Twins change their walk-up music to nothing but Prince songs

[disarcina]

it's tragic that he passed away so young.

that being said and responding to Lou's post - not coming out of the woodwork - I can't name any Prince songs -- was never a fan of his music.

meanwhile, a true icon of the American music scene (from California no less!!) passed away April 13 and not much mention here.

How about nothing but some Bakersfield sound tunes for walk up at the ballyard -- lots of Merle Haggard with some Buck thrown in as well........

No one tops Merle --right up there with Hank Williams (and I don't mean Junior).

[WeatherWonk]

i've followed country music since the early 60s. I'd say my favorite country artists are (not in any particular order) Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Bob Wills and George Jones. 

 

I can still appreciate what a talent Prince was.

 

Surely you can remember the song (Tonight I'm gonna party like it's) 1999? It really was the anthem of the turning of the millennium.........and it was written 18 years before 2000.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

it's tragic that he passed away so young.
that being said and responding to Lou's post - not coming out of the woodwork - I can't name any Prince songs -- was never a fan of his music.

meanwhile, a true icon of the American music scene (from California no less!!) passed away April 13 and not much mention here.

How about nothing but some Bakersfield sound tunes for walk up at the ballyard -- lots of Merle Haggard with some Buck thrown in as well........

No one tops Merle --right up there with Hank Williams (and I don't mean Junior).

 

I started a thread.  Didn't receive much attention.  Grew up on Hag.  Wore out an 8-track or two.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2016 by HaloWHAM!

[VariousCrap]

Count me in the group of huge Prince fans who can name a ton of his music.  Old and new.

 

http://myvariouscrap.blogspot.com/2016/04/his-name-is-prince-he-was-funky.html

 

Also, my walk up song would be Sexy M.F. or My Name Is Prince.

[mtangelsfan]

Know a lot of his music, my wife knows even more.  He was a great artist and even better musician.  

 

This year has been so bad for loss of music.  I feel like a part of my youth has died.

[Inside Pitch]

Know a lot of his music, my wife knows even more.  He was a great artist and even better musician.  

 

This year has been so bad for loss of music.  I feel like a part of my youth has died.

 

Ditto....  This has been an awful year ...    I still remember the first time an artist died that actually hit home with me -- Joe Strummer, 2002.  It was the first real hit at my youth.

[Lou]

it's tragic that he passed away so young.that being said and responding to Lou's post - not coming out of the woodwork - I can't name any Prince songs -- was never a fan of his music..

Then my comment doesn't apply to you since you haven't said you love his music

[ukyah]

my childhood friend and i used to groove on prince regularly. unfortunately, he was killed at 16 by a drunk driver. at his funeral, we played purple rain and the cross to commemorate his life. it was a difficult time, and i'm reminded of him whenever i listen to prince, which i still do. hearing of prince's passing last week really set me back, and i had to ignore it emotionally because i knew it would renew some old emotions.

 

cali makes a poor point by saying that he hadn't heard anyone talking about prince in a couple years, and so by default the out poor of remembrances are insincere. 

 

my response is this, why don't you read that first paragraph again. everything has a heyday.

[Tank]

Yeah, his first moderately popular album was released in late October, 1979, but even that didn't generate significant sales until after 1980. He was a creature of the 80s and MTV and the 80s, thank God, saved us from disco.

 

saved us from disco? SAVED US???

 

watch it, bub. some of us here knew how to shimmy on the dance floor in ways that made travolta look like he was doing the chicken dance.

[Tank]

David Cone

 

and george michael.

 

and pee wee herman.

[Sam Sanchez]

My son has been on a huge Tim Burton Batman obsession recently, so a ton of "Partyman" and "Trust" playing throughout the whole day for the past few weeks. Not the biggest Prince fan admittedly, but do have a few of his albums on my iPod. Sucks that he's gone.