Genesia said:

Nonsense. Bashraka is right: that tweet was a play on the promo for the movie "Jaws" - which had the tagline "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." It's a metaphor - Prince was the shark, coming with more concerts.

Honestly...some people and their tin-foil lined hats.

rogifan said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

COME ON PPL - WE NEED ANSWERS AND IF WE ARE TRUE FANS WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH AND HIS WISHES NOT JUST MINDLESSLY BUYING ALL THE CASHING IN TRASH!

1. Outside of the family it's nobody's business and we don't deserves anything. 2. What makes you think fans would accept whatever "truth" was put out there?

curious minds want to know...afterall it was our hero/legend/icon/Prince that died and I see nothing wrong if fans want more info..

purplerabbithole said:

Bowie is awesome and a damn fine actor. Musically, he is no Prince. But artistically he is up there with him..and, dare I say, more savvy than Prince.

muleFunk said:

There is no comparision between David Bowie and Prince .

explain more savvy..

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

I'll see your 2¢ and raise you 2¢…

Comparing Prince and Bowie is like comparing apples and oranges.

One was a unanimously-acknowledged and self-admitted Pop Star who strove for — and obtained — Pop Star perfection.

While the other was universally-regarded by critics the world over as — and self-identified as — a Performance Artist who by and large went against the grain of your typical Pop aesthetic. Musically and in other ways.

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out which one was which ;د)

In my own experience, I personally know quite a few hardcore Prince fans that dig Bowie's Pop records <Let's Dance, etc.>. But the hardcore Bowie fans that I know, don't care that much for many Prince tunes I've played for them. For whatever that's worth. 2¢ at least I'm sure.

I love Bowie and actually agree with the assessment above.

Bowie as great as he was did not reach Prince status as a rock/pop star.

Strawberrylova123 said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

I find it odd that almost one year on there has been total radio silence about the circumstances of his untimely death. I know that the police were doing an investigation but surely by now there should have been updates? I am a little concerned that this is getting brushed under the carpet while we are distracted by all these books and celebration cashing in events.

Why is his death being celebrated? This is concerning for me, it's almost as if its been celebrated because now money can be made without the risk of being sued. Band members can reunite and everything can now get released and exploited for cash and his wishes seem to have beem ignored, it's as if he wasn't a living breathing human!

Why wasn't the celebration in June as they always were? Why is it so ridiculously expensive? It just takes hardcore fans for the mugs that they often are!

If you compare this with George Michael, a proper investigation was done, they did proper tests before allowing the funeral and we now know it was heart failure. In contrast, it seems that they couldn't cremate Prince quick enough - odd seeing as this was a potential crime scene. Why, 1 year on have we really heard nothing and why is the .org and other places almost complicit in trying to brush this under the carpet by not allowing discussion on it. If this was murder, as I suspect, then those that did the murder have got exactly what they want - distracted fans and no mention of the circumstances of his death.

COME ON PPL - WE NEED ANSWERS AND IF WE ARE TRUE FANS WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH AND HIS WISHES NOT JUST MINDLESSLY BUYING ALL THE CASHING IN TRASH!

[Edited 4/2/17 9:35am]

The search warrent will be unsealed on April, 17

It will either be unsealed or extended. Something tells me it will be extended.

I'm glad we finally agree on something, muley. But we differ on some details…

The comment I bolded above sounds like what somebody who found out about Bowie in his Let's Dance phase would say.

In my opinion, Bowie blew Prince away in many ways.

Anybody who didn't grow up in the "Purple Ghetto" — [relax; it's just a figure of speech] — would know that Bowie pretty much created the New Wave/New Romantic genre in the late 70's/early 80's

There are hundreds — if not thousands — of bands past and present, all around the world that take their queue from and can trace their musical lineage directly to Bowie.

Whether or not Prince knew it himself, some of the synth patches from some of his Dirty Mind and Controversy albums, can be traced to synth patches Bowie created with Brian Eno during his Berlin days.

Yeah. Prince created "The Minneapolis Sound". But a regional sound does not a genre make.

Fair enough, Prince might have moved more units than Bowie. I'm not 100% convinced that he did, myself. But record sales are not an accurate measure of how artistically influential an artist is.

AnnaStesia10 said:

phatphunk, I am glad to see you are posting again. Your responses are informative and entertaining! I love Bowie and I love Prince. Your points are right on. To me, both are legendary and revolutionary artists that no one can top.

