I work at a supermarket with mostly kids my age (I'm 17 going on 18, so its mostly 15-22) and they give me shit ALL the time about being a Prince fan. Even the kids at high school too. All I hear all the time is "Prince is a fag" or "he wears heels", etc...stupid stuff. Then the older people at work look at me like I'm crazy because Prince is before my time, but I don't care, just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't appreciate good music. I just came back from the concert at the Fleetcenter in Boston ALONE because none of my friends would go with me (can you believe that?!?!), but I wanted to go so bad I didn't even care I was going alone. I cant possibly imagine why people laugh at other people for liking Prince, because it doesn't make sense laughing at someone who's a fan of one of the most talented musicians in history, but that's them.

DarkKnight1 said:

ha-ha-haaa...co-sign

malliekgirl said:

Same here, they all say I'm nuts 4 always listening 2 Prince ( with headphones on) and having not 1 but 3 symbols on my car. Oh yeah, my locker has several pics of Prince in it.

Co-workers used to laugh at me about Prince.

They're all dead now.

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince
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heybaby said:

Many rivetheads actually like Prince too. Prince has been a very influential character in the development of electro-industrial music - you can tell him that.

And tell him to get rid of that mohawk. If he wants to be taken seriously in the industrial circles that is.

DarkKnight1 said:

For Real- Yo.... I dont know why so many people still think that he's gay. Especially my husband. I have to hear it everday. I try to respect him, though I really want to say F...U...

I have had a couple people see me going on the org and say is that a Prince site????? He has a site about himself??? UGH!

Then i told a few people that i was going to a prince concert back a year or so back and people actually said "Prince is still around"????

i usually tell them they have no good taste in music and argue with them for 10 minutes about why they should listen to Prince. As silly as it sounds....

Most of the time, they have not even took the chance to listen to him, i hate when people make up their minds without even giving the lil sexy man a chance.

I've never had any problems with co-workers. I was telling one co-worker about the concert and how big a fan I am and she was surprised how animated I was. She told me she would never have guessed this about me.
Of course, it helps that I'm a large, angry black man.
Most people probably don't want to say anthing to piss me off.

bds70 said:[quote]Hey orgers,

I just wanted to share a story with you. People at work found out that I was going to 2 of 3 concerts in Philly next week and they laughed at me, as I inquired to what shows they have seen, I was stunned and embarassed for them.

Do any of you have this problem??

It gets better, this person has seen in concert (r u ready for this)
Debbie Gibson
Tesla
Gordon Lightfoot
Bette Midler
Shaggy
BSB
Brooks and Dunn
Posion
and is going to see barry manilow

R U F!@#%$ kidding me!!!!

Please share your stories!! Also FYI I am taking 2 people from work to one of the shows, and the are pretty hyped about it as well.[/quote
WELL I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY1, BEING THAT I DON'T WORK (YET)
ALL IN THIS FORUM PAY ATTENTION!

" PEOPLE TEND 2 FEAR WHAT THEY DO NOT KNOW "
IF THEY TOOK SOME TIME 2 LISTEN 2 HIM AS MUCH TIME AS IT TAKES THEM 2 CRITICIZE HIM
WELL I'D GUARANTEE YOU THEY'D BE HARD DIE FANS ! TELL THEM 2 GO BEYOND THE LOOKS.
(HE IS SEXY DON'T GET ME WRONG!) ALTHOUGH EVERY 1 SAYS 1ST IMPRESSIONS ARE CRUCIAL I HAPPEN 2 DISAGREE. EVER HEARD OF " NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER?"
FACE IT WHOM EVER CRITICIZES THE MASTER PRINCE, WELL THEY THEMSELVES LACK THE CAPACITY 2 APPRECIATE & UNDERSTAND THE ARTS (THEATRE) & MUSIC (TONE DEAF & BLIND).
SEE PRINCE IS BOTH AND THAT IS WHY HE IS PLEASING 2 BOTH THE EARS & EYE SIGHT.
ONE LAST NOTE I AM A MOTHER OF 4 GIRLS AGES RANGING FROM 16-9 YRS OLD WELL THEY ALL SAW PURPLE RAIN WITH ME CAUSE YES I OWN THE ALBUM,CASSETE,CD & THE DVD! & THEY LOVED IT! WELL MY 16 YR OLD HAS TAKEN UP AN INSTRUMENT BECAUSE SHE READ ON THE DVD THAT PRINCE PLAYS WELL OVER 20 INSTRUMENTS AND SHE SAID " IF HE CAN PLAY THAT MANY @ LEAST SHE CAN TRY 2 PLAY ONE. I AM SO HAPPY SHE PLAYS THE TRUMPET,
"WELL @ LEAST TRIES " MY 9 YEAR OLD SAYS SHE WANTS PIANO LESSONS BECAUSE HE LOOKS COOL AND ALSO SHE SAW ALICIA KEYS PLAYING IT AND INDUCTING PRINCE INTO THE R&RHOF
TELL YOUR COWORKERS 2 STOP HIDING TO COME OUT AND PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999 & ENJOY THEMSELVES YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS.















