According to this, I should change my fan level to obsessed.. 15 times..

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Source: http://members.surfeu.fi/...ollisalive

This is all in fun, please don't take offense to any of this. Feel free to add to this list.

You are obsessed w/ Prince if...

by Gyrl6@webtv.net (and others) on alt.music.prince


• You can speak the dialog of any Prince movie w/out even looking at it.
  
• You answer the phone w/ "What it is?"
  
• After watching a Prince movie you head towards the mall to find the same clothes similar to what you Prince wore in the movie.
  
• You try to emulate Princes clothes & hair style & think having a "typhoon" will make you cool.
  
• You & 2 of your friends think you can be the next "6" act for Prince.
  
• You name your Pet after Prince or 1 of his associates.
  
• You name your child after Prince or 1 of his associates.
• You have no more hard drive space on your 11 gigabyte hard drive cause it's full of Prince MP3s & videos.
• Your local record store knows you by first name bases & reserves the latest Prince releases for you.
  
• You don't invest in the stock market or mutual funds but find investing $40 a week on Prince is much better.
  
• You watch "UTCM" & think you can be a gigolo too.
  
• You have a Prince shrine & screen saver on your computer.
  
• Your girlfriend calls you "Kid" & you call her "Apollonia".
  
• You consider starting a Prince fanzine
  
• You don't recognize any of the top 40 songs cause all you listen to is Prince.
  
• You have Prince related vanity plates on your car.
  
• You join a Prince mailing list.
  
• You are a moderator of a Prince mailing list.
  
• Your significant other looks like Prince or Mayte.
  
• Your family worrys about you cause all you watch & listen to is Prince stuff.
  
• You go to Minneapolis to visit certain places from scenes that you saw in "Purple Rain".
  
• You always say your broke, but you always find a way to buy the latest Thunderball release.
  
• You just have to have that NPG Hockey Jersey.
  
• Prince becomes an investment.
  
• Prince makes you want to get in the music business.
  
• You start to think you were Prince in a past life & he was you in a past life.
  
• When your at a red light, the car next to you thinks your a freak cause you got Prince music blasting.
  
• Your VCR is hot from recording Prince videos for all your friends.
  
• The utter name of Carmen Electra makes you shriek.
  
• Your room is plastered with Prince posters.
  
• Choas & Disorder doesn't sound that bad.
  
  by jmhall@cybermax.net:
  
  
• You substitute letters and numbers for words in your non formal writing.
  
• You paid full price to see Grafiti Bridge the day it was released in theatres and wondered why the theatre was so empty.
  
• You take the day off from work on the day of a new Prince release so that you can get it as soon as its released in the "wreka stow" and spend the whole day listening to it. (I actually did this with Emancipation and TGE)
  
• You paid full price to go see Grafiti Bridge at the movies a 2nd. time.
  
• You use Prince's albums as a point of reference for keeping track of time. For example, I met my friend John a few days after I bought SOTT, so it must have been 1987.
  
• You've sewn buttons along the outer seam of a pair of your pants.
  
• You can't understand why "Purple Rain" didn't make the National Film Institute's list of the 100 best movies of all time.
  
• You pay full price for a CD of an artist you wouldn't normally buy just because there are one or two songs that Prince had some involvement in. (i.e. Patti LaBelle's Be Yourself & Madonna's Like a Prayer)
  
  by kilio@aol.com:
  
  
• 1. you hated Rick James as a teenager
  
• 2. you hated MJ as a teenager
  
• 3. you sold half of you CD collection so you could buy tickets to a Prince concert
  
• 4. you slept outside in the dead of winter for concert tickets
  
• 5. you remember every setting on your stereo to improve the quality of each bad boot you own
  
  by nikkothomas@usa.net:
  
  
• 1. ...you have the items in your Prince collection separated from the "general stuff" in your music collection.
  
• 2. ...you call yourself his "friend," not his fan.
  
• 3. ...you got interested in Larry Graham & Graham Central Station in the last year.
  
• 4. ...you have plans to write a screenplay so Prince can finally act in a movie with a plot.
  
• 5. ...your response to your friends is, "Well, Cassius Clay changed his name, too!"
• 6. ...you cry when you miss a televised Prince performance.
  
• 7. ...you are ready to fight when someone says, "Prince who?"
  
• 8. ...you can identify samples of Prince songs within the first five seconds of hearing them.
  
• 9. ...you keep songs with Prince samples in your collection
  
• 10. ...you thought Apollonia could sing.
  
• 11. ...you thought Graffiti Bridge should have been a commercial success as a movie and a soundtrack.
  
• 12. ...you got mad when he appeared on Oprah and she went on and on about how "pretty" Prince looked.
• 13. ...you think one album a year isn't enough music from Prince.
  
• 14. ...you hate Warner Bros.
  
• 15. ...you have/had "slave" scrawled on your face.
  
• 16. ...you try to do the dance steps at the end of the When Doves Cry video whenever the video plays.
  
