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Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 4:46am On Apr 26, 2016

Prince - Purple Rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWUcki58aMI

Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 4:39am On Apr 26, 2016

Sign O' The Times (the original video).

The audio quality isn't perfect (it sounds like it was ripped from a VHS cassette, but it's better than nothing).

Prince - Sign O' The Times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfASW6ibR-8

Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 5:22pm On Apr 25, 2016

Prince - Raspberry Beret.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g60vme5_-e0

Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 4:04pm On Apr 25, 2016

naptu2:

Could you be,
The most beautiful girl in the world?
It's plain to see,
You're the reason why God made a girl.

Prince's tribute to women (you also get to hear his amazing vocal range, from that very high pitch voice to the deep low sound).

Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmqSi7lulMM

Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 4:02pm On Apr 25, 2016

There's been a general amnesty and Prince videos have been released from the YouTube jail.

Prince did not want his songs to be on YouTube and other popular internet streaming sites because he believed that people should pay to listen to the songs that he worked so hard to compose. He also believed that the quality of the videos were poor and he did not want his work to be exhibited in that manner. He sued YouTube and other internet sites to get them to take down his songs and prevent users from uploading them. Many videos of Prince's songs were muted by YouTube (It was so bad that you couldn't even listen to cover versions of his songs, eg Ginuwine's version of When Doves Cry was also muted).

All that has changed now. Yesterday night I discovered that the videos have been released from YouTube's jail.

Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 6:51am On Apr 24, 2016

Prince performs Purple Rain at an awards ceremony. His stagecraft was simply fantastic. (That's Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin at the beginning of the video).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8BMm6Jn6oU

Sports › Re: CAF Champions League: Etoile Du Sahel Vs Enyimba 3(3) - 0(4) On 20th April 2016 by naptu2: 5:13pm On Apr 23, 2016

scheminup:
I just feel they should be more consistent.

I think they've done reasonably well. They've got to the final three times (Pirates in 1995 and 2013, Sundowns in 2001). Remember that they just came back to international football in 1992 (only 4 Nigerian clubs have made it to the final [on 7 occasions] since 1965).

There are teams that used to dominate the Champions Cup/League in the past, but it's more difficult to do that now.

Also consider the fact that South African clubs make much less money from the African Champions League than they do from their local league.

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Sports › Re: CAF Champions League: Etoile Du Sahel Vs Enyimba 3(3) - 0(4) On 20th April 2016 by naptu2: 8:01pm On Apr 22, 2016

scheminup:
Why do South African teams not go far, with all their infrastructure.

Orlando Pirates won it in 1995 and came second in 2013.

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Celebrities › Re: American Singer, Prince Dies At 57 At Paisley Park - BBC by naptu2: 8:36am On Apr 22, 2016*

TheMadame:
I also loved his song,"Sign of the Times" which was a warning about the AIDS epidemic.
An incredible talent.

I share your sentiments, but it wasn't only an aids song. It was an all round social consciousness song. It's one of my favourite Prince songs because of the messages in it and the hip hop flavour.

It talked about

1) HIV/AIDS

In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name,
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same.

2) Gangs, drugs and guns.

At home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun,
Is being in a gang called 'The Disciples'
High on crack and totin' a machine gun

(Chorus. Time)

3) Natural disasters, religion and constant bad news.

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside.
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody died

4) Poverty and priorities.

A sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it,
And yet we're sending people to the moon

5) Drugs

In September, my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse - it's June

,

(Chorus. Time)

6) This next part really got to me. This song was released just a few months after the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion in 1986. I remember that I was watching CBN News on Lagos Television on the night that it exploded. They kept showing pictures of the people that died, especially the school teacher. They showed the teacher's pupils. It was an extremely sad day. I remember Cathy Russia's face (she looked like she was going to cry).

It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?
Time

(Chorus. Time)

7) Nuclear weapons (remember that this was when Ronald Reagan had his "Star Wars" programme).

Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn?

Time,
Time.

Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows,
and everybody still wants to fly
Some say man ain't happy truly until a man
truly dies
Oh why,
oh why?
Sign o' the times,
Time
Time

And then a chance to hear Prince rap

(he could play every instrument, could sing and he could also rap).

Sign o' the times
mess with your mind
Hurry before it's too late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy

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