I always liked this.

feranti said:

I have read that and the religious line just feeds all my worst fears, in my anger, sadness and struggle to process. The naritive that is presented makes a horrible possibility that I can believe.

I also fear for the future of the vault, prince a control freak to the end and beyond.

This is a bad day that I hope does not get more dark with each new piece of information.

Very greatful to the org for there servie to the fans over the years. I never posted much but have been a constant reader (sometimes despite myself), I see my

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I don't really know what to say about it. I read a blind item a couple of days ago, which some were speculating was about Prince, and it left me with a very bad feeling about his health. I linked to it on the Org, but then immediately deleted it, because it just felt wrong. I'm not sure if what I read was true, but I guess it doesn't matter. Prince is gone.

He's been such a big part of our lives, and I can't think of a greater personal inspiration. Growing up without a dad, I found myself looking for father figures in my musical heroes, and he was certainly one of them. Someone I admired, who I thought could show me how to be.

I'm thinking about those early moments, when I first realized Prince was my guy. Sneaking down the stairwell at my babysitter's house, when I heard 1999 come on MTV. Watching the video, intrigued but unsure about what I was seeing, before sneaking back up to bed.

The moment my childhood best friend's brother played us When Doves Cry, recorded off of the radio, in their mother's kitchen. I was very young, but absolutely stunned by the song. I needed to hear it again. I had known of Prince already, and even liked him, but that was the moment that made me realize he was special.

The moment that probably turned me into the fanatic that I am was a few years later, when that same friend played me Housequake, from Sign "O" The Times, at his brother's apartment in Minneapolis. I was blown away. I quickly realized that Prince wasn't just special, he was otherworldly, and that I absolutely needed to be along for the ride.

I had my mom sign me up for the Columbia House, get 12 albums for a penny deal, and went back into Prince's catalog and studied it. I bought the Sign "O" The Times movie on VHS, and played drums on my mom's phonebooks to it every day after school. I clipped every article, bought every magazine, single, poster, and recorded every television and radio blurb I could find. And I was at the record store, first thing Tuesday morning, when a Prince album was coming out that day.

I'll never forget riding my bike to Title Wave in Crystal, MN, to pick up the Batman soundtrack, and some guy pulling out of Taco Bell knocked me to the ground with his truck, and ran over my front wheel. Everyone was asking me if I was okay, as the guy just drove off, but all I cared about was finding someone to watch my damaged bike, so I could walk the rest of the way to Title Wave to get the new Prince album.

First Prince show at age 12 in Minneapolis. Lovesexy!

Seeing him up perform up close for the first time at Glam Slam, when I was 18. Getting to shake his hand that night, and snatching his set list, and guitar pick after the show.

All of the Paisley shows in the 90's (Seeing those gates decorated with balloons and cards is really killing me right now).

The celebrations. Getting some face time with him at The Rainbow Children celebration, and getting to see a movie with him at Xenophobia.

There are too many memories to share. I'm just going to miss him. I already do. I was in shock yesterday, and didn't really let it hit me until I tried to go to bed. Now, I'm awake and the tears are coming and going with each new memory.

The harsh reality that there will be no more new memories is what hurts the most. Nearly every memory I have about my life up to this point is somehow tied to Prince. Trying to remember when a certain event happened in my life, I'd often think back to which Prince album I was listening to at the time to figure out the exact year. It's like losing a part of your identity.

There is some hope that we finally get to hear some of those gems we've only read about, sitting in his vault. I hope he kicks our asses from beyond for years to come, but I know it won't be the same.

I love you, Prince. And thank you.

So you are worried his religious beliefs will impede you from be satiated through listening to the music is the vault. Which you worry he's too contolling over, something he created, that he owns, he's too controlling over. How about you post all your private messages, emails and texts for the world to see and think about how you'd feel if you had no control over that. That's likely how Prince felt about his music. Like they were his private messages to us and when the day comes that you hear them or some of them, be grateful not selfish or insufferable. I wish people would love everyone even those who are or aren't religious.

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Prince will live 4ever.

Ich liebe euch alle.

Thank you for the dances, thank you for the headbopping, thank you for the anticipations, thank you for the wonder, thank you for the friends, thank you for the sounds. Even thank you for blushes when my mother heard the girl moan on Lady Cab Driver. You made me smile on sad days, you made me laugh on good days. I feel empty now, but I'm alright...you are still with me, a little bit quiter we are now. I know you have a smirk on your face, again. You always knew how to surprize, but man...you really didn't have to this time.

