(04-24-2016 02:50 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(04-21-2016 01:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  Michael Jackson born 8-29-58.
Prince born 6-7-58.

Which 80s icon is next-Madonna born 8-16-58.

I hope it is not me!

Born 7/14/57.....

How many top 40 singles do you have?

(04-26-2016 11:56 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(04-21-2016 09:16 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  The competition for the title is pretty stiff - James Brown, Paul MacCartney, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson come quick to mind - but I'd probably put my money on Prince as the most talented pop music artist since the dawn of rock and roll.

Very sad, Rest in Paradise.

I honestly couldn't tell you a single song that Prince has done. Maybe it's my age - I was born in 1982. To me he was only famous for being the guy with "the artist formerly known as" in front of his name. Funny, because I know lots of songs by the other guys on that list.

Sounds like a good dude though, from what everyone is saying about him.

Well I'm not too familiar with his post 80s stuff.

But I thought everybody who ever went to a NYE party knew 1999.

(04-26-2016 01:22 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 11:56 AM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(04-21-2016 09:16 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  The competition for the title is pretty stiff - James Brown, Paul MacCartney, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson come quick to mind - but I'd probably put my money on Prince as the most talented pop music artist since the dawn of rock and roll.

Very sad, Rest in Paradise.

I honestly couldn't tell you a single song that Prince has done. Maybe it's my age - I was born in 1982. To me he was only famous for being the guy with "the artist formerly known as" in front of his name. Funny, because I know lots of songs by the other guys on that list.

Sounds like a good dude though, from what everyone is saying about him.

I was born in 1957 and can only name two or three of his songs. I was never a big Prince fan. I was and am more of a classic rock guy.

I think that people overreact and make too big of a deal over celebrity deaths in general, but Prince did seem to be a good guy.

You must not have watched MTV in the 80s! I'm more of a classic rock guy too about your age, but I'm pretty familiar with his 80s stuff.

(04-26-2016 04:30 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 02:21 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 12:34 PM)mj4life Wrote:  Yeah your age is somewhat of factor & the artist era is not a good representation since most of the stuff he put out then was to cover his contract with Warner & I doubt he put much effort in these records. Prince was for grown folks, I mean dude would come on the stage with a trench,bikini under wear & 5 in heels, not to mention the strong sexual content of some of his songs & stage show. I still remember the time he opened for Rick James& killed it so bad that a lot of the crowd left before Rick hit the stage. In fact people don't talk about it much but the Prince-Rick James fued never got quashed & lasted 30 plus years

I kinda doubt that since Prince was only active starting in the late 70's and Rick James died in 2004.

Kind of surprised that you were not aware of the issues between Prince and Rick James. They were just alike actually and even going after the same audiences. Prince also had issues with Michael Jackson. Funny sh1t. As it turned out Prince was more normal than Michael Jackson and Rick James. I did not see that coming.

Rick James even mentions his issues with Pince in his autobiography.

"... James’ baffling first impression is duly noted in his autobiography The Confessions of Rick James: Memoirs of a Super Freak (2007): “The first time I saw Prince and his band I felt sorry for him. Here’s this little dude wearing hi-heels, playing this New Wave Rock & Roll, not moving or anything on stage, just standing there wearing this trench coat. Then at the end of his set he’d take off his trench coat and he’d be wearing little girl’s bloomers. I just died. The guys in the audience just booed the poor thing to death.”

Other accounts suggest Prince made a point in upstaging James. Either way, tensions were running high throughout the tour. Backstage shenanigans of stealing instruments, physical confrontation and general intolerance were served cold by each artist. Long after parting ways, Prince and James never resolved their resentment and remained touchy when comparisons were drawn between them... "

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/156002...-rick-jam/

Prince...normal? More normal than Rick James?

There's a lot of things you can say about Rick James but that's not one, that Prince was more normal than him. I'm not saying that's a good thing or bad thing but part of Prince's aura was how unique he was. Prince probably had a dark side, we all do. His just wasn't scrutinized, unfairly or not, by the media. We can almost safely assume he was bi-sexual at least if not fully homosexual. We all get involved with shady dealings at one point in our lives and I'm sure he had his but he was able to keep them quiet.

I don't mean to do bodily functions in the man's remains right after he died but just because the media didn't scrutinize over his weird side like Michael Jackson doesn't mean he didn't have one.

