I'll use mine as an example;

When I was a pretty fresh fam, P opened the European part of the Lovesexy Tour right where I live, in Stockholm, Sweden. I believe it was in August, and I was dying to go, I just _was_ going, there was no alternative in my mind. My parents disagreed, however. They'd decided to try and save their marriage by renting a cabin out in the Stockholm archipelago, and made my sister and me come along. I cried and begged, screamed and cried some more, but I was stuck miles and miles away while the clock was ticking closer and closer to that momentous event...I spoke on the phone with a friend who was going to the show just before she left, and oh, how I cried bitter tears and envied her...I was fourteen...

What? Was the marriage saved? Of course not! I was stuck out there for nothing!

Teach

my most painful moment as a freek? (can't stand the term "fam")....i guess if i dropped my entire prince cd collection on my foot, that'd be painful.

NPS

2the9s said:

HA HA HA!!!

Waiting for Crystal Ball CD.

Eye would say my most painful moment being a Fam was back in 97. It had been 5 long years since Prince finally came back 2 the Bay Area again 2 play a concert and eye was so excited. So eye woke up at the butt crack of dawn the day the tickets went on sale 2 take my place in line. Well eye was 1 of the very lucky 1's 2 get tickets and eye say very lucky cause the tickets sold out in 20 minutes. Then 3 dayz later eye heard the most horrible newz on the radio, the concert had been Cancelled bcause of people scalping tickets, eye cried and cried 4 dayz. That is something that eye never want 2 experience again, it hurt so much.

Paisley.

I misinterpreted the question. I never really had a personal, bad, Prince experience. I thought you meant, what did he do, or not do that was painful to you.
For me, it was the whole name change and writing "slave" on his face. Now I am sure that he had his reasons and they were valid to him, but I thought that both stunts were a bit silly. The man is a musical GENIOUS for cryen out loud. I couldn't help but think. . ."Act your age. . not your shoe size!!!" Regardless, I never stopped loving him or his music. I am glad that he has gotten past the "stunts" and just does his own thing! I trully respect that.

everytime i get asked if "hes gay right"?

When Larry Graham stepped in the pix

My most painful moment as a fam was when I was caller number 102 when I had to be caller 103 to win tickets to see Prince at Roseland. I mean they picked up the phone at KTU asked me my name and everything. I could have been in Somebody's Somebody video dammit

choosing to skip a concert @ the Oakland Coliseum (opting for the aftershow instead). heard the concert was off the hinges & from what I remember, the aftershow was a bust.

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being too embarrassed to go to an aftershow alone, so I skipped one of the best in SF (about 6 years ago?). that show is now a famous bootleg...

now, I GO with or without companions - fuck em!

Most painful moment as a Prince fan has to be whenever they interview the fans, and they show the hardcore ones on T.V. that dress and act like P.

I'm like "Thanks alot bruh, now they're gonna think we're all nuts".

Ok, I'm kidding.....but there was one dude on some Prince commercial that looked and talked like Prince and it disturbed me deeply. I was like "Damn, I hope I don't do that!". But to each his own, I suppose. No hateration if that guy's reading this. Do the damn thang.

But seriously, dressing like Prince can't be so bad. I was at an Alica Keys (Ms. Prince) concert earlier this week, and I swear every sister in there with skin lighter than a wet brown paper bag was in the house kicking the braids, brimmed hats, and every other Alicia Keys-ish thing they could fit. And I didn't mind, cuz I wanted to bone all of 'em.

Maybe the bruthas dressing like Prince are doing it to get laid?

Either that or they're pimpin.

--CreoleFreak

ok I have two most painful moment....

1st there is the LoveSexy Tour in LA.
My car crapped out at the last minute so I had to find someone to gimme their car for the night. I drove solo cause no one would go even tho I had an extra ticket. I got there a little late but had great seats, was wearing a drop dead purple dress I bought just for the occasion!!
Towards the end of the show some "snake oil salesman" lookin dude tells me he is some kind of record exec and that Prince is having a private afterparty at the Palace for the industry only.
He says that he would be honored if I would accompany him.
Well, this little Miss High and Mighty thought that he was just too full of shit....and with my nose stuck so high up in the air (any mere mortal woulda got a nose bleed) I dealt him a few blows to the old ego and turned him down stone cold.
Next morning, I read all about the afterparty in the entertainment section of the San Diego Union. It took 3 of my friends to pry the revolver outta my hand and away from my temple. but whaddid I know I was just a kid.

Not quite 10 years or so later .....

