This album was released 35 years ago today

[LittleBoyBlue]

When Doves Cry


Masterful lyrics

Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold

Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied)

 

[DallasEast]

I was referring to New Year’s Eve. That why I said “when 19999 rolled around”.

Go back and find video of NYE. It was ho hum.

I kinda get it now. Perhaps your expectations were that there would be a ton of visuals (i.e. commercials, parties, etc.) focusing on Prince and the song on New Years Eve..? Yes... I would agree from personal recollection. However, I would still suggest that radio stations (generalizing from my own personal experience) were blitzing the song--especially late that year through early 2000. Plus, I was not a big MTV, VH1, etc. viewer at the time but I believe music networks were doing the same.

While I would agree people in general were not celebrating Prince or his song, I would re-emphasize he and 1999 were getting tons of overexposure from the music broadcasting community. Additionally, I would add that too many people's primary focus all year, leading up to New Years Eve 1999, was the irrational fear that technology would implode at midnight that particular night. I think it is safe saying a 'lot of people' were more mentally consumed by an imaginary catastrophe happening in their lives than remembering and celebrating Prince.

It is hilariously ironic. The underlying theme of 1999 was nuclear judgment day, which was a real, worldwide, human existence-altering looming threat at the time Prince released the song. He was singing about how precious people should have been treating life on this planet. Prince used '1999' as a metaphoric pre-doomsday. Yet, too many people considered the actual turn of the century as a terrible doomsday simply because older technology had been based on two instead of four yearly digits. Crazy.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I kinda get it now. Perhaps your expectations were that there would be a ton of visuals (i.e. commercials, parties, etc.) focusing on Prince and the song on New Years Eve..? Yes... I would agree from personal recollection. However, I would still suggest that radio stations (generalizing from my own personal experience) were blitzing the song--especially late that year through early 2000. Plus, I was not a big MTV, VH1, etc. viewer at the time but I believe music networks were doing the same.

While I would agree people in general were not celebrating Prince or his song, I would re-emphasize he and 1999 were getting tons of overexposure from the music broadcasting community. Additionally, I would add that too many people's primary focus all year, leading up to New Years Eve 1999, was the irrational fear that technology would implode at midnight that particular night. I think it is safe saying a 'lot of people' were more mentally consumed by an imaginary catastrophe happening in their lives than remembering and celebrating Prince.

It is hilariously ironic. The underlying theme of 1999 was nuclear judgment day, which was a real, worldwide, human existence-altering looming threat at the time Prince released the song. He was singing about how precious people should have been treating life on this planet. Prince used '1999' as a metaphoric pre-doomsday. Yet, too many people considered the actual turn of the century as a terrible doomsday simply because older technology had been based on two instead of four yearly digits. Crazy.

Ok so we disagree and you continue to bring up radio overplay instead of my very specific New Year’s Eve point lol

All good.
Lol

 

[DallasEast]

Ok so we disagree and you continue to bring up radio overplay instead of my very specific New Year’s Eve point lol

All good.
Lol

My bad. We do disagree how actual everyday people would and/or did react in real life on a specific date 6,274 days after 1999 was released. Okay. Time to go work.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

My bad. We do disagree how actual everyday people would and/or did react in real life on a specific date 6,274 days after 1999 was released. Okay. Time to go work.

Still missing the point.

I’ll try again in 2099

Lmao

 

[DallasEast]

hmm.

Your words thus far:

#1

I was disappointed that when the year 1999 rolled around it wasn’t a big deal. Prince and the song that is.

I was all excited for him then it was like... here’s prince with the song 1999.

#2

I was referring to New Year’s Eve. That why I said “when 19999 rolled around”.

Go back and find video of NYE. It was ho hum.

#3

Ok so we disagree and you continue to bring up radio overplay instead of my very specific New Year’s Eve point lol

All good.

Lol

#4

Still missing the point.

I’ll try again in 2099

Lmao

[My interpretation of your first quote] - You remember December 31, 1998 (I originally referred to 12-31-1999/my bad) and did not see any significant levels of hoopla related to the song. You felt disheartened both the song and its artist did not receive the level of public appreciation you considered appropriately related to the song, the song's title and the actual (then) current upcoming year. You describe the lack of appreciation as trivial compared to what it could have been. You were empathic for Prince that he and his song did not get the degree of exposure from the public, media, etc. you thought was deserved.

[My interpretation of your second quote] - You were specifying the level of non-tribute given to Prince or the song on December 31, 1998. You indicated video from that New Years Eve would not show the public, media, etc., associating the song with the introduction of the actual year. You thought the omission of tying both the song with the once-in-a-lifetime event was glaring underserving (e.g. 'ho hum').

[My interpretation of your third quote] - You determined my reply's hypothetical "Perhaps your expectations were that there would be a ton of visuals (i.e. commercials, parties, etc.) focusing on Prince and the song on New Years Eve..?" and observation "While I would agree people in general were not celebrating Prince or his song..." comments did not relate to the point you were making.

[My interpretation of your fourth quote] - You determined my reply's factual observation that a notable number of people, living on Earth on December 31, 1998, were neither reminiscently nor impulsively motivated strongly enough to honor and acknowledge both Prince and his song--even though both song and the year have an unmistakably powerful connection with each other--due to the elementary reason not enough folks were hyped up enough over a song 17 years from their past. Or, at least, those who were alive, actually paid attention or cared for the song nearly two decades before that fateful New Years Eve.



...am I still missing your point? If I am, I would humbly request that you do not wait decades after we are both dead before attempting to articulate what exactly is your actual point.