WHY ... so so sad

https://www.startribune.com/paisley-park-will-display-prince-s-ashes-on-fifth-anniversary-of-his-death/600037731/

I find this whole "looking at the ashes" thing so bizarre.

They should have his ashes pressed into a giant purple diamond and place that somewhere in Paisley. I don't know why they pull it out and put it away.

And not that I'm trying to relitigate this but I'm still trying to figure out where the instruction to cremate Prince came from.

Was it something Prince wanted (which means he had to give that instruction to someone in the event of his death) or was it decided after he passed?

And if he did give that instruction, surely he must have given some thought (and possibly laid out plans) as to what to do with his legacy - IE his music and his assets.

wow such a stupid thing to do.

WTH, that is morbid! What's the point of doing something like that?

I don't get the appeal.

What I do get is their attempt to create an attraction whether it's to help people heal or because they're looking for marketing angles. Why not create a permanent crypt for the ashes on site, or something if they're dead set on trying to be Graceland.

When I think of and remember Prince, I don't want to think of or remember him as a body incinerated and burned to a crisp, in which truth be told, is exactly what his ashes are. I just don't get the putting his ashes on display. Maybe some would want to see that (although I have no idea why?)....but I don't.

looby said:

No thread on PP being open for free on the day of his passing?

So long as it's away from fat hungry people then all good.

Wait!! What?

Did they finally find his ashes in the Urn, that they threw on a shelf in the basement?

And now they are going to dust it off and put it on display? That they've should've never taken down in the 1st place? The Urn that was special made and Tyka gave the finishing touch to, with the special made jewels?

purplethunder3121 said:

No thread on PP being open for free on the day of his passing?

Really? Wow!

To think 5 years ago the place was being ransacked.

If you guys have already heard me tell this story, I am sorry I am being repetitive. But this story about the only time I got to visit PP was the first story I put on here.

We went in August of 2017 to MN, so the loss was still pretty fresh at that time. I wish someone on staff would have told us that was going to happen so soon into the tour. I was just enjoying the atrium area with my husband, trying to take it in that I was really there, and not be too sad. Our tour leader was very good at her job, so I was hanging on every word.

As I remember it, we got ready to head to the "little kitchen" area, and she stopped us. She told us to "take a moment" as Prince's ashes were almost above our heads, on a ledge overhanging in the atrium. It was a small urn, shaped like Paisley Park itself. I am a hillbilly from the Ozarks, and it made me feel like I was walking on someone's grave or something. A couple of us had to turn our heads down, as it meant so much to us, and I kept reaching in all my pockets trying to find a tissue!

I too am not a fan of them bringing the urn in, removing it. Like you would a special limited-time hamburger at a fast food place. If they intend to keep them there, they need to make a special viewing area inside, at the last of the tour, and give it some reverence...playing his music quietly in the background, etc. And let the fans know it is coming, expected. Do not put a grave outside with the ashes, some nut would try to dig it up and steal it or something.

Rest in Peace, our music man...

purplethunder3121 said:

I was went to Jamaica about 11 years ago and I was able to visit Bob Marley's grave which was on his family plot way up in the mountains.

Bob Marley's coffin is encased in a marble (?) crypt that is 6 feet above ground and inside a purpose built cottage of-sorts.

Or his reamins are laying inside the crypt, no coffin.

I can't remember but it's above ground in this little house.

The weird thing about it all is that when you enter the grounds, they serve you a Red Stripe beer and if you wanted, a joint.

I don't smoke dope but I had a beer.

Anyway, we were led up to the top of the hill where this cottage is and we were allowed to enter

and actually touch the crypt knowing that Bob's remains are maybe

two feet on the other side of the wall.

What bothered me the most about all this (and maybe it's a small thing but it still bothered me)

is that you were allowed to take your beers in there

and walk around the crypt like it's a carnival circus act.

Knowing that Bob was Rastafarian which meant a tee-total lifestyle, I thought it was 100% disrespectful

and so I actually set my beer outside on a wall before entering, paid my respects and collected my beer on the way out.

The other tourists seemed oblivious to all of this and found being in the cottage such a wondrous thing.

I'm kind of seeing the same thing here. Bob's Estate has to capitalize on his legacy and with Prince, we are getting

a lot of the music he had in his vaults even if the music wasn't finished

(I mean how do we really even know if any of this Vault material is actually finished anyway?).

In reality, the Estate has to pay for the running of a museum and salaries and bills, etc. We the fans are benefitting because Prince is not here to direct his legacy.

But in death, we know full well that Prince's ghost is FLIPPING right out becuz his ashes are on display also like a carnival circus act.

It's just weird, sensationalist and disrepectful.

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Why would anybody want to see somebodys ashes? This is 1 of the reasons i'm sad that he is gone and i have to hear about this crap

• Seems like a publicity stunt.

There was no one in his family mature enough to follow through w/a proper funeral and burial/memorial site.

Milty2 said:

jfenster said:

thebanishedone said:

Strive said:

They should have his ashes pressed into a giant purple diamond and place that somewhere in Paisley. I don't know why they pull it out and put it away.

My mom said that one of her uncles/cousins (I forget which) used to take the urn with his wife's ashes to family gatherings.

Can you imagine? "Well, hello, Uncle Joe! I see you brought Aunt Mabel with you. Again. How nice."

laytonian said:

Wendy Williams just promoted the 'event' on her show, complete w/a photo of the urn.

• I don't know why they don't have something more meaningful @ Paisley to mark his death
• A concert/show etc?