I'd like this thread to be about all of our reflections of what was happening in and around the year 1991. Musical, cultural and social influences on ourselves and Prince. I'll start by listing the albums I have in my collection from that year:

Nirvana - Nevermind
U2 - Achtung Baby
Prince and the NPG - Diamonds & Pearls
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said

What a great year?! I was 13 years of age and saw my first Prince concert. 4 rows from the front, centre stage at Earls Court, London. I'd say this year marked my true love affair with Prince, which began with Tim Burton / Batdance and ended after the Gold era (although I didn't realise it at the time). Any thoughts?

Ugh...miserable year for me. Lonely, lost. But I did perk up after reading "The Fountainhead" that year.

i wuz 10 in '91, and i remember when the "gett off" single wuz talked about on mtv and how 'risque' it supposedly wuz, hehe. i wuz mostly listenin to stuff on top 40 radio, cuz that wuz all that there wuz to listen to in iowa.

That was the year of my first ever Prince concert also, erm, I think! Saw him at Earls Court, and was hooked since then!

Sounds like your 1991 is my 1989.

teller said:

Oh no, Telly, that's awful. Well, would you still recommend 'The Fountainhead'?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

HA! Can you remember any Top 10 tunes from that time, Dansa? Man, I'm listening to the CD's I listed above. I love 'One' by U2!

Off the top of my head, these are the albums I own from 1991:

Prince- Diamonds and Pearls
Eurythmics- Greatest Hits (if it counts)
Michael Jackson- Dangerous
Nirvana- Nevermind
Lenny Kravitz- Mama Said
Kylie Minogue- Let's Get to It
Roxette- Joyride

Moonbeam said:

Actually, Moonie, my 1991 could quite easily be my 1989 too. I would have been 11 years old then, and the following was cool LOL!

Madonna - Like A Prayer
Prince - Batman
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol I
De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising

Anji said:

barely!

Anji said:

Three of my top 6 albums of all time are from 1989:

Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814
The Cure- Disintegration
Madonna- Like a Prayer

Others I LOVE:

Aerosmith- Pump
Prince- Batman
Eurythmics- We Too Are One
Motley Crue- Dr. Feelgood
Sugarcubes- Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!

"Mama Said" is the one I listen to the most from the list so far..

...a timeless classic from Lenny Kravitz which blew "Diamonds & Pearls" out of the water, in my eyes. Just wish Lenny could pull another great album like this out of the bag (yes, I've got every Lenny album, but "Mama Said" just works on every level for me!)
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I agree, GoldTimer. Lenny's 'Mama Said' is a great album from the soul! Gonna listen to it now...

Blimey i was 21 in 1991...checking prince since 1983...u guys make me feel sooo old

xt1000 said:

So, you're 33 years old? Well, Prince is 45. Damn, he's old enough to be my dad. Never thought of it like that before...

Back then I was only 11 yrs old, but I was a mature 11 I had fun back in the days

i remember watching the Get off video and seeing Diamond and Pearl for the first time, I thought they were georgus and they're outtfits where da bomb...

I remember watching The First episode of The Real World and wishing I could move 2 New York 2 be apart of the show... Eric was such cutie

I remember I had 2 watch the friday nigt line up on ABC, it had the shows Family Matters (stever urkel crack me up), Just the ten of us and Step by Step, they where all my favorites shows back when reality tv didn't exsist
And I can't 4get Freash Prince of Bel Air but that was Monday nights, I never in a millions years would've thought Will Smith would've ended up the big star he is 2day

(I can't 4get 90210 and saved by the bell)

The CD's I owned Where

MC Hammer
Color Me Badd
New Kids on The block
Vanilla Ice
The Boyz


my music taste suck monky balls back then, it was horrible It all change though when Dr Dre came out with The Chronic in 92'
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I was 8 in 1991 and first introduced 2 Prince... Lil ole me loving him! Specially "Cream" and "Gett Off" The ollld daaays...*cue Reflection*

I feel so old reading about you guys.

i got Dangerous for christmas.my 1st cd & our first cd player.
i didnt even care about any Prince.
i was too busy around then with MJ,Peter ANdre & stuff like MC Hammer.
i was 7yrs old for godsake!

but i stil love MJ & that album is still my fave of his
i remember knowing Cream around this time or a bit later,in 1992...
thats about it really.

also 90210 was my fave tv show,saved by the bell too.
california dreams i loved.
TheWonderYears will 4ever b in my & Winnie Cooper (danica mckellar) was my firt ever crush :blush:

oh & aussies,we cant 4get Hey Dad!
(ROCK ON NUDGE!!!!!)

TMNT was my fave film.
& Fizz Wizz was the hottest thing going round the playground.

ahhh those were the days!
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1991, the coming of gangsta-rap:

Ice-T - O.G.- Original Gangster
N.W.A. - Efil4Zaggin (Niggaz4Life)

In 1991 I queued up to buy Guns n' Roses Use Your Illusion as the first box reached the store... soon after I bought my first Prince album, Diamonds & Pearls, and never looked back Within weeks I had the Gett Off maxi, When Doves Cry 7", Cream, Parade, Purple Rain, Japanese Scandalous Sex Suite, etc., ... there was no stopping me.

Anji said:

Absolutely. It turned me around 180 degrees...forever after my God was to be found inside. I foamed at the mouth for a couple years afterward, kind of like a rabid loaded spring, but eventually my pendelum swung more evenly back to center. And I've never been the same person since.

During this period the B-side, "Horny Pony," seemed to resonate with me more than most of the other tracks on D&P. Prince having fun shocking people...me having fun being righteously blasphemous.

Yep...life began at 21.

teller said:[quote]

Anji said:

Yep, I agree with the lightsaber toting skeleton. Read The Fountainhead. It's one of those that will change your perception of the world!

'91 -- I would have been a junior in High School -- I was way into Prince, Public Enemy, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, They Might be Giants, and Fishbone. Good times. Good times.