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Mmm... the point I was making is that enjoying music isn't really about irony. Irony doesn't really enter into the equation. There's no-one who enjoys anything ironically. Irony is a non-sequitur in art. I believe that quite whole-heartedly. People may be mis-led, or just plain wrong, but irony doesn't really feature in the qualities that lead to appreciating any art.

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Originally Posted by Glice

I have to disagree. I think people like Knifehandchop, Kid606 or Girl Talk pretty much make a career out of irony as art.

Purple Rain is the shit.

Don't fuck with Prince. Minnesota pride, bitches.

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Originally Posted by HaydenAsche

Purple Rain is the shit.

Don't fuck with Prince. Minnesota pride, bitches.

Since the Trailways/Greyhound station is right down the street from 7th Street Entry, I got to see the club on a layover. I talked to a guy who was there during the early eighties when Prince and the Revolution were still playing there as a support act or (later) with their various support acts.

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

I'm more of a "Around the World in a Day" kinda guy

I love Purple Rain, but yeah, Around The World In a Day is a forgotten gem. It's my favorite.

I've mentioned this before, but the Purple Rain Original Motion Picture Soundtrack sparked the whole PMRC hearings thing.
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The formation of the PMRC began in 1984 after Tipper Gore, along with her daughter Karenna, heard Prince's song "Darling Nikki." This track, which appears on the soundtrack to the film Purple Rain, contains references to sex and masturbation ("I knew a girl named Nikki/I guess you could say she was a sex fiend/I met her in a hotel lobby/Masturbating with a magazine").

Gore watched other rock music videos and concluded: "The images frightened my children, they frightened me! The graphic sex and the violence were too much for us to handle." Susan Baker became alarmed when she heard her seven-year-old daughter singing along with Madonna songs that Baker considered "suggestive." Gore and Baker, along with Howar and Nevius, formed the PMRC in May 1985.

The PMRC claimed that the change in rock music was attributable to the decay of the nuclear family in America. [1] Gore asserted that families are "haven[s] of moral stability" which protect children from outside influence, and that without the family structure rock music was "infecting the youth of the world with messages they cannot handle."

Thing is, the album has the lyrics printed right on it. Nevermind that it's also the soundtrack to an R-rated movie!

Um, I have the audio for his Superbowl XLI performance and also the warm-up gig from NFL Network. Have the video too, but alas, it's VHS. Yes, it was an amazing halftime show. Best ever.

I love Prince, but y'all want to listen to this

And find out where he got all his ideas from. Just listening to this today and funking out, it's nuts!
But yeah, Go Crazy, amazing, Doves Cry, super, Purple Rain= one of the best endings to an album ever. Half the songs on it wash over me though, there's a fair bit of filler. Looking at the track listing I can't remember what half the tracks sound like. Computer Love? Baby I'm a Star?
I would take a few tracks off each album over any one album of Prince's. Dirty Mind and Sign O the Times get more plays round here.

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

I have to disagree. I think people like Knifehandchop, Kid606 or Girl Talk pretty much make a career out of irony as art.

you're saying that like it's a good thing.

Take Me With U is purely amazing, lush and incredible...the intro & outro wall of sound is immense. It's certainly Wendy & Lisa's standout song. Wondering if anyone else has ever heard their touching ballad "This Is The Life."

When Doves Cry is intricate and intimate...melodic funky pop rock at its best...Prince's phrasing and multi-tracked vocal tones is are just remarkable. & the part in the video with the reverse imaging and all is magic.

Purple Rain and Let's Go Crazy are extremely good too! The others less so, but still fine.

I hope some of you downloaded the soundboards from the Purple Rain tour that I posted, I don't know, a year ago or so.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Bytor Peltor again.

oddly, I actually DO have it on vinyl as well. :)

Minnesota won't shut up about it.
Prince eats it. Sorry.
Tasteless virtuosity and awful tone.
Nostalgia aside, fuck this music.
I really wish my town would get over the fucking 80s.