Guitarhero said:

Guitarhero said:

LRCdancer88 said:

So I know I'm a true Prince fam, but at the same time it shocks me when others aren't as admiring of Prince.

Case in point: I've been visiting home and tried watching the SOTT movie with my mother who was a passing fan of his most popular '80s hits. She totally didn't get into it and we didn't even get halfway through before she was bored and we stopped watching. She said that she didn't know the songs and was really just a fan of his hits. I ADORE THAT MOVIE. This was like a stab to the heart.

I know I am being SUPER sensitive but it really hurts when loved ones (my mother, my fiance, etc) don't at least try to indulge me in my interest. It makes me feel very alone in my admiration (I have no other friend or family to talk to him about, aside from y'all here, which I'm of course very thankful for ). I don't know what I'd do without the org.

I know I probably sound absolutely ridiculous as I can't expect other people to necessarily feel the same way I do about him, but it still really hurts. I apologize for this entire post but I felt the need to talk to someone about it. I hope you guys don't think I'm too ridiculous. Do any of you guys have any advice or personal anecdotes?

I feel you. I'm just so glad to come here and enjoy everyone. When I mention P, my friends and family just look at me like a deer in headlights so I stopped.

Guitarhero said:

BillieBalloon said:

CAL3 said: You're assertion that "a lot of white people won't listen to a black artist" as an explanation as to why Prince is an acquired taste is nonsense.Im just telling you that when it comes to Prince your statement is not true. It's misguided. Prince's audience has always been ethnically diverse.

I posted this image in the picture thread. These are Prince fans in 84/85 The Prince fam have always been anyone and everyone in society. The same at every Prince concert i attended.

Any idea What Concert this is, Date, and Where?

I have no problem with others not liking him or his music. What I have a problem with is people speaking from a place of ignorance, and thus being an authority on the topic of Prince and his music without having ever really listened to his music, watched any interviews, or done any research of their own.

What these people spout out they truly believe as fact, and it is representative of the control the media has on 'most', because lets be honest, nobody thinks for themselves anymore, and because of that, what we believe to be true is the accumulation of soundbytes and headlines over the years by organizations whos vested interests are shady at best.

Astasheiks said:

LRCdancer88 said:

Astasheiks said:

Any idea What Concert this is, Date, and Where?

This picture is so cool. Thanks, GH!

Miami Orange bowl 7th of April 1985

And your welcome LRCdancer.

Thanks for the info Guitarhero! And LRCdancer88, you are so right!

Just found out a co-worker is a Prince Fam...sooo excited..everyone knows what I'm about. I might mention a Prince thing here and there..but now I have a purple sister..whenever I get the urge..I just call her up...there are a lot of us out there..he had millions of fams around the world..one of them has to be nearby!

I don't have any problems, at the office nobdy likes Prince, but they don't say anything against him, so i can listen his music everytime i want and in my home is the same, my mom loves Purple Rain the song, but that's about it, and when i play him she's fine with that, so in my case, no problem at all.