I hope you have found what you were looking for.

Thank you for the joy.

So the sheiff holding the news conference is basically giving no new info.

Pokeno4Money said:

nursev said:

Glad to hear that some of them said something and it will be intersting to see what they say as days go by.

Jimmy Jam gave a lengthy interview on CNN, it's worth watching.

Apollonia is on her way to Paisley, looking for answers.

I simply cannot believe this happened. Now I know why I inexplicably chose to wear my purple longsleeve shirt to work yesterday morning, as I almost never wear longsleeve shirts.

Baby, you promised me U'd never leave
Then you died on the 21st day of April

Your father said it was pneumonia
Your mother said it was stress
But the doctor said you were dead
I say it's senseless
As long as I can hear you smiling, baby
You won't hear my tears

This sheriff is terrible. But what I got was that he may have been in the elevator for some time before staff looked for him

I haven't posted on the site in a while, but I have read through the threads occasionally to keep up with Prince's music. After I realized that the news was real, I immediately thought of all the wonderful people I chatted with on this site and what they must be going through since no one I knew could understand why I was so upset and holed up in my room listening to his music.

The only song I couldn't bear listening to was "Sometimes it Snows in April" because it made me cry before yesterday and now the song takes on a whole new meaning.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank the forum and its members for being here as an outlet for Prince fans to communicate with each other. It means a lot.

SharonLA said:

So the sheiff holding the news conference is basically giving no new info.

Only that he has been released to the family already.

I don't like the laughter....

babynoz said:

SharonLA said:

So the sheiff holding the news conference is basically giving no new info.

Only that he has been released to the family already.

Nice statement from the medical examiner who is a Prince fan.

nursev said:

This sheriff is terrible. But what I got was that he may have been in the elevator for some time before staff looked for him

Last seen when someone dropped him off at 8pm Wednesday night. The staff went to Paisley Park the next morning when they couldn't get him on the phone.

He was alone....

babynoz said:

nursev said:

This sheriff is terrible. But what I got was that he may have been in the elevator for some time before staff looked for him

Last seen when someone dropped him off at 8pm Wednesday night. The staff went to Paisley Park the next morning when they couldn't get him on the phone.

He was alone....

I knew it and that is so hurtful to me He was already dead when they got there

Still in shock - went to Paisley Park today. Total feeling of love for one another. Prince was so in touch with lives from young to old. He was all about the search. Searching for answers regarding politics, religion, race, health, love, and the mis-treatment of animals. Everyone could connect with him in one way or another. Prince passed way to young - but still gave us a LIFETIME of music.

He will be greatly missed. There will never be another Prince.

THANK YOU BEN FOR PRINCE.ORG LOVE AND PEACE

Still cannot put into words how I feel. The loss of Bowie was hard...but this is so much worse. Been dealing with some real bad crap in my personal life, and like so many times in the past I had turned to Prince's music to cope. I was listening to the extended version of "I Would Die 4 U" in my car when my sister texted me the news...it just seems surreal.

Today, while sad, mourning and crying, I am also reflecting. I am reflecting and thinking that this larger than life person who we thought and prayed would not only never dye, but that he would never age, never change his svelt appearance, never lose the ability to hit the high notes or the base notes. He and we were able to ride the ride for almost 40 years with Prince still looking the same by and large, still singing the same by and large, still commanding the stage, albeit without the splits and jumping off speakers the way he used to. We were still intoxicated watching him play the guitar, piano, bass and occasionally drums. We still melted when he would sing songs like Do me Baby, Scandelous, Insatiable, Adore and others.

We looked forward to the next album and anticipated the next time he would perform in our area. Thanks to the Org., Dr. Funkenberry and others for keeping us abreast so we could get the best seats and maybe snag a ticket to an aftershow because we heard it here first. That for me is what I will miss most. We will always have the music, the videos, the bootlegs of the shows we saw and others to listen to. Hopefully we will get his memoirs and a lot of the music in the vault too in the years to come, but we will never get a chance to see him live again. He went out on top. He went out with the same mystique in which he lived, at the top of his game. He went out still in full form of the command of his music, not worrying about losing his voice, his ability to command a stage and an audience, still with all the mystique in which he lived. Ah yes, the mystique! He went out during a thunderstorm after which their was a beautiful rainbow over Paisley Park. He died in an elevator, and now he has punched a much higher floor. He died in April, after their was snow earlier in the month. He told us to save our prayers for a few days. He made his final tour for just Prince and his fans, not Prince and the Band and he opened up to us in a way he never had during those shows. I am so grateful to have made the trip to Paisley Park in January from NYC and, for the last of over 40 times over the past 33 years, sat in the front for both shows---nothing and no one between Prince and me for the last time I would witness him.

