OT: Prince Has Died
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Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
2 get through this thing called life
Electric word life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here 2 tell u
There's something else
The afterworld
A world of never ending happiness
U can always see the sun, day or night
RIP....may he be in that world of never ending happiness.
We are gathered here today
2 get through this thing called life
Electric word life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here 2 tell u
There's something else
The afterworld
A world of never ending happiness
U can always see the sun, day or night
RIP....may he be in that world of never ending happiness.
RIP. Another irreplaceable, unique musician gone at such a young age. Or, are we just getting older as well. Kinda spooks me out. I know 2 guys who passed away suddenly at age 43, and 57 in the past 2 months.
No doubt about that. A prodigy. I'm mostly a fan of Prince circa 1979 - 1994. Lots of really good memories of some really cool people, places and events come to mind when I listen to just about anything he created during that period. Another one who's gone way too soon.
Controversy... Do Me Baby... Purple Rain... Computer Blue... Darling Nikki... I Would Die For You... Raspberry Beret... When Doves Cry... The Ballad of Dorothy Parker... Strange Relationship... Adore... Condition of the Heart... I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man... Paisley Park... Sign O' The Times... Strollin'... Money Don't Matter 2Nite...
Just some of my faves.
It's getting older I think. A lot of my friends stop looking for new stuff until it hits them in the face. Being pretty close to the music scene, I see a lot of new stuff. As amazing as the stuff and people are who have come before, rest assured, there is just as amazing talent out there that will come to the forefront.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/cele...his-minnesota-home/ar-BBs4NLJ?ocid=spartandhp
Prince at the Super Bowl Halftime Show:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Super+Bowl+halftime+show+with+prince
Prince at the Super Bowl Halftime Show:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Super+Bowl+halftime+show+with+prince
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Agreed, loved those especially Adore, the Ballad of Dorothy Parker (thought I was the only one on that particular song), I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.
and I would raise you with, Alphabet Street, Housequake, Do U Lie?, and Mountains!!!
That;s Rick James bitch...if your referring to Chapelle.
A true classic piece of comedy- though.
A true classic piece of comedy- though.
A WICKED guitar player. Too bad his ego didn't let him collaborate a little more to allow him to move forward from Pop. No complaints though, I liked a lot of his stuff from that time. Hearing most of it let's you travel back to the 80s when everything was new. RIP Mr Prince.
This is strange/prophetic?
"full name Prince Rogers Nelson -- had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. His people told TMZ he was battling the flu.
At the show, Prince prophetically told the crowd, "Wait a few days before you waste any prayers."
http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/21/prince-dead-at-57/
"full name Prince Rogers Nelson -- had a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. But he appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. His people told TMZ he was battling the flu.
At the show, Prince prophetically told the crowd, "Wait a few days before you waste any prayers."
http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/21/prince-dead-at-57/
Dorothy was a waitress... on the promenade.
She worked the night shift...
How 'bout Starfish and Coffee?
"...Me and Lucy both looked in when Cynthia wasn't around.
Lucy cried, almost died. You know what we found..."
What's strange is that occasional Prince protege, Vanity, died on February 15, 2016 -- also at the age of 57.
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i disagree with this..name these artists who will be classic. Bottom line is the computer age killed the radio star and music biz. Internet and phones led us to a place where the true classic artists are not being cultivated. Sure there may be some quality bands out there you can find but classic, I dare you to name some
Mountains was a great underrated song from that awful movie
Prince had so many classics. I would say that When Doves Cry was his absolute masterpiece and that is not disrespecting Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette, 1999. I really think he blew Michael Jackson away in terms of talent and depth
my faves in no order...When Doves Cry, Take Me With U, Darling Nikki, I Wanna Be Your Lover (was this from this late 70s), Take Me With U, Mountains, Alphabet Street, Get Off, I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, Raspberry Beret, Delirious, Pop Life, Lets Go Crazy, U Got the Look with Sheena Easton
RIP Purple Man
There are guaranteed to be "classic musicians" today..it's just a matter of what classic means to everyone.
Hall of Fame musicians to me, whether I personally liked them or not, are "classic". Until theres no more R and R HOF, there will always be classic musicians.
Just think as we age, our tastes become different.
again who are they...because where are the middle aged acts from the 90s who you would peg as being the hall of famers....I suppose you can say Beyonce and Jay Z will be in the hall of fame but they are no Madonna and Prince
Beyonce, Jay z. I'm sure Justin Timberlake will be.
Wouldnt be surprised if mumford and sons are, arcade fire, white stripes etc. are inducted. Adele? Lourdes? Taylor Swift? Can't predict the future, but all very, very successful in their own ways.
