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Happy 25th Birthday Purple Rain

Where were YOU the first time you heard this album? Whether you were around to catch it drop on June 25, 1984 or if you caught the purple fever later on, feel free to share your recollections of discovering this classic pop masterpiece! Posted by LIBRA in Prince: Music and More (144 comments)

Spin Magazine creates Purple Rain tribute album...with Apollonia!

Talk about your royal treats! Spin Magazine has compiled a collection of covers from the Purple Rain album with tracks provided by artists including Chairlift, Of Montreal, and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Of special note, however, is the Twilight Singers' cover of "When Doves Cry", featuring guest vocals by none other than Apollonia Kotero! The album will be available to Spin readers on June 23, and in the meantime a stream of "When Doves Cry" has been posted on the magazine's web site. Posted by Trickology in Prince: Music and More (161 comments)

Inside the .orgers Studio Presents: WENDY & LISA (Part One)

The Girl Bros. took a few minutes out of their busy schedule to answer questions from YOU, via the glory of YouTube video. From tales of their early days together to their days with Prince, to their favorite W&L tracks and an impromptu Grace Jones singalong (!!!), it's all here for your enjoyment. Part one of an .org exclusive event! Posted by Anxiety in Associated artists & people (182 comments)

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“I remember a record producer telling me once that 'a great song is a great song - whether it's recorded in Peter Gabriel's space station (the one which orbits the Earth in relation to the bpm of whatever's being recorded at the time) or an outdoor toilet in a Glasgow tenement block.

I've taken a slight artistic licence with his exact words in an attempt at portraying an objective clarity for a worldwide audience of Prince obsessives, but what he meant was that no amount of polish can shine a reflective surface on excrement.

From Boris to Wall, Bart to Greycap, we all know why we're here. My perspective is that Prince Nelson is among the rare species of human being some pedant had to conjure the term 'genius' to label in the first place.We're attracted to the sheer alieness of this oddity, this freak, who got under all our skins - despite the continual damning evidence that he was deeply uncomfortable in his own.

Now, Chocolate Box. I got a box of chocolates that'll rock the socks of any girl. Jesus wanking vigourously into a baby's pram, I thought, that's a dismal lyrical hook. Musically, that electro-harmonic layered three-part voice chorus that he mastered in 1996 now sounds like a pterodactyl's squaks must have sounded like to a caveman.
The mannered 'young, energetic' voice he squeezes out, the rhythmic pants (which someone crueller than me might insinuate sound like exhaustion rather than lust), the simplistic electric guitar hook, ok, etc, you get the picture. I was underwhelmed. It reminded me of that 'Are We Livimg To Die' outtake. I didn't like that either. I thought it was shit. Lazy shit from a bored genius.

However. fifteen or so listens later (I know they shit starts tasting good if it's all you have to eat) but I think I now get it. of course, I'm still not too fond of the cheesetastical vocal intro - but the stuttery colours and robotic energy do capture the bouncy electro fizz of modern pop very well - and I'm not adverse to sweet junk food at all - as long as I get my norishment from the main course, that being Lotus Flower. Hopefully. Please. Please.

Is it a meal? MPLSsound as tangy appetiser, Lotus Flower as rich main course and Exiler as choclately, rich dessert? Probably not. But my point (not that I believe in points or all-encompassing summations of perspective reality) is that I'm quite looking forward to hearing the full song before I make up my mind.

However.”—Number23, 1/09 in the forums

“Was listening to the Black Album on the way to work today, and as I was bopping along, I realised that it is actually I really positive record! Le Grind is a rally fun uptemo number, Cindy C has a rap about how music can help you rise above depression, drugs and poverty...When 2 R in love is one of his most soulful ballads, and of course Rockhard in a Funky place...da bomb! Sure, it has it's freaky moments, but even Bob George kinda brings a smile to my face, it's a big cartoon! It's not meant to be taken seriously...”—Hatman, 12/08 in the forums

“Maybe Prince was using "eggs" as a symbol, a kind of metaphor for his creative process. He probably cannot decide which came first, the egg or its predecessor the chicken and, being a thoughtful kind of man, he might prefer not to disrupt a creative cycle he doesn't fully understand.

The way i see it is, if Prince eats an egg, won't that mean one less funky chicken???? it could, and that is, imho, the reason why Prince might or might not eat eggs.”—XxAxX, 11/08 in the forums

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