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Remembering Prince

I grew up listening and dancing to Prince music.    I wasn't a huge fan, but I did like the hit songs and found Prince to be an interesting character.  Songs such as "1999,"  "When Doves Cry,"  "Let's go Crazy" and "Kiss" were a soundtrack for my generation.     Like the rest of the world, I was shocked when I saw the news this afternnoon that he had died.    How unexpected and extremely sad for his family, friends and fans around the globe.

Prince had to have been a Beatles fan because he would perform Beatles songs from time to time.   There are clips out there of him performing "With a little Help from my friends" and other songs.   The most popular and outstanding time he performed a Beatles song was during the 2004 induction ceremony into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.   Prince was inducted that year as was George Harrison.   And as is customary, all of the inductees perform songs together.   One of the songs performed that night was George's "While my guitar Gently Weeps."   On stage was Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison and doing a remarkable and perfect guitar solo:  Prince.     His solo made that song an amazing tribute to George Harrison and almost made you wish he was around in 1968 instead of Clapton!  

Last year, during the SNL after party, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift (along with Jimmy Fallon) performed 'I saw her Standing there" and "Shake it up."     Prince also performed "Let's go Crazy" that night.   And while I couldn't find a photo of Prince and McCartney together, this photo shows Prince with Abe (Paul's drummer) in the background.

I want to send my deep condolences to everyone in the Prince fan community.    I am so sorry for your loss.  Not only the loss of the man himself, but the loss of the concert experience and music.   From one fandom to another----we are here for you!

Sigourney Weaver meet the Beatles

Much thanks to Michael for sending this story along.

Aliens actress, Sigourney Weaver talked the other night on the Jimmy Fallon show about when she saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl.    She said that it was in 1962, which we all know is impossible, but we can forgive her for that mistake.   Most likely it was 1964 and her family had just moved to California and so, since she had made any friends, she went to the Beatles concert alone at the age of 12.    After the concert, she and another girl were walking up a hill, still in awe of seeing the Beatles perform when they spot a limo coming up the road.   To Sigourney's amazement, it was the Beatles' car!   And John waved to her, and Paul did a head shake and Ringo waved!    And afterwards she had to go home and lay down for "48 hours" because such an amazing thing happened!  

She recently got a letter from the Hollywood Bowl, although I wouldn't be shocked if it was from Ron Howard's people who are putting together the Beatles live film, asked if she had seen the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl because they had found footage of her!    And low and behold....it was her!   What are the chances of that???  On the Jimmy Fallon show, they showed the footage of a 12 year old Sigourney, with the hair that she wore over night in beer cans to get the perfect look that would impress John screaming out "John!" with some other Beatle fans.   What fun!

Paul learns to Shake it Off

So I have to confess that I have a guilty pleasure of pop music.   And while I am far from being a Taylor Swift fan, I do like her catchy 80's throw-back song, "Shake it off."    So when the video and photos of Paul joining Taylor on stage to sing "Shake it Off" as well as "I saw her standing there" appeared, I thought it looked like a lot of fun.  I also bet Paul had to snag an autograph for Bea!

But what I find even more interesting is that the guy in the hat on the side appears (and according to everyone online and we know online doesn't lie) to be Sean Lennon!    Can anyone think of any time in history that we know of that Paul played with one of the Lennon's (sons)???    Anybody????

Pretty cool if you ask me!