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Prince Fans Get First Glimpse Inside Paisley Park

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Fans wearing purple came to Paisley Park today. That's the estate of the late musician Prince and Chanhassen, Minn. Public tours began at Paisley Park today less than six months after Prince died of an opioid overdose. Starting in the late '80s, Paisley Park was where Prince wrote and recorded songs like this one.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALPHABET ST.")

PRINCE: (Singing) I'm going down to Alphabet St. I'm going to crown the first that I meet. I'm going to...

MCEVERS: Years later Prince acquired the whole property and lived there, too. It is also where he died. Music reporter Jay Gabler was among those who toured Paisley Park today. He's with Minnesota Public Radio's The Current. Hi there.

JAY GABLER, BYLINE²: Hi there.

MCEVERS: So you actually had to buy a ticket to get in to Paisley Park today. And I guess that zoning problems are going to halt tours there after this weekend. What were some of the highlights of what you saw today?

GABLER: Well, the big wow is that Prince's remains³ are actually at Paisley Park. He was cremated⁴, and on display in the atrium of Paisley Park is a miniature model of Paisley Park that contains a small purple box that we are told contains Prince's ashes.

MCEVERS: Wow. So like I said, you know, they're going to halt this because of a zoning, you know - what do you - what are some advice for fans who want to actually get there to get to see Paisley Park and get to see his remains?

GABLER: Well, so the thing to do is to watch the social media. Paisley Park now is on Twitter. It's on Facebook, and they will be updating fans with what's going on with the zoning situation. Right now the decision to rezone Paisley Park for use as a museum has been postponed⁵ by the Chanhassen City Council while they look to have some concerns about traffic and safety alleviated⁶.

But I spoke⁷ with the mayor of Chanhassen this morning, and he sounded hopeful that those concerns will be taken care of relatively⁸ soon so that it will be able to open permanently⁹ for tours.

MCEVERS: What did you hear from some of the fans who did get to go in today?

GABLER: They seemed very satisfied, very happy, very excited to be there. Some of them have traveled from a long way away. This of course was the first day, so you have some of the most excited fans there. And you know, if the tours were a little imperfect, if they were a little rough, if the logistics were a little bit rough, you - they didn't seem to notice or mind that much. They seemed just thrilled to have this opportunity to visit this estate that was so core to Prince's life and work.

MCEVERS: What else did you see there?

GABLER: So you get to see the studios that Prince worked in, that he recorded music in. You get to see the performance spaces that he used when people would come to see shows at Paisley Park. And coolest for me as someone who had visited Paisley Park several times during Prince's lifetime was that you got to see some spaces that you didn't typically get to see as a casual visitor to Paisley Park.

You get to see the study where he worked. You get to see the little kitchen where he would hang out and watch Timberwolves games. You got to see his personal studio always ready with instruments for him to, you know, go and lay down a track whenever he felt the need.

It was really cool to just experience the space as Prince used it, as Prince lived in it and move through the whole space in a way that, you know, was not previously¹⁰ possible.

MCEVERS: As we said, it's just been, you know, six months since he died. It seems like a short time to turn this around and open it up as a museum. I understand they had a few problems. Tell us about that.

GABLER: Well, yeah, it was a little bit rocky. There of course was the zoning issue that we've discussed. And in terms of the way the tours were operating, you know, there are a couple of different levels of tour. There's the regular tour, and there's the VIP tour. And they're sort of bumping into each other. And the tour guides could have been better informed, but I think those are kinks that they'll work out.

MCEVERS: That's Jay Gabler of Minnesota Public Radio's The Current. Thank you so much.

GABLER: Thank you.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PAISLEY PARK")

PRINCE: (Singing) Paisley Park is in your heart. There is a woman who sits all alone by the pier¹¹. Her husband...

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 cremated   

v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句

5 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

6 alleviated   

减轻，缓解，缓和( alleviate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It is always completely alleviated by total gastrectomy. 全胃切除永远完全缓解症状。
• Toxicity problem in manufacturing and storage might be alleviated by coating beryllium with aluminum. 但如果用铝包覆铍，则可避免加工过程中及储存期间的中毒问题。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

9 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

10 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

11 pier   

n.码头；桥墩，桥柱；[建]窗间壁，支柱

参考例句：

• The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害，专家担心它已不能负重。
• The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。