Originally Posted by: RickBlackerNot bad, not bad... Never liked Prince, still don't. Well, ok his Little Red Corvette song is cool.

I will admit to liking Duran Duran myself.

Right before I came back from my college Freshman year's Christmas break, my dad calls and says 'Hey, I got a few tickets for Prince', I talked to your sister, step brother and cousin who want to go, how about you?'. He knew I was 'too metal'. Still, I said I'd go. It was Christmas eve 1983.

Otherwise known as the first date of the Purple Rain tour (note: I'm originally from Minneapolis). Sheila E. warmed up...Well, to be honest she steamed up...yowza!

I wasn't much of a fan of Prince until that night. I have never in my life seen a band cook it up like that. It was a red hot smokin' show.

Before the show was kinda wild too. He had guys walking around with big gift boxes that would be given to random women. They were fur coats. Quite a night.

My dad had serious connections to just about everything. I'd call and he could make about anything that needed tickets happen. In this case, it fell in to my lap.