I was just flipping through the July 2007 edition of Blender. There's a list of the 100 days that changed music. October 8, 1980 placed 14th. I would agree that many days of his life changed music, but their choice was very... interesting. They used a picture of this picture of him playing guitar in the DM outfit, and about the most exposing one there is (legs spread apart if u know which one I mean)(I couldn't figure out how to add it to this forum). Below it was a caption: "Cower before my man-panties!" Anyways, here's the article.

Prince Poses in Black Undies
Until this point, Prince had been just another upstart R&B singer. With the cover of his third album, Dirty Mind- a black and white shot of him giving the camera a come-hither look, wearing bikini briefs, a jacket, a bandana, and nothing else, and standing in front of an abstract design that looks a lot like bedsprings- he became something else. It looked (and the album sounded) like a new-wave record, and it delivered two clear messages. One was "I don't fit into an category anybody wants to put me in." The other was "I am coming the f*@# you, right now" The combination worked well for Prince for the better part of 20 years.

did u retype or were the typos really in the article?

(can't turn off the english teacher in me)

#13 WAS BRITNEY AND JUSTIN BREAK-UP. OH NOES!!!!111


[Edited 6/15/07 21:42pm]

Meh, would have said the first avenue debut of Purple Rain but whatever.