I'm with you all the way on this one: I actually lost interest in Prince sometime after Parade, which, as you'll no doubt astutely observe, means that I actually missed Sign o' the Times. Probably I was too deeply into my reggae and hardcore phase at the time. "Alphabet Street" got my attention enough to make me go see a show in Houston -- it was a choice between Prince in one venue and Sonic Youth on their Daydream Nation tour in another, and for some reason, at the height of my SY mania I chose Prince. That show kicked my ass so thoroughly that I went straight out and bought Lovesexy, a boot of The Black Album and eventually Sign. And I've stayed pretty interested, for better or for worse, since then. Guess I've got a couple to revisit now, though. (Ironically, it turned out that I hadn't actually had to choose between Prince and SY... rumor had it that SY attended the Prince show themselves and then started their show late. No way to verify this, of course...) Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: skip Heller [mailto:velaires@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:58 PM I gotta concur here. I was a big Prince fan until LOVESEXY. When LOVESEXY came out, I was so floored. I kept playing "Alphabet St" over and over for months. Floored me then, still does now.