Susannah Melvoin: Starting a Band with Prince
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Susannah Melvoin talks about her experience starting "The Family" with Prince.
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Oh my GOD. I was watching this for about a minute before I realised this wasn't Wendy Melvoin. Jesus, they look so alike, even their mannerism and hand gestures are the same. She sounds exactly like Wendy.
There is a reason for that. They used to be the same embryo.
if something affects one twin, most likely it'll affect the other!
I thought it was Wendy too, even reading the title correctly but still thinking it's Wendy!
Yes Twins have that effect. Its also why they sang so well together
You two twins. Seems since Sodom & Gomorrah one or both of you can't seem to stay away from a guy I know. Lol.
Thanks for this. Met Jellybean and Paul after a show. I appreciate how gracious they were.
The women that inspired prince to write Adore... one of the greatest R&B record ever made...
Vanity/Denise inspired Adore😊
@@syigandahamm1948 yep sussanah inspired prince to write
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
@@thepromiseman7745 and The Beautiful Ones and one more.
@@johndean4727the beautiful ones was about vanity
@@syigandahamm1948 Susannah was his fiancée and it was written during this time.
Jellybean is a great drummer!
And I love the truth she speaks about Prince and being very careful not to twist anything she experienced with him.
Unlike others who has said some strange things about Prince.
Thank you Susannah💜
The truth? She did start a band with him.
@@lauraveney1412 Apollonia lies and embellishes when she was barely there a year.
For instance.
Was that too difficult to discern from their comment?
I was in high school when The Family came about in 86! My dad played "Screams of Passion" constantly. Susannah in "Under The Cherry Moon too. Brilliance with Jellybean mean on the drums and guitar on "Innocent" as well!♾
Big fan here! I wish you guys could find way to release a special edition of THE FAMILY. Great podcast!
Also, it was great to see Susannah onstage at the Jackson Rancheria casino with The Revolution a couple years back!
Would be cool but it wouldn't be their call
@@kylechristian7232 Right, it's definitely PRINCE's call spot on, Kyle! 💜 THE FAMILY is PRINCE, FDeluxe is them. 💯
Susannah is the truth. She had a cool unique tone to her voice, which prince utilized along w Wendy and Lisa
Loved her work on Roger Waters Tour.
Just bought The Family and Madhouse on vinyl. Glad I found this.
This is interesting. For a brief period of time the Melvoin sisters attended Kennett High School in Conway New Hampshire. I was in high school chorus with them. I didn't know them well, but they sat behind him during that class.
Big thanks to all.
Love this stories from Real Artist! Thank you!
You can see twins Wendy and Savannah together in the Girls and Boys video. They walk in together holding hands and they're on stage together with Wendy playing guitar and Susannah standing next to her.
I absolutely loved The Family. I Loved every song on that album. I played every song on that album over and over again. As a singer I would practice “nothing compares” to you every day back then. Which in my opinion remains to be the best version of that song. The most emotionally honest, raw and sincere interpretation of that song as well. & I got a serious leg cramp trying to keep up with the kick drum on a ‘River Run Dry’ lol and to me a much underrated song. I was very unhappy hearing that the band broke up. But I truly enjoyed Saint Pauls solo album just after the break up of the family. And I truly enjoyed all of Wendy & Lisa’s albums featuring moments of Suzanne’s vocals (at least I think that’s Suzanne singing). But I think at the time prince was overwhelmed and could not maintain The family, making films and his own career. I mean no disrespect,, I’m just an outsider and a great admirer looking in,, but it would seem from the outside that Prince may have been uncomfortable creating another Godzilla band,, Like The Time. Who knows. But it’s good to see everyone in this video alive and well. And still doing music. Much love A l l : l l
Amazing story!!
Watch that Cat in the Back. It's the Spirit of Prince............Meow. He has a Lion in his Pocket, and baby he is Ready To Roar!!!
Te Family Forever ......they gave a new sense and a new sound to the Prince' s music...
@Tony that's what he said
It was Prince’s music and Alan needs to shut the fuck up. He was a work for hire musician and unlike a lot of people who worked fir Prince he was able to collaborate a lot. He even had his own solo albums so what does Meundo have to do with anything
love that cat..
Me too. I wonder what his/her name is?
There was a band in the 70's from Minneapolis called The Family and Prince was aware of them, so I reckon He nicked the name from them but Susannah's take on why He used that name is cute and makes it sound nicer, he he hee....
;-)
Yeah, Sonny Thompson was in that original "Family" band, wasn't he?
Of course he did like everything else he did. Their insights can be found...
@@joeyday576 - Yeah, I believe so.
