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[catwhisperer]

@Frosted Cake...thank you. I rarely ever start a thread, but after watching Purple Rain, I was just really overwhelmed with sadness and felt the need to let it out. So here I am. Prince and I could almost have been raised in the same household. There were so many similarities between how we both grew up. In the movie, he would often ride his motorcycle under a bridge or by the train tracks or to one of the lakes for solace. I used to ride my bike to the train tracks often. He spent most of his time alone in the basement of his home. I did the exact same thing. Back in those days, the neighbors could see and hear what was going on, but would close their doors and pretend all was fine. They didn't want to get involved. 

[RainCityWoman]

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@catwhisperer wrote:

This will probably be deleted. There is a certain  "Mod" who deletes most everything I post. But just for info, I just watched Purple Rain. I cried my eyes out at the end. I grew up in Mpls. and Prince was a big part of my life. I grew up in an abusive family as he did. I won't say anything else except to say I love him and miss him.

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I love a lot of his music and I appreciate what a performance artist he was. I've seen the movie at least three times, but not in a long while. It was an iconic one for him.

[Frosted Cake]

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@catwhisperer wrote:

@Frosted Cake...thank you. I rarely ever start a thread, but after watching Purple Rain, I was just really overwhelmed with sadness and felt the need to let it out. So here I am. Prince and I could almost have been raised in the same household. There were so many similarities between how we both grew up. In the movie, he would often ride his motorcycle under a bridge or by the train tracks or to one of the lakes for solace. I used to ride my bike to the train tracks often. He spent most of his time alone in the basement of his home. I did the exact same thing. Back in those days, the neighbors could see and hear what was going on, but would close their doors and pretend all was fine. They didn't want to get involved. 

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Bless you!!   I'm afraid the world has changed much.   People turn their heads so much it seems on their neighbors.  You endured a lot.   I hope you are able to find places to share with others in your community at support type groups.    I know how important it is to talk things out and not keep your feelings within.    

Be well and know others do care!

[gabstoomuch]

I am so upset with myself. VH-1 has been running it randomly (Purple Rain). The first time I caught it, it was 20 minutes into it.

Last Sunday, I flipped to the TV guide and it was on again and it was 15 minutes into it.

I want to record it! Get it to DVD, because this movie will most likely go to some vault somewhere as time goes on.

That movie tells a lot of why he was so secluded, so sad looking all the time. Pretty much explains why he dumped his entire life into music/writing/playing instruments. Music brought him some sort of peace.

I saw one interview where he said he was never allowed to play his fathers piano because his Dad told him he was not "good enough". Once his Dad died he played it for hours and hours and hours, teaching himself, and getting to perfection.

"YOU are NO GOOD ENOUGH" was probably a statement that he heard over and over in his mind from that point on, which manifested in needing perfection in every aspect of life. He said he was only 7 when his Dad told him that.  Parents can say a flip sentence to a kid sometimes and have no idea how that one sentence forever changes how a child sees themselves.

He won an Oscar for that movie.

I see something new in that movie every time I watch it.

I hope they run it a few more times so I can get it onto DVD

[Bird mama]

@catwhisperer

I'm still shaken by Prince's passing.  Honestly, this is the first time in my life that the passing of a musician/entertainer has affected me so.  I won't call myself a fan because Prince didn't care for that word.  I've respected and admired him for 35 of my 53 years.  

Since Prince's passing, many a music critic has written about his influence on the industry.  Many people have written about his impact on fashion.

I came across this today on Pop Matters.  Jane Clare Jones has managed to write a eulogy that captured so much of what I felt for Prince.

I immediately thought of you when I read it.  I'm not man bashing when I say, women 'got' Prince.  The author of this piece nailed it.

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/water-baby-a-eulogy-for-our-departed-prince/

[catwhisperer]

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@Bird mama wrote:

@catwhisperer

I'm still shaken by Prince's passing.  Honestly, this is the first time in my life that the passing of a musician/entertainer has affected me so.  I won't call myself a fan because Prince didn't care for that word.  I've respected and admired him for 35 of my 53 years.  

Since Prince's passing, many a music critic has written about his influence on the industry.  Many people have written about his impact on fashion.

I came across this today on Pop Matters.  Jane Clare Jones has managed to write a eulogy that captured so much of what I felt for Prince.

I immediately thought of you when I read it.  I'm not man bashing when I say, women 'got' Prince.  The author of this piece nailed it.

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/water-baby-a-eulogy-for-our-departed-prince/

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@Bird mama...bless your heart. Thank you so much. It's not like me to get so emotional over a celebrity passing, but as I have posted before,  my upbringing is so similar to his. Born in the same city, dealing with the abuse growing up, the isolation, not having many friends. You have no idea how it tugs at my heart and makes me feel so sad. Thank you for thinking about me. (((Hugs))).

[Bird mama]

@catwhisperer

If you read the article I linked to, you are so going to appreciate this woman's point of view.  I didn't grow up in Minnesota, but I did grow up in a large city (Detroit) and had my own dysfunctional upbringing.  I think if a person experiences that, you feel more connected to others that experienced it.

He rocked my world at a young age and I always wanted him to succeed and be the 'victor' in some of the battles he fought.

It's funny, when his AOA album came out in 2014, the song Way Back Home made me melancholy.  That album took alot of heat but I actually prefer it to HitnRun Phase One.

When I listen to Way Back Home now and really that entire album, I just cry.