• 17. ...you believe he wrote every single song he has credit for.
  
• 18. ...you correct the end of #17 with, "...for which he has credit."
  
• 19. ...you post regularly on alt.music.prince
  
• 20. ...you lurk on alt.music.prince
  
• 21. ... you post a list of prince obsessions to alt.music.prince in which you point out that posting on alt.music.prince is grounds for obsession.
  
• 22. ...you sometimes look in the mirror and remark to yourself how much you look like prince or a prince associate
  
• 23. ...you know the names of the two women with Vanity in the group Vanity 6. (same for Apollonia 6)
  
• 24. ...you know why Vanity 6 is called Vanity 6 and not Vanity 3 (same for Apollonia 6)
  
• 25. ...you were waiting for Vanity/Denise Matthews to testify in the OJ Simpson trial when it came out that Mark Furham had met her.
  
• 26. ...you thought We Are the World would have been better with a guitar solo from Prince and if that couldn't happen then forget the whole thing!
  
• 27...you thought it was kinda cool that Prince was sucking on a lollipop during the singing of We Are the World at the end of whatever-awards-show-it-was. (After all, he didn't get a guitar solo!)
  
• 28...you give Prince vicarious credit for the existence of other artists. (Example: If Prince had not worked with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, there wouldn't be a Janet Jackson)
  
• 29...you enjoy pointing out that Michael Jackson is now "the strange one"
  
• 30...you have the poster of Camille on your wall.
  
• 31...you have the symbol tattooed somewhere on your body.
  
• 32...you write a list of Prince obsession habits, such as this one, and you are debating whether you should have called him The Artist.
  
  by 1eyedbass@space.net:
  
  
• your boots are shelved chronologically in uncracked jewel boxes.
  
• your posts to alt.music.prince are hard to read. (U no what -eye-'m trying 2 say...)
• you have a secret wish that you'd known about AMP in "the old days"...
  
• you know anyone who knows what "AMP" means outside this NG.
  
• people tell you about TV appearences a week in advance and you say: "thanks, but i already got my VCR programmed".
  
• you've never heard: babies makin' babies, the jam, maybe your baby, etc. before you heard p do them...(SHAME on all of you)
  
• animal kingdom: "...made you think..."
  
• you've actually taken captain cruch and edensoy to a checkout line.
  
• some bar band is doing a pretty good job at a version of "kiss" and you can't say anything nice.
  
• early adolescent exposure to a prince movie led to purple paintjob on mom's 69 chevy. (i'm OVER it, ok)
  
  by azifwekare@aol.com:
  
  
• The phrase "And that says what..." is in your normal vocabulary.
  
• You complain about everything he says, does, and releases, yet still buy every album and single, and record every television appearance.
  
• You wish Jerome Benton was still a public figure.
  
• You can connect any famous person to Prince in six degrees or less (a la the Kevin Bacon game)
  
• You own Good Question or Tony LeMans on CD.
  
• You couldn't stand Joni Mitchell until you heard "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker"
  
• You bought the majority of the albums on the NPG Top 10 list (on the old www.thedawn.com website) after seeing them listed there.
  
• You like "White Mansion."
  
• You proclaim Prince's superiority to the offline population, but proclaim another's superiority to the online population.
  
• Your e-mail address has a prince reference in it.
  
• You bought an album of orchestral versions of Prince songs, even though everyone told you that the album sucked.
  
• You bought a John Prine album.. just out of curiosity.
  
• You make it a point to tell everyone that Prince screwed Carmen Electra before anyone else knew who she was.
  
• You complain whenever you see that your favorite record store doesn't have a copy of "Sign O' The Times" or "Dirty Mind" in stock.
  
• You have two copies of every limited edition prince album... one of them still in the wrapper.
  
• You have a list of all the Prince items you own.
  
• You have a list of all the Prince items you own posted on the internet.
  
• You update your list of all the Prince items you own.
  
• You update you list of all the Prince items you own daily.
  
• You know every obscure fact about Prince, but can't remember the names of your family members.
  
• You do/did projects in school that are either based on Prince, or contain obscure Prince references.
  
• You're a member of an unofficial Mayte fan club.
  
• You've *ever* imitated the infamous Prince yelp.
  
• You own every Tennis accessory with the "Prince" brand name on it.
  
• You actually like "Soul Psychedelicide."
  
• You occasionally draw the symbol on your hand in ink.
  
• You've listened to TC Ellis' album more than once.
  
• You paid normal CD price for any Prince protege' album that was released on Paisley Park.
  
• You browse through the Prince section at the record store even though you already have everything there.
• You've paid more than $25 for any Prince related CD.
  
• You've paid more than $25 for any Prince related single.
  
• You're going to buy all the Spice Girls cds just because Scary Spice did an interview with Prince.
  
• You've ordered from 1-800-New-Funk more than once in the last year.
  
