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Does anybody remember Raspberry Beret from the Around The World in A Day
cd,well just 2 let Prince fanz know that it was 20yrs.ago... damn that
was a looooong time ago,that this jam was playing all over the radio,I mean like
in heavy rotation type shit pretty much how they do these less talented people
i.e. Skittles or Jolly Rancher what that candy name rapper iz oh yeah M&M. Usher,Bitchney"good as a stripper"Spears,Jessica Simple
and her vocally challenged Milli Vanilli ass sister,any way back 2 the lecture at hand again I wanted 2 give a shout 2 Prince 4 giving us countless and timeless jamz like Raspberry Beret among others 2 make my life a little better during my early teens.Happy 20th Raspberry Beret,I'M Sirnasstee, Beeeyotch aka
Hiz Royal Nassteeness.

sirnasstee said:

Dag....way to make me feel old....thanks!..

that song and whole album was, as we used to say, "mint"!...

Wow it is! I don't find it that old since I've been a fan since 2003. I dreading the day I hear N.E.W.S or Musicology becomes 20. that'll freak me out.

That was when his songwriting was in top form. I love the story line songs like this.. Reminds me of some of the great Beatle songs that create this entire world in your mind and the reflection of good moments...

I was only 6 in 85 when that album came out, I ended up getting it with my allowance money a year later and it's grew on me every year.

got my first taste of Around The World In A Day in early April 1985.
i was at school,my old man was working nights so he was at home(lucky for me)during the day.
i remember it was a beautiful and warm early-spring day.
i got home from school and my father throws me a cassette!
he say's,"i taped the new Prince album for ya"-I WAS IN HEAVEN!
i was living in Chicago at the time and the radio station B96 played the album all the way thru!
they switched the song order around and they did not play "Temptation" or "The Ladder"-didn't matter to me,i had most of the new Prince and the Revolution album a month before it came out!
i still have the tdk cassette!almost 20 years old....
my father was the man!he was always trying to find the new Prince stuff!
that is my memory of April 1985.
music don't move me like that anymore.
when your a kid,getting a new release from your favorite artist is about the best feeling in the world!

I remember the day MTV premiered the video and I almost cried when I saw he chopped off all of his Purple Rain curls. I still to this day have trouble watching that video.

sirnasstee said:

i was about 3-4 yrs old then. i seen this video on vh1 classic last night and the video mix is still my favorite.

was at South Bank in Brisbane other day & it was being played in a club, for Brisbane people....u could hear it at the beach area too, i was swimmin when i heard it

Abdul said:

I was 6 in 85 too! I remember seeing the video on a video show that summer at my Great-Grandparents house and I remembered thinking two things:

1. His cut his hair was short
2. It didn't sound like 1999 or When Doves Cry

At first, I thought it was alright but I really dug it when I got the album 2 years later. My father got ATWIAD for me when I was 8 for my First Communion, my 2nd Prince album after Parade. I can't believe that was 20 years ago.
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