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Reply #30 posted 01/14/11 6:13pm

OnlyNDaUsa

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on a related note, someone asked me (in 1991) "have you heard that new prince song "do anything"?' I said "no...but that is NOT Prince..." (I had heard about it either from Contravacy mag or one of my pen pals)

"Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!"
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Reply #31 posted 01/14/11 6:18pm

lavender1983

7souls said:

"Kiss is my favorite song. Is he still alive?"

falloff

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Reply #32 posted 01/14/11 7:12pm

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I was wearing a Prince button and Walmart one day and a man noticed it and asked,

"Is that Prince? Or is his name still the symbol, did he change it?"

I spent the next 20 minutes enlightening him. My ice cream melted.

I could have died, it's been ten freaking years since he took his name back.

I've also had to explain the difference between who Prince Nelson is and Prince Jackson is.

Prince Nelson--Sexy superstar with a guitar strapped to his bouncy ass.

Prince Jackson--Very cute oldest son of the late Michael Jackson. Not that had to differentiate.

And then I actually FAINTED when I met a man who didn't know who Prince was. How the hell can you live and face yourself in the mirror and not know who the hell Prince is?

I love a Man who:
Wears More Make Up Than Me.
Wears Four Inch Stilleto Boots.
Changes His Name To An Unpronouncable Symbol.
Who Changes His Name Back From An Unpronouncable Symbol.
Oh And Most Importantly, Who Is Sexy Little Drop Of Butterscotch
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Reply #33 posted 01/14/11 9:48pm

PFan88

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They argue that it was MJ not Prince who sang "I Wanna Be Your Lover". Funny how I still talk to people today who say they thought that was MJ when it initially came out, I don't talk to them after that lol

thats the winner

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Reply #34 posted 01/14/11 9:53pm

PFan88

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misschestylarue said:

thank you my co worker thinks that she helping me like today she's like prince added another show on the 7th I said i know she's like how i just heard it on the radio ha ha. I told her previously don't tell me anything about prince i'm good. Then she processed to argue with me about how me'lisa morgans do me baby came out before princes. fools.lol

Yeah, it's sickening... Like Chas said, it si fingernails across a chalkboard when someone tries to tell you different or think they know about purple information b4 u do. Obviously, we're the ones with the first-hand news on everything confused

It's like "dude, how can u fucking tell me?" excuse the french...

so true smile

a friend tried to tell me purple rain was a cover eek

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Reply #35 posted 01/15/11 12:33am

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guarinigirl2000 said:

I was wearing a Prince button and Walmart one day and a man noticed it and asked,

"Is that Prince? Or is his name still the symbol, did he change it?"

I spent the next 20 minutes enlightening him. My ice cream melted.

I could have died, it's been ten freaking years since he took his name back.

I've also had to explain the difference between who Prince Nelson is and Prince Jackson is.

Prince Nelson--Sexy superstar with a guitar strapped to his bouncy ass.

Prince Jackson--Very cute oldest son of the late Michael Jackson. Not that had to differentiate.

And then I actually FAINTED when I met a man who didn't know who Prince was. How the hell can you live and face yourself in the mirror and not know who the hell Prince is?

lol

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Reply #36 posted 01/15/11 12:37am

chessfrog

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You think someone is really into P like you are and then you hear them...

Referring to Glam Slam as "Grand Slam"

Calling the NPS CD "Soul" (since when you remove the booklet, that's what's printed on the case)

Saying "Under the Cherry Bridge" and not trying to be funny...

I know I'm bored, but what else?

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Reply #37 posted 01/15/11 12:37am

chessfrog

fms said:

You think someone is really into P like you are and then you hear them...

Referring to Glam Slam as "Grand Slam"

Calling the NPS CD "Soul" (since when you remove the booklet, that's what's printed on the case)

Saying "Under the Cherry Bridge" and not trying to be funny...

I know I'm bored, but what else?

huh?

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Reply #38 posted 01/15/11 9:03am

Chas

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guarinigirl2000 said:

I was wearing a Prince button and Walmart one day and a man noticed it and asked,

"Is that Prince? Or is his name still the symbol, did he change it?"

I spent the next 20 minutes enlightening him. My ice cream melted.

I could have died, it's been ten freaking years since he took his name back.

I've also had to explain the difference between who Prince Nelson is and Prince Jackson is.

Prince Nelson--Sexy superstar with a guitar strapped to his bouncy ass.

Prince Jackson--Very cute oldest son of the late Michael Jackson. Not that had to differentiate.

And then I actually FAINTED when I met a man who didn't know who Prince was. How the hell can you live and face yourself in the mirror and not know who the hell Prince is?

I can't even deal with discussing the symbol with people. I just nod and walk away. If they're ignorant, me trying to explain it ain't gonna change their mind.

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Reply #39 posted 01/15/11 9:36am

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Chas said:

guarinigirl2000 said:

I was wearing a Prince button and Walmart one day and a man noticed it and asked,

"Is that Prince? Or is his name still the symbol, did he change it?"

