It use to bother me when I was younger, but now I know how great it really was at the time for an artist to do this


This is more embarassing:




[Edited 3/24/09 17:07pm]

nurseV said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

This.

it is what it is, and the record was pretty good.

The first time I saw it, my first thought was of John and Yoko's "Two Virgins" and remembering all the controversy that cover caused. I wouldn't have hung a poster of it in my room, but I never really got what the big deal was about it outside of Prince blatantly flaunting his androgyny...as if THAT was something new or shocking.

In a way, I thought it was cool and very daring, in the same way I thought that Elton John, Bowie, Jagger, Queen, KISS, Madonna, Rod Stewart, Billy Idol, Judas Priest, Lennon, Hot Chocolate - or any of number of bands really - flaunted their sexuality and made it a part of thier music.

Rock N' Roll IS sex, straight up. That's how it got got it's name, and i applaud it every time i see it.

I remember arguing once with a girl I went to college with who was WAY into Billy Idol, The New York Dolls, Bowie and The Rocky Horror Picture Show talking about how goofy Prince looked on the cover of some album or magazine, holding up the cover of SPIN with Billy Idol on the front next to the cover with Prince on it and asking her directly what the difference really was.

Far as I can tell, the only difference between what Prince did and what Bowie, Idol and Lennon did is that Prince was the only one who was black. If it only was a question of "who's more gay looking" than Rob Halford would have won by a mile.

herb4 said:

point taken

..THIS IS ART!!..this is so art!...2 get ur body in2 the positions prince had takes an artistic eye..ART!..i love the way this pics makes me feel..and 2 me that counts alot..WHAT ABOUT WHAT I NEED?..i need him...



..mzsexybaby
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That's nothing in the way of nakedness

just 2 years later I was in college (Drawing the Human Figure) having naked men & women standing in front of me in various poses

So Princes album cover was nothing

peter430044 said:

Alexandernvrmind said:

I don't know if it was like that everywhere
Record Theather and 2 more record stores I frequented had the album(Cd)/tape in the regular section. I was 18 when I bought it.

I think the thing that may not have worked well for air play was the continuation sequence

mzkqueen03 said:

This is an expression of what was happening on the Lovesexy tour, he was wild and didn't care

This harkens back to his Prince/Dirty Mind years (the hair and the leggings)

I find the cover a little weird, when it first came out I hear the vinyl's were in stores in brown paper sleeves cause the cover was too offensive.
The album is great though and tonight I FINALLY split the tracks up and loaded it on to iTunes so I can listen to different tracks. My favorite bit is the very end of lovesexy going into when 2 r in love, great to turn up loud in the car

..the clothes prince wore in that era was art..from the cut..2 the colors..2 the style..2 me it expressed L-O-V-E..peace and UNITY..it showed me that prince has not giving up on L-O-V-E and neither have i..
..mzsexybaby'till death do us part'

i think it's one of the great album covers. people don't like to see naked men. prince is one of the only pop musicians to consistently put himself in the objectified, female role when it comes to how he presents his image. it was subversive in all the best ways.

also, it killed the album commercially, in the u.s., which certainly didn't seem to be what prince had intended.

remember though, in spite of the cover art, 'lovesexy' was almost as big as 'purple rain' in europe.

I admit to be too embarrased to ever purchase this album in a record store. I had to wait until the advent of online shopping, then i picked it up.

Sexy. A sexy I think only Prince could create w/such a setting

Alexandernvrmind said:

not a bad move and it wasn´t banned in europe.

2 me it is like Prince is making a reference 2 a Renaissance painting...bsides that people grow up...the body is art it is constantly being drawn...anatomy is of the hardest art4ms 2 master.
My narrow-minded stepfather called me a pornographer as drew that cover in pencil... just can't stand ignorance!

It's beautiful...I don't remember it causing any controversy in the UK? I went and bought it in Woolworths no probs! In fact i've got the vinyl cover hung on my bedroom wall...I'll seriously never understand why some people get their knickers in a twist when it comes to the human body??
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myloveis4ever said:

yep, can't recall it being the least of a problem here in the Netherlands.

Sexyyyy!!! Prince is such a tease! I wished he spread his leg in the centerspread. I wanna know if he's bushy and hung

rainbowchild said:

u are nasty!

remko said:

We were in high swing of the Reagan revolution in the US. There's the explanation

Never understood what's offensive about it. Nothing on display, a naked man wearing a cross, and that's all there is to it.

To me, it's one of the greatest cover images ever.

Marrk said:

Well, to be fair, there is what's essentially a dick growing out of the flower.

Not that I care, but I'm just sayin.

peter430044 said:

neither. great cover though

herb4 said:

if mine looked like that, i'd be covered up like a hardcore Cinammon Girl.

what?!

I had it as a poster in my bedroom, before I had my first girlfriend.

My folks never said anything, but I've since given them three grand-daughters, so I guess any worries they may have had were unfounded.

I think it may still be at their house....

Marrk said:

If mine bent that far I'd see a Doctor with the quickness.

But it's STILL a dick just tha' same.