If you had a time machine [like a TARDIS!] and you wanted to spend one day with Prince, which Prince would you wanted to be?

Prince in 1986 = Parade era

Prince in 1996 = Chaos And Disorder era & Emancipation era

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Prince in 2006 = 3121 era

eh, it doesn't matter, for me

But if I had to choose, Parade is the coolest era out of the three, so I choose '86

1986 Prince Alexander Nevermind

What about 1976, I could convince him to sign with me and we could makes heaps of money.

Adorecream said:

What about 1976, I could convince him to sign with me and we could makes heaps of money.

Omg, what a great fuckin' idea!

Or how about back to '66 and bring Purple Rain on Vinyl and show it to 8-year-old Prince and cause a time paradox, the results could which cause a chain-reaction that will unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and DESTROY the ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!!!!! Great Scott!

OldFriends4Sale said:

1986 Prince Alexander Nevermind

Prince AKA Christopher Tracy

Adorecream said:

What about 1976, I could convince him to sign with me and we could makes heaps of money.

lol actually 76 should be included

But for me it is the 77/78 years, that early period with all those demos and his first album. That period still has a lot of mystery to it

1986 with no doubt at all...



Prince on the decline:

1986 what a masterpiece 10/10

1996 1st album dissapointment. Still ok but the production sucks big time 8/10

2006 one of his worst albums, I am kind giving 5/10

1986...give me a time machine...

PurpleSkipper58 said:

Adorecream said:

What about 1976, I could convince him to sign with me and we could makes heaps of money.

Omg, what a great fuckin' idea!

Or how about back to '66 and bring Purple Rain on Vinyl and show it to 8-year-old Prince and cause a time paradox, the results could which cause a chain-reaction that will unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and DESTROY the ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!!!!! Great Scott!

That sounds like a worst case scenario, the destruction might be limited to our own galaxy.

PurpleSkipper58 said:

Adorecream said:

I'll take 2006. He was far too cocky before that.

But seeming as I don't have a Time Machine, I'll add an decade and go for now.

don't need a tardis, 2016 would be fine with me.

Adorecream said:

Adorecream said:

PurpleSkipper58 said:

Omg, what a great fuckin' idea!

Or how about back to '66 and bring Purple Rain on Vinyl and show it to 8-year-old Prince and cause a time paradox, the results could which cause a chain-reaction that will unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and DESTROY the ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!!!!! Great Scott!

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Back To The Future is a hell of a movie.

TheEnglishGent said:

Adorecream said:

PurpleSkipper58 said: Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Back To The Future is a hell of a movie.

All 3 of them, thats the power of love!

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Back to this thread, how about going to 2026 Prince and seeing what old man Prince is up to, is he still alive, still making music (Hit n run Phase 29 people?) or touring or has he entered old age and retired.

jayspud said:

Lol, always reminds me of that Company that didn't sign Prince as they didn't really think he was a talent. Was it Apple records?

I'm not sure. But Prince did turn down CBS Records [Sony Music Entertainment] because they wouldn't let him produced himself. CBS actually wanted Maurice White to produce Prince's debut album.

Polydor and RSO rejected him, RSO outright, and P did not mind as they only had a brief uptickwith the Bee Gees. Atlantic or Polydor said he sounded too midwestern.

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CBS, A &M and Warners showed interest. CBS did not want him to produce and offered a one album contract only, A&M would only commit to two records, I also thought it was Verdine White who was to produce Prince, not Maurice (Or was Verdine going to be producer for Warners, but anyway Prince rejected both saying EWF were too much a 70s disco sound and he wanted Music of the future like the 80s not 1970s boogie down). Warners were accepted as they offered 3 albums for Prince to develop, and originally were not keen on Prince producing but after the famous test they agreed.

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At the start Prince did not want to be pigeonholed and was annoyed when he was placed into "The Black Music"division, meaning soul and disco only relegated to the R and B charts with little Pop crossover. It was not until late 1982 with the success of Thriller and 1999, that black artists were put in the mainstream categories, of course with many staying in the Urban/Soul/Rap parts of a label.

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It may be this attitude why Prince avoided signing with Motown, which by 1977 its best days were well behind it and labels like Stax and Polydor/ Atlantic. It is also why Prince refused to appear on Soul Train as he saw it as too Black and pigeonholed. He did not want to play the chitlin circuit and wanted a varied range of fans, not just black men into funk and black women into soul and sexy R&B and disco dancers. Later on Prince allowed his videos to be played on Soul Train, but never appeared

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Yet Prince later on espoused the chart apartheid, by aiming the Time and Vanity 6 at Black audiences, making them do Soul Train, while Prince did solid gold and bandstand. Vanity, Morris Day, Andre and Jesse Johnson all appeared on Soul Train as solo artists. He aimed the Family at the white pop audience (Get that Duran Duran money), whereas the Black focussed acts succeeded on the black charts they tanked on the white charts (Only Jungle Love was Top 20 pop due to Purple Rain) and the Family failed completely but did well on the black side of the charts.

^ hi Nurse and sorry but to take Emancipation over the wonderful Parade is crazy..

86 to stop him from writing/starring/making/releasing that awful movie

96 to stop him from getting that awful haircut and writing slave on his face