pepper7 said:

I remember the day the album was released,our local newspaper had a very positive review of the album.The critic was really impressed with the title track,saying that it was as powerful as the "Purple Rain" title song

ychismb said:

um, no. The music may have an argument for your point. The film has no redeeming qualities. The sets look like they're from a high end broadway show, the acting is horrible, the movie sucked. End of discussion.

kdj997 said:

Compared to PR I think the sets were a big step forward.I don't understand why people hate on the sets because in PR you have Prince driving on his motorcycle with Apollonia with a camera view that makes the entire scene look like a car commercial,A murky lake,An alley way that looks like it is in a terrible part of town and I certainly wouldn't want to be caught there at night,Underneath a dilapidated bridge and on a shopping block that looks like it hasn't seen any renovation since the 1920's.Other than Prince's bedroom and the club the sets of PR were garbage.Of course if you compare GB and PR to UTCM there is no comparison because UTCM was filmed on location in Nice France so there is no real comparison there.

The acting in GB and in PR were pure garbage.Indefensible.I can't even deny that.

However GB redeeming feature would be the one liners back and fourth between Prince and Morris Day.A huge leap forward from PR in my book.

ychismb said:

Once again, I think the main appeal to PR was the timing, MTV was hatching and the music video was all the rage, and PR is either a story strung along with many music videos, or a long music video strung along by a story line.

Also, PR was a complete story in no need of a sequel, and in reality only damaged by it. It was sort of like Jaws II, what are the odds of the second story acutally going down... right? In PR Prince killed his demons just like they blowed the shark away in Jaws, the begginning middle and end was satisfied.

There are a whole list of sequels that should never have been, especially in musicals... Grease II, Staying Alive, and didn't Grease even have a third movie with the return of Newton and Travolta?

So GB shouldn't have been made. UTCM... well that was an experiment. I kind of liked it. It was the first time I was really aware of how much Prince was in love with himself. PR didn't show that much of that. Prince was a control freak in PR, but not a narcisist.

Oh, u get my point.... now enter the smashers who disagree....

ychismb said:

ychismb said:

I feel that. I have a crappy one but one day i want to find something like the one u speak of!

Efan said:

YES! You are my new friend, lol.
[Edited 5/23/10 14:29pm]

hollywooddove said:

I think that GB should have been made on its own and NOT as a sequel to PR and I think that was why so many people hate GB because they expected something that GB simply wasn't and that was a PR sequel.If GB was not edited at the 11th hour and they left in what should never have been taken out then GB would have been even more of a success.Prince made a mistake in trying to appease the critics with a PR sequel.He had set himself up for failure before he even began filming.

UTCM was a great movie!I love his line when asked if he read people's fortunes professionally."Madam I do nothing professionally I only do things for fun."

love all kinds of bridges, including this one

ychismb said:

Everyone has a right to their own opinion but saying Graffiti Bridge soundtrack is better than the Purple Rain soundtrack is just crazy talk. Just when I thought I heard it all on the org, I see Darling Nikki being described as "not bad" and The Beautiful Ones not even worthy enough to mention. I hope I don't hear something crazier than this on the org. What am I thinking, of course I will.

bizzybeze said:

hollywooddove said:

Nope,there was never a third 'Grease' movie.Ten years ago,there was talk about a 'Grease' reunion movie with the original cast,but it never materialized.

I agree with you about 'Grease II'....it's horrible and never should have been made.

ernestsewell said:

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SoulAlive said:

I agree, I think it is - there is definitely more meaning in it.

pepper7 said:

I think that the lyrics were good but I would love to see the song remixed and sung by just Prince.Then I could give that song some credit!

Recently Watched this movie again...It has so much deep meaning and leaves me Much more Inspired than purple rain does.....I don't think this movie got the credit it deserved...

bobbyc17 said:

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bobbyc17 said:

I agree!

ychismb said:

See, it's conflicting statements like this that make me think that even you don't understand what you're talking about. I get that you like Graffiti Bridge, but how can the Purple Rain soundtrack be 'great' and at the same time have 'only one good song on it'?

I think the GB soundtrack is not bad, the movie is occasionally cute but mostly just wince-inducing (the sets don't bother me at all - I understand it's supposed to look unreal), and the title track, well... I do like Prince's guitar tone on it!

eyewishuheaven said:

Hi, can you explain what wince-inducing is?

pepper7 said:

Hi! It means it makes me make this face:

This album was the reason I got into Prince, I loved his effortless variation of styles.
And when I first heard the title track I thought "wow".
It sounds like sunshine

I LOVE the title-track...strange but true

eyewishuheaven said:

I stand by my statement but perhaps I should make it more clear.PR did have a good soundtrack but my opinion is that there was only one really good song on the album as the other tracks I did not much care for but overall the album appealed to most.I don't want to just dismiss the entire soundtrack because I just don't get PR and perhaps after some enlightenment in the future it will grow on me.Its not like the songs were terrible they just didn't hit the spot for me.

ychismb said:

I have always felt that PR was a compressed and slightly watered down continuation of 1999. The music was not absolutely the same, but you could see it headed there. While we did have the magic of Darling Niki, it did not kick balls like lets pretend we're married, and computer blue is the exiled sibling of Something in the Water doesn't Compute, Baby I'm a Star shines brightly over Delirious, When Doves Cry is the mold breaker, just as 1999 was, and yes, the song Purple Rain falls somewhere in between Free and International Lover. Well, imo.

hollywooddove said:

Although I adore International Lover.

If the movie wasnt so dark and smokey I would enjoy it a lot more.

Every other scene is shot in the same location, it gets redundant very early on.

The album is ok

eyewishuheaven said:

Gosh, you must be a delicate flower then if it does that to you!!??

JoeTyler said:

Don't worry,Joe...we won't tell your friends

JoeTyler said:

Why?I like the lyrics but I don't like the music itself.It sounds...like a children's movie song.