Has anyone experienced anything inexplicable or strange while playing a Prince song, album, video or interview since his passing? Or ever?

So I was watching Purple Rain for the first time (shut up, I was in preschool when it came out and my parents weren't Prince fans) while running.

I get to the part where Prince is singing "Darling Nikki. He's wailing "Come back Nikki, come back/
Your dirty little Prince wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind" while Appolonia is running out of the club.

At that moment, the power flickered, the lights blinked out, the treadmill stopped, the tv shut off and my DVR went off. It took ten minutes for everything to come back on.

When I copied my Prince CDs onto my computer, certain folders kept renaming themselves. I was trying to rename it like, "1995 Gold" or "1986 Parade" and it kept defaulting back to it's original name after I'd play a song from it. (Happened about 10 times.)

I'm sure it's just a Windows bug cuz I haven't had the problem since I moved the music to another folder... Yeap.

PurpleBabied said:

Has anyone experienced anything inexplicable or strange while playing a Prince song, album, video or interview since his passing? Or ever?

So I was watching Purple Rain for the first time (shut up, I was in preschool when it came out and my parents weren't Prince fans) while running.

I get to the part where Prince is singing "Darling Nikki. He's wailing "Come back Nikki, come back/
Your dirty little Prince wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind" while Appolonia is running out of the club.

At that moment, the power flickered, the lights blinked out, the treadmill stopped, the tv shut off and my DVR went off. It took ten minutes for everything to come back on.

So true!

I posted this in a similar thread I started a while back, I did have one interesting occurance. I was driving home from work and I was listening to Lady Cab Driver. I was stopped at a stoplight and sang out loud "Lady Cab Driver..." looked over to my right and there was a bright yellow taxi cab. Taxi's are not common where I am, it's rare to see one. I did a double take and was completely caught off guard, but it made me smile. There was another thing just recently that happened as well, I was listening to him on my laptop on my bed, my window is right next to it. My vanity is catty cornered between the two and the sun was just setting. His music started playing and all of a sudden I was blinded by this purple-pinkish light. I looked up and the sun had hit one of my lipstick tubes that just so happened to have a purple cap. The light bounced off the tube and straight into my eye. I found it funny that it was the only one that was reflecting and it just so happened to be purple.

injuredpinky said:

PurpleBabied said:

Has anyone experienced anything inexplicable or strange while playing a Prince song, album, video or interview since his passing? Or ever?

So I was watching Purple Rain for the first time (shut up, I was in preschool when it came out and my parents weren't Prince fans) while running.

I get to the part where Prince is singing "Darling Nikki. He's wailing "Come back Nikki, come back/
Your dirty little Prince wanna grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind grind" while Appolonia is running out of the club.

At that moment, the power flickered, the lights blinked out, the treadmill stopped, the tv shut off and my DVR went off. It took ten minutes for everything to come back on.

So true!

Multitasking makes the spirits angry? Wait, which spirit was angry?

At any rate, I started back up again and the DVR was cued right back upto "Computer Blue."

leslievette said:

I posted this in a similar thread I started a while back, I did have one interesting occurance. I was driving home from work and I was listening to Lady Cab Driver. I was stopped at a stoplight and sang out loud "Lady Cab Driver..." looked over to my right and there was a bright yellow taxi cab. Taxi's are not common where I am, it's rare to see one. I did a double take and was completely caught off guard, but it made me smile. There was another thing just recently that happened as well, I was listening to him on my laptop on my bed, my window is right next to it. My vanity is catty cornered between the two and the sun was just setting. His music started playing and all of a sudden I was blinded by this purple-pinkish light. I looked up and the sun had hit one of my lipstick tubes that just so happened to have a purple cap. The light bounced off the tube and straight into my eye. I found it funny that it was the only one that was reflecting and it just so happened to be purple.

Beautiful, subtle coincidences.

Another subtle one: as I was listening to Purple Rain at dusk, the rain, which had been falling heavily all day, took on a purple hue.

