Another celeb gone. What is going on this year?

Such sad news, three great names this year already, RIP Prince

More shocking news. I am gutted.

One of my favourite Prince performances..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y&list=RD6SFNW5F8K9Y#t=5

..although there are other great ones (Superbowl)

Agree really sad news!
I went to see him back in 1990 I think and I'm sure it was Milton Keynes?
He was amazing to watch really talented! Will definitely be missed!
The film was really good watched it a few times and as recently as last year!
I also have the video of the 1995 USA concert! Is a really brilliant concert and Purple rain for 18 odd minutes awesome!!!

R.I.P. Prince

Couldn't stand him or his music or his self indulgence.

Not very old at 57 though.

I saw him around 1990 too! Wembley arena, also recently 2015 at the Leeds arena, superb musician/songwriter it was like watching Little Richard playing like Hendrix at times another proper instrument playing artist gone.

I'm the same Muzzie.I found his patter irritating & very bizarre.

I saw him at Wembley as well. Late eighties for the Lovesexy tour, I'd been there a few times and he was the only one that made the hanger work - round stage in the middle. When walked out on the gantry closest to us he was about 20ft away, Janet Jackson was sitting directly behind us. Unforgettable night and I've still got a dollar bill ftom the thousands that fell from the ceiling.

RIP Prince.

Not a big fan, but a couple of his songs stuck with me, as well as some he wrote for others.

57

They are human too and can't live forever, although a few of them think they can

This article sums it up better Clintos:
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I never usually respond to things such as this, mainly because those who have passed I never knew and they never knew me. It's simply evolution at work. I doubt they or their family would mourn my passing so I won't mourn theirs. To put it bluntly.

As far as Prince goes, he came along, had a few hits and a probably many parties in 1999 and lived the life of riley thereafter.

I saw him twice, the best Live act I've ever seen. A very talented musician and songwriter.

RIP.

Thousands of people will die today .... all of them I am sure did something great




.... Maybe I am being a tad grumpy today...

TBH Phil, I don't really know why you commented on this thread.....

I like the guys music, I like the music he wrote for other artists and I saw him Live and enjoyed every moment of it.

That's why I commented on an 'RIP Prince' thread.

Yeah, you're right, my bad bezzer. Should of kept thoughts to myself

I wasn't a massive fan, certainly not enough to have ever spent my own money on his music, but I always found him fascinating and different to every other artist. He was a true artist too, he almost always played all the instruments on his records and he was highly accomplished at them all - his guitar-playing was right up there with the best at times, and so many different styles!

Very well put.

Slightly off topic but this thing of people offering up their sympathies to someone who has died in the media one way or the other is relatively new to be honest, & in lots of ways this is in keeping with the "tinternet" & almost a fad, but I accept this seems to be accepted by certain age groups forums of many a subject. Like Patch I rarely comment on someone croaking it, but there have been the odd occasion I've forced my view selfishly on the ones that have been legends one way or another in my life so far.

I have no real thoughts on anything if someone wants to comment on such things, the problem starts when someone takes observations/information according to another's views personally. Like it or not, not everyone has the same thoughts/views of you,me or others.

On the contrary. Look at footage outside Gracelands in 1977. No internet then, and it was almost 40 years ago.

Or footage post the JFK shoot. 53 years ago.

We have lost some great talent this year and prince is one of them.
I have great memories of the recently departed songs etc.

But I think the older posters here are just coming to terms what wait's

I am in that group.

But what a journey we are having, 60,s 70,s 80, s.!

Thankyou Mum and Dad for our freedom.

[quote=Roadking]On the contrary. Look at footage outside Gracelands in 1977. No internet then, and it was almost 40 years ago. [/quote

Ah RK, you know exactly what I mean. It's one thing to express a view, but this thing nowadays where the "tinternet" & all that it entails, where it's just too easy to post up anything you want & put out there things, faceweb etc, etc etc......Well as I said, you know where I'm coming from. So don't come the with me..

I think there's a recent change in public behaviour, in the last twenty years ago. I suspect the influence is from the States, but I don't know... fan behaviour has always been driven by group mores, whether it's how to behave at a football match or a music gig, but this sudden expression of public grief is recent.

As recently as WW2 it was considered extreme bad manners to do anything other than maintain a dignified silence on news of a death, even of a close family member. Now we have people who claim to be unable to function without the presence of *CELEB* whom they might never have met or possible even never seen.

Strange.

Seems to me that the correct response to learning of the death of someone with whom you have no close relationship is 'Hmm, that's a shame.'

Nail on the head Barnacle.

Celebrity culture and obsession with celebrity - particularly how anyone it seems regardless of talent are deemed to be a 'celeb' these days just by appearing on tv - is a fascinating and interesting subject (but a whole different subject for another day)

Which is more or less the limited depth of sadness being expressed here along with respect for what the man did during his time. Can't we simply acknowledge his death and show some admiration for his talent without having to quantify or justify it?
IMO people have discussed recent events long before the internet and I really don't understand how this is any different. It is under 'General Chat' after all.

Barney, I don't think anyone is saying otherwise. For me I'm referring to social media sites & the way over the top explanations some post up about putting a huge spin on some trivial matter. Of course people have discussed events/deaths/you name it long before the "tinternet",face to face & that's fine. The norm nowadays seems to be a singular event & keep in touch by some form of electrical gadgetry my point is that(not on here) some post up way over the top stories/views to all & sundry out there, & it's like a hobby for some, a fashionable thing to do, wearing a badge of honour if you know what I mean.

Perhaps I'm a wee bit over the place but there seems to be a spin on almost anything these days, just for the hell of it. Even as a grumpy git I feel social media sites/some forums express way over the top views........Deep breath......

On the bad side of this & off topic, remember Jane Goody & the vast onslaught that was directed towards here via social media when she died. She may not have been everyone's cup tea, but it was way out of order that some posted up about her. OK that's me done now.....

Unfortunately this age of mass communication and connection means your just going to hear more & more out pourings from grumpy bastards making negative comments when they just should say nothing.

Yes the guy was a Divo and there were lots of things I didn't like about him but that's not what the thread was posted for.

Nothing wrong with giving a nod to someone played a part in your life however big or small. I have significant memories of times and events when his music was playing as well as playing certain tracks like this one Turn up the volume really loudly over and over again as I love the base line.

Last week before his death - on a subway train in Frankfurt, this joyous spontaneous happening occurred because of a Prince song You have to watch this