it's all so unfair.

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when i heard the news thursday, i was bawling at work. i shut the door to my office. i had seen the reports about what had happened at the park (not who) and said, that's a shame. but i didn't pay it much mind. then i saw a friend of mine on fb say that P had passed and i was INFURIATED and set to rip him a new one. like, how dare you post that - how dare you put that juju into the world without doing your homework. but i hesitated and started to look elsewhere.

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the reaction in me was almost violent. bawling uncontrollably. of course, that would be the time the IT guy at work knocks on my door with my new roller ball mouse. i let him in and he started to ask what was wrong but then said it was ok if it was none of his business - all around awkward, but i didn't care. i told him and he was like "oh, i heard"

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oh you heard? man, fuck you.

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it got to the point where i was shaking and physically couldn't work. i left, and took off friday as well. sat catatonic in front of the tv watching the coverage. my kids got it. my daughter is very sweet and precious and told me she'd learn all the songs and perform them for me and be my prince.

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my eyelid swelling didn't go down til sunday.

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i'm back at work today. it's going okay.

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i haven't accepted anything. i refuse to read anything with "from - to" dates or RIP in the title. refuse. it's all so insensitive. let a motherfucker grieve.

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but what i'm actually finding unfair is all the celebrations - they're happening now. most of 'us' are not ready yet. if we ever get there - when's our celebration? when's our party.

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but you know what - we've never been on the same timetable as the rest of the world. they don't see prince like we do. they don't have the same relationship. they haven't pored over magazines (now torrents) or searched that special record shop for soundboard recordings and bootlegs.

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so our relationship will remain special, different from those pedestrian mama jamas who just don't get it. and we'll dance when we're ready.

Very well put. I was sitting by my computer with my 18 year old daughter (who Prince picked up out of my armed when she was six during the Musicology Tour in NYC and danced with her) doing something for her and had my Facebook open and I saw the first report on Purple Stream of police being disbactched to Paisley Park. From that moment I started hitting the refresh button about every 30 seconds. Then the news came that there was a death and I got ill. I knew when nothing new came out for several minutes it had to be Prince. They were saying they didn't want to release the name until the family had been notified, but if it were not Prince they would have at least said it was not him. I started hitting the refresh constantly with the same vigor as thoughI was trying for a front row seat at a concert or a limited ticket at one of his small venue shows back in the NPG Music Club days until the report came from TMZ I think that Prince had died. Then I put CNN and other news channels on and flipping through them until the coverage started.

starkitty said:

it's all so unfair.

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when i heard the news thursday, i was bawling at work. i shut the door to my office. i had seen the reports about what had happened at the park (not who) and said, that's a shame. but i didn't pay it much mind. then i saw a friend of mine on fb say that P had passed and i was INFURIATED and set to rip him a new one. like, how dare you post that - how dare you put that juju into the world without doing your homework. but i hesitated and started to look elsewhere.

.

the reaction in me was almost violent. bawling uncontrollably. of course, that would be the time the IT guy at work knocks on my door with my new roller ball mouse. i let him in and he started to ask what was wrong but then said it was ok if it was none of his business - all around awkward, but i didn't care. i told him and he was like "oh, i heard"

.

oh you heard? man, fuck you.

.

it got to the point where i was shaking and physically couldn't work. i left, and took off friday as well. sat catatonic in front of the tv watching the coverage. my kids got it. my daughter is very sweet and precious and told me she'd learn all the songs and perform them for me and be my prince.

.

my eyelid swelling didn't go down til sunday.

.

i'm back at work today. it's going okay.

.

i haven't accepted anything. i refuse to read anything with "from - to" dates or RIP in the title. refuse. it's all so insensitive. let a motherfucker grieve.

.

but what i'm actually finding unfair is all the celebrations - they're happening now. most of 'us' are not ready yet. if we ever get there - when's our celebration? when's our party.

.

but you know what - we've never been on the same timetable as the rest of the world. they don't see prince like we do. they don't have the same relationship. they haven't pored over magazines (now torrents) or searched that special record shop for soundboard recordings and bootlegs.

.

so our relationship will remain special, different from those pedestrian mama jamas who just don't get it. and we'll dance when we're ready.

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hitting refresh like it was for concert tickets.

