LISTEN: Hillary Clinton Reflects On Prince's Passing

[bigtree]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Patty Jackson on WDAS in Philadeplphia. Before they spoke about politics and the presidential race, Clinton was asked to reflect on the shocking passing of one of music's biggest icons, Prince.

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[Lucinda]

1. She is right. He was extraordinary.

[BooScout]

2. RIP Prince...

[grossproffit]

3. I was one of those kids once! My parents took me to see Prince when I was 6.

It was the 1999 concert. We used to sing Controversy in the car.

Mommy & Daddy!

[Beacool]

5. Somewhere in the house I have a cassette tape of Prince's Purple Rain.

Loved that album.

[Beacool]

4. Patty Duke, Prince and Chyna.

[egalitegirl]

6. You mean FORMER Secretary of State

Hillary is no longer Secretary of State. She is a FORMER Secretary of State. This is not a permanent position.

[grossproffit]

7. Welcome to DU!

SOS and former SOS are both correct.

[LuvLoogie]

8. At this level. People are often refered to with their highest office achieved. President Obama

will always be President Obama. Jimmy Carter is still refered to as President Carter.

Hillary has earned every position and office she has held. She is a hard-working, highly intelligent and gregarious woman.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. AP manual of style

you are referred by the last office occupied. Whether that is Mayor so and so, or Governor so and so, or Secretary so and so. Notice, I did not say for what office. It could be Secretary of the Interior incidentally, but if I mentioned Secretary Jewell, I suppose most people would go who? Former police chiefs and sheriffs are also allowed to keep the honorifics, so it is Sheriff Kollender (RIP). He in particular could be referred as both Chief and Sheriff since he held both, but at the end of his life was referred by the last post he held, Sheriff, and why former military members are usually identified as Col. whatever (ret) in writing.

For the record, speaking of style, and this drives me nuts. The NYT still uses an older style adding things like Mister Obama, instead of President Obama, or Mrs. whatever.. they are like the only remaining ones still doing that. But when you cover court... guess what? Mr. or Mrs is used often...

Not being pedantic and in case you wonder, per the AP manual of style, where i am drawing this from, Web and Internet will be lower cased starting June 1. Yup, putting my money away to get the new electronic version.

[Zynx]

35. People are referred to by their highest public office title for their lives

Jimmy Carter is still referred to as "President Carter" on formal occasions.

[JoePhilly]

42. You mad girl?

[Bonobo]

9. I'm sure she was a huge fan. nt

[bunnies]

11. lol

She carries Prince CDs in her purse.

[insta8er]

21. Next to her bottle of hot sauce...

[Joe Shlabotnik]

41. lol

Zing!

[silvershadow]

28. lol

[B Calm]

34. My thoughts too.

[ismnotwasm]

10. He was a musical genius, absolutely irreplaceable

I'm glad she is talking about him.

[whatchamacallit]

12. Prince gets pander-slimed

Sorry man. RIP.

[bigtree]

13. kick

[akbacchus_BC]

15. She is currently not Secretary of State, why the need to lie?

And am pretty sure she has no idea who Prince is! Amazing how she gets props for not deserving it. Reminds me of the Bosnia event -- under fire! I understand allegiance but this is beyond loyalty!

Run along and tell the admins!

[bigtree]

16. blocked

[akbacchus_BC]

17. You mean you have me on ignore! Wonderful!

[Jitter65]

19. Ditto! nt

[NCTraveler]

24. Secretary of State Clinton.

Amazing those four words is all it takes.

You might want to check how former Presidents, SoS, VP's, and more are addressed after leaving.

Excellent educational moment.

[stonecutter357]

27. Secretary of State Clinton.

[Zynx]

36. I take it you have a problem with President Carter?

People are referred to as their last title. Deal with it.

[JoePhilly]

43. You mad bro?

Sounds like it.

