she's so cool and I'm so ugly

I'd be a fool to think she could love me

That's a silly question!

Mumio said:

lemoncrush19 said:

don't hate me cuz I'm beautiful!



c'mon guys .... ur kidding?

He sure knew all the ladies thought so!

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There are some Men who are cute; some Men who are gorgeous; Men who are handsome; some who are beautiful, sexy, devine, perfection.....and on and onl...........

.

Prince was all of the above, and then some!!!!

He knew but he didn't mind to be reminded from time to time..

I can't imagine Prince looking at himself and the mirror and be like

Oh I'm sure he did, as everybody would really.

BTW long time no see CatB.

I love your posts, concise but to the point.

CatB said:

He knew but he didn't mind to be reminded from time to time..

Delete dupe

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laytonian said:

purplerabbithole said:

purplefam99 said:

purplerabbithole said:

when Prince died..I was talking to a couple of my female students. One girl (who was biracial but who admitted that she liked "chocolate"-colored men) said P was ugly. The other girl, who was African american, after seeing a picture of P from the Parade era, without being asked, stated how cute he was. Ironically I think had Prince gone without makeup (or far less eyeliner) more folks would have found him attractive. Makeup on a man doesn't appeal to everyone.

Prince was at his most beautiful in my opinion around the musicology era.

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Loved loved him when he wore little to no face makeup. I could handle a tiny bit Of rock n roll eyeliner but I could not take the foundation. Nope didn’t like it. The makeupless window was small but that is when he was most attractive to me In a real way. I didn’t care for highly made up prince. When he was raggedy During the dirty mind era, is when he was most atttractive to me. I like pre purple prince attractiveness. [Edited 1/15/18 17:28pm]

he may have never looked better than his very first album, before the tweezed eyebrows, weight fluctuations, hair dos and makeup. Just a natural good looking kid. Truth is though, many times through the years I've seen some guy and thought, "gee, he's good looking, if he were a rock star people would rave about him" like sam phillips said one time about elvis "there are a lot of good looking guys" he then went on to say "and there are better singers" but that elvis communicated something to people like no one else, it was true. Charisma makes a star and Prince had oodles of it.

"Pretty Man"


In the early morning
When I'm feeling nice
I walk by the mirror
And kiss it twice


Everywhere I go
People stop and stare
They just wanna see me swing
This pretty hair

PeteSilas said:

purplefam99 said:

purplerabbithole said: Loved loved him when he wore little to no face makeup. I could handle a tiny bit Of rock n roll eyeliner but I could not take the foundation. Nope didn’t like it. The makeupless window was small but that is when he was most attractive to me In a real way. I didn’t care for highly made up prince. When he was raggedy During the dirty mind era, is when he was most atttractive to me. I like pre purple prince attractiveness. [Edited 1/15/18 17:28pm]

he may have never looked better than his very first album, before the tweezed eyebrows, weight fluctuations, hair dos and makeup. Just a natural good looking kid. Truth is though, many times through the years I've seen some guy and thought, "gee, he's good looking, if he were a rock star people would rave about him" like sam phillips said one time about elvis "there are a lot of good looking guys" he then went on to say "and there are better singers" but that elvis communicated something to people like no one else, it was true. Charisma makes a star and Prince had oodles of it.

yes pete i agree his early press photos show a "handsome young man" truly with handsome

features and qualities. Prince chose to morph those qualities into something less rugged. why do you think he morphed himself into the more pretty vein. an onset of eighties glam? that foundation

was ridiculous! i remember my brother was a huge huge huge Sly, Rick, Boosty, clinton, Prince fan

and i recall when he took to carrying a clutch in the 70's and i was like you are ridiculous with

that purse, well he learned when he lost that clutch. mmmmhhmmm not use to the habit of keeping

up with your purse, is what my mama told him. the whole house was on the floor. that ended the

clutch carrying.

I can't help but think that had Prince been entirely comfortable about his looks he wouldn't have worn so much makeup for so long..I mean he was wearing makeup in his 20's, 30's, and 40's..not just his 50's when wrinkles would have been more pronounced. HEll, maybe the makeup was like his armour.... He still looked good in makeup, but I can see why some people might assume that his 'good' looks came from his face being like a canvas. that being said, a lot of men look ridiculously bad in makeup and he most definitely did not...he has a Jared Leto kind of beauty. An the black eyeliner made him look almost persian so it kind of works.

This is a good looking dude...even though he looks a bit tired and has imperfections...did he need the pound of makeup he was wearing for the Steve Parke pictures that were being taken of him at the time??

I certainly prefer this look above to the one below in which he looks prettier than his (already pretty) wife and like a bearded lady...

