VictoR3mix said:

One of the benefits of being born in 1991 and only having gotten into Prince in 2007/2008. Everything is still relatively fresh to me so I don't see things as old or new.

out with the old, in with the new. i might be nostalgic about SCREWDRIVER someday, i dunno. will have it forever . some of today's stuff is good, sure. some shit i don't even bother listening to unless it's banging from a car next door or on the radio or a club or my future girlfriend's bedroom (while she dances around, to signify i've missed a uninteresting, but appreciated, opportunity) a million times. can't listen to oldies all the time cuz the shit is not universal (everyone loves bad bitches now and then). your (my) choice. same goes for the "classics". so many options now (and then, i'm certain). to quote a dutchess: "if you ain't got..." $0.88. and can't delete or misplace it... or buy some food for yourself (family, etc.). take your penny-loving behind to one of your (or my ) many options.

[Edited 2/7/13 18:18pm]

KeithyT said:

PurpleKnight said:

I was only just burn in 1985, and Prince seemed like a creepy little asshole to me as a kid growing up in the 90's. I don't compare any of his new music with the old when I first hear it; I don't have any nostalgic trappings or romantic retrospective vision. I just want to hear good music, and Prince's last seven or so albums have been bad by any general standards. He isn't in competition with his old self; he's in competition with countless acts today who are blowing him away with their new music and making him look like an embarrassing amateur in the studio.

So what got you into Prince exactly?

Born 1985 - no nostalgic trappings/romantic retrospective vision

90s - creepy little asshole

Last 7 albums - bad by any general standards, embarrassingly amateur.

Although you don't state that you have now heard the albums from 1978-1989, I'm assuming you have? What on earth possessed you to listen to them in the first place.

Conversely, if If you haven't heard them yet, what on earth possessed you to listen to his last seven albums or so?

[Edited 2/7/13 3:01am]

Of course I've heard the prime era albums. My older sister had a few of his more popular songs in a music folder of .mp3 files on our computer, so I played through a few of his biggest hits one day and was amazed by how good they were. Within a year I'd heard everything from '79-present day (it was early 2003 at the time) and was in love with 95% of his 80's material.

[Edited 2/12/13 0:42am]