Prince Has Died

[Gandalf]

It's just shocking really. Really similar to Bowie in that it was so unexpected. With Prince it seems so sudden and by the sounds of it he was a really fit person. It seems so unusual that you can have flu symptoms and then collapse dead like that. I totally get what you are going through, Slim. You don't know the artist, but you feel that kinship through the work and what it has meant through your life.

It has become ghoulish to me now. Every day someone dies. I see people like Paul McCartney and Iggy Pop and they are so old and you don't want them to go anywhere, but you are going to hear one day that time has been called. Isn't that so depressing? I guess it is natural and normal and part of the circle of life, but you spend your young years invincible never thinking about it, but it starts to permeate your every thought as your heroes all start to vanish.

[Master]

It could be exhaustion he just worked and worked. He did everything producer, performer, director, writer - a true artist.

[erics44]

made the odd decent song

more of a pop artist really

[Master]

made the odd decent song

more of a pop artist really

He was so far from a pop artist as you could get.

[Gandalf]

I have just been listening to him talking about chem trails. Prince seems to have been really smart too.

[Master]

I have just been listening to him talking about chem trails. Prince seems to have been really smart too.

He rarely did interviews.

[Gandalf]

Oh dear. There are reports that the recent flu might have been a drug overdose and not the flu. He might have been on heroin or something of that nature. A real shame if true.

Prince dies at 57: Star was 'treated for drug overdose' days before death

[brocktonblockbust]

Amyl nitrates??

[erics44]

That's a Suede song

[El Kabong]

I have just been listening to him talking about chem trails. Prince seems to have been really smart too.

CON......Con trails.....yes they exist, yes airplanes emit them, and the "con" stands for condensation.

[Spicoli]

On a side and seriously not trying to sound a cunt, but we've almost become too good at instant public mourning. To set up multiple media sets...100 idiots in the background taking selfies...in front of his estate and make it an event. I know it's where we're at these days but FFS. You want to honor the man put on a best of, pour a glass and reflect. Have some respect.

[Beanz]

Andy Warhol was a pop artist

Brian Wilson is a pop artist

He is in good company

[erics44]

made the odd decent song

more of a pop artist really

He was so far from a pop artist as you could get.

no he wasn't

what genre would you say his music was?

[Gandalf]

Maybe heroin was the wrong call, rumours of painkiller addiction now. Same thing, but it makes it less shocking to housewives.

[Master]

made the odd decent song

more of a pop artist really

He was so far from a pop artist as you could get.

no he wasn't

what genre would you say his music was?

Rock, Soul, Pop, Jazz ...