I spent the next 20 minutes enlightening him. My ice cream melted.

I could have died, it's been ten freaking years since he took his name back.

I've also had to explain the difference between who Prince Nelson is and Prince Jackson is.

Prince Nelson--Sexy superstar with a guitar strapped to his bouncy ass.

Prince Jackson--Very cute oldest son of the late Michael Jackson. Not that had to differentiate.

And then I actually FAINTED when I met a man who didn't know who Prince was. How the hell can you live and face yourself in the mirror and not know who the hell Prince is?

I can't even deal with discussing the symbol with people. I just nod and walk away. If they're ignorant, me trying to explain it ain't gonna change their mind.

Eh, I don't know, with the whole name change Prince is just reaping what he has sown. I don't blame non fans for being confused about the whole thing.

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Reply #40 posted 01/15/11 2:43pm

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

oh i love his old song "oh shelia"

lol This is a true statement! I've heard that from plenty of people! Even my sister's neighbor made me a cd and she put it on it - when I heard it I was eek lol

Um... let me warm up my vocals
Me ME ME ME ME...U U U U U!
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Reply #41 posted 01/15/11 3:05pm

nursev

Angelic1302 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

oh i love his old song "oh shelia"

lol This is a true statement! I've heard that from plenty of people! Even my sister's neighbor made me a cd and she put it on it - when I heard it I was eek lol

this is true so many still believe that RFTW's Oh Sheila is Prince lol

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Reply #42 posted 01/15/11 9:25pm

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JoeTyler said:

"Oh yeah, Kiss, nice cover, but I like Tom`s original better"

Oh yeah, don't get me started on that one! I was once at a 'Trivia' night and the question came up:

Who did the original version of "Kiss"?

Everyone in my team said "Tom Jones" and I was like:

"No lads, listen here, I'm 100% sure on this... it's Prince!"

So with my team knowing I was a huge fan, they went with me, only for judge to proclaim the answer as... you guess it... Tom Jones!

I tried arguing with the judge, but he was like, "that's what's on my answer card, and the answer card is always right" (this is the days before mobile internet)

In the end, I had to concede just to stop from making a scene... But man, I was angry - not at the fact I lost a point unfairly, but the fact that no one else in the room on any team backed me up lol

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Reply #43 posted 01/15/11 9:30pm

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one time someone said to me..."i thought prince was a white womon!" eek lol

Don't need no reefer, don't need cocaine
Purple music does the same 2 my brain
And I'm high, so high
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Reply #44 posted 01/15/11 9:42pm

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toejam said:

JoeTyler said:

"Oh yeah, Kiss, nice cover, but I like Tom`s original better"

Oh yeah, don't get me started on that one! I was once at a 'Trivia' night and the question came up:

Who did the original version of "Kiss"?

Everyone in my team said "Tom Jones" and I was like:

"No lads, listen here, I'm 100% sure on this... it's Prince!"

So with my team knowing I was a huge fan, they went with me, only for judge to proclaim the answer as... you guess it... Tom Jones!

I tried arguing with the judge, but he was like, "that's what's on my answer card, and the answer card is always right" (this is the days before mobile internet)

In the end, I had to concede just to stop from making a scene... But man, I was angry - not at the fact I lost a point unfairly, but the fact that no one else in the room on any team backed me up lol

I would of been so frustrated if that happened to me, I wouldn't of given in .. at all lol

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Reply #45 posted 01/16/11 1:39am

IamFunkay7

Well someone once ask me

"hey whats that Prince song?"

Which one??

"uhhh, I forgot how it goes"

ok.. well give it a try

"it goes... thugs come quick, thugs come in a hurry, there are bees in the temple tonite"

I'm like omg

yeah.. thats pretty bad, gets me everytime I think about it now "falloff:

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Reply #46 posted 01/16/11 1:44am

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IamFunkay7 said:

Well someone once ask me

"hey whats that Prince song?"

Which one??

"uhhh, I forgot how it goes"

ok.. well give it a try

"it goes... thugs come quick, thugs come in a hurry, there are bees in the temple tonite"

I'm like omg

yeah.. thats pretty bad, gets me everytime I think about it now "falloff:

lol

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #47 posted 01/16/11 3:29am

JoeTyler

toejam said:

JoeTyler said:

"Oh yeah, Kiss, nice cover, but I like Tom`s original better"

Oh yeah, don't get me started on that one! I was once at a 'Trivia' night and the question came up:

Who did the original version of "Kiss"?

Everyone in my team said "Tom Jones" and I was like:

"No lads, listen here, I'm 100% sure on this... it's Prince!"

So with my team knowing I was a huge fan, they went with me, only for judge to proclaim the answer as... you guess it... Tom Jones!

