Over the past few months a lot of people have expressed their frustration over how their close ones cannot understand their affection for Prince and his music. Too many times I've read here something in the vein of "All my friends hate Prince and they're always laughing at me". Stop whining already! What kind of "friends" are those anyway? Where do you hang out? At country & western bars? For crying out loud, haven't you heard the basic doctorine of "If your mom likes it, it's not really rock'n'roll"? It still applies.
Prince is a PUNK - he has always been and still is. He didn't sing "Uptown", "Erotic City", "Cindy C" or "Days Of Wild" to please your average lorry-driving, coin-machine-playing softcell from the infinite lobotomy of 9 to 5 boredom. Prince was sent to this world to stir things up, to provide the soundtrack to some of the most unspoken aspects of urban nightlife and in the process to change the lives of many. You know, he might be tiny physically but HE'D STILL BE ABLE TO BEAT YOU UP. And if he pisses off someone do you really think he doesn't do it all deliberately?!? He's a true idiosyncrite.
I got into this guy in the first place because he was definitely the bad boy of pop. The one everybody was calling a genius and had such a HUGE following. The one people with a sense of style and attitude were able to dig. And furthermore, Prince's sexuality has always been more offending than subversive - he sang songs about banging his sister for chrissakes! In fact, every mother's nightmare was that their kid would oneday hang a Prince poster on their wall.
Stop acting like Mr. Nelson would be this little faint animal who needs your protection from the world because he's so misunderstood and unrevered. If your comformist bastard acquintances cannot appreciate one of the coolest and most original artists on the planet then why on earth are you wasting time with these people anyway? Doesn't that tell something about their lack of taste and ability to appreciate a little more complex matters than just wrestling and soap operas? Or just plain intelligence for that matter?

For choosing PRINCE in the first place you have shown excellent taste yourself! Peace & Get Wild ...and you know the rest.

"Prince is a PUNK - he has always been and still is. He didn't sing "Uptown", "Erotic City", "Cindy C" or "Days Of Wild" to please your average lorry-driving, coin-machine-playing softcell from the infinite lobotomy of 9 to 5 boredom. "
someone "ornote" this to subadubi, maybe she'll understand & go back to neverland with her new friend (in all my dreams)

me: You like prince?
friend: He's a tart.


me: You like prince?
2nd friend: Uh, yeah...he's ok.


me: You like Prince?
3rd friend: Uh yeah, he's great, esp that album 'Purple Rain'.


me: You like Prince?
4th(and likely last) friend: Yeah, he's fantastic, i have every album and single...just don't shoot me alright.
me: What's your favorite?
same living friend: Uhhh...that "Oh Sheila" song.


Some people just don't get it.

YES!! You go NOVABREAKER!!! Preach!!! I love this topic!!

Indeed...most of the people you tell you´re a Prince they say:"Oh yeah I love Kiss and Purple Rain!" Usually the conversation stops right there...

I don't preach, I'm an Atheist (short for "European"). I just antagonize.

My Mom & sister both love Prince. All my close friends dig him too.

Then is it real rock'n'roll anymore?

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