susannah said:

age is not irrelevant in this case. being 12 in 84 can make u a fan more easily than being 12 in 1998 when his music wasnt as edgy as b4.

big difference

satanass said:

Youre not listening my friend. Ive never been someone who pays attention to the music around at the time, its usually rubbish. I treat music like art or films, doesnt really matter when it comes out, im gonna listen to it anyway because its good. Purple Rain was my first Prince album, and there was no difference between listening to it in 84 or 96! yeah, i would have loved to have been there but its not the case.

Im not gonna argue about who can be more of a fan just because theyre a different age and have experienced different things, as when it comes down to it were only here cos weve boughtthe records and weve all done that.

Peace love and be wild?
[Edited 8/12/05 5:58am]

susannah said:

sweety egomaniac, im not talking about ur personal case. wer talking over general terms. the majority. no matter if it makes sense or not. in 84 there were way more teenagers in2 prince than in 98. fact period.

get it now??

satanass said:

Wel in general then you have a very good point, but bear in mind people might be less inclined to argue with you if you didnt call them egomainiacs?!

Excellent statement! You are exactly right!

vainandy said:

kids do still want to be different, but theyre now looking at underground rock and indie, not artists like Prince. not that there are any!

susannah said:

I was talking to a chap in work (teenager) and we started talking about music, i asked him if he liked prince and his response was "aye, he's okay that song "gold" is a cracker although i went off him once i heard about the incident when he removed his lower ribs to allow a self blow job"

To see them on the street, they all look alike. Baggy jeans, T shirts, and baseball caps. No individuality whatsoever. It's like these clothes are their "uniform".

vainandy said:

I know, but they all still stink theyre being different to something!

Go figure, wasnt it always like that?

Teenagers today probably have far more respect for Prince and his music than they did in the 90s. Now he is far more safer to like, along with other black music legends, but in the 90s he was just a disgusting transvestite to everybody who didn't care for any other type of music than Metallica. And that was about 95% of the teenagers back then.

Novabreaker said:

he's kinda gone through stages
from stark genius in the late 80s
to a bit of a freak in the mid 90s
and now he's in a kinda legend phase as of last year.

Novabreaker said:

MashedPotatoKid said:

Whew, then me being into him at 8 wasn't too bad.

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susannah said:

No it hasn't always been like that. The 1980s is the decade with the most widespread individuality that I can think of.

Prince had a look of his own with the hair, clothes, and makeup. Rick James had a look of his own with the braids, makeup, and clothes. The Time looked like 1920s gangsters. Jermaine Stewart, DeBarge, Nona Hendrix, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, all had unique looks of their own. The large funk groups wore outfits that looked like they just stepped out of a space ship. Lakesdie had a different look and theme every time they had a new album out. That's only the R&B side of the fence.

On the rock side, the Heavy Metal bands had the long hair, spandex, and makeup. A lot of the punk rockers may have worn jeans but they had something very unique about them....their hair spiked, mohawks, and wild colors. Devo had the funny hats and kind of a manequin look to them. Cyndi Lauper had a look all her own. Madonna had her own look. Duran Duran, A Flock Of Seaguls, Gary Numan, Adam Ant....the list goes on and on.

Stars of the 1980s had clothes designers and hairdressers to come up with an individual look for them. You couldn't walk into stores and buy clothes that looked like what they were wearing and the last place you could buy clothes like that would be Wal-Mart. If you wore clothes from Wal-Mart back then, you were considered trash. The same Plain Jane clothes today's artists wear, similar looking clothes can be bought at Wal-Mart because all they wear is jeans, T-shirts with a slogan, and baseball caps.

Teenagers in the 1980s didn't have access to the clothes of the 1980s because the artists either had them custom made or put together a look by themselves. However, once an artist became extremely popular, stores like The Gap started carrying similar type clothes. Clothing materials in the 1980s were also all about flash.....leather, silk, velvet, etc. Jeans were only worn by the "typical" teenagers. The wild individualistic ones experimented with different clothing materials and hairstyles.

More teens like him now, but I'd suspect that Prince is too high end for the dumb MTV set. Never trust what a teenage girl listens too.

well i'm still new here and i've only posted a few times so "hi" im 18 and i've liked some of prince's music for a while...its basically what i hear on the radio...unfortunately i've been too broke to go out and buy his music (which is sad) and what someone said on this thread about teens is pretty much true...most just want to be "cool" i guess so they listen to what the other teens listen to and what the tv and radio feeds them...there are some exceptions tho (obviously) although i haven't met any...what i do know is for those teens who posted here with the "friends" who call prince gay and insult him... they're just immature people who probably haven't even listened to his music enuff to really understand it and if they have listened to it they probably didn't even TRY to understand it

Steal some money from your mother's purse.

who said she had any money?

cookieblues said:

2freaky4church did.

vainandy said:

gaw...u guys really hate the "newbies" don't u?

cookieblues said:

not at all, you're part of the family too!

Hotlegs said:

I was a kid in the 80's and I was always facinated by the acts that were out because they all looked so different, especially Prince and MJ. In a way it gave me something or someone to look up too. I didn't like hip hop when it started getting big and I realize now that it was partly because the rappers looked no different then anyone else out there. Now hip hop is everywhere and in one way shape or form, it's a part of all kinds of fashion. I'll admit that I wear some of the styles today. But I firlmy stand by how I felt when I younger, artists should NOT look like me. They should be going out of their way to look completely different than me, as if they came from Planet Ding Dong or something. I really miss that individuality in Pop and R&B today. Thanks for bringing that out there Vainandy. I see I'm not the only one who's been seeing that.

If any of you have young kids, please hip them to the classics. Play CD's in the car instead of the radio. If they like it, it won't matter who it is. But don't let them listen to the radio!!!!! They will thank you for it later.

tricky2 said:

YES I AGREE!

lovemachine said:

you need an iPod

Why do ya'll act like ya'll were always sitting around listening to your parents music...daily. You may liked it but I'm sure you'd rathered had ya momma buy you the new Michael Jackson album than the new Four Tops album.


My daughter likes some of Prince's music. My daughter is a huge Tina Turner fan, and she listens to the 80's radio station but she is into the music that's out today. Its her generations much. Its there fashion and because they don't understand men who wear makeup, feathers and lace, some artists from the 80's can't do the same ole thing for this generation. Michael Jackson is a freak to these kids. All they see is a weird man with makeup and funny looking clothes.

Its just different and i'm not going to be one of ya'll old foggies, doggin' the kids because they don't like Prince. Hell some of us don't like him at times.

I recall my mother watching Madonna and saying, "That chile has no talent. Why do ya'll like her so much?" I also remember my father doggin' George Michael saying he's no great singer. Gladys Knight, Aretha, Sarah vaugh, Sam Cook, EWF, Funkadelic, etc....this is what was played in my house from my parents so listening to Madonna was torture to my parents...lol

I will say that my mother was into comtemporary music but she only listen to whom she deemed talented....

To each its own.



oh...and I will let my daughter listen to the radio and enjoy her music. I don't have to like the new Bow Wow and Ciara song but I don't see anyting wrong with her enjoying it, dancing to it, etc.


ya'll stop being so sobby.
[Edited 8/13/05 5:46am]

I'm 13 and I like him...started liking him about 2 years ago.

Damn right! If I want to see ordinary people, I will look out the window and watch them walking down the street.

I'm 17. Been a fan since I was 6 or so, but really got into him last year and started buying all of his albums. All of my friends don't like him and say, "You like that gay fag?" I don't get it. Prince is amazing.