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No doubt, and No One was allowed in his home/studio without signing a non-disclosure agreement agreement first.FWIW, as ridiculous as Prince's character is in that movie, I think it's not far off from who he was.
He was a genius
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They just announced a Purple Rain remake with Kanye West btw
Just goes to show Prince did in fact have a sense of humorHe was a genius
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That the real Purple Rain is the friends that we made along the way.Soo what's the message here exactly?
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Soo what's the message here exactly?
The Kid is admired by a beautiful up and coming artist. He helps her get noticed.
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She asks what she needs to do to take things a step further, the Kid tells her she needs to purify herself in the waters of Lake Minetonka
She complies!
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He ends up ditching her in a super vulnerable moment for her, but then allows her to get her things and they leave together.
At some point, while the Kid is on stage, he once again embarasses her by playing Darling Nikki while she's in the audience (I KNOW RIGHT?)
While the Kid is off emotionally abusing this poor woman and telling the rest of The Revolution they have no say in what music gets played, the Kid is ALSO holding a deep resentment for his father for being abusive to his wife (the Kid's mom).
He's so protective of mom, he takes one for the team! (what a son)
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In the end, the Kid, in a moment where he loses control, hits Apollonia.
At some point he goes home, to find his father wracked in guilt playing some mediocre music. The father tells him that the Kid's talent comes form him, albeit diluted because dad never writes his music down (he doesn't have to)
The Kid leaves, dad kills himself.
Once the Kid decides he's going to try to work things out with dad, he finds him dead at home, and all of the music dad wrote down. (?)
The Kid, in a moment of clarity, realizes The Revolution can write good music after all, so he ends the film by appropriating the song and everyone lives happily ever after.
So if I understand this film correctly, it actually is ok to hit women and take credit for your bandmates' music. As long as you crush it on stage.
So for what it's worth, as ridiculous as Prince's character is in that movie, I think it's not far off from who he was.
Here he is enjoying a tribute to George Harrison. He gets on stage in the middle of the performance and makes it about himself.
Here he is making fun of his fans for trying to sing along
At one point he just stops playing the song to talk about himself.
I think Prince actually had himself commiting suicide in his personal version, they did the right thing getting a hollywood screenwriter to soften that shit up. Prince was into some dark shit in those days, even some rumored devil worship, the toying with gender wasn't dark but it was pretty ahead of it's time for a star of that magnitude. The era was androgynous but Prince was really taking it all as far as he could.yeah the movie wouldnt make it if it was made today with the chauvinistic female abuse stuff. But other then that, the movie was about a guy who had his own demons and was trying to make it past his rival and get his act together. By the end he appears to have done just that. The movie is nothing special but I do really enjoy the "purple rain" performance at the end. Sometimes when Im drunk Ill pull that scene up on youtube.
I got to see him twice and that really wasn't enough now that he's gone. I love springsteen as much or more and only got to see him once.I don't doubt that. Never fully appreciated his genius until I was older, shame, I would've love to see him live.
Here's another take:the funny thing about the Harrison tribute is it really is a Rashomon type of thing, everyone sees something totally different, from how good or bad the solo was to how Prince 'made it all about himself" for everyone who says that, there is someone saying that wasn't the case, EVEN amongst his own bandmates and crew there is disagreement about that performance, Michael Bland (former Prince drummer) thought it was selfish of him to do that and to do it in front of George's son, Scottie Baldwin (Soundman and not someone swayed a bit by the Prince mystique) said that the way the finish product was presented, it did come across like he was trying to make it all about himself and steal the show, however, he also said that the real performance had more input from the other guitarists that was edited out, prince apparently traded solos with some of the others but we don't see or hear that, what we get is a long assed solo, but we don't realize that Petty told him to keep going, of course, the part where he falls into his bodyguards hands obviously looks self aggrandizing. Everyone saw it differently, I just saw a performance that had my jaw hit the floor, I didn't think about any of the other stuff until other people suggested it.