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I had co-workers laugh at me for liking Prince but most of them respect the man especially after I explain why i've been a fan as long as i've been. In fact, i took one of my co-workers to see Prince in L.A. and he thought it was awesome. He even danced a little and he never does that.

I don't think that any of my co workers hate Prince but they all think I'm crazy. I get teased every day for going to all 5 shows he did here in MI in June and July. One of my co workers has even started calling me Princella. I don't mind tho. I've begun to convert a couple of them so soon they'll be just like me. Crazy over Prince

It's funny that I opened the forum to this thread. I was just arguing with a co-worker who claims to be a Prince fan, but refuses to believe that Prince helped shaped the career of The Time and others.

He also argued with me...or at least cast doubt...on the fact that Prince has written for countless artists under the years and has produced for them.

I need proof that Prince helped shaped The Time's career. He was the "Svengali" of the Minneapolis sound and either wrote or co-wrote tunes like "777-9311" and others for the time. This co-worker believed that I was lying because he couldn't understand why Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis would work under Prince, since they're already talented. I tried to explain to him that they DID work for Prince and were fired when they showed up late for an Atlanta gig.

Can someone help me out on this?

Also, I need a complete listing of songs that Prince has either written or produced for others. This guy didn't even believe me when I said that Prince co-wrote "Love Song" with Madonna. I need help with this.

Thanks! [I'll also make a new thread about it]

gman1966 said:

And that IS the saddest aspect of Prince's career. No one believes or gives him credit for his brilliance. No one believes that he has contributed so much to music and other artists. It's the SADDEST aspect of his career. No one will fully give Prince his due until long after he's gone...

Novabreaker said:

Agreed. I can't see how a band like The Cure or Depeche Mode wouldn't like Prince or least appreciate him as an artist, if not for his music...

laylow03 said:

If they only knew. Seriously. He has to be the most prolific of current times.

It's because the media hasn't really shed a lot of light on this. They sorta do...but pepper it with other things like his past. His brilliance gets lost in the shuffle...though I have to say this year, we've seen a lot of Prince Praising and a reembracing of his music. Though it's a celebration of the old and a blind eye to the 90's...well more of a "we'll forgive him for that" sort of thing.

On topic. My working relationshipp with a co-worker is strained due to him not likeing P and just not leaving it alone. Like he feels as though he has to egg on the conversation. Or did. We haven't talked about it in a few months. But the last time...he was saying things like Prince wasn't even a has been...he was a never was. Crazy shit like that. got me so mad. Well, he's just an idiot who bases his theories on nothing.

He actually gets made fun of because I am sure this is not the ONLY subject he has run his mouth on. I just let him be.

Anybody who gives me grief about me being a fan... I just show them the RRHF show where he blows everyone away, then watch them all shut up real fast!

I work with a bunch of haters, too. I was told today that, "I must be in my second childhood" because I'm so excited about the Philly shows I'm going to next week. I told them that I'm not in my SECOND childhood, I've been able to keep my childhood alive throughout my life and thoroughly enjoy life. Shut them all up!!!

All of the co-workers that use 2 hate on Prince have stopped after his R&R induction performance and after his concert in Cincinnati. Some of them went 2 the concert and was floored and came back 2 work the next day acting like groupies. I did'nt have 2 say 1 word, i just wore my wristbands with the symbol on them and smiled!

People I work with just give me this wierd look when I tell them I like Prince. They just need to exprience the power the man has and to see him live, oh my! If they could just feel the energy you get from him maybe then they'd understand.

My second day at the new store i work I spent listening to Abba.



Bookstores are littered with gay employees. So I made a point to rave about Franz Ferdinand, which drew blanks. Only my very hip merchandise colleagiue knew them and liked them too! She is going to be my partner in crime, musicwise. Her bf works there too and loves oddball jazz. So he and I get along musically too. The rest I have to re-educate.

None.

sdekm1 said:

Right on. Does seem to do the trick, don't it?

My co workers are cool
my boss respects prince and thinks he's great.

When i asked for the concert dates off but didnt have any vacation time left i was asked if I wanted them paid as religious holidays or mental health days!

reminds of the time i was hitching thru smll town new zealand..stopped 2 get some funk as all the guy who picked me up was queen.....

asked if the shop owner had any PRINCE cds

he just looked at me incredously as tho id insulted him and replied'we dont stock stuff like that here"

its amazing how most of the public still perceive him

Yes, I get a strange response as well when they found out I love Prince..you know, they give you that look, they don't say much except "yeah, he's great" and they look at each other...

Nah, I don't have that problem. But of course, I own the company that I work for. And if anybody there, doesn't like the fact that I'm a huge Prince fan, they've been very careful not to let me know it.

None of them exactly hates Prince, it's more like kind laugh to me and they already know I'm a freak. I have some other fan-sites and one discussion group I'm into a lot so it doesn't really matter to me (hmm..nice Queen-quota )