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Just hearing the news that Prince has died aged 57. This is a really bad year for loss of talent.
Noooo!
Just heard 🙁
so sad
RIP. Saw reports a few minutes ago.!Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
He wasn't well at the weekend by all accounts, very sad.
Holy cow. That's really bad and really young.
sad news indeed..
What an appalling thing to say Jambalaya . RIP Prince
@jambalaya it's not top trumps mate...
Anyway, that's a terrible shock, he's only recently come back into the limelight, looked fit as a fiddle last time I saw him on TV.
Sign o the times
Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
Jesus H christ and I thought sometimes I was crass and tactless.
Shame another great and talented musician who changed the world
WTF! just read the title now.
a musical genius r.i.p prince 🙁
This is why Doves cry.
The artist formerly kn..
Too soon?
Hardly Bowie! Phew I was going to be sad at the loss of a great musician at a young age.
Apparently he has hundreds of albums(!) unreleased.
Bloody hell, enough already 2016, you're taking the piss now.
On his mothers birthday as well...
Sorry
RIP
Darn. Not good.
Omg.I was lucky enough to see him live in the 1980's. Brilliant concert.
He was poorly at the weekend and had to be flown home.
Too young 🙁
I'm a big fan of Bowie and Prince and both are terrible losses. Dirty mind and sign o the times are two of the best albums ever. The lovesexy tour was insanely good too.
Shit, that's awful. His new album was a funk delight, he still wasn't done.
I'll never forget the first time I heard Sign O the Times (On the Peel show). It was so weird and brilliant. One of my all time fave songs.
RIP Purple one.
RIP 🙁
Loved his early stuff.
RIP Prince, the purple rain album is and remains one of my all time favourites. A hugely talented songwriter, singer, musician and performer. He played the guitar like no other I've ever seen or heard.
I'm gutted. There will never be another like him. RIP.
Funnily enough I had only watched this performance online a couple of weeks ago and was struck by the raw talent and energy of the man. Back then his music formed the backdrop to my formative years and I cannot hear songs like When Doves Cry or Purple Rain without being transported back there. A very sad loss. RIP Mr Prince 🙁
http://antiquiet.com/music/2010/05/prince-purple-rain-1983-video/
Poor quality and 13 minutes long, but WOW
RIP. Saw reports a few minutes ago.!Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
Why doesn't this surprise me, coming from you.
R.I.P Prince, another musical genius lost too early.
Aye.
That's a loss
Some very significant life events of mine tied into Prince's music. Very lucky to have seen him twice. A genuine icon lost again
Very sad news, huge talent and could play a guitar, had a very memorable night in Santa Cruz making out to Raspberry Beret with a beautiful girl called X 😆
Jamba you made yourself look like a right dick, bravo
Do we get a day off work, or is that only the queen?
Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
Classy
I was never really a fan of Prince, but even I can hold back dickish tendencies for a minute
Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
You really have outdone yourself with this comment - what a knobber
RIP, great artist
Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
As big as, if not bigger than, Bowie
Away back under your bridge
For the first time I'm starting to feel a little older. Lots of people from my younger years starting to go....
Singer songwriter and a phenomenal guitarist. Damn.
Actually pretty blown away by this. Too many people dying!!
Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
2 get through this thing called life
RIP superstar
Jamba - you are a .....
Wow. I had the idea from somewhere he was actually super healthy. A JW too?
Far too young.JohnClimbers post made me laugh though.
Jambalaya you are a total cock. RIP Prince.
An artist I never really got round to properly listening to. What I saw though was immense passion and talent. Another entertainment loss.
Man, that's shit. Properly talented musician, soundtrack of my youth.
A fab musician with a bit of an eye for the ladies. Live fast and all that.
RIP
With DebZ on Sign Of The Times. Absolutely freaking awesome album. A girl I fancied was into him so I thought I'd better get to know something about him to get into her pants. Been a fan ever since but didn't get into her pants. Bought her a flipping raspberry beret and everything. Thanks Sarah. 🙂
Also a classic Popmaster "Once at One" question.
"I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" remains one of my all time favourite songs. He was a genius.
Jamba - you're such a massive bellend.
Incredible musician and a sad loss to the music world.
I'm of the age where his music was always present and generally awesome.
Plus he bought Carmen Electra to the world, which is no bad thing.
Little red Corvette, Diamond & Pearls, Cream, Batman and so many more.
R.I.P.
😐
(Absolute Radio is playing some his best songs right now on the 90's.)
RIP Prince. 🙁
Some losses are greater than others however, hardly Bowie
If losses are hierarchical, when you shuffle up this mortal coil will [i]anyone[/i] notice? Sliding scale and all that. Makes you think.
