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Printabledatdude said: Gotta understand that at that point, especially after tasting the crossover success that Little Red Corvette gave him, he was hell bent on reaching the white folks. Honestly, when I first heard the song, besides the intro, i wasn't that crazy about the song. I bought the album the day it was released and when I first put that needle down on the groove and when he got into the opening chorus, all I saw was white kids doing "the Carlton" on American Bandstand.
are you suggesting Prince didn't have any white fans prior to the break thru success of LRC from 1999, or are you speaking of sheer numbers of them? Sheer numbers. It's no secret that after LRC broke on MTV, a larger percentage of whites were at his concerts during the 1999 tour. I KNOW he had white fans before the 1999 album because out here in L.A on the Controversy tour, there were some white folks there. Not nearly as many that was at the 2 shows out here on his 1999 tour. On his Purple Rain tour out here, I went 4 times on that tour and each time, easily it was 70% white in the crowds. It was a HUGE shift from the Controversy tour which was easily 75% black. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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cutn said: when he first played it at First Avenue people didnt get it, I have the DVD
 Hell nah they didn't get it. They didn't get any of the new material p was playing. I've had the VHS tape of First Ave for years. There's these two white cats that are right up front, dead center. These two look like they kinda want to catch P after the show and whoop his ass. They definately didn't act like fans. They probably went out of curiousity and when they got there and seen P in the flesh and hearing and seeing all of these white girls screaming at P, ...they looked uncomfortable to say the least. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: datdude said: are you suggesting Prince didn't have any white fans prior to the break thru success of LRC from 1999, or are you speaking of sheer numbers of them? Sheer numbers. It's no secret that after LRC broke on MTV, a larger percentage of whites were at his concerts during the 1999 tour. I KNOW he had white fans before the 1999 album because out here in L.A on the Controversy tour, there were some white folks there. Not nearly as many that was at the 2 shows out here on his 1999 tour. On his Purple Rain tour out here, I went 4 times on that tour and each time, easily it was 70% white in the crowds. It was a HUGE shift from the Controversy tour which was easily 75% black. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hendrix had mostly white fans too right? ______________________________________________
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DMSR said: blackguitaristz said: Sheer numbers. It's no secret that after LRC broke on MTV, a larger percentage of whites were at his concerts during the 1999 tour. I KNOW he had white fans before the 1999 album because out here in L.A on the Controversy tour, there were some white folks there. Not nearly as many that was at the 2 shows out here on his 1999 tour. On his Purple Rain tour out here, I went 4 times on that tour and each time, easily it was 70% white in the crowds. It was a HUGE shift from the Controversy tour which was easily 75% black. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Hendrix had mostly white fans too right? Definately. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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datdude said: Gotta understand that at that point, especially after tasting the crossover success that Little Red Corvette gave him, he was hell bent on reaching the white folks. Honestly, when I first heard the song, besides the intro, i wasn't that crazy about the song. I bought the album the day it was released and when I first put that needle down on the groove and when he got into the opening chorus, all I saw was white kids doing "the Carlton" on American Bandstand.
are you suggesting Prince didn't have any white fans prior to the break thru success of LRC from 1999, or are you speaking of sheer numbers of them? "I Wanna Be Your Lover" was played on pop radio during the disco era (disco was played on both R&B and pop stations). White people had exposure to Prince with that song but most of them did not remember him afterwards. The only white people I knew of that even knew who Prince was during the "Dirty Mind" and "Controversy" era were the cool motherfuckers that listened exclusively to R&B radio, watched "Soul Train" every weekend, partied in black nighclubs, skating rinks, etc., and dated black people. In other words, the "Teena Maries" of the era. . . [Edited 3/20/07 16:52pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: "I Wanna Be Your Lover" was played on pop radio during the disco era (disco was played on both R&B and pop stations). White people had exposure to Prince with that song but most of them did not remember him afterwards. The only white people I knew of that even knew who Prince was during the "Dirty Mind" and "Controversy" era were the cool motherfuckers that listened exclusively to R&B radio, watched "Soul Train" every weekend, partied in black nighclubs, skating rinks, etc., and dated black people. In other words, the "Teena Maries" of the era. . . [Edited 3/20/07 16:52pm] oh, the Vanilla Children. | |
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NWF said:  Even as I listen to it now, I just think of this song as something truly epic and monumental. The sound and production is so dense and huge, it just destroyed damn near everything else that was on the radio in 1984. And it was so radically different than your average pop song too. Would you rate this with "I Want A New Drug" by Huey Lewis & the News? I think not. 
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ufoclub said: NWF said: Even as I listen to it now, I just think of this song as something truly epic and monumental. The sound and production is so dense and huge, it just destroyed damn near everything else that was on the radio in 1984. And it was so radically different than your average pop song too. Would you rate this with "I Want A New Drug" by Huey Lewis & the News? I think not.
The extended version ROCKS!!!!! I liked Huey Lewis! But NOT "Power of Love". Huey was a great bar band and I did like his voice. You're right though Power of Love had no soul. My favorite song of his is "I Hope You Love Me Like You Say" with the Tower of Power horns.. I bet Prince likes that one. ______________________________________________
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