For me it is knowing I will never experience the excitment I felt, when I arrived at a Prince concert. I was always so overcome by the fact i was shortly going to be in the same room as Prince, listening to him play. Right from the age of 16 at Lovesexy to the age of 42 seeing him at Birmingham 2014. I would cry every single time I arrived at a concert (could never stop myself). It was just so wonderful to be surrounded by people that were all Prince fans.
I get great comfort from listening to all his music right now, but breakdown the minute someone feels they can talk to me about his passing or when I see a tribute and it has his birth date and the date he died - that I cannot take.
My facebook page posted a memory on my timeline yesterday that showed my post from 2 years ago & it read 'Just got my Prince tickets through & I am so excited!' Yet again I found myself crying out of control. This is so hard!!

we feel the same

4everinmylife said:

For me it is knowing I will never experience the excitment I felt, when I arrived at a Prince concert. I was always so overcome by the fact i was shortly going to be in the same room as Prince, listening to him play. Right from the age of 16 at Lovesexy to the age of 42 seeing him at Birmingham 2014. I would cry every single time I arrived at a concert (could never stop myself). It was just so wonderful to be surrounded by people that were all Prince fans.
I get great comfort from listening to all his music right now, but breakdown the minute someone feels they can talk to me about his passing or when I see a tribute and it has his birth date and the date he died - that I cannot take.
My facebook page posted a memory on my timeline yesterday that showed my post from 2 years ago & it read 'Just got my Prince tickets through & I am so excited!' Yet again I found myself crying out of control. This is so hard!!

The same happened with me where in the last week I have had facebooks memories of when I posted his album announcements (I flipped when they first announced art official age and plectrumelectrum to be released ON THE SAME DAY), his new single announcements and most precious to me, the night I was four rows from the purple one himself. That night I felt that concert was just for me. It was the greatest feeling in the world.
Every memory from the very first time I played my first prince CD to the excitement of hit n run phase 2 has made me feel equal happiness at the memory but sadness too at what it represents now.

There is so much I want to say about how i feel about it even after a few weeks, but i can't put it into words.
You're not alone with this. He has set a legacy where he will never be truly gone from the world. We have his music and his story. Those will go down into history and forever people will hear of Prince and appreciate who he was.

Yes never be able to see him live again is sad but I would be fine with that if only he was still alive, what hurts me still so very much is knowing that Prince saw a doctor on the 20th of April but still died the very next day, knowing that help was called on the 20th to initiate a "life saving mission" but that it came just hours too late, knowing that Prince died all alone in Paisley Park in an elevator, knowing that there never will be another musician or band in this world that I'll love so very much as Prince, he was such a big part of me and my life so it feels like all that is gone now, knowing his death could (and should!) have been prevented ... "senseless" just like he sings in 'another lonely christmas' ...

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I wanted to take my 15 year-old daughter to a show...

Reading all the sensational headlines makes me so sad. Was just scrolling through TMZ and just feeling really sad. Leave him alone, already!

4everinmylife said:

For me it is knowing I will never experience the excitment I felt, when I arrived at a Prince concert. I was always so overcome by the fact i was shortly going to be in the same room as Prince, listening to him play. Right from the age of 16 at Lovesexy to the age of 42 seeing him at Birmingham 2014. I would cry every single time I arrived at a concert (could never stop myself). It was just so wonderful to be surrounded by people that were all Prince fans.
I get great comfort from listening to all his music right now, but breakdown the minute someone feels they can talk to me about his passing or when I see a tribute and it has his birth date and the date he died - that I cannot take.
My facebook page posted a memory on my timeline yesterday that showed my post from 2 years ago & it read 'Just got my Prince tickets through & I am so excited!' Yet again I found myself crying out of control. This is so hard!!

This sums up the hardest fact I'm dealing with right now. Nothing in my life has given me the same adrenalin rush as watching Prince perform live. I have dragged many a friend along with me over the years but none has shared my passion and it was just amazing to be amongst other like minded people who, like I knew there was something unique and mesmerising about Prince and his music.

I will miss this perhaps the most and find it hard to accept that Birmingham was my last show too.

I never gave any thought to Prince not being around and find this site is the only place I can read and relate to how painful the last three weeks have been.

sulls said:

Reading all the sensational headlines makes me so sad. Was just scrolling through TMZ and just feeling really sad. Leave him alone, already!

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One way to not read sensational headlines is not going to sites like TMZ. The more they see people clicking through to ridiculous fabrications about Prince -- the more they will make up to get clicks. That goes for the National Enquirer and other sites of that ilk. The more people post garbage from those sites on Prince.org -- the more those companies make money off of our ignorance in doing so.

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Not calling you out for posting TMZ links -- or stupid garbage. I'm really surprised that's not a rule on these forums. That's more detrimental than posting links to boots, in my opinion.

This post is exactly what I/we all feel. Everyday I see either a video, picture, or newsline and I shed a tear. I was always singled out when it came to music because I was the only one in my family, friends, and community that listened to Prince all the way up to his death. I have hidden my saddness from them because they wouldnt understand. I never knew him personally, but through his music he has touched us spiritually. Its hard to explain but Im sure most of you know what im talking about.

Very few, if any, musical artists have made themselves as assessible to their fans in the way that Prince has throughout the years...