bobsteezy said:

LOVE this one!!!

*Imitating Jeff Foxworthy* "Yooooou might be a Purpleneck if....

(And these I've done.)

--Played obscene Prince songs, LOUD in public places and danced to it. (My best friend got a ticket for BLARING P. Control at a local burger joint.I continued to dance until the cops shut his radio off.)

--If you wear purple eyeshadow every chance you can

--Plan to name a pet after Prince

--Think "Under the Cherry Moon" is the funniest damn movie ever.

--(For the ladies) When you were a kidm you said that Prince was the father of your babydolls.

--Try to bellydance like Mayte everytime you hear "7" play.

--If the promise of a Prince song being played in your Body Works class at the gym is the motivation to get there the next day.

(Yeah, it was my first day back after a year. I hate working out!!)

loisclark88 said:

Hey...u do that too

lizlampkin said:

Think of your workout as a part of everyday life - like brushing your teeth.

Be proud of yourself for going!

if your 4 year old thinks the anchor on Sponge Bob's hat is a ...


if you alter prince songs into lullabies for your babies....

SlamGlam said:

When you get excited because your milk expired on 3/19 and you noticed it on 3/21!
Then you might be a purple neck!!

SlamGlam said:

The spounge Bob thing is hilarious!!!

You might be a PurpleNeck if: you're reading a magazine or the paper, and you see a word that is also the title of a Prince song, and you start singing the song that it's from. That just happened to me when I saw the word "interactive" in the heading of an article that I was reading. Of course, I started singing "Interactive".

SlamGlam said:

Awesome!

You're raising the next generation of Prince fans!

UCantHavaDaMango said:

Kids are so sweet! My little girl use to think, "Baby Knows" was about her nose!

if. . .your five year old calls you while you're in Vegas for 3121 and asks, "Mommy, how many more nights are you going to spend the night with Prince?"

if. . .your eight year old son and five year old daughter do the chorus/response from Lolita in the back seat! "Lolita?!" YEAH. . . How bad are you girl??? BAAAAD. . .

proud2bafan said:

ure a purpleneck if uve ever gotten your camera taken by a security guard at a prince concert

You might be a PurpleNeck if...

* you break a song down into its components and analyze it, trying to figure out how Prince came up with it and/or why he wrote it in the first place.

I do that all the time.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

I do that 2... it's not always good, tough. Sometimes it's better 2 enjoy the song, better than 2 be thinking about it.

theodore said:

I hear ya. You're right, I forgot that in some cases, I just take the song as it is and don't try to analyze it too much. I never really tried to analyze Computer Blues. I just find the music overall enjoyable... but it gets stuck in my head so easily.

Some songs are just begging to be analyzed, while others you just take them as they are... and in rare cases, you hear it and you connect with it, realizing what it means [to you] just by listening.
[Edited 3/21/07 21:40pm]

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

Computer Blue is the ultimate xample of a song I like 2 just listen 2 each instrument and think about them.
I listen 2 that song and the beat is in my head the whole day!!!

But I love it

theodore said:

All I know is that it has a different vibe than any of Prince's other songs. Sure, you can tell that his music in that era sounds like its from the 80's, but especially the guitar solo in this particular song, you can really tell its from the 80's. Guitar doesn't have that sound anymore, at least I don't hear Prince using it in any of his songs since. Completely crazy, maybe that's why it's so easily stuck in my head. But we're getting off topic, I have something else.

You're a PurpleNeck if you have to replay certain songs to see if you like them or not.

And if when you listen to a song and you were half-distracted at the time, you want to check out the video or a live version of the song to watch Prince sing it. Having a visual helps a song come more alive for me.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

I always like the song better after I see him perform it, ie..Lolita on A.I.!!!! Like Black Sweat, I liked that better after I saw the video

You might be a PurpleNeck if...

--your toddler can not only count to 16, but can spell each number out (and for some reason has an odd affinity towards voluptuous women)...

If you've promised God "I will always love that man".

babooshleeky said:

I agree, but in several cases, I've heard Prince's songs first in a music video or in a live performance.

I saw him do Lolita & Satisfied b4 listening to it on 3121. I also saw him do Fury & Te Amo Corazon b4 listening to it on disc. I guess I was a little spoiled, getting to see him make those songs come alive b4 I made my opinion on disc, but that made me an early fan of the songs, leading me to get the album in the first place since I already knew a bunch of the songs.

Black Sweat, I also saw the first video b4 getting the CD. I don't think I would have like it otherwise w/o seeing the first video. And actually, I find it a little 'out there' on first listen, so I wasn't too crazy about it. But the 2nd time, it totally grew on me, just because Prince's facial expressions are hilarious.

Yeah, having a visual definitely makes me enjoy a song better. It helps me connect with it more. That brings me to this:

* you're a PurpleNeck if you judge a song not only by sound alone, but also how you connect with it and/or Prince himself.

You take an early lunch break so you can make it to Best Buy (or any other store that sells CD) the minute they open on the day of a new Prince release.

(I've done this for the past 10 years or so.)

You were physically nervous watching the Superbowl performance the first time, worrying about Prince slipping in the rain or getting electrocuted.

You get really mad or even curse out loud when you read something or hear someone in the news make a statement about Prince that has even the slightest minor logistical error (e.g., "his 1980s hits included 'When Doves Cry' and 'Diamonds and Pearls.'", "His former wife is Marty Garcia.").
[Edited 3/22/07 15:59pm]

PicassoFace said:

Oh my goodness! I just about had an anxiety attack when I saw how hard it was raining! I shrieked when I saw an explosion on stage because I wasn't sure if it was a part of the show, or if Prince was blown up!

In the spirit of the HalfTime show,

* you're a football fan and a Prince fan and was initially excited to hear that he was gonna headline the halftime show. Then the day of, you have a dream the night b4 about getting in line for a Prince concert, and even though one of favorite teams is playing in the game, you care more about seeing Prince than the game itself.