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It’s been seven days today Forgive me if I am writing this in a wrong place. I’ve never posted to the org. I’ve read it on and off since probably late nineties. This week I keep coming here every spare moment I have, I don’t know what I am looking for… It almost feels like the joint feelings and memories will somehow make him alive.
I am writing here now because it feels right, it feels that it’s the only thing I can do - to join in and attempt to articulate what I feel. I grew up in the Soviet Union. We knew very little of the Western music. In late eighties when the Soviet Union collapsed, we got MTV. I saw Prince first on the TV - live in Tokyo. I started following his music maniacally, I was in my late teens. It gave me inspiration - I used to draw listening to his tracks, I cried and laughed with his music. You all know what I Iam trying to say. I drifted away from his work as I got older and emmigrated to the UK. But when he came here a couple years ago, I decided to give it another try and went to his concerts. I was completely blown away. The power and emotion coming from one human being was surreal. I can still feel it. I stopped, I did not exist during these performances. I had no physical boundaries, no age, no identity. I was THAT and THAT was me. THIS will live in me till the end of my life. Prince, I’ve never thought that the day when I will be crying for you instead of crying with you will come so soon. I am eternallly grateful. I am not religious. But what you’ve created is eternal, it will continue to live in me, in all of us. It will always be here, will continue altering lives, giving us joy, inspiration, giving us depth. This is what life is about. You ARE life. And here is a small memory from many many years ago. It is by no means art, simply an illustration of what I felt in my teens when I listened to your work. https://www.flickr.com/ph...55933@N02/ THANK YOU [Edited 4/28/16 13:07pm] | |
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My thoughts exactly. Couldn't put it into words, but you explained it perfectly. From now on, 4 U I shall be wild 💜 | |
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I still can't believe it tbh. | |
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I'm so glad you came here and posted. I hope it helps you sharing with us here who truly do understand. Your pictures are beautiful and show just how much he inspires people. He will be missed so dearly by so many and it's still so super hard to accept the reality of what happened. 1 week ago today and still feeling so blue. Sending hugs to you. (((((Firebird))))) | |
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And next Friday will be nothing compares 2 u day! D: No matter the ©️, Paisley Park "official can never ™️  . He gave that to us verbally on Oprah in 1996. You can't take away from us, corporate. I mean O ( + > | |
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violectrica said: And next Friday will be nothing compares 2 u day! D: . . . I set an alarm for it. Like, let's make a little appointment for crying. This is the only kind of love
That I've been dreaming of The kind of love that takes over your Body, mind, and soul Love to the nines | |
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delinquent said: violectrica said: And next Friday will be nothing compares 2 u day! D: . . . I set an alarm for it. Like, let's make a little appointment for crying. I'm going to call a local station to see if they'll play it. Christopher damn! | |
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Let's hash tag it too on Twitter and Facebook as well #nothingcompares2u Oh dear gawd are we going with 9am or midnight? Who knows how long he was knocked out D: D; Or let's just do the whole day. No matter the ©️, Paisley Park "official can never ™️ . He gave that to us verbally on Oprah in 1996. You can't take away from us, corporate. I mean O ( + > | |
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a week without Prince  | |
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Soon it will be 17 days and 17 long nights. I might buy a packet of cigarettes and just keep two for the occasion. I did stop smoking but, well, you know! Jeez, this fucking sucks.