Superbowl is in San Diego. Prince is doin a show that week at the Cox Arena. Tix go on sale about a month b4. I am in line prior to the sun coming up.
There were two lines ~
one for those wanting tix in the purple circle and tix for the less expensive seats.
I was in line for the purple circle. (duh)
They did a ticket raffle. All of us in the Purp Circ line got to draw a ticket from a paper bag. We were then told to come back around 15 mins b4 ticket booth opened they would be drawing the starting number at that time.
So no matter what ticket you drew it means nothing til they announce the first # and then everyone lines up sequentially behind that #. Well I get to back to the arena and I was late (as always), they had already called the number and people were lined up for blox. So I check the numbers to see where my place is in line and the people freak...they are like, "That's the number, you've got it, you are first!! I am like so freakin happy I was walkin on air. So I float to the front of the line, go to the window get my voucher for center front and jet home. So now I am bragging and shopping and more bragging and more shopping happy as a pig in shit for the entire month.
Welllll,
Two motherfucking nights b4 the show Prince cancels and doesn't even give a fuckin reason.
No Postponment!!! Hear me talk!! Just flat out Cancels!!
OMG!! I so lost it. I cried for at least a week.
Well, my friends had to again pry the revolver from my hand and then had me heavily sedated. I think I'll be ok eventually. but I can still feel the pain.

So now y'all know my pain. betcha ur sorry u asked!! Huh???

Life Sexy u all

I would just like to say that I hate this use of the word "fam."

I am a Prince "fan"--and no, that is not short for fanatic. The word fan has evolved over the years in the English language to mean something different than fanatic.

He is not my family, and if he was, I would kick his ass because I don't let family members treat me like crap. But I guess considering how he tried to screw his sister out of her estate proceeds, I guess Prince probably does consider us family.

My most painful moments as a Prince fam/fan involve afterparties.

1st - the cancellation of the NPG Dance Company in San Diego, in which I had 1st row seats.

2nd - the cancellation of the L.A. concert @ the Forum a few yrs ago in which I had 3rd row seats!

Lawd...okay mine is retarted because I was only like 12. But it was when I found out Prince married Mayte. I was HEARTBROKEN. I cried for a whole day. What can I say I was a kid with a crush. But I soon got over it.....

My most painful moment as a fam came in 1998 just before Game 5 of the EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS between the CHICAGO BULLS and the INDIANA PACERS.

Everyone used AOHELL back then, and met in a room named PAISLEY PARK. One night, a friend and I were messing around jumping into and out of the chatroom, saying Prince was being as ass (shutting down sites) and that it would be funny if he got "bodyslammed" when he performed at the TODAY SHOW performance in a few days. The Prince butt-kissers acted their usual way, and the others laughed and we had a good time.

However, two days later I hear that an investigator was at my old residence looking for me. We heard this from a friend. So I was freaking out for the next night/day wondering what in the hell an investigator would want to do with me, as I've never committed a crime, killed anyone, done any drugs, or anything. I was just your basic depressed kid/young adult.

So I go to my Calculus class the next day, already way behind in the class and failing/confused, and I needed the credit to keep my college loan for the next year. Needless to say that day was terrible. That night I was still neverous and the investigator finally shows up at the house. At first I thought it was because I'd sold two copies of Titanic (bootleg) on the internet. But with my brother (my brother and I hated eachother at the time and he was making my life miserable as well) standing there, the investigator says "i've recieved a complaint from the ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE regarding a death threat you made." I almost busted out crying and at the same time busted out laughing such an absurd statement.

The investigator left, knowing what BS this all was, and then my brother came out and tore into me something fierce. My brother and I didn't get along at all and had barely spoken to one another that entire year, yet I lived in his house while I attempted to finish school. He wanted me to get a full time job and go to school, but I was shy and didn't want to, I was having a hard enough time staying in college to get my bachelors degree in Computer Science. In the end, I failed that Calculus class during the summer of 98, lived with my brother for another year and half bouncing from job to job before finally getting my own place and putting my life back together. My brother and I have spoken about four times since I moved two years ago. Thankfully I've put my life back together somewhat and my debt is going down, i'm gotten into shape, I have a job and things are okay.

But that was the most painful moment i've ever had as a Prince "fam," which I am not. It's funny how someone that's rich, doesn't have a real job, has a bunch of "yes men" around him can get away with harrassing some kid who is just trying to get through college on absolutely no money or support.

Thanks, Prince!

-Lou

I have to share in some of the other posters' painful moments. Everytime I hear, "He's gay isn't he?" or "Prince? Oh I loooove When Doves Cry!" then they start singing it.

I also cringe when I see the obsessed fans wearing nothing but a trenchcoat, zebra drawz and a purple rain-cover smirk.

But I was really embarrased when he changed his name. Now I respect the man for wanting to cut ties with WB, but everytime I hear someone making fun of the symbol, or ordering tickets for "The Artist formerly Known As Prince" and stuff like that... I just have to shake my head.

My most painful moment was when I went to the Sign O' The Times tour with my parents in Rotterdam, Holland (back in 1987).

I wasn't allowed to go on my own, so I arranged that I could go with one of my father's friends. I had a splendid time and so did he. When we came back we were very enthousiastic about the concert and telling my dad how funky the show was.

A few days later some extra shows were added and my dad decided to see for himself. For the record, this was the same dad who burned my brother's copy of Purple Rain (after having heard there were reversed -supposedly satanic-messages on the record)!

He also bought my mother, my brother and me a ticket, which I thought was very cool. My father's business partner and his wife came along too. The show started and the audience got wild, it was a great performance (although a little loud on the volume). Over 10.000 people started dancing, but my parents and his business partner stayed seated and looked totally bored. Which really spoilt a lot of my pleasure, because I wished my dad would finally admit that Prince was a great artist, after having seen the show.

