Ironies upon ironies that the great Iggy Pop turnes 69 on the same day we find out that Prince has passed away at the age of 57. Iggy survived the morbid predictions that insisted that he would be the next major edgy rock star to go, joining Morrison, Joplin, Hendrix, Jones and others as having a bad end to a an edgy life lived in the spotlight. Something intervened in that cliche, however, and Pop has been one of the more interesting elder statesman for sometime, always worth a listen. We benefit by his persistence to remain creative. Prince was one of those people, like Bowie, you assumed would be around for the final mile of the long haul, a genuinely gifted polymath who would make music into his dimmest twilight. Alas , but no. This makes you want to pause a few moments and consider the breath your taking at that instant and recognize that life is a gift we are given but that which we don't own. Embrace the days we have and do something with the hours while we have them. ---------- Ted Burke tburke4@san.rr.com
This radio station in Minnesota is playing his entire discography in chronological order right now (just got past Purple Rain), if anybody is having trouble finding his stuff online -- I only own 2 of his albums, so this has been a good way of hearing stuff that I haven't dug into in years:
http://www.thecurrent.org/listen
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RIP Prince. It's interesting. I wouldn't say he was the type of music I usually listened to, but he was one of those musicians whose music jumped into the public consciousness even if he wasn't getting plays on the stations you were listening to. He had some really good stuff.
He broke through in the 80's, an era in which most music sounds dated to that synth sound.
If you had never heard Little Red Corvette or 1999 and they popped up on the radio for the first time today, most would find it great contemporary music.
I really like his original Batman movie soundtrack, one recording that is not mentioned much.
I spoke with Eric Leeds (his sax player) many years ago. Prince was a real perfectionist with his live shows. He would gather the band in the hotel room after a show to watch a complete video of that night's performance, always making changes and suggestions to improve the band's sound and presence on stage.
His live show was amazing - saw the Purple Rain tour. ---------- The Iceman
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I remember watching that vid & thinking I would not want to be on stage when the guitar came down. Turns out it was an established part of his stage act - the guitar actually was thrown to a roadie waiting in front of the stage (2 or 3 roadies, as I remember, just to make sure).
How about a bit of harp-related coincidentalism (if that's a word)? That guitar (the one he used most throughout his career) was made by HOHNER. And the model name? The MADCAT!
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