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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  |
I was thinking about this, been a huge Prince fan ever since I first got to hear his music.
Got his music on tapes yet, I was a kid, got me the only book one could get here about him. I was fascinated, by his abilities, by his drive, by his creativity, by his style, by the art of provocation and how he could market himself, by his flamboyant persona, his womanizer skills, by the way he could keep control over his business. Don't forget today he should still be in top 2 best earning musicians all around.
There's hardly been anybody in popular music that I would consider a more all around genius (Jimi Hendrix comes close perhaps), a creative force, somebody who is able to handle 20 instruments, and not in a mediocre way, somebody who can just have fun and kill it completely, even if he just had fun it many times turned out unforgettable (have some live jams in my discography too).
Have CD's, concerts, old tapes, compilations, pretty much everything I could get my hands on. And very few of it ever disappointed me (he released some very "experimental" stuff also).
It's his music that never got old for me, his music that always fueled me, him as a role model that was able to come out of Minneapolis to absolutely dominate the 80's. Him who was instrumental in endorsing many talented musicians giving them head start in the business, a man behind many bands, many projects, behind the success of many artists. And yes his music is my favorite sex background too.
It took me long years to be able to see him live, I was in Las Vegas in 2007 when he owned 3121 and wanted to join in yet my Euro card was declined to get one of those last two tickets, and they accepted no cash.
Took me three more years to see him live in Vienna 2010, once I found out there's a concert I got me the most expensive tickets I could buy (he still reserved the best spots always for those from his official fanclub only) - and it was a concert that lasted 2 hours 45 minutes. Three parts - one his old stuff, one his newer stuff, and one just for jams and for his band to have fun.
It was a fantastic concert, with 5 encores, you could see how much does he enjoy to play, and how much does he value his audience, how each song, no matter if old or new sounded completely unique, revived, you could see a genius on stage.
And I was also looking forward to his memoirs after it was announced, there's just so much to explore yet, and so much that would come.
So yes, I'm very, very sad, it may sounds odd, but I'm feeling quite miserable since yesterday, in fact it's really comparable with losing somebody close.
I guess if you lose somebody or something you enjoy so much, something that means so much to you, somebody who always made you feel better - his music always made me feel better, his presence always made me feel better, always inspired me, and it would always will.
So yes it feels like one of the favorite parts of my life is gone, not completely since he left quite a legacy, but the source is gone and it's hard to get used to it.
