Prince

[aerie]

Prince dies age 57

[Otta]

We know, the whole Internet told us.

[Dog duck]

Doh... Don't be harsh, perfect irony as we suffer Queen person's 90th b@ll@x?

[malumbu]

This was more of a shock than Bowie, Lemmy, Victoria Wood and no doubt others.

A loss of such creative talent.

[Loz]

The Beeb reports he was found in a lift. Were his last words, "I ain't gonna let the elevator bring us down"?

[????]

Maybe I'm a repressed old fooker

But the whole social media ting and celebrities death is just another type of Virtue Signalling to me

Prince - i liked him, I have Purple Rain and Sign of the Times, his talent was immense, very sad but...

I felt the same about Bowie to be honest (who I am an enormous fan of)

People I actually knew personally and loved very much have died, these talented people dying, even when abstractly they've been part of my life, just doesn't emotionally cripple me in the way thousands of others seem to be effected? Anyone else concur or is it just me?

Paul Daniels however......

[mrsspence]

It's such a shame, yet another iconic figure passing away in 2016 & we are only in April!

[*Bob*]

???? Wrote:

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Anyone else concur or is it just me?

What do we want? First-to-the-punch guess who's dead celebrities Facebook updates, a slew of youtube clips and being in 'actual shock'

When do we want it? Most days.

[Earl Aelfheah]

???? Wrote:

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Anyone else concur or is it just me?

I totally agree. Whilst I admired Prince and enjoyed his music, I didn't know him personally. It's sad of course, but some of the reaction seems extreme to me. Post Diana it's seems to have become the norm to grieve celebrity deaths as though they were part of your family.

[Otta]

I agree about the emotional side Quids. I've posted things on FB but find the emotional outpouring weird, especially after Bowie, that was getting towards Diana territory (can you even imagine what social media would have been like had it existed in 1997?). People holding vigils and stuff for people they never knew is just odd, but then again Christians do that stuff for Jesus every year, so perhaps it's not so odd.

The ones that I do find sad are when people die of overdoses and stuff. Some people judge those harshly, but I always think there is something sad about these people that "have it all", yet can't beat the drugs. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots / Velvet Revolver was a perfect example. He was a singer I really liked, and he was on / off the drugs for years before it caught up with him in December '15. Peaches Geldof also pretty tragic.

[Mick Mac]

Otta Wrote:

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> I agree about the emotional side Quids. I've

> posted things on FB but find the emotional

> outpouring weird, especially after Bowie, that was

> getting towards Diana territory (can you even

> imagine what social media would have been like had

> it existed in 1997?).

I thought Quids was one of the social media ringleaders on Bowie's death.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, the mawkish pseudo-mourning is tiresome.

Nevertheless... the death of a talented/popular figure is noteworthy and seems like an appropriate time to celebrate their work, so I've no problem with YouTube clips posted on Facebook, etc.

[Otta]

I wonder if in part it has something to do with people being reminded of their own mortality. Superstars like Bowie and Prince are not "normal" people, so when they die in very normal ways at relatively young ages, it reminds us that we're all gonna die in the end.

I guess when it's someone your age that you've followed for years it's an unwanted reminder that death waits for no man (or woman).

[????]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Otta Wrote:

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> > I agree about the emotional side Quids. I've

> > posted things on FB but find the emotional

> > outpouring weird, especially after Bowie, that

> was

> > getting towards Diana territory (can you even

> > imagine what social media would have been like

> had

> > it existed in 1997?).

>

> I thought Quids was one of the social media

> ringleaders on Bowie's death.

Nope, very wrong - one post only on Facebook with Wild is the Wind at 7am on the morning he died and no comment. Go and check.

I was a true fan of Bowie and started a thread on him here yeras back. But I don't do death on social media

[Earl Aelfheah]

Otta Wrote:

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> People holding vigils and

> stuff for people they never knew is just odd, but

> then again Christians do that stuff for Jesus

> every year, so perhaps it's not so odd.

That's an parallel with religion / religious dieties and death rituals.

[Mick Mac]

Otta Wrote:

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>

> I guess when it's someone your age that you've

> followed for years it's an unwanted reminder that

> death waits for no man (or woman).

Its been waiting for me for 48 years - that's a long time to be waiting.

[red devil]

I think people are mourning not so much their own mortality but the loss of a part of their past. People often associate music/songs etc with certain periods of their lives, so when a singer/musician dies it instantly triggers those memories of a time that has gone...forever

[red devil]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> That's an parallel with religion / religious

> dieties and death rituals.

Agree with this. As society has become more secular, all we've done is replace the cult of religion with the cult of celebrity...

[Mick Mac]

red devil Wrote:

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> I think people are mourning not so much their own

> mortality but the loss of a part of their past.

> People often associate music/songs etc with

> certain periods of their lives, so when a

> singer/musician dies it instantly triggers those

> memories of a time that has gone...forever

Very deep RD. Very deep.

[red devil]

I know. I'm still reeling from the news about Choppers...

[????]

I think (genuinely) it shows how many/most people are pretty emotionally retarted - they kind of find some solace for a whole bunch of hurt in themselves in this mass expression of grief for people they don't know.

[TE44]

I think if people can let out there own hurt, whether it be through personal loss or some past hurt, that is triggered by the loss of a musician,good for them.

Its social media I find weird.

[Saffron]

Grief comes out in all different ways. Seen on FB:

Listen life is short we're all aware of that today, so when I order a breakfast DO NOT SERVE THE BEANS IN A F*CKING RAMMIKIN on the same plate as everything else, I don't have life to waste pouring beans out of a pointless F*cking China thing. Just put the beans straight on the plate and charge me 3 quid less you b*st*rd guys!

Free hugs? xx

[*Bob*]

It?s the desire to ?display? - a very basic human instinct - now technologically supercharged so that it functions in ways that weren?t possible until very recently.

Facebook (whilst being a trite load of shite on one level) - is totally fascinating in this respect. What people choose to broadcast; what they think it says about them; how it actually gets interpreted - whether it?s a conscious or subconscious decision on their part or not. It?s a people-watching goldmine.

You can scoff at those with their pithy-icky tributes to X Y and Z but the truth is that the decision ?not? to comment or ?show anything? can be just as much of a signal.

[steveo]

Well bollocks, here's a clip

Scorchio!