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Mines Has To Be "Controversy" & "Around The World In A Day"

Fashion/Music/Shows

That changes constantly. At the moment, mine are

1991 - 1994 (from Diamonds & Pearls - The Gold Experience) and

2001-2002 (The Rainbow Children, ONA-Tour and One Night Alone...Live!)

84-87

1982-1984

1985-1986

1987-1988

Purple Rain

Around the World in a Day

Parade

Sign o the Times

OldFriends4Sale said:

1982-1984

1985-1986

1987-1988

Purple Rain

Around the World in a Day

Parade

Sign o the Times

kind of sums it up!

1. PARADE ERA ( Music was boss and he seemed light hearted then-someone cool to hang around-THE ONLY PRINCE i would want to "HANG OUT" with)

2. SOTT

3. PURPLE RAIN

4. LOVE SEXY

5.1999

1. 1984 - 1986
2. 1990 - 1996
3. 1987 - 1988

These 3 eras may change order from time to time.

Look-wise, tour-wise, or music-wise? Or a mix of all three.

Welcome2daRevolution said:

SOTT/Lovesexy era.

Mine's too! Those CAN'T be beat! PERIOD! But I actually LOVE ATWIAD Until LoveSexy!

1978-1984

PositivityForever said:

Welcome2daRevolution said:

SOTT/Lovesexy era.

Mine's too! Those CAN'T be beat! PERIOD! But I actually LOVE ATWIAD Until LoveSexy!

I think the 1983-1986 beats them over all, because the creative output was on a larger scale than SOTT-Lovesexy. And the SOTT music-connection can't really be attributed to the band performing outside of Dr Fink-Eric Leeds some Atlanta Bliss since they did a lot of playing on the Dream Factory music

I love 'em all but my favorite "era" is the 1999 era. So many great songs, and an electric atmosphere. Also a very mysterious feel to the whole album and era.

It's a tie between the 'Parade' and the 'Sign of the Times' era.

Although i am not that fond of Under the Cherry Moon-movie, I love the Sign-'concert' movie and i think he created his best music from 1985 - 1987.

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Because Lovesexy is the 1!!!!!!!!

Lovesexy No..DOUBT! Also, Parade, his musical output was just totally on another level!

These pictures pretty much summarize my favorite era's:

LOVESEXY IS THE 1

PARADE

LOTUSFLOW3R....BOOM!!!!

ONE NITE ALONE

DIAMONDS & PEARLS

1999 (album) era.

mid-90's "angry Prince" & the 1983-1986 eras

You'd think it'd be the "classic" years (1978-1989) cuz that's what I discovered when I became a Prince fan in 1989, and because they're obviously the mythic and most daring part of his career, but in the end, maybe out of nostalgia because I went thru 'em so intensively and grew up with them in my early 20's and also because I really dig 'em, it might be the so-hated "plastic years" (1996-2001). But in the end there's no "favorite era" of mine: I grew-up with Prince ever since I was 12 years-old (I'm now 35) and I have this feeling I grew-up alongside his music, and every album is kinda the soundtrack of such or such moment in my life. I just kinda love every era from For You to 20Ten. Sorry if my answer is disappointing

ok how about just style/fashion? what era had the most unique fashion style for prince?
idk where 2 start cuz he has so many

IMO the fashion styles and clothes were often distracting from his music.

In the early eighties 'camp' was like the mainstream in music-video's, so it wasnt such an issue, but I honestly think his fashion-'sense' has been more of a curse then a blessing to his career:

- The nude-cover from Lovesexy and the silly Peter-pan outfits from the Lovesexy tour did surely put some people off;

- The fashion-mess he offered in the mid-nineties (pale, whitecaked face, an anorexic looking body and face, and the word 'slave' on his cheek) surely didnt help his sales;

- Nothing wrong with a nice suit, but the The Time-like suits Prince wore during the '00 - '10's more echoed the image of some cheap, not to be trusted pimp, then someone with style and class.

WOW :/ lol..everything you said is true & sad. the cover for lovesexy is scary lol

But some people LIKE scary.

1991-94 (D&P - Gold); the '90s "angry" Prince (as someone above called it). Yes, even the butt-out pants stunt, Glam Slam, o(+> , the dirty old man get-up, the braids, Sexy MF... it was perpetually like, he's losing his mind!

But the '80s seemed like a great time. It just wasn't my time, though, age-wise. I do think "Erotic City" belongs in the '90s though.

people thought prince was "strange" in the 80's but he seemed even more strange in the 90's and really mysterious/reserved and left people in awes lol

from

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to

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1991-1995

It was my favourite era since I remember. Great shows. Wonderfull albums, pretty look.

uuhson said:

I also liked this one!!