RIP Prince

Oh boy, I still have all the vinyl I bought as they came out from Prince. I think I've got everything up to The Gold Experience in the mid-1990s. The first time Brenda and I went dancing, I asked the DJ to play "Take Me with U" from Purple Rain.
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R.I.P.

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Song was Stand Back and was based on Little Red Corvette...


Taken from Wiki:


Nicks started humming along to the melody (Little Red Corvette), especially inspired by the lush synthesizers of the song, and "Stand Back" was born. They stopped and got a tape recorder and she recorded the demo in the honeymoon suite that night. Later, when Nicks went into the studio to record the song, she called Prince and told him the story of how she wrote the song to his melody. He came to the studio that night and played synthesizers on it, although his contribution is uncredited on the album. Then, she says, "he just got up and left as if the whole thing happened in a dream."[

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Sign O' The Times is one of the greatest albums ever made.

Genius, maverick, slave, trooper - His name was Prince, and he was funky.

Rest in peace.

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WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!

Totally out of left field for me. I didn't know he had been sick.

I'm actually a big fan.

R.I.P.








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I think I do remember hearing about that, but forgot about it since I thought I heard he was okay.

What a year we've had so far!

Prince's death is by far the most shocking and unexpected of them all.

I would love to list my Top Prince Songs, but the problem is none of his songs are available on YouTube.

R.I.P. Purple one. The doves are crying today

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Shame his stuff's kinda hard to find on YouTube, but here's something I was linked to a few minutes ago:



From 3.30. The guy's stage presence is astonishing.

I know. David Bowie can just beat it now. Prince was far more important to me.

Make a list of the songs and put them in here or something.

What's funny is Vanity, who was Prince's old girlfriend and who was basically discovered by Prince, died in February, and I made a big thread about it.

Wow. Prince, Michael Jackson and David Bowie are all gone. Madonna, you're next. Not many '80s giants left.

This doesn't beat the surrealistic "Robin Williams committed suicide" death announcement, though.

I'm not the biggest fan of him but still a pioneer and it's a sad lost

RIP

I thought this was a joke when I saw it and then went to his IMDB page...this JUST happened TODAY!!! I can't believe it...the man was an original and I loved his music...Purple Rain is one of my guilty pleasures that I never get tired of watching. "Kiss" was part of my Music that Makes Me Dance thread. I remember a comic (I forget which one) said Prince was living proof that Sammy Davis Jr and Liberace had sex. I loved Jamie Foxx's recount of his one meeting with him during his "I Might Need Security" concert. From the little I've read on this so far, I have a feeling this is going to be another one of those mysterious celebrity deaths that we will NEVER know exactly what happened...all I've been able to learn thus far is that he was on a plane and he collapsed...if anyone has further information, please share. RIP.

Prince was always, I felt, a man of mystery.

That happened last week or so -- the plane incident. I think they said he had the flu?

He was found dead today at his recording studio in Paisley Park - I think near or at his home in Minneapolis?

He was DOA Sexy? No trip to the hospital? Any word on an autopsy yet?

They can't do an autopsy just yet 'cause the coroners are all busy partying like it's 1999.

I do know that when they took his body, he was put in a little red corvette instead of a hearse.

Prince and chyna both partied too hard for 420... Should've stuck with the devil's lettuce instead of chasing waterfalls.

RIP – brilliant artist.

I just read that Prince died in an elevator.

Lyrics from his hit song "Let's Go Crazy" :

And if the elevator tries to bring you down
Go crazy, punch a higher floor

Which is funny because I've always liked those lyrics and considered them words to live by.

Prince punched a higher floor.

Out of all celebrities, I did not expect this guy to go. Did he have a drug related issues? Anyways, R.I,P Prince, your talent will be missed.

This feels out of place but: maybe we'll finally get to listen to his songs on YT and Itunes?

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I heard a rumor that he has unreleased music to be made public after his death.