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2016: the year all the artists I grew up with dropped like flies.

aged 57.

No more Purple reign.
RIP

Yes, very sad, and very unexpected. RIP. An all-round musical genius who could play any instrument, particularly the guitar - and he was one f**king hot guitarist. I mean, seriously smoking. I don't think he got enough credit for his guitar skills, but I guess when you're good at all things musical that's what happens.

Exhibit A: check out his solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps":

Very sad news I only recently got his triple-album Emancipation. I heard only about a week or so ago on tour in the US his plane had to make an emergency landing somewhere for flu like symptons or something so thought nothing of it.

Even though I was never right into his music one thing I admired about him was he did things his way and didn't care if people thought he was crazy like his mansion supposedly being entirely purple. He even held parties for his fans at his mansion.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/a ... understand

RIP Prince

I'm a sucker for anything in 12/8 time

Not a huge fan of Prince, when I hear this song, the volume goes up a couple of notches. The layers and muscianship on this track are amazing



As others have said a muscial and artistic genius.

Wow, this is unexpected news.

We're left with an abundance of timeless music.

Here's my favourite Prince song:

am Bays wrote:I'm a sucker for anything in 12/8 time

Not a huge fan of Prince, when I hear this song, the volume goes up a couple of notches. The layers and muscianship on this track are amazing



As others have said a muscial and artistic genius.

Good choice, one Prince's greatest songs IMHO. Not sure its in 12/8 though.

Magellan wrote:[Good choice, one Prince's greatest songs IMHO. Not sure its in 12/8 though.

Well looks not for the first or last time on this forum I'm wrong!!! http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0089828#ProductDetails

When I hear it I get the: 1and a, 2 and a, 3 and a, 4 and a, of 12/8 time

Must be the genious of Prince and his jazz roots swinging it.

Back in my box now

Earlier in the day, the 80s iHeartRadio channel played a solid hour of Prince. Now 2:30 PM and it appears to have just started up again.

Huge Prince tribute special on Rage on Saturday night starting at 11:30pm

http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s4452952.htm