Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: Honoring 'The Purple One'

Episode Date: April 23, 2016

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You're listening to the Jeff Fisher Show. The founder of this company 10 years ago was trying to sell his house and went through real estate agent after real estate agent. And they were all talking a great game. And this guy who is selling his house, the founder of this company, he's kind of an important guy and should get the best treatment. And he said to his wife, if this is what it's like for us, how do people who have no clout ever get around this? So he started a company and it went into business, I think, three years ago. Their deal is, their word is their bond. And they are just like you.

Now, how can I say that? Because I'm the founder of the company. We have a thousand agents across the country and they are people that listen to the show. And so when you go through real estate agents, I trust, it's sent to somebody who already, you already know their sensibilities. They already are cut from exactly the same cloth. There's got to be a better way. There is. Real estate agents, I trust.com.

Rest and peace, Mr. Nelson. Prince Rogers Nelson, June 7, 1958, April 21st, 2016. You've been inundated, I know. I've got to get some prints in. I love prints. Authorities announced yesterday, no reason to believe the singer committed suicide. County Sheriff said there's too many details that he's not going to discuss.

No obvious signs of trauma. The results from the autopsy several weeks. The body's been released to the family. So we'll all be waiting for the monster news of when the funeral is and it will be huge and it will take over the news cycle and it already has. Prince is one of those guys that You know, when he's there, you think about him And sometimes you don't

And then you realize My gosh, it's Prince. I mean, he's always going to be there, right? It's Prince. Prince! No. Everybody has their own, you know, few stories about Prince. I've got a couple.

I've met him a couple times. Not friends at all. Just, you know, backstage content. or shake hands. Hi, I think you're great. Thank you. Move on. Surrounded by bodyguards.

I love some of the quotes from Prince. He was a different kind of human being, which made him Prince, right? I mean, I was watching some of the old concerts, especially when he, the first, yesterday I watched the first appearance on a show. that was called the Midnight Special back in 1980, it seems like a hundred years ago. And he was, if you have an opportunity to see it,

he was amazing. And just out of the box, strange, which is why we loved him. And he, you know, one of my favorite quotes is, no child is bad from the beginning.

They just imitate their atmosphere. Yeah, everybody's got a bomb. We could all die any day. But before, I'll let that happen. I'll dance my life away. Looking at some of his numbers, I mean, amazing, iconic. Over a hundred million albums sold worldwide. Not to count movies.

Not to count other songs. I mean six big songs. Sheney O'Connor, nothing compares to you. The Bengals. Manic Monday. Alicia Keys. How come you don't call me? Madonna.

Love song. Chaka Khan. I feel for you. Cindy Lopper, when you were mine. All. All. written by Prince. It's sad to hear about his death.

The last time we saw him on one of the award shows, he didn't look that great. He was walking with the cane. Still was, you know, super bad prince, but he didn't look that good. So I'm sure he was struggling. And look, for years, he was out on stage dancing in high heels and moving around like a snake.

You can't do that forever. In his last month, he was still relatively busy for Prince. When he played back-to-back shows in Montreal, the 21st of March, exactly one month before his death. As part of his, you know, piano and microphone tour, I would love to have seen that. And then on the 25th of March, he played back-to-back, sold-out shows in Toronto, busy, you know, doing his little Prince tweets. and then he canceled on April 7th his show in Atlanta, citing the flu. And then he performed in Atlanta.

And he apologized for canceling the early shows. He said, I was a little under the weather. He didn't say flu, though. I was a little under the weather. But here we are now, and I'm going to take the time to thank each. and every one of you for coming out and enjoying this time with us. And according to this, he also told some of the audience, wait a few days before you waste any prayers.

I'm not sure what that means. On the 15th, he was transported to an area hospital following an emergency plane landing at Quad City International Airport at Illinois. He said he was struggling from the flu. He was flying back from Atlanta, and he wasn't far from his home. So he did, you know, obviously make it back home to Minnesota. There are reports now that he was overdosing and that they saved his life in Illinois and wanted him to stay. And the other reports were he for sure he didn't stay.

