i can remember the first time i heard prince
actually, i saw him
this was back in nairobi, so he wasnt that big on the radio
my mom finally had enough money to buy a vcr and colour t.v,
and we rented music videos from the video store (which we never returned because we never went back)
and one of these had the video for 'lets go crazy'
this was the kind of music i had never heard before
it took coming to america to really discover prince (and okp played a big part in this)
my first time really seeing him... i was living in NC at the time, he was playing in Philly
i got tickets, and we drove down to get to the concert in time
i had to turn around and drive back as soon as it was over because the next day was the first day of classes
(and i had to attend, in order to get into this one required class)

ever since... its been rare that prince is playing close to where im at and i dont go
even when broke
the last time i saw him was in baltimore.
i thought i would catch him during the piano and mic tour

what saddens me the most is that the possiblity of a prince tour just ended.

its still so surreal.

i completely agree that prince is not someone you convince to love
you either feel the music or dont
but when you feel it. omg
it never lets go.
you always find the one song that just speaks to the moment.

2016 can go fuck itself