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What made you become a Prince fan? What started it all for you? | |
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The Lovesexy concert from Dortmund on tv in the middle of the night in 1988. I could hardly keep my eyes open, I didn't know most of the songs, but I knew I had to buy this guy's new album. And then I got all the others. If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am. | |
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1999 seeing him on Mtv and what made me realize I would be a lifelong loyal fan the Around The World In A Day album. Love41Another š | |
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I credit one song When Doves Cry. That one had me. | |
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When I first heard his song International Lover. I think it was either on the radio, or hearing it being played loudly from our neighborhood bar. I remember loving the song, and his voice, even though I didn't know who he was at the time, and didn't know what he looked like, then when I finally saw him, I fell in love with him too. I thought Prince was the most handsome and sexiest guy ever! [Edited 1/17/21 17:52pm] | |
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He sexy... | |
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Little Red Corvette | |
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When I saw Prince on Mtv in 1991 and the Diamonds and pearls album. Welcome 2 The Dawn | |
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The Glam Slam Videoš
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Purple Rain was on the tv in the UK in 1988, was on in the background, wasnāt a fan of Prince at all but it drew me in more and more. Then Lovesexy was shown a few weeks later and it blew me away! Couldnāt believe how amazing a performer he was, and i was hooked. |
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Hearing 'Letitgo' constantly on Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252 in the Summer of '94. Bought the CD single and then a few months later listened to The Hits 1 by which point he was in the UK on The Ultimate Live Experience tour and was all over UK TV and press. At this time I saw The Beautiful Experience and heard 'Days Of Wild' ...I was hooked! [Edited 1/18/21 6:15am] 3121... Don't U Wanna Come? |
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It was the 90s. Funky prince in the 90s. All that good stuff. D&p, symbol, gold. |
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Summer 84': Whend Doves Cry
Since then: -27 concerts -5 aftershows -all official Japanese releases including SOTT 7" singles box set, sealed/framed 12'' (America, Raspberry Beret, The Screams Of Passion from The Family...), Crystal Ball (from npgmc), one framed pic from Jeff Katz... -Trips to Minneapolis
I like Prince so much & I'm really thankful for the music he left. RIP. "Money won't buy U happiness but it'll pay 4 the search." |
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I thought the Little Red Corvette video was damn cool, and then when I saw the Irresistible Bitch / Possesed performance on the conert video, I was a fan for sure. My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Short answer? MTV | |
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Yep! RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time... |
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1999 album... as much as i disliked Prince at the time, the single "1999" was so damn catchy and funky, i couldnt hate it..i secretly loved it... then i heard "Something In The Water", and that song was word for word what i was going through with this young lady i was madly in love with at the time, not to mention the music for that song sounded like nothing before or after.. seems like his lyrics would always say the things that i would say, if i were a famous gifted songwriter musician. Even his spiritual evolutions seemed to follow a similar timeline as mine... it almost seems like the reason i hated him early on, is because he was LIVING the same exact life i was DREAMING of living, at almost the same exact times.. being that hes just a few years older...i kind of always imagined him as my brother from another mother...shit, even Mattie Shaw (RIP) and my mother have very similar physical features. [Edited 1/18/21 10:37am] |
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herb4 said:
growing up in New York in the 70s, lets just say in the behinning of his career, i felt the same way about P that Rick James did... he was trying to be white...and too effeminate...i was a teenager to early 20s then, though... and times were way different [Edited 1/18/21 13:18pm] |
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when Rick James did that interview and said Prince and Michael Jackson were puppets and sellouts for MTV, alot if people in the black community felt that and believed it |
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The purple rain singles made me love him but casually. When I bought the hits later on, I bought some more albums of his and appreciated his artistry, especially from the 70s and 80s | |
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herb4 said:
no i didnt say that at all... a quick and easy read between the lines would reveal that i changed, not Prince or his videos [Edited 1/18/21 14:28pm] |
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herb4 said:
i suppose im mistaken...it looked like a question |
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A little off-topic-- From my perspective as a woman, I always perceived Prince to be very masculine. His voice was deep and sexy. | |
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I can't pinpoint a specific moment however, I had many moments where he literallyu took my breath away. Some are his performance of "Head" in Detroit in 1986, "Purple Rain" in Syracuse in 1985, his guitar solo during "I Wish You Heaven" in 1988 in Dortmund, discovering how much material he had in his vault and how a vast majority of that material could have been released on albums because it was that good, the piano medley in Dortmund, I could go on and on. One thing that keeps bringing me back, especially now, is how high of a quality his music was upheld to even in his later years. | |
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Seeing the video for Cream on TV did it for me. The singing, dancing and overall catchiness of that song.
I had known Prince since LRC, but never gone beyond kind of liking songs on the radio, by late 91 a lot of the music I loved was played out, Color Me Badd, Vanilla Ice etc.
It was time for something new and I realised here was a talented artist, with funky music who sang and played everything and could still write funky and catchy songs after a decade. Plus I will admit being 15, the sex quotient of that funky song really caught me.
I bought the cassingle and never looked back! I got plenty good loving for ya baby | |
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I had heard a few songs, from Lovesexy I think, and kind of liked them. Then I remember the cutest girl in my high school class saying one day, ādonāt you just love Prince?ā and recommending Cream, which had just come out. I bought the album with her very much in mind, so to say, but was immediately floored by the whole album. I dived into his back catalogue almost immediately and havenāt looked back since. (Edit: didnāt realise @purplegarden had written almost the same. š) [Edited 1/23/21 15:00pm] | |
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