Just re-read my post. I said I had a good friend at the timme who was black. The way I worded that was kinda goofy. As far as I know, he's still black!

Visiting relatives one weekend, my cousin and I were listening to the radio while we were getting ready to go see Parliament at the Richmond (VA) Coliseum. We heard "Soft & Wet" and immediately fell in love with it. It was catchy and didn't sound like anything else that was playing in those days. We called another cousin to be sure she was listening to the same station. The bass line and keyboards were the hook and his voice finished reeling you in -- not to mention that the lyrics themselves caught our attention. Thus began my *love affair* with Prince and I have remained hooked. I was 13 yrs. old so it's been a day or two.

[Please be kind and avoid doing the math...] :LOL:

When I heard the first time "Controversy" back in 1981,
I liked it allot ! That was during my time in the army !
I bought the single, but not the album. Then, a few years later, I bought "1999", just the single. But then came "When doves cry" and that was such a great song in 1984, that I bought the entire "Purple Rain" album and his whole back catalogue at that time. From then I was a Prince-addict and bought everything he released officially untill now ! And I think that this won't change for a while !

I was about nine when I heard "I wanna Be You're Lover." But it wasn't until 1999 that I really noticed Prince. I fell into a spell when I heard "When Doves Cry." I had to go out and get the tape. I then snuck in to see "Purple Rain." And I've been a fan ever since. I was lucky enough to get ninth row to "Lovesexy," when it stopped at the L.A. Sports arena in 88'. It was my first Prince concert, and I've caught him every time he comes to town.

A bit after the came out my bro got it from BMG and decided to listen to it with some headphones on. And was appropriatly amazed. So I decided to by D&P, loved it. I got the Hits & Bsides after that and loved it all. Then I bought an older album like Prince or something and the versions on the album were longer. so then I had to buy all the albums. all that was like a 5 year process. B4 I had every single album and single, I got put in the hospital for 3 months and had nothing but my CD player and a TV that got 10 stations. So I ended up memorizing every single one fo those records and started analyzing them and the rest is history...well not really but U know what I mean.

oh yeah..I was about 15 @ the time

oh yeah...and the first time I ever say tits was when my uncle was playing Purple rain when I was at his house and no 1 expecting it so my parents didn't make me leave the room. I don't think I really knew who Prince was at the time. I don't even remember him in hte movie. All I remember is the tits.

on the radio I heard there was a new nr. 1 in the states.(when doves cry)..in holland (where i live) it wasnt anything yet..the predicted this guy to be a major star..i had a strong feeling this would hit to me...it did but slowly. First I didnt like when doves cry so much..first I liked "the glamoures live" of Sheila E. and it was the first P. record I bought. Only later I bought PR and I was hooked..within three months I had listened to all his records..what a great Prince time it became; when "a love bizarre came out", parade, sott, the tour which came to holland, jill jones (i love that album), and then the highlights: the black album dismissel and the birth of Lovesexy the most amazing music I have ever heard..New Power..New Power..give it to me...

When I was in elementary school, my friend's mother played the hell out of Controversy. In middle school, girls would bring the 1999 album cover with them to school. I started hearing Prince's music more, so by the end of 1983, I was a fan. From 1983 to the end of the 80s was a great time to be a Prince fan.

That is a really easy answer. It was in 1981, I was up late watching television. I switched over to NBC and there was a show on called Don Kirshner's Rock concert. It was a show were they played videos and had some live performances. Well, there were several acts including Kool & the Gang that were on the show that night. Also, some guy named Prince. I thought it was pretty cool to call himself Prince. Well, they played the Controversy and Sexuality video. I was blown away! This guy just didn't care, and did what he wanted and didn't worry about what people thought, plus the music was great, nothing like I had heard before. The next day, I went to several records stores and purchased anything that he had out. Been a huge fan ever since.

makavelli

I was 12 years of age, it was 1985, my brother and I went to get a video tape, it was his turn to pick, he choose purple rain, I had never heard of Prince, I was kind of annoyed he had picked a film none of us had heard of, as it turned out we loved it, but I loved it especially, I bought every single and album and video and bootleg going from then on in. My brother still likes Prince, he has seen him the 12 times in concert that I have, but he is a Michael Jackson fan at heart (BOO), and he has only seen wacko twice, so there you have it, I have been a hardcore Prince fan now for nearly 16 years, I am 28 years of age, (man I'm getting old, but the music just keeps getting better and funkier) Peace out, JIM.