Again, doesn't mean I'm a fan.. (barely ever listen to the radio anymore .I like more classic rock). Just means music is evolving
Define Classic. Who you think is classic or who has reached as wide of an audience, as say Prince? You are starting to sound like an old guy.
How about a Fruit Cocktail. . . Nah, I ain't too hungry!!
Wow, incredible lyricist, and absolute Guitar God!!!
and Starfish and Coffee was amazing.
I agree with you that many people stop listening to new music, for the most part, when they get older. And I agree with you that there are tons of amazing and talented artists out there today. I don't agree that they will come to the forefront though.
As much as I'd like to believe I was wrong, times have clearly changed. People are largely left to "discover" bands on their own or via their friends. For some, it may seem like artists are very popular but these methods don't usually lead to national fame -- at least not in the rock and roll world.
We don't have MTV as the nation's radio station anymore. We hardly have unique radio stations anymore as a few corporations own 80% (or more) of the stations and keep a similar playlist for all to use. Even the individual local stations that are great are now up against satellite, streaming services, and youtube for attention.
Pop stars make break out. Rock stars are unlikely to do so imo.
Again, it's not my bar.....
Thier fans NOW are the ones who will vote for them in 40 years.
That's a great thing. We aren't being force fed what some guys sitting around a table think is good music. The proliferation of technology has opened up different avenues. Make no mistake, you still need the right people to see you from a management perspective, but those people are looking on the web constantly and seeing much more than they ever would have. Anyone and everyone can get their music out there now which is far better than how it used to be. You'd be shocked how big some people/bands are that you might not listen to or have heard of.
I've heard and generally agree with the fact that for most people, the music they truly love was what they were exposed to from the ages of 13-25. Each generation will naturally associate with different music.
I like a lot of music that is coming out now but does it elicit that same feeling as when I hear a song from HS or college. No way.
The 2010s is/are a pop decade, the pop artists have the exposure and the platform now. There is great new rock out there, but you really have to go looking for it, and the rock that shares that platform with pop today is the stuff we grew up with, crowding out the new rock. I find that Spotify playlists, YouTube, Amazon, Shazaming songs in TV and movie soundtracks and listening to internet radio stations exposes good stuff I would never hear otherwise. Makes me wonder how I found the music I found in the 80s and 90s.
I always forget how much I loved "Take Me With U" and "...Take the Place of Your man." His compositions, of shorts songs, is amazing at times (Mountains is another song often overlooked...).
For me that would have been Aerosmith, Zeppelin, Kiss, Yes, Rush, Peter Frampton, etc. And I do really love that stuff. But I usually will fall back to stuff much earlier and much "folkier". Some of my favorite "listening music" are acts like The Mamas & The Papas and The Association.
it was called MTV and they had a wide playlist as did radio but something happened in the late 90s where Clear Channel gobbled up all radio stations, narrowed every playlist and MTV decided to water themselves down with the TRL crowd before abandoning music all together
the first few years of MTV you could be exposed to all kinds of rock/pop music for hours on end with a huge variety..as it went further along the variety became less and less even if they started playing black artists
It almost hurts to watch this video....seeing a boy who looks like George (his son)....and hearing Prince just tear the f'ing house down with his playing / heart.
Christ, he was talented!
RIP!
MO
The whole ensemble is excellent.
If you appreciate one-time superstar ensemble bands, you should be familiar with the Roy Orbison: "Black and White Night" production. The list of people who played together that night was amazing.
growing up in the 80s...classic rock was big as was the current stuff and I was raised on 70s AM radio with WABC and WNBC...so for me thats a wide variety of music I was into and exposed to by the time the grunge era which is my favorite kind of music hit...so thats late 60s stuff all the way to mid 90s that I was into. After that music started to suck...nu metal took over rock music and it was awful..rock never has recovered. Hip hop took over from rock as the dominant music and then infiltrated pop. Not really interested in that kind of stuff. If it makes me old so be it but I have an appreciation for music that spans 30 years. Yes I still find new artists here and there but nothing that wows me anymore and I keep digging back into the 70s for soft rock and 80s for new wave and 90s for alternative
When you are your age, being "wowed" outside of a live performance is probably unlikely. Everything is taken from something or somethings. But the Led Zepplin's of yesteryear will be thought of like younger generations think of Calvin Harris in 20 years.
I see a ton of live music. Probably more than most anyone who doesn't do it for a job. I am wow'd all the time. Go see more live stuff. You will be wow'd.
I see a ton of live music. Probably more than most anyone who doesn't do it for a job. I am wow'd all the time. Go see more live stuff. You will be wow'd.
Oh yeah. How could I forget Take Me With U? The Purple One has left us with so much good music.
When it comes to songwriting, I love a good storyteller.
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