So, I broke up with my boyfriend today and I couldn't be more depressed, I'm sitting here at work staring into nothing and trying my damnedest not 2 start crying AGAIN ... so I start reading this thread and here I am 15 minutes later laughing my ass off with this big ass smile on my face! Thank U Prince fam! I can relate 2 most everything that's been written so far. Here's my 2 pennies:

U know you're a Prince fan if:

1.) Everytime you're at a crosswalk U start singing "Walk on their side of the street, don't walk where it feels the best, walk away from people u meet ..." and the people around u shoot U funny looks.

2.) U've ever called in to the radio station 20 times an hour just trying to get them 2 play the latest Prince single even though u had the album just cuz U wanted 2 hear him on the radio and thought that if U called enough they would play the song. (They didn't ... I tried this with "Thieves in the Temple" and "The Greatest Romance" and "Letitgo" ... those radio bastards!)

3.) Whenever you're at a club and they play a Prince song u scream in excitement and people clear the floor because something like the Holy Ghost comes over U and U just start singing and dancing and gyrating like something else has control of your body.

4) U judge the quality of a music store by their Prince collection. (This is all they have? Let's go!)

5.) Whenever someone U know sees or hears anything about Prince, they immediately call U.

6.) U thought Graffiti Bridge was a masterpiece. (Yes, I stayed to the end, yes I watched it 50 times, and yes, it's a horrible movie ... but I still think that soundtrack is a masterpiece!")

7.) U forgive his funky ass for making you wait three hours b4 he starts the show when your broke ass paid $500 for 2 tickets. (The fact he pulled me up on stage with him helpled a little there).

8.) Um, how many times have I brought Emancipation?

You've had cats named Sheila Flea, Vanity, Jesse and Morris. Dogs named Jesse, Jimmy Jam and Prince. That later of which became TAFKAP or The Animal Formely Known As Prince.

By the way, I still have Prince and he has also reclaimed his name
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purplekat said:

17 times in a row? and you LIVED???

intha916 said:

hehehe, "sheila flea", that's a cute name for a kitty....

....You can pick any year from 1977 onward and tell me what kind of moustache Prince had that year.

When you go to Kip Blackshire shows just on the off-chance Prince will be hangin' out in the back.
Who knows? I've seen Chance and Mani there.

Nikkigrrrll said:

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WOW I must admit about 90% of this stuff applies to me!!

I'll add

-If the guy at the local wrecka stow saved the Musicology promo posters for you

-If you spend hours on the net handling "official Prince business"

-If your mom swears Prince is her favorite artist now

-If you drove through a hurricane to make it to the Musicology show

-If you have MPEG compilations of your favorite videos

-If people regularly ask you "So, how's Prince?" with a straight face

-If you've quoted funny comments from orgers in everyday conversation

-If people continuously give you purple gifts for special occasions

-If your computer at work, school, and home features Prince wallpaper

-If you know Prince's body measurement (just in case)

-If someone asks you "Do you like John"? and you respond "no, he doesnt have enough 'Prince-like' characteristics"

When the contractor building your house looks at the lifesize Prince in your office and says "so who is this?". And you reply "my boyfriend" and he believes you.

If half of everything you own is purple and your a guy!

Your lic plate says VAN4FAM (I told the wife it was for family)
I also had 2FUNKY

You can name all the times they have mentioned Prince on the Simpsons

Your 3 year old thinks every song on the radio is by Prince

.....if you celebrate his B-Day as if it were your own

I am LOVIN this thread! So nice to see that there are other people just like me!! Here's another one:

You know your a Prince fan if:
You get overtime at work and think "what a great way to save up for this summer in case I need to head to Minnie for some special event (I hope I hope!!)" but then you start checking out ebay and before you know it in two weeks you have won 17 items all with the heading "Prince" and totaling over $300. (Do I REALLY need a Prince mug and Purple Rain buttons???)

You have seriously contemplated or have taken an early vacation when you had other plans to attend a Prince concert out of town or out of the country, or have called in sick or just didn’t go to work to attend any other event…
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WHEN YOU GO TO A PRINCE CONCERT AND HOPE HE PLAYS LADYCABDRIVER.....

Aristotle stated dat “d beauty of d play is man’s recognition of himself.” Well, after readin’ all of these posts, [i] can c d beauty (nsanity) of myself n others, & [i] love it. Peace, rain & sunshine…rainbows 4ever.

