[Perform-Talk] deepening appreciation for Prince

[Sandra Streeter]

The tendency, when someone dies, is to over-inflate our estimation of them, but for various reasons, Prince’s death has impacted me—maybe many others—in ways that a surface idealization doesn’t echo. Because I am so close to his age myself, and had exposure to what got airplay earlier in his career, and because he was so-o-o talented, his loss will be harder to overcome than that of other artists who died during my lifetime. I want to thank this list for spurring me on to look more seriously at him, to learn what I can from his example (good or bad) and from the better messages he had for us.

While not a huge fan, I remembered some of the Prince songs that were the soundtrack to my college and post-college years, and Youtube some today: “Pop Life,” and “Sign of the Times,” which I liked even then. Such versatility of style, and a persona that belied a lot going on underneath,  that could make us stop and think about how we were (or weren’t) managing our lives. Check out these lyrics, both from “Pop Life,” the first  just plain wisdom; the second, wisdom that, sadly, the artist did not live out himself, apparently:



Show me a boy who stays in school
And I'll show U a boy aware!







The river of addiction flows
U think it's hot, but there won't be no water
When the fire blows




Sandra
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Little Prince 


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