プリンスさんのインスタグラム動画 - (プリンスInstagram)「In the summer of 1984, Prince was creating new work at an incomprehensible pace. In the span of just two months he released the soundtrack and film, Purple Rain, hit albums from @sheilaedrummer and the Time, and was already halfway through recording his next album, Around the World in a Day. ✨ In June and July 1984, just as the world was waking up to the genius of his artistry, he was busy forming yet another side project: The Family, a band led by @stpaulpeterson of the Time and Prince’s romantic interest and muse, @susannahmelvoin. ✨ “He got pleasure out of his own ability to create in an instant,” Susannah told the New York Times. “The endorphin came from allowing the spigot to be constantly running.” ✨ One of those songs was “Nothing Compares 2 U,” which would become a global hit for @oconnor.sinead in 1990 but was originally given to the Family in 1984. Engineer Susan Rogers, who captured Prince’s initial recording of the song, says the lyrics dug into his intense feelings for Susannah, and were also informed by his sadness over the departure of a young woman who worked for him. ✨ “His young housekeeper, Sandy Scipioni, had to leave suddenly to be with her family because her father died of a heart attack,” Susan told the @guardian. “He kept asking, ‘When’s Sandy coming back?’” Prince wrote the song in under an hour, and laid down most of the parts himself. Susannah sang backing vocals, and the saxophonist Eric Leeds added an additional solo. And then Prince handed off the song to his new side project, carefully instructing St. Paul to copy his melody and emotional delivery note for note. ✨ “These songs are like his children – he would say that very often,” Susannah told @nytimes. “He was the ultimate social worker.” Prince’s first 1984 recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U” is included on the new album Originals, which is streaming exclusively on @tidal. In addition to “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the album includes 14 never-before-heard original recordings of the songs Prince gave to other artists. It will be released by @warnerrecords June 21, with a vinyl release to follow July 19.」6月13日 10時40分