1979-

The funky light skinned black guy who did whatever he pleased. He would swing his perm around and do the stares that a bratty 7 year old girl would and would put his hands on his hip and wear animal print ripped up tank tops with bikini briefs and leg warmers and not care what anyone thought. He was a rude boy and knew that white, black, Puerto Rican everybody just a frickin' and didn't care if people thought he was gay, and probably was a bit bi in this stage of his life.

1980-

Prince has started rocking bandannas and trench coats along with those high heels, bikini briefs, and leg warmers and still had the same rude boy attitude. He would pose on a bed spring for his album cover and had his hair in a way that many people would say was ridiculously big and somewhat ugly but he didn't care, he knew that he was the crazy attractive one. He would bounce around like a sexy flea while singing about dirty minds with his name blood stained on a drum kit. He is now starting to become a bit more manly and has stopped doing 7 year old girl stairs and putting his hands on his rather womanly hips, and now jumps around like a sexy flea and puts his head down so his eyes look sexy/creepy while staring. He sings about fucking and getting a blowjob from his sister and dosen't give a damn.

1981-

Prince is now starting to actually wear clothes, and is now wearing the most metrosexual pretty boy outfits with ties/sweater vests/and pyramid studded trench coats and knows he looks good as hell. He has hair hair done a little bit jheri curl like and still does those stairs, although their a bit more masculine. He sings about jacking women off and made a video for Controversy and looked so good, he knows he's hotter than just about every man on the planet. He wears leopard print guitar straps and is not your typical rocker, or funker, or whatever. He's a unique guy and people are really starting to notice that.

1982-

Prince is starting to wear the color purple and have a purple fetish, and his hair is becoming a huge black sexy mass and were all loving it. He now has these women in his band called Wendy and Lisa, and some guys say their hot, but he knows that he's the only one who looks great. He disguises a penis on his 1999 album and makes a song sooo good called Little Red Corvette which is the epitome of sexy. He is starting to become a bit more softspoken and dosen't stare as much as he has eyes closed, but he is becoming hotter and hotter by the second! People are beginning to notice him.

1984-

He is now starting to become the best rock star in the world, making songs soo damn good with a great movie where he looks so sexy and a legendary album. And you know what he lookss hoottt, those scenes in the wife beater shirt and that black sexy outfit in Purple Rain, okay we'll stop there. But this is where he knows he's the best, people are becoming huge non-stop fans of him and his work. The Purple Rain tour he did was what killed Michael Jackson. In the movie he is watched by the ugly dark skinned black guys who's faces aren't that great, but he dosen't care because they determine his success.

1985-

He's now starting to loose his sex appeal somewhat and he cut his hair, awwhhh. However, the song Raspberry Beret is sooo good. The video however is ridiculous with that awful cloud outfit and the old lady hair, and people say it's fucking Lisa Minelli hair but you know what, it's not, he looks nothing like an ugly lady like that. He's beautiful as hell! And he creates the song Pop Life which is pretty damn good. Nothing too expectational about this era.

1986-

He now is starting to slick his hair back and is rocking a more masculine look, some fans say his most sexy look ever. He makes the brilliant song Kiss, and Anotherloverholenyohead is pretty good too. Mountains was weird but good and everything else kind of sucked. He makes the movie Under The Cherry Moon where there's some scenes where he looks soooo good. And he rocks those half shirts, gold belly chains, and those pants with the white buttons going down them for no reason! He even wears a sombrero in a bathtub and without one holds his phone and looks so damn good! Ooh, who dosen't love this?

1987-

Now Princey has grown his hair into a weird dirty messy grandma like hairstyle and has now starting having a glasses fetish and a polka dot fetish, weird huh? He looks like the weird glasses and polka wearing old lady and the whole album sucks, except one song If I was your Girlfriend, but the people who have no taste applaud the album. Yuck!

1988-

Ooh prince, poses for his album cover naked although he dosen't show his duck, but oh well! He is androygnous as can be, and the album is decent, Alphabet St. is a good song (oh wait's that it?). He wears the oddest outfits ever designed, but at times looks pretty damn good.

