RIP Prince

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 12:58 pm

That's all the information we have right now - police are investigating a death at Prince's home and they aren't releasing the name until next of kin is notified.

Edit :Changed title once confirmed.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:00 pm

It is Prince.

RIP.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:02 pm

Wait...what???

Wow.

RIP

The man was odd, but he was a lyrical genius. There's no denying that. And a vastly underrated guitarist to boot.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:04 pm

Wow. Did not see that coming.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:04 pm

What??? Unpossible.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:06 pm

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:08 pm

Hmnmm - from last week:

Music superstar Prince, who has been battling the flu for weeks, was briefly hospitalized in Illinois.

His representative told People magazine his private plane made an emergency landing Friday morning and the Grammy Award-winner was transported to a hospital in Moline where he was treated and released three hours later.

Prince, 57, is now recuperating at home.

He was forced to re-schedule two shows last week due to his illness, but felt well enough to perform in Atlanta Thursday night before relapsing.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:11 pm

Aw, man.

Time to put "Purple Rain" on repeat.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:11 pm

Wow. Shocking news, and so sad. From an earlier Flu? man.

Rest in Peace, Prince.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:14 pm

Rip wrote:It is Prince.

RIP.

Has that been confirmed anywhere? CNN still just saying "a death".

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:15 pm

Aw, man. I was just listening to Sign O the Times the other day. Prince was terrific.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:15 pm

This alert came on my phone from our local news and my jaw dropped.

Tremendous loss for the music industry. As odd as he was, Prince was a musical genius - both as a guitar player and songwriter.

A friend of mine and I were just laughing about the Chapelle Show Prince sketch the other day and passing quotes back and forth from it.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:15 pm

Skinypupy wrote:
Rip wrote:It is Prince.

RIP.
Has that been confirmed anywhere? CNN still just saying "a death".

I can't find anyone confirming it - just a death at his house.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:16 pm

TMZ confirmed it, for whatever that's worth.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:16 pm

Variety and other entertainment media are reporting that it is Prince.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:17 pm

Yahoo is announcing it on every page.

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:18 pm

Ugh.

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Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:18 pm

First Bowie, then Rickman, and now Prince?

Eat a dick, 2016.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:19 pm

YellowKing wrote:Tremendous loss for the music industry. As odd as he was, Prince was a musical genius - both as a guitar player and songwriter.

We will likely be hearing new music from him for decades. But yes, whatever you thought of his persona the dude was an incredibly talented musician.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:19 pm

Searching for news is complicated by the fact that, apparently, a hoax announcement about Prince's death went viral just a couple of days ago. It was denied by Prince's agency, but it's apparently not the same announcement as the one going around now.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:20 pm

FUCK FUCK FUCK

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:21 pm

Even my friends who didn't personally care for his music would gladly admit he was a total musical genius. What a loss, RIP Prince.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:30 pm

Dammit. I love Prince's music. Been to several of his concerts. The big theatrical ones and the small intimate ones. Great great musician. So sad right now.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:30 pm

Damn. I loved some of his stuff, didn't like other stuff, but there is no denying his talent and genius. The guy was a prodigy.

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:31 pm

Wow, just...wow

Prince was always near top of my personal list of most talented musicians.

If you've never seen his performance of While my guitar gently weeps, do yourself a favor and watch it. Dude was beyond words phenomenal.

This is a tough one for me. Big part of my childhood....DAMNIT!!

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hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:32 pm

There's a reason his 2007 Superbowl performance is usually mentioned as one of the top 5 performances in the history of the event.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:35 pm

He was one of the best.......and weirdest. RIP

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:38 pm

YellowKing wrote:TMZ confirmed it, for whatever that's worth.

As much as I hate TMZ, they are very reliable when it comes to this sort of thing. If they don't know, they say so. If they do know, they state it as fact.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:40 pm

Xmann wrote:Wow, just...wow

Prince was always near top of my personal list of most talented musicians.

If you've never seen his performance of While my guitar gently weeps, do yourself a favor and watch it. Dude was beyond words phenomenal.

This is a tough one for me. Big part of my childhood....DAMNIT!!

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I didn't learn (or understand) just what an amazing guitarist he was until I was much older. Past the point of actively listening to his music anyway. Today I have a better understanding of just how phenomenal he was.

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:43 pm

GreenGoo wrote:
Xmann wrote:Wow, just...wow

Prince was always near top of my personal list of most talented musicians.

If you've never seen his performance of While my guitar gently weeps, do yourself a favor and watch it. Dude was beyond words phenomenal.

This is a tough one for me. Big part of my childhood....DAMNIT!!

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I didn't learn (or understand) just what an amazing guitarist he was until I was much older. Past the point of actively listening to his music anyway. Today I have a better understanding of just how phenomenal he was.

Yeah, I've argued about his musical genius ability for years.

Up until today, dude had to have been arguably one of the most gifted musician alive.

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Cortilian · Post by **Cortilian** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:44 pm

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:52 pm

Bummer. I wasn't a fan, but neither did I mind his stuff. Some I enjoyed. But he was unique. That can be difficult to find sometimes.

RIP.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:54 pm

I only know him for a couple of catchy songs but he did seem more talented than most pop stars. I reckon I'll be hearing a lot more of his music in the coming days and weeks.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:02 pm

MN posse represent!

The Current 89.3 FM (Minneapolis/St. Paul public radio) will be playing his songs all day. Listen live at http://www.thecurrent.org

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:10 pm

I've always loved this story from Paul Westerberg about meeting Prince in a bathroom one night at a club.

Prince was rumored to have lurked in the shadows at some of the Replacements shows at First Avenue, but it was in the bathroom of a club in St. Paul where Westerberg finally ran into him.

"Oh, hey," said Westerberg, seeing the dolled-up singer standing next to him at the urinal. "What's up, man?"

Prince turned and responded in cryptic fashion: "Life."

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:11 pm

The more i think of this, the more it hurts.

Might be my toughest celebrity death.

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hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:15 pm

Bowie is still the one that effects me the most. But only because Bowie got to me at a much younger age.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:19 pm

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:21 pm

It's just hard to fathom. Prince just seemed like he would always be. Of course, I felt the same way about Michael Jackson, and see how that turned out. Regardless, I loved a lot of his stuff, was meh on some other stuff, but always watched him when he was on TV. He was so electric. RIP, you sexy muthafucker.

ETA - Thank you for not titling the topic anything along the lines of "When Doves Cry." It seems near every media source is punning off of that.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:26 pm

You could see MJ self destructing. Not so with Prince.