When you first saw the LOVESEXY cover (think back) were you turned on by it?

Actually I thought he too skinny he needs to eat more

bjt57 said:

lmao!!!

Good Lordy NO!

I definitely was! Even had a tattoo designed of that cover.

I thought the cover was sweet. artistic.

Threads like this are the reason why I seldom frequent Prince: Music & More...

You may want to read this thread I started in that I mention an occurrence I witnessed where a male trucker was apparently excited to purchase the "Lovesexy" album, and I doubt, based on his reaction, that it was for the music.

http://prince.org/msg/7/235723

Hell yeah! I was 17 and bought the poster for my wall to gaze at, I think my mother was worried about me a bit..

No. But I think it's absolutely beautiful. It's a wonderful cover - perfect.

Heck ya, I'm a lady, why wouldn't I be turned on?

is the orchid supposed to be a phallic symbol (a dick head)?

Wowugotit said:

I've always thought so.

Wowugotit said:

Yes, I think so too. Naughty Prince.

onenitealone said:

My girlfriend at the time would not let me have the poster on my bedroom wall.

She didnt last very long.

I was 10 years old when that album came out. The local record store in the mall had the Lovesexy poster in the window, I can remember making all kinds of excuses to walk by that window and look at that poster but I didn't want anyone to know I was looking at it. Nudity can be a bit ackward when you're 10. But yes, I thought Prince was very sexy and I was turned on.

I was a little shocked but I didn't hate it, all my friends teased me SO bad

violetorgangrinder said:

Truckies get lonely 2...

2 answer ur question, no. Definitely not. Was it sposed 2?

Hell Fuck Yeah I marveled at how thick his calves were

Woooo, that man got some curves on him. And I love every inch of his LOVElySEXY body. I say bring it on.

Hell no.


It's a beautiful shot and conveys the idea of rebirth Prince was trying to get across very well IMO, phallic flower bits and all. I mean, I'd jump at the chance to sex it up with Our Hero, but I don't see it as a sexual -or let's be honest, overly flattering -picture of the guy.

Not at first, but when I listened a few times and began to connect the image with the message, then I confess, yes. Not so much 'cause I wanted to 'do' Prince (I'm a straight guy), but because looking at it made me feel like he appeared to feel in the picture - which was extremely sexy, indeed!

Nope, never - amazingly enough. You'd think every female fan would go ga-ga over a naked Prince, but this one didn't do anything for me (except get me into a lot of hassle with non-fan friends who thought he looked like a right prat).

Usually I would say yes, as I'd happily do Prince whenever, wherever! But I like to think of him as being seductive and sexy, able to take charge and handle his business (yah know?!) but he looks a bit too vulnerable in this pic. I love the imagery and the use of orchids as a reference to the female yonic but the cover seems a little disjointed from the actual album content for me... maybe I'm missing something

Yes, I was only 15. I used to look at it all the time and dream of rubbing his belly.-and other things.

I saw the Lovesexy cover just about a year ago for the first time, and it was shocking because tere was Prince, completely nude on a purple flower! But the photo was done tastefully in an artful way. And I like that.

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if he would have faced the camera straight on, like that cover John Lennon and Yoko Ono did in the 60s.

But Prince looked positively angelic and surprisingly demure.

Wowugotit said:

umm...FUCK NO!!!!!

Not really. He looked way too feminine there--even by Prince standards.

No, he'sjust a little too petite for me, shocking everytime I notice it, I just :blush: all the way thru the checkout, brassing for a comeback when I got hassled by the clerk, to my surprise I didn't get any. Life was good.