Love2tha9s said:

trust me..you aren't!!!

"NOT HIM!...NOT NOW!!!! ....OH MY GOD HE'S JUST A BABY..."

When he wrote SLAVE on his cheek and

LARRY!!!!!

Larry Graham

The absolute PRECISE WORST MOMENT to the second would probably be when I screened my living-room debut of the Rave 2000 DVD to some casual Prince fans (whom I converted).

He sang Gett Off, and I heard him say "23 Scriptures and a one night stand." I just about fell out of my chair. This was highlighted by future moments, like when he sang "The Christ", and that whole lyric change in Purple Rain.

It wasn't so much that I had anything against his religious conversion or the lyrics he chose, I just felt he tampered with things best not tampered with, and in front of others who were dangerously on the edge between liking/disliking Prince, I felt like it was scaring them away for good.

This relates pretty much to what everyone else said, Larry Graham, and altered lyrics.

bigsexy said:

I have no problem with that. Prince has always changed the lyrics at live performances; it's just an expression of creativity for me I guess

My worst moment with Mr Nelson was no doubt waiting till 4 in the morning for the MF aftershow to start. The second worst moment was realizing the show wasn't worth waiting for.... oh well

The worst Prince moment was when he changed his name to an unprounouncable symbol in 1993.That was the beginning of "the dark years" and it was hard to be a fan back then.It got to the point where he was seemingly trying to destroy his own career.....writing "1958-1993" on the 'Come' CD cover....vowing to give Warners old stuff from the vaults to fulfill his contract...wasting every interview to bitch about how "evil" Warners was....releasing less-than-brilliant albums like 'Come' and 'Chaos And Disorder'.


that was a rough time

Hearing "Musicology" for the first time, on the Tavis Smiley show. I thought "My God, he'll never get anywhere with this one."

Naturally, it grew on me.

rudenude said:

You were....

purplesmoke said:

i tried to watch it one time. one time only!

Im hearing a lot of graffiti Bridge's as the worst moment, in fact id say that was winning hands down. Ive never seen it, sadly, is it really that bad. The soundtrack is quite good.

Maybe a bit spoiled or arrogant but I actually left early at the first of the two Paradiso aftershows in 95. The music just didn't appeal to me anymore. The appeal never came back untill I witnessed the ONA concert in Rotterdam, 7 and a half years later.

DavidEye said:

I'm with u on that, those were dark years and a lot of the stuff he released sucked!


"Be glad that u r free... Free 2 change ur mind.. Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime..."

can someone help me out here? i just got back into prince bout a year and 1/2 ago.....when did prince start putting such an emphasis on the horns? i'm not crazy bout the horns,makes him sound like a vegas lounge act sometimes.
Y DID HE DO THIS and WHEN DID HE START DOING THIS?

LouieLaFunk said:

I haven't seen him live so I dont know what you're talking about if thats what you mean

but as anyone will tell you he has horns all over a lot of his albums.

well i saw ONA over the weekend and it seemed like every 10 mins he would give the stage to horn solo....and like on the RRHF perormances and the Leno performance..seems like the horns dominate...but when i see old footage of prince (controversy video, sexuality video, 1999 video....no horns) maybe it started in the late 80's

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DavidEye said:

I'm with u on that, those were dark years and a lot of the stuff he released sucked!
I didn't realize it back then but it was a classic case of misery loves company! Prince was miserable and it made being a fan a miserable thing too. I suffered through a lot of things for instance chaos and disorder. I just think if he had been happier through those years we wouldn't have so many disagreeable orgers on this site now, (then again we probably would). But hey after the rain, comes the rainbow and I am just happy if he's happy!

LouieLaFunk said:

P's been using horns in his work (live and studio) since about the mid-eighties...Parade tour would probably be the first time they were particularly dominant. I can't think of what the first Prince song to include actual horns was though.

...possibly the extended version of I Would Die 4 U, or The Ladder maybe.

1)The Promotion he did via MTV for Under the Cherry Moon
2)Graffiti Bridge
3)Meeting him at an autograph signing and realizing the tremendous amount of foundation he wears and how tiny he was.....10 years ago. And he wore inpenetrable dark shades.
4)NEW POWER SOUL
5)Larry Graham
6)Using Mayte as his whole musical inspiration from 93-96 (that irritated me to no end)
7) 1/2 of Emancipation
8) Promoting old acts no one cares about.
9) promoting dumb chicks no one cares about
10) Firing Wendy and Lisa unceremoniously

steelyd said:

Esp. agree w/ #9 and #10

My worst Prince moment is missing what's said to be a KILLER aftershow @ the DNA Lounge in SF 1993 & missing out on tickets for the Valentines day show @ the Fillmore this year - I'm still haunted by both of those shits

The American Music Awards when his shawl knocked his mic over unbeknownst to him. When he turned around to begin singing, the mic was on the floor. He quickly reached down to grab it, and wound up busting himself in the mouth with it. It made him look so "not ready for prime time".