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25 years of "Sign 'O' The Times" 25 years? Damn, it's been a long time. I remember hearing the title track for the first time, riding around Greensboro NC with my friends Angie and Nancy. Later that summer, my ex-friend Sam sat me down and made me listen to the entire album, and a casual listener became a die-hard Prince fan.
"Sign 'O' The Times" is one of a handful of albums that I will ONLY listen to as one whole experience. I don't pick out a track just to enjoy it and hum along... If I'm going to commit to one song, I'm going to commit to ALL of them. It makes my wife nuts, but hey, that's just me.
25 years is a loooong time. Over half my life. Since the album came out, I met and lost the love of my life, graduated from college, got married twice, moved across country, lost my father, and now I'm on the verge of perhaps having my first child. Yet that one album still sounds as timeless to me as it did that summer. |
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SquirrelMeat Posted the following questions about this in a thread, linked below, and I will quote them in black, with my answers in red.
[Edited 10/23/12 12:01pm] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Funny thing, this is exactly the kind of album I do pick out the occasional track to listen to. I always felt this album has some of his best songs ever, but also a few that I just cannot get into, like Slow Love. And Beautiful Night is one of those tunes that just work much better in concert. But the title track... U Got the Look... If I Was Your Girlfriend... Pure magic!  | |
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i listen exactly the same way, sign o the times is the ultimate prince album for me. if i get to the little segue leading to play in the sunshine i'm seeing the whole trip through his playground. people will say it's not a coherent statement and is more compiled than other albums but so what?? its an amazing collection of the many sides to prince's personality(ies) during his most creative era of songwriting. the title track is one of the best rhythm tracks ever..by anyone...ever. the whole listening experience to me is musical narcotics. some of the other albums i can't listen to unless its as a whole are lovesexy, around the world, 1999, dirty mind, in the 90s only the symbol album (though it takes a more determined effort, somebody recently labelled it "a mess-terpiece" which describes it perfectly) and 2000's i want to like rainbow children to that extent, some days i do, some days i don't. don't play me...i'm over 30 and i DO smoke weed.... | |
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GiggityGoo said: 25 years? Damn, it's been a long time. I remember hearing the title track for the first time, riding around Greensboro NC with my friends Angie and Nancy. Later that summer, my ex-friend Sam sat me down and made me listen to the entire album, and a casual listener became a die-hard Prince fan.
"Sign 'O' The Times" is one of a handful of albums that I will ONLY listen to as one whole experience. I don't pick out a track just to enjoy it and hum along... If I'm going to commit to one song, I'm going to commit to ALL of them. It makes my wife nuts, but hey, that's just me.
25 years is a loooong time. Over half my life. Since the album came out, I met and lost the love of my life, graduated from college, got married twice, moved across country, lost my father, and now I'm on the verge of perhaps having my first child. Yet that one album still sounds as timeless to me as it did that summer. Thank you for sharing. That's the magic of music, how it becomes a part of our lives, a part of ourselves, even. Beautiful. | |
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 will ALWAYS think of  like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. | |
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to HamsterHuey: you rock!!
Those scans are wonderful.
good work from you..
Thanks a lot,
Prince 4Ever.  | |
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So that means I'm having my 25th anniversary of being a prince fan... In 1987 dutch radio had a program witch featured 1 track everyday of the album, I tuned in on that station everyday, and got me hooked. Started collecting and listeng till today. And yes, it's great that music makes the soundtrack of our lives...  &  | |
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So that means I'm having my 25th anniversary of being a prince fan... In 1987 dutch radio had a program witch featured 1 track everyday of the album, I tuned in on that station everyday, and got me hooked. Started collecting and listeng till today. And yes, it's great that music makes the soundtrack of our lives... & | |
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I bought this cassette at the value village thrift store for .45 cents about a few weeks ago and it sounds so good and crisp on cassette as it did back in the day even though I already have it as a double album. | |
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You're welcome, mate. >> | |
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one of Prince's finest moments of his career
the entire concept of the album was very unique......
this album was better than MJ's album BAD.....
when I listened to IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND for the first time, I was like "daaaaaaaaaaang" this is tight.....
he brought the house with Sign O' The Times | |
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