Through his music, I find myself. Please feel free to discuss...

dirty mind is like my musical jonathan livingston seagull.


...or sumfin
[This message was edited Fri Apr 4 9:03:03 PST 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Anji said:

seriously?

Prince plays the soundtrack to my life

rdhull said:

Yes.

He did guide me through my youth in many ways; when his spiritual message was more accessible, it was just what I needed, especially in high school.

Nowadays he's my equal, a peer I've never met.

Lleena said:

Anji said:

Truthfully?..stick a needle in your eye and all that?

teller said:

copy..print..save fo Teller at a later date

Lleena said:

Definitely so in my case.

rdhull said:

Through Prince's music, I find myself contemplating. Sometimes I relate, sometimes I don't. There are rare occasions I don't care but I'm still interested in his way and why...

When I die more than 3/4 of P's songs are to be played at my funeral...it's clearly stated in my will...

pejman said:

pejman said:

ROTFLMAO@Pej!

Anji said:

ok..but you said through his music you find yourself , not finding yourself contemplate. So what do you contemplate? Personal issues etc?

Anji said:

sorry, disagree. i found myself long before i found prince. i enjoy prince's music but it is not my 'life coach'

rdhull said:

The same argument applies. I find myself through contemplating Prince's music, don't you?

XxAxX said:

thats what Im sayin'

same with me, i don't think p's music saved my life or anything like that. it's just neet.

When the times that I thought back
in high school were so rough that
I wasnt sure I could go on (being a
little dramatic) Prince
was always "there" to pull me through!

Anji said:

No. I guess I havent been as touched by the music as I thought. Or else it has been in different ways. Hmm..interesting. This is disturbing and enlightening at the same time. Purple therapy .

luv4thepurple1 said:

I hear this a lot wth many artists..or forms of art etc. I never was the type to put ona record or anything like that to get through something. I always roughed it out so to speak..whatever or if ever it was. Not saying that there's anything wrong with how soemone copes but I wish it was like that for me..to be able to put a record (etc) on and get through something more comfortably. Maybe subconsciously I did..because I know when I listened to Prince music I enjoyed it and it felt good. I just didnt put his m,usic on when or if ever i was going through something difficult. That could have been to my own disasdvantage of coping style. Hmmm.

rdhull said:

Rd, I disagree that you haven't found yourself relating to Prince's music, for example 1999, and then found yourself in the process. You are just an automatic fool, aren't you?

Anji said:

why throw me in the deep end like that cruel man? baby steps..baby steps

yes and no..its much deeper than just an album "effecting" me than it guiding me, forming me etc. And thats too long or personal to exxpress here. I never found myself through 1999. I dont even understand or buy into that notion of "finding " yourself.

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rdhull said:

I semi take this back because during some trying times etc his music as well as others were playing..but they weren't played on purpose because of going though anything..they were just already a part of my life ( music etc). Thats why some songs , albums have a feeling to them with me. Some are sort of fun to hear , some bring back a certain feeling time of my life that I was going through etc. ATWIAD for instance, the whole album reminds me of the feeling of upbeat, sunny etc...1999 feels dark, semi troubled, womb like., forceful, epic



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[This message was edited Fri Apr 4 9:16:48 PST 2003 by rdhull]

Reply to 'Prince is a life coach...'

Prince let's the music be and mean whatever the listener wishes. If you can relate to it or apply it to ones own life, that is up to you. The music he makes is a part of his life and when he place it in the public realm. It becomes a statement of his personal beliefs no matter what. But it's his expression and not necessarily intended to mold or structure some elses life. If you guide your life by someone elses art expression, that is totally up to you. Prince absorbs what he sees and hears also. So everyones interpretation of society can and does flow both ways, via artistic exchange.

Rd, you're in at the deep end because you deserve to be, as do many others here. Some people will immediately relate and respond to this philosophy, some people will take their time but understand that it is true for themselves also, and some people won't relate to it at all. I suspect you fit into the middle category.

Rd, you are a Lady Cab Driver and you know it...

This is my last thread at Prince.org. I wanted to make it special and there are few things more precious to me than finding myself through Prince's music.

Yes, I contemplate. Yes, I find attitudes that I relate to. Yes, I find attitudes that I don't. And, as with anything in life, I also find things that I don't care for. That's my truth. What's yours?

Lleena said:

Llee!

I've never considered anyone I didn't know personally a life coach in the literal sense. But for some people when they look back at certain points in their lives they realize what got them through whatever they were going through, although they don't always realize what's getting them through it as it's happening. It's like an epiphany in retrospect. I completely understand this. As kids, and even young adults sometimes, we're still in the process of finding ourselves, so to speak. Everybody gravitates to what they relate to, even if they can't pinpoint the tangibles of exactly why they relate to it at the time that they're in the process of becoming an independent spirit of their own. And all independent spirits have been heavily influenced by someone, or something, or both.






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