1989-

Now Princey has a new fetish, some weird Batman/Joker fetish! He goes around and sings come crappy song in a Joker costume, and really dosen't look that great. The album pretty much sucked and didn't have one good song that anyone but a hardcore Prince fan could appreciate. He makes this strange song with these creepy bells in it and then makes a video in some weird red outfit and starts rubbing his body like a monkey. (someone got offended, so yeah some people thought it was good, mhmm)

1990-

Princey is back, yet nobody APPRECIATES it! He looks good as hell, and he knows how great his face is! His hair is long, thick, gorgeous and beautiful that jealous people suspect it's fake. He now has a new weird fetish, singing about some funky weapon, who knows what the fuck that means. But still, he wears those outfits that expose a lot of his chest and it offends some weird religious people, but he dosen't give a fuck. His face looks great as hell, his hair looks great as hell and he is becoming the man every woman dreams of lookswise. He wears such hot outfits and even though the movie was good as fuck despite the weird black guys with high voices walking around, it was said to be bad! Grrrr.

TO BE CONTINUED-pt 2 to be done after 100 responces of your favorite Princey

OH YEAH, and the year that win's description gets in my signature in a great custom made image with a picture of Prince looking good as hell from the year.

[Edited 8/12/10 16:12pm]

[Edited 8/12/10 16:19pm]

1984 is my favourite. So badass. But the Michael Jackson comparison is not needed. MJ was a superstar on his own. Prince and MJ are completely different.

smoothcriminal12 said:

1984 is my favourite. So badass. But the Michael Jackson comparison is not needed. MJ was a superstar on his own. Prince and MJ are completely different.

It's been highly suggested that Michael Jackson was exhausted and overworked from trying to make a tour better than Prince's Purple Rain tour.

Amerigo said:

1979-

The funky light skinned black guy who did whatever he pleased. He would swing his perm around and do the stares that a bratty 7 year old girl would and would put his hands on his hip and wear animal print ripped up tank tops with bikini briefs and leg warmers and not care what anyone thought. He was a rude boy and knew that white, black, Puerto Rican everybody just a frickin' and didn't care if people thought he was gay, and probably was a bit bi in this stage of his life.

1980-

Prince has started rocking bandannas and trench coats along with those high heels, bikini briefs, and leg warmers and still had the same rude boy attitude. He would pose on a bed spring for his album cover and had his hair in a way that many people would say was ridiculously big and somewhat ugly but he didn't care, he knew that he was the crazy attractive one. He would bounce around like a sexy flea while singing about dirty minds with his name blood stained on a drum kit. He is now starting to become a bit more manly and has stopped doing 7 year old girl stairs and putting his hands on his rather womanly hips, and now jumps around like a sexy flea and puts his head down so his eyes look sexy/creepy while staring. He sings about fucking and getting a blowjob from his sister and dosen't give a damn.

1981-

Prince is now starting to actually wear clothes, and is now wearing the most metrosexual pretty boy outfits with ties/sweater vests/and pyramid studded trench coats and knows he looks good as hell. He has hair hair done a little bit jheri curl like and still does those stairs, although their a bit more masculine. He sings about jacking women off and made a video for Controversy and looked so good, he knows he's hotter than just about every man on the planet. He wears leopard print guitar straps and is not your typical rocker, or funker, or whatever. He's a unique guy and people are really starting to notice that.

1982-

Prince is starting to wear the color purple and have a purple fetish, and his hair is becoming a huge black sexy mass and were all loving it. He now has these women in his band called Wendy and Lisa, and some guys say their hot, but he knows that he's the only one who looks great. He disguises a penis on his 1999 album and makes a song sooo good called Little Red Corvette which is the epitome of sexy. He is starting to become a bit more softspoken and dosen't stare as much as he has eyes closed, but he is becoming hotter and hotter by the second! People are beginning to notice him.

1984-

He is now starting to become the best rock star in the world, making songs soo damn good with a great movie where he looks so sexy and a legendary album. And you know what he lookss hoottt, those scenes in the wife beater shirt and that black sexy outfit in Purple Rain, okay we'll stop there. But this is where he knows he's the best, people are becoming huge non-stop fans of him and his work. The Purple Rain tour he did was what killed Michael Jackson. In the movie he is watched by the ugly dark skinned black guys who's faces aren't that great, but he dosen't care because they determine his success.

