I would like to thank Prince for getting me into Prince. Because since my friend took me to see the movie Purple Rain, and once I saw Prince play, things have never been the same.

well, my only thanks goes out to Prince for wearing that wonderful canary yellow assless skin tight suit at the music awards, thanks to who ever sewed that sexy suit together for Pirnce.

Thank you to Arsenio Hall for allowing prince to perform on your show that night and allowing him to return a second night and thank you Arsenio for letting him be the only guest that night or whatever, thanks to my dad for letting me stay up late and watching, those sexy Prince performances had
so much influence on my preteen years at the time and I vowed to one day get one
good grab of Prince's booty and then run....but that has yet to happen.

I wanna thank my Pops for getting me into this talented individual. If it wasn't for him and my mom watching PR, Cherry Moon and SOTT0 when I was a kid, I probably wouldn't be into him that much. Also since my father was a musician as well, I couldn't help but be around music whether it was P, Jesse Johnson, Cameo, Sly stone.. etc. But like I said I wanna thank my Pops.

I'd like to thank my old friend Josh for exposing me to the Hits/the B-sides when I was little, and then taking Girl 6, Emancipation, the Beautiful Experience, and Crystal Ball with us on a road trip to Tahoe a long time ago. I just regret becoming a fan so late.

roisine, a beautiful sexy girl from ireland

The Girl that showed me the way to P was named Susan.

She was the older sister of one of my best friends.
She had a copy of Purple Rain that she recorded to cassette for me and when I listened to the abulm I was blown away.

I thought to myself, "You know, that Bitch looks like he's sucked off every dude on my football team, but he sure can play that damned guitar!!!!"

I was in love.

I'd like to thank me!

I wanna thank althom too.....

in the library at school, a friend in the 10th grade (back in 1982), lend me a DJ Promo cassette copy of Controversy side 1. His name was Marcus Jackson (JFK High).

klhk said:

U haven't seen him naked.
ask Anxiety.

Heyyyyy
whats going on ova here??

ThreadCula said:

relax

heybaby said:

Ahhhh thanks
Comfy

My sister showed me the purple light & she showed me the sequined glove too
(i.e. MJ)

My Mama: 4 bringing the Purple Rain album home.

My Grandmama (rest her soul ): 4 taking me 2 c Purple Rain.

No one...loved the song IWBYL...turned me on...and that was it...life circumstances kept me from keeping up with him after the Purple Rain era...but here I am now and nothing has changed.

No one turned me on to Prince. I think I happened to be at the right place at the right time which was in my Grandparents room when the LRC video came on and I wondered who the guy in the high heeled boots was when I was 4. However, I do thank my Uncle for getting the Purple Rain album the same time I got to Florida for my first visit there when I was 9. Once I heard the album and finally saw the movie, I knew was hooked. I got to thank Mom for buying the albums for me.

Mine tops everyone's.


I'm going to thank...Backstreet Boys. Yes, those Backstreet Boys.

Time upon a once I was a shameless pop fan. All I'd had access to was the local Top 40 radio station. That' all I knew, so that's all I listened to. My parents owned what I now know was some incredible music by incredible artists, but being the all-knowing preteen that I was, I'd refused to give any of it a listen, dismissing it as old folk's tunes.

Backstreet Boys were my all-time favourites. (istilllovethemandfuckyouifyoudon'tlikeit) I'd keep up with every little thing about them, read every article, watch every interview, etc. It didn't take me long to notice that every time they were asked who their favourites were, instead of naming other pop acts, they'd mention all sorts of artists that were in my parents "old folk" vinyl collection. Led Zep, The Beatles, The Stones, The Temptations, Chuck Berry -you name it, one of them had mentioned the act at least a few times as a favourite. But another name that kept being brought up fairly consistently was Prince -someone I only knew because the paparazzi page on a magazine I'd bought had referred to him as "Mr. Squiggle".

The more BSB (specifically Kevin and AJ) raved about just how fucking great Prince was, the more it piqued my interest. Then I heard "Let's Go Crazy" on the 80's flashback hour on the radio. This "Prince" guy was fucking great! I mentioned all this to a friend. She, having no fucking clue, asked her dad who Prince was. He rented Purple Rain, and sat us down to watch it. That Christmas, among my presents from their family was the Purple Rain CD.

And there she stands.

althom said:

yes i would like to thank myself too
i saw Controversy on Countdown and went
and brought the record the next day.
so yay 4 me
oh and yay to P for putting his gift out there. cheers

I would like 2 thank Prince, u have helped and inspired me is sooooo many ways, u will neva no....thanks 4 helping me 2 continue toward the purple light, may we all live 2 c the dawn.

I would like to thank my older brother Sandy
for wanting to show my dad something on video.
"wait till you see the size of this guys bodyguard"
from the 1985 BPI awards.

superspaceboy said:

Yeah, thanks Reginald Criddle of New Orleans, LA. Thanks for showing me the "Purple Light"

Remember "Be Social" (smile)

(I wonder if you're out there on the org.)

BatmanX

Thanks to my sister. She brought D & P home, and it smashed me.
I don´t imagine my mother nor my father listening to Prince.
Not even any of my friends like Prince; if it wasn´t for the org...

thanx to the great purple spirit for turning me onto the P-dude in 1980

I would like to thank the disco era and Dick Clark for getting me into Prince.

I guess I would like to thank my mom for watching Grafiti Bridge, Purple Rain and Sign of the Times over and over again. Thanks mom!

I'd like to thank myself for having the sense and good taste to recognize Prince's genius when nobody else knew who he was around me, before the Purple Rain extravaganza.

Amen! I hear ya!

Thanks 2 Angi who took me to see Purple Rain even though I was underage.

meow85 said:

Wow.



Yeah, that tops everyone's, I think.

I had no idea you got into Prince so recently.

meow85 said:

That actually confirms what I believed a few years back. I remember watching some BSB special on MTV and Kevin mentioning Prince as one of his favorites. I knew that that would spark an interest in the lil'man for someone. Cool story meow85.