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When did you start buying Prince music? I can remember seeing the Purple Rain trailer on tv. I know I had the record and cassette, which never left my portable boom box back then. I was 8 back then in '84. Around The world In A Day was next cassette I bought, I remember hearing the beginning to America and thought something was wrong with my cassette deck, lol. Got into cd's in the early 90's, bought Thieves In The Temple maxi-single, it was a wrap from there.....
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1982....the trip to the wreckka stow | |
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back then was the coolest thing. I mean there he was on an album cover looking just as cool and as sexy as he wanted to be....ahhh the memories 
I was fortunate enough to have parents in the music industry, so even though I was born in the 70s, Prince has always been in my consciousness. I very clearly remember my parents had his early albums - those covers made a lasting impression! I took over their collection as I got older, but I never had to actually buy my own Prince music until I moved out! I think I bought The Hits/The B Sides as a way to just get a lot of songs to take to college with me! [Edited 4/30/16 15:37pm] | |
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Uh, I think it was around 1983. Cassette tapes. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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you too | |
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Casette tapes were the shiznit | |
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2006 and it was the best of album. | |
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What was really cool is that my grandmother took me to see Purple Rain in Detroit cuz I asked her too and she like Prince too | |
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First album I bought was the gold experience because of tmbgitw, in 1998. Became an instant fan... The 0(+>, tge, emancipation, crystal ball timeframe still is my favorite prince era. It was not in vain...it was in Minneapolis! | |
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Summer of 1985... I watched Purple Rain on HBO and then bought the soundtrack. Then, I bought ATWIAD and realized this guy didn't sit still and liked changing up his style rather than repeating himself and I really liked that. Then I followed that up with 1999 and became an obsessed little fan. lol |
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I bought the UK reissue of the 1999 7" single, with Little Red Corvette as a double A side. I think it was 1984. I was 12. I didn't become a fan until I bought Parade on cassette, in 1986. I then went backwards and bought everything I could. I always remember being bored on a trip to Wales, and my mother gave me £10 to go entertain myself. I went straight to the nearest record store and bought Sheila E.'s self-titled album on cassette, so I could listen on my Walkman. My mother later saw the cassette case and remarked, "You waste far too much money on those people." Those people... lol. She made it sound like a cult. I guess it was. lol | |
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My first was Little Red Corvette on a 45 in 1983. | |
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Around the time he first came on the scene, and I heard his song on the radio. | |
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When I was little P was always around on the radio and on tv. I remember particularly liking the vids for the Parade singles. I only started getting pocket money plus being allowed to do little paid jobs when I was 14. That was in 1991, Cream & Gett Off were huge on MTV. I bought the D&P cd and just couldn't put it down anymore lol. I also remember trying to rap along with Tony M (yes hell is waiting for me) cuz I can't sing for the life of me haha. same story with the Love Symbol album. At school I did a presentation on 'Thunder' cuz I loved it so much. The year afterward I did a presentation on 'JUGHEAD' just to annoy my new teacher, I knew she'd go off haha. She asked me 'But what's the point of your presentation? You are supposed to discuss your hobbies and interests. Why did you pick this song?' To which I responded , 'Cuz it's fonkay!' | |
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Bought the Dirty Mind album (vinyl) a few days after its release, it changed my life.  Forever changed 
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mightycow said: She asked me 'But what's the point of your presentation? You are supposed to discuss your hobbies and interests. Why did you pick this song?' To which I responded , 'Cuz it's fonkay!'  Haha! | |
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1984. The "Purple Rain" album on cassette, about a week after I first heard "When Doves Cry" and it changed my life. |
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Bought "Prince" right after I saw him on "American Bandstand". | |
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1978. For You. Too young for concerts but old enough to buy my own music. "I don't make the rules. I just play" | |
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Dirty Mind was the game changer for me. After that I was at the wrecka sto on release Tuesday. | |
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Couldn't separate me and my Walkman! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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this doesn't count because technically, my mom bought it for me because I begged and pleaded. I was 6 years old and I got the "1999" album. I had NO BUSINESS listening to that lol No wonder I had such a dirty mind Have U had your + today? | |
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Older brothger buying "Dirty Mind," "Controversy," and "1999." I remember I didn't like "1999" when he brought that home. I beat him to it and bought "Purple Rain" and haven't stopped buying Prince since. | |
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1979. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" single. "  don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." |
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Oops. Double post, below [Edited 4/30/16 17:34pm] 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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violectrica said: I got into my dad's collection of CDs, purple rain when I was 12 in 1997. Then I found out that he had more by the same guy, they were diamonds and pearls and around the world in a day. These are a great start for any baby prince fan. For my 14th birthday I told my dad I need my own Prince Cd so he gave it to me to open before cake and it was 1999!!!! I was so excited because I always hovered around my ghetto blaster during "80s at 8" waiting for little red corvette and the title track. It was actually 1999 the year also. My dad had to turn it off in the middle of the party because he was beet red. He remembered the lyrics from when he had it on vinyl...he said he can't listen to this around me and just keep it i ln my room haha. He couldn've ruined my birthday by taking it away... I got rave for my 16th birthday. I finally had my own money from working at 17 so I bought the gold experience, but it was too expensive even in 2002. So I bought it on cassette for 14.99 used no less. I broke it after a couple years and replaced it with the cd for 45 bucks. After I got a job I had everything legal in like a year no bootleg. I was a purist prince defender about youtube as well. No more 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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My first Prince album was 1999 on vinyl, still one of my faves. Maybe I was 11 years old (6th grade)? Probably too young, luckily my parents didn't listen to the lyrics. Until the end of time
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I remember being 12 yrs old & getting the 1999 album as a Christmas present in 1983.. I thought the name of the band was Prince lol.. I really didn't become a full fledged fan until May of 1984 & i never ever looked back.. "When doves cry" was so different & unique for its time.. I was blown away by that song & the entire Purple Rain album as well BOB4theFUNK | |
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When I first heard Prince on the radio singing "I Wanna Be Your Lover" I thought it was Sylvester. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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1988. lovesexy album. first album i ever bought with my pocket money.
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