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man, we all know that feeling.

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Cannes Film Festival Planning Prince Tribute

04/25

The Cannes Film Festival is creating a special tribute to honorPrince, a festival representative tells Billboard.

"There will be a tribute to Prince, but [we have] no more information right now," the rep said.

The music icon has had a long history in film and entertainment, winning an Oscar in 1984 for his music in Purple Rain and making a contribution to a number of movie and TV show soundtracks, notably Tim Burton’s Batman, Happy Feet, and Spike Lee’s Girl 6, which was screened in Cannes' "Un Certain Regard" section.

This year's Cannes festival runs May 11 through May 22. For more information on the festival and films being screening go to the festival's website.

Link

dm3857 said:

terrig said:

Wow, this is beautiful. Thank you.

I said to a friend earlier today - I'm resigned to bearing the pain of this loss forever. A Prince pain is a pain worth having. It means I was able to love this way and it means I am able to STILL feel and STILL love this way. So I'm moving toward gratefulness for this grief...still crying though randomly...

have a hard time watching and listening though. Instant blubbering.

i feel you on this. over the past day I have made an effort to tell people close to me how thankful i am for them. i am at a stage now where it is really sinking in, and as heartbroken as i am i can only thank Prince, and because of what im feeling, i feel that i need to let everyone close to me know how much they truly mean to me.

His death has changed me and if this pain never goes away, and this awfulness is the price Ihave to pay it was worth it for the 30+ years of unadultereated fcking joy I have been able to experience because of Princes walk on this earth.

I too have reached out to everyone I know to let them know how I feel about them...its a wake-up call to love one another more fiercely and more actively.

Serious said:

He died in April and he died in an elevator ......

Prince's 'New Girl' Episode Will Encore on Fox Tuesday

Prince and Zooey Deschanel FOX

Fox will pay tribute to Prince next week, replaying the late icon's 2014 episode of New Girl on Tuesday.

The episode, appropriately titled "Prince," originally ran after the Super Bowl. It marked the second time producers tried to woo the singer, who was a fan of the show, onto the comedy. In the episode, he had heart-to-hearts with leads Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson, performed the track "FALLINLOVE2NITE" with Deschanel and slayed at ping-pong.

"Prince is fantastic at ping-pong, like maybe one of the best I've ever seen," New Girl creator Liz Meriwether told The Hollywood Reporter at the time, "which is amazing because I kind of think you can only be really good at one thing — but you can be really good at a lot of things if you're Prince."

New Girl producers were among the many eulogizing Prince after his sudden death on Thursday, releasing the following statement: "We are all so deeply saddened to hear about the passing of this hero of ours — and so grateful to have had the opportunity to meet him and to have him on our show. It's something we will remember forever. Our thoughts go out to his family. We are among the millions of people who will truly miss the brilliant artist."

"Prince" will air again on Tuesday, April 26, at 9:30 p.m. — in lieu of a previously scheduled Grinder repeat. (New Girl airs two back-to-back original episodes earlier in the night, at 8 p.m.) And it's not Prince's only acting gig to get some prominent recirculation. His Purple Rain will return to 87 AMC theaters over the weekend.

Prince was 19, I was 24 when I first saw Prince. I fell in love, and just knew that strangly haired man would be a star, one day. I saw him the first time at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver, tickets were $4.00... I guess you can say I have had a long love affair with his sexiness, his music. to Prince thank you for the joy!

And, yes the tears still come off and on.. but I don't care he was worth everyone of them!

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I have that espisode of New Girl saved on my DVR from when it originally aired, which was 2/2/14, my daughter's 19th birthday. I watch it often, most recently before the Oakland Piano and a Microphone concerts. I love it. I watched it again last night, still in utter shock and denial.

First Prince concert: Purple Rain Tour, the Forum in Los Angeles, February 18, 1985

Last (omg) Prince concert: after party at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, Saturday, March 5, 2016 (because the show started after midnight). Was also at the Piano and a Microphone show earlier that night in Oakland.

And approximately 25 shows in between.

Love4OneAnother

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motown1958 said:

Aww...Rosie these two beautiful singers created my favorite song ever in Diamonds & Pearls and it does my heart good to know that Prince reached out to her in her time of need. Love them both.

motown1958 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Prince lived 21,138 Days

And many, many of those doing what he loved, I think.

