Is it just me, or do other people who saw Prince perform live in their home town - as I did here in Melbourne, Australia - want to see some public monument to him there? I wish our Arts Centre could have a statue of him - or of the love symbol - in bronze in the forecourt.

Am I nuts? Or have other people thought similar things, ie before I asked you?

vladimir said:

Is it just me, or do other people who saw Prince perform live in their home town - as I did here in Melbourne, Australia - want to see some public monument to him there? I wish our Arts Centre could have a statue of him - or of the love symbol - in bronze in the forecourt.

Am I nuts? Or have other people thought similar things, ie before I asked you?

He definitely deserves a sculptural hommage of some kind somewhere in the world, the obvious thing to do would be the symbol.

Se7en said:

In Minneapolis, yes there should be a monument. Not anywhere else though.

This. has to be Minneapolis.

No I don't, but I agree with people who are saying there should be something in Minneapolis. I like the idea of a bronze symbol. Statues are crap, it would lose it's sharpness over the years and get covered in bird shit. At laest a symbol covered in bird shit would still look cool.

Guitarhero said:

Yes

There most definitely should be something very special honoring him in Minneapolis. I'm from Detroit, so pardon my shameless bias but I think there should also be a lovely here as well because from the very beginning we always gave Prince much love and he always gave us much love in return.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

There most definitely should be something very special honoring him in Minneapolis. I'm from Detroit, so pardon my shameless bias but I think there should also be a lovely here as well because from the very beginning we always gave Prince much love and he always gave us much love in return.

I'm from Detroit too, and disagree that there should be a monument here. We have quite a few local artists who are actually from here who don't have monuments.

Plus, Prince didn't even come here from 2004-2015 -- 11 years is a long stretch to avoid a city that he once called his "second home".

Se7en said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

There most definitely should be something very special honoring him in Minneapolis. I'm from Detroit, so pardon my shameless bias but I think there should also be a lovely here as well because from the very beginning we always gave Prince much love and he always gave us much love in return.

I'm from Detroit too, and disagree that there should be a monument here. We have quite a few local artists who are actually from here who don't have monuments.

Plus, Prince didn't even come here from 2004-2015 -- 11 years is a long stretch to avoid a city that he once called his "second home".

Does this mean you will not be attending the unveiling ceremony?

He played here 6 times.

but still: No

Thanks for the feedback. There's actually an Elvis monument, if you can believe that, in the Melbourne General Cemetery.

I look forward to the unveiling of the Minneapolis monument.

There's also an old joke that goes back to ancient Rome where someone asked some distinguished guy (who was still alive) why there wasn't any statue of him. He said I'd rather there was no statue and be asked why not, than to have a statue and be asked why.

No one will ever ask why there's a monument to Prince.

NO, the best monument is the music - can take it everywhere I go

Minneapolis or Paisley Park definitely deserves a bronze statue or bust.