What were your thoughts when you heard a Prince song or saw him for the first time?

Now, I remember hearing him for the first time when I was like 9 and it was 1992...so my mom was playing the album...only "7", " And God Created Woman" and "Sexy MF" songs though. I thought the music was the most fascinating stuff I had ever heard and when I saw him for the first time, I cant remember ever thinking a man being so pretty in my life. I knew he was cute but didnt focus on it too much. Instantly I began looking for more Prince music in our house, well, the stuff my mother would let me listen to because she would play "Sexy MF" when she thought I was sleep in my bed and she was in the livingroom entertaining guest. I did think he was really weird even though I loved the music.

CherrieMoonKisses said:

i threw up!

was at school in music class when doves cry came on the radio and the imagery molested my mind so intensely i felt sick threw up fainted and had to be sent home!

thought he was michael jackson's cousin.

i told my mom he was a pretty lady when i saw him on a commercial with some sort of music video montage thing.

I was in jr. high back in 1979. I thought he was a girl on the radio. When I saw him for the first time, it was a combination of and

my first impression was him in the movie Purple Rain... once i saw the darling nikki performance i was hooked

I didn't see Prince until two years after I heard I wanna be your lover in 79.
;I thought 'he's one bad mo fo ...' I've got to see what this is all about.

the first time I saw him ever was seeing the 1999 video... and it was so long ago that I can scarcely put those thoughts into words cuz I forget a lot of my thoughts.

I'd say my first time SEEING him... was when we stumbled across PR while flipping through the channels... very random the movie was already half over, but watched it anyway cuz my dad said it was good.

My first impression was that Prince was a hard-working, extremely dedicated musician that lives for the music he writes something about that determination has got to be admired.
After seeing the last 2 performances, I knew he was an impressive performer

Thanks to what I saw in the movie and a couple things I had heard/read about him, I thought he was very eccentric, private, and was quite arrogant, very serious.

I didn't know he had a "lighter" side to him until I started listening to the music. And also the many interviews I'd find afterwards. I know that he takes his music very seriously and to this day, I still believe he's eccentric, serious, hard-working and I still believe he's a bit arrogant, but I never minded that so much.
The word "Arrogant" is so negative that I think of it as him having a lot of confidence in himself

It was love at 1st sight.

I don't re-call but, Everytime i see one of his videos. I can't help but to be AMAZED!
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I thought he was pretty damn "cool" when I was really little in the 90's.
My first impression that I can specifically remember and was old enough to care was the Grammies in 04 and I thought he was amazing. I was always kinda impressed by him.
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When Doves Cry...

...that was an interesting song
and I loved the overall vibe of that song (still love).

wildgoldenhoney said:

I skipped several generations,
and then to Musicology (the first P album I bought).

Curious, but he was Strangely Beautiful.

Curiosity and slightly mesmorised at the When Doves Cry video, then fascination and amazement when I bought Purple Rain/God 12" - staring at the cover wondering who this guy was, was hooked forever! Thought he was incredibly sexy and cool in PR the movie, loved the whole concept, I think it kind of mirrored my life (well the club scene) at the time.

So all the way

royalshyness said:

lol were they pukes of joy?

Yes I asked my mother this question just now and she said, she heard "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and thought it was a new group out called Prince and the song was kinda funky then she said when she saw him on tv, she thought he was terribly cute but "embarassingly corny"

funkycat00 said:

Box said:

um, no lol. there was something about the line "how could you just leave me standing alone in a world so cold" that seemed eerily familiar somehow. i guess i just overloaded on the whole thing without really understanding why at the time.

royalshyness said:

seriously Oh my goodness

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Same here.




It's like he hypnotizes me with his music

He seemed like one who was closed up, with a penetrating stare.

Dayclear said:

He is.

royalshyness said:

sounds like some serious growing pains.
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Wow, he's soo little and he's prettier than all the women in the audience, but he has a Barry White speaking voice and his music is awesome. He was kinda weird but in a good way... unique that's the word.

I liked it? I don't remember the VERY first time I heard a P song.

RUHip2TheJive said:

Was it that long ago? jk

CherrieMoonKisses said:

No. At most, only 17.