[Perform-Talk] deepening appreciation for Prince
Jennifer Aberdeen
freespirit328 at gmail.com
Sun May 1 11:48:06 UTC 2016
Prince's death has effected me very much even though I was never a huge fan.
I think it's the fact that he came out a year before I was born, so he's
always been here and now he gone. Also the likely possibility that his death
might have been preventable...well that is just terrible. I think I said in
an earlier post that I just kind of took his music for granted...when his
songs came on the radio I just said, "oh Prince" and then either listened or
changed channels even if it was a song I liked. Now I'm going to buy all his
CDs that I don't already have, which is just about every one. I only have
four Prince CDs right now.
Jen
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From: Sandra Streeter via Perform-talk
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 12:06 AM
To: perform-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Sandra Streeter
Subject: [Perform-Talk] deepening appreciation for Prince
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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