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Your Favorite Live Rendition of Purple Rain Right now, for me, its the one from Atlanta 85, but whats yours?
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The first time it was ever played live. First Ave., 1983. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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Yeah, I agree with grease. The first and original performance of Purple Rain, 1st Ave '83. But I also like the guitar solo in Syracuse. Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U. | |
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The one where I'm standing in the crowd watching it happen. I'm firmly planted in denial | |
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squirrelgrease said: The first time it was ever played live. First Ave., 1983.
yep...classic life's a bitch, but god forbid the bitch divorce me...
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solo in syracuse - AMAZING | |
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August 1986 in Yokohama, the last Parade tour show "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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live from musicology in la concert 2004 staples centar | |
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Atlanta 1993. Simply astounding. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Dortmond 88
the way the audience sings the "Whoo hoo hoohoo" part and it rings throughout the entire arena is especially electrifying. if i was prince i woulda definetly been feeling that. its very emotional | |
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1985 AMA's, even if his coat was so big it was practically dragging on the floor and the mic was set a wee bit too high for him. The vocals in that performance just slay me. And I love the bit where he kicks over the mic stand so it's out of the way for his guitar solo.
Good stuff. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Nvncible1 said: Dortmond 88
the way the audience sings the "Whoo hoo hoohoo" part and it rings throughout the entire arena is especially electrifying. if i was prince i woulda definetly been feeling that. its very emotional I'd say prince did feel that. Just look at the footage. Looks like he feels sorry to end the song and get on to 1999. | |
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Nothinbutjoy said: The one where I'm standing in the crowd watching it happen.
Same here. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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Rinluv said: Yeah, I agree with grease. The first and original performance of Purple Rain, 1st Ave '83. But I also like the guitar solo in Syracuse.
That's from the live movie, right? Yes, indeedy!!! | |
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Tame said: Nothinbutjoy said: The one where I'm standing in the crowd watching it happen.
Same here. Have to agree with the one where you are there... I was there on 21 nights tour when he opened with it. I was immediately in the mood for a great night. Even though it might not be the best, I still think of it as the best. | |
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It's sad but this is one of my favourite Prince subjects, mainly because the answer can be different depending on your mood.
I can't see why you like the Atlanta 85 version. It's nothing special and the Syracuse version beats it with a rounder sound on the Hohner Prinz for the bluesy solo. Both these versions are just a bit too loose and he's not perfected all the licks that make the live versions from 87 onwards so good. I too love the Dortmund 88 version but the Nagoya 89 Lovesexy version is great too. He stretches it out and gets the old woo hoo thing goin' on. Tokyo 90 is really focused with a perfect solo and a slightly different guitar sound (maybe coz it's the weird guitar with the chunk missing). London 92 is a belter too. You get all the verses (and singing with Rosie G) and a great solo with yet another slightly different guitar sound (effects pedals to the max!!). | |
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punkofthemonth said: squirrelgrease said: The first time it was ever played live. First Ave., 1983.
yep...classic Spine Tinglingly good. Something so magical about this performance. The problem with purple rain is that there are 3 integral parts to it - the song portion, the guitar solo, and the woo-hoo-hoo-hoo part. I cant think of many performances that get all three right. Through the years the guitar solos have got better, but the delivery of the song is too nuianced. I've got a brilliant recording of a Nude tour London performance which has a killer guitar part - and the excellent Live 4 Love breakdown - but its not the complete song which is the problem for all of the Lovesexy / Nude tour performances. There are few performances that beat the magic of the First Avenue 83 performance. Its legendary - if not simply for the extra verse! | |
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Solo, on the piano, in Cleveland in March, 2002 for the One Night Alone show. I abdicated the throne in Ithaca, but now I am...
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I always have been fond of the 1985 Prince and The Revolution Live VHS version | |
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The Nude Tour In Tokyo. The best EVER of Purple Rain! | |
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my favorite live versions are from 1994-feb 1996 absolutely perfect versions
and my next favorite versions will b the concerts where it WON'T b done man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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Rinluv said: The first and original performance of Purple Rain, 1st Ave '83. But I also like the guitar solo in Syracuse.
Ditto. ā€ˇhttps://www.youtube.com/@PurpleKnightsPodcast | |
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That's a hard one, I'll say Tokyo. | |
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The one which I enjoyed the most (although it may not be his best?) was when he opened the first night in the o2 with Purple Rain. It was so unexpected - no one believed he would open with this song. It's almost as if he was getting it out of the way so he could get on with the show.
Anyway I thought it was awesome and it is so memorable because it heralded the start of 7 shows & aftershows that I would be privileged to see! No child is bad from the beginning. They only imitate their atmosphere. | |
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Landover, Maryland - The Capital Center back in the day "I don't make the rules. I just play" | |
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Purple Finale- Miami. Second would have to be Musicology from L.A. and last but not least the album version. | |
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Nothinbutjoy said: The one where I'm standing in the crowd watching it happen.
2002 . One Night Alone - Oakland, CA Tokyo 1990 was a good one too | |
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The shortest one... such a cliche, such a monotonous droning noise... | |
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Syracuse CarrierDome from the LIVE VHS. | |
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* First Ave.83
* Dortmund 88 * Hamburg Aftershow 88 * First song, first night at the O2 - I was there Dandruff is the first sign of madness. | |
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