Negritaluvyu said:

nice reading comprehension. I'm not quite sure how you could come to the conclusion that I equated being tired of something as the equivalent of being surprised and can thus be used interchangeably. nice job, though, exhibiting your ability to compose specious arguments.

origmnd said:

This I agree with because so many people will only associate him with Purple Rain.. but seriously.. who has heard the song or viewed the movie & didn't get that the man plays guitar???

dumbass said:

yeah you seriously need to go drink some coffee. Its really not that serious.

but if someone repeatedly came to you, and I mean repeatedly, knowing your a prince fan , saying , "I didnt know Prince played Guitar". over,and over,and over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over,over, and over again, you'd be a bit irritated ok. So do you want a cookie now ?

I can get not being a fan of the man's playing style, or even outright disliking it. Or not realizing he plays drums or piano even. But not realizing he plays guitar? What the hell? Even those who use 1999 and Purple Rain as their point of reference should have figured that out a while ago.


On the other hand, those who are using the Diamonds and Pearls era, the last time he was really commercially big, as their point of reference can probably be forgiven. Not so obvious then that he played anything, and easier to dismiss him as an MJ-style song-and-dance man.

Yeah, that's funny...of course we know that he plays guitar like we know 2+2=4 and it seems weird that other people would be clueless. But it's like someone saying they didn't know John Lennon played guitar...they just aren't into music that much and are oblivious.

'I didn't know Prince played guitar'. The last dumb Prince question I got was from a friend of mine. We were eating breakfast at "Waffle House" at like 3 in the morning and it was the week before the Superbowl. He looks at me, as I'm stuffing my face with buscuits and gravy, and asks, out of the blue, "What's Prince's real name?". I had to give him my, "Are You Fucking Kidding Me" look? He got real nervous, because some people interpret my RUFKM look as, "Oh shit, she's about to stab me in the face with that butter knife". After the dirty look and rather uncomfortable silence that followed, I said, "Uhh, his name is Prince." He was like, "Oh, because I was watching Sportscenter and they said his name was Prince Rogers Nelson." I started laughing and told him that that was his full name. He then commented on what an awful name it was, and I said, "That's probably why he's known as just 'Prince'. We laughed and continued on with our meal. I really surprised myself that night, because I don't normally get that bent out of shape when people make their little comments about Prince, but I found it to be such a stupid question (in the form that it was presented in), that I couldn't help but be a little pissed off, especially since my friend knows that I'm a huge Prince fan. Man, I'm really hoping nobody ever comes up to me with this above statement, because I'll have to just look at them and say, "Two words, 'Purple Rain'. Two more words, 'Rent it', now have a nice day."

What the hell does it matter what other people know or think?

The fewer that "know" about Prince, the easier for you it'll be to get tickets!

Besides, albums like Parade or Purple Rain, which he's most known for are infinitely superior to dreck like Musicology or 3121...maybe it's better for you that they don't know much.

estelle81 said:

fortunately I have never had this happen to me, but if it did, I am one of those people who sometimes their facial expressions have a tendency to beat the words out of my mouth, if you know what I mean, and I am sure I would have one of those "are u completely stupid" looks on my face b4 I could ever say anything!

I saw this comment in the foo fighters myspace page, I read some comments after the superbowl. I wrote the foo fighters a private message kinda laughing that some people really knew the coolness of him singing Best of U, and some dont even have a clue. I guess its ok if some r ignorant to this fact. Its the ones that claim to know alot about music that get on my nerves.

i've heard people who are surprised that Prince plays guitar. i just think its sad at this point...

when Prince plays guitar, its not even an instrument anymore, it becomes an extension of his body.. its amazing.

shaedove99 said:

Good point. All I know is that whenever he plays Purple Rain for some concert appearance that he keeps setting the bar higher for himself, doing better and better guitar solos along with it.

That's funny... cuz during the SuperBowl, I had that same comment in mind.

"I didn't Prince could play guitar that way".

So sue me, that performance was what made me cross the threshold from being a Prince fan every now and then to being a HUGE Prince fan 24/7.

Back then, I hardly knew anything about him except that my dad thought I should watch him in "Purple Rain" even though it was already half over. In the past 3 (almost 4) weeks, though, I have come a long way and I've learned a lot.

The fact of the matter is, is that there's almost nothing that Prince can't do. And no matter how much I think I know, there's still so much more to learn about him and that's come to be one of my favorite things about him. He's full of surprises and I never know what I'll find until I see it for myself.

estelle81 said:

What's Prince's real name?

I get that a lot.

I answer... "Bitch, please!

I hate that. First of all, I can't stand people who want to chat about P before they get the info and then think they got all the answers and want to debate about him (GET OUT OF HERE)!. And then those who only go to concerts just to be nosey (STAY HOME U FREAK)! Me, I'd much rather avoid chatting with non-P fans/fams unless they are interested in the knowledge.

dumbass said:

Yes I have indeed endured times when my life feels pretty empty, and music has been the tool that I used to feel that void. Although I don't believe how I feel is affected by what people know about Prince. For the most part I'm just surprised how many of his talents still seem to go unnoticed. For example I was pretty upset that Warners did not let P release The Undertaker CD to guitar player magazine, had that happen then maybe his guitar skills would have been appreciate by a wider audience, but it's not like my life is all fucked up because of it.

theodore said:

That's hilarious. What is Prince's real name? Actually, at first, I wasn't sure if that was his real name. Actually, I didn't know he even had a last name, everyone refers to him as Prince, his name was one-word, like Madonna, lol.
That's such a good name for him, though. He's pop royalty and he sure acts like a prince, but he's so much more than that.

MikeMatronik said:

That video came out in early 1996. I don't really think 'the kids' are overly familiar with it or use it as a jumping off point for his musicianship.

Granted his guitar playing isn't as respected as it should be by the world at large, but that's also due in part to him being invisble to the world at large for the last twenty years and releasing music that is anything but guitar driven.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

Somebody asked me that crap after the superbowl "What is his real name?" I said "Prince" and they said "Isn't his name Roger?" I almost had a fit



It really baffles me that anyone would question him being a gutar player. Purple Rain still gets played on the radio
[Edited 2/26/07 13:03pm]

Janfriend said:

U know what 2 answer now