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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Cool Runnings on April 21, 2016, 12:29:40 PM
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http://www.eonline.com/news/758746/prince-found-dead-singer-and-pop-icon-was-57
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I never felt I could catch up with his music. He was always so far ahead I could just admire. I always hoped he, like John Lennon, would create music into old age. What a loss.
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Wow
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Sad. Godspeed...
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Just saw that on FB!, major bummer! A great innovator in rock. Always wanted to see him in concert
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Music will never recover from his influence.
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Sad deal, definitely a talented musician, kinda like Bowie he was out there, but in a good way. A can remember a super bowl 1/2 time performance when he nailed it. Like Jimmy Vaughn sang in his tribute to his brother,
" Heaven done called, another blues singer back home"
I think I'll go for a ride now, the paint brush I've been pushing all morning doesn't seem that important any more. RIP Prince
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I thought he did the best Super Bowl Halftime show ever!
R.I.P.
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According to that article, "He was very religious and adamant about not taking any sort of medication." It would be a shame if that's what killed him.
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According to that article, "He was very religious and adamant about not taking any sort of medication." It would be a shame if that's what killed him.
I don't know. I'm not big on medication, either, and take as little as possible.
I'm sure more details will emerge soon, as to the cause(s) of his passing.
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"Life is just a party,and parties weren't meant to last" So much talent. R.I.P.
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The Artist Formerly Known to Have Talent....
I was an absolute fan of the early years, but somewhere around 'Purple Rain' I started losing connection with his work. An indelible stamp on the 80s, much of it through others' recordings of his work.
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I don't know. I'm not big on medication, either, and take as little as possible.
Taking as little as possible and adamant about not taking any sort are not the same. I avoid unnecessary medication too, but I can tell you that a few years ago when I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, I was happy to take Doxycycline, rather than risk death. I maintain that I hope Prince didn't die, rather than take a medication that could have saved his life, that's all.
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Medications are a funny thing. Many of them will kill you if taken over a prolonged period of time. The trick is to time it and only start taking them at the point at which they will prolong your life while at the same time you die naturally before the medicine is what kills you.
My dad is a pharmacist. My wife and I are mid 50's and are not on any prescription medication. I think my dad says something like we are in the 5% minority of the population at our age. So if I need to take cholesterol meds at 60 to prolong my life that is probably okay as it will take till I am ~85 before they will kill me and that is about the time I will be leaving anyway so in this scenario it makes sense. :wink:
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Our newsroom is buzzing like a bee hive.. we are feeding live video around the world..
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Taking as little as possible and adamant about not taking any sort are not the same. I avoid unnecessary medication too, but I can tell you that a few years ago when I got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, I was happy to take Doxycycline, rather than risk death. I maintain that I hope Prince didn't die, rather than take a medication that could have saved his life, that's all.
Prince was said to have had the flu in the past few weeks. After reading that, I was thinking pneumonia may have gotten him.
Then I read his prophetic words to a crowd last week, "Wait a few days before you waste any prayers", has me wondering if he had cancer or some other terminal disease that had not been previously disclosed to the public.
I guess we'll hear soon enough.
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Our newsroom is buzzing like a bee hive.. we are feeding live video around the world..
I'll bet !!!
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According to that article, "He was very religious and adamant about not taking any sort of medication." It would be a shame if that's what killed him.
Steve Jobs.....
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I don't know. I'm not big on medication, either, and take as little as possible.
I'm sure more details will emerge soon, as to the cause(s) of his passing.
Prince was reportedly a Jehovah's Witness, and his choices regarding medication would have reflected that set of beliefs. He had evidently declined earlier hip surgery due to the need for transfusions (forbidden by the religion), and some Witnesses express a strong reliance on faith over medicine in healing.
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he was an excellent Guitar player ...one of the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y&index=3&list=PL8cFaF2b783Ls-_n2LcW25VzdHXJphxSx
about 3.30 on the vid great rendition
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Our newsroom is buzzing like a bee hive.. we are feeding live video around the world..
wall to wall coverage from noon to 5pm with NO COMMERCIALS ! took nerve cause that is a lot of revenue.
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Prince was reportedly a Jehovah's Witness, and his choices regarding medication would have reflected that
Yep
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I was hearing in the news today that all that name change business, "The Artist Formerly Known...." was not about vanity or publicity but an attempt to get control over his likeness, name, and music from the record company.
I salute the guy and my opinion of him has increased immensely. Of course his musical talent was just incredible. He was also unselfish and allowed so many singers and musicians to take the spotlight.
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Prince was reportedly a Jehovah's Witness, and his choices regarding medication would have reflected that set of beliefs. He had evidently declined earlier hip surgery due to the need for transfusions (forbidden by the religion), and some Witnesses express a strong reliance on faith over medicine in healing.
If that played a role it would be similar to Bob Marley, who as a Rastafarian refused an amputation of his big toe when stricken with melanoma that would have saved his life.
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I was hearing in the news today that all that name change business, "The Artist Formerly Known...." was not about vanity or publicity but an attempt to get control over his likeness, name, and music from the record company.
Similar to Famous Amos and Uncle Noname cookies then.
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I was hearing in the news today that all that name change business, "The Artist Formerly Known...." was not about vanity or publicity but an attempt to get control over his likeness, name, and music from the record company.
I salute the guy and my opinion of him has increased immensely. Of course his musical talent was just incredible. He was also unselfish and allowed so many singers and musicians to take the spotlight.
That was certainly true, and good reason to give him his props. Unfortunately, it also took focus (his, the record company's, and the public's) away from his work. It was a worthy battle that ended up doing no one any good...
