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[Neo C.]

Unreal. I couldn't believe the thread title at first.

 

[Mad Season]

aids?

Not the time to speculate

 

[Nodnol]

This video made me smile. All star line up and Prince just slays it whilst being the coolest motherfucker, throws his guitar in the air and walks off.

http://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm there right now. I wasn't very familiar with his material outside of the popular stuff but I've started listening to his library beginning with For You and it's VERY good. I'm in for a treat aren't I?

God help you once you start discovering the b-sides and the live tapes.

 

[echoshifting]

I just heard. WHAT THE FUCK

 

[jmood88]

I got to see him live at the Essence Fest a couple years ago and it was probably the best concert I've ever attended.

 

[BFIB]

God help you once you start discovering the b-sides and the live tapes.

To me, that's his best work.

 

[Frozenprince]

Whew... the thought of that maybe happening kinda helps soften the devistating blow a little bit. Just the smallest amount though. I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for never seeing him live though.

Greatest live show in the history of live shows.

Man was a god.

 

[reKon]

wow... didn't know he was ill.

RIP, can't believe it..

 

[Future Foundation]

I think a lot of that is also due to his stance on digital distribution.

Yup. You can see that on facebook/twitter as people scramble to find things to post.

Although, you guys thought that Jimi's posthumous output was ridiculous. You thought it was weird that Tupac kept releasing albums after his death.

If Prince's estate starts emptying that vault out?

Good God.

His stuff's on iTunes and I think Tidal. There's very little on Spotify and nothing on Google Play.

 

[ComputerBlue]

To me, that's his best work.

Erotic City.

 

[gimmmick]

God fucking damnit


2016 has been one shitty year

R.i.p

 

[KennyLinder]

Saw him at the o2 in London. Incredible night.

So sad

 

[Mortemis]

Greatest live show in the history of live shows.

Man was a god.

It depresses me so much not seeing one.

Fuck.

 

[pixelation]

EDIT: Nevermind, let's not talk about that.

 

[malfcn]

Artist formally known as Prince.

 

[iPaul93]

Can't believe this.RIP.

 

[StudioTan]

Far too young

RIP

 

[Obscura]

Rest In Power Purple One

 

[reKon]

boss

 

[CountAntonius]

Unbelievable. Rest in peace.

 

[Lord Error]

Oh man

 

[Bobby Roberts]

To me, that's his best work.

I remember working at Sam Goody when Crystal Ball dropped. Of course, I immediately threw all 3 discs in the changer and hit play.

Cloreen Bacon Skin came on the overhead speakers and I knew it was basically the demo for "Irresistable Bitch," but I was pretty much useless for the next 15 minutes. I mean, I was kinda/sorta alphabetizing the video wall? Maybe?

But not really.

Tubby little hobbit kid in a Kangol and a baseball jersey just shaking his ass and making stank faces every 30 seconds like "Goddamn."

 

[Formless]

I remember trying to get into Prince after seeing the While My Guitar Gently Weeps performance, but his stuff's not on spotify or Youtube. I guess it's time to try to dig elsewhere.

RIP.

 

[qcf x2]

RIP to one of my favorite artists and one of THE greatest performers/arguably the single most talented musical artist of all time.

Sucks to not have MJ or him around... in the 80s, who would have thought that Prince would outlive Michael? There will never be another.

 

[Androidsleeps]

Fuck.

 

[ozfunghi]

I'm there right now. I wasn't very familiar with his material outside of the popular stuff but I've started listening to his library beginning with For You and it's VERY good. I'm in for a treat aren't I?

R.I.P. Prince

Also listen to some stuff of 94 East (Just Another Sucker) feat. Prince. He was 17 years old.

It's Gonna Be Lonely, Balad of Dorothy Parker, Strange Relationships... the list of gems that many people never heard is seamingly endless.

 

[Professional Enthusiast]

Erotic City.

YES!

RIP Prince.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Whew... the thought of that maybe happening kinda helps soften the devistating blow a little bit. Just the smallest amount though. I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for never seeing him live though.

This. i'm fucking devastated that I never saw him live

 

[Dishwalla]

Ordered some CDs for pickup at Best Buy, figure they are going to move fast now.