TheJoyInRepetition said:

In art class I was painting a potrait of him right after everything had settled. I'd ONLY play his music just to, you know, get in the spirit of things/ keep a smile on my face. One day, my art teacher asked me to use something other than just purple... but once I tried my paint kept drying out and my music would buffer. So immediately I went back to purple colors and everything returned to regular. It was a funny coincidence so I told my teacher "I'm sorry but P ain't feeling these other colors, it's just going to have to be purple." She looked at me oddly but I still got an A! [Edited 6/14/16 10:33am] [Edited 6/14/16 10:34am]

That is awesome. He was like uh uh, you playin. Pick that purple back up

TheJoyInRepetition said:

In art class I was painting a potrait of him right after everything had settled. I'd ONLY play his music just to, you know, get in the spirit of things/ keep a smile on my face. One day, my art teacher asked me to use something other than just purple... but once I tried my paint kept drying out and my music would buffer. So immediately I went back to purple colors and everything returned to regular. It was a funny coincidence so I told my teacher "I'm sorry but P ain't feeling these other colors, it's just going to have to be purple." She looked at me oddly but I still got an A! [Edited 6/14/16 10:33am] [Edited 6/14/16 10:34am]

Sometimes the muse moves you, other times the muse controls you. <3

Wow, I was just reading things on this site and the phone rang. Caller ID said Tracy, Ca. I just watched Under A Cherry Moon yesterday and couldn't stop crying, I didn't know he died in it. Now I get a call from Tracy, C. my God.

[Edited 6/17/16 15:50pm]

I had a strange experience the day after he died- I already posted about it on here but I found it really cool and strange at the same time.

Basically the day he passed I had said to myself the morning after I want to read as many papers as I can and basically there is this one newspaper we have over here in England called the Metro. Anyways the Metro is usually distributed at train stations and on a certain type of bus (First usually carry them). My bus isn't a First so its rare I see the Metro on there.

Anyways, the next day I go into town and get on the bus and sit where I normally would sit. Three rows from the back on the left hand side. And what of all things do I find stashed down the side between the seat and the wall in the seat in front of me?

The bloody Metro. And that days issue with P on the front.

It was very strange but very comforting.

But dude omg I love all these stories you guys are posting, ghosts and the supernatural are my shit.

Omg though I keep thinking about what would happen if Prince ever visted me.

Probably start whopping my arse for not playing my bass for so long.

>Mfw I start hearing the 'Lets Work' bassline coming from my bass at 3AM after I go to bed tonight and his voice mysteriously starts singing 'A bass guitar in spiderwebs- longing for the funk' out of nowhere

[Edited 6/17/16 16:25pm]

I ride public transportation to work. It was about 6:30 am and it's storming outside; dark and cloudy. The bus was dark on the inside too. I was watching Prince's acoustic performance during a concert at the Staples Center on YouTube (Musicology Tour). The arena was dark, except for a spotlight on P.

During the middle of his performance of "7" he shouts "HOUSE LIGHTS" and the arena lit up. At that very moment, the "house lights" of the bus came on and lit up the entire bus. Pretty trippy.

I just looked up at the sky and smiled. I knew.

I had Sade's "By Your Side" on my mind and decided to watch the video. I normally play my Sade CDs instead of listening to them on YouTube. I hadn't watched the video in so long, it was like seeing it for the first time.

I played it but was more focused on the lyrics than the video. While listening, my thoughts turned to Prince and I started crying because I was overcome with a tremendous feeling of guilt. "By Your Side" is a ballad about a declaration of love and loyalty from one person to another. I believe Sade is singing about Jesus and his undying love for us. Well, I was reminded that I didn't always show Prince that kind of loyalty. I wasn't always by his side. I feel I let him down when he needed me the most. From 1980-1994ish, I was there. But during his years of his greatest struggles, the WB years, I wasn't. I read a lot of your stories about the dedication you all have to Prince and I'm envious. Concerts, Paisley Park, etc.. My life went in another direction. I live vicariously through you. I feel Prince's anguish through his interviews about his fight for his freedom. He needed his "friends." He leaned on them. I wasn't there..

So, I felt a deep conviction listening to "By Your Side," and his death took on another layer for me to work through. The video ended but I replayed it, this time playing closer attention to the visuals.. It's very spiritual and earthy, complimenting the song perfectly.

Sade is walking through a mystical forest, taking in all of its beauty and wonder. I believe the setting is their interpretation of the Garden of Eden, which includes the Tree of Life and manna falling from Heaven. Right at the moment when she sings "and if you want to cry, I am here to dry your eyes. And in no time, you'll be fine," a long-stem purple rose appears on the screen. Sade picks it and holds it close to her chest. I lost it.

I didn't cry tears of sadness and guilt anymore; they were tears of happiness and gratitude. I felt it was P sending me a message of forgiveness. He forgave me. The video ends with Sade attempting to give the flower to anyone who will receive it (much like Christ's message of salvation) and the purple rose is the video's last image - Prince still sharing the Gospel.

I'll never leave his side again...

[Edited 6/17/16 18:37pm]

No but I was wearing a Prince necklace once at a club..and was summoned by a person from Washington DC and his agent who seen me just alone and wandering around to party wth them at the Myth to see Prince front row stage the next day! I was treated to free dinner, ride and strippers after the show was over.

