dearly beloved we are gathered here today …

a future girlfriend, a lead singer and childhood friend named Morris Day, a music genius, a music god, a musical masterpiece, a rippin’ heavy beat, a story I could tell for the rest of my life, all remember moments and songs, an incredibly funny but incredibly uncomfortable phone conversation, anyone can be cool, anyone can be creative, Basically he uses his voice as an instrument, basically singing a capella, Better known as Ne-Yo, brings back some memories, built The Time out of an existing Minneapolis funk unit, choreographed dance club dancing, club music, Computer Blues may be one of the most overlooked songs of all time, Created from remnants of three abandoned albums, culture, dance as self expression, dancing even for the uncool, dancing on a bar, Darling Nikki remains one of the rarest of rare good fuck you songs, enlightened life, enlightened life management, enlightened memories, enlightened music, enlightened music thoughts, enlightened people, enlightened r&b, featured Jellybean Johnson on drums, fun creates positive energy, fun listening music, funk magic in a bottle, global alignment, gonna frickin’ zoom up the charts, good dance music, groupd behavior, guitar riff will last for eternity, he sings over it all, he uses his voice as an instrument, her infant rambunctious son, his purpleness, I have always liked his voice, if but for a moment, in lawn chairs with coolers of beer, in my own misery, incredibly talented guitar player and musician, inside yourself dancing like Michael Jackson, it could be worse than leaving love behind, It’s been seven hours and 15 days since you took your love away, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who went on to become one of the most successful songwriting, layered piano riffs, learning, led to hearing my first real ‘I love you, let me Love You, Let's go Crazy is an almost perfect song, life lessons, LMFAO, LMFAO brings people together, love between two people isn’t always enough, made me think about times and moments, met a future girlfriend dancing on the bar to Jungle Love, Miami Vice memories, Morris Day and the Time are the hidden gem in the movie, music, music and Life, music brings people together, music is soundtrack of Life, music IS the soundtrack of our lives, Ne Yo Let me Love You, Ne-Yo, next to impossible to not turn up the volume, nights at the Yucatan, no other singer ever managed to take a Prince song, no real melody in the song, nod to an influential 50something, part of my 20something soundtrack, place was called The Yucatan Liquor Stand, Prince a musical genius, Prince an acquired taste, Prince and the Revolution are spectacular, Prince at 50, Prince is a musical genius, Prince Let's Go Crazy, Prince lyrics, Prince memories, Prince music, Prince quotes, Prince song, Prince spectacular live, Prince was at his best with The Revolution, Prine music influencing, produced Janet Jackson’s first albums, purple palace and Prince, R&B singer-songwriter, rare good "fuck you" songs of all time, reinvented himself, reinvented his music, remember visiting First Avenue, sees music as Neo sees the matrix, shaffer smith aka Ne-Yo, singing the frickin’ thing a capella, smooth vocals, sometimes under appreciated, sung without any instrumental accompaniment, testament to the indestructibility of the 20’s, that time certainly centered around a place called the Yucatan Liquor Stand, The Bird was a mainstay at my favorite bar at the time, the dude could play an amazing guitar, the inseparable sports and drinking buddy, the purple palace, The Revolution was a crazy good band, there was Sign O the Times album, they just imitate their atmosphere, things are much harder than in the afterworld, timing matters, unfailing schedule of taping Miami Vice, watch the movie Purple Rain again, What's missing from pop music is danger, when in Minneapolis on a business trip, while being curmudgeonly in his older years, who abhorred Prince’s music, wrote some intricate songs, Yucatan is where I first saw her as she was dancing, Yucatan Liquor Stand was THE Tampa bar