You listened to "Sister" and "Head" in the cloak room of school with your friends on a big ole cassette player. You got mad when all the Hard Rock kids called him a "fag."

...you got your first taste of unreleased music from hissy cassettes...and you still keep them for some of the segueways

tight pants with buttons sewed up my leg and across my front were in my wardrobe along with lace gloves with the fingers cut out.

When you first heard or $ on your record player and thought,"Is this the right speed?".

When you first heard the beginning of America and thought, "Did the cassette break already?".

wlcm2thdwn said:

OMG!!!

My favorite two artists...Prince and Teena on the same stage??? clunk...just fainted

DifferentPsuedenum said:

me too I was like what the hell? Prince scratchin now.

irrisistableB said:

haha so true! aaah the memories ...

Accujack said:

Yep, that's what I'm waiting for July 24th in Philly

wlcm2thdwn said:

I'm definitely doing that. Just isn't the same experience when you download the music. Only odd thing here is that I am 24.

You are really old school when you remember listening to 8-tracks of For You and Prince...and your brother STILL got those tracks today!!! LOL

irrisistableB said:

LOL I still got ALL my lace gloves from the 80s...and they are back in style again!! YAY!!!

U used to spin the ending parts of Baby, I'm A Star and Purple Rain backwards by hand for your friends to hear what he was really saying 'cause U had that album (along with others) on vinyl. Remember when you would get that repetitive scratching sound and that was your que to actually get up and turn the record over to play the other side? HA!

LIKE CLOCKWORK AFTER THE MTV MOONMAN PUT HIS FLAG ON THE MOON MARKING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES OF VIDEOS (WHEN MTV PLAYED VIDEOS) YOU KNEW THAT 1999 OR LITTLE RED CORVETTE WAS GOING TO BE PLAYED EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR IN ROTATION.

When you've been a fan for 29 years and the man STILL amazes you to this very day!

ZsaZsaZsu said:

you still have your fading Purple Rain concert pics

You know when your an old school fan when you scratched your vinyl you bought the cassette and after it was worn out you got it on CD

FunkshaII said:

You wouldn't dream of attending the Purple Rain concert without wearing a lace camisole, those fingerless gloves mentioned above, and a pair of high-heeled, suede ankle boots that you had to mince your way across the parking lot in so they wouldn't get wet and ruined by salt.

And all these items were easily obtained at the local mall. Prince never got the credit he deserves for influencing 80's street fashion!

DifferentPsuedenum said:

I Recorded one of thes shows back in the day...(and still have it on vhs)
They had so many prince Videos it was continued on tuesday..
I remember "The Unseen DJ" sayin this is no april fools joke were continuing the prince marathon

if you had any Prince 8 tracks...

if you just do not get into the new stuff like Diamonds and Pears.

if you saw American Bandstand and thought "listing to this guy would get my parents mad"

if you were mad that prince sold out with purple rain...

if you had no idea what songs like "head" "sister" and "jack u off" were about when you first got them...

VonMarie said:

no that makes you a felon!

HalluRain said:

He sure didn't!! They gave HIS props to Madonna!

mplsmike said:

http://video.aol.com/vide.../404266260

WellInever said:

I got all those tracks *cough* leagally *cough, cough*...whatever R U talking about!!!!

youre a white boy..and in high school circa 1985 sported the paisley park trade mark hair do..a curl with the hair on 1 side swept back....LOL

WellInever said:

and a future recipient of Londell MacMillan's autograph!

You knew the words to I Feel For You before Chaka Khan released her version.

VonMarie said:

When that Solo from Dez still moves you even more than it did all those years back!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

He'll be takin a hell of a lot of people to court!!! Besides, I still don't know what you're talking about!!!