Celebrity Death Thread

[Malto Marko]

Wow, just wow! I am not a Prince fan but have a lot of respect for his artistic individuality and continued critical acclaim.

Living on the edge makes you fall off sooner than most but, I am guessing he experienced a whole lot of more life than we have.

[CGVT]

His Superbowl performance was the best ever, in my opinion.

What!? But the Black Eyed Peas...;)

I think U2 in New Orleans was the best, but his is in my top three.

I was not a fan in the 80s, but grew to like him as the years went by


R.I.P.

[Mainevent]

Man, it's been a tough year. I was just thinking about how so many of the people we are starting to lose are a lot more meaningful to me than I can ever remember. And I realize it's (of course) because I'm older too and more and more of the people I grew up with are the ones we're losing, not the people my parents grew up with.

[froot loops]

Was Prince living on the edge anymore? His life was truly mysterious. He could have been big into drugs and I wouldn't have known.

His output in the 70s and 80s are some of my favorites. I could listen to Purple Rain every day. I kind of checked out on him in the 90s, his death is kind of like Bowie's because subconsciously I feel like those guys are timeless.

There were technically better guitarists, but he played with a style that was effortless.

[-Deborah-]

Not sure if this will start at the right place...if not, go to 3:17

[ame]https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?t=3m17s[/ame]

[-Deborah-]

There were technically better guitarists, but he played with a style that was effortless.

Please check out that video. He seemed pretty technically gifted there.

[froot loops]

I agree, I mean more like when guitar magazines list best guitarists he would rank lower than he should have been. Mainly because he wasn't identified as solely a guitarist and his songs rarely called for gratuitous guitar solos. He did everything, At least that is how I saw it,

[-Deborah-]

Ah, I see.

[jaadam4]

And he could serve up some dope pancakes.

He was definitely a one of a kind artist. Musicians like him don't come around very often.

[CGVT]

Not sure if this will start at the right place...if not, go to 3:17

https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?t=3m17s

Nice

[DanO]

So surprised by this. Wasn't a great fan but liked his Purple rain album/certain songs. Appreciate his musical talent and contributions to the industry.

RIP Prince.

[DanO]

Not sure if this will start at the right place...if not, go to 3:17

https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y?t=3m17s

GREAT video Deb. Wonder why he got away from that in his music.

[CGVT]

Lonnie Mack died today.

[ame]https://youtu.be/ZsDcBg4X7fQ[/ame]

[fontes91]

Was Prince living on the edge anymore? His life was truly mysterious. He could have been big into drugs and I wouldn't have known.

His output in the 70s and 80s are some of my favorites. I could listen to Purple Rain every day. I kind of checked out on him in the 90s, his death is kind of like Bowie's because subconsciously I feel like those guys are timeless.

There were technically better guitarists, but he played with a style that was effortless.

TMZ reports earlier this week he was treated with narcan (saves one from an opiate overdose) and because he couldn't get a solo room at the hospital he left against medical advice, and he was not doing well. It's TMZ, so who knows. But it appears it might be drug related.

I also heard he has thousands of unreleased songs recorded.

[FVD]

[ame]https://youtu.be/8LhcParuzpc[/ame]