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How old are we? Watching Purple Rain again actually got me feeling a little morose, it's so distinctly of it's time, like a time capsule and set me thinking of how long ago Prince's Purple Glory Days were. Which always sets me wondering about his fanbase getting older. You'd think the Estate would be cognisant of that and keen on getting stuff out before we all shuffle off into senile deaf old age. So anyway, thought I'd start a thread and canvas fellow forum members. I'm 58, and getting nervy about being around for all the SDEs we dream of; how about you? | |
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54 Yes, getting old my interest for Prince had changed. To be honest, I have only interest in vault music. The SDE photo books with Prince looking at the camera with sexy eyes, today, makes me sad. Music, music, free the music. | |
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53 Fan since hearing "Controversy" on the radio. Ryde or die since Parade and watching (wearing out my VHS) of the Detroit Birthday Show. Fell off a bit around Rainbow Children. Still a massive love for the man and think about him at least once a day. Fingers crossed for any unseen live footage from the vault but kinda doubtful at this point. | |
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51. Fan since 1985 Something BIG Is Coming. | |
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. Friends don't let friends clap on 1 and 3.ļ»æ
The Paisley Park Vault spreadsheet: https://goo.gl/zzWHrU | |
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42 and fan since 1991 ![]() U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
Welcome 2 The Dawn Free the ![]() | |
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45 fan since 88. | |
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Old enough to probably be dead by the time the Prince Estate gets it sh*t together (47). | |
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32. But I'll be 33 next month | |
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50. Fan since 1984, when I heard "Darling Nikki" for the first time NPG Radio:
https://open.spotify.com/...63VlWY6m1A | |
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Christonabike I'm currently the oldest on here! Well the odds are stacked against me compared to some of you young uns in yer 40s š [Edited 7/7/24 11:28am] | |
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51. But i'll be 52 next month "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" | |
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37. Will probably be in *at least* my fifties by the time this Estate is doing anything interesting with the Come/Gold Experience eras, lol. (and doubtful that they'll still be putting out anything new in the SDE format by then) | |
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51 in September | |
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Gonna be 50 but started listening when I was 8. | |
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54 F Listened to sister playing his music since For You. Became a fan with 1999. Became a superman with Purple Rain. I agree with you about the music. It's too much bullshitting going on not to be releasing music. | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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52 and I guess in my 40th year of serious fandom. [Edited 7/7/24 18:31pm] | |
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Here's the deal: We fans age, but Prince will stay forever young. That's how it is with musicians. Look at Elvis...that movie came out and a new generation of fans were born. Prince, like Hendrix, The Beatles, etc will always be a global brand (for better or worse). I think the estate gets a bad rap, but they certainly could be maximizing Prince's image/brand/music more than they are. I think once this legal stuff with the family gets wrapped up...we will se exactly that. "New Power slide...." | |
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I'm 56. Fan since probably 1980 I guess, when I found "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on a K-Tel record, Soundwaves, which I still have a copy of - two actually. The cassette had a slightly different order of songs, and the Canadian verison was 80% different. If you have a problem with me, text me. If you don't have my number, you don't know me well enough to have a problem with me. | |
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No you ain't! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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48. Started listening when my mom bought the 1999 cassette. She then bought the Purple Rain cassette in '84 & 9 year old me stole the tape & played it so much in my Fischer Price tape player, the ink wore off so you couldn't see the song titles. Since then, every release date, I'd be first in line at the wrecka stow to pick up a cassette/CD. I even went to midnite releases to buy Gold Experience & the Black Album.
I listened to Prince until Parade, then there was so much other good music out that I kinda forgot about him until the Batman soundtrack. Listened to him again until Rave. I bought all the CDs after that, but never really listened to them deeply. I also have bought every release since his passing. After he passed, I added all of his CDs (& the NPG online albums) to my ipod & caught up. I've been working from home since Covid, so I'll throw some Price on. I think I've been listening to him alot more in the past few years than I ever have. P.S. I also own & listen to alot of the associated artist albums (The Time, Shelia E., The Family, NPG, etc.). P.P.S. My family took a vacation to the Mall Of America, so we stopped to see Paisley Park & First Ave. Didn't get to go in, but I have photos. I think it was around the time Emancipation was released. [Edited 7/7/24 22:29pm] | |
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48! Since 1982! ![]() | |
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53. Fan since 1984 when I first heard "When Doves Cry". I knew "1999" and "Little Red Corvette" already, but it was WDC that really changed everything for me. | |
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I'll be 25 in two months. Sarted listening at the age of 5, my mother had the Hits 1 & 2 compilation, with Purple Rain. When I got my own laptop in 2013 I downloaded the whole discography and became a serious fan. | |
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47 A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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59. Been a fan since 1979. I already bought "For You" and liked it but not that much. "Prince" then got me hooked. Then "Dirty Mind" hit us and it just continued from there. | |
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