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Prince has died

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 Yanis Nayu 21 Apr 2016
According to the news. Blooming heck!
 balmybaldwin 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

bit of a surprise that one...
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Sign o' the times...

T.
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Clauso 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Bugger. RIP
 Baron Weasel 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Everyone seems to have forgotten that he preferred to be called The Artist, not that it'll matter to him now. RIP
 ThunderCat 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Baron Weasel:

> Everyone seems to have forgotten that he preferred to be called The Artist, not that it'll matter to him now. RIP

"The formerly alive artist formerly known as Prince"
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 iknowfear 21 Apr 2016
In reply to ThunderCat:

this joke is in bad taste. A Symbol of the times we live in.
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 ThunderCat 21 Apr 2016
In reply to iknowfear:
> this joke is in bad taste. A Symbol of the times we live in.

..."a sign o' the times", surely?


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Helen Bach 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Just when he was hoping to outlive his mum too!
 jelaby 21 Apr 2016
In reply to iknowfear:

At least 2 people didn't get your joke, but I did, so you can have a like.
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 ThunderCat 21 Apr 2016
In reply to jelaby:

> At least 2 people didn't get your joke, but I did, so you can have a like.

Bugger! I missed it!!!!! <slaps head>



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In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Bloody hell. Sommat in the water this year or what?
 Flinticus 21 Apr 2016
In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

It seems someone is harvesting famous people, doesn't it?
Gone for good 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:
Sad sad news. I was a big fan of his music in the 80s and 90s. Outstanding singer song writer and musician. The album Purple Rain being a particular favourite. Extract from Wiki below.

Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the£best-selling artists of all time.[10]£He won seven£Grammy Awards,[11]£a£Golden Globe,[12]£and anAcademy Award.[13]£He was inducted into theRock and Roll Hall of Fame£in 2004, the first year of his eligibility.[14]£Rolling Stone£has ranked Prince at number 27 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[15]
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 d_b 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Baron Weasel:

IIRC that was all about deliberately destroying his commercial appeal in order to get out of his recording contract. He made himself a laughing stock at the time, but it was a calculated move rather than the ego fueled insanity everyone thought it was.

I was never a fan but I always thought he got too much stick for that.
 nathan79 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Really shocked by this one.

One of the most talented artists of his generation. And criminally underrated as a musician by far too many people.

Lucky enough to see him live and he certainly didn't disappoint.

R.I.P. (Rest In Purple)
 Andy Farnell 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu: Bloody hell. First Ronnie Corbett, now Prince. Someone better look after Peter Dinklage and Warwick Davis as soon there'll be no short people left!

Andy F

Gone for good 21 Apr 2016
In reply to Gone for good:

He also wrote nothing compares 2 u of Sinead O'Connor fame and Manic Monday sung by the Bangles, the all female group who immortalised the famous climb on Trango Tower with their song Eternal Flame!
 JJL 21 Apr 2016
In reply to iknowfear:

> this joke is in bad taste. A Symbol of the times we live in.

Raspberry bereft
 JJL 21 Apr 2016
In reply to iknowfear:

> this joke is in bad taste. A Symbol of the times we live in.

Little red cortege
 JJL 21 Apr 2016
In reply to iknowfear:

> this joke is in bad taste. A Symbol of the times we live in.

Purple reign is over
 JJL 21 Apr 2016
In reply to jelaby:

> At least 2 people didn't get your joke, but I did, so you can have a like.

The capital S was a giveaway
 Big Ger 22 Apr 2016
In reply to iknowfear:

Let's (not) go crazy.
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Clauso 22 Apr 2016
In reply to Big Ger:

Revelling in death, hey?

Sneering at Kanye now, huh?

RACIST!

I hope that you're proud of yourself altogether... On a par with this fella:

youtube.com/watch?v=6zkL91LzCMc&
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 Big Ger 22 Apr 2016
In reply to Clauso:

I'm flattered.
 Toccata 22 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

The only Prince song I know was ruined by Mark n Lard.

youtube.com/watch?v=cGmeIx53O-E&
 BnB 22 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

I suggest anyone reading this thread take 10 minutes in private and listen to this.

youtube.com/watch?v=X34DhBgK3qQ&

That'll be 6'30" for the best vocal performance I've ever heard and the remainder to wipe away the tears. Fans will get this already, new listeners will be struck by lightning. The very embodiment of genius.
 tony 22 Apr 2016
In reply to nathan79:

> Lucky enough to see him live and he certainly didn't disappoint.

I saw him in Birmingham on the Lovesexy tour - a fantastic show. Every time I listen to one of his albums I'm pretty much blown away by how good so many of his songs are.

For reasons I can't quite work out, Raspberry Beret is the sexiest song I've ever heard.
 pec 22 Apr 2016
In reply to Yanis Nayu:

I see Gene Simmons (of Kiss) tweeted that Prince "was a giant"
https://twitter.com/genesimmons/status/723198977324122112
Ordinarily I'd assume that was a joke in poor taste but I'm not sure Gene Simmons actually has a sense of humour.
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