[rbrnmw]

57. She won't have that title long

she will be Madame President in the near future

[auntpurl]

18. Yes, she tweeted this last night.

I can't even think about politics today - it's a day of mourning for me. My all-time favourite musical artists, since I was 8 years old (now in my 40s). He was a complicated person and his stance on gay marriage pissed me off, but he was an absolute musical genius and we will never see another like him. He could play every instrument (Dave Grohl was once asked "Is Prince a better musician than you?" and answered "Man, Prince is a better DRUMMER than I am&quot and wrote more perfect pop songs than anyone. Most musicians go their whole careers trying to write ONE song as good as some of the filler tracks on Prince's least-known albums.

Interviewer to Eric Clapton: What does it feel like to be the greatest guitar player in the world?
Eric Clapton: I don't know, ask Prince.

My consolation is that it's pretty great to leave a legacy that compels people to get up and dance. And also that there's probably an equal amount of material to what he's already published, perfectly preserved in the Paisley Park vaults. Knowing Prince, he'll have mastered and catalogued all of it, with precise release dates after his death. Never let it be said he wasn't a weird control freak, lol.

When you fall in love with an artist the way I fell in love with Prince, it lasts a lifetime.

[riversedge]

32. I lived in MPLS when Prince first started out. We would go downtown just to

listen to him-in the clubs -never knowing he would grow into 'an American original" . I heard last week that he had been ill and was stunned today. Our lead supervisor at work---actually made an announcement at work early in the day.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

53. Clapton line is new to me, but he is right. And when I heard the news yesterday the first

thing I did was pull the Rolling Stone greatest guitarists and I got tired of looking when i got to around 60 and still had not seen his name.

He may not have been the greatest, that is to be debated, but he belonged in a very select group.

[Lucinda]

54. Actually his camp refuted the article that said he criticized gay lifestyle

right after it came out in 2008. They said he said he was following the biblical teachings of Agape and non judgment.

[baldguy]

20. Came here hoping the personal attacks on Clinton would be suspended for this one small human moment.

Was disappointed.

[grossproffit]

33. It's sad, isn't it.

[pinebox]

22. I wonder if most know Price was a Republican

and staunchly against SSM....

[auntpurl]

23. Yeah, of course fans did.

See my post above. He was a complicated person and religion really messed him up. But it doesn't discount the fact that he was a genius, once in a lifetime musician.

[pinebox]

25. You said it. Another musician I love passed yesterday too

but you won't hear about it.

Lonnie Mack.

http://blogs.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/pop-noise/46490-rip-blues-guitar-great-lonnie-mack

[auntpurl]

26. I did actually hear about it

because I have a lot of musicians on my Twitter feed.

Here he is with Stevie Ray Vaughan, another musician whose death made me cry:

[bigbrother05]

38. Missed that, Lonnie was an original

Great talent, too many musical greats gone this year.

[beaglelover]

44. Perfect post. Just because someone's politics and beliefs are different than mine doesn't make me

hate them. Who lives like that?

[rbrnmw]

59. purists

[riversedge]

31. Oh, grow up and find another thread to diss him.

[rbrnmw]

58. Prince didn't vote

[stonecutter357]

29. .

[riversedge]

30. Hillary said Prince was 'an American original" So true. Thank you Hillary

[Katashi_itto]

37. She rocked to Prince while dodging sniper fire.

[grossproffit]

39. Aw. You're bitter.

[Katashi_itto]

40. I am? Ummm ok....gosh, If you say so. It must be true. Lololol

[beaglelover]

45. Go spew your vile words in some other thread.

[Katashi_itto]

52. Next we will hear about her concerts where she did a mosh pit.

[beaglelover]

55. You're a real peach.

[Katashi_itto]

56. Like criticizing the Iraq war, she was a Prince fan before anybody else.

Hillary Clinton

"I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did."

[azurnoir]

47. NO but she remembers how much she used to love to dance to his best songs

Good Golly Miss Molly

[azurnoir]

49. Prince shied away from and was quite indignant about comparisons to Little Richard

in fact he turned down the role of Little Richard in any bio-pic more than once

[Armstead]

50. Okay...And.......?