PeteSilas said:

purplefam99 said:

purplerabbithole said: Loved loved him when he wore little to no face makeup. I could handle a tiny bit Of rock n roll eyeliner but I could not take the foundation. Nope didn’t like it. The makeupless window was small but that is when he was most attractive to me In a real way. I didn’t care for highly made up prince. When he was raggedy During the dirty mind era, is when he was most atttractive to me. I like pre purple prince attractiveness. [Edited 1/15/18 17:28pm]

he may have never looked better than his very first album, before the tweezed eyebrows, weight fluctuations, hair dos and makeup. Just a natural good looking kid. Truth is though, many times through the years I've seen some guy and thought, "gee, he's good looking, if he were a rock star people would rave about him" like sam phillips said one time about elvis "there are a lot of good looking guys" he then went on to say "and there are better singers" but that elvis communicated something to people like no one else, it was true. Charisma makes a star and Prince had oodles of it.

[Edited 1/15/18 19:22pm]

purplerabbithole said:

why? well, the same reason a lot of black men feminized themselves, so that they would be more acceptable and less threatening, that's been the common thought.

purplefam99 said:

PeteSilas said:

he may have never looked better than his very first album, before the tweezed eyebrows, weight fluctuations, hair dos and makeup. Just a natural good looking kid. Truth is though, many times through the years I've seen some guy and thought, "gee, he's good looking, if he were a rock star people would rave about him" like sam phillips said one time about elvis "there are a lot of good looking guys" he then went on to say "and there are better singers" but that elvis communicated something to people like no one else, it was true. Charisma makes a star and Prince had oodles of it.

yes pete i agree his early press photos show a "handsome young man" truly with handsome

features and qualities. Prince chose to morph those qualities into something less rugged. why do you think he morphed himself into the more pretty vein. an onset of eighties glam? that foundation

was ridiculous! i remember my brother was a huge huge huge Sly, Rick, Boosty, clinton, Prince fan

and i recall when he took to carrying a clutch in the 70's and i was like you are ridiculous with

that purse, well he learned when he lost that clutch. mmmmhhmmm not use to the habit of keeping

up with your purse, is what my mama told him. the whole house was on the floor. that ended the

clutch carrying.

purplerabbithole said:

I can't help but think that had Prince been entirely comfortable about his looks he wouldn't have worn so much makeup for so long..I mean he was wearing makeup in his 20's, 30's, and 40's..not just his 50's when wrinkles would have been more pronounced. HEll, maybe the makeup was like his armour.... He still looked good in makeup, but I can see why some people might assume that his 'good' looks came from his face being like a canvas. that being said, a lot of men look ridiculously bad in makeup and he most definitely did not...he has a Jared Leto kind of beauty. An the black eyeliner made him look almost persian so it kind of works.

This is a good looking dude...even though he looks a bit tired and has imperfections...did he need the pound of makeup he was wearing for the Steve Parke pictures that were being taken of him at the time??

I certainly prefer this look above to the one below in which he looks prettier than his (already pretty) wife and like a bearded lady...

PeteSilas said:

he may have never looked better than his very first album, before the tweezed eyebrows, weight fluctuations, hair dos and makeup. Just a natural good looking kid. Truth is though, many times through the years I've seen some guy and thought, "gee, he's good looking, if he were a rock star people would rave about him" like sam phillips said one time about elvis "there are a lot of good looking guys" he then went on to say "and there are better singers" but that elvis communicated something to people like no one else, it was true. Charisma makes a star and Prince had oodles of it.

[Edited 1/15/18 19:22pm]

someone, I forget who, pete townsend or one of the other brit legends had said that from their experience, artists who use a lot of glitz,makeup just use those things to hide, maybe that's what he was doing, the point was, with all his talent, he didn't need to hide anything. He addressed the subject in the question of you, directly to critics "shall i become naked, no image at all". I think he got close to that at different points and he'd come full circle back to the afro at the end.

[Edited 1/15/18 20:00pm]

also, i wonder if anyone remembers when ellen pulled out a copy of for you on prince in 2004, he looked aghast and horrified, how do we read that? I don't know. also, he bought up the rights of the early bio Purple Reign I think because of the photos.

Wasn't that song originally written for Morris Day. Morris Day is heavily madeup and far from a traditional beauty. Cute maybe, not pretty or handsome like P.

Identity said:

"Pretty Man"


In the early morning
When I'm feeling nice
I walk by the mirror
And kiss it twice


Everywhere I go
People stop and stare
They just wanna see me swing
This pretty hair

purplerabbithole said:

morris had to do it with attitude.

purplefam99 said:

purplerabbithole said:

Wasn't that song originally written for Morris Day. Morris Day is heavily madeup and far from a traditional beauty. Cute maybe, not pretty or handsome like P.

Have you seen Morris Days son?? I like how the universe seems to balance out beauty. Two beautiful often have mediocre looking kids. But two average to under average people often will have knock out offspring. Not always but often enough.

In my opinion, I think Prince believed the image was "good looking" - the make up, the done up hair, etc., but as we all do, probably looked at himself without all the trappings and could find any number of things to point at and criticize.

