...U feel that Animal Kingdom is the new Purple Rain...














CAUTION: this is just another attempt at denouncing Animal Kingdom...
[Edited 2/19/05 16:52pm]

When you're watching a talk show, and there's a woman named Bambi on there. You find yourself singing the song "Bambi".

psychodelicide said:

that, or you're watchin an episode of jerry springer and it has a woman cheatin on her man with another woman...

I know I'M a Prince fan b/c he is so FINE,irresistable and makes really hot music. Plus, I talk about him nonstopped and listen to every cd I have of him and surf the web on him. don't need anymore proof than that!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

whenever you get upset your friends say "ohmygod, someone please start talking about prince"

whenever you're really angry, you just pop in purple rain and watch it from beginning to end like you've never seen it before.

it really pisses you off when someone covers a prince song, no matter how good it might be, because they will never be as good as the man himself (that being said, some guy playing guitar at the 59th street station did this amazing cover of purple rain on an acoustic guitar. i gave him my last dollar)

Eye no...there is a heaven, eye no there is a hell...sorry, i' just couldn't help myself..well, eye no i'm a Prince fan Bcause
-i hated purple, and now everything I own is purple, even my hair(it's true)

-i cut the brakes of my father's car Bcause he said that the final part of "Do me baby" was obscene (ok, i didn't , but i seriously thought it)

-i wrote a novel about my fantastic love story, back in the 80s, with P (i wrote about 3 pages...then i realized it was kinda creepy)

-i only wear clothes which are like the ones he wore in Purple Rain

-i sang "Head" 2 a priest (true!)

-i want 2 go 2 1st Avenue just 2 touch the star with the name of "Prince and The Revolution"

-everyone thinks i'm insane

So many of these things R true;

mine also include:

Still have the magazine from the 80's with Prince in them---Tiger Beat, etcc
and every article since in scrapbooks in a fire safe box---just in case.

I was very depressed after my divorce and my sisters threw me a "Prince Party" and carved the cheese in the shape of his symbol---i of course won the trivia game.

The 18x20 frame that held my wedding picture was replaced with a picture of Prince I took at a concert and is on display with my collection.

My teenage daughter thinks I insane.

... when after reading this forum for about 5 years you *finally* subscribe to the org, just to be able to add your own stuff to this thread

... when you have collected more than 900 cassette tapes since 1986 - and you never never never play them anymore coz they have the worst sound quality you could ever imagine, but HEY! you got the entire Purple Rain tour complete )

... when your mom *still* tells you she heard something about Prince on the radio

... when you have a framed guitar pick with a "Love God" inscription, just because someone you once knew from Security stole it for you from a bucket full of picks, hours before a show (and you keep kelling everybody you caught it at a show)

... when all your ex-girlfriends are Prince fans too (and not because of you)

... when you still buy purple stuff, candles, shirts etc

... when you know what "purple raincoat" means

... when you realise you once ran a Prince fanzine

... when you cut a 1:1 Cloud guitar from a piece of hardboard in 1985, and you still have it (and still even "air guitar" play it)

... when you wear a Prince T-shirt when you're going to a George Clinton / Bootsy Collins / James Brown / Maceo Parker / GCS gig


... when you went to 'Sagrada Famiglia' in Barcelona, Spain, to take pics of the tiles 'he' stood on, and the fence 'he' stood in front of, and even went to a local cd store to compare them to the 'Come' cd cover... and then go back afterwards to take pics of the right tiles

... when in 1984 you created a Prince song/album database on your Commodore64 computer while you should have been doing your homework

... when you watch MTV Cribs and jump up from your seat when you see Apollonia lives nextdoor to someone famous (who was it again? Carmen?)

... when you went to London in 1995 to visit this NPG store, only to see the balcony 'they' posed on, to buy some pencils, to see the time capsule and to eat chocolate cake in the cafetaria, just because 'he' was there too.
Even worse: you went there again this year and you searched frantically, but couldn't find the spot anymore.

... when you bought a T-shirt with any Batman logo in 1990, 'just because'

... when you compare the mould on your left cheek to Prince's

... when you flew from Amsterdam to Atlanta on a Saturday morning, and back Sunday afternoon, with another Prince concert added to your memory

... when any ruffled shirt brings you back to 1884

... when you know who Tommy Lee is, only because you know who Mayte is (okay, and Pamela Anderson)

... when you still go to a Prince show to record it and still hope you're the only one who did so, to have a rare recording (and trade it if for lots of goodies)

... when you have never seen this ketchup commercial and are still dying to see it

... when you went to a Miko Weaver concert in Holland in Godknowswhen.., "just because"

... when you know who Larry Graham and Tony M. are

... when you still wonder what a 7 inch has got to do with a computer

... when you say you're not that big a fan anymore, but you still wait HOURS at a venue and pay WAY too much money to get a ticket

... when you are looking for online radio stations, and still end up with stations that only play Prince and Prince related, and 24/7 of course

... when you have to create a password somewhere, and "for" is still "4", and "you" is still "u"



PS
Yes I learned The Lord's Prayer from "Controversy"
[Edited 2/20/05 15:21pm]

dirtymind89 said:

you'd have to scale the side of first ave. in order to do it...it's pretty high up.

