prince’s urn and his ashes are sealed inside the front column. I can only assume our faces looked as shocked as everyone else’s, and some began to cry. The urn looked just like Paisley and it had a large Love Symbol attached to the front and inside sat a miniature purple piano.
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The album sales have skyrocketed since his death, and the value of previously unreleased tracks in his vault has skyrocketed as well. The late Prince was known for his eclectic music, as well as his refusal to adhere to one genre. As a result, his estate is valued not only for his music, but also for other intellectual properties such as costumes and stage sets. Prince was a wise businessman who put his money where his mouth was.
I could feel his love, creativity, and uniqueness around every corner. When Paisley Park opened as a museum in October 2016, Prince’s ashes were on display in the middle of the atrium, housed in a custom urn shaped like his recording studio with the love symbol on top. A few months later, at the request of Prince’s family, the urn was moved to the atrium’s balcony. While Prince’s ashes remain at Paisley Park, as of a few months ago they are no longer on display or part of any Paisley Park tour. In “Paisley Park,” the Prince of Funk sang of a place that speaks of profound inner peace. As his lyrics express, I hope that he is enjoying a lifetime lease on Paisley Park.
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For the latest information, including special exhibits and events, visit thePaisley Park website. Paisley Park offers several tour experiences, from the General Admission tour to the Ultimate Paisley Park Experience. Including service and facility fees, ticket prices range from about $45 to about $175. I paid full price to visit Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, and fan girl over Prince for an hour. But you can count on me to always share my honest opinions no matter who is picking up the tab. Prince was 26 when he made the rock musical movie Purple Rain.
The “Ultimate Experience” tour is basically the VIP tour with exclusive access to new spaces and exhibits. And if you are looking for a party, “Paisley Park After Dark” offers a DJ Dance Party in the NPG Music Club. In the NPG Music Club Room, where we were invited to take a seat on the plush purple couches, you could again sense Prince, the cosmic genius performer. The ceilings soared, but the room felt small and intimate and it was nearly as dark as Miho had described. Above us was a screen where Prince sometimes projected movies during his performances—Finding Nemo was a favorite.
I particularly like the way you describe the last display of memorabilia left by fans after Prince’s death in 2016. Corri shared that all of the items left at the fence have been carefully preserved and the Paisley Park museum regularly switches out the items displayed on the fence in the final exhibit before the Paisley Park tour ends. If you tour Paisley Park, do not inquire about the elevator where Prince died. I know this etiquette because a woman on our tour asked that question and Corri politely replied that they prefer to focus on Prince’s life and don’t share that detail out of respect for his family. According to our tour guide, Corri, Prince loved paisley because they came in all sizes and different colors, just like the human race.
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It also occurred to us that what we were doing was not all that different from Prince himself. As a Jehovah’s Witness, encouraged by his faith to evangelize, he reportedly knocked on strangers’ doors around Minneapolis and Chanhassen, sometimes as himself, often in disguise. Everything from the stage where he rehearsed for tours to the vault where he kept his master recordings.
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