Prince... RIP?!

[Barthheart]

Yeah... Dhani Harrison looks like his dear old dad....

[Gusington]

This sucks.

[bayonetbrant]

George RR Martin is writing 2016

[OJsDad]

I heard on the radio that Prince played a lot more than just the guitar.  In fact, on one album, he played all, or almost all, of the instruments. 

[MetalDog]

RIP Prince.  He was always a favorite.  And his talent was undeniable.  Never saw him in concert, wish I had.

[bayonetbrant]

I heard on the radio that Prince played a lot more than just the guitar.  In fact, on one album, he played all, or almost all, of the instruments. 

He played a ton of instruments, and I think it was Sign o' The Times that he played all the instruments on the entire album.  But his guitar playing was unparalleled.

[Gusington]

^His first three albums featured him playing every instrument and he produced each of them, starting in 1978.

[bayonetbrant]

^His first three albums featured him playing every instrument and he produced each of them, starting in 1978.

That was pre-Revolution, right?

[bayonetbrant]

Kevin Smith's comment on FaceBook

The music of ‪#‎Prince‬ was essentially the soundtrack to my life. My first girlfriend introduced me to his work, so any teenage heavy petting session was scored by the lusty purple pipes of his Royal Badness. #1999 and ‪#‎PurpleRain‬ were some of the first albums I ever bought. In 1989, his ‪#‎Batman‬ soundtrack never left my rack system. When we made ‪#‎Clerks‬ in 1993, the Love Symbol album was on a constant loop in my car's cassette player. @samosier & I were almost killed on the Turnpike in the pouring rain when our car momentarily slid under an 18-wheeler as we were funking out to 'My Name Is Prince' (we sang only 'The Morning Papers' for the rest of the way home). My wife & I flew to Minnesota for the Rave Un2 the Y2K concert at ‪#‎PaisleyPark‬ at the turn of the century, solely as fans. Less than a year later, I'd meet and work with the icon himself when I returned to Paisley Park to shoot a documentary with Prince during his Rainbow Children album listening party. I was lucky to have spent any time with him at all but I was far luckier just simply being alive in the Prince era. His music moved me, his lyrics captured my imagination, his journey from musical Minnesotan to worldwide superstar inspired me. I honestly thought I'd die before Prince - so it's sad to think there will be no new music in which he could sing us his point-of-view on the rest of his unique and legendary life. But having spent time at Paisley Park with the prolific Prince, I know there's a vault full of unreleased tracks we've still yet to hear. I told a long story about my week-long experience of working with Prince on the first Evening with Kevin Smith DVD - a story that would go on to help solidify my reputation outside of filmmaking as a raconteur. So as much as I got from Prince as a fan of good music, he also helped to shape ol' Silent Bob's second career as a talker. I cried today because I realized what a role model Prince always was to me: an Artist with a capital A who was not afraid to bite the hand that fed, never hesitated to reinvent himself, and was always entertaining on any stage. Today we lost one of the greatest Artists who ever lived. RIP, purple genius. Nothing compared 2 U...

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Best tribute I've seen yet

[Gusington]

Pre-Revolution, IIRC. The Revolution came together for The Purple Rain album and movie and tour.

[bayonetbrant]

Pre-Revolution, IIRC. The Revolution came together for The Purple Rain album and movie and tour.

They did at least 1 album before Purple Rain, b/c 1999 was right before that one.  Dunno about before 1999, but I'm sure Wikipedia is all it...

[Arctic Blast]

^Wow, I had no idea he could play like that! He owned that guitar!  :o

Yep. He might be the most underrated guitarist ever, because you just don't think of him playing one. But goddamn could he shred. Actually, he could pretty much play anything.

Sigh.