@wchanley

That makes two of us, my friend. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him.

I wear his symbol around my neck.

#Prince #Prince4Ever
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@wchanley

Oh I was covertly listening to 'Dirty Mind' too. But by the time 'Erotic City' came round, it got a little tougher...LOL!

"Pop Life". 1985. I was 15 too.

@paulkatz somehow, I managed to convince my *very* conservative, very christian parents to let me go to the Purple Rain tour that year. (I have no idea what I did to manage that...)

I saw him three or four more times (the 2004ever tour was such a knockout), but that first tour made me a lifelong little queer Princeling, from then on. 🙂

@wchanley

You were so fortunate! I remember trying to get tickets during "Friday Night Videos" on NBC (remember that?!) and didn't.

All I had was the Live '85 VHS!

I didn't get to see him live until 2002, when fans got to sit in on his sound check and chat with him.

But that '04 tour. I was front row because I was in the club. His security guard said to me at the end of the night, "Man you didn't stop dancing! Your feet OK?"

Thought you might want to read this:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-prince-experience-a-l_b_9792574

@paulkatz YESPLZ (and thank you!)

The first hubs and I just marveled at that show (2004). The encore set remains deeply embedded in my memory of Prince, and him... just Prince, and a guitar, in that swivel chair, playing, singing, playing... slowly turning to face everyone (the whole show was in the round, for folks who didn't see later Prince tours, so there really weren't any bad seats).

And he just held us all completely enraptured, just by the sheer power of his brilliance. (con't)

@paulkatz The show that preceded it was amazing, of course, but Prince was always reliably fantastic, live... but oh, that encore set... I think it was like 30-45 mins, if memory serves.

It just blows my mind, even now. (And K. would be gone a couple of years later, so it's bittersweet on several levels, for me, with both him and Prince gone, as well.)

@wchanley

I'm so sorry about K....but of course completely relate to everything you're saying about that show.

I don't know if you're the type of fan to splurge for the deluxe releases they're putting out, but the concert in the "Welcome 2 America" set, even though it was 2011, was staged much like 2004 and brings me right back to those shows in the round!