his music + a good house band could rock a nightclub off it's foundation ..been there, done that
1999 By Prince
I was dreamin' when I wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray
But when I woke up this mornin'
Could of sworn it was judgment day
The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere
Tryin' to run from the destruction
You know I didn't even care
'Cause they say two thousand zero zero
Party over, oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go to fast
But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant to last
War is all around us
My mind says prepare to fight
So if I gotta die
I'm gonna listen to my body tonight
Yeah, they say two thousand zero zero
Party over, oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999
Yeah, yeah
Lemme tell ya somethin'
If you didn't come to party
Don't bother knockin' on my door
I got a lion in my pocket
And baby he's ready to roar, yeah yeah
Everybody's got a bomb
We could all die here today, uhh
But before I'll let that happen
I'll dance my life away
They say two thousand zero zero
Party over, oops out of time
We're runnin' outta time
So tonight, we gonna, we gonna (tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
Say it one more time
Two thousand zero zero
Party over, oops out of time
Yeah, yeah
So tonight we gonna, we gonna (tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999)
1999 (1999)
Don't ya want to go (1999)
Don't ya want to go (1999)
We could all die here today (1999)
I don't want to die
I'd rather dance my life away
Songwriters: PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
It's sad that anyone dies but if anyone must ................... you fill in the blank. I wasn't much of a fan and know no one with a LP of his. Do like lil red corvette and 1999. Barely!
Reportedly,Prince was hospitalized last week after his plane for was forced to make an emergency landing in Moline, Ill. Released a few hours later, he had been battling a bad case of the flu.
Genre...what genre??? He invented his own genre, and if I was to be honest, I liked both the hard rock/heavy metal or glam rock or whatever you wanted to call it... that was my thing, and a second thing what I call "freak rock/pop" or whatever, all those crazy cooky songs and bands, not that bland pop and all that crap that was most popular, Madonna and MJ and all that BS, hey I briefly liked Cyndy Lauper no one's perfect, and Kylie Minogue and well a whole lot more I don't want to admit... after the fact I liked Ozzy and other shit that was going on then.
So, I in theory did not like that "genre" either, but that is the magic of Prince, he drew you in and made you "get it". Whatever label you wanted to put on it, I did not like it, but I loved many of his songs in the the 80's to early 90's maybe, as I liked the Batman stuff as well. After that I kind of lost touch with what happened with him, but the more I hear the more I like... the guy who embraced spirituality and sexuality and managed to marry them off together happily, a good man who did a lot of good quietly and out of the spotlight. I was always impressed by his charisma and ability to drive your soul in a good way and now I am so happy I was able to enjoy his music and now I enjoy his humanity. RIP Prince may you continue to do great things in Heaven or the next existence/manifestation of yourself... you were a truly great soul! Rock on man!