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Printablevainandy said: Rhondab said:
My older cousins were Prince fans from the beginning.....I was a fan from the moment I saw him in Right On! Prince was in all the black music magazines...."Right On", "Black Beat", and "Rock & Soul". long before he was in magazines like "Rolling Stone". Prince even thanked Cynthia Horner from "Right On" magazine on the "Dirty Mind" album. "Right On" really got Prince's name out there from the very beginning. Yep...I still have all of these magazines in my Prince collection....  "A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1 People can slam their door, disagree and fight it But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son? United States of Division"     | |
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vainandy said: origmnd said:
what is the source of this pic? It's in the gallery right here at the org. no- I meant where was it originally used? | |
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For me back then it wasn't a matter of Prince vs. Michael Jackson because at that time Michael Jackson was on a completely different level. Prince was more underground until Purple Rain dropped. Only then did that even become a question, but honestly nobody could fuck with Mike in terms of who the kids (myself included) liked. That's not to say nobody was feeling Prince though.
I like the comparison to Rick James much better too. That was the "rivalry". |
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whodknee said: For me back then it wasn't a matter of Prince vs. Michael Jackson because at that time Michael Jackson was on a completely different level. Prince was more underground until Purple Rain dropped. Only then did that even become a question, but honestly nobody could fuck with Mike in terms of who the kids (myself included) liked. That's not to say nobody was feeling Prince though.
I like the comparison to Rick James much better too. That was the "rivalry". "A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1 People can slam their door, disagree and fight it But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son? United States of Division" | |
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PurpleKnight said: laurarichardson said: ----- When were you born dude. We know P had a big following but some young people were still feeling Mike Jackson. I should know I had plenty of friends telling me P suck until PR came out. I was born in '85, but I still know my history. Prince had a big following with the black community by the time 1999 was out, as several people who were fans back then have confirmed. So I mean, Prince was still popular then in spite of the fact that MJ was way, way bigger.. ----- You born in "85" that explains a lot. Let me set you straight on something. P was big in the black community but, lots of people still were riding Mike's jock. Mike was big with blacks and whites and P was just on the verge of crossing over. I never said P was not popular at all. It is just that a lot of people were digging Mike more. I should know I was teenager at the time and I was a hugh Prince fame who took a lot of shit until PR came out. | |
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vainandy said: laurarichardson said:
No, the show is set in 82/83. I started to get into Prince around that time and everybody in the black community was not feeling P at the time. 
This is the "Controversy" tour, just one year earlier. Whoever made the tanning oil for all those white people must have made millions. ----- Vainandy. Maybe you need to go back and read what I posted. I did not say black people did not like Prince. I said not all black people. I know for a fact that the average junior high school girl in 1982 was digging Mike not Prince as much. Most young girls in Junior high at that time saw P has being nasty. The puburity bottom would come on within the following year on two and that would change. Besides I grew up in the Washington Metro area and a Go-Go band would sell out a venue faster than P in 1982. [Edited 10/30/05 9:34am] | |
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vainandy said: The whole Prince vs. Michael Jackson thing was mainly a white thing, not a black thing. Some blacks were into that but for the most part, in the black community, it was always Prince vs. Rick James. ----- yes, that is way they were constanly sticking picture sof Prince and Mike on Right On and Black Beat every month (LOL) I did not know anybody in JHS that was a big Rick fan. The older kids were into him more so. | |
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laurarichardson said: vainandy said:
This is the "Controversy" tour, just one year earlier. Whoever made the tanning oil for all those white people must have made millions. ----- Vainandy. Maybe you need to go back and read what I posted. I did not say black people did not like Prince. I said not all black people. I know for a fact that the average junior high school girl in 1982 was digging Mike not Prince as much. Most young girls in Junior high at that time saw P has being nasty. The puburity bottom would come on within the following year on two and that would change. Besides I grew up in the Washington Metro area and a Go-Go band would sell out a venue faster than P in 1982. [Edited 10/30/05 9:34am] "A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1 People can slam their door, disagree and fight it But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son? United States of Division" | |
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The costume was 84-ish, but earlier in the show when the Chris character and his friend were discussing what costumes to wear, his friend said to him "why don't go as Prince....the guy that sings Little Red Corvette?" They kinda kept to the correct time frame.
I wish Chris did his show in the era when he really was that age, in the mid-late 70's. I guess he had to appeal to the new interest people have in everything 80's. It's a great show anyway, hope it last. | |
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vainandy said: Rhondab said:
My older cousins were Prince fans from the beginning.....I was a fan from the moment I saw him in Right On! Prince was in all the black music magazines...."Right On", "Black Beat", and "Rock & Soul". long before he was in magazines like "Rolling Stone". Prince even thanked Cynthia Horner from "Right On" magazine on the "Dirty Mind" album. "Right On" really got Prince's name out there from the very beginning. yup... | |
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laurarichardson said: PurpleKnight said: I was born in '85, but I still know my history. Prince had a big following with the black community by the time 1999 was out, as several people who were fans back then have confirmed. So I mean, Prince was still popular then in spite of the fact that MJ was way, way bigger.. ----- You born in "85" that explains a lot. Let me set you straight on something. P was big in the black community but, lots of people still were riding Mike's jock. Mike was big with blacks and whites and P was just on the verge of crossing over. I never said P was not popular at all. It is just that a lot of people were digging Mike more. I should know I was teenager at the time and I was a hugh Prince fame who took a lot of shit until PR came out. Dig.... Mike didn't have a cross-over audience, until performing 'Billie Jean' on the Motown special..... | |
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