Remembering Prince Rogers Nelson who sadly passed away on the 21st of April 2016.

SetWave said:
My son met Prince on a job years ago and his description of the man really improved my opinion of him. :cool:
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He was an awesome and humble man, I met him at an airport in San Antonio. He was a tiny guy... surrounded by HUGE bodyguards. I, for one (even at my age) enjoyed his music.
 

I will never forget that day. I was waiting in the bus area to come home from Atlantic City. One of my good friends called me and told me Prince had died. I said out lout..Prince?!! I couldn't believe it. He was a brilliant artist. May he rest in musical paradise. This is my favorite "Jam" by him, live in concert, featuring Sheila E doing background vocals. They really jam this and it is mean! I was so glad somebody posted in on YT. I had first seen it on T.V. Also R.I.P. Bonnie Boyer. @Pecos

 
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IMO , not only a musical genius of my era but of any era. His music will live on and sound fresh for a very long time. And one of the greatest guitarists ever. One of my favorite periods of his career is when he got in a fight with his record label so he wrote songs for other artists...No One Compares to You, Manic Monday..etc..Pretty good songs for moonlighting from you day job.

 
I suppose living in the Twin Cities and moving in musician circles for a time, I met Prince on a couple of occasions. I would run into him from time o time in record shops (remember those?). At Paisley Park, he periodically would sell equipment such as synthesizers and the like. I would go to those and did buy some stuff from him. He was really quiet and surprisingly small in stature. He never forgot the community he grew up in and did a lot to help those folks. He really was a charitable person.

One thing I learned from Prince (not directly from him personally...) was to separate a musician's music from his or her skill set. What I mean is that I simply don't care for the style of music he played. However, he was truly gifted and could pretty much pick up anything and play it. Music just came out of him. I learned that I don't have to like his music to recognize his abilities.

Strange as that may seem, people often do discount a musician because one doesn't like his or her style. It is almost an unconscious judgement many of us do. I didn't really become aware that I do that until I encountered Prince's music. Seeing him at Paisley Park, I had to admit the guy really knew his stuff even if I didn't care for that music.

There is a lot of music that I don't care for that a lot of people really like, and a lot of music I listen to that most people have never heard of. Fortunately, there is room for all of us in the sonic spectrum of things.

Tony
 
@SetWave how did you son describe him? I've seen him on talk shows and he seemed kind of on the shy side. And this is my favorite slow song by him Pam. My son plays a nice mix of this when he's deejaying which is so nice. @Pecos

 
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MarciKS said:
I can't believe you met him. He was such a cute little thing.
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I remember the first album cover I saw by him. I'm not a cougar but damn...he was just pretty! I can't find a picture of the album (or it may have been a promo poster) but here's a picture of him when he was younger and just making his mark on the industry. I'm an "eye person". As the song says "Gee whiz..look at his eyes."



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