Damn...RIP Prince

• sherm03

  

  Woah. TMZ reporting that Prince is dead. Not sure if true. But police are investigating a death at his estate.
  
  http://wtkr.com/2016/04/21/death-investigation-underway-at-princes-estate/
• 4cards

  

  ...was never a fan of his music, but if it's him, RIP
• Fab4Runner

  

  This is horrible news.
• sherm03

  

  Confirmed reports now. Prince dead at 57.
• Wolves of Babylon

  Wow, a talent for sure. Guy could play any instrument and play it at a top level. As a guitar player myself, I always appreciated his talent. Purple Rain solo is iconic and amazing. May have to play it tonight in his honor.
  
  He was an odd character but one of the all time musical greats for sure.
  
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• vball10set

  4cards;1792676 wrote:...was never a fan of his music, but if it's him, RIP

  This
• Sonofanump

  I always thought that he took care of himself pretty well, at 57 wonder what the cause of death was.
• sherm03

  

  Wolves of Babylon;1792684 wrote:Wow, a talent for sure. Guy could play any instrument and play it at a top level. As a guitar player myself, I always appreciated his talent. Purple Rain solo is iconic and amazing. May have to play it tonight in his honor.
  
  He was an odd character but one of the all time musical greats for sure.
  
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  Agreed. He was odd. But I think most of the greats are.
  
  His Super Bowl Halftime show was one of the best I've ever seen.
• OSH

  

  1. Little Red Corvette
  2. When The Doves Cry
  3. Raspberry Beret
  4. Purple Rain
  
  Not a huge Prince fan, but those 4 songs I really enjoy.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Sonofanump;1792686 wrote:I always thought that he took care of himself pretty well, at 57 wonder what the cause of death was.

  I believe he had the flu in recent weeks, but who knows what the cause will end up being.
  
  I am so bummed about this. Such a legend.
• vdubb96

  

  Wasn't a big Prince music guy but did respect his talent, guy could play anything. Musical prodigy. RIP
• MontyBrunswick

  

  im betting he had AIDS and his body couldn't fight off the flu
• Iliketurtles

  

  Sucks so much. Prince was awesome loved his music.
• isadore

  gosh a ruddies Little Red Corvette-a great, fun song. thanks Mr. Nelson
• Spock

  

  PLayed Purple rain today for sure
• sportchampps

  H was always on my concert bucket list. It sucks I never got to see him perform because he was a legend.
  
  It it makes the new super festival with The Who, Neil Young, Roger Walters, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones a must for me. Regardless of price I will find a way to be there.
• Wolves of Babylon

  Around 3:30 Prince comes on. Amazing solo
  
  https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y
  
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• salto

  

  More sad news from the music industry, Kanye West is still alive.
• Tiernan

  Prince is dead but what about The Artist Formerly Known As Prince...how's he doing?
• Sonofanump

  Fab4Runner;1792698 wrote:I believe he had the flu in recent weeks, but who knows what the cause will end up being.
  
  I am so bummed about this. Such a legend.

  Oh, taking some flu medicines with epilepsy can be fatal.
  
  Party over, out of time.
• Spock

  

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• GOONx19

  

  Upper90 has an article on MTV about his halftime show:
  

  “I remember [broadcast producer] Don Mischer said, &#8216ut me on the phone with Prince.’ Don said, &#8216rince, I want you to know it’s raining.’ And Prince said, ‘Yeah, it’s raining.’ Don said, ‘Are you OK?’ and Prince said, ‘Can you make it rain harder?’”
  —Bruce Rogers, production designer of the Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show
  
  And of course there was rain, as if summoned by the man himself. The elements favor some of us more than others. When we speak of Prince in Miami, at halftime of Super Bowl XLI, let us first speak of how nothing that fell from the sky appeared to touch him. How his hair stayed as perfect as it was upon his arrival, wrapped tight in a bandanna. All of my friends leaned close to the TV on that night and wondered how someone could play that hard, that furiously, in the midst of a storm. This was Prince, on a stage slick with rain, walking on actual water. There are moments when those we believe to be immortal show us why that belief exists. I will only remember Super Bowl XLI by what happened at halftime. Nothing before, and nothing after.
  
