Ok, so we all know that we are a strange bunch who like Prince music and can enjoy songs only hardcores know about but have you ever met someone who didnt know a Prince hit?

I actually met someone who had never heard "KISS" before. I was absolutely stunned. I figured if anyone had heard Prince music, it would be the hits, the ones we are all sick to death of. I was wrong!

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Are you kidding? I know people who say "Prince who?" or "of what?"

Yes I have and as a Prince fan it was my duty to hip them to the Purple One.

I've known a ton of people who "hate" Prince, then go crazy when P Control would come on in the club. Surprise bitches! You love Prince.

I know people who only know of prince thanks to Dave Chappelle

MajesticOne89 said:

Now that's a damn shame!

I've never met a person who doesn't know Prince..fortunately 4 them,I might add!

I met someone years back who thought Prince died after Purple Rain. I was like, "You never heard of Raspberry Beret or Kiss?" He said "No". I thought to myself, "What a loser"

purplecam said:

sexxydancer said:

I've met people who never heard of Prince. That has always made me and/or . I mean how the fuck you not hear of Prince? Purple Rain someone? It's very troubling.
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purplecam said:

Because they r programmed not 2 know him.

The hits have been limited 2 Kiss, LRC, WDC, PR, 1999 and IWBUL.

When, aside from ur indie station did u last hear TMBGITW, 7, D&P, Cream, Gett Off, Thieves in the Temple, Alphabet St., U Got the Look, SOTT, ICNTTPOYM, or Controversy? Were those not hits or songs that were played pre-1995?

Prince is now the kind of artist u have 2 introduce 2 ur friends, yes, even the hits. Clear Channel....cleared the funk a long time ago.....making radio useless. I wish the law was never passed that u could own more than 1 station in a market. They collected them like hot wheels.
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CherrieMoonKisses said:

I met someone who had never heard of James Brown. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I, too, have known people who have not heard of Prince. One of my relatives in fact actually thought Prince died in the mid 90's from aids. Thank God Black Sweat came out, is all I can say.

MajesticOne89 said:

Me too. That's just...wrong.

I can get not liking Prince. He's definitely not for everybody. But not even knowing who he is?

united1878 said:

My buddy's boyfriend didn't know who Aretha is.

meow85 said:

It's just not right. I blame their parents.

meow85 said:

Ooh this is fun...ok, my friends didn't know who David Bowie, Queen/Freddy Mercury or Shaq was (she did know who Shaquille O'Neal was tho). And they didn't know what FUNK was. She was like, "I never heard of it." and this other chimed in "Wait, that's like, a type of music right? Like Rage Against the Machines Renegades of Funk, right?"

And I said, "NO. Like, George Clinton."

them: "Who?"

me: "You know, Bill Clinton's brother."

them: "Ohhhhh."



I wanted to both of them. God I need to get out of this place. It just baffles me that I live in a place where one can be alive on the planet for 18+ years and have never heard of Prince or even FUNK for that matter.

FruitToAttractBears said:

Oh, I've heard that one before! I was at work and a coworker asked what music I was into and I said Funk. He looked a little baffled and said that he couldn't keep up with all these new styles. So sad, so sad...

united1878 said:

I seem to have had that same convo with someone not long ago...


[playing some music....}
coworker: "who's that?"
me: "George Clinton"
coworker: "who?!"
me: "George.....Clinton....."
coworker: "Never heard of him. What kind of music is that?"
me: "Funk"
coworker: "What's that?"
me: {ignores them....}


What's amazing is that this comes from a person who, very arrogantly, states that they love all types of music. Come on now, even that weren't true, never heard of funk!?!??

hey if y'all think you're hard done by, you should try living in scotland. i have noticed that very few people even acknowledge prince's existence, or if they do they write him off as a kooky novelty act. but i was in a club a month or so and the dj played "kiss" and practically EVERYONE went nuts, this pretty much restored my faith in my scottish race.

To be honest, I am VERY surprised at how many people don't even have Prince on their radar, much less knowing his hits. I had pictures of him all over my binder in High School, and so many people asked me "Who's that?" I guess it's because none of the photos showed him when he had "the curl!" I swear, the man could walk around my home town in broad daylight, and no one would recognize him. More recently, I was surprised that a lot of people had no idea who the mysterious performer was on the season finale of American Idol...

When I was working at Hollister in the mall, me and this black guy were talking about music, and he asked what I listen to. Here's how the conversation went:

Him: What do you listen to?
Me: Mostly Prince
Him: Who?
Me: ... Prince... you know. Prince. The singer.
Him: I don't know who that is....
Me: ... uhh
Him: Ohhh is he that "The color purple" guy?
Me: Purple Rain?
Him: Yeah! Is he still alive?
Me:

Yes, my friend who was born in 1982. She had heard Erotic City but didn't know Prince sang it. Kiss, IIWBYL, I Feel For You, Nasty Girl, 1999, Purple Rain, LRC, Head, I mentioned/played them all for her...she knew none of them!
I made her go to Purple Rain when they screened it in Brooklyn and a DJ Spinna Prince v. MJ night, but she only said, "why do all his songs sound the same?" I said, "That would be the Minneapolis Sound, and he invented it."

YES!
this chick at my school who happened 2 be a friggin senior and I was a freshman at the time...this is during or kinda after the musicology era...tell me why she only knew his song "call my name"~
I could NOT believe it...she was an Usher freak and thats all she listened 2 but uh...he has name dropped Prince and his songs in his own songs and even stole the beat off The Beautiful Ones...this is crazy~I couldnt get over that one...not even Purple Rain...WDC...Little Red Corvette...NOTHIN

purplecam said:

I know what you mean PC. I know someone who swears up and down that Purple Rain is his only good album, And that he's a one hit wonder with "When Doves Cry" Go figure.

I was in a 'multimedia' store recently buying a DVD, when I stumbled across "What Time Is It?" CD really cheap (I only had it on tape). I took it to the register, and the young man (YM) at the register looked at it and said, "Oh, is this the guy who puts that thing to his throat and makes the funny sound with his voice?"

me: No, that's Roger Troutman (sp?) from Zapp
YM: Oh. Who's this?
me: Morris Day & the Time.
YM:
me: have you seen "Purple Rain"? ya know, "Jungle Love"?
YM: yeah, but a loooong time ago.
me: It came out when I was a senior in high school.
YM: It couldn't have been THAT long ago!
(I turned and looked at my sister)
me: Excuse me?!
YM: I meant it came out like 5 years ago, right?
me: noooo- 1984, sweetie.
YM: Really?! Oh. I don't even remember it.
me: HOW OLD ARE U?!
YM: 21. I just graduated from college.... (Charlie Brown sounds)
(My sister walked away)

my girlfriend's 21 and couldn't sing a Prince lyric to save her life
and i doubt she could name more than 2 or 3 Prince songs
no thanks to me
i rarely play his music anymore

Mars23 said:

so true

PurpleKnight said:

Wait a minute...what? Arent all the super old songs played regularly in Japan, or countries like Japan? I've heard that they still listen to Vanilla Ice, and no Prince???