Mercurybebe said:

It has been all Prince for me. My daughter will be 17 next month and despite her resistance, she now worships (& lusts after)Prince. I had moved away from his music so she only knew Kiss and Doves! I'm so ashamed! Anyway, I made her watch Purple Rain with me (I don't like his style of music Mom) and within a week she wanted all the CD's I had, putting her choice of CD on in the car...it's Parade right now, and I cant complain, its all Prince!!! She was angry that I didn't introduce her to P until he died. She keeps saying we woulda been at the last show, an hour away! I told her that at least she will get to discover so many new songs over the years! As will I, and that helps.

Awesome! Welcome her to the Prince fam for me! My mom and I have bonded over Prince too; I'm 24, so I'm a Prince young'un too!

wait!!!....there's other music???

LOL

YES! I've only listened to Prince since his passing. It's so strange, because I love all kinds of music. You'd think I'd get into the mood for some classical or another genre. Nope. Just Prince. And it's not really intentional, like in an homage capacity. I just haven't had the desire to listen to anything or anyone else.

Pretty much, although I have been playing some non-Prince music on the stereo and on my guitar lately.

I've always been a fan (owned a handful of his albums, seen him in concert), but until his death I never realized just how truly awesome he was. Being able to see and hear more of his artistry on YT has completely opened my eyes. His albums alone do not do him justice.

To answer the OP's question....yes. Prince has been nearly all I've listened to since April. Now that I know more about Prince and how everything he did was focused around music, every other musician seems like an amateur.

jeffmillsionaire said:

This may seem like an obvious "yes", but let me preface it by saying this.

I'm brand new to this site, and I can tell just by lurking through threads and such that I am one of the youngest people here. I'm only 20 years old, and I didn't start listening to Prince until I was 18, and to be more specific I would say December of 2013 (I know, I'm a noob compared to most of you guys out there). There are several reasons for why I held off on Prince for such a long time, mainly because I'm a music obsessive (just about every genre under the sun, experimental or not, I enjoy), and most of the music forums and fans that I discussed with hardly ever mentioned him outside Purple Rain. It seemed to me like most people I talked to were more concerned with a new Swans LP than anything by Prince. Therefore, after spending years listening to so much other music, I decided that Prince's catalog was a worthy one to listen to. Little did I know that he was about to take over my entire life.

Never before has an musician taken my mind off everything else. It's kind of insane. I don't mean to ramble but I'm the kind of person that always needs to be listening to anything and everything, but I became one track minded from first listen. When he died, it intensified that reaction and now only recently can I get back on track listening to anything that isn't by him.

My question is this: for those of you that listen to a lot of new music or music in general, did you struggle with not being able to get off of his catalog for the weeks following his death? I understand that when a musician dies it is only natural to go back and listen to them but I also know that Prince fans tend to be music fans, and that means they listen to a lot of different stuff. Sorry for the long post but I love his music so much and it's hard to find anywhere that even seems to give a passing mention to his huge body of amazing work.

-J

21th April 2016 changed my life. I was working when a friend of mine wrote me that Prince was dead. I was born in 1981 and the song I've ever heard by Prince where "Kiss", "The most beautiful girl in the world" and "The greatest romance". Here in Italy Prince wasn't as exposed as Madonna or Michael Jackson. By the way, I really liked him and I was sicerely sorry for his death. So it was the time to listen to Prince to remeber him. I found that there was no way to find his music, not even in Youtube. But I found his performance of "Motherless Child". It was just like a thunder, an earthquake in my soul. I felt alive in a way I never felt before since my childood. I felt the need to listen more. I am a music lover, every kind of music. But now every thing I hear it seems so gray to me. Prince's music it's full of colors, joy, pain, love, sex. Prince's music has all I need. Needless to say I bought almost all his albums and I listen to Prince daily. It's an addiction? Who cares! My mother is use to say "Since Prince has gone I lost a daughter". How can one not to lose his mind? Prince was The Music itself. In every live (that I unfortunately will not ever be able to see from real), in every interview, in every song you can feel the magic in this human being. He is the incarnation of Music. HIs live performances on Youtube give me goose bumps and often make me cry because he touches my soul so deeply. You know, we italians we live with the myth of Mamma's (mother) cuisine. We are use to go to restaurant and always say " Mmmm my mother does it better". So we are never satisfied with restaurants. For me now it's same with the music. I listen to other music and I think "Mmmmmm Prince does it better". That's why I'm addicted. And let me tell you...I never was so full of life and joy just like now that I listen to Prince music. I beg pardon to you all for my english however I hope the mesage is clear

No.

Yes. Before April, I did listen to Prince pretty much everyday , he was in the daily mix but now. . . now it's nothing but Prince and associated artists. All day, everyday. Wondering when I will break from that but so far that's where I still am.