(04-26-2016 05:25 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 04:30 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 02:21 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 12:34 PM)mj4life Wrote:  Yeah your age is somewhat of factor & the artist era is not a good representation since most of the stuff he put out then was to cover his contract with Warner & I doubt he put much effort in these records. Prince was for grown folks, I mean dude would come on the stage with a trench,bikini under wear & 5 in heels, not to mention the strong sexual content of some of his songs & stage show. I still remember the time he opened for Rick James& killed it so bad that a lot of the crowd left before Rick hit the stage. In fact people don't talk about it much but the Prince-Rick James fued never got quashed & lasted 30 plus years

I kinda doubt that since Prince was only active starting in the late 70's and Rick James died in 2004.

Kind of surprised that you were not aware of the issues between Prince and Rick James. They were just alike actually and even going after the same audiences. Prince also had issues with Michael Jackson. Funny sh1t. As it turned out Prince was more normal than Michael Jackson and Rick James. I did not see that coming.

Rick James even mentions his issues with Pince in his autobiography.

"... James’ baffling first impression is duly noted in his autobiography The Confessions of Rick James: Memoirs of a Super Freak (2007): “The first time I saw Prince and his band I felt sorry for him. Here’s this little dude wearing hi-heels, playing this New Wave Rock & Roll, not moving or anything on stage, just standing there wearing this trench coat. Then at the end of his set he’d take off his trench coat and he’d be wearing little girl’s bloomers. I just died. The guys in the audience just booed the poor thing to death.”

Other accounts suggest Prince made a point in upstaging James. Either way, tensions were running high throughout the tour. Backstage shenanigans of stealing instruments, physical confrontation and general intolerance were served cold by each artist. Long after parting ways, Prince and James never resolved their resentment and remained touchy when comparisons were drawn between them... "

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/156002...-rick-jam/

Prince...normal? More normal than Rick James?

There's a lot of things you can say about Rick James but that's not one, that Prince was more normal than him. I'm not saying that's a good thing or bad thing but part of Prince's aura was how unique he was. Prince probably had a dark side, we all do. His just wasn't scrutinized, unfairly or not, by the media. We can almost safely assume he was bi-sexual at least if not fully homosexual. We all get involved with shady dealings at one point in our lives and I'm sure he had his but he was able to keep them quiet.

I don't mean to do bodily functions in the man's remains right after he died but just because the media didn't scrutinize over his weird side like Michael Jackson doesn't mean he didn't have one.

Rick James went to prison for 2 years for kidnapping, burning and torturing a woman for over a week; during one of his drug binges. After getting out of prison James was accused of sexually assaulting another woman. That doesn't sound very normal to me.

Prince on the other hand was married a couple of times; and he had two children that were still born. I can't ever recall Prince's name being associated with anything criminal. I vaguely remember some tax issues and a couple of lawsuits against him by some companies for not promoting their products, but I don't recall him ever being accused of anything criminal. As for his sexual stuff; I don't know what any of these celebrities do, so I can't speak on that; in fact when Prince wasn't touring or doing a television, I don't ever recall Prince being out in the public. He seemed to be a very private person, which is actually pretty shocking by the celebrity standards of this era. Btw, I assumed that Prince's act was just an act; because the 80's were full of guys with that half woman/half man thing going (see David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Boy George, etc.). Women of that era ate that crap up and they bought a lot of records, so it worked for Prince.

(04-26-2016 05:14 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(04-24-2016 02:50 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(04-21-2016 01:34 PM)bullet Wrote:  Michael Jackson born 8-29-58.
Prince born 6-7-58.

Which 80s icon is next-Madonna born 8-16-58.

I hope it is not me!

Born 7/14/57.....

How many top 40 singles do you have?

Is "icon" limited to musicians? :(

(04-26-2016 06:08 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  Rick James went to prison for 2 years for kidnapping, burning and torturing a woman for over a week; during one of his drug binges. After getting out of prison James was accused of sexually assaulting another woman. That doesn't sound very normal to me.

Prince on the other hand was married a couple of times; and he had two children that were still born. I can't ever recall Prince's name being associated with anything criminal. I vaguely remember some tax issues and a couple of lawsuits against him by some companies for not promoting their products, but I don't recall him ever being accused of anything criminal. As for his sexual stuff; I don't know what any of these celebrities do, so I can't speak on that; in fact when Prince wasn't touring or doing a television, I don't ever recall Prince being out in the public. He seemed to be a very private person, which is actually pretty shocking by the celebrity standards of this era. Btw, I assumed that Prince's act was just an act; because the 80's were full of guys with that half woman/half man thing going (see David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Boy George, etc.). Women of that era ate that crap up and they bought a lot of records, so it worked for Prince.