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Sinead says 15 days, but Prince says 13 days in the versions I've heard. This is the only kind of love
That I've been dreaming of The kind of love that takes over your Body, mind, and soul Love to the nines | |
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Firebird said: Forgive me if I am writing this in a wrong place. I’ve never posted to the org. I’ve read it on and off since probably late nineties. This week I keep coming here every spare moment I have, I don’t know what I am looking for… It almost feels like the joint feelings and memories will somehow make him alive. I am writing here now because it feels right, it feels that it’s the only thing I can do - to join in and attempt to articulate what I feel. I grew up in the Soviet Union. We knew very little of the Western music. In late eighties when the Soviet Union collapsed, we got MTV. I saw Prince first on the TV - live in Tokyo. I started following his music maniacally, I was in my late teens. It gave me inspiration - I used to draw listening to his tracks, I cried and laughed with his music. You all know what I Iam trying to say. I drifted away from his work as I got older and emmigrated to the UK. But when he came here a couple years ago, I decided to give it another try and went to his concerts. I was completely blown away. The power and emotion coming from one human being was surreal. I can still feel it. I stopped, I did not exist during these performances. I had no physical boundaries, no age, no identity. I was THAT and THAT was me. THIS will live in me till the end of my life. Prince, I’ve never thought that the day when I will be crying for you instead of crying with you will come so soon. I am eternallly grateful. I am not religious. But what you’ve created is eternal, it will continue to live in me, in all of us. It will always be here, will continue altering lives, giving us joy, inspiration, giving us depth. This is what life is about. You ARE life. And here is a small memory from many many years ago. It is by no means art, simply an illustration of what I felt in my teens when I listened to your work. https://www.flickr.com/ph...55933@N02/ THANK YOU [Edited 4/28/16 13:07pm] This was very beautiful and touching and explains very much how many of us feel. I agree his performances were the piece that pushed him over and above any of his contemporaries. He was mesmerizing and magical and his live shows were transforming - they awakened something deep inside that was unknown before. No one has ever before or since had that effect on me - a natural high of euphoria 💜 It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. We all need one another. ~ PRN | |
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That's one of my all time favorite of his songs. | |
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Firebird said: Forgive me if I am writing this in a wrong place. I’ve never posted to the org. I’ve read it on and off since probably late nineties. This week I keep coming here every spare moment I have, I don’t know what I am looking for… It almost feels like the joint feelings and memories will somehow make him alive. I am writing here now because it feels right, it feels that it’s the only thing I can do - to join in and attempt to articulate what I feel. I grew up in the Soviet Union. We knew very little of the Western music. In late eighties when the Soviet Union collapsed, we got MTV. I saw Prince first on the TV - live in Tokyo. I started following his music maniacally, I was in my late teens. It gave me inspiration - I used to draw listening to his tracks, I cried and laughed with his music. You all know what I Iam trying to say. I drifted away from his work as I got older and emmigrated to the UK. But when he came here a couple years ago, I decided to give it another try and went to his concerts. I was completely blown away. The power and emotion coming from one human being was surreal. I can still feel it. I stopped, I did not exist during these performances. I had no physical boundaries, no age, no identity. I was THAT and THAT was me. THIS will live in me till the end of my life. Prince, I’ve never thought that the day when I will be crying for you instead of crying with you will come so soon. I am eternallly grateful. I am not religious. But what you’ve created is eternal, it will continue to live in me, in all of us. It will always be here, will continue altering lives, giving us joy, inspiration, giving us depth. This is what life is about. You ARE life. And here is a small memory from many many years ago. It is by no means art, simply an illustration of what I felt in my teens when I listened to your work. https://www.flickr.com/ph...55933@N02/ THANK YOU [Edited 4/28/16 13:07pm] Well said! And your art is beautiful! I'm sure Prince would've loved it too! If it breaks when it bends, U better not put it in! | |
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It's been 7 long days and night and I doing pretty good. I thought I would totally go insane if Prince died. Last Thursday was rough, but somehow I got thru. I hope that everyone gets through this. I can listen to Prince music but I don't think I will be able to handle the BET awards show. Their tributes are always good. D'Angelo broke me down. Beautiful, Loved and Blessed
Thank You Prince | |
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What a beautiful post and your art work is wonderful!
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Thank you all for your words. And not just in this thread btw. I was reading what someone said earlier here about emotional attachment to a famous person whom you never met, but who continuously evoked strong feelings.This is of course valid. Myself I never imagined Prince as a person or thought about his personal qualities. I simply admired a product of his life - his music. I love art. Why then I am not feeling the same grief over Van Goh who died at 37? Or another artist who lived and created and left early. PS And the original intention was just to write here to say thanks to reactions on my post. Apologies, got carried away.... | |
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Hello, I think I know what you mean. To me it's been almost necessary to come to the forum and read these days. It was only five days since I registered here, but I remember when I first heard "Prince" (whoever that was) on the radio in 1979. It was the first time ever I heard music. I had been through music school six long years, but it was only pointless noise. Here was clearly someone who wanted something (more). It was not until Purple Rain exploded the summer of 1984 that I fell 100 % under the spell, though. Unbelievable that someone who "meant something" to me had such formidable success. I spent that summer in a purple haze (rain). Somehow it was over by 1985. These last days I've been in an aggressive state of denial, and I'll probably stay there for as long as it takes. Thank you everyone for information and comfort. | |
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Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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