Are U tired of hearing about "Purple Rain" every time some Prince reference is made? It is sooooo 20 years ago!
I know, I know- that is what he'll always be associated with, the same way people still call Madonna "The Material Girl", But LET IT GO PEOPLE!

I was just at the gas station, and since it's a nice day, I had the windows down and the music high- "Xenophobia" from "ONA- Live" was jammin'
Brotha attendant, came along boppin' his head, and asked me what I was listenin' to. I told him.
His reply: "That's good, but 'When Doves Cry' was the $#!&. Purple Rain was his best stuff. He's been a punk since then."

I just said, "I was a senior in high school when that came out. I'm gonna be 40 in August. It's time to move on."

For me, I'm more sick of "the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince." I mean, I know he kinda deserves it for changing his name, but still.

i just figure, if he didn't want it to be an albatross around his neck for the rest of his life, he shouldn't have made such a great album. it doesn't bother me when that's the only connection some people can make. it's better than someone saying, "oh man, ARMS OF ORION IS MY JAM!!!"

Some props are better than none.....

I'm thinking you should probably get used to it



And no, it doesn't bother me at all. It was the pinnacle of his fame and is probably the best, most concise piece of work he's ever released. I like other albums better, but none of his albums, song-for-song are as stellar as this.

i get fed up with the whole p rain thing. the albums overated and i dislike it. give me daisy chain anyday of the week (That was a random song by the way, its not my fav, i was just saying that i dont like pr, hope that clarifys that weird song selection)

RumAndRaisin said:

so basically, you'd rather listen to crap than good stuff that you've already heard a lot? k.

thats your opinion, i rather like daisy chain, its funky. whilst pr is overated, over performed and is no where near hes best. besides, its boring. and the pr album isnt brilliant, i prefere 90's stuff

RumAndRaisin said:

Well, in your profile, it says you're 14, so I can understand that to some extent. We'll see how you feel when you're 20, 25, 30. With me, as I get older, the music I like gets older.

Raze said:

i just prefere the rapping, the live drums, and unlike most p fans, i actually think rave and nps are two of hes best albums

RumAndRaisin said:

well, there you go.... you like what you like, but you'll have to excuse the rest of us if we remember him best for 1999, Purple Rain and SOTT and not NPS and Rave

thats just what i mean, 1999 sott and pr are overated.

nps is brilliant, amazing. i love Come On and Push It Up. how can anyone not??

chocolate1 said:

Like Prince did? I mean, it's not like he's still playing those songs in concert while ignoring just about anything he's recorded in the past decade or so. Oh wait, that is the case. How many "final ever greatest hits" tours have we had now?

RumAndRaisin said:

The live drums? Honey, three of the albums in your sig barely feature live drums.

Kids...

yeah i know, but chaos, love symbol, diamonds, the gold exp and goldnigga all feature live drums.

RumAndRaisin said:

RumAndRaisin said:

if PR and 1999 were never released and only circulating as bootlegs, i bet you'd be screeching along with everyone else about how great those songs are.

Anxiety said:

If PR and 1999 were never released, Prince would be playing at county fairs and this wouldn't even be a topic for discussion. Not that he hasn't done anything brilliant since then, and I almost never listen to those discs. Just nothing that connected with such a large audience.

BartVanHemelen said:

Glad to generate discussion...
Point um, taken.

The point is, I get tired of "Purple Rain" jokes, references, etc. whenever Prince is mentioned.
I esp. hate when people break into their renditions of the chorus for me!

sosgemini said:

What does this mean?

Raze said:

It doesn't bother me either ,but as far as it being the most stellar and concise piece of work well lets go even further back to his 1999 album. That was also as you say stellar and concise. Myself I don't concider those who only think of Purple Rain when they think of Prince TRUE Prince fans. Do you?

Ranetta said:

1999 is not a concise album.

Anxiety said:

That's just hurtful.

It bothers me a little bit that Purple Rain gets such a bad rap within the Prince "fan" community. I think it does get that rap because it came so early in his career (6 years in, vs. 29 years now . . .)

Personally, I believe that SOTT is a much better piece of work (and is also my favorite). But I have to be realistic that Purple Rain is more widely considered his masterpiece. None of his projects have been as successful and far-reaching as Purple Rain.

Side note: take the movie Purple Rain out of the equation, I think 1999 is a strong contender.

RumAndRaisin said:

I sadly disagree with your post. Since your 14(from what your profile says), you obviously missed a great era when P's music was pure genious back in the early 80's. It was fun times to us who are older then you. Im 33 and grew up with P music of 1999, PR, ATWIAD, and that.

I ,at the time of him rising to be a success, thought he was pure genious at that time and era.

Kids, when will they ever learn?
[Edited 5/27/07 14:08pm]

Se7en said:

I highly agree with you. I thought the original 1999 album(NOT the remix), was great for that time in the early 80's.

chocolate1 said:

Well, that's "brotha's opinion. If it's one u don't agree with, that's cool, right? I believe I was the only one on this site that hoped to GOD that P wasn't going to play the song Purple Rain at the Super Bowl. EVERBODY as I recall, was swearing up and down, that P was definately going to play that song. Personally, I didn't want him to do it there because, damn player,...play something else. I saw P three times on the Purple Rain tour, when he played the song and it was fresh. Not saying the cat shouldn't play it today at his concerts but at the Super Bowl, I was hoping against hope that he wasn't going to fuck with it there at that setting. Obviously he did, and it was a nice performance. It's just that I"ve seen the facial expressions, I know exactly what P is going to play during the solo. So, I said all of that to say this. u asked brutha to move on. I can ask P that. I don't cuz it's his right to play that song the same way with the same exact poses and expressions untill the end of time.

RumAndRaisin said:

They're not neccessarily overrated just because they were popular. Sometimes albums that are insanely popular are deservedly so.

blackguitaristz said:

And he should be happy to do it. I hate it when the Prince's of the music business complain that people want to hear the old shit. It's not a reflection of the audience that they want to hear the old shit, it's a reflection of his inability to connect with as big an audience contemporarily, whether through his music, or his publicity stunts, or his cryptic "I'm a religious leader" spouting Revelations crap, or the fact that he's still dressing like it's the 80's. That's what we love him for, but to non-"fans" it's pretty ridiculous.

Most people, when you ask them what they think of Prince, will say "He's a musical genius. But to the general public, he's a novelty act doing impressions of a much bigger star.

I mean, I love him still. I'm just saying, that's why people who aren't Prince fans want to hear "Purple Rain." It's not their fault that they don't dig "Get on the Boat" quite as much.