RIP Prince - another great has left us

[bagman67]

Prince has left the building.  Goddammit.


http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-prince-20160421-story.html

 

[Logrinn]

Nah, can't be. I won't belive it. This isn't happening.

:sad1: :sad1: :sad1:

 

[Timmsie95]

I didn't believe it when I heard it 
Too many amazing people are leaving this world, way too soon.

(Picture courtesy of Schecter)

 

[fdesalvo]

No wonder the doves outside my window were crying.  There's a purple cloud in heaven.  RIP

 

[Volitions Advocate]

Don't forget, Prince was part Warmaholic as well.  The guy had good taste in guitars.

 

[Timmsie95]

Don't forget, Prince was part Warmaholic as well.  The guy had good taste in guitars.

Really? I've only ever seen him with his Schecter creations.

 

[stratamania]

The Purple Reign is over, unexpected news. Condolences.

 

[Volitions Advocate]

Really? I've only ever seen him with his Schecter creations.

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=1265.0

Reply #5 from Marko.  Lots of information was on the old forum back before we switched in '06 or '07 ( can't remember exactly when )

Prince played Warmoth.  Might have been only necks..  But he was still one of us.

 

[Timmsie95]

Awesome! I didn't know that.

 

[Wizard of Wailing]

    I saw him outside the Oscars in 1985.  He pulled up in a purple limousine.  The way things are going lately, it feels like the forum needs a separate  R.I.P. category.  Now I must watch some Prince skits from Chapelle's show.

 

[DangerousR6]

So crazy..... :doh:

 

[Verne Bunsen]

My favorite Prince moment. He lights it up at about the 3:30 mark. Rest In Purple.

[youtube]6SFNW5F8K9Y[/youtube]

 

[DangerousR6]

The Omni Hotel in Dallas...

 

[bbl4ck]

My favorite Prince moment. He lights it up at about the 3:30 mark. Rest In Purple.

[youtube]6SFNW5F8K9Y[/youtube]

Never seen that vid before.  What an amazing performance!
Thanks for sharing Verne, and Prince...
RIP & I know you will always  :rock-on:

 

[Glimmer]

@Verne – thanks for posting that. I'd never seen it, though I'm a Harrison fan. A really great solo at the end of a really great song.

I'd not heard anything about/from Prince for a while, didn't know he'd been ill of late, and was truly surprised to learn he'd died. What a pity!

A Dylan line Harrison often repeated: "He who is not busy being born is busy dying."

May he RIP.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

2016 is not a good year... and it's only April...

 

[anorakDan]

I live in Minneapolis and drove across town to check on the cats of my little sister. She and her hubby are at an Anime Con. There are a number of buildings all over Minneapolis lit with purple tonight.

One of Prince's nephews is a buddy of mine, and my thoughts are with him and his family. And myself, since I'm three months to the day younger than Price was. Damn, 57 is too young to die.

While I mourn his loss, I won't confess to being a fan. I saw him play once, on the Dirty Mind tour, before he was booed off the stage at a Rolling Stones show. Long before Purple Rain. He was an amazing performer, singer and guitar player. And keyboard player. And drummer and bass player too. But his music after his first album rarely spoke to me. Just not my thing. If he fell short in any area of music, it was his lyrics.

We need to steel ourselves for more death. Our music heroes are getting older, as are we. Make and enjoy the music while we can. None of us gets out of this alive.