Vanity 6

Thursday, April 21st, was a day that shocked music lovers around the world. On that day, Prince, the Grammy-and-Oscar-winning singer and composer, was found dead at his Paisley Park estate. Tributes immediately started pouring in from all over the globe, and Facebook became loaded with memories of his music, his concerts and interactions with him. I worked this past weekend at my retail job, but all throughout the weekend, I thought about Prince’s passing. I was humming his songs while ringing up customers and cleaning around the register, and I remarked on his passing to several of the customers, all of whom had memories of his music as well. My own history with Prince’s music goes all the way back to the 1980s, as it did for many other people. When I was a small child, I loved watching the 80s version of Alvin And The Chipmunks, a show that introduced me to a lot of great 80s music before I even knew who the artists were. In one episode,