Then Prince started to play a very emotional version of Forever In My Life, I think I even saw hin weep onstage.
But my father suddenly got up and said to me: "You see, I knew it, this Prince guy is satanic, you hear the verse? He's singing 'The devil in my life'!".

I didn't know if I should cry or burst in laughter, it took me and my brother about 5 minutes to assure him Prince wasn't singing about the devil. But for my father the whole thing was spoilt already and he, my mother and their friends left to get their coats and waited for us at the bar until the concert was over.After they left, I couldn't get into the show anymore, I was really disappointed about them not liking it.

It took my father another 12 years before he finally started to appreciate Prince's music, after I lend him my copy of The Vault and Crystal Ball (he only likes CD1 though...). He's a jazz and fusion lover and nowadays he plays TRC over and over, so it all turned out fine in the end. But I will never forget the moment my parents got up and left the concert, I really felt terrible, it truely was my most painful moment as a fan...

Vashti said:

that about sums it up for me 2. my baby sister told me that he was "studying" with the witnesses. i went into shock. i'm still there.

echoing what BanishedBrian said..

as a Prince FAN,


the most disappointing moment for me was in October of '84, when I learned Prince postponed his Richmond date of the Purple Rain tour, apparently because in DC, he sold out like, what, 5 or 6 straight shows at what was then "Capital Centre" (now "US Air Arena.)

Yeah, he postponed his Richmond show, rescheduled it for the following April, but eventually cancelled it. I don't remember the reason for that, but it didn't matter. I was really disappointed,
mainly
because I had SKIPPED SCHOOL to get tickets for that show
(I was a hi school sophmore.)

Of course, I "got my revenge" by dissing Prince when he came through Richmond on the Lovesexy tour in '88.


Yes, VERY mature on my part..
but what do expect from a 16-year old?

My most painful time was when I didn't get into the discussions with Prince at the celebration last year.

This should be a long thread

Back in 93 he was playing a show in SF at Bill Graham Civic Aud. and when i got in line and my turn to buy tickets came up. It sold out. That really sucked being that he didnt he hasnt played in the Bay Area since 88. Later on i did buy tickets from a scalper.

In 97 i bought tickets for a show i think was supposed to be at the Greek theatre in Berkley then cancelled because of the scalpers. He changed to another venue and i didnt know about it and missed the show.

Thank God for NPGMC!
Peace and Love!

There are a few for me:

1. Whenever I tell someone that I'm a Prince fan and the person feels the need to tell EVERYONE that I like Prince as if that's the only singer I'm a fan of and that I'm a freak for liking him (which really isn't a bad thing) but it's so childish how they do it.

2. The Name Change: I had no idea what was going to happen once I told anyone about Prince when that happened. And once everyone knew about the name change and I'd tell them I was a fan, they in some way shape or form would bring up the subject. It would either come as a joke or them asking me why he changed it. Since he's changed it back to Prince, it's been easier to explain it and people understand and even respect what he did.

3. Going to Avery Fisher Hall in New York last month the day the tickets were sold to find out that they were sold out in 10 minutes and that people had been waiting since the day before to get them. It was my vaction and it was a dream to see Prince in my hometown and I would have taken my best friend to see him but luckily I saw Prince last year in San Diego so I eased my pain with that.

yo

basically the only painful moment to me was when he dicided to sue uptown magazine. I had a really hard time tryin' to understand why someone would sue their own fans. I was like 'are we just usefull to u cause of the money we bring in?'

that was the only painful moment. Though i wasn't related to uptown it felt like he had just sued evryone that was his fan.

greetz
kev1n

When ppl ask 2 me: ....but who is Prince? It happens really and it happened when i wanted 2 buy some cds....Some1 in the store asked 2 me: who is him? I had 2 explain it..

It was painful when I...

1. Worked at the Sunrise Musical Theater, quit, then heard Prince was gonna open the 'Symbol' tour there.

2. Went to a taping of Conan O'Brien, & then found out Prince was on Letterman the same day.

3. Bought tickets for the Cleveland R&R Hall of Fame concert, & then heard that Prince bowed out.

4. Moved to Honolulu in Oct. 97, & had high hopes of seeing Prince perform here since he did in 96 & early 97, & then watching Prince avoid a Honolulu stage like it was the plague.

Prince doesn't like me. There's my proof.
And it hurts.

1988. Prince was getting onto his tour bus. I was outside. I asked him if he would sign my Rolling Stones mag from 86 with him, Wendy and Lisa on the cover.

He brushed past, said, "if you think I'm signing that picture then you are a major fool. Psyche!".

I responded, "How big was the box you had to stand on to get in the picture?"

He gave me a glare, I smiled, winked and walked off.

SquirrelMeat said:

dayum squirrelmeat. that was kinda harsh. on both sides. i think i like prince fans though. they r a lot like him and that means anything can happen, anything can be said. i wonder if i'd be the same way if i had fans. the scary part is i already know to some extent i would be.