What Rick James did was crazy, deranged and pyschotic maybe but nothing that isn't normal that you don't normally hear about. Aside from criminal behavior being the exception and not the rule for citizens, Prince's whole persona creeped people out and made some cringe from being uncomfortable.

And I wouldn't go prancing around as if I were a woman unless that's who I really was. I realize Michael Jackson was a bit of an act (he had a deep voice in reality, listen to the song 2000 Watts) but I would never go around acting like one unless I wanted to draw a certain type of person. I'm not the biggest fan of the official explanation of HIV/AIDS but the fact is he is reported to have died of the flu, which only seems to point to him having a weakened immune system and thus having the symptoms of AIDS as no one with that much money should die of a common disease like that.

(04-26-2016 09:05 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(04-26-2016 06:08 PM)PirateMarv Wrote:  Rick James went to prison for 2 years for kidnapping, burning and torturing a woman for over a week; during one of his drug binges. After getting out of prison James was accused of sexually assaulting another woman. That doesn't sound very normal to me.

Prince on the other hand was married a couple of times; and he had two children that were still born. I can't ever recall Prince's name being associated with anything criminal. I vaguely remember some tax issues and a couple of lawsuits against him by some companies for not promoting their products, but I don't recall him ever being accused of anything criminal. As for his sexual stuff; I don't know what any of these celebrities do, so I can't speak on that; in fact when Prince wasn't touring or doing a television, I don't ever recall Prince being out in the public. He seemed to be a very private person, which is actually pretty shocking by the celebrity standards of this era. Btw, I assumed that Prince's act was just an act; because the 80's were full of guys with that half woman/half man thing going (see David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Boy George, etc.). Women of that era ate that crap up and they bought a lot of records, so it worked for Prince.

What Rick James did was crazy, deranged and pyschotic maybe but nothing that isn't normal that you don't normally hear about. Aside from criminal behavior being the exception and not the rule for citizens, Prince's whole persona creeped people out and made some cringe from being uncomfortable.

And I wouldn't go prancing around as if I were a woman unless that's who I really was. I realize Michael Jackson was a bit of an act (he had a deep voice in reality, listen to the song 2000 Watts) but I would never go around acting like one unless I wanted to draw a certain type of person. I'm not the biggest fan of the official explanation of HIV/AIDS but the fact is he is reported to have died of the flu, which only seems to point to him having a weakened immune system and thus having the symptoms of AIDS as no one with that much money should die of a common disease like that.

Prince was homely and 5'2"

Weird guy and made himself look even weirder to attract attention.

Becoming a rock star was his ONLY chance of getting laid.

Prince had painkiller Percocet in his system : reports
Reuters May 5, 2016

(Reuters) - Music superstar Prince's autopsy found the painkiller Percocet in his system, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and KSTP-TV reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the investigation.

Prince also had a dangerously low red blood cell count, indicating he had been ill, Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP-TV said, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials.

A spokeswoman for the local medical examiner's office that conducted a post-mortem examination of Prince declined to confirm the reports.

The cause of Prince's death remained undetermined. The medical examiner's office said in late April the autopsy and toxicology results could take weeks.

The news reports came after federal authorities said on Wednesday they were joining the investigation into Prince's death.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney's office in Minnesota will bring federal resources to the local investigation and expertise on the illegal use and trafficking of prescription drugs, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Also on Wednesday, a lawyer for a California addiction doctor said Prince's representatives had contacted the doctor the evening before his death, adding that the doctor had planned to visit Prince for a "life-saving mission."

The 57-year-old Prince was found dead on April 21 at his Paisley Park home-studio complex in a Minneapolis suburb. Prescription opioid medication was found at the scene, a law enforcement source told Reuters.

Dr. Howard Kornfeld, who runs Recovery Without Walls, a clinic in Mill Valley, California, planned to fly to Minnesota on April 22, his lawyer William Mauzy said. In the meantime, his son, Andrew Kornfeld, a clinic staff member, traveled to Minnesota on April 21 for an initial discussion.

When Andrew Kornfeld arrived at Paisley Park, Prince was not available, Mauzy said. A staff member found the artist unconscious in an elevator, and Kornfeld called 911.

"Low blood red cell count," which means he had AIDS and an opportunistic disease took him out.