Now Prince

Purple Rain is still my favourite. His guitar work on that is mesmerising. Fascinating, mysterious, sexy little elf. Gone too soon.

Manic Monday is another of his.

I only found that out recently. I think I prefer the songs he wrote for other people.

I've been googling him, didn't realise he wrote "Nothing compares to u" I loved that, he wrote so many great songs, many recorded by others.

Yes, the intimations of mortality thing!?
I used to admire an old Aunt and Uncle I had, who carried on as though they were going to live forever, thought they had the right idea.

Yes, it was, wot. And I have 'Raspberry Beret' going round and round in my head at the moment!

Was it Prince that did 'When Doves Cry'? I really like that song.

One of the newspapers listed all the famous people who had died this year, from David Bowie and Alan Rickman, and now Victoria Wood as well as people like Denise Robertson and Ronnie Corbett. There were about 12 people on the list and about 9 of of them were young than DH and me. We are 72!

DH is beginning to get intimations of mortality and feel quite down, even though he is in reasonable health.

Not my type of music, but oh dear, that is far too young to die.

So young, I have never heard him but listening to the news he was very popular, poor man to die so young

I liked his quirky music.

We must make the most of every day we have, there may not be a tomorrow.

Flu??

Bloody hell, I can't believe it

According to The Times there have been as many celebrity deaths thus far this year as there were for the entire year in 2015.

Prince was a talented composer and performer, I loved 1999 what a great song for The Millennium. He was only 57, flu apparently, never under estimate flu.

Strewth me assholes as my grandmother used to say. Maybe we are getting it all over with in the first half of the year.

Good grief and so it goes on he was only 57..

It's not good is it?

What???! Goodness, this is a very bad year...