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the very first music records I ever owned were 45s that were thrown out/given away by DJs at bar mitzvah parties. Prince's "Delirious/Horny Toad" was one of three, I was totally hooked by those synth sounds, parents were confused.

xp

Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link

My thoughts just turned to a roommate/friend from almost 10 years ago, amazing guy whose parents met at a Prince concert circa 1985. His folks had a brief fling that lasted only a few weeks, but during which she inadvertently became pregnant with my future roomie and close friend. I should give him a call; he owes his very life to Prince.

Lee626, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:06 (eight years ago) link

i'm thinking about the relationship i have to artists i love, their work. w/ something like can or roxy music i love it but i didn't grow up to it, it wasn't part of the narrative of my youth or whatever and so when holger czukay or bryan ferry die i'll be sad and i'll play the records alot but eventually i'll move on and i'll be able to listen to the records in roughly the same state of mind i was able to prior. w/ the stones i grew up w/ much of it and heard it all my life but they weren't mine really, they were my mom's, and when that moment comes it'll be like an uncle passing, a drunk uncle i guess, and there will be sadness but some wistfulness and i'll move on, i'll sing 'dead flowers' at karaoke and a few years down the line when i hear 'moonlight mile' i won't have nervous breakdown or anything. when bowie passed it felt like an incredibly important teacher from my life had passed, i was almost surprised to discover how central he had been in my life and i took comfort in commiserating w/ the many many ppl across many generations that had been touched by his music as well, i liked hearing the stories of how his work and his being had changed ppl's lives and though i was sad and shocked i felt mainly grateful. madonna is the only musical act (and really it's only musical acts i get this way w/, you live w/ music in a way you don't w/ books or films or whatever, it can serve so many purposes whether you listen deliberately to it or just have it on in the background while you study or clean or live basically, it has an incredible social aspect but also is extremely effective when it's only you and your headphones isolated from the rest of the world, you can dance to it, you can fuck to it, you can fall asleep to it) that has meant something close to me in importance as prince in terms of breadth and depth, when she dies i'll be devastated, as if my best friend had died. prince though, i'm trying to understand it, trying to face his death and it isn't like a friend died or a parent or teacher or obv just someone who made a lot of records i liked. it's like i stepped outside and suddenly the sun wasn't there anymore. his death feels apocalyptic. it makes no sense. i want to curl up in a ball on the floor and scream. it makes no sense.

balls, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link

not easy to post any of the mans classic tracks via youtube.

this is probably a first for a big name death.

mark e, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link

WRECKA STOWE

ha yes

I idly watched a bunch of Under the Cherry Moon recently which makes no sense and is a mess but in a charming way

Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link

xp the first album i bought was 1999. a lot of that was 9 year old me being thrifty - i can get two lps worth of material for just this much more - but i still thank the fates for it nonetheless.

balls, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link

dinnerboat, i was jumping to the conclusion that you are the fellow cartoonist who just posted about a montreal prince show on fb (i am j0n L3wi5)

balls otm again

scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link

Just found out. Feel like I've been hit by a tonne of bricks. RIP.

an opportunity thick enough to taste (snoball), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:11 (eight years ago) link

Shakey thank you for that lovely unpacking of the world prince pointed to

It was pleasure in sex but also in sound

scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:12 (eight years ago) link

balls otm. I'm trying to think of any other musicians from the past like forty years that had the highs and staying power and overall impact of Prince or Bowie and I'm coming up short. In terms of '80s music specifically and impact on me specifically, I think only Cocteau Twins come close. Stay with us, Liz.

Trash Sandwich (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link

firing up itunes for the first time in the longest just to shoot through discog
Come is such a beautiful profane spectacular response to death

ulysses, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link

Ulysses you should come to the signing at desert island tonight I wish to prince hug u

scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link

this is a hard listen rn (recent live piano version of Purple Rain): https://soundcloud.com/anildash/let-me-guide-u#t=0:00

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link

i'm working a show with Mazz Swift tonight, i cannot imagine but we will be hugging there

ulysses, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link

I saw one of those 2007 London shows and for real Prince was the single best thing I have ever seen on a stage. Kind of numb even thinking about this - like has any one musician ever seemed as full of life as Prince?

Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link

Fucking hell. Here's the long version of Purple Rain, from the first gig Wendy and Lisa performed with the band, at First Ave in Minneapolis. The moment when he can't quite bring himself to start the first verse is staggering:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58229402/Prince-%20Purple%20Rain%20Live%201983.mp4

Reg, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link

Half the radio stations I just scanned were playing purple rain, but I don't think I'm ready for that.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:16 (eight years ago) link

Half the radio stations I just scanned were playing purple rain, but I don't think I'm ready for that.

yeah, i dropped that album on a bit ago, but had to hit the button once the title track kicked in.

mark e, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link

BBC been waffling about The Queen, so only just seen.

Mark G, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgla1TxWsAAmAEM.jpg

Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link

I'm wondering if this is another case of someone who has a ridiculous work ethic and a tendency to deny they're that sick dying from the flu or something that should have been a minor infection. Would be completely unsurprising if Prince was like that, he seemed like he was always "on"

take care of yourselves, people

μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link

The last year or three have made it pretty clear how certain figures are so deeply part of the firmament that even if I wasn't a huge fan, when they're gone, everything fucking quakes. You question the world a little. Things are different. I didn't know Bowie's music well and was never a fan, but felt a jolt when he passed. Phife Dawg kinda tore me up because I was huge fan. Prince - I liked a bunch of Prince songs, never got invested, but this still feels brutal somehow, because even if I wasn't listening there was something elemental about Prince continuing to exist and to live on his own terms, artistically and otherwise, not giving one. flying. fuck about what critics or record executives thought. Touring or not, releasing records or not, saying "yo, I want to do a solo piano tour because I can." It just seemed like he'd always be there. As an icon and as an artist there was huge inspiration there, and a cockiness, a confidence. This means: no more news items about new Prince statements or off the record interviews, and every time I encounter a "1800-New-Funk" bumper sticker (which has happened! around Baltimore!) it'll hurt.

(incoherent but where I'm at with this)

Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link

not easy to post any of the mans classic tracks via youtube.

yeah, i was gonna say that prince's assiduousness (?) at removing all his work from streaming sites means it's not easy to do the usual post-some-music thing now.

wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link

I was thinking about putting on whatever Prince stuff was immediately accessible to me but I think I need to hold off for a while. I was listening to Ween already so maybe 'LYLYP' can be my baby steps in that direction.

Trash Sandwich (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link

I saw one of those 2007 London shows and for real Prince was the single best thing I have ever seen on a stage

did you get the book ?
the book was crap, just lots of pics, but there was a live cd that came with it.
insanely good stuff.

mark e, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link

The clip of him doing While My Guitar Gently Weeps with every ageing rock musician in the world is astonishing, half way through he just steps into the middle of the stage and blows everyone else away.

Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link

that clip is really "why prince is amazing for non-prince fans" but I have watched it so many times. Dhani Harrison's face lighting up is so joyful

μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link

haha yes

Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link

where does his guitar go

Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:26 (eight years ago) link

I seriously hope he died while being fellated by a bare minimum of two nurses at once.

Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link

μpright mammal (mh)
Posted: April 21, 2016 at 2:21:03 PM
I'm wondering if this is another case of someone who has a ridiculous work ethic and a tendency to deny they're that sick dying from the flu or something that should have been a minor infection. Would be completely unsurprising if Prince was like that, he seemed like he was always "on"

Yes I posted on one of these threads that when the flu hospitalization thing came out I had a dark thought of 'I hope this does not turn out like Jim Henson'

scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link

i realise this is small fry for you who collect studio offcuts/bootlegs/live rips etc,
but i have just added my prince digital collection into a playlist, hit the random option, and crossfade function.
321 tracks in total.
ooh yes.
unloved/forgotten deep cuts are sounding wonderful right now eg. push.

mark e, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link

How long until articles about Prince and Sinead start showing up on my FB feed

Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link

this is on youtube and it's pretty glorious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4SGn-nnnhw

wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link

Enjoy the fruits of his songwriting labors if nothing else:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STQ6Z4NnukY

Trash Sandwich (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link

Jon, I immediately think of Jim Henson every time something like that happens, too! When I think of Henson dying at 53 it breaks my heart.

μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMfAXjoqDks

wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link

can't process this. saw him in London during the Lovesexy tour, still one of the best concerts I've ever seen nearly 30 years later.
;_;

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link

There have been a lot of recent deaths of people whose music I grew up with enjoyed immensely, or at least respected but none of them were as big a deal to me as Prince.

He's one of those artists that was around for as long as I was paying attention to music; when I heard he died I immediately remember the 1999 and Little Red Corvette videos (probably on Night Tracks while playing with Legos during sleepovers at my friend's house) and listening to my cousin's Purple Rain tape on a walkman while reading Mad Magazine. But he's one of the few that I stayed interested in as an adult.

I never saw him live and really regret not doing so in Seattle a couple years ago, I remember thinking ticket prices were insane and he wasn't that old and would probably be around again at some point. Alas.

joygoat, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link

xxxxp see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1NLrpNhfRc

T.L.O.P.son (Phil D.), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link

Prince and Vanity both dead, both at 57 :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQQdA2aat2k

wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link

Like imagine being in your 50s and still being onstage being consistently, outrageously sexual and never once looking sleazy or creepy? No male musician in history has ever been able to pull that off, plenty of dudes 30 years younger can't, and Prince did it pretty much effortlessly.

Matt DC, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link

Goddamn, I can't even listen to a Martika song yet without feeling overwhelmed! Fuck!

I'm right there with you Jon & mh. Jim Henson is probably still the most impactful celebrity death of my life, and the weird, out of left field, too damn soon deaths of Prince and Bowie are close runners up.

Trash Sandwich (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link

I really want to re-watch that one old awards show clip of Baby I'm a Star that's like 11 min long and just full throttle energy all the way through.

Also very curious to see what happens to his catalog & vault.

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link

xpost Like people who you'd reasonably presumed had transcended such petty human concerns as death.

Trash Sandwich (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link

the jukebox in my high school lunch room had "Erotic City" on it and I can remember female fans trying to convince school admin that it was okay because he was actually saying "funk" on the chorus and not "fuck" lol

Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link

henson was a jhvh witness too, right? or xtian scientist?

scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 April 2016 18:39 (eight years ago) link


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