PRINCE - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

There is no arguing about Prince’s musical genius - his music is a big part of the soundtrack of my life and, for my money, over the last 20 years only Slash could come a distant second to matching his ability on the guitar.  But for me his icon status stretched past music.  MTV launched about the same time I took my first tottering, high-heeled steps into the tricky world of sexual politics.  Prince celebrated women, empowering and mentoring them.  When he had women on the stage with them, it was because of their talent, not because they were cookie-cutter long-legged, red-lipped, miniskirted models pretending to play their instruments.  From Sheila E to 3rdeyegirl via Wendy and Lisa and Apollonia6, Prince treated his fellow women musicians the same as the men he worked with – a true feminist before anyone really thought about applying the word to a man. In a time when women were celebrated for their ability to do the splits on the hood of a car Prince taught us that talent is sexy, smart is sexy. So here is my favourite video from this true cultural icon - celebrating women for being wives, mothers, sisters, lovers, friends, professionals.   Thank you Prince for the beautiful experience.