justme2u said:

I was sad when George Harrison passed and John Lennon was assassinated. I grew up with the Beatles. Prince hit me hard as it did you too I don't know why. He was a nice person. He cared about us despite fighting us in his right to own his own music and not have it shared without his permission. He was funny. He was beautiful. He was intelligent. He was a brilliant musician. I think most importantly he made us his family. Those of us who cared learned about his life. We celebrated him. We were sad when ahmir didn't survive. He was cocky and demanding and napoleonic and we didn't care. It still hurts.

I think his loss is affecting most of us more that anybody elses passing has done. I can't explain it but there is something different here....

he was quite something

XxAxX said:

he was quite something

Agreed. There won't ever be another

Will only be ever one Prince

purplegirl00 said:

are you kidding, Elvis was dead before I even knew he was and i still haven't said goodbye to him, Prince is still here, he's in me and in you for the rest of our natural lives. I will play his songs and honor him for as long and as well as I'm able.

I am in denial, and I intend to stay that way. Prince Lives!

I thought the same thing today, about John Lennon. It bothered me, but my heart was not shattered, as it is now with Prince. If he had been sick, like David Bowie, I think I could accept it better. Of course, we still don't know if he was. But I absolutely refuse to let those final moments be anything but a footnote to my adoration of him.

justme2u said:

I was sad when George Harrison passed and John Lennon was assassinated. I grew up with the Beatles. Prince hit me hard as it did you too I don't know why. He was a nice person. He cared about us despite fighting us in his right to own his own music and not have it shared without his permission. He was funny. He was beautiful. He was intelligent. He was a brilliant musician. I think most importantly he made us his family. Those of us who cared learned about his life. We celebrated him. We were sad when ahmir didn't survive. He was cocky and demanding and napoleonic and we didn't care. It still hurts.

His role in life was to make us happy and feed our spirit, he did it very well. He WANTED us to be happy, he made sure his music made people dance, cry, laugh and just be joyful listening to it. We didn't know him personally and we didn't have to give much back to him, just buy a piece of the happiness he provided to us. We find it hard to say goodbye because when someone feeds your spirit in that way, for years and years, you don't think about it going away, you take that for granted. There's a deep loss when a family member or close friend dies, but a musician like Prince fed our spirit, he was our antidepressant, our "people pleaser", so to speak. Only a few people in this world can touch that part of your spirit in a musical way, and he did it so well! I truly believe God put him here to make us happy, and he did a helluva good job!

NinaB said:

Let's say "Bon Voyage. Until we meet again. Go with love". We don't have 2 say goodbye do we?

I remember a quote from Prince, where he said something to the effect of, "If we don't say they're 'gone' then they will come back." I find so much peace with this statement! That's why I refuse to say he's 'gone.' Because he's not! He's in our hearts, and I'm sure he'll show up again to those who love him. May be at different times/places, but he'll be there when we need him.

It is just painfully emotional. What a complex, unique soul. I truly belive Prince was a stranger amongst us. He was from some other dimention. We lived and (some of us) were blessed enough to EXPERIENCE Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson. For me, it's consuming. I know others of you feel similarly. Listen to Peach and Black's latest podcast. It's raw and spot on.

Love and purple peace. Until we meet again Prince.

pardon my typo....... dimension, not whatever I didn't check demention or dimention - whatever - I hate bad grammer

mimi1956 said:

justme2u said:

I was sad when George Harrison passed and John Lennon was assassinated. I grew up with the Beatles. Prince hit me hard as it did you too I don't know why. He was a nice person. He cared about us despite fighting us in his right to own his own music and not have it shared without his permission. He was funny. He was beautiful. He was intelligent. He was a brilliant musician. I think most importantly he made us his family. Those of us who cared learned about his life. We celebrated him. We were sad when ahmir didn't survive. He was cocky and demanding and napoleonic and we didn't care. It still hurts.

I think his loss is affecting most of us more that anybody elses passing has done. I can't explain it but there is something different here....

I tried to watch the Tribute last night , but still hurts so much. I couldn't hold back the tears.

