....how after 'Purple Rain' every Nicole you knew was suddenly Nikki?

....how many of us publicly jocked 'Around The World In A Day' when it first came out, when secretly we were really going "Huh...?"

....how many Sam Bostic with Circuitry, JAK, and Erotic Storm 'Prince' knockoff albums you suddenly had in your collection?

....how many hours you spent poring over every album cover, liner note, and thank you of each album until you knew it as well as the lyrics to the songs?

....how if you were in a band at that time, you were suddenly wearing shit you wouldn't have been caught dead in normally?

....how many people, at first, thought that was Prince on the cover of the 12" for 'Sign O' The Times'?

....how the first thing you and your friends discussed after seeing 'Purple Rain' was the size of Apollonia's tits?

Did you ever notice....?

there was a Nicole in our neighborhood, suddenly she was "darling Nikki"