ElCapitan said:

Damn man, I hope u were carrying around that ticket in your wallet all this time. Cuz otherwise, u probably tore your crib up looking for it. Or did u get that from the Internet and shit? Either way, cool. I went 3 times on that tour and if it stated it on the ticket, I sure in the hell never noticed it. I was too concerned with where my seat was going to be. I never wore purple to any of those shows cuz being a dude, I thought that would have been TOO cheesy. I left that for the girls. But right on, thanx for putting it up. I never noticed P asking folks to wear a color before Signs.

DAMMITT PEOPLE- DID ANYONE READ MY POST?????

There's no significance other than he liked Jill Jones' peach and black pooch. But go on, and keep coming up with your theories. There was an interview with Jill back in '87 where she stated this. I think it was an issue of Black Beat- I'll see if I can find it and scan it.


[Edited 8/19/09 20:44pm]

Oh I KNOW it was the color of the pics on the inner sleeves of the album and definately for the tour, as I mentioned. But unless P based his album and tour theme from the lyrics of "U Got The Look", which was written earlier, then perhaps the phrase has something a lil' bit mo' to it than just two colors that he fancied and then decided to use.

Imago said:

Man,...excellent post.

squirrelgrease said:

Yep,...but it was the first time on the Signs tour that he ever specifically asked fans to wear certain colors. I mean, he KNEW he didn't have to ask on the 1999 and ESPECIALLY the Purple Rain tour to wear purple. THAT was an automatic thing that was going to happen on that tour.

Peach and black came about because jill jones had a dog at the time that had that coloring.

JILL JONES is the latest and greatest product of the Prince charm school and she holds a special place in the Royal One�s affections.

"He gave me a peach dog. It�s a miniature French pooch called Coco. It�s really good natured, but I have problems with it when I need to travel. When Prince is on tour in the States he brings his own dogs along with him and Coco joins his party. Otherwise my French playwright boyfriend in New York looks after him."

Damn man, I hope u were carrying around that ticket in your wallet all this time. Cuz otherwise, u probably tore your crib up looking for it. Or did u get that from the Internet and shit? Either way, cool.

Like Wendy's pointed out several times (and casual observation should have told you): Prince ain't that deep.

blackguitaristz said:

No, it's not. It's a lot of baloney based on ZILCH.

Prince had everyone in the crowd wear peach and black for the taping of the Sign O The Times Concert Movie. Why peach and black? Why, not?

ThreadBare said:

What it is Thread? I've been checking out that a few folks have mentioned Sheena but what I heard Jill Jones say is that P could have worked with anybody at any given time. Whoever was in the studio could have easily ended up on a Prince song. She went so far to say that she herself could have done Sheena's part if she was there. I don't know how much I buy into that because P is TOO specific and I think that if P wanted Jill, then he would have gotten Jill on the song. I think Jill felt leftout of some shit or something and wasn't crazy about that Sheena was on it. Maybe P had promised Jill the track. Anyway, I totally see the voodoo vibe in P's fashion on this, especially with the fur coat, no shirt and the jewelery. And yeah, the blood and squirrel meat and the Brother Maurice is all...pointing. Gotta drink it fast and "the after taste just lasts and lasts." Doesn't sound like the cat was drinking Grape Kool Aid now does it? The colors could very well represent something connected with that religion. I know folks on here hates when their lil' Prince is connected with "other worldly" elements. So I won't go any deeper.

blackguitaristz said:

Ha! Indeed, mayne.

Listen up children.

I heard he wrote that song after recieving a rotted fruit basket from a lady friend. He saw the decaying produce and said, "the peach is black". The rest is music history and a banging duet with Miss Sheena Easton!

Mystery solved!

HonestMan13 said:

Damn....That's kinda cool though. Why would she, being a lady friend and all, give P or anybody for that matter, a rotted fruit basket as a gift? I can certainly see P being like "What the fuck is this? Why is this peach black? Caught me taken aback..Crucial....I think I'm going to hurl!"

blackguitaristz said:

She sent it thru the Post Office not Fedex.

blackguitaristz said:

She sent it thru the Post Office not Fedex.

HonestMan13 said:

light skind-ed black folks

xlr8r said:

What it is xlr?

blackguitaristz said:

lol que?

xlr8r said:

What's happening, player.