I like to think he took a heavenly vacation and its only a matter of time before we hear him play again

for me it is so difficult because he's been so much of the fabric of my life for nearly 35 years. not intimately(i never met him,only saw them live whenevr i could),but i just don't remember my life without seeing him and hearing his music. same with bowie. i discovered bowie a year before prince. right now i'm so underwater with their deaths, i don't know where to look. if i hear their music now it's like a gut punch, whereas before it used to give me life. i'm too chicken to watch any of the tributes. i still haven't seen the madonna thing. the pictures of the tribute from sheila and mayte have me going through it all over again. i haven't been right all day,thank god monday's are my days off.

++ more objectively, it's so clear that Prince and Bowie are/were singular,once in a lifetime creative forces,who happened to be men. from that perspecative it feels like we have lost something elemental now that we have lost them. it has createed a void in the creative atmosphere. it is the end of an age and it feels both tragic and terrifying. i have gotten to place that can agree with the sentiment a lot of people have expressed; i lived to see and experience Prince, David Bowie, Jeff Buckley, Kurt Cobain et al. still, it feels like an incalcuable loss.

Because he was otherworldly, ethereal and perhaps not wholly human. As such, he had a way of seeping into your pores and embedding himself into the deepest regions of your funky soul.

sharonbell said:

I dont remmeber or have a time in my life without him, he exsisted before I was born and is part of my first memories as a child. I think for that reason many of us can't part from him. He was a part of our being

I feel Prince's death is hard on all of us because he cannot be replaced. And naively I never thought he would die. I remember seeing his recent performances, last 2 years or so, and being so proud of him.

And I was (is) so proud to be a Prince fan for all these years. Like yeah mofo's, he is doing the damn thing and can never be stopped. And now, his passing during the recent string of the Piano and a Microphone tour. I am still like, WTF?!? I personally am not ready to let him go. I don't feel his spirit is gone. He is forever immortalized through his music, his concerts, his videos, his interviews. I would rather have the live and in action Prince with us all instead of just listening and viewing these items.

But we cannot have him back. It sucks big time. I don't know for me it seems like it's getting harder to deal with his death. I do not think I realized how much of an impact he had on my spirit, my mind and my life until he left us. I don't wanna say goodbye to Prince, I just can't do it!

Because he was a gorgeous talented soul the world didn't deserve

i love you prince always and forever

Prince has been apart of my life since I was 9 yrs old and Im 44 now so that says alot about an artist that can keep fans interested in his work that long. So many of us grew up with Prince and for that reason he will always be with us, but yes I do believe we will see and hear him again

Posted this in the "Sometimes It Snows In April" thread, but thought it would be more appropriate here:

Soooo,,,today has been a rough one for me. I took a couple days off just to get some things done around my house, but instead I've been weeping all morning. I was just fine yesterday, but it hit me smack dab in my face the moment I woke up, mourning.

I started looking around the web to see if I can find some logical reason why my ass is crying and hurting over someone I never met. It's just pissing me off. Found a couple of good articles, but something drew me to my own diary. I'm surprised I still have it. Normally, I write how I feel and then throw it away, but for some reason, I still had my '96-'98 diary. This is during the time I reached adulthood, had my own band, my own goals for the Music Business. It is also the time I shed my childlike fanhood of Prince. If you don't mind, may I share an entry from 7-1-1998:

"Oh, how could I forget. I went over to [my friend's] place for dinner, and I go to see the latest video by The Artist, "The One." I liked it a lot. I miss him very much, but I'm not as attached to him the way I used to be. Back in the day, I would have been totally pissed and outright mad for not being able to tape it. In a sense, my feelings for him have moved on to another level--one that looks beyond the material possessions and into the inhabitance of my soul. Prince is a part of me. Nothing can change that except God, and I would hope He doesn't. I can't explain how I feel for the Artist. I think it's more real now than ever before. And yes, the video was beautiful."

I guess God honored my prayer (for those of you who believe in that sort of thing).

Stay strong...

If he was 67 or 77 we might have been more ok with it., but he was young. Nobody ever expected this, he was so health conscious, didn't drink, smoke, very slim. I just took everyone by surprise in the blink of an eye. There was no time to prepare for this kick in the stomach. I don't think most of us will ever be able to say goodbye, we didn't get the chance.

mimi1956 said:

If he was 67 or 77 we might have been more ok with it., but he was young. Nobody ever expected this, he was so health conscious, didn't drink, smoke, very slim. I just took everyone by surprise in the blink of an eye. There was no time to prepare for this kick in the stomach. I don't think most of us will ever be able to say goodbye, we didn't get the chance.

Yep.