A tribute to my man...

[Number23]

I am just astonished by how hard I'm taking this. Probably because it was so unexpected...

Easily my favorite Prince song...

He not only was a genius in every way, but inspired and nurtured so many other artists!! He was a legend with a capital L. A word that people use so often now but fits him perfectly.

[Number23]

1. A Prince protege and massive talent himself, Morris Day and the Time

[betsuni]

8. I love "Chili Sauce"

I'm assuming Prince wrote it. This is so great: "Do you know what is meant by the words ... ugh, I hate to use them, they're so harsh, so ... American. You know what I mean? And yet on the other hand, they're exciting words. The words ... chili sauce."

[betsuni]

10. Fishnet

I wore fishnet stockings in the 80s. What a great time for music and fashion.

[Number23]

28. Oh my Lord, that song was CRAZY!! Thanks for bringing that up. Blast from the past!

And remember this one?

Ceeeeeeeeeee Oh Oh and Elllllllllllll.....

[betsuni]

37. I need more Time:

[Dustlawyer]

14. Thank you, brings back so many memories of my DJ years!

I could always pack the floor with that song! Now Jerome!

[Number23]

29. N-now, Jerome... YESSS

Oh lee oh lee oh!!

[Number23]

2. Another protege, the So fucking dope it hurts Sheila E

[Number23]

3. Jesse Johnson

[The Polack MSgt]

6. Jesse was by far my favorite

Protege of Prince.

Mainly because Jesse Johnson could play like none before him.

JJ was for real for real.

[Number23]

4. Vanity 6

[betsuni]

12. And Apollonia 6

Apollonia looks really good in her underwear.

[babylonsister]

5. The only good thing about his death is

that many people are learning so much more about him. Myself included.

My sympathies to you, and I will be listening more.

[rbrnmw]

7. I have been crying on and off

My best friend was a MJ fan, It was Prince for me. I just can't believe it it's surreal.
Listen to him on his hometown station
http://www.thecurrent.org/listen

[wildeyed]

9. I started compiling a list of other artist's covers,

but of course that was already done...

http://radio.com/2016/04/21/10-covers-that-show-princes-far-reaching-influence/

Two of my favs that run the gamut the super-funky to heart tearing power ballad:

And this happened. Everyone has seen the funny bit about Prince playing basketball, but he could also skate. Questlove went to Prince's roller skating party. I am beyond jealous....

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/06/18/questlove_on_roller_skating_with_prince_an_excerpt_from_his_new_book_mo.html

[Number23]

30. Yess!! Oh good Lord, Nothing Compares to You is one of the greatest songs in the history of music

And Sinead looks so incredibly beautiful.

Did you know that Prince also wrote this song?

[wildeyed]

11. Missed this one.

He wrote this too.

[Chitown Kev]

26. The B-Side to the Private Dancer single, I believe

[Moostache]

13. 1981 - Sexuality --> Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize

His words are prescient, even 35 years ago:

"Sexuality"

Stand up everybody, this is your life
Let me take u to another world, let me take u tonight
U don't need no money, u don't need no clothes
The Second Coming, anything goes
Sexuality is all u'll ever need
Sexuality - let your body be free

C'mon everybody, yeah, this is your life
I'm talking about a revolution we gotta organize
We don't need no segregation, we don't need no race
New age revelation, I think we got a case

I'm OK as long as u are here with me
Sexuality is all we ever need

Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
Everybody...
Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
One time say...
Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
Reproduction of a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize

We live in a world overrun by tourists
Tourists - 89 flowers on their back...inventors of the Accu-jack
They look at life through a pocket camera... What? No flash again?
They're all a bunch of double drags who teach their kids that Love is bad
Half of the staff of their brain is on vacation
Mama, are u listening?
We need a new breed - Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
Don't let your children watch television until they know how to read
Or else all they'll know how to do is cuss, fight and breed
No child is bad from the beginning... they only imitate their atmosphere
If they're in the company of tourists, alcohol and US history
What's to be expected is 3 minus 3... absolutely nothing

