![]() ![]() "I don't like being critical of Prince," Fink said. "It was pretty controversial in a lot of ways."įollowing Lovesexy, Prince made the highly spiritual Graffiti Bridge movie, which flopped. "He was talking to the audience for a pretty good amount of time an arena show," he said. Prince supported both projects by touring and preaching from the stage. He also talked about Prince's spiritual concept albums, 1988's Lovesexy, and 2001's The Rainbow Children. "He just acted on it and just sent that message out there, so all I can do is observe it and try to draw some opinions on it."įink shared his thoughts on topics like Prince's conversations with God onstage on the Purple Rain tour and on songs like "Temptation" on the 1985 Around the World in a Day album. "He didn't really talk about his belief system," Fink said. Prior to becoming a Jehovah's Witness, Prince didn't make a habit of speaking to a lot of people in his inner-circle about religion. "He wanted us to do prayer circles before every show, and each prayer was in Jesus's name. ![]() "He, from day one, was very Christian-oriented," Fink said. So being exposed to Prince's beliefs was a new experience. ![]() And he wouldn't have learned that in school. So when we were growing up, we would celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah at the same time."īut as a child attending synagogue, Fink wasn't taught the concept of Jesus as the Savior of mankind. "Because we had a lot of Christian friends living in the neighborhood, wanted to give the whole Christmas tradition to my brother and I. "Jews have always been a minority everywhere they go or live," Fink said. I decided to follow up with a phone interview for my book. While those conversations were mostly centered on Prince's approach to image and sound, I've always wondered how the musicians engaged Prince's Christian ideology.įink spoke briefly on this at the Prince Lovesexy Symposium last year. Photo courtesy of /matt.fink.969Ī lot has been written about the cultural makeup of Prince's bands over the years, with journalists often highlighting the Jewish members of the Revolution, Matt "Doctor" Fink and Bobby Z. "He was constantly struggling with what was right and wrong, what was moral or immoral." ![]()
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