most of my friends arent really into prince. they all think hes 'gay' or wont even give him a chance because they arent into that style of music(im only 18 so most kids my age are into horrible music played on radio and television)

so i was just wondering how other people feel about you listening to the purple knight?

minneapolisFunq said:

your friends sound ignorant and lame, my friends think I need to be on medication ;]

Oh, they think I'm a weirdo.

Whose infatuated? Just kidding-my best friend accepts his music because I him, but lately people that I know have been viewing Prince more favorable-I guess music now is trash so they know Prince is the real deal

seems like im the only person i know who is heavy into funky stuff. everyone else is too caught up on image

ToraToraDreams said:

same here.

it's weird, because i'm as big of a bowie freak as i am a prince freak, but people think it's cool that i'm a bowie fan. yet with prince, it's weird. go figure.

Anxiety said:

Anxiety,
and i still thank you for turning me onto bowie years ago when you sent me those cd's....i listen to them daily!!!

as for what my friends think....they don't get it, but they respect it.
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kimrachell said:

that was many many many MANY moons ago...i THOUGHT that was you! long time no see, kiddo!

They just dont get it

they have always thought i was a little strange....

They usually go 'quiet' and look at me strangely....

Just smile and nod everyone.....smile and nod!!!!!















I don't care - I got all the support, help and understanding I need on here!!!

My friends like Prince even if they aren't familiar with most of his work...I say goodbye to the people that don't like Prince.

Be ye not unequally yoked. For what does truth have to do with dishonesty?

My friends think I'm strange - there's only one that has a couple of his albums. My 'best mate' loves to rib me about him but there's some kind of karmic thing going on because every time she does this some Prince track or other will pop up to haunt her within a few hours of her comments!

Jeffiner said:

yup, and then whatever you were saying goes kinda lame and trails off into the 'im not really listening to you but ill nod sympathetically ether"



everyone who knows me thinks im unusual shall we say, but i was born that way; its not Princes fault its just that his music is only for the sexy people and those who walk in crooked shoes, we dont want their ole time music and their old ideas, we just wanna have fun in the sunshine and never get older!




I say screw your 'friends' who dont like your taste in music - at my party thats all they're gonna hear! dont bother knockin on my door an all that jazz.

well let's just say they wouldn't have nice things to say

They think I need a brain operation... lol lol lol.....

Anxiety said:

That's because Bowie is cool because he sings about non-sentimental crap that blokes can relate to and feel comfortable with.

Versus Prince he sings about sex, shagging, women, sex, women, shagging, falling in love, not feeling good enough, believing in God, not believing in God, maybe I'm gay, maybe I'm straight, maybe I'm... blah, blah,blah...

Prince lets it all hang out and most people aren't comfortable with that..

Nobody getz it-and I don't even care.

sexxydancer said:

pepper7 said:

i can't agree with that. bowie's ziggy-era lyrics were extremely explicit (especially for the time) and not just possibly-gay but downright QUEER AS A CATFART. i mean, "sweet head"? what more do you need, a diagram?

and i don't think bowie is characterized by "comfortable" lyrics...well, maybe during the 80s, but let's not dwell on such nastiness. albums like "low", "heroes", "hours" and "heathen" are all about discomfort and stress and pressure. even his older stuff, while it might have had an escapist element, was usually about some kind of dystopian future where everything has gone horribly wrong. if i find comfort in bowie's music, it's because he taps into the kinds of things i worry about, and it makes me feel less for worrying about them because someone else "gets it" too.

that's not to take anything away from what prince has done. i'm just sayin' it's probably why i love them both equally.

Anxiety said:

I do know what you mean - and I agree with you - I think people have a naivety to Prince. When I was at Coachella recently (brag, brag) a lot of people were knocking him but I realised they just had never listened to him properly.

Bowie has never been classed as 'pop' like Prince has.

People mention Prince and in the same breath they mention 'Madonna and Michael Jackson' - so the only thing I conclude is that they just don't really get the Prince thing at all.

minneapolisFunq said:

Same with me. I'll be 18 later this year.

None of my friends like his music as much as I do, and I don't like any of their music really [what's on the radio]

This is a bit off topic, but this past weekend, I went to prom, and I didn't know any of the music! The DJ played a couple of old school rap tracks, and then he played Thriller. I think Thriller was the only song that I knew all of the words to

My friends are like this ...Already! Where was I at the 80's? When they where going to see the Purple Rain concert...and I refused to go with them, cause I was going to see some totally unknown local glamrockband in a basement somewhere, instead...
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Anxiety said:

Funny, how I don't own any Bowie music, but I really like him.

i feel your pain RUhip2thejive

i like select rap artists(underground stuff) but this stuff like soulja boy and whatnot is really boring. it all sounds the same


either prince is 'gay' to them(little do they know hes a certified pimp) or his music 'sucks' and they wont give it a chance

i dont really care if they like it or not because that wont change my opinion but it would be nice to have some friends who could get down on the same tunes

i don't shout about it 2 much, but they're always & then i add - he's amazing with his guitar!....they always agree.

My friends don´t understand my passion for Prince and his music, but still they end up agreeing with me, when I ask them to listen to a song or some lyrics. Then they´ll be like "OK that one song is good, but I don´t know any of his later work" (that means after the 80´ies).

Anyway, I think it´s might be a bit uncool to be a hardcore fan of anyone at the age of 35 but then again - WHATEVER? I mean it´s Prince, and he is a fantastic artist, and being into art is always cool (in my oppinion)

Soon you wont be the only one at your age who´s into Prince, because I play his music a lot when I teach ballet and jazz to my young students - so we got ourselves a whole new group of fans growing up here in Denmark

Love Kirs E

Non-Prince fans don't count.