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Thread started 01/07/18 12:14pm

LaurenceNoonan

Worst Prince Look/Era

Mid/late ish 90s
[Edited 1/7/18 16:17pm]
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Reply #1 posted 01/07/18 1:13pm

langebleu

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2017

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Reply #2 posted 01/07/18 1:23pm

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THE GOLD EXPERIENCE ERA

EMANCIPATION ERA

RAVE ERA

Wait I change my mind... Early 1998 NPS era, the worst.

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Reply #3 posted 01/07/18 1:35pm

rogifan

Easy: the Come era. Hated the finger weave and makeup that made him look white as ghost. Also the clothes were hideous. Second would be his Liza Minnelli phase.
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Reply #4 posted 01/07/18 2:15pm

LaurenceNoonan

feeluupp said:

THE GOLD EXPERIENCE ERA


EMANCIPATION ERA


RAVE ERA




Wait I change my mind... Early 1998 NPS era, the worst.

[Edited 1/7/18 13:23pm]


I didn't mind the Rave Era but I can agree with you 96 - 98 I never liked much music and look wise
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Reply #5 posted 01/07/18 2:16pm

LaurenceNoonan

rogifan said:

Easy: the Come era. Hated the finger weave and makeup that made him look white as ghost. Also the clothes were hideous. Second would be his Liza Minnelli phase.

Yeah... he looked really pale
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Reply #6 posted 01/07/18 3:45pm

stpaisios

SNIP (C rule #1)

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Reply #7 posted 01/07/18 4:17pm

LaurenceNoonan

stpaisios said:

SNIP


Thanks
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Reply #8 posted 01/07/18 4:23pm

LonelyStarfish

Worst looks? Pretty much everything from 1993/4 to 2002.Worst eras, for me, all the online album releases cos i didn't have the means to purchase anything cos i was too young; musically - rave is when i threw away my stan card (as the kids say today) till musicology but that album didn't do anything for me. Pretty much all albums from rave to lotus were a let down, for me.
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Reply #9 posted 01/07/18 9:00pm

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langebleu said:

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Reply #10 posted 01/07/18 9:54pm

dance4me3121

Definitely 1958
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Reply #11 posted 01/08/18 12:04am

milesb

3EG era

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Reply #12 posted 01/08/18 12:15am

Wolfie87

Worst look. The Kiss video, he looked way better in UTCM the same year.

Worst Era. 1995. He looked sick when he was that pale.

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Reply #13 posted 01/08/18 1:20am

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The last few years of his life. Those third eye glasses made him look like an idiot.

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Reply #14 posted 01/08/18 3:04am

Ymaginatif

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2010 - he looked insecure

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Reply #15 posted 01/08/18 5:36am

OldFriends4Sal
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For me it is the 1991-1995 look

It was too clean and the bands look was over the top ridiculous - which was probably the point, because it made him stand out more.

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Reply #16 posted 01/08/18 6:22am

RJOrion

The Most Beautiful Girl In The World video...
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Reply #17 posted 01/08/18 7:08am

OldFriends4Sal
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This look sums of the worst ever award look 4 Prince

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Reply #18 posted 01/08/18 7:15am

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I kinda liked the baby-fro
"I like to watch."
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Reply #19 posted 01/08/18 7:50am

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sulls said:

I kinda liked the baby-fro

the afro by itself is not the issue, just the whole ensemble is just not working

he needed to look simpler for it to work

it works in these below

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Reply #20 posted 01/08/18 7:55am

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sulls said:

I kinda liked the baby-fro

actually this look is worse than the one from the View

I was shocked Prince would let this out

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Reply #21 posted 01/08/18 8:24am

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langebleu said:

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Reply #22 posted 01/08/18 9:48am

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worst, with the awful "afro hair cut"...

Late in his career..... eek confused

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Reply #23 posted 01/08/18 10:31am

themend

Musicology ... bored bored2 zzz
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Reply #24 posted 01/08/18 10:37am

MD431Madcat

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1993-1994

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2014

2015

2016

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Reply #25 posted 01/08/18 11:17am

67Cadillac

OldFriends4Sale said:

sulls said:

I kinda liked the baby-fro

actually this look is worse than the one from the View

I was shocked Prince would let this out

I actually love this photo. Prince looks great here. His arms look strong and he looks youthful.

I hate saying this but the bigger the afro became the worse Prince looked. The baby 'fro was great, and he looked good at SXSW and the first Live Out Loud leg. By Montreux it kind of overwhelmed his small physique, and combined with the fact that Prince seemed to suddenly age around that time, it just wasn't a good luck. By 2014 it was just ridiculous and it only accentuates how sick he was when you look at the 2016 photos when he's just sickly (he was similarly thin in 2009, but he had short hair and there wasn't much contrast).

I still maintain that him letting the afro just getting bigger was in hindsight a sign of depression or something; generally people who are depressed don't really put effort into their appearance, and for someone like Prince who was constantly reinventing himself visually and musically to suddenly settle for a very phoned in look is telling for me.

Some others looks I didn't care for:

- The Rave look, specifically the album cover: he looks like Coolio and Bjork's love child.

- The Come era: great music but as stated the makeup makes him look sickly.

- The 'Slave' era.

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Reply #26 posted 01/08/18 11:18am

67Cadillac

OldFriends4Sale said:

This look sums of the worst ever award look 4 Prince

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One thing I found interesting was how he goes on The View, debuts this look, and then two days later for the Chicago shows ditched the 'fro and the leather jacket. Also, I HATED those gold sunglasses.

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Reply #27 posted 01/08/18 12:33pm

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67Cadillac said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

actually this look is worse than the one from the View

I was shocked Prince would let this out

I actually love this photo. Prince looks great here. His arms look strong and he looks youthful.

I hate saying this but the bigger the afro became the worse Prince looked. The baby 'fro was great, and he looked good at SXSW and the first Live Out Loud leg. By Montreux it kind of overwhelmed his small physique, and combined with the fact that Prince seemed to suddenly age around that time, it just wasn't a good luck. By 2014 it was just ridiculous and it only accentuates how sick he was when you look at the 2016 photos when he's just sickly (he was similarly thin in 2009, but he had short hair and there wasn't much contrast).

I still maintain that him letting the afro just getting bigger was in hindsight a sign of depression or something; generally people who are depressed don't really put effort into their appearance, and for someone like Prince who was constantly reinventing himself visually and musically to suddenly settle for a very phoned in look is telling for me.

Some others looks I didn't care for:

- The Rave look, specifically the album cover: he looks like Coolio and Bjork's love child.

- The Come era: great music but as stated the makeup makes him look sickly.

- The 'Slave' era.

that fro made him look 'plain'

I like it here

Either he started doining his own hair or Kim wasn't good with natural hairs

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Reply #28 posted 01/08/18 12:40pm

67Cadillac

That's the most he ever should've grown it out.

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Reply #29 posted 01/09/18 4:07pm

stpaisios

this kind of Prince beauty is the kind that comes from inside...

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