I heard about his passing when I deplaned for a layover on my way to the New Orleans Jazz Fest. It was an odd mood in the Philadelphia airport, the place was so muted. Then I heard about Prince.
The first day of the festival the skies were clear and blue. A sky-writing airplane flew over the festival grounds (big, I think there were 11 stages that year) and it drew a smiley face, a peace sign, and the Symbol formerly known as Prince.
This was a nice read; thank you. Prince died just a couple of days after my father, so as it happened my whole family was together, and I remember sitting with my brothers in front of the TV while VH1 did a 24-hour marathon of Prince videos, discovering there was plenty of room in the human heart to grieve both losses. At one point, one of my pre-teen nieces rolled her eyes and said, "these videos are weird" and I vehemently replied, "SOME DAY TAYLOR SWIFT IS GOING TO DIE AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH."
When Prince died, the video of him performing at the tribute to George Harrison made the rounds, and it was pointed out that when he threw his guitar toward the ceiling, the video doesn't show it coming back down. Someone, somewhere out there on the internet, said of that moment, "Sometimes even God wants a souvenir."
I heard about his passing when I deplaned for a layover on my way to the New Orleans Jazz Fest. It was an odd mood in the Philadelphia airport, the place was so muted. Then I heard about Prince.
The first day of the festival the skies were clear and blue. A sky-writing airplane flew over the festival grounds (big, I think there were 11 stages that year) and it drew a smiley face, a peace sign, and the Symbol formerly known as Prince.
It was amazing.
Wonderful tribute which features my two favorite Prince albums to boot: “Dirty Mind” and “1999.” Lady Cab Driver’s one of my all-time bangers.
A lovely tribute to a talented and interesting person. Thank you.
This was a nice read; thank you. Prince died just a couple of days after my father, so as it happened my whole family was together, and I remember sitting with my brothers in front of the TV while VH1 did a 24-hour marathon of Prince videos, discovering there was plenty of room in the human heart to grieve both losses. At one point, one of my pre-teen nieces rolled her eyes and said, "these videos are weird" and I vehemently replied, "SOME DAY TAYLOR SWIFT IS GOING TO DIE AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH."
When Prince died, the video of him performing at the tribute to George Harrison made the rounds, and it was pointed out that when he threw his guitar toward the ceiling, the video doesn't show it coming back down. Someone, somewhere out there on the internet, said of that moment, "Sometimes even God wants a souvenir."
Prince was a really, really complicated and interesting person.
We also lost Bowie in 2016. That was a really bad year.
I remember the discourse about the loss of celebrities that year!