CherryMoon57 said:

Being born in 1983, and missing an entire era of Prince concerts.

I regret

That I never saw him live

That I didn't give him the respect he deserved

That he had to suffer the unspeakale life-changing tragedy of losing a child

And that he died alone.

I regret not seeing his last aftershow EVER in March at American Music Hall, which took place about 20 minutes away from me, but I didn't find out about it until a week or two after he'd passed (they announced it as an AfterPARTY, which usually means he won't play, BUT HE PLAYED - I live for his aftershows!!!).

I regret not seeing the last tour, thinking "he'll be back soon enough"

Most of all, I regret that his people (& HE) didn't take that emergency landing incident seriously enough, & get him help ASAP. He'd still be here. Fuck speculation, fuck the public knowing - HE'D STILL BE HERE

Missing the entire 80's era because I was born in 1984. I would have definitely been a Prince fan over an MJ fan had I been an young adult during that time. But since I grew up in the 90's I was more familiar with Michael's music.

My biggest regret is turning down a FREE concert ticket to see the 1999 Triple Threat Tour with The Time and Vanity 6. I didn't become a hardcore Prince fan until Purple Rain in 1984. I had a chance to see the 1999 Tour in '83. I liked Prince then, but not enough to go see him in concert. I was an idiot! LOL!

I have NONE! I was his fan for over 30 years and I love the entire ride and him N I hope that he knew that

Oh...shit! It just honestly occured to me that I really do not have any. Well...damn!

partyup77 said:

Not seeing him last year when he was in town (it was my brother's birthday so I really couldn't SIL was having a party but somehow I still feel regretful about it) , never making it to Paisley Park, never reaching out in some way to say thank you, whether through social media or holding a sign up at a concert lol, ANYTHING. I wish I could have met him if only for a minute. For going through periods here and there of not paying attention as closely.

Yours was a beautiful post ,OP.

gold31 said:

My biggest regret is turning down a FREE concert ticket to see the 1999 Triple Threat Tour with The Time and Vanity 6. I didn't become a hardcore Prince fan until Purple Rain in 1984. I had a chance to see the 1999 Tour in '83. I liked Prince then, but not enough to go see him in concert. I was an idiot! LOL!

I can't really call it a regret as it was out of my control, but I never got to see him live.

Saw the Paisley Park Live Streams but that is as close as I got. Life bites.

1) Only buying one copy of the Daily Mirror paper carrying the 2010 CD when I should've bought as many copies as I could fit in the garage! Have you seen them on ebay recently?!!? Crazy...

2) Slowly losing interest from 3121 onwards. It's unfortunately taken Prince's death to get me back focussed on Prince and really listen again (properly) to all the CDs he released in the past 10 years or so, which only had a handful of plays each at the time I bought them.

3) Not bothering to make the effort to travel and see him since the O2 shows. Being married with kids really shouldn't have been an excuse.

4) Going to the Virgin Megastore in Paris back in 92 and seeing a sign at the entrance saying that Prince and the NPG would be signing autographs today, only to find out the sign was for the previous day and hadn't yet been taken down!!! Still regret not popping in a day earlier...

I won't be able to take my 9 year old son to see him live, Prince played in Manchester 2 years ago, but I just thought he was abit too young with the crowd and how loud the sound systems are to come along, since then he's got into music generally and we often sing away to Prince in the car.

I wish I could have spent an afternoon with him, showing him around my favourite parts of Melbourne.

I was with a friend in Montreux in 2013 for night 2.We had tickets for night 3 also,but this friend had to come back to work immediately after the night 2 show.I could stay in Montreux....but I came back in Italy without seeing the third show.

Not being able to find Eatons Hills in Brisbane after the concert in 2012 - I tried to find it but not being a local couldnt and was in a friends car without a referdex. I cried for months over that.

Camille2016 said:

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partyup77 said:

I regret not going to Paisley Park while he was still alive. Its a pretty expensive trip from the east coast but I would have paid anything to have gone had I known what would happen

My regret as well. I'd actually planned to go out to PP this summer.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Oh...shit! It just honestly occured to me that I really do not have any. Well...damn!

Yep... None whatsoever...loved the whole ride

No real regrets here either. Enjoyed it all.

eightiesbrat said:

I regret not following his music from 1993 onwards. I dunno why, I was busy with my marriage, kids, my jobs, for some reason I neglected Prince's music and now I feel guilty about it. Recently I listened to AOA over and over again and found it brilliant. Way Back Home and Affirmation III hit me hard, really hard, especially after his passing.

I went to only one Prince concert in all my life, it was the first night of the 21 Nights in London tour. My second regret is not to have gone to the afterhours party that night. Instead I went to my hotel and slept. Money was not an issue. People said the Tube wouldn't run that late and taxis would be impossible to find. I folded. I was such an idiot. Sigh. Now that I can watch his videos on Youtube, his afterhours parties look more fun than his concerts.