"Condition of the Heart" got my attention, "Housequake" got my respect, "Sign O The TImes" the movie got my awe, and the "Black Album" got my devotion

Xenophobiac said:

my mom was the one who got me into P. She had an 8 track (yes, 8 track!) of Prince. I listened to it every day on my way to second grade. I didn't become a die hard fan until the Controversy album when I realized how cute and how much of a musical genius he was/is. I had the folders, the pins, the posters, everything.

well for me its was 1981 i was listening to a radio station called 92.3wktu it was all rap music and i used to record all those special friday night mixes i left the room and came back to see my mom unpluging the radio from recording so i bugged out and plugged it back in and ofcourse when i plugged it backm in the song i wanna be your lover popped up on a radio station that was not none well any way i liked it and found out who, it was and from there on we clicked he's been in my life since thenand he'll always be
salsa

1979 Sexy Dancer was my first encounter with Prince music
I loved the way he played that mf bass. The radio would
just tease me when they played the long verison and
I wanted it sooo bad. I went out and brought a new stereo
system to try to catch it on the radio, It never happen Finally I found it on the back of a club song only to have my stereo stolen with my song still
on the turntable I have been with Prince every since
8)

My sister came over 2 visit (I was still living @ home w/my parents) and was carrying an album in her hand. She knew I loved the song, "I WANT TO BE YOUR LOVER" and brought the album 4 me 2 listen 2. U have 2 understand that my Mother was raised Pentacostal and cont.the revival w/us; there4, I went in my room and put the wrecka on my Blue Chip Stamp portable turntable, and listened 2 every song, every word, every vocal pitch, range of musical instruments from beginning 2 end till I heard it all playing in my mind...a sensual legacy with edge captured all of me...and has stayed with me ever since. Could I relate, was not even a question...I am very much in love with love, passion, eroticism, sensuality, and am in touch w/ the male and female side of me because w/ all of that, u gain sensitivity and strength. Thank U, Prince---LadyLeap

i remember havin' a curl, wearing leather high water paints and sitting in the living room with my grandfather at the time. micheal in my mind was the shiz-niddle at that time but then little red corvette video came on and prince kicked his leg out and skipped side-ways acrcos the stage, dropped into a split and well, you know the rest. I WAS HOOKED EVER SINCE.

In Europe (Belgium, more in particular) Prince did not get much airplay back in the early eighties, except for a sporadic 1999 and Little Red Corvette. So, when I went to Taiwan for a summer program in my college days, When Doves Cry was No.1 on Billboard, and I decided to buy a pirated tape of this guy's Purple Rain soundtrack. Like in a lot of these countries, pirated copies often also include additional songs, and my copy included "I Wanna Be Your Lover", "1999", "Little Red Corvette", "DMSR" and "Automatic". I got a fair good introduction in Prince's earlier work, but it was really "Purple Rain", long before it became a huge hit in Europe, that swept me away! What a solo! What a voice! What a thrill!

Back in Belgium after the summer, I started to buy all the older stuff and went looking for remixes.

Now many years later, I have about 1,000 Prince-ly items in my collection, and have seen him about 6 or 7 times in concert, despite the fact that I still live and work in the Far East (China).

I was six and saw Apollonia purify herself in the lakes of Minnetonka. I was damn sure 2 B a fan after that. LOL

I used to listen to American Top 40 countdown with Casey Kasem in the Philippines and heard "When Doves Cry" for the first time in 1984. I was still in high school then. I was definitely intrigued by the sound and the music and just had to buy the single. The rest, as they say, is history. I became a full-fledged Prince fan-- bought the Purple Rain album and saw the movie (it wasn't a big hit in the Philippines; I have to admit I didn't know any other Prince fan when I was growing up; Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, U2, Madonna, and Spandau Ballet had a bigger following then). Started following Prince's career since except in the '90's when his whole debacle period with WB and the name changes occured. Anyhow, it was a dream come true for me when my family immigrated in the US and saw Prince in concert for the first time in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena for the Lovesexy tour in 1989. My interest in his music started again with the release of the Rave album (although I was disappointed with it as with his previous '90s output) and seeing him in concert again in San Diego last year. His music has definitely matured with the Rainbow Children and looking forward for perhaps another 20 years of music from the arguably the greatest artist of all time! Peace!

