Be honest--

Here's the range:

1. Just starting out to dig Prince music (you almost gotta be under 10 years old for this one, based on just his reputation/history alone).

HMMMMM?

2. Thinks having The Very Best of Prince pretty much summarizes everything you need to own by Prince.

DON'T OWN IT.... BUT YEA U R RIGHT

3. Loved all the songs from the Purple Rain era. Been waiting for this kind of tour to come along to get back into Prince.

HMMMMM NOT REALLY

4. Got into Prince somewhere around 1999, kinda went elsewhere somewhere after Diamonds and Pearls. Owns a Prince T shirt

NOPE, NOPE, YEP

5. Always been a big Prince fan, attended a few concerts..can sing along to most of his commercial hits...more knowledgeable than the average joe on the corner. Saw Graffiti Bridge in a movie theater. Owns the Hits/B-sides.

YEP, YEP, CAN'T SING, YEP, GB DIDN'T GO TO MOVIES WHERE I WAS THEN, YEP

6. Have every major release Prince has distributed (WB/Paisley Park/NPG). Will go to above average lengths to attend a concert. Can recite 95% of the songs on major released albums.Bought Crystal Ball from a record store (not NPGMC). Knows most pseudonyms Prince has used to write songs for other artists. Turns up the radio when you hear a Prince song even though you have 3 copies of it at home (single, maxi-single and album)

YEP, YEP, YEP, YEP, YEP, DONT LISTEN TO RADIO EXCEPT RADIO FIVE LIVE...

7. Own more than 5 bootleg cd's BEFORE you could download off the internet. Own a copy of "Small Club". Joined NPGMC when it went down to $25. Can name 90% of Prince's band members. Bought Side project albums/cd's just because Prince had involvement with it. Own NPS/Come2 My House/ GCS 2000. can recite lines of dialogue from PR, UTCM, SOTT and GB at will. Get defensive when veryday people say bad things about Prince (gay,washed up,loonie etc)

NO, NO, YEP, YEP, YEP, (yEP/NOPE/NOPE), NO, SOMETIMES - JUST TRY TO UNBIASED THO

8. Joined NPGMC in the first 2 years ($100); have a Prince/Lovesign tattoo on your body. Spends virtualy everyday checking with Prince.org. Used to Sleep outside venues overnight to score concert tickets (before the internet). owns every b-side single (Not from the hits/b-sides). Stayed in his corner during the "slave" years.

YEP, NO, YEP, NO, YEP, COULDN'T FIND THE EDGES NEVERMIND THE CORNERS

9. Have virtually every bootleg available...knows inside story to Roadhouse Garden and other "scrapped" projects. Can tell you the year a song was recorded before it was remastered and put on a different a cd. Have gone to other cities to see Prince in concert . Been to Paisley Park on one of those late night jam sessions. Bought Possessed by Alex Hahn(hardback). get into heated debates with people you don't know/will never meet in chat rooms about Prince matters. call radio stations around your area to play new Prince songs even though they won't

NO, NO, SOMETIMES, YEP, NO, ITS COMING IN THE POST NEXT WEEK, SOMETIMES, NO

10. Attended "Celebration/s". Owns every release ever put out by Prince, including imports/bootlegs, EP's...etc. Flew across countries to see a Prince concert (like England to USA). have every Prince television appearance/video saved on video tape. appeared in more than one Prince project as a spectator (Aladdin DVD/Musicology video/Art of musicilogy). You've been to see multiple nights of the same tour in different cities. Seriously thought about buying a cloud guitar.

