How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.

Emmy® Award winning composer & pianist Lisa Coleman, is one half of Wendy & Lisa. At 19, she joined Prince & The Revolution. She still records, works with others, and writes for film & TV. Her solo album, Collage, was released in 2019. This is her story.


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INTRO

2mins - Waldorf Salad in the early 1970s

3mins30s - Making music as a child with friends and neighbours

5mins - Born into music while growing up in Los Angeles

7mins - Early musical memories

8mins - Dissonance / discordance in music

10mins - Prince's Pop Life...'those chords...it's almost the wrong note every time!'

12mins - 'He knew I had that weird ear.' and Sometimes it snows in April

14mins - Learning Bach on the piano as a child, and 'unlocking something'

17mins - Meeting Wendy Melvoin for the first time...

20mins - 'Our steel mill was the recording studio...', and synthesisers in the 1970s.

23mins - Hearing about Prince for the first time, and flying out to Minneapolis to meet him.

25mins - Lisa on being really shy as a teenager...and feeling her way.

28mins - The Dirty Mind era, and Head....'from Bach to this!'

30mins - "Station Wagons and vans, with our amps in the back, it was down and dirty!"

32mins - Living, and growing with, Prince...'there was a lot to adapt to.'

35mins - Things started to change...

38mins - "Prince is still with me, and I think of him every day. I loved that guy..."

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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