I'm 19, but I have no real memory of when I started liking Prince. I've lived in the Minneapolis area my whole life and Prince fanhood comes with the territory. I bought my first Prince tape with my allowance in 1989, but I can't remember which one...

man, there's a lot of us...

17! been a fam for about 3 years now

WildheartXXX said:

you are NOT in your early 20s...just thought i should that out.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

yeah and dont none of ya'll know NOTHIN!!!

Peace 2 all the young Prince fams. Thank U all!

I'm 19. Been a fan since I was 7.

Always had that latent curiosity...
I think it's my parents renting the PR-movie when I was somewhere around 10 years old
(without me actually seeing it). However, it wasn't until '98 or so, that I bought my first disc,
a secondhand .

Finally, a certain woman turned me loose, and I ended up buying and collecting
everything bearing his name.

My age is 19. I guess I've been living in the past for the most of my days, with a record
collection mostly spanning 60's 'til 80's jazz, blues, funk and soul.

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[This message was edited Wed Feb 5 6:50:54 PST 2003 by deMatthijs]

FirstAvenue said:

that's why we look up 2 ya'll old freex 4 knowledge, man!!! if it weren't 4 the .org elders i (and the rest of us) wouldn't know jack shit...

I'm 24
and my partner in NewPowerDetroit is also in her 20's...

I got hooked on Prince in 1988...
Thou I first really got a good glimpse a prince in purple rain in 1984...Thou Mom had the Dirty Mind record and thats when I first seen PRINCE AND WAS INTRIGUED BY HIS CLOTHING AND IMAGE, AND HE IS VERY SEXY! but I finally was able to buy PRINCE RECORDS in 1988...my allowance worked out then.

hahaha
Since then I've been a fan, I'll be 25 this summer

deMatthijs said:

I would like to hear more about that certain woman that turned you loose

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I am 23, will b 24 i march. My older sisters hipped me to Prince and I still have the 45 for soft and wet. I remember being 5 years old and watching Purple Rain in the movie theater. Lets go crazy at the opening blew me away!!

I'm 21 and I've been a hardcore fan since I was about 3 years old. I don't exactly remember what it was that hooked me, but because of my Mom and Dad, plus my cousins and the fact that I was in Detroit (the PRINCE CAPITAL!!!), Prince was around alot, so it just stuck with me. I lived Prince, I inhaled Prince. I was the only boy in kindergarten CONSTANTLY talking about Prince. In 5th grade, we had 2 write our own short stories, I re-wrote a Prince biography from memory that I used 2 check out EVERY Tuesday when we went 2 the school library, all through 3rd and 4th grade. When I was 5, I had Prince birthday party, with Prince on my birthday cake, and a Parade era poster (which disappeared after the party), and those pictures are hilarious. Of course all through middle school and high school, people questioned my sexuality because I worshipped a man whose sexuality was in question amomg my peers, so those were hard years growing up. When I moved 2 Tennessee 2 live with my father, I met a teacher at Columbia Central High School who was as much a hardcore fan as I was!! B4 and after his classes, he would either have a Prince video clip playing, or a song on the cd player. There was always a Prince quote on the board also. Though I never had his class (he teaches Criminal Justice), I'm told that classroom discussions would somehow, someway turn in2 a disscussion about Prince. Of course, it was mainly him defending Prince, cause the students at that school couldn't see why we made such a big fuss about him. I'm back in Detroit now, but my little brother has his class now, and he says that nothing has changed. He's still keeping Prince's music and vision alive through his class and his teaching. Keep it up G.B.

im 19.. ive been hooked on his music ever since i bought diamonds and pearls when i was eight yrs old.. thats when it took off.. ive adored him for such a long time, and i just recenly (one nite alone tour, sweden) saw him live for the first time.. what a rush.. i think u all agree! that really spiced things up, and if possible, ive become an even bigger fan of him!

i dont have a single crappy cd in my collection.. its all the good stuff.. blues, funk, soul from the sixties up to the eighties.. just like deMatthijs ..i mean, who has the nerve to put britney spears next to prince, geez, what a discrase!!
[This message was edited Fri Feb 7 9:59:18 PST 2003 by gita]

rainbowchild said:


What can I say...

She's my muse, taking over my whole being
Unleashing both my highs and lows, and do consider a renewed acquaintance with Prince a high

I'm 18...and I used to get in trouble for singing Cream when I was little, so I guess it's been a life-long problem

loved Prince since i was 5yrs.old...i am a proud 24 yr old Mayte Impersonator on the search for my own Prince...

