How about the Gen Z fans who discovered him when he passed ? There's a lot of them flooding reddit.

paisleyparkgirl said:

Based on your definitions, I used to be a Purple People Seeker. But these days, my most-listened-to era is 2001-2016. Which I know makes me an odd ball. In most things in life, you can't really fit me into a bucket. I'm usually taking a third-perspective, be it politics or favorite Prince eras.

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

How about the Gen Z fans who discovered him when he passed ? There's a lot of them flooding reddit.

Really?? I hope so!!

Are you part of that demographic ?

paisleyparkgirl said:

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

paisleyparkgirl said: Really?? I hope so!!

Are you part of that demographic ?

Not me. I'm 49, a Purple People Seeker.

Love the idea of younger fans discovering Prince.

Wouldn't it be "Purple People" and/or "Symbol People"?

What is a "seeker"? What are they seeking?

nayroo2002 said:

Wouldn't it be "Purple People" and/or "Symbol People"?

What is a "seeker"? What are they seeking?

Yeah, I didn't get the "seeker" part of his terminology either.

lurker316 said:

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Are you part of that demographic ?

Not me. I'm 49, a Purple People Seeker.

Love the idea of younger fans discovering Prince.

I guess I'm part of the unicorns group, 30 something who discovered him with Rave, didn't become a fan til much later though, but yes it's really cute to see younger fans in their teens and early 20's so excited about Prince and some of them are real young, like "here's my 9th grade Prince art project" young haha.

I'm really obsessed with the 85-87 era I think he was in rare form.

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paisleyparkgirl said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Boy, are those categories stacked with stereotypes...

ShellyMcG said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

How about the Gen Z fans who discovered him when he passed ? There's a lot of them flooding reddit.

I guess I'm closer to this group. Although I think I'm a millennial rather than Gen Z. Having said that, I don't know how one dictates what imaginary group one belongs to.

Your age group does determine your first exposure to his music in general.

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The key problems with this assumed split are:

1 It groups every album in the 1980 together when there is a marked difference between those who got in Prince before 1999/PR, during 1999/PR and after PR. The important start date is not a whole decade but an album or even a particular song. It is normally the song or album that was released at the time the person got into Prince. However, it can be an older song/album that a person was exposed to instead eg by a friend, at a concert, as a result of retrospective or on his death etc. Things like Guitar here, tik tok and songs used in movies or shows (eg Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill) regularly now break the connection to the original release date.

2 It misses the different jump off points and how they show the different types of fans. This is key to so, so, so many threads here over the years where the underlying theme is all the albums when I first got into Prince are the best and after X date or release, they are all crap to that person.

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purplethunder3121 said:

Boy, are those categories stacked with stereotypes...

If only we had the neat spit like between Rock n Roll Elvis, Movie Elvis and Vegas Elvis that Elvis fans have!!

ExTAFKASoladeo1 said:

I’m 49, discovered Prince in late 1982 watching MTV (with a babysitter!) and literally conceived a kid to Do Me, Baby. I’m A hopeless Purple People Seeker.

This is what most porn is based on.

LoveGalore said:

Prince was around my house my entire life thanks to my older siblings. I was born in 1982 and my oldest sister had 1999 and exposed my brother who played that nonstop. One of my earliest memories is my brother playing the scream from Thieves in his thunderbird loud as shit and scaring me. I think my first tape that I bought was Love Symbol and the first CD was the Parade longbox. I used to play SOTT ony tape deck on repeat while playing Mega Man 2 and 3, etc. I can't think of a single era I don't like. I've always looked at prince's music as a journey that you dip in and out of at will. Some albums I don't care for in their entirety, but very few. I suppose I'd say my favorite albums are Controversy, 1999, and SOTT. But I also have deep affinity for and memories of everything from Come to Rainbow Children. I can think of specific fond memories from every single album in that run. I remember walking across town to buy Emancipation. I listened to Rainbow Children in my dad's car and neither of us got it. I think there are clear cohorts among Prince's fans but several more than 2. Besides, these two cohorts in particular sound exactly like they are - an oldster sending people to the kid's table.

So you are a millenial ! For some reason I thought you were 50+

IanRG said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Boy, are those categories stacked with stereotypes...

If only we had the neat spit like between Rock n Roll Elvis, Movie Elvis and Vegas Elvis that Elvis fans have!!

Funny you mentioned that--last night I watched a PBS show called "The Seven Ages of Elvis."

paisleyparkgirl said:

LoveGalore said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

So you are a millenial ! For some reason I thought you were 50+

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Anyway, got into Prince in like 2003-2004ish, around like 13-15 age ish.

I generally don't really care for a lot of his 90s "Prince" or "Symbol" material. Like that Exodus/Gold Experience technicolor funk-rock style. Meh. Emancipation and Love Symbol were good, though. Come is great. The songs he "gave away" in the 90s were generally superior to his LP stuff, like your "Get Blue"s, Martika, Elisa Fiorella what have you. Those tracks I stan.

The 00s NPGMC era is my fav next to the 80s prime.

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WhisperingDandelions said:

LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

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