memory of Prince?

what did you think of him when you first heard him or saw him?

First memory of him is the Let's Go Crazy video on the mtv. I was 13 and blown away. I thought he was a "rock-god." Later learned about The Funk. But at first - he was the ultimate rock star to me. Loved the song, clothes, attitude, the colors/lighting. I was hooked right then.

i saw the 1999 videoclip, and i thought the song was weird but exciting and that the dude was definetly a freak, but had to learn more of his music.....

1999 would have to have been my first too, though it wasn't when it was released, it was on Video Hits and was one of the last songs being played (like a countdown to the new year from 1999-2000) I remember not liking it and thinking Lisa and Wendy were really lesbians (from the key board scenes - hey i was *counts back* 12!)... actually I haven't even cleared that thought up yet either!

I haven't really appreciated Prince's music until mid last year... hmm I'm absolutely adoring his music now though!

haha and so she has converted!

1st time I saw him was in 81 or 82, the Sexuality video on BET, a video show called " the funky rock show", 1st song I heard was Lets Work, I thought Prince was a group.

I remember seeing Prince highlighted on some nightly show. Around the same time, I won the Controversy album and tape along with some promotional items from a local radio station. Since then, I have been listening to Prince.

my first memory was seeing him in all white with the lil scarf over his face performing i would die 4 u live...dont know which concert it was but it was showcased as a music video here on much music...i was like...maybe 5 or 6 when i actually saw it..and briefly afterwards i saw purple rain and all i remember is seeing him ontop of apollonia during the "when doves cry" part...and i was like "ooooohhhhh he's cuuuuute!" i was soo young, i dont know what my mom was doin letting me watch that movie

but i loved him from when i was a youngin...he's STILL fine!

The Dirty Mind album cover.

Psychedelia said:

The girls in 1999 video were Lisa and Jill Jones. And yes, Wendy and Lisa are lovers. Jill isn't, to my knowledge, a lesbian, she was with Prince at one (that?) point.

My first real introduction to Prince was Betcha By Golly Wow video, and I thought it was the most amazing, fantastical thing I'd ever seen. I was 16.

Hearing "let's pretend we're married" in a friends car and thinking I MUST OWN THIS!
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Seeing the video for "Little Red Corvette" on MTV shortly after it was released, and thinking "Hmm...not too bad."

Well I've seen him since a baby, but one day when I saw for the first time in a long time (I wasn't the fan I am today) and he was on the Sexiest People on VH1 i remember thinking, "Oh, He's Fine!" and I've thought he was bea-yoo-tee-ful ever since.

My earliest P memory is my mom buying the Most Beutiful Girl in the World
maxi-single and playig it all the time in the car.

to this day I still have that tape in my car now, and I love that song

I was first introduced to him about a year before Purple Rain his. I was about 13 and one of my cousins turned me on to the 1999 album. I had the album sleeve on my wall.. you know the one where he's lying in bed with his ass hanging out playing with watercolors. Back then, that was something REALLY different. When Purple Rain came out, I almost had a heart attack! I saw it five times.

Those were the days.

My first memory is hating the song 1999 back in '82, then hating The Beautiful Ones in '84, and then loving Another Lonely Christmas in late '84. I was 9.

hhcoy said:

yeah what he/she said. I was 12, it was 1983, he wore a glove just like Michael Jackson but was so much cooler.

The premiere of the "Cream" video. The VJs were talking about the piece having been criticized by feminists before airing it.

seeing the 1999 video in the yr 1999

saw purple rain 4 the 1st time back in 1990 and thought WOW whos that sexy guy?
bein hooked ever since

THANKS! I always thought the other girl was Wendy for some reason

Chico319 said:

OMG he is soooo hot around Rave!!! How can one man be so beautiful?? I just wanna push him down and sit on him and grind on him utill he cums all over himself!!!!

Krystal666 said:

...anyways, my first memory of prince is seeing the lovesexy album cover when i was about 7 years old.

well my very first memory of p would have to be when i saw him in those assless pants performing on television. as a child i was "like oh my god he is soo nasty". but after all that p grew on me from that moment on.
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MY MOM WENT TO A PARTY AND HEARD "SEXY DANCER",
BOUGHT THE ALBUM. I SAW THIS GORGEOUS LONG HAIRED SHIRTLESS BEAUTY. ON THE BACK OF THE ALBUM JACKET A BLURRED PICTURE OF THIS NAKED BEAUTY RIDING ON A PEGASUS
'PRINCE"
I'VE BEEN HOOKED EVER SINCE

Probably seeing the U Got The Look video clip on TV. I didn't take much notice to be honest.

My first memory of Prince, wow. I think back to the middle to late 70s and Prince was just starting to blow up. He was putting on a show at a local Minneapolis club (bar) they are the same to me. Anyway, my friends and I saw these little flyers posted on all of the lamp posts and telephone poles through out Minneapolis and on these flyers they had Prince's picture. Well, the picture had Prince dressed up in leg warmers and jeans with a long coat. So, my friends and I took down the flyers and made paper airplanes out of them! Man, feel so bad now. I am sorry Prince.

But anyway, my sister got ahold of one of his 94 East tapes and played it at the house one day and at first listen, I thought that it was pretty wild or weird. But after time I got use to it and really enjoyed the music. And you have to think back, Minneapolis did not have any R&B stations back then and music was pretty weird anyway, so as kids we were kinda lost on the homeboy. But in time I learned to love his music and plus he put Minnyapple on the music map!! Thanks, Prince

I feel ancient... Most people on this post seems (to me) like they were jusrt introduced to our Prince...

My first recollection of Prince, and knowing who he was, was at a family get together when in Detroit (of course) during the Prince album days.

Although I do remember Soft and Wet being on the radio back then, but didn't make the association until later.

My first memory is hearing Prince sing Do Me Baby! After that, I was hooked!

My first Prince memory is hearing "I wanna be your lover" then seeing him perform "I wanna be your lover" and "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" on American Bandstand way back in 1979.

I had heard "Soft and wet" on the radio before that, but since it was only a minor hit back then, there was no identification with Prince and that song for me at that time.