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.

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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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