 

[LyleLanley]

This has probably been posted a billion times but I don't really feel like going through a whole thread this depressing to check.
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube

Prince was the goddamn coolest. Also, I'm pretty sure he's literally magical, his guitar looks like it never came down.

 

[OverBlood 3]

To me, that's his best work.

My favourite song of his was never on anything

Electric Intercourse, I saw him live and he played it for the first time in 30 years it was such a beautiful moment.

 

[qcf x2]

RIP :-(

The Ladder is my all time fav Prince song.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Oh, and then there's the 12" versions of his singles.

"Kiss" becomes a completely different song after the 3 1/2 minute mark. Like, he slid across the mixing console to the edge of the board, hit a switch that said "exponentially funkier" and then pushed all the dials up.

And then it goes like that for another 4 minutes.

Prince was the goddamn coolest. Also, I'm pretty sure he's literally magical, his guitar looks like it never came down.

Yeah, that's probably my favorite part. He sets the entire hall of fame on fire, and throws his guitar straight up, and just leaves. Guitar never comes down. He never looks back.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

RIP.

A GOAT performer and talent. That man changed music. He will be missed.

 

[Darth Pinche]

boss

The fact that Prince put this on his own album is amazing!
And that clip with Petty etc is always amazing.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Like I know he's bigger than this but like the Batman soundtrack is like... part of me. Like, fuck.

It's a part of most people that listened to music in the 80's. Bat dance, bro. Bat Dance.

 

[ironcreed]

He was truly such a beautiful artist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELk7_yr6GCo

And one mean guitar player.

 

[Future Foundation]

This has probably been posted a billion times but I don't really feel like going through a whole thread this depressing to check.
Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube

Prince was the goddamn coolest. Also, I'm pretty sure he's literally magical, his guitar looks like it never came down.

That guitar toss and strut is AMAZING.

 

[rukland]

His work in the first half of the 90's was absolute GENIUS. Billy Jack Bitch, Pussy Control, Space, The Sacrifice Of Victor, D&P, THE LIST GOES ON. Just purely exceptional.

Yes you and I can be friends as well. That time period for him was amazing and I hold it in such a high regard that today just hurts.

 

[Spinluck]

Gonna have to buy some more of his stuff.

Not gonna be on Spotify anytime soon, so I'm gonna have to start my Tidal trial in the meantime.

 

[wenis]

I'm kinda envious of people who really don't know much about the guy because his 21st century output wasn't all that well recieved, so he's just the weird little guy who changed his name to a symbol in the 90s to them.

And they're gonna get curious and poke their toe into his catalog at some point, and come up for air about five hours later in the middle of a fucking ocean of genius.

and perhaps an intended side effect. they'll need to go buy his physical records.

 

[NastyBook]

Erotic City.

Just made me remember when this one radio station played this uncensored back in the day. Thought I was going crazy until I heard it again on the same station with audible bleeps in place that time.

Huh? Just read some rumors that it was hiv/aids.

Sorry, was testy earlier since it was looking like behind the scenes stuff was going to takeover the thread.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

You sexy mutha...

Damn, that sucks.

 

[PillarEN]

I remember trying to get into Prince after seeing the While My Guitar Gently Weeps performance, but his stuff's not on spotify or Youtube. I guess it's time to try to dig elsewhere.

RIP.

Some of it is.

The ending of this song man.

 

[EazyWeazy3]

His stuff's on iTunes and I think Tidal. There's very little on Spotify and nothing on Google Play.

Google Play has some.

I'm listening right now.

 

[Buzzati]

He was a very slight man that rarely ate when he was healthy - I can believe the flu took him. Sucks. Love watching him take it home in front of George Harrison's beaming son here: https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?t=4m44s

 

[SolidSnakex]

boss

I loved Chappelle's story about this cover.

"That's a Prince judo move. You make fun of Prince in a sketch then he'll just use you on his album cover. What am I going to do? Sue him for using a picture of me dressed up like him? It's impossible!"

 

[Smooth Operator]

I was lucky enough to see him live once with my mother (She's a big Prince fan), just called her and she's really sad.

I LOVE the video version of If i was your girlfriend, too bad that version was never released on an actual CD.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

For those who would like to know more about the man's life and legacy, here's a nice timeline NBC has put together..