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he was an excellent Guitar player ...one of the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y&index=3&list=PL8cFaF2b783Ls-_n2LcW25VzdHXJphxSx
about 3.30 on the vid great rendition
That's one of the heaviest guitar solos ever. I've been in the music manufacturing & performance world for most of my adult life, and Prince has long been a sleeping giant of guitar players. This video's a perfect example of how he could level most any room. I love the end of the clip where he just tosses the Tele up in the air & walks out from under it.
I won't claim to be a lifelong fan. Some of his craft goes straight past me. But there's no denying he was a brilliant talent - musician, producer, and performer. He was a genius self-taught musician. . .and I'm told a real challenging individual to work for.
It's rumored he's got enough material produced & ready to stretch for another generation or two. I wouldn't doubt if he's ultimately regarded as the Brian Wilson of my generation for his seemingly complete mastery of instruments, production, and an insanely prolific output.
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wall to wall coverage from noon to 5pm with NO COMMERCIALS ! took nerve cause that is a lot of revenue.
Coachella Live (3 channels) for three day's... :popcorn:
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I'm with ya'll, he did it his way and didn't imitate anybody. A special artist.
But all this talk about squeaky clean..... they are now saying it might have been drugs. That apparently was the cause of the emergency landing of his plane a few days ago.
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If that played a role it would be similar to Bob Marley, who as a Rastafarian refused an amputation of his big toe when stricken with melanoma that would have saved his life.
My father was a Christian Scientist and they didn't believe in getting medical help when needed. I believe they changed their name to Scientology.
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I'm with ya'll, he did it his way and didn't imitate anybody. A special artist.
But all this talk about squeaky clean..... they are now saying it might have been drugs. That apparently was the cause of the emergency landing of his plane a few days ago.
Well, the stay in a hospital after the plane landed was described as being for flu - and no source I can find has mentioned drugs. He canceled a concert due to illness prior to the emergency landing as well. When a musician dies unexpectedly, there's always somebody 'now saying it might have been drugs'. They said that about Mama Cass - but it was a sandwich (actually, even that wasn't true - it was a heart attack).
Heck, even now they aren't sure it was a heroin overdose that killed Jim Morrison - and he was a known user!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3552300/Fatality-Prince-s-estate-Minnesota-days-musician-rushed-hospital.html
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My father was a Christian Scientist and they didn't believe in getting medical help when needed. I believe they changed their name to Scientology.
Despite the names, they actually have no relationship. Christian Science was a 'back to primitive Christianity' movement ties to a combination of the King James Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy in the later half of the 1800s.
Scientology was created by L Ron Hubbard, a writer from the golden age of science fiction. There's a famous story that another writer confirmed to me as true - that L Ron came up with the movement after a night-long bull session that included Robert Heinlein. Heinlein reportedly said that the way to true power was to create your own religion - and L Ron Hubbard adopted the motto and executed on it. (Variations of this legend exist, but I heard this version from someone who was reportedly there.)
While Scientologists are aggressively antagonistic towards phychiatry and related sciences, they generally are not against traditional physical medicine.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3552300/Fatality-Prince-s-estate-Minnesota-days-musician-rushed-hospital.html
While it's certainly possible that drugs were involved, neither the Daily Mail nor TMZ are reputable sources, particularly when neither can get even one attributable quote. I'll withhold further judgement till the autopsy is released.
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A real pity...just a month ago it was Vanity, one of his ex-girlfriends, and now Prince himself...the dude was creative beyond belief...Purple Rain came out at a special time indeed...
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TMZ first reported the death, they got that right.
What's wrong with the Daily Mail? They seem to tell the truth about "us" that "our" corporate MSM never tells us.
Put another way, what do you consider a "reputable source"? Who was it that reported it was the "flu"?
We are lied to all the time. What was that quote about believing nothing you hear and half of what you see?
Autopsies / medical examiners lie too.
The fact is we likely will never know the truth and that changes nothing on the sadness of his passing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lmq6RDn5O8
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what do you consider a "reputable source"?
The coroner, who will be doing an autopsy sometime Friday.
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Yeah I agree it's absolutely tragic, he did a lot for the music world. On the same topic, David Marshall died today as well in Australia, he worked tirelessly to raise money for cancer victims, and went about his work without fanfare, I don't think he lived in a multi million dollar mansion, he had to slum it in a '70's brick veneer, just thought I'd let you all know 'cos I don't think it made the news.
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A large portion of popular music artists as they get older trade in their creative restlessness for just clocking in with new music that is either built on the same formula as their hits, hence the whole "I like their early stuff" cliche; yet, I dunno if Prince ever stopped pushing himself. The drummer in his band is a girl from Louisville, actually. When they played here I didn't catch the show but reportedly Prince gave her a big solo and sendup.
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Did Minneapolis have hundreds of purple filters for their spotlights at the ready? I'm always surprised when local governments can't plow the roads after a snowstorm, but can immediately do something like this.
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If doctors administered a "save shot" and he didn't heed the advice to stay around for 24 hrs. then he shows up the next night at a gathering, etc. etc.. then falls victim to something that takes him down...
The final prognosis may say some kind of bug (pneumonia, flu, even organ failure, etc.), but the damage was done by the drugs. Maybe the drugs he took from the Walmart visits interacted as well or were the ultimate cause, depending if they were abused. My guess is ultimately drugs took him down. If he had just layed low and stayed in the hospital he probably would still be here. Egos and image sometimes make for bad choices. Sad.