It was so unreal, and seemed like it was MEANT TO BE. We still talk today I'll never forget them.

I've only shared this with other PRN fans in my inner-circle and my sisters... On April 25th at around 10:30 EST I was sitting on the couch and decided it would be a good time to listen to The Black Album which I still have on cassette (don't judge me. ). Just the day before I had been complaining to my sister that I was "financially challenged" and I didn't understand why my employer insists on paying us the last working day of the month, blah, blah, blah, woe is me. So, back to the 25th; I go into my bedroom, find it and try it in the cassette player; it doesn't work. So, I figured it must be the player not the very old cassette, I'll try the player in my kitchen. I press the button to open the cassette door...nothing...I press it again, it won't open. So, I hold the button and use my finger to pry it open. I look inside and couldn't believe my eyes, I step back and say outloud "is that $20"? I pull the money from the cassette player...FOUR yellowed and crinkled up 20 dollar bills. I have no idea why or when I put it there. If it had not been for my need to hear his music, in the midst of my grief, I would probably have never found it.

Ok, update on my earlier post about a phone call. I know it's probably a robo call but, who knows I can dream. I was in front of my washing machine changing it out and the phone rang. I looked and agian it was Tracy, Ca. Now the other day my husband asked if I answered and I said no I didn't even think to. He said I'm always saying how I believe in things like taht so I should have picked it up. So I figured if there was a next time I would. Today I picked it up and said hello, just open air crackling, I said hello again, nothing just air. Then I said Prince, bam disconnect. I just wonder, the same sort of thing happened the week after I lost my daughter in a car accident 12 years ago, before robo calls. Phone would ring,no one there just open air crackling static. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a way......

mimi1956 said:

Ok, update on my earlier post about a phone call. I know it's probably a robo call but, who knows I can dream. I was in front of my washing machine changing it out and the phone rang. I looked and agian it was Tracy, Ca. Now the other day my husband asked if I answered and I said no I didn't even think to. He said I'm always saying how I believe in things like taht so I should have picked it up. So I figured if there was a next time I would. Today I picked it up and said hello, just open air crackling, I said hello again, nothing just air. Then I said Prince, bam disconnect. I just wonder, the same sort of thing happened the week after I lost my daughter in a car accident 12 years ago, before robo calls. Phone would ring,no one there just open air crackling static. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a way......

So sorry about your daughter. That is interesting though, where are you located? Tracy is not far from me.

When I woke up on the morning of February 11, I happened to check twitter (along with email and other stuff) and saw that Prince had just tweeted. I tweeted back and he answered me

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Shortly after he died, I was on my way to work one morning and I passed a truck that read Winnesota Refrigerated Transportation. I've been driving that highway for 20 years and I've never seen a truck from that company before.

It gave me chills. (No pun intended.)

Spooky update: I just found out that the headquarters of Winnesota Regional Transportation is right off of Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie - a couple of blocks from where the warehouse Prince used as rehearsal space for Purple Rain stood.

[Edited 6/20/16 14:37pm]

I have been using my husband's old mac book after he had to get another one for work. Anyway, it's still a good computer even though it fell on the floor and has a few dents , still works well.

Anyway, on the background I would always post pictures of my family and I hadn't changed it for the longest time and I mean a year or more. Well, shortly after Prince passed away, I go to use it and the background was changed to this purple (and some pink but mostly purple) starry scene! It was beautiful and I got emotional. I know there is some kind of explanation for it, but I didn't change the background myself. It just appeared that way one day. I didn't change it back either. I want to keep it this way because it makes me believe that Prince is truly and in every iota of the phrase, "out of this world!"

leslievette said:

mimi1956 said:

Ok, update on my earlier post about a phone call. I know it's probably a robo call but, who knows I can dream. I was in front of my washing machine changing it out and the phone rang. I looked and agian it was Tracy, Ca. Now the other day my husband asked if I answered and I said no I didn't even think to. He said I'm always saying how I believe in things like taht so I should have picked it up. So I figured if there was a next time I would. Today I picked it up and said hello, just open air crackling, I said hello again, nothing just air. Then I said Prince, bam disconnect. I just wonder, the same sort of thing happened the week after I lost my daughter in a car accident 12 years ago, before robo calls. Phone would ring,no one there just open air crackling static. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a way......

So sorry about your daughter. That is interesting though, where are you located? Tracy is not far from me.

I'm in N.J. It was just weird because I never saw UTCM until it was on tv the other day. Nobody has ever mentioned on here anywhere that he dies, otherwise I wouldn't have watched it. So to me he died all over again, and the first call came a day or so after I fell apart again.

