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His sexual escapades are spiritual, disorienting, and almost psychedelic (“Darling Nikki,” “Computer Blue”), while his spiritual journeys are grounded in the mechanics of a guitar solo (“Purple Rain”). In putting together Prince’s wardrobe for the movie that the album soundtracked, costume designer Marie France noticed the way he ...
Dec 6, 2014 · That's the story of Prince 's iconic 1984 film Purple Rain. Music critic and journalist Alan Light provides the details in his new book, Let's Go Crazy. The music world of the early '80s was ...
Purple Rain is a pun on Purple Reign, Christ the King. The song is about bad relationships (girlfriend, father) and the singer's wish that they accept Christ as King and thus find happiness and peace. In other words, Prince, in a genius, sneaky way, is trying to convert all of us.
Purple Rain is Prince’s sixth studio album; his first to feature his backing band, The Revolution, and the soundtrack to the homonymous 1984 film.. Released on June 25, 1984 by Warner Bros ...
The brilliance of Purple Rain is how it stirs seemingly contradictory moods—lust, devotion, intimacy, alienation—into a brew where nothing can be separated from anything else. He makes trauma sound erotic (“When Doves Cry”) and salvation sound reckless (“Let’s Go Crazy”). His sexual escapades are spiritual, disorienting, and ...