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[enemy2k]

Aw man, this sucks. RIP Prince

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Fuck, I don't want to believe this.

Been a fan for years and I just listened to Cream and Purple Rain a few weeks ago in a long time.

RIP, Prince.

This is so unfair, man.

 

[OverBlood 3]

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.

Yeah, listening to his work you realised he was almost stifled by the constraints of an album being finite, he just kept going and even the remixes he did were amazing.


Not to mention countless albums he wrote, composed and then handed off to other artists. Noon rendevouz, Nothing Compares 2 U, Manic Monday, the work he did for The Time and Vanity/Apollonia 6. The couple of Jazz albums he did were great too.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

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

Heh, I was just out at a thrift store the other day and came up on Around The World in a Day, What Time is It, and Controversy in an As-Is vinyl bin.

Couldn't snatch that shit up fast enough.

The couple of Jazz albums he did were great too.

I didn't even know about the Madhouse shit until I looked up the samples to Hip Hop Doll by Digital Underground and was like "He's got a JAZZ BAND?"

 

[Vire]

Jesus christ, today fucking sucks.

 

[Future Foundation]

Something neat that popped up on the timeline: Prince's acceptance speech for his '85 Original Score Oscar

Thank you, Prince.

 

[alr1ght]

"Guitar" is another of his relatively recent tracks that is goddamn amazing. It's on Planet Earth.

 

[zoozilla]

WTF. I am not ready for this news.

Prince is - was, fuck - one of the greatest pop acts in the history of pop music. He was an incredible instrumentalist, an incredible vocalist, an incredible personality.... truly one-of-a-kind.

I can't even process this. RIP.

Listening to Sign o' the Times in tribute - right now I'm on "Play in the Sunshine" and it's making me emotional.

 

[e_i]

Wolf Blitzer thinks that Prince wrote "Purple Haze." WTF?

 

[UrokeJoe]

Devastated. True genius.

The guy could jam!

https://youtu.be/auhwiBo68_k

 

[Parmenides]

RIP, Prince.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Fuck

 

[Pyccko]

geesh. these last few months have been a real bummer.

 

[Formless]

Some of it is.

The ending of this song man.

I'm listening to this full concert

While a lot of Prince's stuff is way too pop for me, it seems his live performances (and his guitar stuff) really are great.

 

[.shin]

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.

Man I feel you on that. Currently listening to Sweet Baby and I dunno how to process all of this.

 

[ironcreed]

His last Instagram post a week ago says, "Just when you thought you were safe."

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEL87qXmLdZ/?taken-by=prince

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

I didn't even know about the Madhouse shit until I looked up the samples to Hip Hop Doll by Digital Underground and was like "He's got a JAZZ BAND?"

There's a concept album Prince did called N.E.W.S.

It consists of four 15 minute jazz tracks. Definitely worth a listen.

 

[supermarioworldE]

This year is just getting worse and worse. Such a shame, and such a sad loss. I think I first heard Prince's music in Burton's Batman, and fell in love with his voice ever since.

R.I.P.

Truly one of the greats

 

[LoveCake]

RIP

 

[MrDaravon]

He did multiple jazz albums? What a goddamn treasure of a man.

 

[Easystride]

Google Play has some.

I'm listening right now.

The Minnesota Public Radio station is playing all of his songs right now. I think the stream is getting hit pretty hard right now, though.

http://www.thecurrent.org/listen

 

[Toa TAK]

Damn man. I can't believe he's done.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Jesus what the hell is this year?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I loved Chappelle's story about this cover.

"That's a Prince judo move. You make 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!"

Thats great. Thats a great sense of humor on Princes part

 

[Frozenprince]

I didn't even know about the Madhouse shit until I looked up the samples to Hip Hop Doll by Digital Underground and was like "He's got a JAZZ BAND?"

Madhouse is the best stuff he ever did. It's transcendently good.

 

[wenis]

Heh, I was just out at a thrift store the other day and came up on Around The World in a Day, What Time is It, and Controversy in an As-Is vinyl bin.

Couldn't snatch that shit up fast enough.

Just the other day I was thinking I needed to expand my Prince LP collection. That might need to be put on the back burner now. Happened with Bowie and Jackson. The death tax on would be collectors for "vintage" vinyl is a real nasty thing.

 

[ryan299]

So he started writing his memoirs last month and knew it was coming according to TMZ.

 

[Robbok]

Whoa i´m totally shocked.
He was truly one of a Kind.
R.I.P. Prince

 

[LyleLanley]

Prince once rented a home from Carlos Boozer.

 

[spawnsniper]

Damn. Rest in peace.

He killed it when he came to coachella a few years back.

 

[akira28]

"Prince makes surprise appearance at dance event 'to prove he's alive and well' hours after being rushed to hospital"

trips me the fuck out. I literally read this in the daily mail last night and was thining "huh, Prince, who's worried about Prince? He's good, right? Being healthy and religious and low key, etc."

Then to hear the news today.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Why is his music not on iTunes. ;_;

 

[Lister]

He was young, did they say what happenned?

 

[Robot Carnival]

sonofa... this is terrible news. he's one of the few artist that I really respect. just pure talent. dang 2016 keeps taking our beloved performers... RIP T_T

 

[AwesomeSauce]

I'm devastated.

I love Prince.

RIP

 

[BreezyLimbo]

He was young, did they say what happenned?

Right now the guess is that his Flu got alot worse

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Why is his music not on iTunes. ;_;

Blows my mind how his music is like so hard to find online

 

[moggio]

Why is his music not on iTunes. ;_;

It's on Tidal.

 

[Prodigal Son]

RIP. My folks are crushed.

 

[Eidan]

I couldn't agree more with Mr. Oizo.

Eye roll.


Man, I just realized that MJ, Whitney, and Prince are now gone. Unbelievable. They were a holy trinity to me as a kid.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Blows my mind how his music is like so hard to find online

I'm fairly certain this is all about to change pretty soon here.

 

[alr1ght]

Still the GOAT Superbowl halftime show.

 

[phanphare]

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

my favorite part about that is that you can tell all those classic rock guys weren't fond of prince's tribute but then there's george's son with a shit-eating grin on his face just loving it. those other dudes were paying tribute as humans, being somber and all that. prince was paying tribute with his music.

prince is one of the very few guitar players who could make his instrument do whatever he wanted

 

[Frozenprince]

I'm fairly certain this is all about to change pretty soon here.

Wouldn't shock me if he has stipulations in his will about it.

Hopefully he doesn't though, if the vault is blown open, my god I might not crawl out for a few days.

 

[LyleLanley]

Blows my mind how his music is like so hard to find online

He worked pretty hard to make that happen.

The internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

"The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good.

"They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Oh yeah, if you haven't watched the first ever live performance of Purple Rain (most of this recording ended up on the soundtrack for the movie, actually), you should watch it right now.

 

[rhandino]

Prince stance on how his music was available on-line was messy, it is know.

God, do I really need to get into TIDAL to get my stream of his anthems T_T

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Purple Rain always makes me emotional, great song. Sometimes I wish the lyrics were a little bit better though (I still don't know what a purple rain is).

 

[Ding-Ding]

I cannot remember a single year that has taken so many of the stars I grew up with. Just unbelievable.

RIP Prince

 

[Blader]

That Hall of Fame performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps blows me away every time. His guitar playing was fucking magic. His fingers don't even look like they're touching the guitar half the time! They're just floating on air, up and down the neck.