Wow, as a matter of fact, I did have a strange occurrence happen. A couple of Fridays ago, in the afternoon, I was taking my son to a job interview at a summer camp that just happens to be on the same street where I grew up. The area is rural and it's not an area I go in my normal travels.

On my way back to the camp to pick him up, I was listening to Little Red Corvette, and suddenly, at a stop sign, while the song is playing, I look up and realize I was looking at the exact spot where my high school boyfriend and I would park (during the mid 1980s, right around the time LRC/Purple Rain were popular). I thought this was ironic because I was listening to a song about "parking."

Early Sunday morning, I found out that my high school boyfriend died on Friday afternoon, around the same time he crossed my mind while listening to Little Red Corvette, across the intersection from where we parked.

[Edited 6/20/16 19:13pm]

[Edited 6/20/16 19:29pm]

Just posted this under a topic I created but his seems like the right palce to repost:

I have a mystery to discuss involving the late great PRN, my musical father and patron saint of music.

Needless to say, but I will anyway, I have heard about 99.5% of what this musical genius has allowed us to hear.

As a multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer, and audiophile, I have a deep understanding of what The Artist did both in the studio and on the stage.

In Detroit, at the age of 8 in 1979, I was holding Prince-Prince in my hands, my soul was awakened by what I was hearing coming through the speakers.

I mean really awakened yall.

Since then he has been everything musically to me, nothing compares, I toured the world as a musician literally because of this angel.

I miss him terribly but I digress,

Now to the mystery, I need your help explaining this, and prepare to be freaked out if ur a PRN geek like me.

The last CD release was a two disc set, Hit and Run Phase 1 and 2, I'm sure you know that,

In my opinion a victory lap for him, also containing some parting gems that make my cry because musically he was in such a free place,

Big City, This could b us, Groovy Potential, Stare, and many others just kill me,

The last song on Phase 2 is Big City, the very last recorded and released PRN song, on his last released CD,

The very last one before his passing, so a lot of weight and focus on this song, lots of cosmic energy in this song,

First time I heard it end his last last words are, no lie, "That's it", and then I thought my phone broke, silence, a loooooog silence!

Didn't pay that much attention at the time, thought it strange and moved on to another song,

Got home that night and listened to Phase 2 again all the way to the last song Big City, this time the album on loop,

His says "That's It" and Big City ends, and now I notice the silence expecting the first song to start again, what the heck I say?

I take it back to the ending, and find a huge empty, intentional silence after the last song!

Being a geek I decide to count the seconds from the moment the song ends, and it is exactly 50 seconds!!!!!

I have heard almost everything PRN has ever done in a studio, I mean ever!!

From Lovesexy being one long track, to every single fade at the end of a song, to every weird and innovative thing this man had done with audio in the studio,

NEVER had I heard an empty space of 50 seconds at the end of anything he had ever done,

Everything he did in the studio was intentional, always, every single sound and part was put there to kill you musically on purpose,

I can just see him in my head saying, "This is gon' kill em".

He says, "That's it" and the silence is deafening, like he wants you to realize what you are left with after he's gone,

But then my PRN geek gene kicks in, I say to myself 50 seconds, 50 seconds,

I subtract 57, his age at his passing, and am left with 7,

The number sticks out, he starts playing piano at age 7, he writes his first song at 7,

1 second for every year he has been playing music or writing music,

Are you a little freaked out? I am,

My question to you all is, Why 50 seconds?, why 50 seconds?, Why?

"That's it" and 50 seconds of deafening silence for his last released song!!!!

Did he know he was done? This and the Save your Prayers statement are freaking me out.

For me he was so mysterious in life and he has left one more mystery for me, and I'll never know the answer now because he's gone.

Ah the Prince mystique, delicious isn't it?

Well that's my first post on Prince.org after reading it forever, thanks to all of you who adore this man as much as I do,

RIP PRN you dear, dear man, G.O.A.T

Genesia said:

When I woke up on the morning of February 11, I happened to check twitter (along with email and other stuff) and saw that Prince had just tweeted. I tweeted back and he answered me

[img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/a3a4080f-93bb-4604-90d8-2fd745a47a9d_zpsojr6v1ck.jpg[/img:$uid]

Shortly after he died, I was on my way to work one morning and I passed a truck that read Winnesota Refrigerated Transportation. I've been driving that highway for 20 years and I've never seen a truck from that company before.

It gave me chills. (No pun intended.)

Spooky update: I just found out that the headquarters of Winnesota Regional Transportation is right off of Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie - a couple of blocks from where the warehouse Prince used as rehearsal space for Purple Rain stood.

[Edited 6/20/16 14:37pm]

Are you sure the truck didn't say "Willoughby"?

[Edited 6/21/16 23:10pm]