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March 5, 2019 9:29 AM Subscribe
The estate of Prince Rogers Nelson, aka Prince, aka The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, aka [hollow circle above downward arrow crossed with a curlicued horn-shaped symbol and then a short bar] has collaborated with GIPHY to produce an official archive of GIFs drawn from (nearly) all his music videos.
On Twitter, Danny Chang of GIPHY confirmed that the impetus for the idea came from tech blogger, entrepreneur and Prince mega-fan Anil Dash, who had previously offered to produce them himself.
On Twitter, Danny Chang of GIPHY confirmed that the impetus for the idea came from tech blogger, entrepreneur and Prince mega-fan Anil Dash, who had previously offered to produce them himself.
This is delightful. This estate has being doing some really cool stuff.
posted by aspersioncast at 9:43 AM on March 5, 2019
posted by aspersioncast at 9:43 AM on March 5, 2019
This feels cool and relevant in a way I wouldn't expect from any, uhh, estate.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 9:50 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 9:50 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
whatever you do, don't try to load all the GIFs at once.... I kept scrolling for ~5 minutes and it's **endless** -- my browser started to sputter like I was reading a US Politics mega-thread! (it's glorious!) PS: A+ for the post title, PlutoGangsta.
posted by martin q blank at 9:54 AM on March 5, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by martin q blank at 9:54 AM on March 5, 2019 [6 favorites]
Ok, I found my favorite. Prince and Dez is all I ever need.
posted by Catblack at 9:56 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Catblack at 9:56 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Major regrets that Metafilter does not let us post images in threads.
posted by entropone at 10:07 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by entropone at 10:07 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Tag yourself, I'm let's pretend we're married
posted by entropone at 10:07 AM on March 5, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by entropone at 10:07 AM on March 5, 2019 [3 favorites]
Oh, this is going to make my partner's day!
Very very very very good.
posted by minsies at 10:19 AM on March 5, 2019
Very very very very good.
posted by minsies at 10:19 AM on March 5, 2019
This is supposed to be all about Prince, but if I had to tag myself...
posted by ckape at 10:19 AM on March 5, 2019
posted by ckape at 10:19 AM on March 5, 2019
when i hear someone mention there are donuts
posted by dismas at 10:21 AM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by dismas at 10:21 AM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
Prince coming out of his well to chastise mankind
posted by Chrischris at 10:28 AM on March 5, 2019 [10 favorites]
posted by Chrischris at 10:28 AM on March 5, 2019 [10 favorites]
A+ on the post name.
posted by Glomar response at 10:33 AM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Glomar response at 10:33 AM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
And I'm gone for the day to No-Productivity Land...a world of never ending happiness...you can always see the sun, day or night.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 10:43 AM on March 5, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 10:43 AM on March 5, 2019 [3 favorites]
This is way better than Peter Cushing's estate. Some gifs of extant work is a great way to give new life to old art. Meanwhile, Disney used CG to puppet Peter Cushing's corpse for their annual artless franchise milking.
posted by GoblinHoney at 11:27 AM on March 5, 2019
posted by GoblinHoney at 11:27 AM on March 5, 2019
A great man once said, "Life can be so nice."
posted by anildash at 11:27 AM on March 5, 2019 [13 favorites]
posted by anildash at 11:27 AM on March 5, 2019 [13 favorites]
The Prince estate is like "Internet ... here ..."
posted by octobersurprise at 11:40 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by octobersurprise at 11:40 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
Just goofing around with a friend.
I made it awkward.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:49 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
I made it awkward.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 11:49 AM on March 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
On Twitter, Danny Chang of GIPHY confirmed that the impetus for the idea came from tech blogger, entrepreneur and Prince mega-fan Anil Dash, who had previously offered to produce them himself.
MeFi’s own.
posted by Special Agent Dale Cooper at 12:24 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
MeFi’s own.
posted by Special Agent Dale Cooper at 12:24 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
This is great! Current work mood.
I'm sure there's angles I'm not considering, but strictly from my perspective as a huge fan, I agree that his estate seems to be doing a good job of curating his legacy so far. Between this, the much larger selection of music videos on YouTube, the later-career material appearing on streaming services (with a decent compilation companion album), and the gorgeous Piano & a Microphone bootleg, I've been happy. Would be happier if he was still with us, but what can you do. It is hard to shake the feeling that Prince probably wouldn't have let most of this slide during his lifetime, though.
posted by kryptondog at 2:49 PM on March 5, 2019 [3 favorites]
I'm sure there's angles I'm not considering, but strictly from my perspective as a huge fan, I agree that his estate seems to be doing a good job of curating his legacy so far. Between this, the much larger selection of music videos on YouTube, the later-career material appearing on streaming services (with a decent compilation companion album), and the gorgeous Piano & a Microphone bootleg, I've been happy. Would be happier if he was still with us, but what can you do. It is hard to shake the feeling that Prince probably wouldn't have let most of this slide during his lifetime, though.
posted by kryptondog at 2:49 PM on March 5, 2019 [3 favorites]
Later material getting vinyl releases too! Musicology on vinyl. 3121! Planet Earth!
Totally unexpected, but I actually own all three of these on CD.... and these are tempting.
posted by hippybear at 6:58 PM on March 5, 2019
Totally unexpected, but I actually own all three of these on CD.... and these are tempting.
posted by hippybear at 6:58 PM on March 5, 2019
me when Prince is on and I'm home alone
posted by hollyholly at 8:34 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by hollyholly at 8:34 PM on March 5, 2019 [2 favorites]
How I think I'm Air Guitaring
How I'm actually doing
posted by Hardcore Poser at 11:24 PM on March 5, 2019
How I'm actually doing
posted by Hardcore Poser at 11:24 PM on March 5, 2019
I don't know if I'll ever find a situation to use this one, but i love it.
posted by Gray Duck at 11:01 AM on March 6, 2019
posted by Gray Duck at 11:01 AM on March 6, 2019
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