I tried arguing with the judge, but he was like, "that's what's on my answer card, and the answer card is always right" (this is the days before mobile internet)

In the end, I had to concede just to stop from making a scene... But man, I was angry - not at the fact I lost a point unfairly, but the fact that no one else in the room on any team backed me up lol

eek eek Man, I WOULD HAVE MADE A SCENE: "That card is fuckin' wrong!!! where the fuck were you people in 1986, I wanna talk with my lawyer, where's MY money!!??? "A scene so epic & scary that some TV channel would have called me the following day to proudly proclaim that Prince wrote the original version of Kiss, and I want my money dammit! I mean, wtf!! mad

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Reply #48 posted 01/16/11 6:03am

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Oh! I forgot about one question that non fans ask me very often. It goes like this:

-'Hey, what is Prince's real name?'

I'm like... oO

-'...Prince'

-I don't mean his nickname but his REAL name!'

I'm like -.-

-It's Prince. Prince Rogers Nelson'

'Woow, is that his REAL name?'

Then I'm like disbelief

Really, it's sometimes hard to speak with people about Prince biggrin

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Reply #49 posted 01/16/11 7:31am

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^^ nod

  • When I start to say something about Prince and the person says, "Don't you mean THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS?" I usually say, "No, I meant Prince. That's what I said." confused
  • Recently when I've mentioned that I'm going to the concerts, I hear, "He still plays? Where is he going to be?"


"Love Hurts.
Your lies, they cut me.
Now your words don't mean a thing.
I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..."

-Cher, "Woman's World"
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Reply #50 posted 01/16/11 11:27am

OnlyNDaUsa

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julia319 said:

Oh! I forgot about one question that non fans ask me very often. It goes like this:

-'Hey, what is Prince's real name?'

I'm like... oO

-'...Prince'

-I don't mean his nickname but his REAL name!'

I'm like -.-

-It's Prince. Prince Rogers Nelson'

'Woow, is that his REAL name?'

Then I'm like disbelief

Really, it's sometimes hard to speak with people about Prince biggrin

I have had people tell me his real name is "Francis"

"Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!"
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Reply #51 posted 01/17/11 9:40am

jaawwnn

"I hear his new album is a real return to form"

Every year, 1991-2010

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Reply #52 posted 01/17/11 10:31am

isobelfq

OnlyNDaUsa said:

oh i love his old song "oh shelia"

That shit happens all the time!!!! what i really hate is when people argue with me about it. "It is Prince! Yes it is!! you don't know what you're talking about!!!" BITCH!!!! i know prince better than i know my mama! don't argue with me about his royal purple funkiness. I'm actually embarrassed if someone knows something i don't know.

Join me under the waterfall
Climb the rainbow tree

love is my color when I am shown love in return
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Reply #53 posted 01/17/11 10:35am

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People who think 7 is an evil song. Are you LISTENING to the lyrics? Am I really the only person left in the world that LISTENS to lyrics?! Also, they don't know his alternate personalities.

Join me under the waterfall
Climb the rainbow tree

love is my color when I am shown love in return
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Reply #54 posted 01/17/11 11:06am

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When people make that dumb face and go, "Ooh, I mean, 'The Artist Formerly Known As'..."

But really, it's Prince's own damn fault, so I can't get too mad.

But it's funny: I get even more pissed off when people screw it up and say, "Ooh, I mean, 'The Artist Formally Known As'..." lol

PRINCE: the only man who could wear high heels and makeup and STILL steal your woman!
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Reply #55 posted 01/17/11 11:12am

chocolate1

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eyewishuheaven said:

When people make that dumb face and go, "Ooh, I mean, 'The Artist Formerly Known As'..."

But really, it's Prince's own damn fault, so I can't get too mad.

But it's funny: I get even more pissed off when people screw it up and say, "Ooh, I mean, 'The Artist Formally Known As'..." lol

Yes, but I hate when they correct me, like they have the inside info on what to call him! lol


"Love Hurts.
Your lies, they cut me.
Now your words don't mean a thing.
I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..."

-Cher, "Woman's World"
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Reply #56 posted 01/17/11 12:33pm

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"Prince is cool. I like the song that goes "O' Sheila"."

.......Oh-oh-oh, by the way...He plays guitar.

johnwoo"POW!! - - I Gotcha! - no no no! - I Caut'chu wit'cha funk down!" fro - LG guitar
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Reply #57 posted 01/17/11 1:06pm

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"Oh, you're a Prince fan! Pardon me, the Artist Formerly Known As Prince, amirite?"

-_-

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Reply #58 posted 01/17/11 1:25pm

dJJ

During Antwerp concert a guy pretends to be biggest Prince fan to girlfriend all evening:

"Oooh, this is his best song ever: sometimes it snows in spring"

sigh

99% of my posts are ironic. Maybe this post sides with the other 1%.
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Reply #59 posted 01/17/11 1:32pm

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

on a related note, someone asked me (in 1991) "have you heard that new prince song "do anything"?' I said "no...but that is NOT Prince..." (I had heard about it either from Contravacy mag or one of my pen pals)

Maybe your friend was referring to that awful Meatloaf song that came out during that time, or maybe he or she knew about the "I´ll Do Anything" sessions and the song with the same name. I mean, if your friend used to read Controversy magazine, then he or she probably knew about that song.

" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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