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Originally Posted by Jel
I like(d) Prince, like most of his tracks, etc. What I can't understand is my facebook feed full of people saying they are 'very sad', 'shocked', and so on.
Really? I don't want to come across as an insensitive dick, but people who have never met him, and only listen to his music, are 'very sad'? It's obviously a choker for his friends and family, so in that respect yes, it is very sad (never nice to see or know about people in emotional pain)... but... but... I just can't help feeling people love a good celebrity death so they can spout how very sad they are, and probably DO feel very sad, just for reasons to so with being part of a collective rather than any actual personal sadness.
Genuine question, and hope it doesn't cause offence to anyone - I've always been curious at this sadness though, and never understood it at all. I'd like to, so if anyone feels like typing it out, I'd be grateful  |
Nostalgia is painful.
I'm deeply sad about his passing.
It takes me back to feeling and seeing mortality in action.
His passing takes me back to his very special music and the (what Milan Kundera would call) 'special moments' in my life his music was apart of.
Memories of people, places and dear friends all came rushing back to me when I heard the news. Our growing up together, partying together, laughing, loving, fucking and learning together, his music often being a backdrop, a soundscape to it all.
Since I did not know him its more about my experiences with his music and the affect it has had over me in the past decades.
It's a sad day for the funk.
Long live the funk.
R.I.P. Prince