RIP Prince

[mav1178]

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituar...421-story.html

[jawn]

Game: Blouses.

[DAEMANO]

Action, real action begins at 3:40. This man could play.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y"]Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube[/ame]

[mav1178]

I saw him live at Coachella 2008.

I am so glad I did, ranks in the top 5 of shows I've seen live, and I've seen over 300+ concerts/festivals in my life.

-alex

[DAEMANO]

Originally Posted by mav1178

I saw him live at Coachella 2008.

I am so glad I did, ranks in the top 5 of shows I've seen live, and I've seen over 300+ concerts/festivals in my life.

-alex

Lucky you got to see him. His live shows are legendary. The extremely rare musicians like him are so far ahead of his peers he almost has to been seen live to fully appreciate his skils. Now that he's passed more of his live performances will stay up on sites like Youtube. He has hundreds of songs in the tank, I hope he arranged to have his music and archives released posthumously.

[DAEMANO]

http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videos...-finale-prince

[MisterSheep]

Any theories yet on how he died? They mentioned he had the flu but then went back home on 4/15 after being hospitalized and "cured" from his sickness to die 6 days later.

[ZionsWrath]

Sounds like a chronic condition. Maybe wasn't flu but PCP? Could be anything though. Gotta wait for the autopsy.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by MisterSheep

Any theories yet on how he died? They mentioned he had the flu but then went back home on 4/15 after being hospitalized and "cured" from his sickness to die 6 days later.

Nothing to speculate about, this will all come out in due time.

-alex

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by DAEMANO

Lucky you got to see him. His live shows are legendary. The extremely rare musicians like him are so far ahead of his peers he almost has to been seen live to fully appreciate his skils. Now that he's passed more of his live performances will stay up on sites like Youtube. He has hundreds of songs in the tank, I hope he arranged to have his music and archives released posthumously.

Copy and paste from my comment on the LA Times article:

I saw him play at Coachella 2008.... his ability to command a crowd and jam out continuously for so long amazes me.

One of the greatest to ever play the guitar, at least Jimi Hendrix will now have a mate to jam with.

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I want to add to my comment:

2008 was funny because Prince was late on stage, by my estimate around 30 minutes. He was even later than Madonna in 2006, who was late on stage at the Sahara Tent and wasn't even closing out the night.

but then... he played. He kept playing. He played his heart out, and the band kept going and going... and if my memory serves me correct, his ~1 hour past the closing time (he played till past 1AM when the show was supposed to end at midnight) ended up with Goldenvoice being fined over $100k.

Brings back great memories of the show...

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RIP

[mav1178]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NN3gsSf-Ys"]Prince Performs “Purple Rain� During Downpour | Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show | NFL - YouTube[/ame]

[KR-S]

Originally Posted by joe strummer

I can identify one Prince song, and that's the one Sinead O'Connor sang.

Never understood what the big deal was.

Clearly this isn't the appropriate thread for you then...

[joe strummer]

Originally Posted by KR-S 86

Clearly this isn't the appropriate thread for you then...

Yes, you're right. Thanks.