NEXT INSTALLMENT!

As usual, I'll start:

-PARADE: Okay, I was starting to soften to the idea of Prince. Now I was still feelin' Rick James, but Prince was growing on me...
I liked "Parade" okay; I thought "Mountains" was a wonderful song.
So I went to see "Under the Cherry Moon" with a group of friends- about 10 of us. We settled in the neighborhood movie theater, all in one row, and started watching the movie. At first everyone was quietly watching the movie. Then my friend Jarrett slowly moved to the row behind us. All of a sudden, he grabbed me around the neck and yelled, "GIVE ME THE KEYS!!! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Everyone in the theater started laughing. He actually left and sat in the car.
Honestly, I didn't think UTCM was that good. I tried to give it credit, but now I just find it funny. I watched it recently from beginning to end, and just thought it was hilarious! (Sorry!)

-SIGN O' THE TIMES: My conversion was complete! I bought that album for my sister's birthday (on vinyl), and I ended up taking it and buying her something else. At this point, I was living in college with a Prince fanatic (Sammi ) who played him night and day, and I couldn't escape him. But I had also discovered music I didn't know about, beyond the radio stuff, because she "collected".
I played that album over and over....
If U ask me at which point I actually became a PRINCE FAN, I'd say 1987. The title track sucked me in and the rest of the album grew on me quickly. To this day, one of my "car jams" is "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night".


So.... Whatcha got?

No one has any memories?

Let me start it off:

Parade - this was my 1st Prince album. I was 7 at this time and I heard Kiss and I LOVED this song but it took me listening to the song about 5 or 6 times for me to accept that it was Prince singing it, even after watching the video. It was also around the time that Under the Cherry Moon was coming out and even though I didn't want to see it (I think the Black and White thing threw me off) I was excited. Who remembers the Under the Cherry Moon premiere on MTV? That was hot! Mom and I went to see my Dad in Las Vegas that summer and while were there, Mom brought Parade for me and I couldn't wait till we came back to NY so I could listen to it. When I heard Christopher Tracy's Parade, I knew it was not going to be Purple Rain 2. I liked it but I thought it was strange. Kiss and Mountains made me play it over and over. It's funny, that next April (1987) I was home from school and it actually snowed, so I put on Sometimes it Snows in April! FAst forward to 1999 when I brought the CD. I hadn't heard the album in ages but when I heard PArde again, with grown up ears. I LOVED IT! It was like hearing again for the first time. It's my favorite Prince album now, as of 3/14/2008.

Sign O The Times: I vaguely remember hearing SOTT on the radio at the time and it was once. IT wasn't until I saw the U Got The Look video that I was excited about Sign O The Times. This was when I started to realize that he seemed to be making albums every year. Mom and I went back to Vegas to see my Dad again and that trip sucked but one of the few things that was good about it was Mom getting me the SOTT's album. It had it's own section with a blue heart on the top of it and I remember that the section was half full. When we got back to NYC, I when I remember being shocked that I heard Prince curse on Housequake. I was 8 at this point so after that, I hurried up and turned the volume down. When it was over, I thought it was weirder than Parade, but I liked it. I loved Strange Relationship, Play in the Sunshine, U Got the Look and Hot Thing. SOTT, If I Was Your Girlfriend and The Ballad of Dorthy Parker stuck out to me as to how weird the songs were but I dug them. I brought the CD in 98 and hearing it again was exactly like when I heard Parade again. I was amazed at how incredible SOTT really was and I was amazed at how much I didn't hear when I was a kid. This is a Must Have for EVERYONE. A classic in every sense of the word.

Sorry for being so long winded. It's nice to go back down memory lane.

i thought it was going 2 b one memory a week lol

alright here we go

parade-already hooked on the song kiss, the album brung about other pleasures in mountains, anotherloverholenyohead, girls and boys and venus de milo that track

but it also gave me the truly 1st prince song that i couldn't stand in do u lie

parade also gave me my 1st xperience in seeing prince live at MSG sheila was there also!!

SOTT- after the disbanding of the revolution and the commerical failure of UTCM, how would our boy bounce back? WITH A FURY!!! THIS ALBUM JUST ROCKED AND FUNKED U SO HARD THAT U KNEW THE REVOLUTION WAS NOTHING WITHOUT THIS MAN!!

then came the movie oh damn hearing If I Was Ur Girlfriend and the thumbing plucking bass *faint* Hot thing!!!! Adore!!! the only song that hasn't stood the test of time IMO is slow love but that's alright here is FOREVER IN MY LIFE

after this pure bliss of music emitting from paisely park records i never looked backwards ...up next was the new power soul ...

L4OATheOriginal said:

The other "Memories" ones were slowing down...(hangs my head in shame )

I forgot about the "Parade" tour:
1) I was broke, and I called home from college to ask my parents for the $35. for a ticket. (Can U imagine they were ever that cheap?! ) They told me point blank "No".

