I became a Prince fan in 1984, but a few years before that, when my older sister was into Prince, I really thought he was a complete freak. And I just couldn't get into him at all.

I recall a summer in the early '80s, when my sister and our cousin were playing Controversy ALL SUMMER LONG, and it drove me crazy.

"Annie Christian, Annie Christ, until you're crucified..." WTF? I just didn't get it.

Of course, a few years later, I would be riding in a car with my friends, and hear the beginning of a song that would change my life forever.

Looking back on it, I find it kinda funny that there was a time I actually didn't like Prince.

Anyone else actually not like Prince before they started liking Prince?

TheBigBang said:

The first time I ever heard of Prince was when "I Wanna Be Your Lover" was all over the radio. It was annoyingly all over the radio and I thought it sounded a bit too much like a Ray Parker Jr & Raydio rip-off. Then the video was shown on some local station's half hour video program (waaaay before MTV) and I was totally grossed out by how effeminate he was, flouncing around with a his Farrah-styled hair and that weird scarf dancing he was doing. I totally ignored that he was shown playing all the instruments and just assumed it wasn't true. I avoided that song like the plague for years.

Then in 1981, I was flipping through the am radio dial and heard a snippet of something that knocked me out - a sonic attack like nothing I had ever heard before and a vocal that sounded like it was from the future. I waited for the end and the DJ announced the song...it was "Controversy" by Prince. I bought the single immediately. The first full Prince lp I listened to was "1999", which I checked out from the library and returned the next day. I bought the single "1999" and I had to watch the "Little Red Corvette" video everytime MTV showed it, but I never bought a Prince album until "Purple Rain". I've been buying his albums on the first day of release ever since....
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TheBigBang said:

umm..the hole lyndall period.....


i stopped listening to prince for years.....thank god for bjork...she became my muse....

and now she's going all nutter...whats a guy to do?

no not really.
prince was always one of them dudes who i had an idea of who they were and had heard one or two of their songs but i just didn't really think about him. i didn't like him or not like him. he was just there

Nope I always liked him and his music. Even before I knew what he looked like. I liked his "sound".

Krystal666 said:

Wow, I'm in complete agreement with one of your post and I don't feel the need to go take a shower! Rock on girl, with your dirty minded self!!

TheBigBang said:

Not me! I was hooked by the time he finished the Lord's Prayer in Controversy. Controversy was the first song of his I heard. Been drunk on the Purple Liquor ever since.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

...ok off to masturbate now!

Krystal666 said:

As I said before, Prince put the P in Pussy so how can I not like him. More or less, whatever he experiments on, I just let him do his thing until he gets his head on straight and back on track.
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yeah, till my about 16th birthday I hated him. Than the hate turned to love.

from 1991 to 1994 or 5
i didn't like who he was then
and what he was trying to do
yeah, he made some good music
but...

I've *always* liked Prince, but for a space of almost ten years, basically most of the 90s, I didn't like how he and his music made me feel so I took a break from him.

I have always try to understand him, but since 2000 he make it very hard for me!

Krystal666 said:

As I said before, Prince put the P in Pussy so how can I not like him. More or less, whatever he experiments on, I just let him do his thing until he gets his head on straight and back on track.
[Edited 7/2/05 13:45pm]

Yes, I used to think his songs were annoying. Thank god I wised up!

TheBigBang said:

Apart for downsizing on the amount of synthesizers in his music these days, I already liked/respected Prince as a recording artist that already does EXACTLY whatever the hell he wanted to do in his music.
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TonyVanDam said:

Twice. It was during the height of the Purple Rain days and I had a copy of "Right On" Magazine and Prince was on the cover as usual then. I got mad and ripped it up because I got tired of seeing Prince everywhere and I wanted to hear more about Michael Jackson LOL. I was ticked for a while, probably a couple of months then I got over it when I watched him on the AMA's in 85. I almost stopped being a fan when I was hearing about him suing the websites over the symbol in 99. I thought it was a horrible thing he was doing but later on I understood his point.

I always kind of "liked" Prince. But I didn't get really into him until probably a year or two ago. It's really funny because my mom was talking about how hot she thought he was, and i was like Ewwwww, no he isn't. I told her that I loved his music and always would but I would never think he was hot. About two weeks later I thought he was the hottest guy in the world and I still do!!!!

Maybe when i heard chaos and disoder i was like who TF is this never listened to that again it was cracked such a waste but under the circumstanses i might half understand.might like a reasom why. But otherwise Ilove him soo much i dont know else i would listen to couldnt live without his music if he ever stopped i wouldnt know what to do. there would be nothing to hang out for.

Couldnt really get into him during the whole "Gangsta Glam" period.....

Didn't have any interest in him until 85. All my friends were rocking out to "When Doves Cry" and I just didn't get it. I was 12, heavily into Duran Duran and Wham! and when everyone else was out at the theaters catching "Purple Rain" I was almost completely oblivious to the whole phonemenon. I actually made fun of him when he went up to accept that AMA or Grammy with Chick and then really made fun of him when he had that purple cape/hood at the Oscars. Why did evrybody like this dude...I just couldn't figure it out.

Then I happened to hear my sister playing "Let's Pretend We're Married" one night and I heard the artful way that P used the F word. I borrowed the tape from my sister, listened at first to that song over and over. Then I started playing the whole CD at that was it. I was hooked.

nope, never stopped lovin him

MonaBoneJakon said:

Ditto... I took a break from him during most of that time period also, now I feel like I'm playing "catch up" with an old friend.

There have been plenty of times that he has disappointed the hell out of me but there has never been a time that I didn't like him.

I'll admit to getting pretty embarassed about Prince after the buttless pants incident...

Heiress said:

Now, that's the only time that I was like what the fuck.

Heiress said:

Let me co-sign that...

MsLegs said:

I feel pretty embarrassed after your "what the fuck" incident. But I forgive, maybe you both are just a little bit bigot.