thought it went better today ... not - still in tears

listening to "way back home" -> he has found it !

listening to "the arms of orion" -> thats where he found all the energy & creative input

originaly my soul is coming from orion, now eye know i ve met P in a previous life

in this life, he was like a brother, best friend, father, angel and more,

all united in 1 person, 1 unique soul !!

greetings 2 all of U

thx 2 prince 4 being

thx 2 my wife 4 her shoulder a couple of times

yellowday said:

Today a 15 year old kid in my class told his friend "My mother has gone crazy. She has been sitting in the car all week listening to Prince. She keeps saying "Prince is dead. Prince is dead"". I don`t know what is up with her. She has never behaved so strangely."

I overheard the conversation and told the kid: "Tell your mother I feel the same". The boy stared at me saying:"You don`t know my mum". I said:"I think I do."

Thank you for every comment on the board. Who else would understand?

Everyone (including media) are now picking up on the significance of "Sometimes It Snows In April" in relation to his death, but honestly it's "Way Back Home" that got me choked up about his passing. He sums up his life and everything that mattered in it in that one song. It's almost like he wrote his own eulogy. I don't think he knew he was going to die, but what he wrote in that song is very emotional to listen to now. I keep thinking over and over; I wish he had not died alone.

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bigtimefan said:

sj1600 said:

bigtimefan said:

As far as I'm concerned; The only good thing right now it seems is there are so some new releases of the old stuff visable. Such as this great recording of the original Purple Rain filmed at First Ave.

Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/...841764825/

Well, that was amazing - thank you! I've NEVER seen that before.

The quality of the album version is so good that your mind tricks you into thinking that it was actually a studio recording with crowd noise added later. It's quite amazing that he pulled off such a flawless live performance of it both vocally and instrumentally. Precious.

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When I first heard the news I thought "Sometimes it snows in April..." so I'm glad to see this post. Then I tried to log on here since I knew you all would understand my immediate grief but I couldn't get on. So many of my friends said, "As soon as I found out I thought of you." Everyone I know realizes the love I have for this man's music and I'm so very sad that he's gone. What did lift my spirits a bit though was seeing Purple Rain in the theaters again. I realize that they are trying to capitalize on his passing but I was ecstatic to see him on the big screen singing his heart out.

-RIP to the Beautiful One

bigtimefan said:

KingSausage said:

I don't think KCOOL has posted since we lost Prince. I'm honestly worried. If anyone knows KCOOL in real life, could you please respectfully check in? You don't need to report back here or anything because grief can be very private for many people. But I'm hoping KCOOL is doing okay. They're an important part of this community.

I was worried too....maybe someone mentions it downthread but here it is anyway....

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JimmyDavis said:

sj1600 said:

JimmyDavis said:

The quality of the live recording is so good that your mind tricks you into thinking that it was actually a studio recording with crowd noise added later. It's quite amazing that he pulled off such a flawless live performance of it both vocally and instrumentally. Precious.

And a third verse that I've not heard before. Just the most precious recording. It's really raised my spirits.

Same here. This is why I hope we really do get to see/hear his Vault material. At least some of it. Losing him so young will be a lot easier to cope with if we can hear more of what he created while he was alive.

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Purpleone4Eva said:

Can't believe it. I haven't posted here in ages, but felt I had to come back to join you in expressing my sadness.

I agree....I haven't logged in for sooooooo long, but had to come here to grieve with the rest of the Purple family. I literally cannot get over this....I've loved him since discovering him when I was 10. I've seen him 33 times in concert. I just can't believe this is how it ends...My heart is shattered and I just don't know how I'm going to get past this. I've been home from work since it happened and I'm trying to gain the strength to go back to work this week. I have yet to listen to his music, see any tributes to him, look at the internet.....I just can't right now. I just can't.

A friend of mine asked me when "Sometimes It Snows In April" was written because she heard it was written on the same day he died back in 1986. I can't confirm that as I don't have my Parade album out and too scared to even look at it if I did......

I wish you all love and peace and we shall get through this together.....

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Emaze said:

filthyrich said:

I know I'm a few days late, but this one took a LONG time to write. How do you sum up one of the most important musical influences of your entire life with a handful of words?
You can't. You try, anyway. Read if you can, and share if you enjoy.
http://richpicks.blogspot.com/2016/04/i-could-never-take-place-of-your-man.html

Great blog article. Except the fact that I myself DID want to be Prince at the age of 11, you just perfectly described my own youth... I share exactly the same feeling about a lot of songs you mention and would use the same words. I only couldn't write them down myself. Thanks for this.

Thank you... Sincerely. I was just glad I was able to articulate a bit of what I've been feeling.
Also, at age 11 I was SO uncool. I don't think my mind could even fathom being Prince for a second!

mothyham said:

Don't curse the darkness, People.

What did we learn from Prince?

Love.

Plain and simple.

I LOVE that I was alive while He was.

I LOVE that I lived during His lifetime AND Bowie's simultaneously.

I LOVE that they both found their calling and it led to our JOY.

Really, Folks.

We are lucky sonsabitches.

Let's feel that blessing and be thankful they were here as long as they were.

LUCKY US!

I was around 16 or 17 when my dad caught me smoking. He locked my room and wouldn't let me go in there so I had to sleep with my sister. It didn't matter - I would still sneak into my locked room through the window in the evenings and spend all nights there, all alone, by myself, with only one companion - Prince. I was immersing myself into his magical world, exploring and simply listening...

