“Last (Wednesday) night I was up, and I was listening to music”. “It’s a pit in my stomach and I’m sad and then (I) try to think of something that made me laugh so I can stop hurting”.
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She said that Prince, like many other performers, had often suffered physical pain from performing.
Just hours before the event, producer Don Mischer telephoned Prince to tell him he’d probably have to perform his set in the middle of a torrential downpour.
And four of his albums – “The Very Best of Prince”, “Purple Rain”, “The Hits / The B-Sides”, and “1999” – jumped to first, second, third and eighth on iTunes’ Top Albums chart by Thursday afternoon.
Fans even got creative at the Prince Street subway station in SoHo, creating a “PRINCE RIP” sign.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Prince began writing his autobiography just a month ago. He just never seemed human to me.
A museum is being built for the Hall of Fame, and Prince will be the main exhibit, the organization said. Funk. R&B. Rock and roll.
He was a prodigy, a provocateur and a complete game-changer in popular music. He wrote “Manic Monday” for the Bangles. “He was as sharp and as talented as they come”.
Atlanta-based singer Chris Cauley attended one of Prince’s concerts at the Fox and expressed his devastation about the singer’s death.
He had been touring and recording right up until his death, releasing four albums in the past 18 months, including two on the Tidal streaming service a year ago.
He produced a spellbinding performance, topped by a brilliant version of the aptly-titled “Purple Rain”.
Purple Rain was Prince’s first movie, and he won an Oscar for the score.
Eifertsen said that Prince’s work as a musician was something that every generation could get into.
MTV music network said in a statement said, “MTV is heartbroken and in utter disbelief at the news that the world has lost Prince Rogers Nelson so suddenly and so before his time”.
Street parties took place both in Minneapolis and Brooklyn, where filmmaker Spike Lee led the celebration, while thousands of fans have flocked to Paisley Park, his home and recording studio outside Minneapolis – where even the weather played its part, thanks to an impromptu rainbow.
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Musician Vishal Dadlani said: Today, nothing exists but #Prince.
