hits included "when doves cry," "little red corvette" drew on james brown and jimmy hendrix. one of his biggest hits made the lyrics "let's party like it's 1999" an ingrained part of pop culture. as recently as 2014, he turned in a show stopping eight-minute performance on "saturday night live." >> we would think of him as someone who is ageless. if you look at him across the spectrum of his career, he seems so youthful even know. >> reporter: prince brought an innovation to his sound that made a man just standing 5'2" a giant in pop culture. >>> fans and those who knew him acknowledging that the music scene has lost an icon. tracy wilkins is live in silver springs with a local connection to prince. >> reporter: we're here at 102.3 talking to donnie simpson about prince and how important he was here i a first of all, i didn't believe it. i know you felt the same way. after that, the thought was i've got to get to donnie simpson. i was 9 years old when you played "purple rain" nonstop on the radio when it first came out. you knew him. you've been to paisley park. >> just shock

jimmy hendrix, smoking a join with jimmy hendrix. >> he's an interesting person. >> john stamos. because i want to marry my best friend. come organization jesse! i don't care what his hobbies are. >> i was thinking, i would say kaitlyn jenner. you get the whole package. you have a big sister who you can play ball with and she's a right winger so you can watch fox with her. it would be great. you would have a great date. nothing could go wrong. nothing. i'll shut up now. next. larry, what behavior or act that is currently illegal once it became legal would you instantly engage in? >> i would say murder. >> well, someone will try to kill me. >> speeding. >> i don't know. there's nothing i want to do that i wouldn't do. >> so if it's legal and you would be breaking the law, it is illegal. >> i just take what i want. >> lorenzo, wait on old ladies in front of you. get the blank out. >> i don't have a good answer for this. i was going to say speeding. smoke weed. i would smoke weed. the other day i said i'm too hungry and paranoid and people said no, you'll be happy. >> so to go color

hits include "when doves cry," "little red corvette," drew upon influences as wide ranging as jimmy hendrix. one of his biggest hits made the lyric "let's party like it's 1999" ingrained in pop culture. as recently as 2014, he turned in a show stopping eight-minute performance on "saturday night live." >> we would think of someone whose ageless. he seems so youthful even now. >> reporter: prince brought an energy and innovation to his sound that made a man standing just 5'2" a giant in popular music. mark barger, nbc news. >>> reaction came quickly from the streets to the radio stations. people were sharing their thoughts on the loss of a music icon. our coverage continues tonight with the impact on fans here. let's begin with tracee wilkins. she is live in >> reporter: this was such an amazing opportunity to hear prince. i had the opportunity to do that several yiears ago. i remember the entire verizon center being mez msmerizmesmeri. there's definitely a hole felt for those who were fans of his. today we had the opportunity to talk with donnie simpson, a man who interviewed him and actual

. >> reporter: his songs all drew upon influences of james brown, the beatles, and jimmy hendrix. one of his biggest hits made the lyric "let's party like it's 1999" an ingrained part of pop culture. as recently as 2014, he turned in a show stopping eight-minute performance on "saturday night live." >> we would think of him as someone who is ageless. if you look at him across the spectrum of his career, he seems so youthful eve energy and innovation to his sound that made a man standing just 5'2" a giant in popular music. >> the death of prince has been a shock to all of us. we've got team coverage tonight with reaction from people who grew up listening to prince as musical tributes break out in the streets. we begin with tracee wilkins live. >> reporter: i'm one of the people who grew up listening to prince. i saw him several years ago in concert. in the middle of the concert, he had the entire verizon center learning and singing a new song by parts. before we knew it, we were all in song. this is the power of this singer and this artist who touched folks not only from this area,