NO, NO ONE DOES DO THEY?, NO, NO, NO, YES, NO



DUNNO WHAT THAT ADDES UP TO

**Don't lie....you can be a 5.5 or an 8.5**
[This message was edited Thu May 20 7:00:30 2004 by meltwithu]
[This message was edited Thu May 20 7:42:06 2004 by meltwithu]
[This message was edited Thu May 20 8:10:06 2004 by meltwithu]
[This message was edited Thu May 20 9:01:03 2004 by meltwithu]
[This message was edited Thu May 20 9:11:37 2004 by meltwithu]

youngyosh said:

i have that cd...not all that bad, compared to some of the other Prince related trash i've now used for door props and coasters

-I saw Graffiti Bridge 5 times the first day it was in theaters...(took a day off work, paid for the first show and just stayed for the rest of them--not easy since there was no crowd to blend in with. Saw it 5 more times until it disappeared from theaters a week later. I guess if I were a real fan I would have paid for each of the viewings...)

-My pet's name is inspired by Prince, but my spouse isn't aware of it because of its obscurity...

-I can ruin any normal conversation with my friends by turning anything they talk about into a Prince connection...

-When we found out we were pregnant, my spouse said I would have to give up my Prince room for the baby, since it's a bigger room than our computer room.*

-I often woke up in the middle of the night, racked with indecision as to where I should file "The Black Album" chronologically--1987 or 1994? (It changed positions weekly.)

-I bought an "original" Black Album CD (rationalized that I could afford it because I don't drink or smoke like my friends) just to file between Sign 'O' The Times and Lovesexy so I could keep the "official" release in 1994...[but do I keep it between "Come" and "The Gold Experience"? Does "The Beautiful Experience" get filed here with the albums, or with the singles? Does "Exodus" (and the other "NPG" releases) get filed here or on the "Associated Artists" rack with Madhouse and Sheila E.? Does Sheila E. get filed under "S" or "E"? Should I keep the artists with cover tunes only (like Sinead O'Connor, Art of Noise, and Chaka's "I Feel For You") mixed in with those with original Prince compositions (like Kenny Rogers, Stevie Nicks, and Chaka's "Sticky Wicked")? Where should I hide Tyka Nelson's releases?]

-I own "local only" releases by a Pittsburgh group called "The Billy Price Band" just because Eric Leeds and Matt Blisten were in the group, years before their involvement with Prince.

-I seriously contemplated purchasing a Najee CD. **

-When I discuss with my Prince buddies which titles Prince has used more than once (like "Girl"), we always get into the same heated discussion of whether to count "7", since it was spelled out on the Madhouse album. (And do spelling differences--like "Get/t Off" and Newpower/New Power Soul--count?)

-I tell people I'm a Jehovah's Witness.***

-While I pass the time in the shower by listing all of Prince's songs in my head in chronological order as they appeared on the albums, I always include the parenthetical thought after D.M.S.R. "and 'Free' was here on the cassette release."****

-I get calls from people I don't know that well saying "Prince is on Leno tonight!"

-I no longer get calls from people I do know well telling me that "Prince is on Leno tonight!"

-People greet me by telling me about the last time they heard Prince mentioned.

-I've watched an edited and commercial-filled network showing of "Under The Cherry Moon" just to share the experience with the rest of the world. *****

BUT...

-I don't get defensive when everyday people say bad things about Prince. (If they're "misinformed", I try to inform them...if they're trying to piss me off, I piss 'em off more by not getting pissed off.)

-I don't have a Prince tattoo. (I'll be able to remove my symbol belt buckle when I'm old.)

-I don't call radio stations to play Prince songs.

-I've never flown anywhere to see a Prince concert. (If it's not within driving distance--24 hours each way--I haven't gone.)

So I guess that makes me a 6!*****




*As it turns out, my daughter's stuff fits just fine in the ex-computer room.

**Maybe not "seriously" contemplated...

***Actually I've been doing this for years before Prince became a JW...I do it so I don't have to buy people birthday presents.

****For shower purposes, I only usually include 1998's "Newpower Soul", and not the other NPG releases. And I usually omit "Girl 6" and "Kamasutra" when I'm running late for work.

*****And I've almost completely gotten over feeling personal embarrassment over the Bela Lugosi face.

*****I so badly wanted to be a 7 or a 3.19

Get defensive when veryday people say bad things about Prince (gay)

meltwithu said:

tis nothing BAD about being gay my friend.

spoida said:

ditto 2 that.