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Prince Has Died(confirmed)

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  • #92
    MacauDragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭MacauDragon


    magma69 wrote: »
    Sad day. He blended funk, soul, pop, disco and rock music. Brilliant singer. Played most of the instruments himself. A proper talented bastard and a phenomenal guitarist in particular.

    Kinda annoying seeing people on social media who I know couldn't name three of his songs going on about what a legend he is.

    Thankfully that doesn't happen here....


  • #93
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,321 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Well Vimeo has a Sign of the Times remix if thats any good. https://vimeo.com/45217411

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #94
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    I had a ticket for the Croke Park gig that was cancelled. My friend saw him in Malahide and said it was the best concert he was ever at


  • #95
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    magma69 wrote: »
    Sad day. He blended funk, soul, pop, disco and rock music. Brilliant singer. Played most of the instruments himself. A proper talented bastard and a phenomenal guitarist in particular.

    Kinda annoying seeing people on social media who I know couldn't name three of his songs going on about what a legend he is.

    I didn't think anybody under thirty would have a clue about him


  • #96
    CJmasgrande
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭CJmasgrande


    I'm stunned words fail me


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  • #97
    JoeA3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,616 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Other dead people include
    www.rip.ie

    You really are a vile poster. You have form for this of course so it's no shock to see another one of your idiotic posts in a thread like this.


  • #98
    Chris_Bradley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,818 ✭✭✭Chris_Bradley


    An unbelievable guitar player, maybe the best ever.

    R.I.P


    Please view this because he really didn't get the plaudits he genuinely deserved.


  • #99
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,031 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    I'm not going pretend I was his biggest fan but always enjoyed the 5 or 6 songs I listen to regular enough.

    RIP

    EVENFLOW



  • #100
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    I'm not going pretend I was his biggest fan but always enjoyed the 5 or 6 songs I listen to regular enough.

    RIP

    Agreed I certainly wasn't either but admired his genius


  • #101
    eamonnq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,014 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    fatknacker wrote: »
    His plane was grounded the other day because he was ill :(
    Fack it. I'd love to have seen him live.

    The Ultimate Live Experience

    Dublin 95

    P***Y CONTROL absolutely rocked the place.


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  • #102
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Chris_Bradley wrote: »
    An unbelievable guitar player, maybe the best ever.

    R.I.P


    Please view this because he really didn't get the plaudits he genuinely deserved.

    He made the music Hendrix would have if he had the technology


  • #103
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    F*** this

    This is the first time I was ever shocked and saddened at a celebrity's death (Except for Dermot Morgan)

    My favourite song was Sign O The Times

    Lyrical genius - "In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name, by chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same"

    Ni bheith a leithead ann arís

    RIP


  • #104
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Keplar240B wrote: »
    Death is not the worst. There are things more horrible than death....
    Time is an abyss... profound as a thousand nights... Centuries come and go... To be unable to grow old is terrible... Death is not the worst... Can you imagine enduring centuries, experiencing each day the same futilities...

    As in, working full time?


  • #105
    wokingvoter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 828 ✭✭✭wokingvoter


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Other dead people include
    www.rip.ie

    You need to get some help. I mean that.


  • #106
    Halloween Jack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭Halloween Jack


    Having seen prince a number of times I can tell you now that anybody who saw him, from the guys dragged along by girlfriends to the rockers who went on a whim or people who had no feel for or interest in music, every one of them went home elated. He was something to behold on stage and trite as it may sound we won't see anything remotely like him again.

    If I had my way the universe would retire the colour purple now, feels redundant...


  • #107
    French_Girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 715 ✭✭✭French_Girl


    Crying purple tears.

    RIP Prince.


  • #108
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    O(+> RIP

    :(


  • #109
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,956 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Very sad news.

    Another musical genus gone.

    At the risk of sounding old I really doubt that the world will mourn the passing of today's "Pop" stars, too often called "legends" the way Bowie and Prince and even Lemmy will be missed.


  • #110
    Chris_Bradley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,818 ✭✭✭Chris_Bradley


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Other dead people include
    www.rip.ie

    And people actually thanked that post?


  • #111
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Lads, stop feeding obvious trolls and just report them. You're giving them the kick they crave.

    Thanks


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  • #112
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Doesn't he have hours and hours of 'secret' albums locked in vaults? I'm not sure if he started doing that during his prime, but he was eccentric enough to write a proper classic album then just lock it away for the laugh. Sure he gave away classics like Nothing Compares to You and Manic Monday.

    Will be interesting to see what (if anything) is released posthumously.

    RIP Prince. Thanks for the soundtrack on my favourite Batman film, was great.


  • #113
    One More Toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Prince is dead and MTV is showing "My Super Sweet 16 Mega Meltdowns"

    Time to turn the lights out on humanity, Sign O The Times indeed...


  • #114
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Very sad news.

    Another musical genus gone.

    At the risk of sounding old I really doubt that the world will mourn the passing of today's "Pop" stars, too often called "legends" the way Bowie and Prince and even Lemmy will be missed.

    They are not even remembered the next month today never mind a few decades


  • #115
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    I remember when we got mtv as a teenager and I just loved when his videos would come on. My granny hated them always muttering they were filth!
    Really feel a bit of my youth has been taken much too soon. RIP


  • #116
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Very sad news.

    Another musical genus gone.

    At the risk of sounding old I really doubt that the world will mourn the passing of today's "Pop" stars, too often called "legends" the way Bowie and Prince and even Lemmy will be missed.
    I said something similar to my 17 yr old nephew the other day...he agreed, says current music is largely rubbish. He prefers 80s and 90s stuff!


  • #117
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Seen him in malahide a couple of years back... Amazing.

    Sometimes it snows in April...A very sad day.

    RIP.


  • #118
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,426 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    I wasn't the biggest fan of his music, but the man was undeniably a genius. Loved that he used Dave Chappelle as Prince on his single Breakfast Can Wait. Showed the guy had a decent sense of humour as well.


  • #119
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,321 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Something to cheer us mourners up.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #120
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Devastating news.

    I'm organising a group to find Gary Numan and stand guard 24/7.


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  • #121
    buried
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,980 ✭✭✭buried


    Rest in Purple Prince. Was listening to this great Actress track where he sampled 'Purple Rain' literally 30 minutes before I heard the sad news. A Great Artist, influenced so many others too

    Bullet The Blue Shirts



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