Maybe the solution to the fence problem is to make The Egg building into a mausoleum so that fans have a place to pay their respects and leave flowers, etc., in a controlled and safe setting. There is talk that is what he wanted to be done with the building, but I'm not sure there is anything definitive on what his final plans were for the building. With that said, I highly doubt he wanted it to become a hotel. The Egg could really become the most important part of Paisley Park if they do it right and it could be a very beautiful thing. It would break my heart if it became a gift shop or a hotel. I hope that the heirs and all that were close to him push for this.

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It was going to be a studio. The blue prints were sold online not long after his passing.

cant be ..this iis where "he" is living ....theres access from portals of pp...kirky j brings him food and essentials...

SquirrelMeat said:

A mausoleum would be a little morbid, but I would like an area in it for the end of the tour to show the legacy. Screens with peer comments, president, maybe a fan booth, plus the hidden charity work. It's an egg building. Would be nice reflect on what he hatched. But this is America, so it'll probably be a gift shop.

A boutique hotel is being proposed for the Egg. I always thought it would be a great location for the musuem (I do not know the layout). Brief tours could go inside the studio, but the outfits and other items could be displayed in the Egg to allow for minimal traffic and interupptions in the studio and more foot traffic to see other Princely items in the Egg.

nelcp777 said:

SquirrelMeat said:

A mausoleum would be a little morbid, but I would like an area in it for the end of the tour to show the legacy. Screens with peer comments, president, maybe a fan booth, plus the hidden charity work. It's an egg building. Would be nice reflect on what he hatched. But this is America, so it'll probably be a gift shop.

A boutique hotel is being proposed for the Egg. I always thought it would be a great location for the musuem (I do not know the layout). Brief tours could go inside the studio, but the outfits and other items could be displayed in the Egg to allow for minimal traffic and interupptions in the studio and more foot traffic to see other Princely items in the Egg.

SquirrelMeat said:

A mausoleum would be a little morbid, but I would like an area in it for the end of the tour to show the legacy. Screens with peer comments, president, maybe a fan booth, plus the hidden charity work. It's an egg building. Would be nice reflect on what he hatched. But this is America, so it'll probably be a gift shop.

As I scroll and scroll, I kept waiting for someone with common sense to speak up. Voila - finally. It's incredibly morbid and unnecessary. You want his tomb to be at Paisley Park? No freaking way. Paisley Park was about life, energy, music, and love, despite him dying there. He died once, but he made music daily. Paisley Park, and its goiter egg, should be about that - his life.

I do like the idea of the other stuff with charity work, peer comments - sort of a collage of stuff like that. But a mausoleum? No fucking way.

Fans want to pay respect? Save your money that you'd spend on Sharpies, poster board, and flowers from the Circle K, and give it to a charity Prince supported, or just handle your own business in a way that honors his legacy. His ashes are somewhere, probably with Tyka or locked in a safe place, and will never be on display like that. Nor should they be. He lived lifetimes above any of us, and made more music than we'll make love or scrambled eggs (so boring) combined

Pay respect to the life, not his remains. He's not here anymore.

I'm just saying that there needs to be a grave site. That grave site needs to be at Paisley and the Egg seems to be a logical place to put it. The Paisley Park building is about life and that life will go one through the museum. The Egg was never a part of Paisley Park and is apart from the building and can be the place where people pay their respects.

donnyenglish said:

I'm just saying that there needs to be a grave site. That grave site needs to be at Paisley and the Egg seems to be a logical place to put it. The Paisley Park building is about life and that life will go one through the museum. The Egg was never a part of Paisley Park and is apart from the building and can be the place where people pay their respects.

No, there doesn't. Paisley needs to live and breathe, and to house his remains there would bring about an atmosphere that I am SURE Prince would not want. I am convinced he would not want to have his remains on display for all to see.

MrNelson7 said:

donnyenglish said:

I'm just saying that there needs to be a grave site. That grave site needs to be at Paisley and the Egg seems to be a logical place to put it. The Paisley Park building is about life and that life will go one through the museum. The Egg was never a part of Paisley Park and is apart from the building and can be the place where people pay their respects.

No, there doesn't. Paisley needs to live and breathe, and to house his remains there would bring about an atmosphere that I am SURE Prince would not want. I am convinced he would not want to have his remains on display for all to see.

I'm not saying that his remains should be there for all to see. But a place where fans can come and pay their respect. Most people have some type of gravesite. I'm not proposing something crazy here. He is one of the most important people in our generation and the museum is great, but there should also be a site where people can pay their respects. That's all that I am saying. For fans since his death made that place the fence and it was beautiful. It would be great if there was a more official place.

donnyenglish said:

MrNelson7 said:

No, there doesn't. Paisley needs to live and breathe, and to house his remains there would bring about an atmosphere that I am SURE Prince would not want. I am convinced he would not want to have his remains on display for all to see.

I'm not saying that his remains should be there for all to see. But a place where fans can come and pay their respect. Most people have some type of gravesite. I'm not proposing something crazy here. He is one of the most important people in our generation and the museum is great, but there should also be a site where people can pay their respects. That's all that I am saying. For fans since his death made that place the fence and it was beautiful. It would be great if there was a more official place.

I understand. I think the word mausoleum is what is throwing me off. A mausoleum is a place that houses the remains of the dead. I think you're looking for a reflective place? A memorial? I just think that Paisley Park, in and of itself, serves that function. The whole facility is a place where people can pay their respects, gather, and reflect on his legacy.

