Aaron6 said:

Because he is still head and shoulders above most - its simple!

im 19 and im hardcore..i like princes music too

Mindflux said:

30 years ago was 1980. You're trying to tell me I didn't live through Prince, Madonna, and MJ's greatness?

LLS is 24, soon to be 25. I've been a fan of the hardcore kind since my pigtails and barrette days. I got in too much trouble for watchin his vids as a kid.

PopcornFetus said:

Here is what you don't understand. Through the miracle or recorded music and video/dvd....new fans can always live through Madonna, Prince, MJ's greatness. Hell, because of technology The Beatles have been gaining more fans since they've broken up than they acquired in the relatively short time they were together.
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I'm 22years old, I joined this site many moons ago(6 years 6 months 13 days) being extremely young at the time. I started my collection at the age of 15-16, since then I would say I've spent around five thousand English pound on him since then and saw him at the O2 and Indigo 11 times...I would of considered myself hardcore from then till about 2years ago, now I'm traveling the world, I don't have much time for Purple and gold

Im 17 and i am in love with Prince, i saw Purple Rain and fell in love, my friends talk about me because i like him but i dont care!!!

skywalker said:

Um...to whom are you directing this?

I'm 28. I refer to prince as god at least once a week.

I consider myself a "hardcore fan," but in a respectable sort of way, and i'm only 16.

BlackbeltJones said:

for me it was emancipation because my mom played his version of la la la means I love you every night before I went to bed and I was just 3 at the time. Once I was 5 or 6, I was in a record store, and, not knowing what prince actually looked like, I picked out rave un2 the joy fantastic just because I was curious as to who it was and I've loved him ever since. I own or have listened to all but 2 or 3 of his albums, and I own 3 movies and a few concert DVDs as well as 2 shirts (would be 3, but I haven't received my lotusflow3r shirt yet).

my sister has been a prince fan sinse i was young then i discovered his music through her then it went from there. i've been front row everytime i showed up. spending $$$$$. all together i been going to shows sinse 2003, it wasn't till 3121's shows where i was front row everytime i showed up.

im turning 26 in march
<--been there during the npg club days
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Oh, and I forgot to add that I know him personally and yadda yadda, like I haven't told the story enough times. He said that since I'm a female sax player, "if [I was] any good, [he'd] hire [me]."

There are a lot of exeptions on this board but so many folks under 30 have been musically deprived and subjected to much garbage'

They had the misfortune of coming of age during the video era where it's not the music but how you came off and looked on videos that was the most important.
I'm sure P realizes this and sheds no tears for lack of an under 30 fan base.

im 15 how's that age for ya lol plus ive been a fan since i was 11 when i first saw purple rain my mother's the one 2 blame and yes i understood most of his music then just recently tho is when i became hardcore i appreciate music more now
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20 here

this just an amazing post....prince is still getting played ...this is good news since the music press has written him out of pop history for the last 20 years

I just turned 20 last week and I LOOOOOVEE Prince! omg I don't even know the words. I never post, but this just peaked my interest because I never have any diehard prince fans my age whom I can converse with

No matter all I need is the music!

24-25

paigebuddy2343 said:

same here (i turned 20 last month though)

Sure, there's JarviusLovesexy.

people don't get prince fans either, most the times i try not to say nothing i say im a michael jackson fan or something lol

They be jamming to some prince music and mj music over here cuz thats all it is clubs and tourist attractions. tattoo shops.....
I will usually be bobbin my head when prince tunes come on at the joints i hang out in, also michael jackson,,,,janet jackson. but when prince comes on its different.


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tiara195 said:

I remeber the days when folks talked about me for liking Prince. I got called gay in 6th grade for liking him but just like you, I don't care!! His music is to great to care about that!!

Good to see his music still draws in young people too.

I was sold at the age of 12. LoveSexy Live did the trick.

Thanks to a dear friend of mine, who is much, much more hardcore than I've ever been, I watched that concert for the 1st time in ages again, a short while ago.

That was then, this is now, but I still love it

Age 3 when I became hooked on Sign o' the Times video... all the way to now @ age 24.

(D')

DarlingNikki1025 said:

I'm 24...he's fantastic, truly one of a kind and not to be missed. I'm sure there are many more of us somewhere out there....this is wonderful!!

Im not really hardcore (not yet)..but im 23

Yes, i'm 28, been a fan since the age of 12 with the Symbol album.
First came to the .org or what was known then as the PPML in late 96/early 97 and been here on and off sporadically since.

I'm 19 and I celebrate the entire catalog of the Purple Kingdom. I've been on here for 3 years now and I still discover new stuff all the time. It doesn't get old.

DarlingNikki1025 said:

I think a lot of us are over 30 (like me).