...sort of the same unheralded approach our host here has taken....
R.I.P Prince
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Vultures.
I just ordered this from Etsy.
Them. Not you.
Did anyone see what that idiot Justin Bieber said hours after Prince's death? I'd like to slam him against a wall.
Rocker Andrew Watt shared a tribute to Prince on Instagram. He wrote: “today waking up to this news I am truly beside myself...devastated...the last of the greatest living performers...”
In a comment that has since been deleted, but was captured in screengrabs, an account with Bieber’s photo and official username — justinbieber — replied, “Well not the last greatest living performer.”
.....Bieber=douche.....
Bruce opened with Purple Rain last night.
Me too. I don't think I have ever been hit so hard by a death other than my family, as hard as I am being hit by Prince's death.
A lovely tribute. Thanks Bruce!!!!!!!!!!
I'm seeing Purple Rain on the big screen tonight. I'm going to try to make it thru without crying. Prince would want us to find the joy in his work now. He was my brother- he understood what was happening in the world, held up a mirror for all of us to see and he gave me the strength to make it thru another day, week, month, year. We had the same sense of humor (how could we not? We're both Gemini). He was always, always there to give me strength thru his music. God, I'm going to miss him so, so much.
This is copied and pasted from another sight.
Prince and Stevie Nicks "Stand Back"
I am off to play Stand back in the Listening to thread.
Prince and Stevie Nicks "Stand Back"
This is a song that although Prince doesn't get a songwritng credit he should. Prince's double synthisizer line IS the song. The story I heard was that Stevie was a big Prince fan and wanted him to contribute to the solo album she was working on. Word was that Prince showed up at the studio in the wee hours of the night, did not say a word to Stevie or anyone, positioned himself alongside 2 syths that were set up, played the incredible synth lines you hear in the song, and walked out. Again without saying a word. Just that simple and just that genius. Whether or not that story is apocryphal ultimately does not matter - what does matter is that those synths that Prince plays on "Stand Back" are incredible. Nobody can do it like that guy. No one.
I am off to play Stand back in the Listening to thread.
He also had written (and possibly recorded, I'm not sure) the music for Purple Rain and gave it to Stevie Nicks but she has been quoted as saying that it was just too much for her to do anything with (it scared her because it was too pretty of a song and she didn't want to screw it up) so she gave it back to Prince. The story about Prince coming into the studio and whipping out that synth riff is true and he never said a word to anyone in the studio the whole time. Took him all of 5 minutes or so. It's a well known legend in the Prince camp.
Anyone remember that classic Coke commercial with Ray Charles singing 'You Got The Right One, Baby!'? Well, guess who wrote the music for that little number? Prince. Got paid a million bucks for it.
I have searched, and searched for a clip of him being asked about artists who lip sync. His response was that his mic was on when he went on stage, and he made the greatest face. Can anyone find it?
Thank you for finding that. I looked last night but couldn't find it. He was a class act.
I'm surprised they weren't showing the movie all weekend.
I noticed his legs looked bigger than they have in quite awhile in that one photo. He was so frail looking in his later years.