One thing I look at is how controlling he was of his image. He had to have the last say on any pictures that were released. Photographers would use photoshop quite a bit to smooth out the rough edges, that we all show as we are aging. And it's a part of why Prince didn't want his pictures taken by fans, he couldn't control those images, couldn't prevent them from being published if he didn't like them, etc.

I do believe, however, that Prince believed his best feature was his eyes and he played them up all the time, even having them painted on the wall at PP at one time. (Don't know if they are still on the wall.)

HIs best qualiity was indeed his eyes..

benni said:

In my opinion, I think Prince believed the image was "good looking" - the make up, the done up hair, etc., but as we all do, probably looked at himself without all the trappings and could find any number of things to point at and criticize.

One thing I look at is how controlling he was of his image. He had to have the last say on any pictures that were released. Photographers would use photoshop quite a bit to smooth out the rough edges, that we all show as we are aging. And it's a part of why Prince didn't want his pictures taken by fans, he couldn't control those images, couldn't prevent them from being published if he didn't like them, etc.

I do believe, however, that Prince believed his best feature was his eyes and he played them up all the time, even having them painted on the wall at PP at one time. (Don't know if they are still on the wall.)

purplerabbithole said:

HIs best qualiity was indeed his eyes..

benni said:

In my opinion, I think Prince believed the image was "good looking" - the make up, the done up hair, etc., but as we all do, probably looked at himself without all the trappings and could find any number of things to point at and criticize.

One thing I look at is how controlling he was of his image. He had to have the last say on any pictures that were released. Photographers would use photoshop quite a bit to smooth out the rough edges, that we all show as we are aging. And it's a part of why Prince didn't want his pictures taken by fans, he couldn't control those images, couldn't prevent them from being published if he didn't like them, etc.

I do believe, however, that Prince believed his best feature was his eyes and he played them up all the time, even having them painted on the wall at PP at one time. (Don't know if they are still on the wall.)

yes and whenever he chose to cover his eyes i thought he was in need of limiting so much in.

purplefam99 said:

purplerabbithole said:

HIs best qualiity was indeed his eyes..

yes and whenever he chose to cover his eyes i thought he was in need of limiting so much in.

it was cool when he covered one eye during the purple rain era and when he covered his eyes during computer blue. I remember one of my teachers seeming to think he was some kind of idiot after seeing him on ama back in 85. She couldn't see anything of value to him. I feel that way sometimes when i see the younger talent but i can point out valid reasons.

Thanks.

2004Fan said:

Oh I'm sure he did, as everybody would really.

BTW long time no see CatB.

I love your posts, concise but to the point.

CatB said:

He knew but he didn't mind to be reminded from time to time..

PeteSilas said:

purplefam99 said:

yes and whenever he chose to cover his eyes i thought he was in need of limiting so much in.

it was cool when he covered one eye during the purple rain era and when he covered his eyes during computer blue. I remember one of my teachers seeming to think he was some kind of idiot after seeing him on ama back in 85. She couldn't see anything of value to him. I feel that way sometimes when i see the younger talent but i can point out valid reasons.

yes i enjoyed his multitude of eye coverings too.

purplefam99 said:

PeteSilas said:

he may have never looked better than his very first album, before the tweezed eyebrows, weight fluctuations, hair dos and makeup. Just a natural good looking kid. Truth is though, many times through the years I've seen some guy and thought, "gee, he's good looking, if he were a rock star people would rave about him" like sam phillips said one time about elvis "there are a lot of good looking guys" he then went on to say "and there are better singers" but that elvis communicated something to people like no one else, it was true. Charisma makes a star and Prince had oodles of it.

yes pete i agree his early press photos show a "handsome young man" truly with handsome

features and qualities. Prince chose to morph those qualities into something less rugged. why do you think he morphed himself into the more pretty vein. an onset of eighties glam? that foundation

was ridiculous! i remember my brother was a huge huge huge Sly, Rick, Boosty, clinton, Prince fan

and i recall when he took to carrying a clutch in the 70's and i was like you are ridiculous with

that purse, well he learned when he lost that clutch. mmmmhhmmm not use to the habit of keeping

up with your purse, is what my mama told him. the whole house was on the floor. that ended the

clutch carrying.

Im glad somebody said something about the foundation. It was too pale, ashy looking. He really found his warm undertones toward the end of the 90s and I was relieved. For someone so prominent in Pop fashion he hurt my makeup fanatic soul.

I found it really sexy believe it or not

purplefam99 said:

PeteSilas said:

it was cool when he covered one eye during the purple rain era and when he covered his eyes during computer blue. I remember one of my teachers seeming to think he was some kind of idiot after seeing him on ama back in 85. She couldn't see anything of value to him. I feel that way sometimes when i see the younger talent but i can point out valid reasons.

yes i enjoyed his multitude of eye coverings too.

LRCdancer88 said: