Category: Music

我がプリンス・ロジャー・ネルソンは２０１６年、57歳という若さで謎の死によってその華麗な人生を終えた。彼の死因はペインキラーの大量摂取が主流、と言われており、本人も自覚していたのかその数日前には彼のファン達に、彼が間も無くこの世界から去るような暗示を伝えていたそうだ。

古くは、メイ・ウエストが銀幕の向こうで 二重の上げ底靴 を愛用していたように、プリンスもまたハイヒールを常に愛用しており、長年のステージパフォーマンスでの、ファンを魅惑する華麗な動きが、同時に身体の限界を極めず、磨耗させてしまったものか。

プリンスは、とびきりのエロスやミューズたちの媒体として、彼の日・月・年をほぼ２４時間『プリンス』という現象に捧げてきたと思う。が、ある時期から彼は『プリンス』という人、等身大の彼に向かっていった。とはいえ、そのスケールは追随を許さないほどの存在感だったけど。 合掌。

My Prince Rogers Nelson’s brilliant life was ended in 2016 at his age of 57 with a mysterious death. It is said that his cause of death is a painkiller overdose, and was he aware of it(?) — a few days earlier, he told his fans that he would soon leave this world.

In the olden days, as Mae West loved to wear double decker highheels behind the silver screen, Prince always loved high heels, his splendid movement that fascinates the fans in his stage performance for many years, but at the same time, without reaching the limits of the body, is it worn out?

I think Prince has devoted his day, month, and year to the phenomenon of “Prince” for almost 24 hours as a medium for Eros and the Muses. However, from a certain time, he became a life-sized man named “Prince”. Even though his performances still had an unrivaled presence. *Rest in Peace*

Here are my especially special favorite his music video / 数かぎりない中で、ことに私の大好きなビデオを３つほど: “Play that funky Music” ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNrAFb3I2js “While my guitar gently weeps” ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y and “The Little Prince: Footage Unearthed Of Superstar At Age 11” ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQe0EoVoGqU

好きではいたけど何十年も経って突然、まさに盲目的にファンになったミュージッシャンが、美空ひばりや笠置シヅ子、大橋純子や原田真二。元々が洋物狂いだったので、ロックもソウルもファンクも前衛もノイズもジャズも大好き。ただ、当時チャラチャラすぎて避けていた一人に”プリンス”、がいた。最近オリンに「早苗はパープルレイン見てないの？」と言われ、嫌々この伝説の映画を見て、それからはプリンス街道まっしぐら。こんなに夢中になるのは２０代前半の頃のスティービーワンダー以来かしら。

プリンスについてはあらゆる情報が溢れかえっているので、一切省きます。

晩年はチャリティ活動を行い、また、ケムトレイルの批判など、かなり鋭い人でもあった彼の５７年の、どこまでも美しく年を重ね、同時に人を超えた何かの化身。この３次元界のあらゆる美、醜、性、これら情念の波動を最大限視覚化させたマルチアーティスト。あたかも、サラスワティーかビシュヌ、クリシュナもしくはシヴァに違いない、と思った時、間髪おかずに、「いや、そうではないよ。僕はハヌマンなんだ」っていう彼の（？）声が聞こえた。

プリンス/ Prince Rodgers Nelson　 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)　 ハヌマン/ Hanuman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman

The Japanese musicians who I liked but suddenly became a fan of after decades were Hibari Misora, Shizuko Kasagi, Junko Ohashi and Shinji Harada. I was originally a Western enthusiast, so I love rock, soul, funk, avant-garde, noise and jazz. However, there was a “prince”…. I was avoiding him because at that time I thought he was too noisy and nasty. Recently, Orin asked me, “Haven’t you seen Purple Rain?”, so I reluctantly watched this legendary movie, and then I went straight to Prince. I wonder if I have been so crazy since Stevie Wonder when I was in my early twenties.

There is numerous information about Prince, so I don’t need to say much more about him.

In his later years, he was a charity activist, and he had a very sharp point of view, such as criticizing the chemtrails. For all his 57 years, he was an incarnation of something that transcends humans, he was a multimedia artist who maximized the visualization of all the beauty, ugliness, sexuality, and vibrations of these emotions in this three-dimensional world. When I thought he must be Saraswati, Bishnu, Krishna or Shiva, instantly I heard his (?) voice saying, “No, I’m Hanuman”.