Rock icon Mick Jagger just lost a friend recently — the incomparable David Bowie, who despite being incomparable is drawing comparisons today to the late great Prince. (Also incomparable.) When Jagger tweeted about Bowie’s death, he wrote: “We had so many good times together. He was my friend, I will never forget him.” It took Jagger three tweets stacked (below) to try to get his praise of Prince right. To make sure he addressed the man’s comprehensive talents.
Jagger had worked with Bowie — they danced in the streets together. But fewer people knew that Prince and the Stones had a moment too. As Bob Lefsetz writes in his look back at the Purple One’s career: “Prince was so stellar in concert that the pump was primed for his follow-up, “Controversy,” he even opened for the Stones…AND IT WAS A DISASTER!” (People forget, given what he accomplished, that Prince struggled on his path at times like all great artists do.) But Jagger didn’t think there was anything disastrous about Prince, because Jagger knew a fellow “revolutionary artist” when he saw one. And Jagger, like the rest of the world, now hopes he can take at least a few months off from tweeting goodbye to yet another one.
I am so saddened to hear of Prince’s passing. Prince was a revolutionary artist, a wonderful musician and composer. 1/3
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) April 21, 2016
Prince was an original lyricist and a startling guitar player. His talent was limitless. 2/3
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) April 21, 2016
Prince was one of the most unique and exciting artists of the last 30 years. 3/3
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) April 21, 2016
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