Some of the baddest purple funk ever put down on wax/film

Prince was a bad muthafucker here...and slightly insane

sometimes its easy to forget how fucking awesome the PR live shit was

nice one mate! my favourite 10 mins of prince live!! raw funk delivered like only the revolution could and his dancing is INSANE!!! watched this clip so many times, love the interaction between bobby z n prince, bobby looks like he's gonna shoot his bolt. 25 YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree! That shit right there is timeless!

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i remember playing that part of the concert OUT!!!!! it was something NEW to me & 2 funky!!

I think the minutes that followed those mortal words..."everybody get out in aisle and dance, this is cool" were the very ones that turned me into a Prince nut. I was in awe, as a 15 year old watching the live broadcast.

Y'all wanna jump in the isle and dance....it's cool!

Everybody stop on the one............Good god!

Man I have that whole thing down......It's been seared into my brain from the first time I saw it in 85'!

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They Rocked out that night. If only there such a comtrption as a time machine.

Where & what other live performance would you like to be transported back in time? Mine.....FIrt Avenue and the taping of the song Purple Rain.

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Prince & the Revolution were IT that year, like there was something supernatural on them

It's still scary and electric listening 2 and watching the music that year

I remember when I first watched this! Gave me chills!

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince & the Revolution were IT that year, like there was something supernatural on them

It's still scary and electric listening 2 and watching the music that year

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wonder505 said:

I remember when I first watched this! Gave me chills!

It still gives me chills!

I wish I could resist...hurt me!!!!

Watched this live on TV in Europe....almost 30 years ago....getting old!

I agree! Probably the best funk on tape by the Man ever... The cheeky little laugh in Irresistible Bitch did it for me!

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This was the first thing I saw back in 1985 of Prince that made me want to watch it over and over and it was that James Brown power coming through.

jonylawson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince & the Revolution were IT that year, like there was something supernatural on them

It's still scary and electric listening 2 and watching the music that year

co-sign

I made a connection with someone that was at this show, our eyes both lit up when we realized we were both Prince fans, I'm more hardcore. But his fav song from that show and album is Computer Blue, when I told him there was a 14+ min version he almost fell out

We talk about that music and you can feel the chills almost like we are both just witnessing Prince 1984/85

Always my favorite part of that show! Back in the day I transfered it to casseette

so I could rock that shit anywhere!

Syracuse was my first show on VHS. I remember renting it from a video store that was around the way. There was a lot of jaw dropping while watchin' it

When this show was broadcast on European TV it made a huge impression on my 15yr old self.

I remember buying the VHS of this, it was in a box with 2 video tapes. Great show, and I watched it to death.

Thankfully the show is available in remastered quality on the wonderful "Syracuse & The World" release on the Fullasoul label.

It's still a pleasure to watch even though I know it backwards.

Mya said:

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I remember the day of the concert quite well, as i could not watch it, RTE in Ireland had little interest in such "demonic" stuff back then, but when I finally got to see the VHS version a few yrs later, this part blew me away, the whole Jerry lee lewis style piano and kicking his stool away, not sure what the audience of screaming - "insert your own word here" - thought of it, but even then you could see that he was not really into going with the flow, although he had reached superstardom...

PurpleLove7 said:

Syracuse was my first show on VHS. I remember renting it from a video store that was around the way. There was a lot of jaw dropping while watchin' it

LOL....I bought it and I didn't even own a VCR at the time.....I had it for almost 2 weeks before I got a friend to let me watch it on there tv! Longest 2 weeks EVER!

Prince has Funk in his DNA.

it just..............is!

undeniable !

love it!

Mya said:

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This is my favorite.

I tell you the ruffled shirts and hair had something to do with the wildness

For my collection of Prince concert tickets, I still need the following Purple Rain Tour tickets, so if anyone can help me, I will pay or can trade

18 nov 1984 Landover

20 nov 1984 Landover

23 nov 1984 Philadelphia

28 nov 1984 Landover

29 nov 1984 Landover

30 nov 1984 Landover

06 dec 1984 Cleveland

09 dec 1984 Chicago

20 dec 1984 St. Louis

07 jan 1985 Atlanta

10 jan 1985 Houston

11 jan 1985 Houston

14 jan 1985 Houston

16 jan 1985 Houston

17 jan 1985 Houston

19 jan 1985 Birmingham

25 jan 1985 Memphis

03 feb 1985 Birmingham

04 feb 1985 Memphis

07 mar 1985 Las Cruces

24 mar 1985 Uniondale

27 mar 1985 Worcester

01 apr 1985 Indianapolis

05 apr 1985 Lakeland

+ invitations for the following shows:

16 jan 1985 Houston Texas Southern University

25 feb 1985 Santa Monica Civic auditorium

20 mar 1985 New York Lehman College Center

Fave from that show by far. I am not a huge fan of that show but this and Darling Nikki, I Would Die 4 U and that superfunky superlong version of Baby I'm a Star are crazy good. Cant sit still when these are on.

jonylawson said: