Prince RIP

was walking to get lunch this afternoon with the guitar solo from "purple rain" (pretty much intact; i've probably heard that song 400 times) wafting through my head.

flappy bird can u post a link to that interview?

― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, April 21, 2016 3:43 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

unfortunately it was live on MSNBC about half an hour ago, will probably surface at some point

ok i'll keep an eye out thx

she is really awesome

xp my personal theory was that he was gonna have everything he made posthumously uploaded onto the web for free in perpetuity. seemed the right kind of iconoclastic move. here's hoping.

Seems unlikely considering how much he disliked his music being available for free on the web.

I saw him in '97 on the Love 4 One Another tour. I seem to recall he had just started going by Prince again.
He hardly played any of his bigger hits, other than snippets.

and it was still one of the best shows I've seen.

I wouldn't be surprised if he has a will mandating all of his unreleased masters to be destroyed

guys around the world in a day is so fucking good

the finger cymbals and strings and that tambourine sound

such a THE REVOLUTION record

Guess Erlewine was right on never seeing Purple Rain reissues.

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

ATWIAD = underrated

remember when hardcore Prince fans would wonder why he coughed at the beginning of the "Raspberry Beret" video

so many great videos tbh - Little Red Corvette, Alphabet St, Raspberry Beret

I wouldn't be surprised if he has a will mandating all of his unreleased masters to be destroyed

no. no. no.
that's a suggestion too far ..

wow none of his videos are online are they

max brod to thread

xpost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJDuGjMwsow&index=7&list=PL8cFaF2b783Ls-_n2LcW25VzdHXJphxSx

sorry if it's already been posted but this show: http://www.panicstream.net/vault/prince-8191988-the-hague-netherlands/

so did his Jehovah's Witnessing result in antigay outbursts? One of the 'major' gay blogs is saying so.

― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, April 21, 2016 3:42 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I remember hearing this, though I cannot confirm it. Anyway, it feels a lot like when the SJWs dragged out some of Bowie's more questionable sexual antics immediately in the wake of his death. Legends die, but perpetual outrage never can.

re: his masters. I'm sure I read this story on ILX. An engineer working with him, Prince came in one night, supposedly heartbroken, recorded this beautiful song top to bottom, engineer was floored, 8 hours later they're listening to the final mix and Prince just says "Erase it."

frankocean

i'm not even gonna say rest in peace because it’s bigger than death. i never met the man (i was too nervous the one time i saw him) and i never saw him play live, regrettably. i only know the legends I’ve heard from folks and what i’ve heard and seen from his deep catalog of propellant, fearless, virtuosic work. my assessment is that he learned early on how little value to assign to someone else’s opinion of you.. an infectious sentiment that seemed soaked into his clothes, his hair, his walk, his guitar and his primal scream. he wrote my favorite song of all time, ‘when you were mine’. it’s a simple song with a simple melody that makes you wish you thought of it first, even though you never would have - a flirtatious brand of genius that feels approachable. he was a straight black man who played his first televised set in bikini bottoms and knee high heeled boots, epic. he made me feel more comfortable with how i identify sexually simply by his display of freedom from and irreverence for obviously archaic ideas like gender conformity etc. he moved me to be more daring and intuitive with my own work by his demonstration - his denial of the prevailing model...his fight for his intellectual property - ‘slave’ written across the forehead, name changed to a symbol... an all out rebellion against exploitation. A vanguard and genius by every metric I know of who affected many in a way that will outrun oblivion for a long while. I’m proud to be a Prince fan(stan) for life.

wow @ frank ocean tribute

flappy bird can u post a link to that interview?

― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, April 21, 2016 3:43 PM (3 minutes ago)

unfortunately it was live on MSNBC about half an hour ago, will probably surface at some point

― flappy bird, Thursday, April 21, 2016 7:47 PM (50 minutes ago)

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/prince-driven-by-his-ideas-singularity-of-vision-670978115897

i have to go now
i don't know when i will return
goodbye

forgot about this LP ending like that...

yeah that's great

oops referring to frank ocean

xpost ha I thought it was going to be an interview with Susan Rogers (is rogers her last name? His awesome engineer during SOTT era)

from the adult baby thread:

I read an amusing anecdote recently from a guy who worked in a sound engineering capacity with Prince around the time of Paisley Park. One day Prince announced that he wanted to hear what a guitar sounded like underwater, so he ordered this guy to take various amplifiers out of the studio and set them up in his swimming pool. The engineer pointed out that the amps and microphones would instantly short out and never work again. Prince was all death-stare, "I wanna hear what they sound like in the pool". So this guy spent the afternoon dutifully lowering various cabs, combos and mics into the pool, and of course as soon as he turned the power on, they all immediately blew up. Prince had already lost interest and was like, get this crap out of my pool. So the experiment concluded with the engineer tossing thousands of dollars' worth of gear into a skip.

A friend who would know claimed Prince has a guy whose job was to organize and shepherd all his unreleased stuff.

It would be a wonder to see a list of people Prince has employed and what their job duties have been

try to imagine
what silence looks like

hearing it's gonna be #PONO exclusive

hearing it's gonna be #PONO exclusive

as the man says in HOUSEQUAKE : "BULLSHIT !"

(hopefully)

just watched the while my guitar gently weeps video, first time i'd ever seen it, laughed aloud for joy at the end. god his wicked little smile! how much he's enjoying himself! how self-assured yet how generous! fuck me.

:(

That skinny motherfucker with the high voice died????

what i love about that clip is that dhani harrison is too awestruck and joyful to be stern (and disapproving?) with the rest of his dad's friends

the onion is perfect as usual

am now hearing "black sweat" for the first time…didn't know he brought his old drum sound back so late in the game… this shit is hot…

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1159896994042718&id=162957660403328

This just showed up in my fb feed as my bus is driving past Gallaudet.

Black Sweat is great! there are plenty of gems in his post 2000 catalog

this sucks

I was stunned & gutted this morning... I felt sad but wasnt crying, just lost i guess idk

and then Purple Rain showed up on my ipod after lunch & i cried big huge heaving sobs right here at my desk. having a hard time keeping it in my head that he's gone...the thought keeps flying away & then I remember :(

I saw him once in 2004 on the great Musicology in-the-round tour. Nosebleed seats, most I've ever paid for a ticket ever, could hardly see a thing, sound was garbage...and it was still the best concert I've ever seen. I ugly-cried all through the Purple Rain finale because I didnt want it to be over

Shout-out to the amazing women in his universe. What a constellation of brilliant artists.

The Current just got to Purple Rain and I'm a wreck again

sad guitar makes me sad

re: his masters. I'm sure I read this story on ILX. An engineer working with him, Prince came in one night, supposedly heartbroken, recorded this beautiful song top to bottom, engineer was floored, 8 hours later they're listening to the final mix and Prince just says "Erase it."

― flappy bird, Thursday, 21 April 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31962180

Stevie Nicks: When we were recording "Stand Back" I decided to be really blatant and call Prince up and tell him that I had been inspired to write the song while listening to "Little Red Corvette." I told him that I figured my song was half his. He came over to the studio where I was recording and listened to it--as I turned extremely white and started to shake. Then he walked over to the piano and put on a really incredible keyboard track. And not only did Prince make it up right on the spot, he played it with only two fingers. Then he left.

Details: Did you see him again?

Stevie Nicks: Yes, when I was on the road a year or so later. I was sick, and Prince brought some cough syrup up to my hotel room. He was sweet--he walked around the room folding things, fluffing pillows, tidying up in general. Then he gave me a spoon of it himself. But when I asked for another spoonful he changed--he said, "I didn't come all the way up here just to get you hooked on another substance!" Then he left.

that's amazing

Details: Do you still see him?

Stevie Nicks: No. I was at the premiere of Purple Rain, and in the scene where he slaps Apollonia I freaked and had to go sit in the bathroom. Afterward I went back to see him, and when he asked why I'd left, I had to tell him, "When you popped Apollonia, it kinda popped my brain." He looked at me like it just killed him. We've never spoken since. (sighs) It's a shame, really...we were alike in so many ways.

Details: Such as?

Stevie Nicks: Well, for one thing, we both liked wearing black chiffon around the house.

Now it's "Damn U" from whatever yr sposed to call it. at the time, I had bought every record he put out the week it came out since 1999, but was with this record that I felt like his droit de seigneur took over and I did not buy his albums no questions asked afterwards. He was defensive re: hiphop's challenge to his authority and so many of the songs were overstuffed —anybody heard "3 Chains of Gold?" Yikes! Prince's "Boho Rap"!!!— but now I'm remembering shit like the "the Continental" and…now MTV has moved on to "The Morning Papers." ahhhhh…

The only record of his I heard that flat out sucked is The Rainbow Children.

gbx otm

bob mould via facebook:

I never spoke with Prince. He always struck me as a private guy. Maybe he was shy around strangers. We never had much actual interaction – a couple nods in passing, but no real words were exchanged.

The Twin Cities of the 1980s was a very special time for all of us local musicians. There were the North Minneapolis R&B artists, the South Minneapolis guitar rock bands, and in the center of it all was First Avenue/7th Street Entry.

I've seen Prince perform sold out shows with The Revolution at First Ave, he and a rhythm section jamming as a guitar/bass/drums three piece in the Entry for 30 people, and was selfishly frustrated when he took over "the main room" for 25 days of filming Purple Rain.

I had the pleasure of spending seven days recording the basic tracks for my first solo album at Paisley Park in December 1988. It was the most professional studio I had ever seen at that point in my life. On the seventh day, I moved from the B room to Studio A, which was Prince's primary room. I remember seeing Sheila E's percussion in one of the isolation booths. The large control room was decorated with several of Prince's scarves. It certainly felt like Prince's home.

Prince was an artist through and through – always pushing himself to new levels, often creating controversy through his actions and words, and ultimately creating a lifetime of wonderful memories for the world with his incredible volumes of published (and unheard) works.

I heard the news while driving from Tomah WI to Minneapolis. I immediately flipped on The Current 89.3 FM to make sure what I was hearing was true. Sure enough, there was a live report from outside Paisley Park confirming the sad news of Prince's passing.

I'm two blocks from First Avenue as I write these words. Friday and Saturday nights, I will walk that same stage we all know from the movie. The exterior walls of First Avenue are covered with stars to honor the musicians who made an impact on music fans in Minnesota.

Make no mistake: Prince was the brightest star in these Northern skies. My deepest condolences to his family, friends, and fellow musicians. Prince's music will give consolation and comfort to the collective grief. Godspeed.