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Coleman has two specific memories associated with "Purple Rain" the song. The first occurred when the band was working on the track at a warehouse where they rehearsed. “There was this lady who was on a bicycle and she was sitting outside the warehouse. I think she was weeping maybe at the sound of the song. We ended up inviting her in, and she sat there and we played "Purple Rain." She was the first person to ever hear the song. I always wonder whatever happened to her.

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“The other thing is the night of that gig when we played "Purple Rain" [at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis], and no one had ever heard it before. It was really intense, and it was super hot in the club. We were all drenched in sweat. The original version was 15 minutes long because there was another verse to it, and we ended up cutting that verse out. But when he did his guitar solo, and then the 'hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo' part came in, it was intense. You really felt that thing. And it's still like that pretty much every time that we play it."

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