2016 Ooops Sorry Out Of Time...

[randy]

Prince Rogers Nelson (AKA "Prince") dead at 57.

Don't actually think it's that significant to anyone here, I didn't really care for his music, but I could not resist the subject line

[Netpackrat]

Not really my cup of tea, but he was a heck of a musician.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NN3gsSf-Ys

[JustinR]

Who?

Oh wait, you mean "the artist" represented by the symbol?

[rightisright]

Like him or not, he could absolutely shred on the guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y&app=desktop

[Durham68]

I really liked his music ever since my Dad played what I have to assume was a greatest hits CD all the way through (a couple times) during a 6-hour car ride.

[Durham68]

Now Drudge is purple

[Steamforger]

Kevin Smith had done some documentary work for him and said he was told by one of Prince's people that he had a vault stuffed full of unreleased music and videos that "we're never going to be seen by anybody." It'll be interesting to see if his estate lets all of that material languish.

[toad]

I remember reading that while people expect artists to be flamboyant extroverts in reality a lot of the best ones are introverts who live in their own heads and reality. They will constantly work to reshape the world they live in.

[Darrell]

Now Drudge is purple

So is Google.

[Aesop]

Musically, he was one helluva fantastic guitarist, and fairly influential during his heyday.
OTOH, he was about 5'4", and an insufferable prick with most of the people with whom he came into personal contact, and he hadn't had a hit since, geez...1999.
So I rate his passing a giant "Meh. Bon voyage."