I'm a fan. Probably of the more moderate variety. Have been a fan though since I was a little kid when the For You album was released. When I was in 4th grade "Still Waiting" was the favorite song of all the girls in my class with crushes on boys in the playground . However, as fate would have it, time and circumstance helped me evolve from any illusions that Prince was the best thing since sliced bread...it's called "growing up"

ZombieKitten said:

Agreed!! My wife wants to go to Vegas to see him at 3121....so I know that when I see him live again, the purple blood will flow again...still not as deep as it was when P was the soundtrack to my intimate awakenings....but deep enough...

Okay, here is my story. It kinda also states what I think about Prince's music.

http://prince.org/msg/12/240147

Fan at 13 (When Doves Cry drew me in) and going FAM age 15, due to the ATWIAD 12"s.

Totally addict until 1991, after which Prince started following trends instead of setting them.
Still collected the actual stuff.

2001 joined Org. Got addicted to the peeps in chat, then moved to forums. Learned to distrust people online and cherish the beautiful peeps that did come through (and true).

Since 1998 I ammuch more of a casual fan, not liking everything he did, but at least he was still the best performer/singer/guitarist/musician I have the pleasure to see play live.

Then The Rainbow Children happened. And I saw the multi-coloured view of Prince's past narrowed so much I could not but resent an entire Prince album.

Ever since I am skeptic. This year's European gigs were the test. But even though the shows are good, they are too commercial for a non-casual Prince MUSIC fan; too bland.

Even though the aftershow was fun, it seems Prince is not much interested anymore in making challenging music, but much more in just hanging with friends. Just the occasional brilliance he used to have shines through (see review) in the form of a jam on Miles Davis' Tutu.

So for me, I will probably not go to see him anymore. I will just keep checking him out. I am too old for this shit. Play some Justice for me at Paradiso, that's it. New peeps that push the musical borders are fun to me.

HamsterHuey said:

aside from how you got into prince (i discovered him at about 5 with the controversy single) and how you feel about rainbow children (i think its one of his most brilliant works), i can co-sign that post.

i'll take the hungry, young, inspired artists who still have something to prove or, at least, still have a desire to impress for what they DO rather than what they DID.

sassybritches said:

Ah. Thing is, lyrics are almost as important to me as the music, and I just can't, can't, can't get passed those lyrics that seem so belittling to women in a way I haven't seen in his lyrics before (and this is womanising Prince we're talking about) and the way he views black american history/religion/the world that makes me shudder.

I hate religion when presented this way.

HamsterHuey said:

i understand the reasons for not liking it.

it's just that my opinion of art isn't so much wrapped up in whether i agree with the statement but rather the emotion, good or bad, the work can evoke. the rainbow children is not a record you just walk away from; you are affected in some way by that record regardless of being in agreement with it.

sassybritches said:

Normally I am not much wrapped up in it either, unless it is an artist I used to identify with so deeply in the past, hehehe. Prince is personal.
And it touches on many of the irks I have against religion. So the irritation/anger upon hearing it was much more than it would have been if it had been Björk or something.

sassybritches said:

no offense, but the effect it had on me was to forcibly remove it from my player and frisbee it across the highway....there was nothing remotely redeeming about TRC for me....at all....it was P at the height of artistic arrogance...the "field of dreams" concept..."If I make it, they will buy it....and love it...."

just my

reneGade20 said:

Me neither. I still think it is a painful record and proves that religion can fuck up the best of us. In the old days, Prince's view of eternity included everyone. Now it seems not everybody is allowed on the boat.

HamsterHuey said:

Exactly!!

...though I find it odd that he is a member of a religious sect that has this view on homosexuality...



....when he has a significant number of gay fans.....I'm sure HE personally doesn't feel that way, but I just see it as a really weird paradox....

Spookymuffin said:

Awwww, Ben... Thank you.

You REALLY should look into swapping that Sept 20th ticket for the 21st, y'know??

Kinda. Not really mad about anything after TRC, but I'm still a casual fan. I like the odd track on the last few albums and I still dig into the unreleased stuff and back catalogue pretty much daily.

Spookymuffin said:

I think you were merciful.

Spookymuffin said:

i think im a bigger fan of his now that i hate all his new music.thats a bit harsh cause hes always got a few good songs he can surprise you with.but not good enuff princey
otherwise....i enjoy discussing him in threads like this. http://prince.org/msg/7/241451

JDInteractive said:

Words of wisdom from myself there. Stupid pisshead.

Of course I'm a Prince fan, and a big one at that. And everyone here is to some degree a Prince fan, or at least was at one point. I think it's really lame to bash the Music forum, as this is a Prince site after all. If you think the forum here is full of Purple Kool-Aid junkies, you should have seen NPGMC.

There are ppl here who arent Prince fans??

How'd they get here?

JDInteractive said:

TotalANXiousNESS said:

How does anyone get here, or to anyplace they need to be? Jesus.






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Imago said:

What the hell are you saying???

Its not making sense to me.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

it does seem like alot of people are here early....

TotalANXiousNESS said:

Calm down little missy!



Honestly, I come here anymore just to see if Fauxie's getting more bold on these otherwise pointless picture threads.

Imago said:

Ohhh. You knwo what I'm saying!

How do you get to a price site w/out being a fan???

HOW? HOW!?!!?

Whos ass is in your avatar?

Imago said:

Dani made sense. You didn't. This is some serious shit and worthy of an intervention.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

I already answered: Jesus.




And eversolicious's ass.

Fauxie said:

Imago said:

JDInteractive said:

oh yeah..definitely a Prince fan here. but he's not #1 in my book.

TotalANXiousNESS said:

The heat's off you!