Now Prince

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Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor. My all time favourite song written by Prince
Totally agree merlotgran. It is right up there with the best, isn't it? And Sinead's performance in the video was absolutely stunning.

Norfolk but not a native of Norfolk!

Where are you?

Don't know if I'm on the right area for general chat

I'm in Cambridgeshire

Quite near then, really!

I'm not sure what page is for General chat. I always seem to go off the subject of the thread though.

Loved his beautiful emotional lyrics and clever music. Too wee pixie looking for me - ' but you don't have to be beautiful to turn me on '.Poor Wee Prince .

At the risk of being facetious, is there one heck of a party going on on the third cloud on the right? Readings by Margaret Forster, humour from Terry Wogan, Ronnie Corbett and Victoria Wood and music by David Bowie and Prince.
No doubt I have missed someone, but 2016 is proving a busy year for the obituary writers

I am shocked to hear that Prince has died. From BBC (and other) reports it would appear that he was a heavy drug user and his premature death seems to be linked to this. Very sad and only 57.

Raspberry Beret was my absolute favourite.

I did buy some of his music in the 70`s but did not really like his style, Purple Rain being is best known also a a film.
Mick

Very talented. Same age as I am, eek!

So talented and such a loss to the music world,I hope its not drugs we have lost so many talented people through drugs such a shame they can't keep away from them ,I have a few of his CDs and they are all really good.

We saw him live at the O2 about 10 years ago. We weren't huge fans, but love to see live performances by people we know will give memorable ones. And he did - he was a real showman and it was a fabulous experience. For some reason all the tickets were priced the same, something odd like £32.48, and we were all given a free copy of his latest album (which we only played once ). When Doves Cry is my favourite.

Apparently my DS has reportedly said that the celebrity deaths are all very sad, but they've all had a good innings I'll be having a word when I see him.

My favourite was the one recorded by Chaka Kahn. I Feel For You. I'll always associate that with middle son and those screaming sessions babies have between 6.00 and 8.00 in the evenings. I used to dance to that record with him on my shoulder to soothe him to sleep.

Why does it seem we are loosing so many famous people in recent years?
I heard an explanation that seems to make sense:
Its mainly because of the rise in popularity of TV and the changes in music from the late 50s onwards that created 'celebrities' in a way that hadn't happened before - apart from movie stars. These celebs are now knocking on a bit so its inevitable that we'll be loosing more and more of the older ones. Doesn't explain the younger ones though.

DS1 has always been a mega-fan of Prince. In his teens he had all the albums available and when I went on holiday to Spain, unbeknown to me, he went to London for a gig and slept on Victoria Station. His dad was supposed to be keeping an eye on him. Sad to say, I never quite 'got' Prince - more of a Queen fan. I mean the group of course.

It is bad when the people you idolised start to die but when it is people your children loved you start to feel really old and feel something is really wrong. My DS introduced me to his music so we are both devastated. A great talent lost too soon.
But love the party idea Alea.

Didn't he have a drugs overdose 6 days before his death?

variety.com/2016/music/news/prince-drug-overdose-911-call-dead-1201758740/

Or is it just the paparazzi making up tales?!?!

On BBC Breakfast, Lisa Stansfield was given a slot, she just droned on in a very boring and ponderous way, whilst wearing a stupid hat. Personally I would have loved to see more of a compilation of Prince's performances. Similarly androgynous to Bowie. Two great artists that are no longer with us. His songs are all coming back to me now. Tom Jones often included, "I just need your extra time and your kiss". Loved that one too.

Loved Prince. He was a very under- rated musician outside the inner circle. His list of credits is huge & very few know how much & what he actually wrote- including Classical pieces. I loved his lyrics.
Like Bowie- a totally original talent & he will be sorely missed. The only good thing is we will hear lots of his tracks on radio for new few days.

What is it wth 2016? There have been so many celebrities leave us & on a personal level we have had 4 bereavements this year & it's only April.

Now Percy Sledge!

And the James Bond director, Guy Hamilton.

There are a lot of celebrities who are now getting old, Brucie, Des O'Connor, Billy Connolly, Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, David Attenborough etc. so it stands to reason that they will be coming to the end of their life, unfortunately.

According to the BBC last week, 25 famous people have died in the first quarter of 2016. Victoria Wood and Prince it's now 27.