The "Fan Since '78' thread got me and my daughter talking about how young I was when I first got into Prince's music. I was 8 when I first heard him and became a hardcore fan when I was 9. There are other posts that are similar to my story which made my daughter remark that, "R Kelly, ain't got nothing on Prince, he should have been named the Pied Piper of RnB!"

So what I want to know is how many of us were just babies when we got into Prince and how did Prince and/or his music influence your growing up?

I can honestly say that because of Prince and his influence on my impressionable young mind; I grew up to be a self-confident, driven, creative, talented, my way or the highway, ego-maniac.

Thanks, Prince! I owe you, man!

I grew up to be a freak

DanceWme said:

I forgot to mention the 'being a freak' part!

I was about 4. I feel like his music made an impression on me...it made me smarter...or more of a smart-ass....something like that.

If he's the real Pied Piper,
does this make us, his fans, vermin?

Illustrator said:

Uh...finish reading the story!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Oh....
I meant
does that makes us, his fans, baby vermin?

Illustrator said:

I'll help you out...this time.

After the greedy King and townsfolk refused to pay the Pied Piper for ridding the town of the vermin. He came back the next night and played music that only the children could hear. The children followed the Pied Piper, abandoning the record industry...oops, I mean the Kingdom and all of it's selfish ways.

I grew up to be hyper aware of how i look at all times and I have never worked a normal job because Im busy making records and traveling the world since 16 with my music.

prettymansson said:

Really? That's cool! What kind of music do you make?

I grew up a nympho.
A confused little girl who hates labels.
and a writer. which is awesome, because I love me.
[Edited 1/16/07 16:48pm]

Negritaluvyu said:

Say it, girl!

I grew up very shy and quiet to those who didn't know me.Being,usually, the only black child in a predominantly white classroom played a big part of that.By the time Prince hit it big with Purple Rain,being black suddenly,slowly became more acceptable to the other kids.
Prince was everything a black male wasn't suposed to be.Prince was all that and so much more.He was different because he took those roles,said "fuck 'em" and remade them into something that could never be labeled.
I have to say that Prince influenced my love for exotic(and really all shades of) women,breaking racial and male gender sterotypes and awareness of how God can be found in the most unusual places.

prettymansson said:

FUNK !
I used to talk more about what Im up to on these forums but things are to in the mainstream to go into details these days.....Lets just say many of the artist people dig here are my friends and collaborators..Thanks

prettymansson said:

Yes I do.

prettymansson said:

I feel you. I think that's cool as hell. Best wishes and keep on funking.

sitruk7 said:

awesome, lol everyone calls me an oreo. and say im the female version of prince

Negritaluvyu said:

lol.Whatever label a person places on you is only true if you let it be.Since I don't know you personally,I can't really form an opinion on you.So far, you do seem pretty cool from what I can tell.I will say this, not living up to sterotypes doesn't make you an "oreo" it makes you an individual.

Now lemme go and bust out my John Tesh collection! J/K Honest!

sitruk7 said:

sitruk7 said:

Let the congregation say Amen!

sitruk7 said:

Thankyou!Im glad someone understands

Weird. "Fan since 78" lolz thats a long time ago.
Ive been a fan since 96. And I was only 5 years old O_O. ooh.
Someone is going to do math lol.

Negritaluvyu said:

Dang! My baby is older than you, she'll be 18 next Friday. She likes to say she was born and raised listening to Prince. I like to say, she's got that right!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

lol ahh my next birthday is in july . My mother likes to say, I have the mind of a 30 year old woman. Im not quite sure what that means though.

DanceWme said:

I knew I wasn't alone..

Negritaluvyu said:

That's a good thing. It means you're wise beyond your years. (I was told that a lot as a child also.)
[Edited 1/18/07 14:23pm]

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Oh! Duh .. lol I shouldve figured that out, but thanks for telling me.