{"id":13920,"date":"2016-04-29T08:15:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockhaq.com\/?p=13920"},"modified":"2017-06-04T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T13:39:56","slug":"prince-tribute-musician-can-define-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockhaq.com\/1546951672250\/?p=13920","title":{"rendered":"Prince: A Musician Can Define Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Tribute: A Musician Can Define Lives, by Veena Shaunak<\/em><\/p>\n

Prince has had revered status in my head and heart for as long as I can actually remember. He has been the method to my madness, the incidental music to my internal struggles and has made the EP to every amazing event in my life. He is so winsomely embedded in my psyche that at the time of writing it doesn\u2019t even register that he is now the \u2018late\u2019 Prince Nelson Rogers. The regality of his name gives him an immortal quality and I can\u2019t quite process the fact that he is gone.<\/p>\n

The tributes pour in and people are asked to name their top five or top ten Prince tracks. This feels wrong to me, and impossible. It\u2019s like being asked to summarise 30 years of your life into 10 minutes. There have been times I\u2019ve been so lonely that \u2018Anastasia,\u2019 \u2018When Doves Cry\u2019 or \u2018Anotherloverholenyohead\u2019 was really the only comfort I could find. I’ve been so loved and in love that \u2018Adore\u2019 or \u2018Kiss\u2019 was all I could do, enjoyed parties, raves, club nights and drinking games to \u2018Seven,\u2019 got funky to \u2018My Name is Prince\u2019 and danced the night away to \u2018Cream\u2019, \u2018Batman,\u2019 \u2018Housequake\u2019 and \u2018I Would Die 4u\u2019 to name but a few.<\/p>\n

Prince Tribute: Prince nights truly were the best nights ever<\/h5>\n

In fact I lie. During my Uni days we had nights – Prince nights – where the DJ only<\/em> played Prince songs all night, and they truly were the best nights ever. I can still picture that venue and more importantly, can practically memorise that electric and energetic playlist.<\/p>\n

The girls he wrote about or with became my real friends, idols, girls I wanted to be. Cynthia Rose, Nicki, Sheila E, Appolonia in the heart-rending \u2018Take Me With U\u2019, the sassy wearer of the \u2018Raspberry Beret\u2019 and of course Sheena Easton, who inspired me to strut my stuff as a model in a GSCE Fashion Show. I told the fashion designers in the show that there simply was no other song to do it to.<\/p>\n

Prince and I simply connected. He knew which songs I needed.<\/h5>\n

For every trial, tribulation, triumph and tragedy in my life, Prince has been there. I even gave birth to my first child – the most life changing moment I’ve ever experienced – back in \u20181999\u2019. Prince and I simply connected. He knew which songs I needed and he still resonates deeply within me.<\/p>\n

I have avoided listening to him since hearing the news of his death a week ago. I’ve skirted round my need for 80’s funk by indulging in my 12″ deep cuts and even MJ. But today I finally started to accept. \u2018Sometimes It Snows In April\u2019 cut through me with a searing pain; it did today as it did on its first listen. An incomprehensible loss.
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\n<\/strong>Prince: 7 June 1958 – 21 April 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Prince Tribute is by Veena Shaunak, Literacy Co-ordinator and English Teacher at Moat Community College<\/a><\/strong>, a UK secondary school. Thanks Veena for a heartfelt Prince Tribute post!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prince Tribute: A Musician Can Define Lives, by Veena Shaunak<\/em><\/p>\n

Prince has had revered status in my head and heart for as long as I can actually remember. He has …
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