Not a surprising reaction. Prince is not going to be everyone's cup of tea, no matter how good he is, because he often emphasizes feminity in a way many men and quite a few female find off putting. To top it all, he can be just as sexist as the next guy. The two together with the sometimes piercing high voice amount to the worst nightmare of a pop star for many a person who like their roles clearly defined.

When you think of "gender benders", there's always some concession to make it less threatening. Bowie's voice is definitely male and his flirtration with feminity was very artsy. MJ sings high but he did not flirt with sexuality and cultivated a childlike, child-friendly image (give or take a trial here and there).Bob George had a rather short stint as a full-fledged pop star and did not emphasize sex. Prince does it without a safety net : high voice, sexually agressive, sexist yet girly, etc.

Not a surprising reaction. Prince is not going to be everyone's cup of tea, no matter how good he is, because he often emphasizes feminity in a way many men and quite a few female find off putting. To top it all, he can be just as sexist as the next guy. The two together with the sometimes piercing high voice amount to the worst nightmare of a pop star for many a person who like their roles clearly defined.

When you think of "gender benders", there's always some concession to make it less threatening. Bowie's voice is definitely male and his flirtration with feminity was very artsy. MJ sings high but he did not flirt with sexuality and cultivated a childlike, child-friendly image (give or take a trial here and there). Bob George had a rather short stint as a full-fledged pop star and did not emphasize sex. Prince does it without a safety net : high voice, sexually agressive, sexist yet girly, etc.

Recently, on a trip down under, I was introduced to a girl who to all intents and purposes appeared an attractive person to speak to; intelligent, eloquent, funny, etc... As the evening progresses and various topics of conversation were entered into, discussed and used up, so music crossed our verbal paths. She was into the RHCPs and bands of such ilk. I told her of my unreasonable obsession with Prince and she flipped.

She could not understand how a fan of music could appreciate him, could not understand how a person seemingly sound-of-mind could still hold affection for someone who had changed their name in such preposterous fashion, could not comprehend how a man like Prince enjoys the success he does. To be fair, she did concede he had written a "couple of good tunes", but beyond that she was, it could be said, fairly negative on the small purple one.

What shocked me wasn't the dislike, it was the vitriol that accompanied it. For once, I thought, I understood what Prince fans look like to others. The incredulity I usually feel when someone says they don't like Prince was matched and returned with interest. I was really thrown. A cautionary tale, maybe, for all those missionaries out there pushing the purple vibe... Don't push too hard, you don't know how scary you look when you go evangelical on someone's ass.

on an econimical level (usually, not always), does that mean other forms of
racism we may recieve is not important or should go unnoticed?
Yesterday I ran up the sidewalk to drop some Blockbuster videos into their
return tray. There's a guy on a bike coming, I anticipated him swerving to my
right, since the return tray was on my left. No, he keeps going, so I almost
cause him to crash, but I step aside and he brakes, looking back at me with a
big scowl. My heart is still beating from what was almost a collison so I say
"I'm so sorry, I thought -" and I'm cut off with him saying "Silly fucking
prince fag." Then he rode off. (For note, I had on my lovesexy album covere t-shirt on)


Is that supposed to not bother me??? Cuz it did.

Aerogram said:

And the other Bob wore his superfunkycalifragi-shades


Boy George has Karma-chameleoned himself into the house-scene lately .



2 all the devoted Prince-purists : IGNORE THE IGNORANCE !... y'all know better !


Keep it purple .
PEACE !