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Apr 22, 2026 40 min

Prince vs the symbol

from Rock N Roll Story Guys

Brian and Murdock dig deep to understand the circumstances that led Prince to feel punished for over-performance, quit music, pronounce himself dead, and come back as a... symbol. See the show on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email! (It's free!) SHOW NOTES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-prince-changed-his-name-to-a-symbol/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36107590 https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8908921/what-does-princes-symbol-mean-who-owns-his-music-and-why-did-he-change-his-name/ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/prince-name-change-love-symbol-25th-anniversary-explained-warner-brothers-dispute-a8385801.html https://medium.com/behance-blog/the-man-behind-the-symbol-minneapolis-creative-talks-about-collaborating-with-prince-4e644d76ed29 https://musebycl.io/backstory/miradas-mitch-monson-olympic-branding-shape-water-and-princes-love-symbol https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/andy-warhol-copyright-prince-fair-use-180982230/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Prince https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/prince-name-change-love-symbol-25th-anniversary-explained-warner-brothers-dispute-a8385801.html https://goldiesparade.co.uk/new-power-generation/ https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/how-the-data-was-extracted-from-the-prince-floppy-disk-and-uploaded-to-the-internet-archive/209475/29?page=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_the_World_(Prince_song) https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2014/04/21/prince-comes-back-to-warner-bros-and-shows-the-boundaries-of-diy/

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