1985-

He's now starting to loose his sex appeal somewhat and he cut his hair, awwhhh. However, the song Raspberry Beret is sooo good. The video however is ridiculous with that awful cloud outfit and the old lady hair, and people say it's fucking Lisa Minelli hair but you know what, it's not, he looks nothing like an ugly lady like that. He's beautiful as hell! And he creates the song Pop Life which is pretty damn good. Nothing too expectational about this era.

1986-

He now is starting to slick his hair back and is rocking a more masculine look, some fans say his most sexy look ever. He makes the brilliant song Kiss, and Anotherloverholenyohead is pretty good too. Mountains was weird but good and everything else kind of sucked. He makes the movie Under The Cherry Moon where there's some scenes where he looks soooo good. And he rocks those half shirts, gold belly chains, and those pants with the white buttons going down them for no reason! He even wears a sombrero in a bathtub and without one holds his phone and looks so damn good! Ooh, who dosen't love this?

1987-

Now Princey has grown his hair into a weird dirty messy grandma like hairstyle and has now starting having a glasses fetish and a polka dot fetish, weird huh? He looks like the weird glasses and polka wearing old lady and the whole album sucks, except one song If I was your Girlfriend, but the people who have no taste applaud the album. Yuck!

1988-

Ooh prince, poses for his album cover naked although he dosen't show his duck, but oh well! He is androygnous as can be, and the album is decent, Alphabet St. is a good song (oh wait's that it?). He wears the oddest outfits ever designed, but at times looks pretty damn good.

1989-

Now Princey has a new fetish, some weird Batman/Joker fetish! He goes around and sings come crappy song in a Joker costume, and really dosen't look that great. The album pretty much sucked and didn't have one good song that anyone but a hardcore Prince fan could appreciate. He makes this strange song with these creepy bells in it and then makes a video in some weird red outfit and starts rubbing his body like a monkey.

1990-

Princey is back, yet nobody APPRECIATES it! He looks good as hell, and he knows how great his face is! His hair is long, thick, gorgeous and beautiful that jealous people suspect it's fake. He now has a new weird fetish, singing about some funky weapon, who knows what the fuck that means. But still, he wears those outfits that expose a lot of his chest and it offends some weird religious people, but he dosen't give a fuck. His face looks great as hell, his hair looks great as hell and he is becoming the man every woman dreams of lookswise. He wears such hot outfits and even though the movie was good as fuck despite the weird black guys with high voices walking around, it was said to be bad! Grrrr.

TO BE CONTINUED-pt 2 to be done after 100 responces of your favorite Princey

My favorite if im pushed to choose...is under the cherry moon era...but my real choice of my favorite "Princey"..is him right...NOW!

Amerigo said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

1984 is my favourite. So badass. But the Michael Jackson comparison is not needed. MJ was a superstar on his own. Prince and MJ are completely different.

It's been highly suggested that Michael Jackson was exhausted and overworked from trying to make a tour better than Prince's Purple Rain tour.

Well it paid off because the Bad Tour owned the Purple Rain Tour.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Amerigo said:

It's been highly suggested that Michael Jackson was exhausted and overworked from trying to make a tour better than Prince's Purple Rain tour.

Well it paid off because the Bad Tour owned the Purple Rain Tour.

No way!

Well, since most of these descriptions seem to be mostly your viewpoints/opinions about Prince's style....it would be hard to decide. You load each year with such silliness that they are warped reflections of sights and sounds.

For example: A lot of people love the hell out of the Batman album. It is one Prince album that was bought by/appreciated by a lot more people than just the hardcore fan base. Your take on 1989 especially just makes me think you don't know what the hell you are talking about.

[Edited 8/12/10 16:15pm]

skywalker said:

Well, since most of these descriptions seem to be mostly your viewpoints/opinions about Prince's style....it would be hard to decide. You load each year with such silliness that they are warped reflections of sights and sounds.

For example: A lot of people love the hell out of the Batman album. It is one Prince album that was bought by/appreciated by a lot more people than just the hardcore fan base. Your take on 1989 especially just makes me think you don't know what the hell you are talking about.

[Edited 8/12/10 16:15pm]

I'm just giving my opinion. When I used to work at a crappy job at a film framing store in Tucson in 1989, there was this guy would always play the Batman album and everyone thought it sucked, and honestly it got bad reviews and nobody but hardcore Prince fans liked it. As you know, I'm a fam obsessed with umm a lot things about Prince, and I found it an awful album.

