I did. I was cognizant of everything that would be rare and sought after after Prince was gone. I knew that his independent releases would be out of print and almost extinct - fetching ridiculous prices on eBay in the days following his death. Look at how the record shops reacted by stocking his albums after years of having nothing but Purple Rain or a greatest hits disc - if that.

I recorded everything I could - aftershows, interviews, performances, videos - in anticipation that there would come a day that I could never go to a Prince concert again. I kept every item and collectible - the guitar pick he dropped during a Tamar show in a DC nightclub, the Watchtower that he handed me during a Musicology gig in Philly, even the drumstick that Sheila E threw into the crowd at Paisley Park during Xenophobia. Worthless little things that mean so much to me now for some reason.

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FUNKYNESS said:

I did. I was cognizant of everything that would be rare and sought after after Prince was gone. I knew that his independent releases would be out of print and almost extinct - fetching ridiculous prices on eBay in the days following his death. Look at how the record shops reacted by stocking his albums after years of having nothing but Purple Rain or a greatest hits disc - if that.

I recorded everything I could - aftershows, interviews, performances, videos - in anticipation that there would come a day that I couldnt never go to a Prince concert again. I kept every item and collectible - the guitar pick he dropped during a Tamar show, the Watchtower that he handed me during a Musicology gig in Philly, even the drumstick that Sheila E threw intothe crowd during Xenophobia. Worthless little things that mean so much to me now for some reason.

Those are not worthless things, those are important and you are so lucky to have them and the memories of how you got them. I never thought of Prince going before me though...........

No, I thought he would be around for at least as long as I was.

purplethunder3121 said:

No, I thought he would be around for at least as long as I was.

Same.

No, I never expected to live in a world he wasnt in.

Still not comfortable really but I have found my happy again.

I knew it would happen eventually, me being 30 years younger than him it obviously was bound to happen in my lifetime. However, I never thought in a million years that it would be this soon. And the way that it did, just so abrupt...I really never thought it would happen this way.

I did. What I did not plan however is that he'd be gone so soon, so suddenly, and so tragically.

No, never! I thought he would live longer than me. I never thought of a time when Prince wasn't alive.

I'm sort of embarrassed to say this...but it always bummed me out a little that we were about the same age. I figured that if I outlived him, it wouldn't be by much - and that everything in the vault would have turned to dust long since. Or it wouldn't have been released until after I was gone, too.

But I was really, really hoping to see him again once my theatre season ended (which is why I hadn't been to Paisley Park in the last year). In particular, I thought he might bring Piano and a Microphone back home. That it won't happen is the thing that hurts most.

I only became his fan after he passed away, but then I noticed I would think the about other musicians, so I take my relations towards them more seriously. You never know, anyone can leave us quickly.

Well, after you guys die, can I have some of your Prince stuff? I wasn't alive in time to get the majority of it for myself.

DMarieP said:

I knew at some point it would be his time to go as its a part of life but not this soon. He had so many good years left in him so his passing is heartbreaking. I just wish he took it easy and took care of himself. I hope he knows how much I adore him and how much he meant to me because he was everything

Not until I heard that he was writing his memoir. Many years ago my grandfather had written his memoir on a hospital bed, only a few weeks before he passed, so the thought did cross my mind when I heard about Prince writing his too. But I immediately refused to think about it for too long and pushed that thought to the very back of my mind.

Nope. Never crossed my mind it was possible. I didn't want it to.

Never

nope. thought he'd outlive me

I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT this shit is still jarring AF! The thought of never seeing him live again BREAKS me, it was pretty much a yearly ritual for 27 years of my life - it's so sad to me that it's OVER... THE RIDE IS OVER

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

Never

Same. Even though we were just about the same age, I didn't think I'd outlive him.

I was certain that Prince would be a smooth Sammy Davis Jr type of cat well into his 90s and possibly beyond!

goodfella said:

I assumed he was clean living, free of drugs and would have at least another 20 years of producing/making music. It is the last celebrity death ... that will affect me. Loved MJ but his passing felt as something you could see happening. Prince is the only musical genius of my lifetime.

Pretty much this really .

The single most talented recording artist and live performer in popular music in the last 40 years.

Always thought and hoped he'd be funkin' it up into his 80s.

Not really. I always thought that if he went before me, we would both be at a ripe old age. I was looking forward to seeing what he would be like as an old man. He was only 7 years older than me.

goodfella said:

No.

Yes. I did it naturally. It's along story and hard to explain, but I got less interested in Prince after Planet Earth. I also got clean & sober right after that release (Oct 2007).

having given up "partying" and with it an addiction to sex as well I felt really lost wiht my interestin music which ahd always been quite diverse..but i had been getting more and mroe interetsed in Japanese pop music gradually over the years. When I got clean and sober I found I could no longer realte to or listen to music i associated with "getting high" which i almost everything from 1982 up to 2007!

I went all in on the Japanese music and never looked back. i checked in with Prince occasionally, when a new release came out or an appearance here and there but his music left me cold more and more...it was ironically only his teaming up with 3rd Eye Girl inrecent years, that I felt he was getting his groove back and with the Piano Tour this year I felt maybe he was ready for another renassiance.

I started rediscovering his music and my love of it in the weeks prior to his death as I was helping a young twenty-something friend of mine who was interested in knowing more about him. Iwas litereally up til 5 am the night he died making her a 6 CD set and finalizing hte liner notes. I woke up to the news he died.

Over the past few months since I have completely rediscovered my love and passion for him. Everything about him. I am completely saddened and gutted. I saw him over 20 times live and last was around 2010. I was SO ready to go this new Tour and take my parents, something I had alway wanted to do, and as this was clearly a show with seating so I felt it was the right time.

he was a HUGE part of my life and my family. My Mom got the two paintings i made of him from 1086 & 1990 framed and one is hanging in their home.

I am glad i have something to ge me through (my love of Japan and my Japanese groups) but i have felt a tremendous loss.