I danced like it was 1999. RIP little fella.
purple rain still sends shiver down my spine.... truly sad day but its also reflective of me getting old and seeing those i grew up with and idolised also passing away....
makes me sad 🙁 so im going to go and tinker with my bikes and hide from the world!
"There will never be another like him. RIP."
Forever's a mighty long time and I'm here to tell you, there's something else, the afterworld...(hope that's correct)
Very sad, RIP indeed. So many great songs.
I had hope that this year might be a good one, seems I was sadly mistaken; far too many great talents being taken all too soon, especially in the case of Prince. RIP.
Part of the soundtrack to my youth. RIP.
More sad news. 2016 seems to getting worse by the day.
I do feel like I'm on borrowed time...........
I wasn't into Prince that much but it's obvious he was massively talented.
I'm already sick of 2016. Just too many good people going.
🙁
hardly Bowie
You are the end of a very large bell.
As it happens I have no albums by the brilliant David Bowie but 2 by the equally (imo) brilliant Prince.
I can feel a Little Red Corvette coming on. RIP Prince.
Crap. Some happy memories grinding to Prince tunes in 90's nightclubs. The world is slightly less purple tonight.
Thank you Prince RIP.
I was never a fan, but that's a shock. Good heavens, how many more? History's going to look back on 2016.
Damn, I'm pretty much lost for words. We've lost a great talent.
Somewhere in heaven right now there's a pretty weird sounding band playing comprising of Bowie, Prince and Victoria Wood 🙁
Jesus will have an old Telecaster he can lend the guy.
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Somewhere in heaven right now there's a pretty weird sounding band playing consisting of Bowie, Prince and Victoria Wood
Together knocking out the Ballad of Barry and Freda
Somewhere in heaven right now there's a pretty weird sounding band playing comprising of Bowie, Prince and Victoria Wood
And Lemmy on bass. 🙁
The solo on Purple Rain is divine. Sad news.
Joe Cocker on vocals.
I saw him last year at the Hydro and I was blown away with his stage craft. Immensely talented musician and entertainer. Thanks Prince.
Joe Cocker on vocals.
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Another very talented artist gone way before their time.
Jamba, just.... Go away. Just go away.
Percy Sledge on vocals.
An incredible artist with a huge catalogue of music with something to appeal to everybody. So much not even heard yet apparently he recording a new track everyday.
Damn near drove off the road when I heard, so sad - not even the biggest fan of his music, but totally recognise his genius. 🙁
hardly Bowie
Bowie would laugh in the face of anyone spouting that kind of tosh.
how many more? History's going to look back on 2016.
with advent of TV and rock and roll most household name celebrity started from about 1960 onwards, so likely to remain a common thing IMO.
Early eighties funk rock at it's best:
25' for the start of a demonstration of the amusing noises you can make with a Tele, and a bit of delay/tap on the amp.
Now torn between YouTube and Absolute 90s!
My big brother listened to loads of Prince and I kind of tagged along. Without realising, he became the soundtrack to my early teens and his lyrics of the time even formed part of my sex education!
I didn't really get it when he "went weird" shortly after, but that 2007 Super Bowl performance proved he had it all along.
Another back catalogue to fit into my own sons' musical education...
There's a good clip that's probably on YouTube of his early appearance on Jihnny Carson where he stops replying to the questions because he thought JC was taking the piss out of Minneapolis
You know, I think it's okay to talk about whether you thought someone was talented or not on a discussion board...and I like prince!
A RIP thread that I can relate too. At the age of 13 I bought Love Sexy. I remember feeling uncomfortable buying it as Prince was starkers on the cover but boy did it open my eyes musically.
RIP sir.
Just realised Vanity, Denise Katrina Matthews one of his proteges died in February.
Good grief, just seen this and seriously knocked by the news. I've grown up with Prince culminating with a performances at the O2 that blew me away, I'm truly shocked.
RIP.
The man was a creative genius, RIP
April. Sometimes it snows.
Very sad. I'd seen him over 20 times, Paris, London, after show gigs. Some great memories. The after show gig after the last O2 show when Amy Winehouse joined him on stage was one of many a highlight. Also like a lot of you on here a soundtrack to my youth and a huge part of my musical education....
Too young.
Jambalaya you are a tool.
I think history will regard Prince as one of the Icons of 80s/90's music.. He was different to Bowie but could be regarded as just as influential.
Amazing musician.. I loved quite a lot of his 80s/90s stuff.
Found dead in a lift - sounds like it was very sudden. RIP.