Have you ever received a Prince item as a birthday gift?

The only one I can remember right now was this Prince book that I got for my XIVth birthday in 1996. It was that documentary by Per Nilsen, y'all know which one I'm talking about. But I was so happy on that day. I thought I wasn't going to get anything, but to my surprise, I got that book. And the timing could not have been perfect. I was full throttle with my comeback obsession for my purple hero. That summer I saw "Under The Cherry Moon" finally (which I got as another gift after my junior high graduation), "Chaos & Disorder" came out which was great, and VH1 had "Purple Rain" in heavy rotation. So I was into him and his musical legacy again. Before all that, My hero worship had been very low. But 1996 saw me come back to the one man that started the whole idea of music for me.

But anyways, I was very happy to get that book. Also, I believe I got the Hits collection on video for Christmas of that year too. Anyone else?

Never~~

Hubby & son wouldnt have a clue about WHERE to go to find Prince stuff~~ Can you believe,,I havent even seen "Under the cherry moon"~~~

I'll have to get right on that...lol
& Im suppose to be a fan?...haaaa

The other day I found a CD of The Hits (prt2)~~ hooray for me~

sonic said:

Never~~

Hubby & son wouldnt have a clue about WHERE to go to find Prince stuff~~ Can you believe,,I havent even seen "Under the cherry moon"~~~

I'll have to get right on that...lol
& Im suppose to be a fan?...haaaa

The other day I found a CD of The Hits (prt2)~~ hooray for me~

a friend of mine got me an old copy of controversy on tape for my 17th birthday...i still have the tape, but it's in iowa at my dad's house.

NWF said:

i got the hits dvd for christmas, but thats it...oo oo AND tickets to the June 5th show as a graduation present from my boyfriend!

yeah, but only from other Prince fans.
my DH has only given me money to buy myself a Prince item, he''d have no clue where to buy one.

A couple of years ago I would go to the record store every Friday with my friend, and every Friday I would point at Crystal Ball and complain about how ridiculously overpriced it was ($45). She got it for me for my birthday so I'd shut up about it.

If it wasn't for my ma buying me "For You", "Prince", "Dirty Mind", "Controversy", "1999", "The Time" and "What Time Is It?" for my 14th birthday (all on vinyl, no less), my spoiled rotten only child ass probably wouldn't be typing this right now.

My brother gave me a ticket to the 1999 tour (Triple Threat) for my 11th birthday. He also let me pick anything I wanted from the show, I picked the poster of the Time against the chainlink fence. God I love my brother.

When asked about that reunion with Melvoin, Prince grows wistful. "She plays acoustic guitar with me better than almost anyone. "The opportunity came up and her name was the first to come to mind. I'm looking for things to juice me too."

i got the Purple Rain DVD from a friend for my birthday ( i bet that's all he know's about Prince )

yes, many times

a friend gave me a signed cd one year
the next year the same friend gave me a vintage "purple rain" shirt along with Prince stamps and postcards.....

yes.

um, my girlfriend bought me the video of... what was the one with the naked chicks swimming in the pool with mayte? that one.

1999 cassette on my 10th birthday. Thank you grandma and grandpa!!!!

Avatar by Byron
Proud member of Prince's cult for 20 years!

My husband always wants to. One year he got me both Crystal Ball and Emancipation, and last year he got me 2 DVDs and two concert tickets, even though my birthday was 8 months later. A very generous guy!

my friends are so cute... last week was my birthday and my friend dee was telling me about this pince thing she got 4 my birthday and how much i was gonna love it...

i told her to take it back before she even told me what it was.... she was a little offended...i told her that im eternally grateful but im sure ive already got it... she told me it was the live in aladin dvd... she is sooo cute...

A Zippo lighter from Glam Slam, MPLS. Although not an official Prince item it looks pretty cool and has the symbol on the reverse side.

Mom gave me Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas DVD last year.

I think the important birthday gift was getting Prince The Hits 1 for my birthday in 1993.

My mother bought me 'Sign O' The Times' on cassette back in 1987. She later bought me '1999' on CD - I think it was Christmas 1991. That was a pretty cool Christmas because she also bought me the Andy Warhol Diaries and John Waters' 'Female Trouble' on VHS.

A friend bought me 'The Very Best Of Prince' on my birthday, the year it came out. I was a bit underwhelmed when I unwrapped it, but later realised that it saved me having to buy it myself - so it was cool, I guess.

Not as a birthday gift - but during the JOTY tour my boss got me tickets and paid transportation/hotel for us to see Prince in New Orleans and the UNO Lakefront Arena as a bonus.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

a friend of mine got me an old copy of controversy on tape for my 17th birthday...i still have the tape, but it's in iowa at my dad's house.

Prince himself played 2 Paisley Park shows on my birthday.

But during one of them RaspberryWoman was talking over "The Beautful Ones" totally ruining it for me


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i bought my brother the O(-+> album 4 his birthday, only becoz i wanted it...lol

lovemachine said:

Prince himself played 2 Paisley Park shows on my birthday.

But during one of them RaspberryWoman was talking over "The Beautful Ones" totally ruining it for me

NWF said:

I got a 'geetar' pic with the symbol on it from a concert as a wedding gift and the cd FOR YOU as a bridal gift.

BinaryJustin said:

Yes,
Tickets to the Lovesexy Tour at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans in 1988. I was in the 15. Ahhh the memories!!

S

Never, but it would have been great.

i just had a white cloud guitar for my 30th of my girlfriend... good eh?