Well...

found lil man and his music especially alluring from the first time heard Soft and Wet..1978 For You..lol
So the hypnotic effect has carried many ,many years from For You 2 TRC 2001.
And last but not least no matter how old am lil man will always b older..:O..LOL

peace Ora

I became a Prince fan by default. My older sister was a fan, and I discovered Prince's music through her. The 1999 album was the shit.....and I loved it even though I was friggin' 4. Yea, 4. (We had a very musical household)

By the time Purple Rain came out, it was all over. America was in Prince Mode and so were we. (I thought something was strange when my sister played the "Darlin Nikki" 45 backwards and got the "Hello" message. Stills fucks my head up)

But then, what really really put me over the edge had to be Batdance. I was on the way home from 6th Grade class one day and it came on, and it was the coolest fuckin' thing I'd ever heard. (To this day, that guitar riff gets me).

Then, I chilled out. I wasn't a super-Prince fan until about '94. I bought Come, The Black Album, and worked my way back thru the whole discography and realized that the lil' fella had been doin it right since 1978.

Then, I fucked around and wound up with some tapes of unreleased shit. At first, I was like "This is so wrong". Then, I got over it....I think Prince loves that some bootlegs are out there. It adds to the mystique/legend status.

From that point on, I bought the new CD's the day they dropped, or ASAP if I was broke. Sure, he's evolving....but the guy's been changing year after year for the last 25 years. We've seen 25 different Prince's!

I think he's one of the finest musicians in the game, one helluva entertainer, and daring enough to say "fuck the norm" and do his own thing. And, I'll be there with him for it, cuz whateva the lil' muthafucka plays sounds good to my ears.

--CreoleFreak

alesiaarg said:

it was the summer of 1980 i've been hooked eversince

I first heard "I wanna be your lover" when it came out, then the radio station would also play "Sexy Dancer", so I picked up the album on the strength of those two songs. While I was there, I saw the "For U" album and picked it up as well. But, it was when I heard "Uptown" and bought the "Dirty Mind" album, is when I was most intrigued. I'm 34 years old now, and have been into him ever since!! I felt connected to him because he was the closest person I could relate to whom I thought was gay. Obviously, he isn't, but he's in touch with his feminine side, right? Well, as it is...regardless, he's my most favorite artist, and no one can touch him in my book, no matter what he says or does. Musically, he connects to my soul.

My brother and his friends were fans, but one of them was dedicated and he got them all hooked. Anyway, he had this video of the Lovesexy tour. The performance was recorded in Australia - I think - on this circular stage. I must have been about 7 or something - 21 now - and it started fom there. I wanted the huge earring and the polka dots, I wanted to be Cat, I wanted to be Lovesexy. I used to watch the vid every morning before school and the songs would ring in my head all throughout the day, it was bliss...

My mom was actually a big Prince fan. That's probably why I am one now. I even remember one time she was rushing over to my Godmothers house to watch Purple Rain on Payt-per-view or something like that. Well, I was 3 at the time..she was rushing and I was walking all slowly. So, she grabbed my hand to pick me up to speed..well I tripped and fell and skind my knee. She felt all bad afterwards..lol..I still remember that incident. It was tramatic on my young mind. Lol. Guess not....seems like I should have hated Prince after that but I didnt'...lol...I loved him. I constantly heard Prince on the radio...so as soon as I got Napster I started to download every single Prince song imaginable. So, then I bought his hits/part 1...and I was hooked after that..I think I was a Senior in High School when I became really hooked.

Yeeeaaahhhh Booooyyyyeee!

Yep, I remember the exact moment I became a Prince fan, pretty cool actually if you think about it.

It was back in 92 and I was 8 years old. I was watching a music program with videos showing and suddenly someone had wished for a song called "My Name Is Prince" with an artist who was called Prince. That video got me stuck since, with his cool cap with those strings hanging down.

Well, perhaps not many got hooked on just that song but..

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