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.

It was the QFT in Belfast I saw SOTTs Destiny.
I thought I was better, but put Purple Rain on in the car and started crying again

Yes poodle, exactly. Where is the glamour and fantasy?

I've just seen that Mayte sold off her wedding ring and wedding dress along with lots of Princes costumes at a big auction in March this year

Oh binders Hugs
darlingnikki yes I have seen that too, although I think she runs/owns an animal sanctuary, maybe it was to fund that...I hope so.
I can't see why she would have a load of his stuff anyway, but agree with others, she comes across as a lovely person, so will remain open minded about that one

Yes, I was hoping it was for the animal sanctuary too. I think some things were withdrawn as well.

yes it looks like she has auctioned off things in the past for her animal sanctuary

I was really just thinking about the timing, just weeks ago

I know.. It's all so heartbreaking isn't it?...

2 weeks ago today I was driving home and put Simon Mayo on and heard. Rang DH and he already knew, he said DD and him knew but didn't want to tell me while I was driving...for about 5 minutes I was hysterical, I couldn't believe it!! I should've pulled over but just wanted to get home.
DD has been in South Africa and I havent physically seen her since he died. I know when I do we'll both be crying again... DH was being great but around the end of last week, he just started to get a bit quiet (every time I put prince on and was in floods) and said 'he understood' in a way that actually said...'Get over it, Christ he was a bloody pop star'
Glad there's mumsnet!!

Nice picture 💜

Not sure if this will work. Prince and Mayte before they got married.

Yes poodle it works. Thank you. Will watch more of it later!!

I've just bought a Prince phone case. My family refuse to let me use it in their presence

Hello again. I've been reading but not posting on this new thread as I've been attempting to get a fucking grip. I've not really managed it, I must say.
Really surprised that I've been so knocked sideways by this, tears again today. Nice to see I'm not the only one.
Prince must have been inexplicably linked to a certain time of my life, without me really realising it. His death I think has churned up lots of stuff in me. Trying to keep quiet about it though.
Enough about how I'm feeling though. He was a once-in-a-universe human being, he's totally irreplaceable and it looks like he needn't have died.
I've so enjoyed the links everyone has been putting up though, and sad as it is, it's lovely to have this amnesty.

Attempting to get a fucking grip

Me too. Just blown sideways by this and don't know why. Why did he have such a massive impact? I just don't know. Prince was for me just a bit of light relief listening during my dark Goth stage. But the Sisters of Mercy could drop dead tomorrow and I wouldn't really be bothered.

I'm overwhelmed by the depth of my feeling for a small person I never knew

It's inexplicable Orange. I keep thinking of other artists who I have or may feel this grief for and I can't think of any at all. Is it because he gave everything to his fans and the music? He managed to make a connection with us all at some point. And I thought it was all just me.

long time lurker here

I just wanted to say how extraordinarily sexy he was. He was always so extremely respectful to women and not just treating them as pieces of meat as they do today in nowadays music. He was extremely explicit yet still respectful iykwim.

he treated women as truely equals. In music and sex and business. You don't see that today. It is more aggressive and less consensual in a way now. More meat market-y

and this is just one aspect of why he was so remarkable

i was going to get tickets to his concert in london in november. Sadly it got cancelled after the paris attacks. I have never seen him live which is why I am now binging on everything I can found of him live on youtube even though I am aware he would have probably hated being on youtubw. sorry prince but I crave to see you performing.

Hi all, still feeling quite emotional,it is strange, I think it is maybe because his music was so real and he really gave everything in his music, music was his life, his everything and he gave that to us, so we feel connected to him, he was an extraordinary person

Was listening to the love symbol album today which I think is a great album, so many great songs, 3 chains o' gold made me cry! I know some people criticised that song at the time saying it was over the top and maybe it is a bit over the top but it is really quite brilliant I think!

Bought Q as recommended on here and there are a lot of really good articles about him in there.

Going to read back through the thread properly now and catch up!

Also the fact that he clearly took his work so seriously, he always wanted to give his fans the best show possible, his fans were so important to him and he realised that he had a responsibility to send a positive message through his music

Hello! Been away for a few days, as like someone said above 'needed to get grip' but it's still affecting me, especially hearing the news today about how he was found by the doctor who didn't even know him, why was he left on his own? I guess he might have known he was going into rehab the next day and just wanted to be alone for the last night but realised he couldn't get through the night without the drugs?? or I have thought maybe he had planned it that way, I mean it is so strange he was in the lift - why? Surely he would have gone to bed to take his drugs, I know no one can answer these questions but it just keeps going around in my head...just sad it ended that way and I actually think if he planned it and went in the lift to reference his lyrics, then that would be a better scenario? I just loved him so much

Hope you don't mind me dropping in, I've been lurking and loving all the pictures, articles and clips on here but haven't posted yet...but it's just all so sad Weirdly I would never have expected to feel so gutted because it was my older sister who was the really big Prince fan - she saw him live several times, had all his music. I loved his music as a teen and owned some cassettes which provided the soundtrack to my life for a while but hadn't really kept up with all the new stuff and now wish I had!!

I think part of the reason it's stung so much for me is that it brings back so many memories of that time in my life that now feels as though it's gone...playing the cassettes over and over, watching Purple Rain with my sister when she got a vhs in her bedroom, going into the shop Prince opened in Camden when we were both students living near London and lusting after all the lovely things...happy times

Can't believe he's gone

A cool link when Prince scooped all the awards in 1985! It has also has Madonna and Vanity presenting awards.