  Many of us accept football’s violence, and the culture it breeds, because the game itself promises great rewards — a spectacular play, or the sight of men performing supreme acts of athleticism, at the very edge of impossible. Before Super Bowl XLI, it never occurred to me that a halftime show could exist that would upstage the spectacle on the field. There had been attempts, but often clumsy ones: the awkward cluster of Jessica Simpson, P. Diddy, Justin Timberlake, Nelly, and Kid Rock in 2004; The Rolling Stones, in 2006, looking like they were fulfilling a long-held-off errand, like going to the DMV. Griping about the Super Bowl halftime show had become a sport itself, a bit of glee that could be had by everyone, even casual football watchers.
  
  Then, out of the Miami rain in 2007, rose Prince. He could have played through a list of his hits that night, and we would have all been satisfied. He did play some, of course: a rendition of “Baby, I’m a Star” where he steps to the edge of the stage, pauses, and tells the crowd “somebody take my picture with all this rain.” But the surprise at the bottom of the box — the unexpected bonus tacked on to a paycheck — was the way “All Along the Watchtower” bled into the Foo Fighters’s “Best of You” right after that. The true joy in this for me, both at the time and every time I’ve watched it since, is the mastery and confidence with which he played these songs. Even when Prince wasn’t explicitly telling them, “I can do this shit better than you,” I imagine that most other musicians had to know it was entirely true. And there, for a moment, he reminded us. Prince, for all of his stoic mystery, never gave up on the element of surprise.
  
  The crown jewel, of course, is what ended the performance: a glowing, towering performance of &#8220urple Rain.” That moment forced me to imagine a world in which this was the Super Bowl itself. I saw all of the players, coaches, and cheerleaders bowing at the feet of Prince and going home, letting football take the rest of the night off in a show of respect. There are times when the night pushes against the clock and time slows down: when you lock eyes across the room with someone who you think you could love. When a football is thrown down a field and into an end zone where a mass of bodies await its descent. When Prince leans into a microphone and generously asks, “Can I play this guitar?” as if there could be anything other than one million affirmative answers. A sheet blowing up from the front of the stage until Prince is only a silhouette making beautiful noise. There is no moment like this one in any other halftime show, before it or since. Prince, only a shadow, putting his hands to an instrument and coaxing out a song within a song. And of course there was still rain, beads of it covering the camera lens from every angle, drops of it covering the faces of people in the front row, and still none of it visible on Prince himself. And of course there were two doves scattering themselves above Prince’s head when the sheet came down and he was whole, in front of us again, walking back to the mic and asking: “Y’all wanna sing tonight?”
  
  Yes, Prince. This is the one we know all of the words to. Throw the microphone to the ground and walk away. We don’t need you now like we did in that moment, but we will remember it always. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to cast away another hero on the face of a flood that began on a Miami night in 2007 and never stopped. Dearly beloved, when the sky opens up, anywhere, I will think of how Prince made a storm bend to his will. How the rain never touches those who it knows were sent into it for a higher purpose. Dearly beloved, I will walk into the next storm and leave my umbrella hanging on the door. Please join me.

• Benny The Jet

  

  Reports that the "flu" last week that forced his plane to make an emergency landing, was a drug overdose
• vball10set

  Sonofanump;1792743 wrote:Oh, taking some flu medicines with epilepsy can be fatal.
  

  maybe, but this wasn't the case here....
  

  Benny The Jet;1792767 wrote:Reports that the "flu" last week that forced his plane to make an emergency landing, was a drug overdose

  ...this was
• Tiernan

  Oh so Mr. Virtuoso was just another druggie gay rocker that couldn't quite get it that risky life choices will probably eventually catch up with you and kill you? OK got it...lets all mourn the fuck out of him.