... my recent thoughts of the album, Purple Rain? I found some interesting things listening 2 it last night. This directly from my blog http://www.xanga.com/DreamyPopRoyalty

Let's Go Crazy is basically the lead-in, starts out the album, gets you excited about it, etc. But I've come to the conclusion that the rest of it tells the tale of a relationship, quite obviously, it could be The Kid & Apollonia in the movie with the same name. He finds love (quite possibly in Let's Go Crazy, saying that they won't let the world bring them down) and states the obvious in Take Me With U.

Then The Beautiful Ones is his plea 4 her to b his girl. Due to the response in Computer Blue, he gets shot down and is angry about a possible betrayal (the movie shows it 2 b true). In the "Father's Song" portion, I could hear him speak what he wanted to say to his girl. He asks why she betrayed him and he still wants her back. That right there was Prince's heart speaking. He remains angry though and goes into Darling Nikki. Quite a curious song, actually because it could either be about his girl or a girl named Nikki he saw to make his girl jealous... I'm not quite sure at this point. The anger after he stops singing points to his girl being the guilty one... but the backwards tape portion says that Nikki was a girl he used to make his girl jealous... and its his way of begging 4 her forgiveness.

The meaning of When Doves Cry remains the same. I Would Die 4 U is Prince trying to win his girl back, stating the obvious. Baby I'm A Star could be the continuation of that (as intended) to win her back still... or it could b his way of saying that she made the right choice by coming back 2 him. What throws me 4 a loop is Purple Rain itself. Based on the sadness I hear in the song, Prince doesn't get the girl in the end. The "sing-along" chorus had my heart quaking with sadness because it sounds like Prince is heartbroken over losing his girl...

Am I tripping or does this sound pretty accurate to u? heh

Purple Rain-the song

definitely will take a lot of time to figure out. As I listen to it, I hear what it's trying to say.

I thought it was supposed to be a powerful, coming-of-age ballad. I didn't think I'd come up with such a sad interpretation of it (Prince loses his girlfriend and is sad about it, but says he still loves her. The "purple rain" could either be that he wants to shower her with his love even though she doesn't love him anymore... or, in conjunction with the first track of the album, he doesn't hold any grudges and wants to guide her to the "purple rain"- evidently when it rains in heaven, the rain is purple).

When he does the "sing-along" chorus, it really sounds like he's torn up inside... makes me kinda sad when I hear it... that's the reason why it seems to bring me to tears. But with the slow progression in the last minute, it sounds like he's trying to say "I'm going to be okay, I'll live to love another day and I can move on with my life"