do non-fans and non-music fans immediately know that symbol is "Prince" ?? universally??

Yes.

purplethunder3121 said:

Super Bowl Half Time Show 2007

Of course younger people who loves music,

- they no the Prince symbol....

Creating Prince’s “Love Symbol”

I think the symbol will live on for centuries.

What a logo, and what a way to define yourself.

ElGorillos said:

Creating Prince’s “Love Symbol”

The creation of the Love Symbol occurred after a long, conceptual brewing
process that started as early as 1984 with the release of the hugely successful
album and film Purple Rain. Prince and his creative team introduced many
combinations of the male and female symbols prior to creating the final Love
Symbol. In 1992, Prince and his creative team engaged Monson, who was then
creative director and one of four partners of the Minneapolis firm HDMG, to
complete the design. Prince and Sotera put together a complete visual brief for
the Love Symbol, and Mitch and Lizz spent a couple late design nights before
landing on the final symbol design that was selected by Prince.

Source: https://www.logolounge.co...-2016-5-18


EG

They missed the soapstone one which is the whole thing as is without the circle on top.

thedance said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soapstone.gif

https://www.123rf.com/photo_66674663_stock-vector-set-of-alchemy-symbols-it-is-an-ancient-practice-shrouded-in-mystery-and-secrecy-its-practitioners-m.html

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/1027400-alchemical-symbols-soapstone-soap-stone-one-invert

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man and woman together with God, voicing bliss thru the freedom of one's expression.......do they know THAT meaning ???

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NorthC said:

Some of you guys really need to get out more. Travel the world. Do you think people know about Prince and his symbol in Russia? China? Peru? Kenya? Even in my own country, once when I was wearing a symbol necklace, somebody asked me what it meant. It's from Prince, I said. Huh? Don't tell me you don't know Prince. Oh, Prince the singer! That's right.

that's true, i could see large factions who don't know a thing about him. His eschewing of youtube, piracy did a pretty good job of keeping him out of the public eye. also, how many songs has he even had on the radio in the last 25 years? I'm talking what the stupid kids listen to? Not oldies stations. Hate to say it but I've been dissapointed and made to feel real old at times when i play his songs in bars. Some people even ask "who's song was that? Elton John?" Does it really matter though? I don't know, some of Elvis' greatest songs are totally unknown to most people, artistry/popularity don't always correlate. for me, it doesn't bother me when I play an elvis song from '54 and no one knows who it is, because, well because it was the very mystery of the music that moved me in the first place.

NorthC said:

Hi Pete, nice to see you back. One thing I've noticed about bands playing in bars is that the old rock & roll tunes always did well. When a band started playing, say, Johnny B. Goode, girls and boys started dancing even if they didn't know who Chuck Berry was. So the power of music can still move people. [Edited 4/6/18 12:59pm] [Edited 4/6/18 13:01pm]

didn't go anywhere, ya it moves folks and i'm too old to try to learn k-pop and justin beaver.

50/50 Girl

Prince 'owned' his name, the color purple and the symbol. No other artist could claim the same.

kingricefan said:

Prince 'owned' his name, the color purple and the symbol. No other artist could claim the same.

didnt stones own there "lips" symbol?

The lower part of the 92 symbol is the alchemy soapstone symbol.

Yes, but they don't have a color associated with the band.

luvsexy4all said:

kingricefan said:

Prince 'owned' his name, the color purple and the symbol. No other artist could claim the same.

didnt stones own there "lips" symbol?

luvsexy4all said:

kingricefan said:

Prince 'owned' his name, the color purple and the symbol. No other artist could claim the same.

didnt stones own there "lips" symbol?

and Led Zepplin and a few others had symbols too but I am thinking no one's was better known than

sonshine said:

I think so, but i guess i can't say globally one way or the other. I have the symbol on a bumper sticker and get honks, waves, and thumbs up all the tine, but i do live in MN. That being said i do travel frequently to and from colorado and texas to visit family members. I have two t-shirts with the symbol, and two symbol keychains. I have had people of all ages across the country instantly recognize his symbol when they see me representing. Everyone from flight attendants, to strangers in truck stops have said "cool shirt", or "i want that keychain" to me. LOL

ya, i saw a truck parked in a goodwill, the kind that looked like it would belong to a redneck and i saw the symbol, i smiled. It was maybe a month after prince died. The faithful won't forget. Prince was a little different from anything else we really saw in the "superstar" realm, a guy who had just as much in common with being a cult artist as with being a superstar, that is what he wanted and envisioned from early on however.

kingricefan said:

NorthC said:

kingricefan said:

Yes, but they don't have a color associated with the band.

We're talking about the symbol, not colours. You see the Rolling Stones logo everywhere even on T-shirts worn by kids who are way too young to know anything about the Stones. Just like you see T-shirts with that iconic Che Guevara picture worn by kids who have no idea who he was. We really cannot say the same about Prince's symbol.

that does happen, never happened with me, i wore a che shirt but i knew about him and i knew/know the controversy about his politics. good point though, i'm sure a lot of people don't.

I have the symbol in purple on the back window of my 2001 ZX2 on the driver's side. It's not very big, only about 4 inches tall, so probably hard to see unless you're close enough. I have had people say 'Nice shirt!' when I have worn a couple of different Prince t's though. One time was at a Goodwill where the cashier, who just happened to come from Minneapolis, said it and we got into a discussion about Prince and what it was like living there (low minimum wages). He said he regretted never going to Paisley Park while Prince was still alive. He was in his mid twenties, I think.

sonshine said:

I think so, but i guess i can't say globally one way or the other. I have the symbol on a bumper sticker and get honks, waves, and thumbs up all the tine, but i do live in MN. That being said i do travel frequently to and from colorado and texas to visit family members. I have two t-shirts with the symbol, and two symbol keychains. I have had people of all ages across the country instantly recognize his symbol when they see me representing. Everyone from flight attendants, to strangers in truck stops have said "cool shirt", or "i want that keychain" to me. LOL

The thing about the symbol is, people aren't going to just wear it... Eventually someone is going to ask what it represents and want to learn more about it...and who it symbolizes.