Phishanga said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Prince lived 21,138 Days

And many, many of those doing what he loved, I think.

13,894 days between the release of For You and April 21 2016 (38 years 14 days) Of cource he was doing his thang well befor that

My favorite popular artist has made the transition. I feel so blessed to have had this experience with this brother.

I haven't posted here in like 6 or 7 years.....

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I still can't believe this shit. I've spent these last days curled up remembering so many things.

I certainly never thought I would feel like this, and I never thought It would be so soon.

I just hope he's fine and he's in peace wherever he might be at this point.

KenGloria said:

My favorite popular artist has made the transition. I feel so blessed to have had this experience with this brother.

I haven't posted here in like 6 or 7 years.....

+1

I am also rather a silent reader on this board and now it took me some days to put down what I think I want to say.

Last Thursday afternoon I opened my laptop, fb and before I could started to read the phone rang. It was my mother. She just said "did you already hear it?" and I knew immediately those were no good news to follow. She is always on the radio and always gets the latest news first. When she said the words tears immediately started to flow down. Same as with David Bowie in January there was this strong denial - NO, NO, NOOOOOOOOOO! This can't be possible, NO!

Prince Rogers Nelson was my very first serious musical crush in the 80s. Unlike other people I cannot remember which year or song exactly I was hit by the magic. Erotic City and Darling Nikky seem rather confirmed. I remember to having heard that songs and being simply hit like with an outerworldy voice that told me some before unheard truth. I must have been around 16 or so. My English was still very basic. Hearing this music, identifiyng some bits, I knew I had to learn English quickly & properly just to understand what this man was really singing about.

Basicially, Prince was offering me some never before heard music (80s, Europe, my brother deeply into Depeche Mode etc.) lyrics, that opened my mind for things I never imagined possible..... Well, Prince was a big part of my adolescence. I followed him through all the 80s with a big passion.

1988 he was in my hometown Hamburg while I was unfortunately in hospital. I shared the room with a girl my age who was - also a huge Prince fan. It was a sweet summer night when Prince was doing his show in a stadium right in the city center and Nina & me were sitting on the balcony of that hospital in wardrobes with tee & ciggys. Booopom - boom - boom - Boooooom - boom - boom it started. Still today I can hear exactly those sounds. There were about 14 km between the stadium and the hospital and we could hear at least parts of it so nicely. After Prince there was never another concert allowed there as that one was sooooo loud! Gosh - best concert I have never been to.

Luckily I managed to see him 1990 & 2010 at Waldbühne in Berlin.

Thank you dear Prince for having been and will continue to be a part of my life <3 Without you I would have turned out another person, one that would not have been so much ME. Thank you so much for your part in shaping myself <3

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appr. 1979

2010 in Berlin

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I am putting off the inevitable, i have been working every day since Thursday, it has been sooo hard to be in "work mode" with this on my mind as i cant talk to anyone there about this, they just dont get it, When i am off on Wednesday that is when i am going to lock the door turn off the phone and take out all my albums and concert DVDs and books and just listen and remember this man who has been with me for almost 30 years.... i have to turn off the radio in the car when they play his songs, i just cant.....

Hope you all are doing ok..

It's been years since I've posted. Maybe it hasn't fully hit me yet because I haven't cried, just shock. I knew he hasn't been feeling well and I had suspicions when his plane made the emergency landing the other week but I didn't expect this. In retrospect with the details being revealed it seems like he knew his time was coming soon. I hope his transition was seamless.

RIP Prince Rogers Nelson

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Instead of saying he died, can we say he ascended?

My heart's been aching so much that i haven't been able to do much of anything. All i can think of is that Prince is gone. I've cried so much that ive made myself sick. Right now I'm spiritually and emotionally lost but i know that my, yours and our lives must go on. We must let Prince's life inspire us to be the most creative, spiritual and loving people that we can be.

That's all i can muster for now.

Love you all...Love you Prince.

The beauty of life is a well earned rest. Prince has certainly earned his. The magic is he left us with so much of what we love about him. His Heart, his humor, his humanity. He's shared his great joy and deep sadness. We will take that with us always. Death is not the hardest part of living, living is the hardest part of death.