The song that I remember most from that period is 'The One' - its elusive beauty was mesmerizing to me, I couldn't handle the song's genius, had it on repeat for a million times...

Prince is the reason why I am where I am in my life right now. I chose to study English because of him - I didn't want to embarass myself in front of him with a poor accent (hence, the American accent that I chose to study)! God, I was supposed to be his wife! Or at least his interpretor in case he ever visited Poland and decided to give interviews or something like that.

Prince has shaped my musical taste and preferences, my whole aesthetic system - because of him I know what I find beautiful, what amazes and captivates me.

Being able to see him twice is my only comfort in this dreadful situation - I'm so happy I was lucky enough to experience his incredible talent and see him perform live.

He's been and always will be a huge part of my life. And even though I only saw him two times in my life and he wasn't anyone 'close' - I know that his death has left an unspeakable void in my life.

Forever In My Life!

starkitty said:

hey everyone:

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PEOPLE GRIEVE DIFFERENTLY.

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we need to allow for that and respect that. let's not start playing holier than thou because mourners are grieving. no one said you had to engage.

No one said you had to, either. People also respond to grief differently. If I feel I need to say something positive, I'm going to say it. At the best of times it's needed around here. This being the worst of times, it's needed even more.

jn2 said:

Phishanga said:

Does anyone else feel this gets more unreal every day?

yes it does..... i feel its going to get worse once these magazines come out and the inevitable truth surfaces...

agoose said:

For all the gear heads here, Sonic State's weekly pod cast talks about Prince for the first 20 minutes. Some interesting stories and patch samples from the Roland D-50 which was used on Lovesexy: https://www.youtube.com/w...OXq-gmJKdY

nursev said:

Identity said:

got me crying again

me too.. that was too much....so beautiful

dopedog said:

This hasnt sunk in. I was at work driving my bus when i got a text from 2 friends, then my wife, who said "i'm so sorry babes". Im glad nobody was on my bus, as i went outside and threw up. I got back to garage, explained to my boss that i had to go home, told him why and he just looked at me like i was insane, and laughed. I drove the rest of my shift in a daze, hoping i wouldn't crash. When i got home, my wife was standing there and i collapsed in her arms. People, who in the past said "You like who, Prince?! Yuck, he's crap, weirdo", are now saying "oh man, he was so good, amazing!", yeah, i know, piss off. I remember watching The Brits, i think it was 85, when he won, and i myself thought "oh god, anyone but him, weirdo". Then, in 88, Purple Rain was on the tv, and i thought "hmmm this is ok". Then Lovesexy was broadcast, and that was that, i was in awe, it felt like, i don't know, a party in heaven or something. I then went back and bought every single thing i could, then i started on the unreleased stuff, mostly swapping cassettes(i found it so much easier then than it is now with the internet:)). For almost 30 years, he's been the soundtrack to my life. I only saw him 6 times, the last being in 2007 at an Indigo aftershow, where he played for almost 3 hours for me ( yes, just me,ok!). And now this has happened. Ive had a ball of something or other, in my chest, and in my heart, since this news broke, and i don't know how it's going to go away. Im sorry for rambling, but i felt that this was the only place that i COULD ramble on, without getting laughed at or something. You say to somebody "its like a family member", and they think you are mad, how can you say its like a family member, you didnt even know him?. So I will steal a tweet that someone put up..'i didnt know him, but he made me know myself'. Thats about it. R.I.P. Wee man.xxx.

Thank you for rambling. Prince is so much more than meets the eye , more than we can possibly comprehend. But what we do know how to do is feel is his love, beacuse it was REAL.

hollywooddove said:

HousequakeWallaby said:

We all had a great time at your party, Prince. Some of us ain't leaving the party yet, but you can go on ahead and the rest of us will lay low until our own candles go out.

If any of us are fortunate to cross your path in another life, we all will recognize you, and it may seem that the party never really ended, we just skipped over to a new location because the Housequake was too rockin'. Prince, your cookin' was too hot in this life.

I wonder where you are? In what existence are you? What form have you taken? We all find out soon enough. But Earth was your jam, your home for at least a lil while. We do things a lil slow on Earth, so I'm a take some time in my life to reflect on all the great gifts you have bestowed us.

Listen to Affirmation III, it has a whole new meaning now.

Woah!

Affirmation III

How are u feeling 2day Mr Nelson?

[Heartbeat drum increases in volume in response]

I trust u are having a quick and enjoyable adjustment period
As u can see, we are communicating telepathically

[Strings and echoes from Way Back Home begin]
(Telepathically - Telepathically)

Which makes things move so much faster here
After u have completed the planned affirmation therapy
u will find this way of interaction far easier

Until I find my way back home [echo in background]

You've probably felt many years in you're former life, u were separate from not only only others, but even yourself.
Now u can see that was never the case
U are actually everything and anything that u can think of.
All of it is U

Until I find my way back home [echo x6 with lush string flourishes]

Remember there really is only one destination, and that place is U
All of it, everything is U.

I'm still in disbelief when it has a date of death under his photos. I'm still in shock and denile. my life feels weird without him. me and Prince will forever share one thing. My birthdate (4/21) and his death (4/21)

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Never expected to feel so devastated at someone famous dying. Thats probably because THIS had never crossed my mind once. Still in denial. I just cant make any sense of it.

I really feel the world is different with out him in it. That it has lost some sparkle! I also feel guitly but amongst a hunderd reasons one selfish one is the fact I will never see him live again. There, I said it. Gutted!

RIP Prince xx