Susan Rogers

I think authenticity is a word that absolutely applies to the Shags.

One of the interview subjects in the film is a wonderful musicologist named Susan Rogers who wrote a whole book about why we like the kind of music we like.

And the first chapter of her book is entitled Authenticity.

The entire chapter is about the shags.

Well, I think I may have missed like three Midwest parties.

I think I missed Susan Rogers, I missed the Gold Experience, and I missed Damon.

But if I'm going back to the first Midwest party, you know, you get some guests.

And again, ain't nothing wrong with this.

Cause I like, I like that, but yeah, Like, that's it.

That's the only thing that I could kind of find to go, you know, if I were, you know, you know, an engineer, if I was Susan Rogers, who we haven't even talked about, you know, in the in the recording booth or whatever, I'd be turning that up in the mix a little bit.

So that's really the only thing I had.

Interesting point.

And so it's not like somebody sits down with a pen and paper and works out a structure of something.

The argument would be from Susan Rogers, who did most of his recording, his main engineer, that he would arrive with the entire song in his head and lay it down track by track.

So he would do the entire drum part, then he'd play the bass line, then he'd do the keys, then he'd do the guitars, then he'd sing at the top, and the entire thing was in his head, pre-formed, before he arrived in the studio.

Not all the time, but certainly in the early days.

The flavor of the day was Camille.

But would it be an album, a series of songs, a play, a movie, or something completely unexpected? He was confused, recognized Susan Rogers.

I think he didn't have...

So this character of Camille might have been the lead singer of a band called Dream Factory, or Dream Factory might have been the title of a Camille album.

For example, Susanna recalling the track being It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night, which was recorded later in November, while Jill remembers it being Good Love.

Because of this uncertainty, it was important to make sure both of their recollections were noted.

Bottom line was Prince sometimes seemed to embrace having conflict between those who worked for him, according to Susan Rogers.

It was an insight into what made him great because he would think that inciting jealousy was a good way to bring up the best in a person.