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A fan since 1978... It was 1978. I was riding with my then boyfriend from Clinton, SC to Laurens. It was the afternoon. Yes, I remember the exact time I first heard the 'beautiful one's' voice...Soft & Wet. I thought the singer was female. (I was right and wrong). I HAD to find out who the singer was. I did...I bought tickets for the 1980 March 5th Fire It Up tour with Rick James and Prince in Greenville, SC. (That's me and my ex at the concert-all future boyfriends HAD to resemble Prince lol).
Now I loved Rick but when I saw Prince on that tour I thought I was on another planet. Rick who??? This was when the concert floor had no seats and it was first-come-first-served...and I believe I got both.
The guy (in the pic) I was with at that concert got angry at me for staring like a zombie and not wanting to leave the stadium until the roadies disassembled the stage set. I stayed until the lights went out.
So I was already in love and four of my future boyfriends would even look like Prince. One 'look-alike' proposed while we danced to International Lover.
When Purple Rain was released the 'look-alike' and I went to Myrtle Beach and saw it 5 times that day. That wasn't nearly enough. I wore lace over my eye to some club. Didn't give two fucks that some girl in the club laughed at me and snottily said, "Who do you think you are? Prince?" I just said, "I wish!" and kept on dancing. I bought a ruffly shirt and wore it to death. I had his 'shower poster' on my bedroom wall. My then 'look-alike' boyfriend even liked it. We did a photo session with him posing as Prince...yes, even the shower poster. Wish I still had it.
Prince was complicit in my life-changing decisions to divorce a physically abusive macho JW husband and eventually to 'question' and rearrange everything I believed in. Prince was my one true love. He still is...there will never be another.
(me and my ex at the Fire It Up concert)
"Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack | |
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I stood there in utter shock & awe as Prince (in his speedo and leg warmers) tore into my soul and reached notes and heights I couldn't believe. Those lyrics...those eyes...that voice. That 'I-don't-give-a-shit-what-people-think!'
But none of my ex's could compare to Prince and they knew it. Bless their hearts they tried though.
Nothing compares to him... 
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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))))))Dang, that must have shocked you when he converted into something you got away from. I read similar stories from fans who were ex-JW. They were finally free and then this.
Sorry for your loss. I think Its been 18 years for me, I was 12 when I got ahold of Purple Rain in the 90s No matter the ©️, Paisley Park "official can never ™️  . He gave that to us verbally on Oprah in 1996. You can't take away from us, corporate. I mean O ( + > | |
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Yes it did shock me...I thought it was a joke. I missed the 'old' Prince who taught me to love everyone with no judgments. "Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack | |
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I don't think that there's a woman alive that was a real Prince fan, that didn't feel the way you do about him, I know I did. Like my cousin said to me when she called me about his death....."that in my mind, Prince was my husband" | |
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.....He had a lot of women in life that he knew about, and those like me, that he didn't know about. I will love him forever!
Exactly! He was a tough act to follow. Apologies to my ex's who tried. "Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack | |
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Sounds like you set the standard for how the deeper purple Prince fans reacted and acted. Thank you for sharing.  -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Still it's nice to know, when our bodies wear out, we can get another -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | |
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Disclaimer...I wasn't a nutty fam who went off the deep end and stalked him or anything. "Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack | |
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I just recognized his genius and adored his non-traditional masculinity. Set my standards for what I liked in men for the rest of my life. IMO he was perfection...noimageatall said:
Disclaimer...I wasn't a nutty fam who went off the deep end and stalked him or anything. No no, I mean a fan whom the music spoke to, and was enamored. From the first time hearing Little Red Corvette, I was drawn to that sound. I was in grade school and needed to have the album. From that point on, the music just spoke to me, album after album. It was like the music really did reach the core of my being. Sorry it came off the wrong way. I guess I should have drawn a line between the are deep purple, and off the deep end purple fans. Didn't mean to paint you in a negative way. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Still it's nice to know, when our bodies wear out, we can get another -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | |
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"Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack | |
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Got my ticket for tomorrow night
PURCHASE DETAILS...PURPLE RAIN Charged to Visa ending in
"Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack | |
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Not wearing makeup...I'm sure I'll cry it all away.