Im only 19 so wasn't blessed with the chance of being a fan since day one.

Though I don't believe it matters (Biased of course) A fan's a fan and I appreciate and LOVE his music just like an original fan would.

Someone recently said to me "blah blah, love Prince..reminds me of growing up" I said, same here really Ive grown up listening to his music because I chose to!

But yeah always heard bits and pieces of his of course but REALLY started getting into his stuff at 14-15...

Im new round here also!

I too was born in 78 and become completely hooked in 89 by the Batman Album, I remember always being aware of him and his music and even loving the Bangles Manic Monday and knowing it was written by Prince but not really having the thought prior that I was a fan.

Sometime around 1983/84 I was in a Night Club and was doing my 'new romantic' thing. That all changed when I heard '1999' blast out the speakers for the first time...it just blew me away. All the other music I was into just got up and left and for the next few months I obtained anything that was to do with the wee purple genius! Hooked and proud to say I still am, keep the faith children.

After i saw him in Flips on Melrose after school in 81.

I knew of him since '78-79... professed fan since '80-81..

Purple Rain album,first 30 seconds and i was a fan!

[i]Summer of '78. For You. Side 1 knocked me out. "Album" ended with I'm Yours. Thinking at the time that this guy was a year younger than me, later finding out that he is actually a year older, blew me away. I had friends in bands that were pretty good and they were equally blown away. A few of us saw Prince on the Rick James tour on April 12, 1980. True fans will be able to see where he was on that date because that info is out there. With the release of Dirty Mind later that year, I was convinced that not only was Prince not a fluke, but was somebody that was speaking my language. I could and can relate to everything he says in his songs. Nothing like that nasty, funky stuff from back in the day, but the man has evolved. He realizes that at 50, he shouldn't try to be 22. He gets all of my respect. Can't wait for the new music and tour. Really wishing he would put out a hard, funky, blazing guitar album. He definitely has it in him. Would love to hear him play Europa by Santana.

Nemo said:

Photowhore the tatts please!!??

When I couldn't get Prince out of my mind in 1979, and then I rolled over and looked at the clock and it read 2009.

KittyMaudKitty said:

Yay - i'm not the only newbie!!
I know what you mean about being a younger fan....people can sometimes assume that just because you weren't around 'back in the day' that you can't possibly be a true fan! I would have loved to have been at some of the concerts in the '80's.

The classic - The movie Purple Rain

It made me immediately fall in love with him. I was 11 years old.

I heard Controversy Music around the same time Purple Rain was about to drop

17Days/Erotic City
Sexuality/Private Joy/Do Me Baby

told me here was someone who created a musical world
When I heard those songs it took me somewhere

Uptown Erotic City Paisley Park Alphabet St 3121

When I was just a little guy running around in my undies and bumped into the telly and Prince was performing on MTV.

Jamzone333 said:

I love that song, I think I appreciated it more years later when I heard it during the Lovesexy show, the second half of the song(jam) has a melody that lulls me to groove

He played that recently at the 1st Avenue 7.7.07 aftershow:Sheila E. Wendy the Twinz Maceo and the rest of the band.

I would love for him to an all out jam of this and other songs like he did during the Dirty Mind -Purple Rain years. Long workouts

florescent said:

Dont remember a time when I wasnt a fan.....Even as a child I loved to listen to Prince.

When Prince slapped me on the head with a rolled up Watchtower.

when my mom gave me a picture of him with a strange twinkle in her eye,

9

i knew i liked prince in 84. I knew i was a fan in 85 the same yr i became prb.

When I got Sign 'O the Times and wore out the cassette tape...I was first in line to get Lovesexy when it was released!

natechi said:

Not at the store i was in those were the days annoying the crap out of shop assistants -is it in yet down loading music isnt the same.

One day I farted and purple gas came out of my arse, so I thought, "Hmmm.....what else is associated with purple other than Jimi Hendrix who I already dug?" I guess it could've either been Prince, that fuckin purple tellytubby, or that other purple muthafucka named Barney the dinosaur. I guess Prince was the better option then. Hence I am now a Prince fan....cuz I done farted purple.

anc282 said:

Barney

u sure u hadnt been drinking the purple kool aid b4 the fart

anc282 said:

its green, not purple- the curse has lifted

I was first conscious of Prince in 1985 after hearing Raspberry Beret, thinking what a weird song (At the time I was 9 and into Boy George, Madonna and Michael Jackson), and I kind of followed Lovesexy (SOTT may have been a bit deep for me b4 my 11th birthday), loved Batman, didn't really notice GB. By that stage I was caught up in Milli Vanilli (Cried the day they were unmasked as lipsyncers), Young MC and MC Hammer (Sad). Late 1990 and early 91 saw me go nuts over Color Me Badd (Why!!!!) .
Finally when Cream came out in late 91 I took notice, and saw the video at a friends house and thought "That Prince is just so weird and so dirty" I also realised he is very funky and realised he was also behind all his own music and many others like Martika. I realised I had found the artist I had wanted to worship all my life, sometime who was dirty, funky and had incredible musical talent as well as not needing a gimmick. I was hooked,and had bought his whole back catalogue within 2 years.
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From the 1st moment I saw him...

From when I first heard "1999" on the radio in late 1982. I have been a big fan ever since and hope to see him this Saturday in concert (if there is one ?)

The777Man

When I saw him on American Bandstand performing "I want to be your lover"...
been hooked ever since