Here's another take:
He LOVED George Harrison
But not like he loved his guitar
Alright dude, I get that you're a fan. You don't have to defend him. I thought I made it pretty obvious I am also a fan, and even some of the people who responded in his thread admitted he was a great musician after criticizing his actions.my take, upon reflection was, you ask a great musician to give tribute to another, now, do you want him being somber, respectful, reserved or do you want everything that guy has, that's my overall take although I could see the stage antics being criticized. Prince also claimed he'd never heard the song before rehearsals, which was pure Prince and his ego. How could you not hear that song or Hendrix, who he claimed in the early 80's to not know his music. Prince was flawed, in fact, it was only after he died that the good stories came out. It's almost the opposite with everyone else, the good side is shown in life and the bad shit comes out after death, with Prince, the good shit came out after and the bad shit came out in life. Prince went above and beyond for his family, his employees and his friends, financially and support wise. Most of them realized what we do today, that he was an asshole in a lot of ways but they still loved him and realized the good in him. Most of them anyways, some of them still hate the guy, most of them don't say too much publicly because they know they'd get vilified.
[Intro]
(Oh Yeah)
Yeah
Uh uh
[Verse 1]
Getting dirty at the club again
I'm usually 'round your waist like a chain but then
I got that call
So I jumped in my car
[Chorus]
I love you, baby
But not like I love my guitar
Uh huh
Not like I love my guitar
No
[Verse 2]
You couldn't do it all by yourself
You had to go and get somebody else
You're high enough to call me
But you can't reach the bar
[Chorus]
I love you, baby
But not like I love my guitar
No
Not like I love my guitar
https://genius.com/Prince-and-the-revolution-purple-rain-lyrics
[Ad lib]
Oh, listen, turn it up
Uh uh, yeah, now dig
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
I tried to warn you that it's hard to be a star
Especially when you're driving other people's car
I would have gave you mine, girl
But you took it too far
[Chorus]
I love you, baby, huh
But just not like I love my guitar - whoo, uh uh
Not like I love my guitar
Oh
no, I'm not "defending" him, I won't disagree with people who say he was a punk for doing what he did, not at all. People will always find something to criticize though, that's just human nature. I'm hardly a blind fan, I didn't even really like Prince the person that much during his life because of all the stories I'd read and heard. Dude was a straight up punk to his employees, friends and family. Perspective changes with death, always does, but it's more dramatic with Prince because all the good stories that came out after.Alright dude, I get that you're a fan. You don't have to defend him. I thought I made it pretty obvious I am also a fan, and even some of the people who responded in his thread admitted he was a great musician after criticizing his actions.
This is what I was getting at in the post you quoted
Guitar - lyrics
Best concert I’ve ever been to .I don't doubt that. Never fully appreciated his genius until I was older, shame, I would've love to see him live.
the lovesexy concert in 88 was the best i've ever been to, although, stevie wonder and terence trent d'arby outsang him, they didn't put on as great a show. Incidentally, he had such an elaborate stage settup he lost money.Best concert I’ve ever been to .
I saw him on the musicology tour. Went with a girl I was dating and wasn’t expecting much. He blew my damn mind. I think it was the following year when he played the sbhts, and blew everyone’s minds.the lovesexy concert in 88 was the best i've ever been to, although, stevie wonder and terence trent d'arby outsang him, they didn't put on as great a show. Incidentally, he had such an elaborate stage settup he lost money.
i saw the musicology tour too, those two were the only ones. I had a couple other real opportunities to see him but I was getting older and I didn't have as much patience for his antics. For lovesexy, i couldn't bring in my walkman, had to hide it in some bushes. In 2011 i had the chance to see him again and didn't go, as it turned out, he got pissy with some fans recording him on their phones or fans running under the stage, (i heard both stories) and he walked off early, after about an hour. Those sorts of antics were wearing very thin on me as a fan. It's not easy being a fan of Springsteen either, he's a greedy mofo. I couldn't even get scalped tickets for 100 the last time, his regular tickets went into the thousands, that's absolute horshit.I saw him on the musicology tour. Went with a girl I was dating and wasn’t expecting much. He blew my damn mind. I think it was the following year when he played the sbhts, and blew everyone’s minds.