I'm not sure Jellybean even played on the Family album ? For sure Jerome didn't lol (except for maybe some chants or an alibi tambourine). I think Prince used an extended version of the principle he applied with The Time before, which was he wrote, composed, played and recorded most of the music, replaced his lead vocals with Paul's and partially Susannah's and added Eric's sax lines where appropriate. Clare Fischer added string arrangements and that was it. I really like the album, also thought that the one time gig they had was very promising; but just like The Time it wasn't a "band project" in the usual sense where band members would have the same input. It basically was another Prince record with a bit more input from others than was the case with the The Time project.
Correct.
Spot on 💜
Right I don’t know if jellybean on any of the time records .well the live version of the bird may be the only recorded version with him
THIS IS AN URBAN legend LIE! PRINCE did NOT "play all the instruments" for the friggin TIME. NOR does prince play "23 instruments" people need to stop repeating this lie. THEY played, THEY wrote. PRINCE stole.
That's the biggest cat I've ever seen
I love them twins they're the best😘
I so wish The Family had become more successful and your version of Nothing Compares to You had become the big hit. I thinks its far more superior and the album is a force of funk & groove that I still love playing.
💓
💜🐾
Good friend Tony 😊
I have the album on vinyl
This is awesome. F'Dluxe. Guess Jerome is still in his skin...
Lol🤣😂
@@deandrejonesakarogpurple2584 what's your family name?
Sometimes when you hear the name 'Jellybean' you're not sure whether they're talking about Garry Johnson or John Benitez .... (unless, of course, you're watching a video like this) .....
❤💜🙏🥰
This fine musician was married to Doyle Bramhall 11. I hope she has fond memories.
Woulda been nicer with better audio . . .
👊🏿👊🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿♥️
2:55 = Huge Tuxedo Cat has entered the chat .... XD
🎼🎹🎶
She did not start anything. She was a girlfriend he gave a job to.
The truth hurts.
Thank you.
Thank you.
:- D
Some people can sum the whole thing up in one sentence
Exactly she also happened to be the twin sister to Wendy Melvin who played the guitar in Princes band for a long time. The only time the sisters were seen together was in the Girls and Boys video.
I did not know Wendy had a sister!
@Craig Vann wait, wuh, what!?! I didn’t know that either!
Yeah ... they're twins ....
Elle aime prince malgré que dans les années 1985 prince sortait avec susannah malgré qu elle a eu des relations avec d autre hommes elle est folle de ce génie prince rip 🤘 PRINCE
Jellybean looks like Shannon Sharpe! he looks good!
let me also add that Prince took them off the shows in major markets because they outperformed him many times over
I wouldn’t say they outperformed but they were just so damn incredible that it was hard to follow them and Prince knew he had created a very talented monster! So he basically said I’m just going to leave them to certain dates only and that’s what he did. Of course we all love The Time!!!! 😀
@@chuckst98 i would say so, i went to the 1999 tour concert in 1982..The Time blew me away. i didn't know they were that tight. they stole the show.
@@MrRealbrotha Yep! I saw the 1999 tour here in Florida at The Lakeland Civic Center and The Time killed it! Prince of course tore it up!!
@@chuckst98 why did he feel it necessary to leave them off of the Major cities...he was intimidated by them!!...it's not that hard to figure out..he was very insecure also.
It had been said many times that The Time was so good it was hard for Prince to follow them.
The Time worked on their performances.
We also have to remember that most of those band members knew each other very well.
Terry and Jimmy were in bands together before The Time.
Morris put the The Time together and knew all of those guys.
That area had crazy good musicians.
She so fine back in. Day
They would have had some good looking kids together if they'd married.
Damn she look so old bruh...it seems that only Prince kept himself fresh!
Lol prince aged good.
Prince ate right.
She looks pretty fine for her age ..I think Prince never ate that's why !!
@@melsmithmel lol
Please remember Prince had access to the finest skin care available. Secondly, at the end Prince looked terrible- let’s be honest. As much I love him, he looked exceptionally haggard, lost so weight, even his skin was lagging off his frame...😔. So we all need to be honest. No one in his inner circle gave a rats ass to stand up to him and call someone who he would really listen to. The only people around him in the end were”yes” people... those that liked to travel, be seen and get media coverage with him. As for Susannah looking old, you have some nerve. She looks damn good for a woman her age. So let’s stop with “shaming”. She’s not some who get fillers, injections, and all that crap...she’s always been a natural beauty, never wore makeup, vegetarian...
OMG what happened to her!!! Vanity and Apollonia were far prettier.
She is still attractive!
Women age like milk ;)
prince stole ideas and songs from wendy, Andre, and the FAMILY can outplay prince. St Paul is just as talented. prince was a thief. Stealing james brown, Rick james, and Jimi Hendrix (even the idea of Purple.. Purple haze, purple rain)