I had gone through a Michael Jackson phase prior, but was free when Prince took me

I was 8 and not much music interested me then, i think i was still collecting toy cars I had heard my sister play the Prince album and I Wanna Be Yout Lover was so cool loved it. Then she got the Dirty Mind album and i thought what was this I got the funk bug and started to appreciate music. And no i did not understand the lyrics when i was 8 and could not understand my sister only playing it when my parents were out. So to answer your question no. I did like my mum playing Smokey Robinson but Prince was the one for me music wise.

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kristy said:

Now that I see MJ listed a lot, I think I can understand the 80s battle between prince and MJ more, it wasn't about the battle between the men themselves it was a battle for the ears, you can love a artist music but when your ears and eyes are just drawn to someone more you can't help it, I love mjs music too, it's just with prince it goes so much deeper I feel the connection more, something I couldn't get from mj

Yes, let's just say that MJ's music was just an initiation to get me into the musical groove, but Prince gave me the whole soul, body and mind experience.

Yeah, Michael Jackson.

You know, I just had that moment in my life when I realized Prince was better than Michael Jackson. It wasn't even the easiest thing to take, I had to "just accept it".

MattyJam said:

Why would you stop listening to one artist just because you discovered another?

Happens all the time in genres like metal, hiphop, techno, jazz, dubstep, industrial and so on. Because the artists that you were listening to eariler just represent "a shallower" take on the musical style they're associated with.

Happened to me with Nine Inch Nails and the like when I started getting into "real industrial music", for example.

MJ (and Jackson 5/Jacksons) were my favorite before I really got hooked by Prince.

Thriller and 1999 were happening at the same time for me, at age 11-12 growing up in Detroit. At that point, they were equal in my book.

1999 was my intro into Prince music, then Purple Rain hit a while later and all bets were off. I worked backward and forward in his discography, so for several years I was getting 2-3 albums a year. It was a great time.

MJ did a lot of Disney-esque projects like Captain EO, E.T. storybook, etc. which I always thought were a bit corny. Victory was kinda a weak effort. We Are The World was "ok".

During those, Prince was doing 1999, Purple Rain, ATWIAD, and Parade. So, there you go.

NorthC said:

Natural progression:

James Brown until about 1971...........

Pfunk, Ohio Players, Isley Brothers, Kraftwerk, Stevie Wonder, Jacksons, Slave, Dazz band until 1978.

Prince from 1978.........forward.

Mint Condition, Prince & Pfunk for the last 25 years going back & forth.

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jaypotton said:

Over the years, Steve Perry and Journey. He is another sexy man with an incredible voice.

No he did not but what he did do earn my respect as musician and artist, I'm primarily a country music, motown, southern rock, christian & gospel music fan. Prince is one of VERY FEW artists that I enjoy listening to because his sound incorporates a little mix of all but country music in his music. I often hear snippets of southern rock, classic rock, christian, gospel, and even older styles of music such as Frank Sinatra sounding styles in his music. I am curious what he could of done if he had put his mind to doing some country music as he he seems like there isn't a genre of music he could not master just form listening to him.

mimi1956 said:

Over the years, Steve Perry and Journey. He is another sexy man with an incredible voice.

I agree. And Freddie Mercury/Queen.

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My dream would be a song that Prince wrote with Steve, Freddie and Prince singing.

The only problem would be that Freddie and Prince would both vie for the spotlight.

MattyJam said:

Yes, right out of the hands of MJ...lol

MattyJam said:

wildgoldenhoney said:

Yes, Shakira.

well Im sure that was easy

roxy831 said:

Yes, right out of the hands of MJ...lol

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nursev said:

roxy831 said:

Yes, right out of the hands of MJ...lol

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nursev said:

^

Kinda, but not really. I was just beginning to feel my own way out into the secular music world, so basically everybody was on the same playing level with me. He just took lead because of the variety of sound, it was exciting.

I had no obsessions before Prince. And once I discovered him, all others were compared to Prince.

nursev said:

interesting to see the different stages some of you got into prince at. He popularity ebbed and flowed in all honesty.

Even after his passing, yes I have fallen deeply into his spell. He got me! He was such an amazing talent, a creator and visionary. He wrote songs for every taste so I have not been able to look to another artist that could top him.

kristy said:

Ok, secret confession , I love music , and before prince I had another top artist, but then I started spending more and more time with prince music, and as y'all know that's when he's got you, what he said in my name is prince was true
My question is did prince steal y'all from another artist?