The first time I saw Dirty Mind

rdhull said:

It took 1999 fanaticism for my Purple balls to drop

i scared some neighborhood kids playing "sister" for them

onlyforaminute said:

rdhull said:

onlyforaminute said:

....my reaction was, "What in the living hell".Given the time and world I lived in I skipped that one but was front and center for Controversy. During that year I did meet a group of friends who were into Prince and they looped me back around to Dirty Mind. The hours of discussions we had over each song. Fun memoriez.

“What in the living hell”

What in the living hell? and What the f**k!, I am sure were most people's reactions when they first saw Prince. Many of us like me, heard him before they saw him.

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My reaction was more tame, it was him in the Raspberry Beret Video and I thought, "He looks really weird, but the song is pretty cool". I did not see the Dirty Mind cover until 1992 and thought "Wow he was pretty way out" and knew the album would have to be about sex.

onlyforaminute said:

rdhull said:

“What in the living hell”

I had no idea then how many times I'd end up saying that phrase in relation to him. It's been a journey.

Yup!

Purplegarden said:

What in the living hell? and What the f**k!, I am sure were most people's reactions when they first saw Prince. Many of us like me, heard him before they saw him.

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My reaction was more tame, it was him in the Raspberry Beret Video and I thought, "He looks really weird, but the song is pretty cool". I did not see the Dirty Mind cover until 1992 and thought "Wow he was pretty way out" and knew the album would have to be about sex.

I usually said, "What in the glittery purple fuck is he thinking?" But I was always (more or less) on board.

And of course when I first heard the album in its entirety in 1993 or 1994, I knew straight away it was a classic and easily one of his most defining albums. Yet I know quite a few of the starry eyed teenagers who bought the Prince album and I wanna be your lover single, would have been put off by the scary punked out S&M lookalike on that cover snarling at them.

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Fortunately a lot were cool and knew the grooves inside were bursting with brilliance. I have never been put off by a cover, hearing a solid single or knowing off an artist's reputation usually influences my choice of going all in and buying an album.

Purplegarden said:

And of course when I first heard the album in its entirety in 1993 or 1994, I knew straight away it was a classic and easily one of his most defining albums. Yet I know quite a few of the starry eyed teenagers who bought the Prince album and I wanna be your lover single, would have been put off by the scary punked out S&M lookalike on that cover snarling at them.

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Fortunately a lot were cool and knew the grooves inside were bursting with brilliance. I have never been put off by a cover, hearing a solid single or knowing off an artist's reputation usually influences my choice of going all in and buying an album.

You saw it first in 1993. Big diff than seeing it in 1980 during THAT zeitgeist.

rdhull said:

Purplegarden said:

And of course when I first heard the album in its entirety in 1993 or 1994, I knew straight away it was a classic and easily one of his most defining albums. Yet I know quite a few of the starry eyed teenagers who bought the Prince album and I wanna be your lover single, would have been put off by the scary punked out S&M lookalike on that cover snarling at them.

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Fortunately a lot were cool and knew the grooves inside were bursting with brilliance. I have never been put off by a cover, hearing a solid single or knowing off an artist's reputation usually influences my choice of going all in and buying an album.

You saw it first in 1993. Big diff than seeing it in 1980 during THAT zeitgeist.

For Sure. Big Diff.


In 1980 the album cover was extremely controversial.

I was an adult in 1980, and I actually thought the album cover was fabulous because at the time, I loved musicians that bucked the norm, and made people think. Prince was all that.

rdhull said:

Purplegarden said:

And of course when I first heard the album in its entirety in 1993 or 1994, I knew straight away it was a classic and easily one of his most defining albums. Yet I know quite a few of the starry eyed teenagers who bought the Prince album and I wanna be your lover single, would have been put off by the scary punked out S&M lookalike on that cover snarling at them.

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Fortunately a lot were cool and knew the grooves inside were bursting with brilliance. I have never been put off by a cover, hearing a solid single or knowing off an artist's reputation usually influences my choice of going all in and buying an album.

You saw it first in 1993. Big diff than seeing it in 1980 during THAT zeitgeist.

True that, but in my defence, I was like 6 months old when it came out.

I remember being a kid (channel surfing) and seeing the end of the "DM" video..(the part where he's twirling around and you coud see his black briefs)...I thought;"This dude has REALLY lost his mind"...It seems tame now, but in 1980 that was pretty wild...Plus the local/popular NY R&B stations never played anything off of the "DM" album..(probably out of fear)..and everyone I knew didn't like P (It was all about MJ, new wave and early hip hop)..so I never heard the whole album until a few years later.

SPYZFAN1 said:

I remember being a kid (channel surfing) and seeing the end of the "DM" video..(the part where he's twirling around and you coud see his black briefs)...I thought;"This dude has REALLY lost his mind"...It seems tame now, but in 1980 that was pretty wild...Plus the local/popular NY R&B stations never played anything off of the "DM" album..(probably out of fear)..and everyone I knew didn't like P (It was all about MJ, new wave and early hip hop)..so I never heard the whole album until a few years later.

That 1980 Midnight Special appearance with him in his little zebra briefs.

Genesia said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

I remember being a kid (channel surfing) and seeing the end of the "DM" video..(the part where he's twirling around and you coud see his black briefs)...I thought;"This dude has REALLY lost his mind"...It seems tame now, but in 1980 that was pretty wild...Plus the local/popular NY R&B stations never played anything off of the "DM" album..(probably out of fear)..and everyone I knew didn't like P (It was all about MJ, new wave and early hip hop)..so I never heard the whole album until a few years later.

That 1980 Midnight Special appearance with him in his little zebra briefs.

I was trying to remember what show that was on just the other day! Thks for reminding me, Gensia.