RIP Prince

[lazarus]

So on the main page of his website, there's a paragraph below the embedded video, you click on the bolded part that says download the free mp3. On the next page, there's a pre-order ad for the whole show, but near the top if you right-click on DOWNLOAD NOW you can get the mp3.

 

[Mack_Again]

....I tend to rip anything off of youtube to mp3 converter so.......

but quality will be pretty shit.

 

[martha]

You are a darling, but this

right-click

is the problem.

I don't have a right-click.

All I get is a screen with the track playing.

 

[greenlight7-11]

On an old Mac with a single button mouse, you have to click and hold (or else push the control key while you click) and a little menu will pop up where there will be an option to save the file. Does that help?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

https://youtu.be/UF576If2U8o

 

[Mack_Again]

or this

 

[Gavin82]

Never a good time for such news RIP

 

[PhilsFan]

I have to be honest: I'd barely listened to Prince before his passing. I really had no particular reason for this other than that you can't listen to everything. So I've been listening to Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times a few times over the last few days and I must say they're very good.

 

[martha]

On an old Mac with a single button mouse, you have to click and hold (or else push the control key while you click) and a little menu will pop up where there will be an option to save the file. Does that help?

Yes! Thank you!

At some point I'll get a new Mac that isn't 10 years old.

 

[trevgreg]

I have to be honest: I'd barely listened to Prince before his passing. I really had no particular reason for this other than that you can't listen to everything. So I've been listening to Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times a few times over the last few days and I must say they're very good.

Those would probably be the two to start with, so good for you.

 

[BVS]

Over the weekend I saw Princess(Maya Rudolph's Prince tribute band) I thought I was going to see Maya Rudolph standup so it was a little jarring at first, but it was actually pretty good. You could tell she's a real fan, most of it was early 80's stuff and she shied away from making it a greatest hits show.


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[YBORCITY]

Pretty much impossible for me to do a top 10. Half of it would be slow songs alone lol. But let me think on it.

Couldn't help but reminesce with Prince snippets on Friday night.

iirc they went something like this:

Angel of Harlem (w/Raspberry Beret)
Desire (w/I Would Die 4 U)
Mysterious Ways (w/Alphabet St)
All I Want Is You (w/Adore)
Bad (w/The Beautiful Ones)
Streets (w/Purple Rain)

We ended with a guitar + vocals of Purple Rain with everyone singing along.

In the intermission I (sorta) DJ'd a little set of:

I Feel For You
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Little Red Corvette
Kiss
Darling Nikki
U Got the Look
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Alphabet St
Sign of The Times
I Would Die For U
When Doves Cry

I know I know, very mainstream, but it was a very mainstream crowd.

Our intro music to start our show was Let's Go Crazy, and we opened with I Will Follow. Pretty cool.

All in all it was just a Prince love-in, in a U2 context.


Laz, that show is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

Great tribute Gabe - I woulda loved to have been there.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

It's time we all reach out for somethin new
And that means U2

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah

 

[Hewson]

It's time we all reach out for somethin new
And that means U2

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah

We won't be reaching out(around) for several more years.

#songsofexperiencehasgonethewayofsongsofascent

 

[greenlight7-11]

Yes! Thank you!

At some point I'll get a new Mac that isn't 10 years old.

No worries. My Mac is way old, too.

 

[corianderstem]

Over the weekend I saw Princess(Maya Rudolph's Prince tribute band)

Jealous.

 

[cobl04]

Godfuckingdamn.

 

[prbiker15]

Loved it. The tributes have been nothing short of incredible.

 

[lazarus]

That song in any form is heartbreaking. One of his greatest.

This version was even more so.

 

[cobl04]

Well, D'Angelo is a god who was hugely influenced by Prince, so it's no surprise.

 

[Mack_Again]

there you go, some of his memorabilia.

 

[gvox]

Godfuckingdamn.

Ok well that just brought the lump in my throat back again. Beautiful.


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[gump]

I was about to post that D'Angelo video here. Unbelieavable. And genuine, as he has been very open about the influence Prince had on him.

For those who want to dig into Prince a little more, I've been listening to the two Prince episodes in The Music Snobs podcast, and they are really good.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-music-snobs/id533351162#_=_

 

[LemonMelon]

Digging through Prince b sides, I've discovered the greatness of Erotic City and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Erotic City is a gem- one of my favorites.

Though I heard it a billion times back in the day, I'm really digging U Got the Look again. So much fun.

This has really hit me hard. I can't say I've been a true Prince fan since probably college (meaning I haven't followed his new stuff), but he was an amazing talent, one of a kind. The world is a little less colorful without him. I'm heartbroken, and will be for some time.

 

[Hewson]

Yeah Erotic City is one of my favorites.

 

[gvox]

I played Erotic City so much that I had forgotten it was even a b-side. A fucking b-side.

Just take that in for a sec.

 

[lazarus]

Some of you young'uns may never have even heard about this, or only know that it exists. I'm pretty sure I've heard this audio before but it's been a long time, and it's one of those Shuttlecock rarities that has all but vanished, nothing on YouTube.

Bono performing with Prince in Dublin, 1995:

Видео Prince & Bono - The Cross Aftershow live Dublin 1995, GINO VANNELLI — Видео@Mail.Ru


Long intro, crowd noise but still worth a listen.

 

[corianderstem]

I think I have this as an mp3 somewhere, but had no idea where it was from. Now I know! Thank you!

Also, a bunch of gems are popping up on YouTube, if you haven't noticed.

Here's the full show from the First Avenue concert where Purple Rain and other soundtrack songs were debuted and used for the movie. (I think the last 3 songs on the album are from this performance.)

 

[Diemen]

The man knew how to do an acoustic set, too.