RIP to Prince

there's so many concerts on youtube right now ... it's really amazing

here's a very guitar driven set from 2010 in Arnhem (Holland) with both quality sound and visuals



Setlist

Stratus
(Billy Cobham cover)

Theme From "Which Way Is Up"
(Stargard cover)

We Party Hearty
(L.T.D. cover)

What Have You Done for Me Lately
(Janet Jackson cover)

Partyman

It's Alright
(Graham Central Station cover)

Mountains

Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
(The Jacksons cover)

Everyday People
(Sly & The Family Stone cover)

I Want to Take You Higher
(Sly & The Family Stone cover)

Kamasutra

Uptown

Raspberry Beret

Cream

Cool
(The Time cover)

Let's Work

U Got the Look

Shhh
Controversy
(incl. Housequake & (Eye… more )

Sexy Dancer

Le Freak
(Chic cover)

A Love Bizarre
(Sheila E. cover) (followed by "Controversy" reprise)

Love... Thy Will Be Done
(Martika cover) (by Shelby J.)

Purple Rain

Encore:
Kiss

Let's Go Crazy

Delirious

1999

Encore 2:
Dance (Disco Heat)
(Sylvester cover)

Baby I'm a Star

Encore 3:
Sometimes It Snows in April

Little Red Corvette

The Bird
(The Time cover)

Encore 4:
Jungle Love
(The Time cover)

The Glamorous Life
(Sheila E. cover)

Soul Sacrifice
(Santana cover)

Toxological results have been made public today. They establish that Prince did indeed die of an accidental overdose of painkillers (taken only moments before his death) - in this case Fentanyl. Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times stronger than regular morphine. Fentanyl is only available on prescription.

Prince took painkillers because of hip problems.

It is still unclear whether Prince ever really underwent (botched) hip surgery. There was a period in 2011-2012 where he slowed down on his amount of shows. Hardcore fans who followed his career closely (forum : prince.org) speculate this was a time when he could have possibly undergone the surgery. His being a Jehovah's Witness was supposedly a no no for an operation of that kind (blood transfusion related) though.

Yeah I just read about that at Yahoo.com. It's sad that some black singers have died from prescription pills like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Gerald Levert and Sean Levert. Sean died in prison because he owed child support and I saw a Youtube video of him being strapped to a chair by prison guards. He kept screaming no no no no no and I can't believe somebody videotaped that and put it online so people can see it. That's a terrible way to die. I saw The Ojays documentary on Unsung tv show and Sean's dad Eddie Levert who's the lead singer of The Ojays talked about his sons deaths. He said that he wishes Sean would've asked him for money so he could get a lawyer because Sean didn't have money for a lawyer. I think he said he would've helped Sean pay his child support too. The documentary said that Sean's money had ran out and that's why he wasn't paying child support. I wonder why his money ran out because I'm sure he was doing concerts and he should've gotten retirement money. He only did one solo album and he stopped doing Levert group albums with his brother Gerald and their cousin Marc Gordon. Gerald died in his sleep.

I didn't know the Leverts were related to anyone in the O'Jays. thanks for the info. the O'Jays have got some great tunes

surprised prince didnt take cannabis for his pain..


i dont see why the doctors who prescribe these killing drugs are not investigated by authorties..


ahh i know why,, big pharma owns teh justice system(s)

that's a good suggestion

maybe he didn't try it because he was such a control freak. I'm just guessing here, no way to look into the man's head

also I don't know the Jehovah's Witnesses' stand on (what some might consider) drugs

Lee Towers, did you know William Powell of The Ojays died young? He died in 1976 and I forgot how he died. He was the lightskin black man and he was replaced by Sammy Strain. You should see rapper Big Pun's I'm Not A Player video because The Ojays are in it dancing and singing. Big Pun sampled their Darlin Darlin Baby song and he probably had them in the video so they wouldn't sue him for sampling their music hahahahahahahahaha. I was surprised to see The Ojays in the video because I figured they don't like explicit rappers LOL. My dad met The Ojays once when they came to channel 43 where he worked in Cleveland, Ohio. They're from Canton, Ohio but they moved to Cleveland in the 70's. I met Eddie Levert's sons Gerald and Sean before they died when I used to live in Cleveland.

Lolz I just saw this...

The Today Show brought Prince and Beyonce together for an interview in Prince's home; just a Day in the life type of thing, and they are talking to one another and Beyonce says "blah, blah blah something airheaded as a musician, I..." and Prince cuts her off and asks "What did you say?" So she repeats herself, and prince asks her to follow him to the piano. He sits down and plays a chord progression, and then turns to Beyonce and asks "What did I just play?" and she says "I don't know." Prince asks "Can you tell me anything about what I just played?" and Beyonce says no. And Prince says "You sing pretty, you've got a pretty and powerful voices and you dance well. But until you can tell me SOMETHING, ANYTHING about what I just played, don't call yourself a musician."


That's fucken awesome. It irks me how so many non-musicians make millions performing in the music industry. How pop music basically doesn't actually have anything to do with music. I can accept people who don't know a thing about music making a living as performers in the music industry, just do not fucking call yourself a musician. That I can't deal with.

you and Prince would have been kindred spirits in that respect

Just because Beyoncé doesn't know how to play instruments don't mean she isn't a music artist. Every music artist don't have to know how to play music instruments to be considered a music artist.

It's not about her not being able to play instruments . It's about her not knowing a thing about music. It's like rappers who don't even know what the major scale is. That's cool, but don't fucking call yourself a musician.

I never understand why pop singers and similar don't learn a bit of music. Its all helpful to your craft, so why not learn?

But then Beyonces skill is business I guess, she markets the shit out of herself and farms out the actual music stuff to people who know music.

That being said, Prince was a sharp businessman and he still played a bunch of instruments, and wrote and produced his own shit. She can be a musician but just don't use that word to try throw your name in a category with Prince.

I'd be interested to see that video of prince talking about Beyoncé. I searched YouTube and saw a short clip of him saying he was teaching her a few of the important things in music but she knew a lot and praised her. It was a much nicer way of saying Noel's post really.

Beyoncé is a fucking joke, all she does is sing and she has a small army of a creative team on her albums.

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Originally Posted by #StonerSloth

Beyoncé is a fucking joke, all she does is sing and she has a small army of a creative team on her albums.

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I imagine the same could be said for most pop stars. Music is only a very minor aspect of the pop music industry.

StonerSloth, yeah right Beyoncé is a joke. You know you wanna have sex with her just like me hahahahahahahahahaha.