Surely?

Jean Paul Sartre, is that you?

No, I'm Anji.

Some time ago, I put Sometimes It Snows In April on repeat when I thought it was over with my girlfriend. After an hour, I had to change records because it was depressing.

Love it isn't love, until it's past

I then played Power Fantastic. It still didn't make me cry.

British stiff upper lip and all that.

Walking up the stairs
Just the afternoon
Sweet wind blew
Not a moment 2 soon
(Hoo) I cry when I realized
That sweet wind was U

Spirits come and spirits go
Some stick around 4 the aftershow
Don't have 2 say I miss U (don't have 2 say I miss U)
Cause I think U already know
If U ever lose someone
Dear 2 U
Never say the words their gone
They'll come back, yeah
They'll come back, yeah yeah
They'll come back
Tears go here
Tears go here
Tears go here
Tears go here

CalhounSq said:

I have yet to suffer the loss of someone close to me but that song is a strong contender for breaking me. Possibly, a little too short to warrant playing under those circumstances.
[This message was edited Wed Mar 12 16:50:30 PST 2003 by Anji]

I have to say that not one of Prince's songs is strong enough to make me cry.

ConsciousContact said:

Yes. The Americans tend to blubber far more easily than the Europeans. Perhaps, that's why Prince prefers playing here.


[This message was edited Wed Mar 12 5:39:40 PST 2003 by Anji]

'Jughead' makes me cry.

Haystack said:

Well 'ard.

ChocolateInvasion said:

In that sense, Right The Wrong does it for me. Newpower Soul and Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic also came close.

Haystack said:

You sound somewhat like Prince in We Can Funk...

I can be your big, strong man

Anji said:

I assume you're not talking about the smallclub Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic here?

Anji said:

Be glad you can't relate...

ChocolateInvasion said:

The album cut.

Anji said:

in that case

Anji said:

He played SISIA live at the first Rotterdam concert in october last year. Everyone was very quiet, beautiful blue lights with snow effects in them, Prince singing in his most beausiful voice. It made me catch my breath and I saw one or two girls actually crying really big tears.

Same for Gotta Broken Heart Again at the thirth London concert. It was so beautiful, so tender, so real...that's why I love this guys music so much...especially live.

Both didn't make me cry, but if I had wanted to cry I could have...

*Gold* on headphones,volume up2 '10'

that song has brought tears,
just the emotion & message.

CalhounSq said:

Which reminds me of another song and it's not Let's Pretend We're Married (although I do relate to it)...

Don't sleep until the sunrise, listen to the falling rain
Don't worry bout tomorrow, don't worry bout your pain
Don't cry unless you're happy, don't smile unless you're blue
Never let that lonely monster take control of you

Anji said:

Free...truly beautifull

ChocolateInvasion said:

That's beautiful. In Paris, he started playing Sometimes It Snows In April and my friend thought he asked the audience to think of 'someone you've lost.' People started cheering when they recognised the piano intro but Prince stopped playing, somewhat annoyed that the moment had been lost by the crowd. He continued but it didn't feel his heart was into it after that.

Anji said:

Same in Londen with "Gotta Broken...". One guy shouted: "I love you Prince". So he stopped and told him/us he doesn't want guys to shout I Love You when doing a ballad, they can shout during the Rock'n Roll songs. He brought it in a funny way, but it was meant seriously.

ChocolateInvasion said:

I also managed to attend the last show in London but I thought that incident happened during the acoustic session. Regardless, it made me laugh. I think the same guy also screamed out again, sometime later, but to no avail. Man, the aftershow was all that funk. Tambourine, Sexy Dancer, Sign O The Times!

Anji said:

It was the best saturday for me so far...almost everything was perfect for me that day, except the four hour wait on the cold, cold airport after the aftershow for my flight back to Holland.

Being on stage...ahhh...the memory of that...standing on the other side of his keyboard while he was playing it...shaking his hand...meeting a friend on stage...ahhh...

ChocolateInvasion said:

Just quit it, dude!

ChocolateInvasion said:

Prince drumming during the soundcheck. Tambourine! Then, Muse 2 The Pharoah being filmed. Sweet!

Anji said:

Yeah, that was cool! It was my first visit to London as well.
Only the long wait in the lobby was a bitch. And the ID-check for getting the lamintate.

I was in fifth row though, 2 seets away from the centre-isle.

ChocolateInvasion said:

I took my childhood sweetheart, a non-Prince fan. Her favourite song was 7 so you can imagine her (and my) delight when he played it during the acoustic session. In fact, she was completely digging the vibe from the soundcheck right through to the aftershow, in spite of her very uncomfortable heels. Luckily, I made sure we turned up just before the soundcheck started. Afterall, I couldn't have her waiting on Prince.

Losing someone is so very painful. It is like part/parts of you are gone. Their memory sustains you, and helps you fill the emptiness inside. Taking a moment of silence and reflecting helps the pain, for their memory should not be lost.





SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL
SOMETIMES I FEEL SO BAD, SO BAD
SOMETIMES I WISH THAT LIFE WAS NEVER ENDING,
BUT ALL GOOD THINGS, THEY SAY, NEVER LAST

ALL GOOD THINGS THEY SAY, NEVER LAST
AND LOVE, IT ISN'T LOVE UNTIL IT'S PAST



The message "Love, it isn't love until it's past", is important. Don't take loved ones for granted, appreciate them while they are still with you on earth.

"Sometimes it Snows in April" is truly beautiful, and yes, it makes you cry. One of many of his songs that do.