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[Shmuppers]

Just heard. Rest in peace.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I asked, and it was given.

MTV is playing Cream right now.

FUCK. YES! Not a dry seat in the house right now.

 

[thoseAREmySHOES]

Go. Now.

Just do it.

I wish I could be there

Go before you regret it forever. I guarantee you have hundreds of friends there

We need some GAFfers in the field!

You'll regret it if you don't go. You ain't exactly going to be alone...

I'm trying to convince myself, but my social anxiety is way too bad. I just can't do crowds like this without having a group of friends:

Man I should have gone down tonight... celebration of his life tonight in Minneapolis

 

[Eidan]

I haven't been following the thread. But I live in Minneapolis and First Avenue is putting on an all-night dance party as tribute. I actually have tomorrow off of work too. But I can't convince myself to go to this thing alone :/

What?! This is a once in a lifetime thing. Just go.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

just mentally adding up the total cost of all those albums, I figured I'd start small.

Totally understandable.

Sign O' the Times for $14 bucks is a damned good price considering how great the damn thing is.

1999 for $10 is also a great call.

For the price of both of them together you get Hits & B-Sides, which I still think is probably the best intro to him.

Fair enough. I do have a big soft spot for the song Controversy itself though. But the album did seem like a stop gap before the one-two punch of 1999 and Purple Rain.

I don't disagree. It's basically him popping the clutch before dropping into a completely different gear.

 

[Get'sMad]

one of the greatest aspects of Prince has always been singing along to his tunes in your own awful falsetto

belting out Adore is so fun.

 

[norm9]

I'm trying to convince myself, but my social anxiety is way too bad. I just can't do crowds like this without having a group of friends:

There's no second chance on this. Go for five minutes.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Many of the CDs are super cheap on Amazon right now, and include MP3 versions as well. Could be a cheaper way to get the stuff, and then the discs show up in a few weeks when they get restocked.

I don't disagree. It's basically him popping the clutch before dropping into a completely different gear.

And then he went into a controlled skid with Around the World in a Day, then started to accelerate again with Parade before lapping everyone with Sign O' the Times.

 

[Gusto]

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

-Prince

 

[zero_suit]

Many of the CDs are super cheap on Amazon right now, and include MP3 versions as well. Could be a cheaper way to get the stuff, and then the discs show up in a few weeks when they get restocked.



And then he went into a controlled skid with Around the World in a Day, then started to accelerate again with Parade before lapping everyone with Sign O' the Times.

Around the World in a Day was good excluding Temptation.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Around the World in a Day was good excluding Temptation.

I said "controlled skid." As great as the album was, it was a step down from the preceding two albums. Of course, the two before it were damn near perfect, so just about anything would be a step down.

And if talking about great but not as great albums, I do have a soft spot for Graffiti Bridge.

 

[dreamlongdead]

Just found out about the news an hour ago. RIP to a musical legend.

 

[zero_suit]

I said "controlled skid." As great as the album was, it was a step down from the preceding two albums. Of course, the two before it were damn near perfect, so just about anything would be a step down.

And I do have a soft spot for Graffiti Bridge.

I can't hate on it too much.

It has two of his best songs, Joy in Repetition and The Question of U.

 

[Spinluck]

Having touched that guitar, it was nice of Prince to let it ascend to heaven at the end of the song.

WUT M8

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I can't hate on it too much.

It has two of his best songs, Joy in Repetition and Question of U.

Great stuff indeed. My favorite off the album is Thieves in the Temple though.

 

[The Technomancer]

If you hadn't seen it yet, The Current is streaming Prince nonstop

http://www.thecurrent.org/listen

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Looking over the track list for Bobby's recommendation of Hits+B-Sides. It includes Scarlet Pussy. All is well.

 

[CrispyBoar]

Wow.

Niagra Falls turned Purple on the day of Prince's death

Whoa.

I haven't been following the thread. But I live in Minneapolis and First Avenue is putting on an all-night dance party as tribute. I actually have tomorrow off of work too. But I can't convince myself to go to this thing alone :/

You better get going. You might never be able to get something huge like this again for a long time.

 

[Starviper]

I live in Minneapolis but can't get out there tonight due to work - That being said, it seems First Avenue is doing all night dance parties starting @ 1:30 AM both Friday & Saturday. I'll likely make it out to one of those.

Wish I could be downtown right now, looks like a hell of a time.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Looking over the track list for Bobby's recommendation of Hits+B-Sides. It includes Scarlet Pussy. All is well.

Unrelated, but I remember finding out WB was actually going to release the Black Album. Like, for real release it.

The only other time I was anywhere near as surprised by a piece of media getting a release was the Donner Cut.

Not even Superman could see Prince.