MrNelson7 said:

loveandkindness said:

MrNelson7 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

SquirrelMeat said:

A mausoleum would be a little morbid, but I would like an area in it for the end of the tour to show the legacy. Screens with peer comments, president, maybe a fan booth, plus the hidden charity work. It's an egg building. Would be nice reflect on what he hatched. But this is America, so it'll probably be a gift shop.

As I scroll and scroll, I kept waiting for someone with common sense to speak up. Voila - finally. It's incredibly morbid and unnecessary. You want his tomb to be at Paisley Park? No freaking way. Paisley Park was about life, energy, music, and love, despite him dying there. He died once, but he made music daily. Paisley Park, and its goiter egg, should be about that - his life.

I do like the idea of the other stuff with charity work, peer comments - sort of a collage of stuff like that. But a mausoleum? No fucking way.

Fans want to pay respect? Save your money that you'd spend on Sharpies, poster board, and flowers from the Circle K, and give it to a charity Prince supported, or just handle your own business in a way that honors his legacy. His ashes are somewhere, probably with Tyka or locked in a safe place, and will never be on display like that. Nor should they be. He lived lifetimes above any of us, and made more music than we'll make love or scrambled eggs (so boring) combined

Pay respect to the life, not his remains. He's not here anymore.

Totally agree.

I always see very clear images in my head/imagination whenever I hear or read something. I had to chuckle a bit (in embarrassment) reading your comment, as I pictured a long queue at the Egg. When people finally made it into the building they would enter a churchlike space with wooden benches, the urn on display at a purple altar, two Paisley Park officials in purple uniforms on guard. People were allowed to stare at their idol's ashes for about 5 minutes with "Sometimes It Snows In April" playing in the background, after which they had to make way for the next group of people...

No. Just no!

All hail to people who think differently, but an Egg mausoleum would be all kinds of wrong and utterly tasteless and tacky IMHO. It would be like a commercialized mini-funeral experience. Some things -like urns containing the remains of close relatives- should just stay private as far as I am concerned.

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TrivialPursuit said:

SquirrelMeat said:

A mausoleum would be a little morbid, but I would like an area in it for the end of the tour to show the legacy. Screens with peer comments, president, maybe a fan booth, plus the hidden charity work. It's an egg building. Would be nice reflect on what he hatched. But this is America, so it'll probably be a gift shop.

As I scroll and scroll, I kept waiting for someone with common sense to speak up. Voila - finally. It's incredibly morbid and unnecessary. You want his tomb to be at Paisley Park? No freaking way. Paisley Park was about life, energy, music, and love, despite him dying there. He died once, but he made music daily. Paisley Park, and its goiter egg, should be about that - his life.

I do like the idea of the other stuff with charity work, peer comments - sort of a collage of stuff like that. But a mausoleum? No fucking way.

Fans want to pay respect? Save your money that you'd spend on Sharpies, poster board, and flowers from the Circle K, and give it to a charity Prince supported, or just handle your own business in a way that honors his legacy. His ashes are somewhere, probably with Tyka or locked in a safe place, and will never be on display like that. Nor should they be. He lived lifetimes above any of us, and made more music than we'll make love or scrambled eggs (so boring) combined

Pay respect to the life, not his remains. He's not here anymore.

I like the idea. Maybe his cook could sprinkle some of his ashes on your food as part of the "Taste Experience".

You guys are rough

That's what I always heard too way back in 2000-2001 at the Celebrations from other fans.

That it would be his place of worship and rest.

rapper said:

It was going to be a studio. The blue prints were sold online not long after his passing.

Really? That's news to me!!

I thought his ashes should have been scattered in the air from Minneapolis to Chanhassen. A man from Minnesota said he created a special repository for Prince's cremains that the public has not seen. I don't think the Egg would be appropriate.

rap said:

rapper said:

It was going to be a studio. The blue prints were sold online not long after his passing.

Really? That's news to me!!

That's not what his engineer said recently on a Dr. Funkenberry podcast.

So The Egg is an actual place? Heh, who knew? Always thought it was a clever metaphor for the female organ or something, in the song "Mellow"... (apologies for side tracking this thread!)

Where you wanna eat 2nite baby?
I know this dope spot called One Another
Or maybe we might swing by The Egg
The perfect place 2 play house
I could smother u
I just might be runnin' lines
There's just so much u can find
In the mellow of my mind

donnyenglish said:

MrNelson7 said:

EnDoRpHn said:

oliviacamron said:

MrNelson7 said:

I understand. I think the word mausoleum is what is throwing me off. A mausoleum is a place that houses the remains of the dead. I think you're looking for a reflective place? A memorial? I just think that Paisley Park, in and of itself, serves that function. The whole facility is a place where people can pay their respects, gather, and reflect on his legacy.

You can't see his remains! They would be in an urn inside a very secure cabinet. Paisley was his home. His resting place should be there.

JFC. The last thing that Prince would want is a shrine, and that is exactly what you are describing. Unless you're talking about a very secure cabinet in a room that is not open to the public. Somehow, I doubt that is what you are describing, and that you would rather have the urn on display for all to see.

Why the hell isn't Paisley enough for people? Why this morbid need to see his urn? I don't get it.

donnyenglish said:

Maybe the solution to the fence problem is to make The Egg building into a mausoleum so that fans have a place to pay their respects and leave flowers, etc., in a controlled and safe setting. There is talk that is what he wanted to be done with the building, but I'm not sure there is anything definitive on what his final plans were for the building. With that said, I highly doubt he wanted it to become a hotel. The Egg could really become the most important part of Paisley Park if they do it right and it could be a very beautiful thing. It would break my heart if it became a gift shop or a hotel. I hope that the heirs and all that were close to him push for this.

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I don't like the idea of a hotel but a mausoleum NO!! Use it as a music school or some other kind of educational facility.