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Old 22-04-2016, 05:38 AM   #1
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Just watched the news, sadly singer/songwriter Prince has doed at the age of 57.

Brilliant at his craft very sad, he will be missed.

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Old 22-04-2016, 05:58 AM   #2
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I was hot and cold with his songs but man could he play a guitar. He was also a true virtuoso, not many musos can claim that...R.I.P Prince
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Old 22-04-2016, 07:08 AM   #3
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Sad day for music, he is still the best live artist I have ever seen.
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Old 22-04-2016, 07:18 AM   #4
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He was close to as good as it gets. Have a look at his shredding here from 3.30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y
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I was hot and cold with his songs but man could he play a guitar. He was also a true virtuoso, not many musos can claim that...R.I.P Prince
I'm a bit the same. No doubt he was an great artist, but I found his music to be a bit all over the place. In saying that, he certainly pumped out a large number of albums.
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I'm a bit the same. No doubt he was an great artist, but I found his music to be a bit all over the place. In saying that, he certainly pumped out a large number of albums.
Was listening to a snippet on the radio this morning where they were talking to a long time friend producer/engineer (can't recall his name) and he was saying that Prince would record a song, and his mate would say "this will be a hit" and Prince would turn around and say that style of song is exactly what was expected of him and that he couldn't release a song which was expected. He needed to release the unexpected. My interpretation was that, as a result of this need, he 'reinvented' himself a number of times over his very successful career.

Personally, I didn't like a lot of his music, but I can appreciate the music genius that he was. The same friend above said that Prince could play any musical instrument very well and it was rare that they needed to go back to rerecord any songs because he got them right the first time.

He will be sadly missed, but his legacy will live on. RIP.
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Such a loss.

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Wish the grim reaper accepted trade-ins. Should trade Bieber and that stupid talentless Zany Malik or whatever the flag he is called , in place of Glenn Frey and Prince
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ah! that explains all the prince songs on foxtel......not a fan of all his songs but he was good I'll give him that.

one by one someone is building a hell of a band up there or down below.....he will be missed.
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He was close to as good as it gets. Have a look at his shredding here from 3.30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y
He just took total control of that, Awesome vid.
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Drugs strike again.

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When will people learn.
Where'd you get that? Last I heard it was flu.
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Where'd you get that? Last I heard it was flu.
Oh yes, flu, that's the one, because healthy adult males in the prime of their lives die of the flu all the time, especially multi millionaires with private jets and millions in the bank.

May be he could not get to the Chemist on time to get his cold and flu tablets, no wonder he died
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A very talented musician. Two of the biggest gone already this year. Lucky the music never dies.
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Oh yes, flu, that's the one, because healthy adult males in the prime of their lives die of the flu all the time, especially multi millionaires with private jets and millions in the bank.

May be he could not get to the Chemist on time to get his cold and flu tablets, no wonder he died
Because no strains of the flu have ever effected healthy adults.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/years-f...ry?id=21490459
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Oh yes, flu, that's the one, because healthy adult males in the prime of their lives die of the flu all the time, especially multi millionaires with private jets and millions in the bank.

May be he could not get to the Chemist on time to get his cold and flu tablets, no wonder he died
Can you please point me to where the information you claim is sited?

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not 100% sure as to the validity of the source, but

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...b028a2338437db
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TMZ, the ever so reliable source of things newsworthy are saying he OD'ed six days ago:

http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/21/prince...-overdose-dead
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I liked Prince better than Jackson.Purple Ber^et was good.
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May be he could not get to the Chemist on time to get his cold and flu tablets, no wonder he died
Dont really matter what it was its still a big loss.
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Dont really matter what it was its still a big loss.
Exactly, nobody here know about his personal life and why he died... it doesn't really matter at all.
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Yet Kanye still lives
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Heard my first Prince joke an hour ago - "In other tragic music news today Kanye West was found alive in his apartment".
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Never liked his music, then I had to learn 30 odd prince songs on guitar in a week for a Prince cover band I had to fill in for 15 years ago for a few shows and I've been a fan ever since.

A huge loss to music. The words "Musical Genius" get thrown around often but IMO Prince is one of the few that deserve the title.

Don't forget there is a multitude of hits he penned that he did not actually perform or record himself.
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Never liked his music, then I had to learn 30 odd prince songs on guitar in a week for a Prince cover band I had to fill in for 15 years ago for a few shows and I've been a fan ever since.

A huge loss to music. The words "Musical Genius" get thrown around often but IMO Prince is one of the few that deserve the title.

Don't forget there is a multitude of hits he penned that he did not actually perform or record himself.
Reports say there over 6000 songs he wrote that were not recorded or never released as well.
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Reports say there over 6000 songs he wrote that were not recorded or never released as well.
Yes I've read Paisley studio is packed with recordings, I guess it is likely "he" release more music.

I wonder how that may play out...
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A very talented musician. Two of the biggest gone already this year. Lucky the music never dies.
The amount of Music he wrote for others as well.
for example he wrote shania twains nothing compares to you

apparently there is a heap of unreleased stuff
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You might mean Sinead O'Connor.

Shania is the country chick...
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You might mean Sinead O'Connor.

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