"Where ever u r baby, come 2 me ""I wanna give u my love,but u gotta promise me that u'll love me forever"

Love,
Mia a.k.a. Crystal Nicole a.k.a. Mayte619


DANCE YA'LL LET ME SEE THE BOOTY BOOM! CAUSE THESE R THE DAYS OF WILD!!!

im 19 and became a fan buying the very best of for my sister for xmas a couple of years ago. as ive grown up i accidently get into music then find out she loves it and has loads of cds of it. i looked on the cd and saw it had when doves cry, 1999 and purple rain and thought, yeah got most his hits on (naive!!) and bought it and as soon as i played it (copying it on her own PC without her knowing!) and i wanna be your lover came on i thought, oooh this is good and funky.

weirdly though i was searching for a song that kept saying vicki vale over and over so i figured it must be on the batman soundtrack and its batdance, but its weird cos my sister must have had it when she was a teenager and it stuck in my head my whole life without even knowing until i became a prince fan!
also the when doves cry video totally stuck in my head even though i must have been less than 10 when i saw it, it was the bit where he dances at the latter part that stuck in my head, thats pretty strong imagery to stick in your mind for no reason for years like that!

ironically prince hates the very best of and hated its release, but because i bought it and made a copy for myself he has had an extra 10 or so album sales and will obviously get more later on!

I'm 20 ...

I first started to notice Prince when Sexy MF and My Name is Prince came out.. He looked cool.
I have always known songs as Raspberry Baret and Purple Rain, but never paid attention to the performer...

My first album was the love symbol album, still one of his best i think.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I'm 29 & I've been hooked since 1984(the first time I heard Purple Rain) I thought that I was a "freek" but then I learned that other people liked him 2.also thanx 4 your story "fingaz" it's nice 2 see younger famz diggin' P's tunz

I'm 16 joined the org when i was 15, liked prince when i first heard kiss. Bought me first prince album when i was bout 11.

What got me hooked was a program on late at ngiht called 'Dont Fade Away' or something like that. It used to be on at a dumb time somethin like 2-3am. I basically tuned in one night and this guy basically played 5 prince songs. Purple Rain, Alphabet St, Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Gett Off and Kiss.

I kinda remembered him from kiss, Mosty Beautiful Girl Ibn The World and vaguely alphabet street. But when i heard them all I was like these r so great... when i heard theguy say he was gonna play prince i instinctively knew to record it as well lol very mad.

Then i kinda borrowed 2 of 1 of my brothers albums (cos he liked him for a short while) Lovesexy and The Symbol. I was hooked and ended up buyin any prince album i mananged 2 find.

Glad i started when i did cos i never see 'em near me anymore

I'm 22 and I got in2 his music in the late 90's as a matter of fact it was '95' when I first discovered him I was a pretty good fan and I didn't know much about him until I met this really awesome friend who knew quite alot about him and shared some of her knowledge with me and introduced me 2 the org she knowz who she b thankz very much :Hug:

I'm 16 and I'm a HUGE fan of Prince.

23 this side...

Been a fan since I was 13

<--- 20.

DAMN - HAND ME MY CANE ...I AM AN OLD P FAN AFTER READING THIS...I AM 32 AND I HAVE FOLLOWED HIM SINCE I WAS 14...HE HAS ALWAYS REMAINED MY NUMBER ONE CHOICE - HE IS SO TALENTED...THERE IS NOT NOR IS THERE EVER GOING TO BE ANOTHER LIKE PRINCE...I ACTUALLY TRIED TO GO TO THE PRINCE CONCERT HERE IN KANSAS CITY IN 1997...I WAS 8 AND A HALF MONTHS PREGNANT AND MY HUSBAND FORBID ME TO GO...HE SAID NO WAY - MY CHILD WILL NOT BE BORN AT A PRINCE CONCERT...lol...SHE ENTERED THE WORLD ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER...SEE I SHOULD HAVE GONE lol

yes i was born in 1922 but all my other Prince friends have died already

15 and been Prince-ly obsessive since I was 3!

iam 22. i got into prince around the batman era. however long before this i used to sneak my fathers copy of purple rain so i could see apple's tits. eventually when i became a freak my father gave me his 1884 copy of purple rain. prince rocks yall peace