"The funky light skinned black guy who did whatever he pleased. He would swing his perm around and do the stares that a bratty 7 year old girl would and would put his hands on his hip and wear animal print ripped up tank tops with bikini briefs and leg warmers and not care what anyone thought. He was a rude boy and knew that white, black, Puerto Rican everybody just a frickin' and didn't care if people thought he was gay, and probably was a bit bi in this stage of his life. "

And come on is there any other paragraph that could describe 1979 Princey better? I Love 1979 Princey !

[Edited 8/12/10 16:18pm]

91-96

dandeeland said:

91-96

That's pt 2!

Was this about hair and looks or his music? cuz I couldnt tell, so I couldnt answer the question.

Rinluv said:

Was this about hair and looks or his music? cuz I couldnt tell, so I couldnt answer the question.

It's about it all, describing the era in the way that not only the musicologists or the fangirls thought of him, but both, and descrribing his attitute/clothes/persona in general as well.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Amerigo said:

It's been highly suggested that Michael Jackson was exhausted and overworked from trying to make a tour better than Prince's Purple Rain tour.

Well it paid off because the Bad Tour owned the Purple Rain Tour.

SOUNDS LIKE A BAIT TO ME..the purple rain tour is SOOO much more memorable, collectively, on the worlds musical conciousness. SORRY...MJ didnt win that one either!

Look-wise, The Gold Experience era was his best. Perfect boyish angrogeny. The big long eyelashes and short hair with long sideburns was adorable. He'd ever looked so young.

Also, the pirate sleeves. Fuck yeah!

Alguy said:

Look-wise, The Gold Experience era was his best. Perfect boyish angrogeny. The big long eyelashes and short hair with long sideburns was adorable. He'd ever looked so young.

Also, the pirate sleeves. Fuck yeah!

Please, that's pt 2 (and trust me pt2 will be even funner . I've never been that fan of 80's Princey, except for 1980-1984)

Amerigo said:

Rinluv said:

Was this about hair and looks or his music? cuz I couldnt tell, so I couldnt answer the question.

It's about it all, describing the era in the way that not only the musicologists or the fangirls thought of him, but both, and descrribing his attitute/clothes/persona in general as well.

I don't know about the "Musicologists" part..Perhaps the "Fangirls" though..

never viewed him in terms of which era i thought he was best in, odd concept for me to relate to

always bought a CD when it came out and thought it was great, even though there were some songs i didnt like that much

his image and clothes and hair-styles and spiritual/religious views i also accepted for what they were at the time

figured he was an artist expressing himself the way he wanted to and i appreciated that and held him in very high regard

lotusboy said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Well it paid off because the Bad Tour owned the Purple Rain Tour.

SOUNDS LIKE A BAIT TO ME..the purple rain tour is SOOO much more memorable, collectively, on the worlds musical conciousness. SORRY...MJ didnt win that one either!

Nah B, Michael won.

smoothcriminal12 said:

lotusboy said:

SOUNDS LIKE A BAIT TO ME..the purple rain tour is SOOO much more memorable, collectively, on the worlds musical conciousness. SORRY...MJ didnt win that one either!

Nah B, Michael won.

I think if people voted which tour was more memorable, exciting, the BAD tour is just a memory, vague at best, I love the album..but the tour was just another tour...purple rain tour has a certain mystique, a certain allure...just more deeply seeded in peoples consciousness. It had a movie attached to it...a better album.. I'm not talking about $ grossing tours, or how many people attended. Im talking about in retrospect, what tour owned which...PR outshines the BAD tour...regardless of $, attendance or production value.

I hate it when people call him "Princey," fucking Princey!

1982-1988. All the albums and all the singles. That's the best Prince(y) for me. I was so young back then that I couldn't buy everything as it was released. So whenever I had the money and could find something new to pick up it was always mindblowingly great. Within that time frame I can't really pick a "best", or "favorite". If I was forced to choose only one Prince album to listen to for the rest of my life, if I could include the extended versions on the singles, it would probably be Parade.

lotusboy said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Nah B, Michael won.

