Then, it WAS 1999.

Amazing talent silenced much too soon. My sympathies to all affected.

Massive, enduring talent.

I usually played 6-7 nights a week for 8 hours and would quickly tire of the music, but not his! Purple Rain was a masterpiece! Damn!

I'd put it in my top 20... He will be missed.

Who was it ?

Only like 46 years old.

on GEM$NBComcast

The two great chameleons of rock gone within months of each other.

Loved your music, style, heart and seeing you perform in DC.

Such an enormous loss to the world.

I've been a Prince fan all of my life.

So, Let's Get Crazy!

in a minute... I've got something in my eye.

but made it his own.

Is what strikes me right now. He never made it only about himself. It was a collective, with ample space for the strong feminine,

How can we celebrate with such wise force in the future, without him?

Total command of the guitar and his music, of his productions, his art. Greatness lost to us far too soon.

Why him?

It's just...wrong.