Prince was an extraordinary musician

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One of my regrets now is not paying attention to him when he was alive. His death prompted me to seriously check out his catalogue and it's all hot magma. Yea.. that hot.

http://www.theonion.com/article/nation-too-sad-fuck-even-though-its-what-prince-wo-52791

Nation Too Sad To Fuck Even Though It’s What Prince Would Have Wanted

CHANHASSEN, MN—After hearing the shocking news of the iconic pop star’s unexpected death, the U.S. populace reported Thursday that it was simply too sad to fuck, even though they knew it was what Prince would have wanted. “If Prince is looking down on us right now, I know he’d want to see us all get down and fuck, but I’m still just so upset that he’s gone that I don’t think I could get in the mood,” said 37-year-old Arizona resident Carol Parnum, echoing the sentiment of tens of millions of Americans across the country, who acknowledged that, despite recognizing that nothing would have brought more joy to the seven-time Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist than everyone getting freaky and fucking all night long, their emotions were still much too raw to do so. “Look, I understand that Prince wouldn’t want us to be moping around with our heads in our hands, crying about how he’s gone and never coming back—no, he would want us to fuck raw and to fuck nasty. But I...I just can’t. My heart just isn’t in it right now.” After much personal anguish, the teary-eyed nation reportedly took a deep breath and solemnly mustered the resolve to get naked and start fucking, saying it was simply the right thing to do.

I'd post some arbitrary youtubes but the jackass didn't allow his music online.

 

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One of my regrets now is not paying attention to him when he was alive. His death prompted me to seriously check out his catalogue and it's all hot magma. Yea.. that hot.

I'd post some arbitrary youtubes but the jackass didn't allow his music online.

Ah, but the internet is a place where you can find wonders...

This is Prince (and his band) joining Sheila E. for a performance of her song "A Love Bizarre." This was the encore for her show. He basically takes over, and leads the band into (and out of) the weeds in a diss on Morris Day. If you watch carefully, you can see Sheila and the band trying to keep up...and the band is fierce.


[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYcKio-xBk[/YOUTUBE]

 

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That's a nice video, thanks.

I've been reading the Rolling Stone compendium about his life and of his past interviews with the magazine. Based on what I can tell, outside of his musical genius he was a pretty unique guy.

There's a lot of conflicting reports, some say he drove a lot of people away and had some control issues, but reading his direct interviews he seems like he was a reasonably intelligent and decent guy. Although of course some people who are capable of putting on that bright face can compartmentalize and be cruel behind the scenes. Overall, he struck me as a pretty bright guy, probably A type, who had a lot of his own mental hangups like anyone else, and who was overly vested in his self image.

Glad he hit it big anyway.