2) I got the flu. Even tho my roommate came up with an extra ticket for me, I was too sick to go.
They covered me with a blanket on the couch, and were out the door.

I have to really clear the cob webs...

Parade was an especially wonderful album to me. I especially dug the strings, the drumming, piano, and the sax arrangements. I was taking French in college so I loved the French music touches and language usage. I was dating a guy named Tracy ( his middle name was Christopher) and it was my first ever April snow experience ( while listening to SISIA on my walkman). UTCM made me laugh and I thought it was very entertaining. Girls and Boys was an instant favorite because of the funk, the French, and the video. I thought SISIA was the saddest but most beautiful song I had ever heard.

SOTT...This album was both classic, ecclectic, passionate, silly, deep, and too funky. I began to see that Prince could really do anything he wanted and still have quality and quantity. I was really a true admirer of the music more so than the man until I heard 'Adore' (my favorite song ever). I then realized that Prince was growing artistically, spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, and romantically. This album is probably my favorite because it gave so much in so little time and I have never looked back. Certified admirer/fan/fam for life...I'll have the purple kool-aid on the rocks with a twist thanks.
[Edited 3/14/08 19:01pm]

Flowerz said:

Different thread!
http://prince.org/msg/7/221621

But do share...

I cannot believe u went to see that at the theatre...I waited till it came out on video.

Tame said:

i was fammed out

Flowerz said:

I was in college. We went in a group.
(Wait till we get to BATMAN! )

chocolate1 said:

by the time SOTT came..my fammation had gotten worse .. 1st song i heard from that era.. was La,La,La,He,He,He.. oh but wait! i totally forgot!.. during the Oscar speech when he went to accept his award (he's wearing that black glitter get up with the gloves) .. i was crying 'Prince!' literal tears.. and the dude i was on the phone with was annoyed .. was cute too.. he got alittle jealous .. he was like .. 'so what it's Prince.. u dont cry like that over me'.. ...

Flowerz said:

I remember i had to go out of town because the Sign O the times movie didnt play in the local theater .
So when i got to the theater there were only 4 other people come to see it.
I also went alone..
And sat through the credits

Flowerz said:

Flowerz said:

You were Bad
Wheres my wallet

mplsmike said:

i know.. i was pitiful .. 110% fammation city...although i never argued with folks as far as them hating and discrediting him with hate talk, i still liked him and i didnt care what ppl said.. .. so no, i wasnt 110%.. maybe 105%...but i was still fammin' ..

I got the Parade album b4 I saw Under the Cherry Moon,and I remember not liking it so much the 1st few times I heard it.Kiss was the only song on the album that I was feeling at 1st.(can't believe I just said that,)By the time I saw the movie,I finally "got it" and fell in love with Parade.Now,with Sign,it was love at 1st listen! I remember being thrilled 2 have a double album,and would listen 2 this 1 nonstop.My brother took me 2 the theater 2 c the concert film,and I was like this the whole time :excited:Each time is still like the 1st time when I watch the SOTT per4mance on the VMA's.1 of the greatest albumz of all time.
[Edited 3/14/08 23:31pm]

Tame said:

i saw it the day it came out in the theaters 2! TWICE!

L4OATheOriginal said:

see? .. go ahead L40 n tell us some good fam stuff.. what out in left field stuff have you ever done?

Flowerz said:

wrote the words slave on my face yelling at all the ungrateful people going in2 the letterman show 2 c the per4mance of dolphin

driving in2 jersey 2 c him at the PNC then driving back in2 manhattan at tramps 4 the afterparty

L4OATheOriginal said:

I was at that show! I didn't go to Tramps, tho. I was with people who didn't want to go.

During the summer I started a thread called "Fam Shame":

My most flagrant act was at that PNC show:
At one of the JOTY shows, it was the 5th or so time I had seen the show, so I KNEW that "Face Down" was the 7th song and when Prince did the bass solo he would stand on the right speaker.
I got the guard to let me go to the stage just for that song, and when Prince said, "Next time U pull a card, it better be an ace!"- I stuck this huge-ass ace card that I bought at Party City (and had laminated) in his face!
He just looked at me like I was crazy, smirked, and continued playing. Goal accomplished, the guard escorted me back to my seat in the 10th row getting high-fives all the way up!
At the time I thought I was the *It*, but as I type this, I'm thinking ..."That's some fam shit!"
If I saw someone do that now---

Oh wait...
This was supposed to be memories from 1986/1987...
We didn't even get to 1993 yet!

chocolate1 said:

i remember that sign and i thought it was cool as hell ..hmm have 2 look at my video tape of the show 2 c that again

chocolate1 said:

don't worry cause that memory was from 1997 anyway

L4OATheOriginal said:

Oops!
I was typing in a hurry...

I only attended my first show in '93: Radio City...

chocolate1 said:

which night? i went 2 all 3 and woke up in a coma on that saturday still in shocked that i lasted all 3 nights in one piece