 

[AxeMan]

I've got the Hits and B Sides. It hits all the right notes

I wish it had The Most Beautiful Girl in the World and My Name is Prince on it though

 

[everyday math]

Damn r.i.p prince

 

[seanoff]

You know it's big when the two flagship serious radio current affairs programs in Australia lead with Prince.

Never thought I'd see a musician lead on those programs. For you Aussies. AM and "the world today".

This is a massive loss.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Gold is finishing up on MTV now. Forgot how awesome the end of this song was.

 

[Starviper]

If you hadn't seen it yet, The Current is streaming Prince nonstop

http://www.thecurrent.org/listen

Perfect

 

[zero_suit]

If you hadn't seen it yet, The Current is streaming Prince nonstop

http://www.thecurrent.org/listen

Jungle Love!

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Prince was such a great artist that other people doing his songs can't make them not sound like Prince songs, even if they're not generally Prince-like artists.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

1999 again on MTV. Yeah, those two women on the keyboard need to just fuck and get it over with.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

goddamn those splits then walking forward and playing guitar on that Gett Off VMA performance is so badass

 

[Spinluck]

What are your opinions on Shockadelica?

 

[Trouble]

Touching tribute.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Touching tribute.

"Touching" indeed.

 

[zero_suit]

What are your opinions on Shockadelica?

It's awesome.

 

[Ninhead]

What are your opinions on Shockadelica?

It's fucking awesome. Extended edition is rad because he takes a shot at Andre Cymone.

 

[FlyinJ]

Just biked down to Fort Greene because Spike Lee was having a Prince block party in front of his studio. NYPD had shut it down by the time I got there .

 

[Trouble]

"Touching" indeed.

teehee

 

[Bobby Roberts]

His original Data Bank demo is one of the funkiest fucking things he ever put to tape.

 

[bodyboarder]

Wow.

Niagra Falls turned Purple on the day of Prince's death

Touching tribute.

I thought it would be tough to top Niagara Falls, I was wrong.

 

[Gouty]

Why do we keep doing this? Why do we keep sleeping on living legends while they're breathing? I'm all for celebrating Prince, but can we start having blow outs for the gods that remain? Prince should have lived to have seen this outpouring.

 

[Wickerman]

Prince's death hit me a lot harder than I thought it would. He really was a tremendous artist.

RIP

 

[zero_suit]

Why do we keep doing this? Why do we keep sleeping on living legends while they're breathing? I'm all for celebrating Prince, but can we start having blow outs for the gods that remain? Prince should have lived to have seen this outpouring.

Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Paul McCartney are getting up there in age...

 

[Rokal]

Why do we keep doing this? Why do we keep sleeping on living legends while they're breathing? I'm all for celebrating Prince, but can we start having blow outs for the gods that remain? Prince should have lived to have seen this outpouring.

I don't doubt that Prince felt loved every time he performed. You can always tell from his live stuff that he is loving what he's doing.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Paul McCartney are getting up there in age...

You left off two very important ones:

I said it back when Bowie died, and will say it again. We know that Death is in a bad mood when it finally takes Keith.

 

[Air]

Why do we keep doing this? Why do we keep sleeping on living legends while they're breathing? I'm all for celebrating Prince, but can we start having blow outs for the gods that remain? Prince should have lived to have seen this outpouring.

I think he knew he was loved. It seems like everytime I saw a picture of him dude was having a blast and doing something crazy. It felt like he really lived the life he wanted to live.

 

[AxeMan]

You left off two very important ones:


I said it back when Bowie died, and will say it again. We know that Death is in a bad mood when it finally takes Keith.

And don't forgot

and

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I think he knew he was loved.

Prince would routinely rock a show north of 3 hours, wait an hour, hit a nearby club, and play for another 4.

That's essentially a work shift minus the lunch break. For every show.

He knew.

 

[norinrad]

Still can't believe it. Whenever I hear someone is gone, it just hits me and how life can be such an absurdity.

 

[Get'sMad]

I don't doubt that Prince felt loved every time he performed. You can always tell from his live stuff that he is loving what he's doing.

yeah I'm pretty sure he knew just how much he was loved by his fans.....

and once again I'm banging my head on the floor for never seeing him live. going down as one of my like top 5 regrets in life.

 

[TheOGB]

here are two (Sorry for the bad quality) gifs I did some months ago, I'd like to post them to remember him

so badass as a dancer, love his moves,

Had to add onto these, from one of the Facebook videos posted earlier. (album link) In the process of making these gifs I Would Die 4 U has become one of my top 5 Prince songs

Badass, indeed.

 

[zero_suit]

Prince would routinely rock a show north of 3 hours, wait an hour, hit a nearby club, and play for another 4.

That's essentially a work shift minus the lunch break. For every show.

He knew.

He inherited James Brown's title.