I think if people voted which tour was more memorable, exciting, the BAD tour is just a memory, vague at best, I love the album..but the tour was just another tour...purple rain tour has a certain mystique, a certain allure...just more deeply seeded in peoples consciousness. It had a movie attached to it...a better album.. I'm not talking about $ grossing tours, or how many people attended. Im talking about in retrospect, what tour owned which...PR outshines the BAD tour...regardless of $, attendance or production value.

lotusboy said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Nah B, Michael won.

I think if people voted which tour was more memorable, exciting, the BAD tour is just a memory, vague at best, I love the album..but the tour was just another tour...purple rain tour has a certain mystique, a certain allure...just more deeply seeded in peoples consciousness. It had a movie attached to it...a better album.. I'm not talking about $ grossing tours, or how many people attended. Im talking about in retrospect, what tour owned which...PR outshines the BAD tour...regardless of $, attendance or production value.

I guess we'll agree to disagree. I liked the Bad album and tour better than Purple Rain. To me, Michael was a badass that owned Prince in every aspect.

smoothcriminal12 said:

lotusboy said:

I think if people voted which tour was more memorable, exciting, the BAD tour is just a memory, vague at best, I love the album..but the tour was just another tour...purple rain tour has a certain mystique, a certain allure...just more deeply seeded in peoples consciousness. It had a movie attached to it...a better album.. I'm not talking about $ grossing tours, or how many people attended. Im talking about in retrospect, what tour owned which...PR outshines the BAD tour...regardless of $, attendance or production value.

I guess we'll agree to disagree. I liked the Bad album and tour better than Purple Rain. To me, Michael was a badass that owned Prince in every aspect.

well this is a line I aint biting...your on a prince fan site....i think your in the minority when u say BAD was a better album than Purple Rain. not just here, but on the planet. but lets agree to disagree on this one before someone gets hurt.!

The best Prince was 1978-1989. Period. The best was 1993-1996. There's been nothing better since.

lotusboy said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I guess we'll agree to disagree. I liked the Bad album and tour better than Purple Rain. To me, Michael was a badass that owned Prince in every aspect.

well this is a line I aint biting...your on a prince fan site....i think your in the minority when u say BAD was a better album than Purple Rain. not just here, but on the planet. but lets agree to disagree on this one before someone gets hurt.!

Lol, DON'T speak for the whole damn planet...

Amerigo said:

skywalker said:

Well, since most of these descriptions seem to be mostly your viewpoints/opinions about Prince's style....it would be hard to decide. You load each year with such silliness that they are warped reflections of sights and sounds.

For example: A lot of people love the hell out of the Batman album. It is one Prince album that was bought by/appreciated by a lot more people than just the hardcore fan base. Your take on 1989 especially just makes me think you don't know what the hell you are talking about.

[Edited 8/12/10 16:15pm]

I'm just giving my opinion. When I used to work at a crappy job at a film framing store in Tucson in 1989, there was this guy would always play the Batman album and everyone thought it sucked, and honestly it got bad reviews and nobody but hardcore Prince fans liked it. As you know, I'm a fam obsessed with umm a lot things about Prince, and I found it an awful album.

"The funky light skinned black guy who did whatever he pleased. He would swing his perm around and do the stares that a bratty 7 year old girl would and would put his hands on his hip and wear animal print ripped up tank tops with bikini briefs and leg warmers and not care what anyone thought. He was a rude boy and knew that white, black, Puerto Rican everybody just a frickin' and didn't care if people thought he was gay, and probably was a bit bi in this stage of his life. "

And come on is there any other paragraph that could describe 1979 Princey better? I Love 1979 Princey !

[Edited 8/12/10 16:18pm]

1) So you are giving your opinion(s), and asking us which ones we like best? I can tell you what years I liked, but your descriptions/opinions/loaded language makes it pointless. Be honest, you a just being cutesy and generalizing big time. These are simply your takes on each Prince year.

2) Batman was one of Prince's biggest hits and a hugely successful soundtrack for a hugely successful film.

3) What do you count as a "bad review"? You mean like this one below? Or were you just generalizing again?

ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS

Sunday, June 18, 1989
Section: Arts and Entertainment
Page: 5D

'BATMAN' GIVES PRINCE NEW STRUCTURE, FOCUS

Prince
"Batman Motion Picture Soundtrack"
(Warner Bros. 25936)

Rating: ****/****

Prince has probably released better individual songs ("Kiss," "Sign O' the Times" and "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" come to mind) in the five years since "Purple Rain," but he hasn't made a more cohesive, compelling album. One listen to "Batman," and it becomes clear that, for the first time since he wrote the songs for "Purple Rain," Prince was locked in on a single-minded idea for this album.

Having seen the rushes and read the script, Prince composed the nine songs here as musical impressions of the movie, each with a certain character in mind. Of course, The Joker's lust and madness on "Electric Chair," "Trust" and "Partyman" play directly against Batman's tortured optimism/pessimism on "The Future" and "Vicki Waiting" - and both characters can clearly be seen as representative of both sides of Prince's own personality. He is both the sex-crazed "Partyman" and the spiritual lover of "The Arms of Orion."

Although "Sign O' the Times" also effectively explored Prince's obsessions with good and evil, sex and God, "Batman" gives him a structure and focus he's lacked since he romanticized his own life story in "Purple Rain."

If you choose to ignore the album's tie-in with the movie and enjoy the music for its own sake, you won't be disappointed. Although the Sheena Easton duet "Arms of Orion" is a fairly stock movie love theme, the rest of the album fairly burns with multiple Prince voices, searing guitar fills and churning funk-rock rhythms. "Partyman" is paced similarly to the propulsive "1999," while "Trust" trips along at the furious pace of "Baby I'm a Star," showing off Prince's remarkably nimble vocal phrasing. "Scandalous" (co-written with his father, John Nelson) is a soul showcase, the kind of sex ballad at which Marvin Gaye excelled.

"Batman" is tightly arranged and densely packed with a broad range of sounds, but it never seems overly cluttered or prematurely slapped togther, as did much of "LoveSexy" and "Parade."

Coming at the end of this record, "Batdance" seems less confusing and more purposeful than it does on radio. It's an apt summation of an album that could well stand as the new high point of Prince's career.

- Rick Shefchik

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[Edited 8/12/10 17:12pm]

lotusboy said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Nah B, Michael won.

I think if people voted which tour was more memorable, exciting, the BAD tour is just a memory, vague at best, I love the album..but the tour was just another tour...purple rain tour has a certain mystique, a certain allure...just more deeply seeded in peoples consciousness. It had a movie attached to it...a better album.. I'm not talking about $ grossing tours, or how many people attended. Im talking about in retrospect, what tour owned which...PR outshines the BAD tour...regardless of $, attendance or production value.

As much as I love Prince, the Bad Tour owns every actual tour Prince has ever done. From an entertainment standpoint, Prince has never done anything like that. And the Bad Tour is simply why Prince had never reached the level of Michael. The Bad Tour is one of the most well known/celebrated tours around the world, you can't say that for Prince. Prince is a great musician and songwriter,singer but he doesn't have the God-like entertainer factor in him.

smoothcriminal12 you are pretty much correct in what you say, only thing that Prince has going for him is the fact that he's a better guitar player than MJ. Then again Prince is still bad ass and a legend, but no where near Michael in stature (pardon the pun )

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[Edited 8/12/10 17:22pm]

PurpleColossus said:

lotusboy said:

I think if people voted which tour was more memorable, exciting, the BAD tour is just a memory, vague at best, I love the album..but the tour was just another tour...purple rain tour has a certain mystique, a certain allure...just more deeply seeded in peoples consciousness. It had a movie attached to it...a better album.. I'm not talking about $ grossing tours, or how many people attended. Im talking about in retrospect, what tour owned which...PR outshines the BAD tour...regardless of $, attendance or production value.

As much as I love Prince, the Bad Tour owns every actual tour Prince has ever done. From an entertainment standpoint, Prince has never done anything like that. And the Bad Tour is simply why Prince had never reached the level of Michael. The Bad Tour is one of the most well known/celebrated tours around the world, you can't say that for Prince. Prince is a great musician and songwriter,singer but he doesn't have the God-like entertainer factor in him. Just my IMO of course

I don't (didn't) like Michael Jackson... or his music. And I never saw him live. So there isn't even anything for me to debate here. Prince is better live. He certainly toured a whole hell of a lot more, too.