Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Danni's post from last night about prince (most recent one) was cringe worthy. Sorry, can't copy and paste on my phone.
She may very well have been a lifelong prince fan or whatever but it makes her appear disingenuine to be SO AFFECTED and SO INTO whatever the cause of the moment is. Just my two cents.
iamdannistarr
Yesterday I told my people I was homesick. If you think I was homesick yesterday imagine how today feels. My sweet nanny Jay just came in and sat on the edge of my bed. She shyly asked me why Prince's death affected me the way it did.
To be clear I wailed like a wounded animal when I found out. There are many Prince lovers, bu
t Minnesota Prince lovers are a different breed.
I was born into loving Prince. I didn't have a choice. My mom and aunty used to chase around Prince before he was the Prince you know and love.
Years ago Prince performed at a theatre in Mpls. If you can believe this, Prince was just the guitarist. He was featuring this girl group he had put together. I didn't care about them, sorry ladies, I wanted to see Prince. At the end of the show Prince looked over and yelled to his stage manager to let ladies come up and dance. I was in the LAST row...I told my boss Sam to move and headed to the stage. He looked at me and said, "Danni it's never gonna happen." As I ran like a mad woman towards the stage I screamed back, "WATCH ME!"
That night I danced on stage with Prince. Actually I wouldn't call it dancing. I looked at his purple highness and I literally lost all Rhythm, to make things worse when he smiled at me I blurted out, "MY MOM LOVES YOU!" and she does, but so did I and I was massively embarrassed.
I loved Prince. I waited HOURS outside of First Ave with BFC on 07/07/07 only to hear Prince do about 2 songs before the city shut the party down. I was in heels, could barely walk by the end, and it was all worth it.
Last summer I saw Prince perform in Baltimore. He was doing a Peace concert for Freddie Gray. I could not believe how amazing he was. Such a musical genius.
I loved prince for his music, but I really loved Prince for his advocacy and activism.
I looked for a flight to go home, but with the girls it just wasn't doable. So this weekend my little brother is flying to be with me. We are going to watch Purple Rain, binge listen to all Prince music and talk about Prince like he was family...because to Minnesotan's he was family.
Prince was ride or die for Minnesota, I literally just want to be back in my city. Mourning from here is ?