One of my friends (who goes through heaps of music phases and likes aritsts to have cred) downloaded Prince's Best Of..

I dont know how I feel about that...I liked that I was the only one rockin to Prince!

Now him with his music phase-y ways will be in on it as well..

haha it sounds so lame but thats how I feel!

DO ur friends like Prince?? Do U like that they like Prince or do U like Prince all to yourself?

haha

I wish more of my friends liked prince. They're missing out. At least I have my mother, she rocks out to Prince with me all the time.

Moat of the people I know are artists - musicians, producers, djs....yes, they all like Prince...or at the very least respect the shit outta him.

Of course they do, although they're into other music styles (metal, jazz, ethnic, etc.)

I find it natural and expected.

most of my friends kinda know that Prince deserves some respect ... but it's not like they ever listen to any of his work ... they only know the 80s and a few 90s hits, and aren't interested any more..

but can you blame them - the only thing they know about current-day Prince, is that he is a Jehova 's witness and he hasn't had any big hits recently

In the light of the recent concert and telling friends I was going to see him, one friend recently referred to him as TAFKAP and never knew his name had changed again. Another one asked me if he is gay ....

nope

None of my friends like Prince. They've made it very clear that I can have his music to myself. (Sure, they respect the man's music, but they're not really taken in by it either).

But that's okay. My friendships are luckily not so shallow that I have to cross reference their taste/ethnicity/sexuality/ect. with mine. In fact, that is one way to always get new impressions from outside my own navel.

Some of my friends have a passing enthusiasm in Prince. They might play his old stuff semi-frequently, etc.

But one time, I offered one of them a USB dongle with like 1gig worth of unreleased stuff and he declined, lol.

i have one who does.

Nope..atleast unless they keep it a secret, for the most part if I mention him they just go ...Doesn't really bother me because about 90% of what I listen to is considered to be "older" music.

I have a close one who does and two far ones that does but we never get together...oh well!!!

iamchris90yall said:

One of my friends (who goes through heaps of music phases and likes aritsts to have cred) downloaded Prince's Best Of..

I dont know how I feel about that...I liked that I was the only one rockin to Prince!

Now him with his music phase-y ways will be in on it as well..

haha it sounds so lame but thats how I feel!

DO ur friends like Prince?? Do U like that they like Prince or do U like Prince all to yourself?

haha

Most of my friends 'are' Prince fans. I have a few childhood friends that 'like' Prince and my newer friends from the last 10yrs 'love' P's music as much as I do. I couldn't have it any other way.

Nah

Most of them are like Prince who

but thats because I was born in the 1990's so yea haha

They think he looks like MJ

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No they don't, but he's respected quite well!

they hate him

but daz cuz they don't know what real music is (:

My fiancee (my best friend) hates him which I dont get at all...oh well

Most don't like his music, don't want to and are quite vocal about it. I just chalk that up to ignorance as I know it's something that they've never tried to get into. S'cool, Prince isn't for everyone. A few of them do, but they don't really care about keeping up with what he's doing as far as albums or touring goes. They usually hear about that stuff from me. I've got a couple friends that are hard core fans like me but they live out of state. I went and visited them during the Musicology tour so we could catch a couple shows together.

In my close circle of friends, I'm the biggest fan and I'm usually the one who has the latest news, album, etc.

I have friends that like a song here and there. It took years to convert my sister and even then she mostly knows the "hits". My man is a MJ ride or die fan so he's pretty biased and seems to look for ways in which Prince is similar to MJ so he can compare then . I'm not sure if he appreciates Prince for Prince yet, but he likes some of his songs. I'm still trying to get Prince in his top ten artists list because based on his musical taste, it should be natural for him to dig Prince. A lot.

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Easy; I cannot have a "friend" who dislikes Prince;

I mean, if you like Prince, Ok, we can be friends; BUT if you don't, well then, we surely are different as oranges and apples, so a "friendship" would be pointless...fuck you

I don't respect/trust anyone who dislikes Prince and several other artists, but SPECIALLY Prince, Stevie, The Beatles & Bowie

No matter where I am, someone in the room says gaaaay whenever the name pops up.

None of my friends like him. Therefore I get a lot of shit about listening to his music. They bring up the assless pants, the heels, and often mention how he's gay. Then I ask if they have ever given the music a good listen and they become quiet.

Meh.

s0crazee said:

None of my friends like him. Therefore I get a lot of shit about listening to his music. They bring up the assless pants, the heels, and often mention how he's gay. Then I ask if they have ever given the music a good listen and they become quiet.

Meh.

xCece said:

Nah

Most of them are like Prince who

but thats because I was born in the 1990's so yea haha

They think he looks like MJ

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ahahah same here! he does not like like MJ at all xD I was born in 1994 so my friends think I'm stupid for liking old music and prince, well fwack them!

littleredcorvette said:

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ahahah same here! he does not like like MJ at all xD I was born in 1994 so my friends think I'm stupid for liking old music and prince, well fwack them!

yea

Nah, not at the slightest...yet when MPLSound came out, I shown my friend the cover
and liked it because of the keys/synths...other than that no. Does not bother me

But I know my girlfriend likes Purple Rain

Nope, in fact all of my friends hate Prince. they always make fun of him. I get very mad when they do though...

Almost all of them do. In fact, 90% of their knowledge and love of his music is my doing.

That having been said, none of them r fans 2 the point where I can have an indepth advanced fan level discussion about his work. But they know more than "Purple Rain" so my work is done.

nope. i'm better finding fellow fans among my aunts and uncles than people my age.

My sister owned a Prince record long before me (Around the world in a day) and was 1993 at a Prince concert. Now she got the Purple rain record, which I bought. With a friend I was at a Prince concert a month ago. And with another friend I first saw the Prince movie "Purple rain" - I think he had recorded it on Video2000. But I think he listens to other music now.