i saw it on tape was jimmy hendrix, the experience. >> you would have to be his handler. >> i'm goinggood. nice choice. >> you would blend in. straight out of compton is one of best rap album of all time. >> what is with it young white guys and rap? >> that's another segment. >> this is really embarrassing now. i would like to be a back-up rammer. have you seen them? they do nothing. they just stand back there. yeah. after that, my answer is horrible. >> you could be a back-up singer? >> no, back up rapper. >> both the cover bands. >> tt would be good. >> i would pick cold play. so in one evening i could poison them. >> that's not nice. >> poison them with love. and poison. we'll go this way. if you could eat one thing only, for the rest of your life, what would it be? >> in and out. >> it has to be in and out. >> i'm going to leave that one alone. >> lobster. >> lobster? are not they hike insects in boston? >> they ran out. >> yeah. i hate it. >> keep it going, people. >> you have to eat it forever and ever. >> i would eat blue crab covered with old bay. >> interesting. you know what

." >> his looks with the hair, you see little richard, you see jimmy hendrix, i say james brown all rolledoul. i mean, he was the soul of that music. if it wasn't for prince in our decade, i think those artists wouldn't be as sort of like balanced as they are. they'd be in their own genre, whereas prince put them into all of his music. i mean, he was just -- and not to take that away from him because in no way a copycat. the man was just a man on his own feet. and just seeing him -- seeing the artist today that loved prince and love his music, i mean, that's a testament to how great the guy was. and not only that, as a woman, you know, just he was such a man, you know? >> even with the straightened hair and the make-up and the eyeliner, he was still a man, right? that's what every woman is saying. >> it didn't matter. he was such a man. i can remember being backstage at the mtv music awards, walking around knowing he was going to perform and i was like, oh, my gosh, i was dressed head to toe in purple, even purple underwear, i had no idea why dithdi did that. just to be in the same buildin

imagine if michael jackson could play the guitar like jimmy hendrix and that is prince.e blurred all these lines of sexuality and gender and music generas. and race. but at the core, he was a phenomenal musician. he played all the instruments. >> he was extraordinary. he didn't just capture and reflect our adolescence, he also inspired all these musicians and they inspired him. he was obsessed with joanny mitchell, which is interesting for us to have in terms of the cultural conversation that culture and art shouldn't mix. there should be borrowing, even co-opting. prince being covered by bru springsteen, that's incredible. >> to me, i have never been accused of being particularly musically inclined, but when you look at a guy like prince, this is one of these individuals that everybody knows. you know him for whatever reason. it might be the music. the man had his own color, purple. how many people have their own color? it's an extraordinary thing. i wear these fingerless gloves while it's freezing outside, but those are prince. he owns everything. he owns so much about

jimmy? >> hendrix? [ laughter ] >> also ahead, jesse watters, culture vulture. >> myself. thank you very much. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the big lie of the presidential campaign. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. apparently millions of american voters believe the federal government should be required by law to provide things for the folks. education good jobs, financial security and old age on and on. that belief runs counter to how america was established in the late 18th century when our first elected officials put their game plan in effect. basically their vision was a limited one for government. citizens would have basic freedoms to worship, vote, speaking openly without being punished, assemble without interference and pursue happiness within the framework of the law it was entirely up to we the people how we would use those freedoms. no one was force to do go into the voting booth as they are in australia. no one was forced to

well, especially because we have jimmy hendrix as one of the panelists. so i just want to say it's a pleasure to always join my peers here at nlga. and the conversations are always inspiring and enlightening. and it is good to, every once in a while, have their experience and they give us a chance to keep the dialogue going and get the conversation and the debate ongoing. the folks from nlga, we have partners, and the partners program. they bring diverse points of views and different perspectives to inform us and keep us really on the cutting edge. so i want to thank the partners. thank you so much for being a part of this. and let me bring to the podium the leader of the nlga partner program, chris riley of archer daniels midland, or adm. he was just telling me what they do. it's really quite interesting. so welcome, chris. >> thank you, lieutenant governor potter. i appreciate that, thank you. enjoy those. good afternoon. thank you for fostering these partner shns that allow public/private partnerships to build fruit. i want to say thank you to the lieu

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