Stand Up, Organize
We need a new breed...Leaders, Stand Up, Organize
I wanna be in the new breed, Stand up, Organize
Sexuality is all I'll ever need
Sexuality, I'm gonna let my body be free
Sexuality is all I'll ever need
Sexuality, I'm gonna let my body be free
Sexuality

[lovemydog]

15. Thank you N23.

I think I'm out of shell shock a bit too. 1SBM's thread helped unleash a lot of memories and then I just wanted to keep blabbing about him. Now I'm back to winding down a bit. I know what you're feeling. It's nice knowing so many others here and around the world have similar and very personal attachments to his music. Pop Life is most definitely another of his great amazing hard to believe how good it is and the lyrics are amazing too songs.

[Number23]

31. I couldn't believe there was no video to Pop Life but then I realized that was probably during his

Slave stage where his record label was doing everything they could to control him and he was just not having it.

It's hard to find many videos of his during that time. Pop Life, Alphabet Street, Sign o' the Times all of them, it's tricky to find the videos he made during that time.

I think I've finally come to grips with his death too now. It was a bit rough for a while there though.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. I'm still in shock here

This one hurts. I hope he found the ladder.

[Starry Messenger]

17. One of my students told me in class at 10:30 am

I was so shocked I made him pull out his phone to show me where he'd seen the news, even though he wasn't supposed to be on his phone.

After class I drew a dove on the white board.

[Number23]

32. "I drew a dove on the white board."

You are such a sweetheart.

[Quayblue]

18. Girl you too!!

I was just jamming this in the car!!

I'm about to put a mix on while we barbecue. We lost a tremendous spirit, but gained an angel.

[Number23]

35. "We lost a tremendous spirit, but gained an angel."

Girl....

[Chitown Kev]

19. Possibly my favorite

Pop Life is up there, though.

Another of my favorites from the 1999 album is "Lady Cab Driver"

[Chitown Kev]

20. All The Critics Love U in New York

There some hot mess of a remix of this on youtube but it is far from worthy of being included here.

I do have to admit that I always thought Purple Rain to be kind of "meh" other than a few songs...I still think of Prince's masterpieces as being the Dirty Mind, Controversy, and 1999 run.

[Number23]

33. Yes! Isn't that always the way it is though? The "meh" songs are the ones that the masses consume

in droves while the real classics are the ones that fewer people have actually heard?

I'd take 'Mountains' any day of the week over Purple Rain.

Don't get me wrong, I get why Purple Rain was so incredibly successful but it's no where near his best or most original/electrifying work.

They played his Musicology video 100 times over the weekend. It's a great song but what I love about it is that Prince finally allowed some sistas in his videos!!!

Yeah, I know he had the one sista that could sang in the Diamonds and Pearls stage but it was nice to see some being used as eye candy for a change.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

39. Me too! Mountains is one of my all/time faves

Thanks so much for finding a high quality video!

[kwassa]

21. Gett off.

[betsuni]

22. Prince and Misty Copeland, "The Beautiful Ones"

[Chitown Kev]

23. Another one of my favorites

[NWCorona]

24. It still hasn't sunk in yet. He was more than just an artist for me as well.

I can't even pick a favorite but here's one that I haven't seen posted yet.

Great post!

[Number23]

34. Oh, that song is just CLASSIC Prince

Oh, thank you for that.

[NWCorona]

36. You are welcome!

[SidDithers]

25. Thanks for this thread...

And yeah, it was glitzy and huge, and corporate, but IMO, the NFL halftime show was magic.

Sid

[Chitown Kev]

27. With the possible exception of "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? My favorite B-Side

[wildeyed]

38. D'Angelo's tribute is up now.

Sometimes It Snows In April on Fallon's show. He and Amir (Questlove) Thompson are diehard fans, hugely influenced by Prince's work, so no surprise it turned up there. I'm misted up all over again....

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/dangelo-sometimes-it-snows-in-april-live-the-tonight-show-video.html#.VyH45WBr8FA.facebook

[Number23]

40. Oh, this is I gotta see. I'm tearing up and I haven't even watched it yet

[NWCorona]

41. "cuz I think your special.. "

Here's another. I posted this in another thread but had to put it here as well.