Hey! Thanks, AnnaStesia10! It's good to hear from you too after so long

I love fruit salad ;د)

Good post!

Bowie was a deep well from which many drank.

Prince drank there at least in the androdgeny aspect if not even deeper in terms image and crowd manipulation.

But still, Bowie's death was a work of art while Prince's was just a tragedy.

phatphuk said:

muleFunk said:

…Bowie as great as he was did not reach Prince status as a rock/pop star.…

I'm glad we finally agree on something, muley. But we differ on some details…

The comment I bolded above sounds like what somebody who found out about Bowie in his Let's Dance phase would say.

In my opinion, Bowie blew Prince away in many ways.

Anybody who didn't grow up in the "Purple Ghetto" — [relax; it's just a figure of speech] — would know that Bowie pretty much created the New Wave/New Romantic genre in the late 70's/early 80's

There are hundreds — if not thousands — of bands past and present, all around the world that take their queue from and can trace their musical lineage directly to Bowie.

Whether or not Prince knew it himself, some of the synth patches from some of his Dirty Mind and Controversy albums, can be traced to synth patches Bowie created with Brian Eno during his Berlin days.

Yeah. Prince created "The Minneapolis Sound". But a regional sound does not a genre make.

Fair enough, Prince might have moved more units than Bowie. I'm not 100% convinced that he did, myself. But record sales are not an accurate measure of how artistically influential an artist is.

[Edited 4/6/17 4:29am]

left out bossy and vapid

muleFunk said:

I love Bowie and actually agree with the assessment above.

Bowie as great as he was did not reach Prince status as a rock/pop star.

Hey, Thanks mothyham! I just calls 'em like I seez 'em

I couldn't agree more about everything you said. Especially, the "Dude Looks Like A Lady" thing. Loads of acts that came after Bowie, stole that bit…

Though Prince is hands down my favorite black star, for all his genius he could never write a song in the vein of Bowie's supermost sublime, Blackstar. That song still gives me chills! The good kind.

oliviacamron said:

PurpleDiamonds1 said:

Prince was letting fans know he was not feeling safe...the tweet after may have been done by someone else as his twitter acct was being messed with. This has been discussed before. His account also shows other messages like he may have known he was being poisoned (he his lying face down with a box of candy)

I think he was being poisoned starting in January 2016

P is now a cat!

purplethunder3121 said:

phatphuk said:

Mkilpatrick74 said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

I predict the investigative file will not be released on the 17th

and will still be considered an active investigation by the police and DEA.

I was about tk predict exactly that....i do not see the police unsealing anything anytine soon.

“There are 120,000 unsolved murder cases in America”

“Each one is called a cold case”

“Only 1% are ever solved”

I use to love that show. I watched it daily on syndication for a while, then I noticed it was depressing me so I stopped.

mothyham said:

muleFunk said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

I find it odd that almost one year on there has been total radio silence about the circumstances of his untimely death. I know that the police were doing an investigation but surely by now there should have been updates? I am a little concerned that this is getting brushed under the carpet while we are distracted by all these books and celebration cashing in events.

Why is his death being celebrated? This is concerning for me, it's almost as if its been celebrated because now money can be made without the risk of being sued. Band members can reunite and everything can now get released and exploited for cash and his wishes seem to have beem ignored, it's as if he wasn't a living breathing human!

Why wasn't the celebration in June as they always were? Why is it so ridiculously expensive? It just takes hardcore fans for the mugs that they often are!

If you compare this with George Michael, a proper investigation was done, they did proper tests before allowing the funeral and we now know it was heart failure. In contrast, it seems that they couldn't cremate Prince quick enough - odd seeing as this was a potential crime scene. Why, 1 year on have we really heard nothing and why is the .org and other places almost complicit in trying to brush this under the carpet by not allowing discussion on it. If this was murder, as I suspect, then those that did the murder have got exactly what they want - distracted fans and no mention of the circumstances of his death.

COME ON PPL - WE NEED ANSWERS AND IF WE ARE TRUE FANS WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH AND HIS WISHES NOT JUST MINDLESSLY BUYING ALL THE CASHING IN TRASH!

[Edited 4/2/17 9:35am]

I was wondering why there was little word on the investigation a few weeks ago but what else is there to really say..?

