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Prince RIP, Jayhawks, Rogue Wave, King Gizzard, Lera Lynn, Pony+Kittens   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with PRINCE. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing we call Life After Prince. Prince Rogers Nelson was found dead in an elevator at his Paisley Park studio and estate at 57. Here's the New York Times obit by Jon Pareles. TMZ claims Prince was treated for a drug overdose six days prior, when he made an emergency plane landing in Moline, IL. An autopsy will be performed today. The Guardian celebrates his life in pictures and in his own words, but even these only scratch the surface.  A musical polymath (here's the local coverage of his first record deal as a teen) and electric performer who certainly descended from Stevie Wonder, Sly & the Family Stone, James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, and Jimi Hendrix (not to mention The Beatles and the Lemon Pipers), he spanned genres as easily as he bent his own identity and leaves a musical legacy as unique and eccentric as the man himself. (Here's a quick bonus story.)  Artists rushed to pay tribute, including Morris Day, Brian Wilson, Belinda Carlisle, Chaka Khan, Zooey Deschanel, Nile Rodgers, Gene Simmons, The Mountain Goats and many more.  I cannot pretend to have been a rabid fan of his work, but liked quite a bit of it and respected his enormous talent.  Indeed, for Generation X, it would be hard not to; he bestrode the radio landscape during the 1980s and 1990s in a way only rivaled by Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, and Madonna.  Accordingly, I'll focus on this period. For a deep dive into Prince's career through this period, check out this epic tweetstorm from Jeff Blehar.  As Jeff notes, Prince was diligent in keeping his music off the internet, minus a few items like this terrific 1982 concert at the Capitol Theater, which includes the bracing "Controversy."  But the Purple One missed...Portugal. Accordingly, we can revisit a cross-section of tracks like "When You Were Mine," "Let's Pretend We're Married," "Little Red Corvette," "Let's Go Crazy," a joyful, rocking take on "Take Me With U," "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm A Star," "Raspberry Beret," "Kiss," "Sign O' the Times," "If I Was Your Girlfriend," and "I Could Never Take the Place of Ur Man."  That last may be my fave Prince track, if only because he could've written it for The Replacements. I don't think he did, tho in his heyday, Prince handed hits like "Manic Monday" to The Bangles, "Nothing Compares 2 U" to Sinead O'Connor, "I Feel For You" to Chaka Khan, "Stand Back" to Stevie Nicks, "Sugar Walls" to Sheena Easton, and "The Glamorous Life" to Shiela E (who also played in Prince's band and -according to her - was his fiancee for a while). The beautiful ones we always seem to lose.  BONUS: A recent recording of Prince playing "Purple Rain" on solo piano. DOUBLE BONUS: "Partyman," because of course.  TRIPLE BONUS: Prince's guitar gently weeps...and steals the show.

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