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CNN is reporting a death at pop star Prince's mansion/recording studio in Minnesota and TMZ (of course) is reporting that the death is the paisley artist himself. Earlier this week he forced a plane to make an emergency landing because he was "sick" with the flu.
I haven't listened to anything of his in decades but he was a mainstay in my teens in the early 80's. Another icon of my childhood gone. Guess turning 50 myself soon means a lot more of this happening.
The BBC just confirmed it and they are about the only news source I trust anymore so...RIP Prince Rogers Nelson.
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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I can't say I was ever a huge Prince fan, but for someone my age, it's pretty hard to deny that he was a major part of the zeitgeist.
RIP.
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"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Prince had his first hit, "I Want to Be Your Lover" in late 1979, just a few months after I started keeping track of the Top 40. He was a major presence on the charts and in the pop mainstream throughout the '80s.
Though I can't say I was a fan, I appreciated the inventiveness, energy, and freshness he brought to music. My favorite song of his is still "1999," with its catchy hook and clever lyrics.
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I'm not ashamed to say I own "Purple Rain" on vinyl... What??? It was back when you could order so many albums for a penny and sign up for the Columbia House record club...  RIP, Purple One.
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After TMZ got the death of Michael Jackson first, I trust them when it comes to this stuff. They always have a way of getting their reporters on the scene first when it comes to celebrities.
Even though I am not of the generation, I have come to know the '80s well thanks to the Internet (which Gen X mostly built). I like "Sheila" and "Raspberry Beret".
Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb
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Ahhh Prince took masculinity and shoved it sideways. He also made sex a public good thing.
And these were important for me.
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I have to think that just about everyone who is my age owned a copy of Purple Rain in the '80s. He was a true original, and I've found myself singing several of his songs over the past day. I think I'll always have a soft spot for "Kiss".
Rest in peace, Paisley One.
Still "Lardy" to my friends!
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Ahhh Prince took masculinity and shoved it sideways. He also made sex a public good thing.
And these were important for me. When I first read your post, I thought you wrote, "He also made sex in public a good thing." Prince pushed a lot of boundaries, but he didn't go that far.
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