From www.upsidedowntext.com/.
ɹpqƐ
Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
Posted on 04/21/2016 9:53:06 AM PDT by C19fan
The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned. He was 57. Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
From www.upsidedowntext.com/.
ɹpqƐ
Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
Me likey!
My best “old guy” joke, to date, is as follows:
“I’m headed for the bathroom...like it’s 1999.”
Invariably, someone will ask, ‘What do you mean?’
I’ll respond, “I need to potty like it’s 1999”.
Chuckles all around!
“They should put Prince on the $20 bill, color it purple, and call it “The $19.99”!”
I think you just won the Internet for the day.
What!?!
You didn’t see my 444?
You were too late. It was already won.
You a man!
I don’t think there have been many truly innovative artists who weren’t a little ‘weird’. They all seem to be hearing something different and noticing other things than the rest of us. There’s an inborn ‘voice’ or agenda leading them.
-JT
He told the story that his mom busted him smoking weed during that time and made him quit hanging around with Seger. So he packed his bags and went to L.A., and the rest as they say is history.
People who like his music like him a great deal I guess. He comes off as a troubled and confused man-boy to me, and after I’m exposed to Prince I get the urge to speak to one of the Mercury 7, or other actual men thereabouts to cleanse my pallet.
And musically, I ONLY commented on his guitar playing ability. He played the guitar with layers of flash and glitz and gloss and shtick because that was “the show” and his fans liked that sort of thing. Maybe he was a great entertainer, but he simply wasn’t a great guitar player... which is why he didn’t just play guitar without augmenting it with visual stimulation.
FYI, I’ve been playing the guitar almost every day for 35 years and I suck compared to Prince, but he then sucks compared to Fapy Laferton and Tommy Emmanuel. It’s all relative, and it may take another guitar player to see it.
OH Yeah I remember that episode
Does Wayne Brady have choke a b***h LOL!
He was serious on the six string, for sure; but that’s not what he was generally known for. More on the song writing end than the fretboard shredding - but he did it well.
“...Tommy Emmanuel...”
Holy cow, Emmanuel is amazing.
Monte Montgomery is another one in that vein. Plays an acoustic like it was a Strat.
And, it was “12 miles out of Mackinaw City” he stopped to get a beer.
Seger is another real talent from my home state.
She grew up in Rochester hills, a suburb of Detroit. So she’s kinda sorta a Detroiter.
CC
Yeah.
She ain’t really Bay City or “Faginaw”.
Born in BC/Faginaw but grew up in RoachHills. I know.
I grew up in Michigan, out-state, closer to Lansing. But we all be representin’, yo!
Name Drop:
Actually lost a local court challenge (2-11, no baskets for Cletus but, 2 assists!) versus Magic-J before his MSU championship run.
I had the chance to hang with “Shoes Hoffman”; a well known hog and ‘tater farmer family in my “neighborhood”.
Gene Siskel had ‘Purple Rain’ as the 5th best film of 1984! But Dave Kehr said it best...
“Prince’s 1984 movie debut seems more like his deification, with an aggressively stupid plot line (supposedly autobiographical, but if that’s true, Prince must have grown up in a retirement community for burned-out screenwriters) that serves only to set him up as a paragon of artistic integrity, sexual prowess, and superhuman sensitivity. The story dynamics dictate that the film should have climaxed with Prince graciously accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, but instead director Albert Magnoli casually tosses the story aside, ending with half an hour of the concert footage that is the film’s only reason for being. “
You gotta kind of love him for being so open about coming from suburban Minneapolis. Not exactly the kind of place that gives street cred. And compared to other self indulgent pop star semi-biopics it’s actually not that bad. I’d watch Purple Rain over 8 Mile any day.
That’s some serious diva action...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.