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Post by ace5150 on Apr 21, 2016 17:08:42 GMT
Now this is a HUGE shock.
Genius all-rounder, a massive catalogue of work. I am reeling. A brilliant performer. Untouchable at times.
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Post by wayne2467 on Apr 21, 2016 17:24:38 GMT
Same here- I absolutely loved Prince and used to go to his concerts when I was younger. Always seemed like I was the only one who liked him. I used to say to people though, it's because you haven't seen him live.
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Post by jno on Apr 21, 2016 17:25:25 GMT
In fairness, I was never a real fan but even so, Prince was a real talent and had a lot of iconic tunes and has been huge influence on so many. Respect to him the whole time.
RIP
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Post by wayne2467 on Apr 21, 2016 17:29:18 GMT
I feel like I could cry over this. The only other famous person who got me that way was Steve Irwin.
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Post by daz on Apr 21, 2016 17:31:21 GMT
Never a huge fan but did like his 'Sign of the Times' album and a few of his singles, but undoubtedly a very talented man who will go down in history as one of musics biggest stars. What a horrible run of deaths we have had this year. RIP 57 is just no age  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 17:41:27 GMT
Absolutely stunned to hear this! Liked a few of his over the years.
RIP Prince.
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Post by vicboy on Apr 21, 2016 17:47:31 GMT
As I have feared for the past 10 years or so, this run of 'celeb' deaths is going to get worse for quite a while.
Those who were on TV during its generally acknowledged 'Golden Age' are hitting their 70's, 80's and beyond. The pop stars who made it big when the 60's changed the world are in the same boat
Also, slightly younger stars like Prince were among the last couple of generations before the Internet made everything so easily accessible that 'stars' just don't seem as big now. Only the other day, my very young physio (19) said that youngsters today mostly don't have the same excitement when going to see live gigs as older generations did. (She also, tellingly, said that she envied people in their 40's and beyond for having seen the absolute golden age in musical performers.)
On Radio 4 tonight, the BBC website people said they have carried double the number of obits this year than is average. But the guy also said he expected this to go on for exactly the reasons described above.
Of course, it doesn't make it any less sad but it is a fact of life that those who really were stars, and not simply hot-air wannabe's like many today, are all ageing.
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Post by wayne2467 on Apr 21, 2016 18:01:21 GMT
As I have feared for the past 10 years or so, this run of 'celeb' deaths is going to get worse for quite a while. Those who were on TV during its generally acknowledged 'Golden Age' are hitting their 70's, 80's and beyond. The pop stars who made it big when the 60's changed the world are in the same boat Also, slightly younger stars like Prince were among the last couple of generations before the Internet made everything so easily accessible that 'stars' just don't seem as big now. Only the other day, my very young physio (19) said that youngsters today mostly don't have the same excitement when going to see live gigs as older generations did. (She also, tellingly, said that she envied people in their 40's and beyond for having seen the absolute golden age in musical performers.) On Radio 4 tonight, the BBC website people said they have carried double the number of obits this year than is average. But the guy also said he expected this to go on for exactly the reasons described above. Of course, it doesn't make it any less sad but it is a fact of life that those who really were stars, and not simply hot-air wannabe's like many today, are all ageing. I agree- kinda like missing out on the golden age of steam- whenever I get to see a big steam, engine makes me wish I'd lived in that era.- you know you missed something big in history that won't come round again. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 18:48:55 GMT
Wow, prince dies on the queens birthday. If I wrote for a newspaper it would be 'Prince's Purple Reign is Over'. Seriously though, he was a very talented man. RIP
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2016 20:36:35 GMT
He was probably the ultimate multi instrumentalist, he could play anything.
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Post by Portland Road on Apr 29, 2016 6:58:07 GMT
I liked 'When Doves Cry' when it came out. I also liked some of the other singles around that time, notably '1999' and 'Raspberry Beret'.
I also saw 'Purple Rain' at the cinema when it was first released - though I don't really remember anything about it. :oops:
After that I drifted from his work a bit. Rightly or wrongly I do not appear to have any of his music in my collection.
Quite frankly I was less keen on the later 80s-early 90s production style (drum machines, lack of melody and rhythm). Prince to me became one of the post-Live Aid megastars (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston etc). They could have some good songs, but others might not be. Thus big hits like 'Batdance', 'Get Offf' and 'Sexy MF' did little for my ears. I was interested in e.g.Happy Mondays, EMF, Carter USM and early Blur albums in this period.
That said, it can be stated to Prince that: 'U Got The Look' with visual elements of Jimi Hendrix, Phil Lynott and Michael Jackson. I did like 'Kiss' (& the version by Tom Jones) and Sinead O'Connor's version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' is an exceptional song of that period. I don't think I knew that he wrote The Bangles 'Manic Monday'.
Maybe he is an artist I should re-appraise. Perhaps a greatest hits album would alert me to things in his work that I hadn't took too before?
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Post by ace5150 on Apr 29, 2016 13:48:54 GMT
Prince to me became one of the post-Live Aid megastars (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston etc). Prince was spot on by refusing point blank to appear in the American Live Aid effort, as the song was dire and the majority of artists were two-bob. It sullied his reputation for a year or so, but he didn't give a toss. |
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Post by daz on Apr 29, 2016 16:03:53 GMT
Prince to me became one of the post-Live Aid megastars (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston etc). Prince was spot on by refusing point blank to appear in the American Live Aid effort, as the song was dire and the majority of artists were two-bob. It sullied his reputation for a year or so, but he didn't give a toss. I picked up an NME today, first time in years and it is now free!?! Anyway some good articles about Prince in it and what he stood for, he was certainly his own man. Did you know it was a Prince song which started the "Parental Notice" stickers appearing on our records? I certainly didn't |
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Post by ace5150 on Apr 29, 2016 16:28:38 GMT
Yes, Darling Nikki from the CD Purple Rain. It was Republican senator Al Gore's wife who heard their daughters CD when playing said track.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2016 18:32:13 GMT
I didn't know that either about those stupid 'Parental Notice' stickers.
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Post by ace5150 on Apr 29, 2016 18:43:07 GMT
Sorry, Al Gore's tasty wife was Tipper and Al was a Democrat. Had to look that up, the rest I knew. Darling Nikki is a great song on the album.
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Post by Portland Road on May 4, 2016 8:26:14 GMT
Maybe Prince himself suffered from being in that post-Live Aid period?
The songs that he did write for himself & others (e.g. When Doves Cry, 1999, I Feel For You, Manic Monday, Nothing Compares 2 U) show a musical diversity.
I might have appreciated him more if he had been around 10-15 years earlier with 70s-style productions.
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