Obviously, he didn't take that advice and stay there. He left. But. I mean, convalescent his own home just as well or better than the hospital. But he, one of the reports from the Illinois hospital was that he wanted a private room and the hospital couldn't provide him one. If that's true, come on now. He's Prince.

I mean, Prince doesn't want to be in a room with me recovering from his shoulder surgery. Hey, Chris, what's happening? Mary from Illinois is not going to be in the same room as Prince. Sorry. I know we're all the same. I got it. But no. Mary, no.

You don't get to be in the same room as Prince. Sorry. Not going to happen. And I find it, I find it cute that we get these stories now about how he is, you know, everybody knew that Prince was a big fan of breakfast and he loved the whole breakfast items

and really who doesn't. I mean, I'm sure that you're along with me that's saying yes to breakfast items as often as possible, please. That would be great, thank you. But he, I guess, was kind of freakish about the whole breakfast items. And one of his butlers told the story,

it's one of the stories on up on the blaze the butler claiming his tie to Prince hosted some big party and he said I have a lot of great memories but the one that made me laugh was there was one night where I got a call about 3 a.m. in the morning and he wanted breakfast for 14 people

I was the only butler on duty during the graveyard shift he asked for 14 omelets and 14 orders of pancakes I came up two cards full of food trying to plate it as fast as I can when Prince stood up from his chair and walked over to my cart grabbed a plate of pancakes and started helping me serve. I couldn't help but laugh. Ha ha ha ha ha.

I mean it's cute that Prince was, you know, that's kind of a cute inside story, but of course Prince is going to get up and start serving. I mean, they're his party mates. Right? But I love the idea of any time, anytime you want. I'm just going to call and I want pancakes please. Thank you. That would be wonderful if you would just send the pancakes over right now.

That would be great. Thank you. According to police, Prince was dropped off on April 20th night before he was found dead at his residence at about 8 o'clock at night. And the medics were dispatched the following morning. They found Prince unresponsive in an elevator on the main floor. Sad. Sad. Iconic figure.

You know, I saw him in the controversy tour. And I saw him on a 1999 tour. I was back. For the controversy tour, that's where we met. I was backstage. And that he was on fire that show. But the 1999 tour was with Vanity and Morris Day in the time. And that show was fantastic.

Vanity was, you know, ready to break. She was already broken as the big superstar hot goddess on stage. Morris Day, I'm cooler than Santa Claus baby. That was fantastic. and then Prince was on fire. Stage show was great. And, I mean, he'll be missed. I'm sure, along with millions of other people around the world yesterday,

you were inundated with Prince songs. But it felt good to listen to Prince again. It brought back a lot of memories. And it was good to listen because you had, you know, Prince is one of those guys where you hear a Prince song and you go, oh, that's Prince. I love Prince. and you listen to the song.

You move on with your life. But yesterday, you listened to the songs and brought back all the memories where you were, what you were doing, what was happening in your life at the time. And that's what the iconic artists do for you, right? That's why it's so sad when they're gone. So Prince, born June 7th, 1958, dead at the age of 57. Died the 21st of April, 2016. Prince

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And went through real estate agent After real estate agent And they were all talking a great game And this guy who is selling his house The founder of this company He's kind of an important guy And kind of should get the best treatment And he said to his wife, if this is what it's like for us, how do people who have no clout ever get around this?

So he started a company and it went into business, I think, three years ago. Their deal is, their word is their bond. And they are just like you. Now, how can I say that? Because I'm the founder of the company. We have a thousand agents across the country. And they are people that listen to the show. And so when you go through real estate agents I trust, it's sent to somebody who already, you

already know their sensibilities. They already are cut from exactly the same cloth. There's got to be a better way. There is. Real Estate Agents.Itrust.com.