As I said in an ealrlier post, I have had three dreams in the past few months about him dying and have cried several times in the car the past few months while listenting to his music. It was weird, but I somehow expected this. Yes, the mystique of the man in life and in death. He grew into a perfect musical giant and now he leaves us still a giant--a perfect (as we can be as humans) humanitarian, musician, person. It has been quite a ride. I cry not for Prince, but for myslef, I will truly miss the anticiptation of the next concert or album. I will miss reading the reviews here on the org (and oh those people who complained when he played Purple Rain at every show and other hits--what would we give now to hear it live one more time).

Prince, you have been and are Forever in My Life and I wish you Heaven!

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nursev said:

nursev said:

babynoz said:

Last seen when someone dropped him off at 8pm Wednesday night. The staff went to Paisley Park the next morning when they couldn't get him on the phone.

He was alone....

I knew it and that is so hurtful to me He was already dead when they got there

Yeah.

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Ex-Wife Manuela Testolini to Build School in His Honor

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Prince's ex-wife Manuela Testolini is building a school in his honor.

Testolini, who was married to the star from 2001 to 2006, told Entertainment Tonight that she already had plans to build the school before his passing and is "heartbroken beyond words" over the news of his death.

In fact, the business woman and philanthropist, 39, had recently contacted the singer to tell him about her plans for the school.

"I just reached out to [Prince] a few days ago to let him know that I was building a school in his honor," she continued. "My heart aches that the school will now be built in his memory.

"Prince and I had a magical journey together and I loved him immensely," she said. "I knew him as a husband, friend and fierce philanthropist. Philanthropy brought us together and it was Prince that encouraged me to start my own charity over 10 years ago."

Testolini's foundation is called In a Perfect World and supports an educational program known as REACH (Rural Education and Community Harmony), which has built 19 schools in some of the world's poorest countries, including Mali, Malawi, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nicaragua and Nepal.

Testolini does not yet know where the school in Prince's honor will be built and says she was previously hoping he would decide that.

MIRvmn said:

nursev said:

I knew it and that is so hurtful to me He was already dead when they got there

It's horrible, I'm even more sad now

I was doing okay until they confirmed that...but I said it last night that he was alone I just didnt know how long

Identity said:

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Ex-Wife Manuela Testolini to Build School in His Honor

Link

Prince's ex-wife Manuela Testolini is building a school in his honor.

Testolini, who was married to the star from 2001 to 2006, told Entertainment Tonight that she already had plans to build the school before his passing and is "heartbroken beyond words" over the news of his death.

In fact, the business woman and philanthropist, 39, had recently contacted the singer to tell him about her plans for the school.

"I just reached out to [Prince] a few days ago to let him know that I was building a school in his honor," she continued. "My heart aches that the school will now be built in his memory.

"Prince and I had a magical journey together and I loved him immensely," she said. "I knew him as a husband, friend and fierce philanthropist. Philanthropy brought us together and it was Prince that encouraged me to start my own charity over 10 years ago."

Testolini's foundation is called In a Perfect World and supports an educational program known as REACH (Rural Education and Community Harmony), which has built 19 schools in some of the world's poorest countries, including Mali, Malawi, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nicaragua and Nepal.

Testolini does not yet know where the school in Prince's honor will be built and says she was previously hoping he would decide that.

Wow.

morningsong said:

nursev said:

I knew it and that is so hurtful to me He was already dead when they got there

Yeah.

barates said:

nursev said:

This sheriff is terrible. But what I got was that he may have been in the elevator for some time before staff looked for him

Guitarhero said:

nursev said:

This sheriff is terrible. But what I got was that he may have been in the elevator for some time before staff looked for him

Im not gonna be able to get over the fact that he was in that elevator for awhile....not is heart breaking to me