To me, the eighties Prince music was great: We had 1999, Purple Rain , SOTT, Parade, etc. It's not how I want to remember the good ol' days, it is how the good ol' days were. I personally don't think there is anything wrong with people waxing nostalgia, as long as they realize that what it is. Prince's music of the 90's and 00's doesn't speak to me like the 80's did(I do listen with an open mind and heart). I do realize he has moved on and matured and I have accepted the fact that that may make me put him away like childish things that I have outgrown.

lovebizzare said:

would not that b nice indeed!

The eighties sucked!!! P and a few indie bands were all that made it (barely) bearable.

I know that 84 has always been my favorite year for a long time. I was in the 8th grade with my spiked up hair/oxford shirt/ tapered parachute pants/and top siders w/no socks gettin some lovin from my female peers doin dirt with tha young homies and lipsynkn to the tunes of PR using tennis rackets as imitation guitars.

pejman said:

Shit - I was dressed the same and doin' the same shit down in Oz, where I grew up. (BTW, I'm 12 days older than u: June 13, '71). But my memories r tainted by unsuccessfully trying 2 avoid crap like Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Wham! etc. and living in a lobotomized ultra-conservative mind-numbing universe.

wasitgood4u said:

I take it you weren't into much of the New Wave groove. I was trying to avoid the sounds of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Motley Crue but all my neighbors were rockers/heshians/metallers and there was no escapin them sounds...

pejman said:

plus even though it was vapid, after 1984 music would anevera be the same again. The Madonna, Prince and Springsteen triumverate changed it all (the business).

pejman said:

Oh yeah - scary hair! I forgot about that! Altho it only got rally annoying in Sydney a couple of years later when JBJ became omnipresent...

back in '84 i wuz still rockin pampers and disney stuff from sears...

paisleypark4 said:

Man, do I feel you on THAT one. Good analogy.

rdhull said:

can I get an amen ??? I always wonder can the music industry ever bring forth true legends like Prince, Madonna, Springsteen, or even MJ... I think one of the reasons somebody could outsell them is because there are more people in the world buying music than they were back then which will soon be 20 yrs as of 2004...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Post a Pic Dansa...

pejman said:

i don't have any of my baby pix...

I definitely wouldn't mind going back to 84'

I'd go back to 1984 in a heartbeat if I could...

Because I WASN'T born then...

NuPwrSoul said:

People didn't move on to hip hop for any reason other than it was a cheaper form of music for the record companies to produce. Once they figured out it was cheaper to pay some 18 year old kid from the Bronx than it was to keep a 10 piece band under contract, that was it for the black band as we know it. No deep meanings as to why hip hop took off, simply money.

AmethystAngelMN said:

somebody build this woman a DeLorean!

ConsciousContact said:

I go back regularly. Every time I watch Purple Rain, Wendy gets more and more unlikable and bitchy.

I Remember Growing Up And The Year 1984 Seemed Like The Future. David Bowie Was Responsible For That. The Year 2001
Seemed Like The Way Far Future. 2112 Is The Only Year Off The Top Of My Head That Seems Like The Future Now.

I Wish I Look Now Like I Did In 1984, But Know What I Know

Now~

Besides I Don't Want To Wait On All The Stuff That Has Been Released Since Then.

The Best Is Yet 2 Come~

Long Live Me, Long Live Prince!!!