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Reply #1620 posted 07/03/16 5:44pm

2020

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The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

Remember there is only one destination and that place is U
All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #1621 posted 07/04/16 11:45am

JLVLL

rogifan said:

suomynona said:


Screaming does not equal singing.

Wasn't as bad as the version she did on Broadway. But still you lose a lot of the soul with all that screaming.

The only true "Prince" Tribute was from Sheila E and gang. Everyone else, except the guitar solo, was OVER done and poorly.
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Reply #1622 posted 07/04/16 1:03pm

Bebop17

2020 said:

If only bawl

Maybe tomorrow will be the first day that I don't cry.

Gimme some horns ... uh!
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Reply #1623 posted 07/04/16 3:08pm

JLVLL

ACharmed1 said:

While sitting here watching this does anyone else feel like this isn't a proper tribute? I mean Badu, was the best, Stevie poor guy is in pain, but he tried, and everyone else has put in a valiant effort, but to make us watch the whole show so they can get the ratings? Anyone else feel this?

It w sad It was ALL hype to get everyone to watch the entire show and it wasn't worthy of him except the end with Sheila E, Mayte, Jerome and the roots. No matter what anyone thinks, everyone way over sang or was over dramatic and it lost it's effect. Of course it's my opinion only and that isn't all that important.

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Reply #1624 posted 07/04/16 9:22pm

savvy

luv4u said:

Stop with the mud slinging. Stop with the race card, and all the wounds that get opened up discussing race. This is not the forum or the thread for discussing such things.

You want to discuss black issues..... save it for politics and religion forum, by all means go and start a thread over there and save your rants and bickering. And don't feed the trolls!

This thread is the tribute thread, discuss the tribute put on by BET, Sheila E, the twinz, Shelby J, etc..... don't let this thread get derailed. smh at the behaviour of some folks.




Is this how you really honour this man???


lurking Keep it civil and stay on topic. Further action will be taken.



[Bait snip - luv4u]
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Reply #1625 posted 07/06/16 10:45am

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It's funny the moments that make you emotional.

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I had various moments that got to me, but at the very end when the purple flower-petal confetti came down I just .... it killed me. Killed. It reminded me how when he would end the PR-era shows with Purple Rain and there was that loooooong denouement after he left the stage where the music was still playing, softly, on loop (the final strains of Purple Rain) and there was confetti and sparkly lights like stars and you had just had this BIG experience and was it over, or was there more? Where was he? Where the hell was he from, was he even human, and how did he make me just feel that way? How is this moment encapsulating my whole life, and where my life is going (how I felt when I was a teenager watching this happen) and now how I feel about where my life has been (now that I'm a middle-aged person)?

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So much of his music is literally the sound of yearning, and now that yearning feels so different because it's yearning that can never be remedied, because he's gone.

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You captured the emotions we all feel so beautifully. Yes his music captured yearning, and now we yearn for him. I still cry thinking of him. So sad that he was in so much pain. He gave us so much and enlightened us in so many ways. God Bless his soul!

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Reply #1626 posted 07/06/16 10:56am

Lizzypoo

OldFriends4Sale said:

Thank you for posting this. Sheila did such a great job. I was so happy to see Mayte onstage. I have been searching for a link that features Mayte dancing during this performance but haven't been able to find one. Does anyone have a link to that? Thanks!

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Reply #1627 posted 07/06/16 11:03am

Lizzypoo

MMJas said:

Just watched Sheila E. Wow. Amazing. You could feel the LOVE. You could feel his presence. She totally nailed that tribute.
Seeing Mayte up there was quite moving also. I don't care what people say, she was his wife, the mother of his unfortunately dead child, so yes, it made a lot of sense. Plus, Sheila invited her, so she should know.
This felt like closure for me. Thank you.

I was so happy to see Mayte on stage too. It felt so right - like all his family was around him, honoring him and loving him. I hope Sheila takes all of these wonderful artists on a tour to celebrate Prince -- and have Mayte on stage with them -- as well as anyone who was associated with Prince. God Bless his Soul!

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Reply #1628 posted 07/06/16 4:29pm

Mumio

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I haven't gone through the 55 pages in this thread to see if this is already here so forgive me if it's a repost...

Tyka Nelson
June 28 at 7:56am ·

Hey Y’all, as u can see from pic’s and posts it was an incredible weekend full of friends (Shelby J, Mayte, Liv, Jerome Benton, The Twins, etc…can’t list all) that I haven’t seen in a while and those whom I met for the first time…Thank U Spike Lee, Mr. Fonzworth Bentley, Akon, Floyd Mayweather, Sujata, Karen, Gilbert, The Staff at BET and of course the beautiful ones (fans-friends). From the moment we got there we were greeted by nothing but Love…Did BET Shut It Down or what? Lol

Okay now for the reason I jumped on here…Last nite I was sent a surprise…Too tired to pull it up, I just clicked into it…Beautiful, Touching and yasss y’all, I couldn’t listen to the whole thing…Sheila E - my friend & sista gurl…gave Us All this present…if u can get thru it, let me know cuz I started to cry (sniff sniff) So now Sheila not only do u owe me a makeup job from the show u so masterfully executed (with the help of so many including Mychaeal Gabriel and Morris Hayes) but now another cup of coffee from this morning

Thank U Sheila from the bottom of my heart…U R Truly Glamourous, inside and out…Much Love 2 U and All Y’all FB friends!

Again, again Please know that I Thank U for Lovin’ my Brother…Prince…I KNOW he Loved U Too…Peace & Joy! ~Tyka

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Welcome to "the org", Mumio…they can have you, but I'll have your love in the end nod
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Reply #1629 posted 07/06/16 9:57pm

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Lizzypoo said:

Thank you for posting this. Sheila did such a great job. I was so happy to see Mayte onstage. I have been searching for a link that features Mayte dancing during this performance but haven't been able to find one. Does anyone have a link to that? Thanks!


Here are all the tribute segments in HD format. These are viewable worldwide:

https://vimeo.com/172480927

Erykah Badu, Bilal

https://vimeo.com/172482852

Stevie Wonder, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Hudson

https://vimeo.com/172484982
Maxwell

https://vimeo.com/172485723
Janelle Monáe

https://vimeo.com/172486871
Sheila E <------with Mayte dancing

https://vimeo.com/172487163
closing credits (Sheila's band playing A Love Bizarre w/out Sheila)

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Reply #1630 posted 07/18/16 7:56pm

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Sheila did a great job. Crap like this just makes me miss him more though. It's like he left us with all these people that are not even 1/4 the talent of him. The blue cloud at the end was great to see too. I wonder where that one is stored. For that matter, I wonder who gets all of his guitars.

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