Poet

i just thought of one 2day cuz i did it 2day and i had 2 stop after i did it and laugh

u kno u're a fan when you see an "NPG" sticker on someone's locker @ school, knowing fully well it has nothing 2 do with the new power generation...but u steal it anyways...hehehe

edit: it was a big sticker too! LOL so it's nabbing was totally dignified by that!
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If you not only have a Guitar that you can't play, but a Pick that Prince used at his 1992 Fox Theater Show in Detroit (Sometime It Snows in April) that you can't play it with.

If you won a record store poster from Grafitti Bridge because your friend knew how much you loved Prince and entered your name in the raffle everytime he visited the store.

If you are consistantly looking for a better copy of "A Place in Heaven" even though you already have several grainy copies on hand.

If the only reason you moved on to new technology, is because your old record player/ cassette player/ CD player broke and you can't live with out your daily dose. So now you have to buy all of released albums/ cassettes/ CD's/ downloads again.

LMAO at this thread!

...if you decided to fashion your very own symbol.

...if your loved ones know the best way to cheer you up is to inquire about the latest developments in all things Princely.

...if you decided to watch UTCM a second time.

...if you actually made it through a complete Graffiti Bridge screening.

...if you think even actual royals are almost not worthy of using "Prince" anymore.
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One Main Thing.....

U keep your Prince Cds Separately from the Other Cds putting him in a class of his own n easy access

...you burn "Intro to Prince" CDs for all of your co-workers (including the 60 year-old lady from the Temp agency).

...friends & relatives mail you news clippings having anything to do with Prince.

...you break 5 or 6 traffic laws trying to get to a payphone when the radio station suddenly reads a bit of Prince trivia and offers concert tickets to the first caller with the right answer (that's how I got to see the One Night Alone concert in NYC!).

...the only website bookmarked on your homepage is Prince.Org

....if you went to all the Prince concerts in L.A. and San Jose in 2004

....if you have 20 of the free Musicology CD's in your collection

....if you also have the symbol tatoo just as Symbolina does but on my right leg

....if every morning you start your day with watching the begining of Purple Rain....I love when he does the extened version of "Lets go Crazy"

....if you spend more than $100.00 a month on E-bay collecting Prince items

....and yes I also keep ALL my CD's, Albums, Cassettes and 45's seperate from everyone else's CD's In fact I have a seperate rack for all his movies DVDs and videos

....at last but not least when the only thing you play while driving anywhere and no matter who's with you is Prince.....yes I have burned all my originals and keep them in my truck and keep the originals safe at home

I'm a lurker, not a poster - but I had to get in on this one. Thanx Nikki!

You know you're a Prince fan if...

~You've ever been on stage and played "Face Down" immediately after Rob Zombies "Super Beast".

~You've ever stooped so low as to point out the double bass in "Darling Nikki" in an attempt to get your metal-head friends to show a bit of respect.

~You once owned a fish named Prince that periodically changed it's name to an unpronouncable symbol and back again (Ahh poor Prince... 20" Egyptian Snakehead - I'm still convinced that he died of schizophrenia!)

And last but not least...

~You had the nads to wear a prince t-shirt to Ozzfest (my friends swore I was going to get them all throw out, or lynched!)

Great thread everyone! All the best...

~Maxx

isobelfq said:

I work out at NYSC too and they play a lot of Prince videos. And everytime one comes on, I have to stop what I am doing and watch it. It drives my workout partners crazy. But I don't care.

Nikkigrrrll said:

i can relate 2 all of these , thats me lol

Nikkigrrrll said:

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*Your 16 year old daughter laughs everytime you play "Sexy MotherFu*&r", 'cause she remembers sitting in her car seat singing-"Sopy mother-fatha."
*You still have a purple bedroom--and a "shrine" complete with tamborine, pictures, and other mementos (guitar picks, JOhn Blackwell's drumsticks..."

MattyJam said:

Thread of the year. What other popular artist elicits this? Nobody. (Or if anybody else does, I don't care )

you made your friends for christmas and birthdays a 5 disk "how to become a prince fan" set including biography, photos, lyrics and certain things to point out (like "when doves cry" has no base part)

you're a radical feminist but force your other radical feminist friends to watch "Purple Rain" and get very upset when they say it's mysogonist, because only YOU can point that stuff out, not them.


while you're on the train w/a friend, you stop her mid sentence because some guy got on and you know he's playing a prince song from his Ipod. you then turn to said friend and say "He's playing prince. I need to find out what song that is" and strain to hear until you understand the sound of "7" and begin singing along, doing hand motions and everything. (i did this on the 1 train downtown one saturday morning.)


you know you will never truly understand your mother when she utters these two phrases "I've never wished that I'd written a song" and "You know I don't like Prince."

i love this thread. just keep thinking of more stuff