The Beautiful Ones - Prince tribute thread.

[Destinysdaughter]

Here we are, a week after Prince suddenly passed away. This is a thread to grieve, share your memories, thoughts, stories, videos and songs.

Let's keep on supporting each other in the name of The Beautiful One.

Hi coco great vid, Sheila E and Cat on top form and swoon at Prince on the drums! Crikey hope your arm starts to feel better soon sounds a bit scary!!

Thanks
I was obsessed with Sheila Es Glamourous Life album, might try to get it on cd actually

coco I was watching this exact video about 1 hour ago! Funny how we can be
watching the same stuff at the same time!

Binders That was a beautiful photograph. Certainly different from mine!

Coco I think that's normal to an extent with tattoos but if it's swollen, red or painful please go and see a pharmacist.

Great minds.. Binders

Thanks laza, I might be exaggerating slighly and torturing a bloke I work with to look at it every time I see him in case something awful is anout to happen.
I hope Prince appreciates what Im doing for him.

coco don't worry I'm sure It'll settle down

Gosh, that picture takes me back. I remember seeing it many years ago, now sure where or when.

Makes me very sad when I see it, it's a bugger they couldn't make it work, I think happy people don't die early

Thanks HRH.
I just found out Purple Rain is playing in a cinema in Belfast, Im too late to go and see it
When Sign of The Times came out I saw it at the University cinema, I keep hoping they will show either of the 2 again.

Some lovely vids and clips on here.

Does anyone else feel slightly embarrassed that they are still upset? I've kind of stopped talking about it to people as they obviously think lm having some sort of mid life crisis!

When does anyone think the autopsy results will be released? Although all the bits that are leaked out seem to point to painkiller overdose.

GFT has a showing of purple rain in June & it's sold out I googled the other night & found nowt & now I'm too late too.

Looking at the photos of mayte does anyone else remember the sword dance she did as part of his shows? I can remember being watching her.

I've been listening to prince on my drive to work all week & I've got delirious stuck in my brain I've remembered so many songs I'd not listened to in years & it's taken me back again. I think I might have to get some purple hair dye - I've not had purple hair in years - I'm sure it'll be fine on a 43 yr old mature-ish woman.

Yes Dornish, but only from yesterday, tattooed workmate told me to use it, its definitely helped

orange no I don't feel embarrassed just more surprised at the total impact/effect it has had on me. Yes i knew I would be upset but I wasn't prepared at all. I accept how I feel. I could relate to someone upthread who said they felt bad being more upset at prince than the passing of some family members.

orangeanddemons Yes, in a word. I've definately just shut up about it a bit.
I went to the gym today and put prince on and then changed to something else. I honestly felt so depressed and deflated listening to him, the thought that he's died and also how he died!! I'm nowhere near over it, he's been my constant all through life and I am so bloody gutted. Not like I was when my mum, dad and brother died, but I'm definately a lot more upset than when my in laws died!! God that's awful isn't it? But true!!

Mummymafia I'm wearing purple every day too. Coco I loved that last video, he has so much energy! Sorry to hear your tattoo is giving you grief, hope it's ok soon. I am thinking of getting a tattoo too, probably just the symbol on my wrist maybe, I've got one that I had done about 28 years ago and I don't remember it being too much of a pain, mind you it was 28 years ago!
Orange I'm not embarrassed but like Binders I'm just shocked at how much it's affected me! I didn't cry this much when my best friend died! That sounds awful. I tried to have a conversation about Prince with my Mum and she was like 'yes dear that's very sad' and clearly wanting me to shut up. The thing is I really want other people who don't know anything about him to appreciate how talented he was but again my Mum was like 'oh he played lots of instruments, that's nice dear'. Cant possibly get over to her and others how amazing he was and it's frustrating me.

My 10 year old Dd keeps coming in and saying, "listening to your Prince again" she actually said he was quite good and hasn't complained too much. I'm hoping to brainwash her for the next few years! .

I asked my DC had they heard of Prince and they both said yes and knew a couple of his songs. They did say Michael Jackson was far more talented and popular. I'm working on them...

I'm just wondering whether Prince's fans. were mainly female? It seems that he was the playlist around my sexual awaking 14-19. Maybe it has hit some of us harder because it was such an important time in our lives.

I'm back. I really need an early night as have been awake since 4am but have been reading all these posts & watching all the clips & can't tear myself away. And there was me thinking I was the only mid40s slightly obsessed like a teenager one out there. I am so upset, still crying at least once a day, there are so many memories wrapped up in his music. You have all said it, so much awakening, so much self discovery, so many paths taken that led to happy, sad, incredible times - all with Prince music as a sound track. I was lucky enough to see him in concert about 6 times & each time was like an out of body experience. First time was in Paris when I was 21. I can honestly say he changed my outlook on life. I funked my life up a notch or two after that concert, I can tell you. That sounds so corny but I think I'm amongst friends. I last saw him at Hop Farm festival in 2011 & again, it was incredible. I am so sad I shan't ever take my kids to see him. I had sort of taken it for granted that he would be our first concert together. I am definitely going to get a little symbol tattoo on my left side near my boob/heart/rib so he will be with me always & no one else can see it. Except maybe dh if he's good. I am going to continue wearing purple & I drive a purple car! I always said it was simply a matter of time before I got him into bed. He just hadn't met me yet. RIP great man. So glad to have been lucky enough to breathe the same air as you once or twice.

Dornish Yes I've thought that with the radio too. I tend to have radio 2 on and I've not heard him atall in the last week!

Cornish I am a MJ fan but there's just no contest when it comes to talent is there and I guess MJ was pretty nice looking before all the surgery so it's a shame we didn't get to see how he would have looked if he'd aged naturally. Whereas Prince was just beautiful and sex on legs throughout his whole life! I've just been watching Sign of the Times and he was so so gorgeous in that!

I was watching MJ on YouTube yesterday because my 4 year old was singing "Bad"

Prince was a better musician. Michael was a pop star, but totally asexual. Prince was sex.
Michael Jackson always struck me as being deluded. But be made some catchy tunes!

My son was about the same age, when MJ died as I was when Elvis died, and I remember my mum crying.
Michael was another one through my teenage years but I wasn't as sad, I think I saw it coming. prince no way.

mummymafia no your definately not on your own. I've really tried to pull myself together too... I'd only say this on here, but I've had that real teenage lovesick stomach in knots thing since he died... I'm 51

My DS is 8 yrs and asked if it was just going to be prince only music for the next five years! I said oh no, much longer than that

But he likes prince and knows a lot of his songs. I love it when a CD is playing in the car and he skips it to the tracks he likes. I had promised that I would take him to his next concert if he came back to the UK. I was so sure he would.

Dornish! Not Cornish