...and you're a fan if "international lover" pops into your head when you're on an airplane. i went to washington d.c. this past august and they were goin through the whole "in case of emergency" spiel...i was tryin my damndest not to bust out laughin cuz i had the song in my head.

u are flying aboard The Seduction 747...

You know you are a prince fan when....

1. You listen to The Beautiful ones and when it gets to "One thing, one things for certain babe, I know what I want" you pull the front of your top down and wiggle your head in a silly manner, even though no one else is around.

2. You motion a make believe person towards you with your index finger when listening to "Come back Nikki, come back!"

3. You always try to re-cough the cough in Raspberry Beret.


.

I'm baaacck!!

*... You cheer when Aura dies because she had sex with Prince and you didn't. (doesn't matter that she is a fictional character.)

*...If he showed up on you doorstep and asked you to be a JW, you would go "YES SIR! Will you marry me now!"

*... You walked around for a while in a black lace bustier.

*... You feel like hes cheating on you, even though he doesn't know you..(It's really sad I know.)

*...You honestly believe that if he met you, he would fall head over heels...

ok forgot, this happened today.. it's happen before but..

your sitting at breakfast in a diner and you hear the first 5 seconds of KISS ( amazingly over all the noise.)and spazz out causing your brother and father to leave the table because they don't don't wanna be seen with you.

You know you're a Prince fan when you see a red Corvette in the street and the song (LRC) pops into your head. In fact, I drove the new corvette last weekend and I was praying that I'd get a red one. In fact, a friend who was with me knew that I wanted to drive a red one and sure enough, a red corvette came when it was my turn to drive it. Needless to say, I was one happy man.

Oh, when you see a red/burgandy beret, the song Raspberry Beret comes to mind.

My old high school was on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and I was a few blocks from Alphabet City and everytime I had to go to that area, Alphabet Street would come into my mind.

You rented a plane and flew over Princes' house and took some nice pictures.
[Edited 2/21/05 15:06pm]

brownshirt1016 said:

I SECOND THAT NOTION!!!! ALSO WHENEVER PRINCE'S SONG COMES ON THE RADIO--U SCREAM LIKE ITS UR 1ST TIME HEARING IT, THOUGH U HAVE THE CD AND WAS ACTUALLY ON A BREAK FROM LISTENING TO IT SO MUCH.

purplecam said:

u know! lol ok here's the joke

the day of the concert my friend and i are purpling ourselves up and we're walking to my bus stop to go downtown to catch the gobus to toronto...as SOON as we leave the house we starting singing LRC jus because that was the one song that she knew well and she loved it and it was like "our song" (along with iwd4u) so we start screaming the song @ the top of our lungs as my neighbours look on @ us like morons LOL only 2 realize the actual reason they were staring..there was a little red corvette sitting across the street...and we didnt notice it until we started singing the corvette...so here are two young gals dolled up in purple stuff jumping up and down in shock and pointing at a little red corvetter while singing the song.... ahh...the memories... i wish i could go back 2 that day lol thanks for reminding me!

you wish that every song that prince wrote that was recorded by another artist (Nothing Compares 2 U, Manic Monday) would have "written by Prince" in the credits so everyone would know just how much he's contributed to the music world.

Stax said:

You know you are a fan:

When your 6yr old asks for Life of the Party off the Musicology CD cause it's now her favorite song.

You parents like prince cause you gave them your extra copy of his Hits CDs.


When your sister once compared you, her and your parents to a line in When Doves Cry and you freakin got it.

Record the Grammy's last yr on my cable box and keep it until it no longer there to watch so you can watch Prince and Beyonce over and over again.

Have a friend you work with make sure she gets a symbol t-shirt for you when she goes to his concert.


When you have a big fight with your grandmother when LiveAid comes to tv cause you don't want to leave the house until you see Prince. (Not one of my best moments) But I really had to see the video.

I'm having so much fun reading this thread that i just HAVE 2 add my little brick on that freaky purple wall...

U know u're a Prince fan when...

- ... in high-school, u did ur hair like a girl, willing 2 b just a controversial as tha man... (well, people just called me gay, but at least, i tried!)

- ... u take it really personnally when, playing the first notes of "purple rain" in paris during the ONA tour, he says "this is my song, Paris...this is your song too..."

- ...u spend all ur money on the new "ONA.. Live!" box set instead of buying a present for ur sister's new born baby

7teen said:

THAT IS PRICELESS!!!!

SammiJ said:

Agree with this, great idea...

Nikkigrrrll said:

So sad... So True... I'm convinced I'd be so much better to him then his current "wife" hahah

"You consider Prince your friend "

...you have voted in all 15 rounds of the SOTT Survivor (thread by NewPower99) and get weepy when your favorites don't make it to the final round. What is that about? Either I am a fan...or I must get a life!

[b]i so did that. i was out of school when Graffiti Bridge was on HBO.
i stayed home every day when it was on that channel. i also stay home later if he is on something.
if a song is due on the radio, or if he is supposed to be on anything, i am there.

MuSicOloGyMoLLy said:

Everytime I see him with mani I find myself going "Girl, you better get away from my man, I'll jack you up!" (I'm so sad.)

...Everytime you see the ad for 'Bambi' on DVD now, you find yourself singing "Bambi".

muskiediver said:

You scan articles of anyone who had any type of association with Prince hoping that they talk about him. I just did that with an article about Kirstie Alley in Entertainment Weekly.