Ok, so I've known this guy for about a year and I always knew he was a HUGE MJ fan so I automatically presumed he'd at least have a bit of respect for Prince like most rabid MJ fans on here do.

But, no. Turns out he hates him despite having heard NONE of his songs, he just doesn't like his look.

(Don't worry, I pwned him about 60 times in a row in regards to who shows more talent :

"Did you see the Prince superbowl show?"

"No.."

"It was amazing"

"MJ did the superbowl and THAT was amazing"

"He lip synced the whole thing"

".....true"

-----

"MJ hasn't had a hit in years"

"What about One More Chance"

"WTF is that?"

".....true."





So he had an interest in hearing some P songs, which ones do y'all reccomend?

Raspberry Beret, but im biased

how about some of the classics- Controversy, 1999, LRC, Cream (well, it gets heaps of air play in Tassie )

he may have heard these b4 but not realise that it was Prince
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prb said:

That's true. He didn't know Nothing Compares 2 U was by Prince (!!), same with WHEN DOVES CRY!

This poor child

purplesweat said:

give the poor guy a listen to "the very best of prince" not a bad start 4 a newbie- even my hubby will listen to this one

prb said:

Now, there's an idea, instead of, er, "aquiring" songs, I should just use my brain and give him my The Hits CD.

purplesweat said:

we had it in the car on a 4 hr drive- and i didnt hear one complaint

Just Beat It out of him.

Hit his ass up with "Right Back Here In My Arms","Shockadelica","Shes Always In My Hair","Rebirth of The Flesh","Computer Blue" or even "P Control" if that doesn't exorcise the out of him("Dance With The Devil"),make his ass sit down and watch "Sign The Times" or "Rave Un 2 The Joy Fantastic" !

Good Luck and "All Hail The New King In Town"

Just tell him he is a paedo lover, and it being so, must be one too. And tell him he smells.

That ought to do it.

Just let them be .....

It's only music....not a Religion

Etorres said:

It was the friendliest debate you've ever seen, believe me.

This is difficult, because I am a MJ AND Prince fan. Why does one have to be a fan of one or the other? Can't we respect the musical talents of both? They are both music superstars from the 80's. They both have their good and bad points, they are BOTH weird and eccentric. Say what you will but I firmly believe that you can be a fan of both, and not have to choose.

It's like leading a jackass to water, but you can't make him drink

Well I AM an MJ fan and I totally converted another MJ fan into a head over heels Prince fan too recently just by recommending 3121.

kenlacam said:

if hes a fan of guitar work...could always spring out just my imagination at smal club.

if not, then how about some of the thumping tunes like gett off...and right back here in my arms was a good idea too.

17 days should be able to convert anyone too.

if hes a fan of a little filth...the come album has a nice range of tunes.

wildgoldenhoney said:

The more poppy stuff from Dirty Mind would be good. When You Were Mine, Uptown, Gotta Broken Heart Again...

I've never met anyone who doesn't love the whole Purple Rain album though. Has he really never heard it?
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Oh yeah, if he's one of those weirdos who likes MJ's lip synced performances like the Superbowl then he might be one that's just impressed by fancy over-production. In that case the Lovesymbol album and Diamonds & Pearls could appeal.

No please don't.
I'm already grossed out at the MJ fans we currently have here. Onboarding more will be unbearable.

If you want grossing out I will SHOW you grossing out. Grrrr.

show him P´s lives shows....

mmm a song... She´s always in my hair

hard for me to understand the comment about not liking his "look",have u seen mj lateley?
anyhow try the ultimate compilation

Imago said:

8-)okay this is why he should release turn my loose it has a mjish feel 2 it

james aaron
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let him listen 2 tha ultimate cd!!!

& how do u not even hav a clue of WEN DOVES CRY??!!!
THA GUY IS SAD!!

Yeah, how old is this guy BTW?

prb said:

The Best of Prince is the album I started off with, and then it snowballed from there. Now I have something like 20 albums,a bunch of dvds, a vinyl, poster. yadda yadda yadda. I have alot of love and respect for Prince as I do for Michael. And it's funny. As large as my Prince collection is, my MJ collection is literally twice as large. As an MJ fan, you don't have to be kissing Prince's ass or be a fanatic, but it's almost criminal to NOT know who he is or at least respect him! I mean, come on, it's PRINCE! All of my friends are MJ fans, and they are also into Prince too.

Yeah, I went to 14 Prince shows last summer, all accompanied by my MJ fan friends and we unexpectedly ran into a bunch of MJ fans we knew there a few times too.

kenlacam said:

I am a fan of both, although my fandom has somewhat dwindled for MJ over the years. But back in the day, they were on equal footing in my mind.