• You still follow the careers of any of the following: Carmen Electra, Sheena Easton, Bobby Z, Diamond and/or Pearl.
  
• You own Matt Fink's "Music of the Angels."
  
• You enjoy Matt Fink's "Music of the Angels."
  
• You think Prince wrote "Waterfalls."
  
• You've seen Fargo 25 times, but keep missing the scene with Prince in it.
  
• You own the Kim Basinger boot.
  
• You know who Femi Jiya is.
  
• The only Graham Central Station songs you know are the ones that P has performed live.
  
  by Dee Vance:
  
• 1.) You wait until your significant other leaves the house to rewatch ALL the Prince videos.
  
• 2.) You have 1-800-new-funk on speed dial.
  
• 3.) The one poor guy working at NEW-FUNK knows you by name.
  
• 4.) You own two Crystal Balls: the round on from online that you keep at home and the jewel boxed one you got at Sam Goody that you keep at work!
  
• 5.) You check Le Grind twice a day cause you never know what Pierre Igot might find.
  
• 6.) You've meet at least two online friends thru Prince related sites.
  
• 7.) You have all the ticket stubs from every Prince concert you've ever been to and you wouldn't give them up for any amount of money.
  
• 8.) You read and consider all that spiritual stuff on love4oneanother.
  
• 9.) When the news comes on, you pay attention to the weather in Minnesota even though you live in another state far, far away.
  
• 10.) You keep track of where the man is on the planet, but you don't know where your husband just went!

VBt

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[This message was edited Wed Feb 26 23:28:41 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

White Mansion and Chaos & Disorders are the shit

Cheesy but cute as hell thanx 4 posting this.

This is funny as hell, but apparantly old as people are making fun of "friends" instead of "fams".

Great post! and a little scary to be sat here nodding my head going yep, yep, yep that's me!

Ha aha a hahah some of these are really funny, especially when I can relate hence:

"you are ready to fight when someone say's Prince who?"

absolutely without a doubt the best post I've ever seen in this dump! (and all true ) scary isn't it?

• You try to get in touch with his publicist.

• Your posts vaguely start to remind people of Natasha.

Agreed.

>>"You use Prince's albums as a point of reference for keeping track of time. For example, I met my friend John a few days after I bought SOTT, so it must have been 1987."

I finally stopped doing this about 5 yrs ago, ever since CBall and NPS came out.
[This message was edited Wed Oct 9 10:46:31 PDT 2002 by mrchristian]

[*]10.) You keep track of where the man is on the planet, but you don't know where your husband just went




hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe!!

very funny
[This message was edited Wed Oct 9 10:53:30 PDT 2002 by kondwanii]

WOW, I'm in trouble

OK I'M OBSESSED

>>You browse through the Prince section at the record store even though you already have everything there. <<

I do that with the frig, too. I open it, don't see anything of value to eat...but then check back an hour later cuz maybe something magically appeared next to the milk container.

I CAN RELATE TO A COUPLE OF THINGS ...GREAT POST !!!

BOY you don't know how relieved I am to know that I'm not the only one!

You are my people!

Thecherryloon said:

Too Funny Me Too!! LOL!!

Tina (~!~)

Supernova said:

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EMBARASSED!!!
Im obssessed??? Really?!
Time 2 go & change my fan level thingy...
That list is pure confirmation 4 me!

Damnnn
I imagine that these obsessions are true for most of us...

my favorite and from my old friend junebug, no less

I can relate to about 25-30 of these.
Alto i have'nt had "Slave" on my face.

& what is the reference to Femi Jiya ?
I guess i would b obsessed if i knew the answer

that list is old as dirt...but it's still funny.

Uhhh, I'm not obsessed, clear. I think I'm possessed... there's a diffrence.

THESE ARE SOOO FUNNY...because 90% of them are TRUE!!!

(yes)this is funny - hahahah

My family (and friends) is worried and I do answer the phone by saing WHAT IS IT - Its seek - isnt it -

You have a list of all the Prince items you own.

I recently did this, because I couldn't believe some of the prices and things that were selling on Ebay.

I found out that I'm reasonably wealthy. Like if I wanted to sell everything I'd have enough money to go to a Prince concert and take a friend. Or go to the celebration on a fixed budget, or:

pay my bills from going to Prince Concerts and the Celebration

CherryMoon said:

Actually i list my CD's just so my roommates or their friends don't "borrow" any. I've had it happen in the past, and some CD's aren't replaceable.

MrChristian:

Believe me, I wouldn't sell anything. But like you said it nice to keep track of all your stuff.

I know my kids borrowed Crystal Ball and I couldn't find it and was about to buy another copy when it showed up.

However, no more borrowing, loaning etc. I'll make copies (yes I know it's wrong) but I've lost too much stuff over the years.

I've got one more:

•you understand why every item on each of the aforementioned lists is funny.




And can I just say, one album a year ISN'T enough! Clearly! I can't believe anybody would question that!

Doves,
Mel!ssa