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It All Started Thirty-Nine Years Ago: April 7, 1978 April 7 marks the 39th anniversary of the release of For You.
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[Edited 4/7/17 8:59am] Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. | |
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"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is the first Prince song I ever heard on the radio. I remember wondering at the time if it was Sylvester... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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TrivialPursuit said: April 7 marks the 39th anniversary of the release of For You as well as the "Soft and Wet" single.
Sorry to be that guy, but wouldn't that be 1978? | |
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There is a great video on Youtube by Nightchild ethereal about it. He is known as Jayspud here. . Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
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I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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1979?
Must'va got that from reading Prince: The Story Behind Every Album Music Icons Collector's Edition...
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My first Prince purchase was actually his second album and after that I decided I needed For You. Initially I felt that For You couldn't compare to Prince; but it eventually was able to hold it's own. During my time in the military, the keeper of my vinyls fell down on the job and my Prince collection was no more. After April this was the first purchase that I made in an attempt to rebuild what was lost. My Love is Forever was always my favorite. I don't know anything about overdubs, sound being too polished, etc, all I know is that this is when I fell in love with Prince so this album has a special place in my heart and is one that I can't really listen to without becoming a tad bit sad. And I like to think of this as the "true Prince"; not the persona/celebrity that later became known as "Prince". | |
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yep 39 years ago tomorrow. but according to what i read the first single did not come out for 2 months... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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mine too! and that was May 88...so tons of stuff... and magazines and posters too! all gone.... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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I had to sneak and buy my Prince cassette and keep it hidden. Ah, those were the days. | |
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I had no idea Prince's first album "For You" came out 39 years ago. Who would have ever thought in their wildest dreams that he would become an icon, a musical genius and a rock and roll legend!!!
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I can totally see that. Loved Sylvester. Used to sing at the Elephant Walk on Castro St when I lived nearby. Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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"For You"... deep love from me..
It seems now the 2 first albums were more easy, but I loove the "disco" production a lot.
Prince was a huge genius. [Edited 4/7/17 0:41am] Prince 4Ever. | |
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Sylvester? [Edited 4/7/17 0:47am] Prince 4Ever. | |
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Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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damn it i could not find my for you cd this morning! "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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what I hear on this one, I still hear in echoes on many songs/albums throught his career
I think every fan, new or old, should always refresh themselves on Prince's beginnings. songs like Tangerine, She Loves Me 4 Me, When 2 R in Love, Kiss, hearken back to these demos and the first albums I like to sit back and listen to my Early years Prince playlist,
1. For You 2. In Love 3. Soft And Wet 4. Crazy You 5. Just As Long As We're Together 6. Baby 7. My Love Is Forever 8. So Blue 9. I'm Yours
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^ Oh yeah! Everything that made him "Prince" was already there on the first LP. He just needed to develop it. | |
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thedance said: Sylvester? [Edited 4/7/17 0:47am] Yes, Prince also covered Disco Heat in Arnhem later that year. | |
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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. | |
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Brand new boogie without the hero. | |
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I got it from Pvault too... which is odd because normally the single comes out first and then the album.... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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It is interesting to hear/see that development. especially from song 2 song 2 song 2 song
For You - (Darling Nikki)ending - I Wonder U - Adore - When 2 R in Love - Scandelous
and a song inside this period or outside that fits a development
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Listening to it now. I have to get my stereo hooked up again and dig out my original vinyl. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. | |
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As soon as you get the chance, go listen to Sylvester's live version (8:04) of "You are my Friend". That is one powerful, heartfelt song. | |
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with Martha Walsh and the other singer?
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