We already know that Prince died of a Fentanyl overdose and we also know that opioid abuse is a real problem in the US and Fentanyl (as a synthetic opioid) is the cause of many more drug related deaths in society, but Prince's death was one of many. It makes me sad as a fan, especially watching his live performances on YT, or thinking back to when I saw him in concert. I wish it could be different but it is the way it is.

The illegal trade in opioids and cross-contamination with just a few grammes of Fentanyl is the unfortunate danger and risk you take if you decide to acquire these types of meds illegally. Do we need to find the supplier, I guess so. It's illegal activity that is affecting many people so the trade in these drugs should be stopped, but will it ever be? As long as there are people who want drugs then there will be a market. I'm sure the police want to conclude the investigation at some point but Prince's death isn't going to stop this infortunately.

Prince was given a warning on that flight, he didn't heed it and wasn't able to, being in the grip of opioid addiction. Lenny Kravitz had mentioned previously that he knew something was going on but there are just glimpses of the truth that we're being given. It doesn't even matter that people aren't coming out and saying, look, this is how it was. It's not going to bring Prince back and I can actually understand that his friends and ex-bandmates want to protect the privacy that Prince had during his lifetime.

None of this matters though, Prince's death wasn't murder, there's no conspiracy but Prince's access to drugs and his functioning addiction (because this is what it was) led him down a dangerous road and seemingly contaminated meds was the cause.

It sucks (big time) but that's what we are left with and for once I really just think we should focus on the incredible music and legacy we were left with. Prince's death will not define him or his legacy, thankfully - his music will do that.

[Edited 4/7/17 3:42am]

In today's NY Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/arts/music/princes-death-one-year-later-unsolved-mysteries.html

"Prince's Death: One Year Later, Unsolved Mysteries"

oliviacamron said:

oliviacamron said:

I just finally read the part in Jim Walsh's book The Gold Experience where Jim says Prince told him he had good reason to believe his life was in danger. Jim told Prince that if anything did happened to him, that he would tell everyone. Jim said since Prince died, that's all he could think about was that conversation he had with Prince back then [Edited 4/6/17 22:10pm]

Chaka Khan said he'd got "more paranoid" later on. Who knows when that started? Was Maya Washington right in recalling the story of barcodes on his clothing causing Prince undue concern? Whatever, death by barcodes is a new one to me

Maybe he'd got too wrapped up in Dark Angel. Jessica Alba is somewhat hypnotic

cra1g0s said:

I was wondering why there was little word on the investigation a few weeks ago but what else is there to really say..?

We already know that Prince died of a Fentanyl overdose and we also know that opioid abuse is a real problem in the US and Fentanyl (as a synthetic opioid) is the cause of many more drug related deaths in society, but Prince's death was one of many. It makes me sad as a fan, especially watching his live performances on YT, or thinking back to when I saw him in concert. I wish it could be different but it is the way it is.

The illegal trade in opioids and cross-contamination with just a few grammes of Fentanyl is the unfortunate danger and risk you take if you decide to acquire these types of meds illegally. Do we need to find the supplier, I guess so. It's illegal activity that is affecting many people so the trade in these drugs should be stopped, but will it ever be? As long as there are people who want drugs then there will be a market. I'm sure the police want to conclude the investigation at some point but Prince's death isn't going to stop this infortunately.

Prince was given a warning on that flight, he didn't heed it and wasn't able to, being in the grip of opioid addiction. Lenny Kravitz had mentioned previously that he knew something was going on but there are just glimpses of the truth that we're being given. It doesn't even matter that people aren't coming out and saying, look, this is how it was. It's not going to bring Prince back and I can actually understand that his friends and ex-bandmates want to protect the privacy that Prince had during his lifetime.

None of this matters though, Prince's death wasn't murder, there's no conspiracy but Prince's access to drugs and his functioning addiction (because this is what it was) led him down a dangerous road and seemingly contaminated meds was the cause.

It sucks (big time) but that's what we are left with and for once I really just think we should focus on the incredible music and legacy we were left with. Prince's death will not define him or his legacy, thankfully - his music will do that.

[Edited 4/7/17 3:42am]

Right off the bat he knew they were a cocktail. You can't take illicit pills and not realise there's a risk.

^^

https://qz.com Pills thought to have killed Prince (pills supposedly discontinued in 2013)

From the Times article: "A comparison of two potentially fatal dosages that demonstrates the potency of fentanyl versus heroin."