When Doves Cry - what a pleasant surprise

Nobody today is even close.

but here I am.

The world will never be the same.

Give it a day or so, and some half-wit will come along DU with "I hate to be the one to say this, but he wasn't very good..."

Seems no good artist can die without the I Need Attention posters, and unfortunately I don;t think Prince's passing will be any different.

now. Very apt, and sadly you are right.

On CNN they are showing people outside his home or studio right now including one burly middle-aged bearded guy who keeps taking off his glasses to wipe his tears.

My favorite year-- the summer of 1980 when I discovered Prince and the Runaways. They were my introduction to rock and roll and my introduction to high school and being a teen. Hard to separate any single one aspect of those easy days from the others-- they all seem to be one "reality," each's existence predicated on the others.

I've been fighting tears at my desk too.

He was a great talent.

The news reports say he was sick with the flu this week. This is just sad.

Flu complications? Was that IT? If so, it's scary.

Heartbreaking for his lovely wife/life partner and his entire family. They must be devastated.

What an epic loss.... and what an epic gift he gave to the world with his genius, eccentricity and creativity.

Long Live Prince.

When Doves cry I shed a tear for a genius

but I had no idea what a absolutely masterful guitar player he was until the Super Bowl halftime show he did.

Reminded me of when I was a kid. I had a couple of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention albums. Apostrophe and Overnight Sensation, so I got tickets to go see him in concert. For about the first 10 minutes, he just stood there playing this masterful guitar solo, and I sat there with my mouth agape

Another very sad, horrible day.

he was so good even frank Zappa liked him!

-90% Jimmy

Back to back Prince. Nice tribute.

playing a lot of prince video....on fox!

somewhere, i hope prince is smiling